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Excel Housing Solutions – Night Custodian Worker
Deadline: 29 April 2025.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part time. Salary: £12.60 per hour. Hours per week: 12 hours. Location: Sefton, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Excel Housing Solutions (EHS) is a Registered Provider of Social Housing (registration no 4794), established in 2013, to respond to a need for high-quality accommodation and support across the North West.
They offer housing options and support solutions for individuals that have a history of tenancy breakdowns and may also have a range of support issues, such as substance misuse, mental health, offending behaviour and poor life skills.
Their staff teams work innovatively with clients in supporting them to address the underlying issues clients have to enable them to sustain their own tenancies successfully. EHS works closely with Statutory, Voluntary Services and providers of other support services within the borough to enhance our own support packages.
Job Summary
Successful candidates will be responsible for maintaining accommodation standards, ensuring the safety and upkeep of properties, and managing tenants’ well-being.
This role involves property management, compliance with health and safety regulations, and occupancy-related tasks.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part time. Salary: £12.60 per hour. Hours per week: 12 hours. Location: Sefton, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Excel Housing Solutions (EHS) is a Registered Provider of Social Housing (registration no 4794), established in 2013, to respond to a need for high-quality accommodation and support across the North West.
They offer housing options and support solutions for individuals that have a history of tenancy breakdowns and may also have a range of support issues, such as substance misuse, mental health, offending behaviour and poor life skills.
Their staff teams work innovatively with clients in supporting them to address the underlying issues clients have to enable them to sustain their own tenancies successfully. EHS works closely with Statutory, Voluntary Services and providers of other support services within the borough to enhance our own support packages.
Job Summary
Successful candidates will be responsible for maintaining accommodation standards, ensuring the safety and upkeep of properties, and managing tenants’ well-being.
This role involves property management, compliance with health and safety regulations, and occupancy-related tasks.
Liverpool’s Parent Network has produced the Spring edition of the Liverpool Parenting Newsletter with information on services available for you and your family across the city.
In this newsletter, parents/carers will find information on a number of events, activities, courses and support services, including:
Information on activities and events for families.
Information on Family Hubs
Information on Best Start for Life ante natal and post-natal support
Their Spotlight on Fountains, Vauxhall, County and Walton Childrens Centres and Family Hub
Things to do and places to go – Activities for families across Merseyside
Healthy lives and Relationships
Services that support good emotional health for children and adults
Information on supporting young people into employment and training
New support services for parents of Teens
Help with cost of Living
Mental health support for children and adults
Bitesize courses for parents of Teens from Merseyside Youth Association
Support for families with children with SEND needs
Domestic abuse support services
RASA support services.
If you have any questions, please contact parenting@liverpool.gov.uk.
Join the Lived Experience Panel on improving hospital gynaecology & maternity services in Liverpool
Do you have any personal experience of using hospital maternity or gynaecology services in Liverpool – or are you a partner, family member or carer for someone who has?
As part of this programme of work, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside has developed a Lived Experience Panel made up of people who have volunteered some time to share their own experiences of using these services.
Anyone who would like to express an interest in this opportunity, or find out more about what it involves, can email: engagement@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk
Posts available: 1. Contract: 2 Year Fixed Term Contract. Term: Part-time. Salary: £13,759.20 per annum. Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Crisis Café Manager. Location: Crisis Café, Southport.
Employer Bio
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity with a borough-wide brief to assist and support voluntary community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Job Summary
To provide support to the café (operational hours Friday to Sunday – 5 to 11 PM).
The purpose of the Crisis Café, is to provide an alternative access point for people requiring out of hours support when experiencing negative symptoms of mental illness, which may result in crisis if support is not received. The café should work as a safety net to reduce A&E visits, with the focus being on reducing crisis occurring, with early intervention and adequate support provisions.
Posts available: 1. Contract: 12-month Fixed Term Contract. Term: Full-time. Salary: £27,144.21 per annum. Hours per week: 35 Hours. Reporting to: Strategic Lead for Children and Families. Location: Burlington House, Southport Community Centre and various locations across the Sefton borough.
Employer Bio
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity with a borough-wide brief to assist and support voluntary community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Job Summary
To coordinate a short breaks service for young people with mild to moderate Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) based on needs of participants and demand for the service. This is delivered as weekly Youth Clubs, activities and days out in the school holidays.
To coordinate, manage and support Project Support Officer, Sessional Workers and Volunteers and to contribute to the strategic development of SEND provision within Sefton.
Imagine Independence – Women’s Wellbeing Support Worker
Deadline: 9 AM on 15 May 2025.
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £23,870.55. Hours per week: 37.5hpw. Reporting to: Service Manager. Location: Crosby, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability continues to bring. Imagine supports people to live meaningful lives by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps. Imagine Independence embrace values that reflect the skills of their workforce.
Job Summary
The nature of the role includes supporting individuals with budgeting, managing their tenancy, to develop life skills, to support individuals into community opportunities and supporting women to achieve their goals.
Working as part of a team supporting women who have been discharged from secure services who have severe and enduring mental health diagnoses. The service delivered is a person-centred approach within a therapeutically driven environment, which puts women at the heart of their recovery.
Contact Details: For an informal chat about the role, please telephone Sharon Keogh or Stephanie Pryce 0151 725 5489 Monday to Friday from 9 AM until 5 PM.
The Reader Organisation – Sales & Admin Coordinator
Deadline: 9 AM on Wednesday 30 April 2025.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term (12 months). Term: Full Time. Salary: £22,587.90 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours per week. Days per week: Across 7 days. Reporting to: Events Manager. Location: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB.
Employer Bio
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and / or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
Job Overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a positive and practically minded individual with an aptitude for maintaining high standards to join their team to support all sales and admin across their commercial teams at Calderstones.
The role requires a resilient individual who can both assist others and act on their own initiative, using common sense and discretion, while working to tight deadlines. Duties of the role include scheduling meetings, full administrative support for the Events, Front of House and Storybarn team, managing the email inboxes for all teams.
Being the first point of contact for all sales enquiries that come to us via email, telephone call or walk ins to the Mansion House. Your role focus is to deliver excellent customer service, provide information, admin support and book meetings with the appropriate teams to ensure profitability and success of the Reader at Calderstones.
The Culture Network LCR – Membership and Systems Coordinator
Deadline: Midnight on 13 May 2025.
Posts available: 1. Contract: 12-month contract with intention to extend permanently (funding dependent). Term: Part time. Salary: £23,600 per year (pro-rata, equivalent to £29,500 full-time). Hours per week: 30 hours/4 days per week. Reporting to: Executive Director. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Over sixty cultural organisations in Liverpool City Region (LCR) have joined forces to establish an equitable new Community Interest Company (CIC) to strengthen the region’s already vibrant cultural offer. They know together we are stronger!
As a paid membership organisation, The Culture Network LCR CIC, welcomes cultural organisations, big and small, that are interested in operating collaboratively to amplify each other and the regional impacts of arts and culture.
Their ultimate goal is to produce a creative, innovative, collaborative, confident, prosperous and healthy city region open to ideas, constantly learning and globally-connected.
Job Summary
As their Membership and Systems Coordinator, you’ll be the friendly face and tech-savvy brain behind their growing membership programme. Working closely with their Executive Director, you’ll help to manage, grow, nurture and diversify their paid cultural membership community through thoughtful communication, engaging real life and online events and smart digital systems (use and analysis). You’ll also be passionate about driving lasting change, igniting meaning for the good of the Liverpool City Region arts and culture sector and, in turn, its connected communities.
Thank your volunteers for FREE with Room to Reward
Room to Reward (R2R) is a unique charity, created to recognise and say ‘thank you’ in a tangible, meaningful way to volunteers.
R2R works on a simple premise. Their hotel partners donate their unsold rooms. Charities, community groups, grassroots sports clubs and other voluntary organisations nominate their volunteers for a well-earned short (2 nights) break, then they make it happen. To date, over 900 hotels have donated 3000 breaks to volunteers nominated by over 1000 organisations.
They enjoy wonderful support and have had the privilege of arranging breaks for volunteers from Liverpool organisations, while a number of Liverpool hotels have welcomed volunteers for a well-earned break.
Obviously, they think their offer is uniquely beneficial to organisations in terms of a tangible way to thank their volunteers – and there’s absolutely no cost to orgs or volunteers to get involved. No membership or booking fees etc. Standard R2R breaks are for 2 nights, 2 people, b&b.
The Skelton Charity is a charitable trust empowered to make grants only to legally constituted charities established in Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside, including the unitary authorities of Blackpool, Blackburn, Warrington and Halton.
It is their policy to make relatively modest grants to a wide number of applicants, which tend to be in the range of £500 – £3,000 but can be, exceptionally, as high as £5,000. The total annual income at their disposal is approximately £100,000.
Women and Girls Match Fund | Now Open for Applications
Deadline: Friday 30 May 2025.
Big Give are delighted to announce that the Women and Girls Match Fund 2025 applications are now open. Through their Women and Girls Match Fund, they’re committed to working with exceptional charities dedicated to serving the women and girls in our communities, fostering a future where every individual can thrive without limitations.
Charities that meet the following eligibility criteria can apply for the campaign:
UK-registered charity with a Charity Commission, OSCR or NI Charity Commission number, or tax-exempt status.
Have an annual income of at least £25,000 (as per last filed accounts on the Charity Commission).
Charities working to to improve the lives of vulnerable, disadvantaged or underrepresented women and girls within the UK and internationally.
Charities that are led by, for and with women and girls. To assess this, we will look at whether your governing documents specifically mentions women/and or girls, whether you have a majority female board, who your beneficiaries are and your web presence (if your organisation has one).
The Big Bike Revival Grants Programme | Now Open for Applications
Deadline: 14 July 2025.
What is the Big Bike Revival?
The Big Bike Revival is an intervention for adults aimed at encouraging an uptake in cycling. By providing solutions to perceived barriers, adults are enabled to learn to how to cycle and to increase their cycling levels for short, everyday journeys. Events focus on presenting cycling as a practical, normal and habitual way to get around locally.
The Big Bike Revival is delivered across England by a wide range of community-embedded partners who understand the local need. An extensive programme of FREE events offering services that fix bikes, teach skills and lead rides, motivate adults to either start or return to cycling. Social and inclusive activities help adults of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to discover the joys of cycling and help make cycling become a normal travel option.
Delivering Fix-Learn-Ride events
The programme delivers three types of event based on the FIX-LEARN-RIDE model.
Fix events – offer basic services to repair cycles and provide essential checks to ensure cycles are safe to ride
Learn events – offer instruction, training or skills for adults to learn to maintain or repair their cycle or learn cycle skills to help them feel safer when cycling
Ride events – offer led rides for adults to practise cycling locally, build confidence and learn new routes in a social environment
Who can apply to deliver the programme?
Delivery partners are typically volunteer-led groups, not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises that are rooted in local communities and working to address a range of local needs.
They are experienced in engaging with non-regular cyclists and people in need in terms of social, economic and health deprivation.
They welcome applicants from delivery partners based anywhere in England, with the exception of London.
What is the maximum amount of funding you can apply for?
Grant funding up to £3,500 per application is available to support the delivery of events. Your funding amount will be shaped by your events plans and organisational costs. Every application is reviewed on a case-by-case basis, however, as a rough guide:
For a grant of £2,000, partners should be able to deliver at least six events
For a grant of £3,500, partners should be able to deliver at least 10 events
Now Open | Goldsmiths’ Foundation | Inaugural Grants Fund
Deadline: Monday 5 May 2025 at 10 AM.
The Goldsmiths’ Foundation supports organisations that focus on vocational skills and training, working at the intersection of creativity and social change.
Their ambition is to support a portfolio of organisations who represent change through development of technical and vocational skills, who wish to learn from each other and (further) realise the potential of the creative industries for personal, cultural and social transformation.
The types of grant they make, no matter what size, tend to fall into one of two areas:
Operating/Core Cost Grants
What are they for?
These grants are made towards the general costs of running your organisation. This means they can be used to help pay your bills or rent and provide support towards your salaries. They don’t use the term ‘unrestricted’ as their operating/core cost grants can’t be put towards endowments or building up your organisation’s reserves. They are to help your organisation deliver its vital work. They are sometimes referred to as ‘revenue grants’ by other funders.
Project/Specific Activity Grants
What are they for?
These grants are for a specific project or area of your work. It will have a defined scope of work and timetable, for example:
A theatre’s outreach project on set design with marginalised communities over a nine month period
A heritage and craft educators’ bursary programme for two years.
Term: Full Time.
Hours per week: 36 hours. Salary: £29,109. 26 days holiday pa plus bank holidays.
Halton & St Helens VCA’s Family Connector roles work in partnership with Halton Lea Cradle to Career – An initiative to bring together local community residents with professionals/leaders to support and improve the lives of children and families.
You will work as part of the Cradle to Career team, in partnership with local services to ensure children and their families can access support that meets their needs, by connecting them within the community.
You will be responsible for supporting and identifying the dreams and aspiration local families and children have for Halton Lea. Identifying local community assets and services that can support the families linked with the programme and helping to grow local solutions through informal groups / clubs.
Liverpool Diocesan Board of Finance – Financial Systems Advisor
Deadline: 27 April 2025.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary – 3 years. Term: Full-Time (35 hours p/w) although part-time working (28 hours over 4 days) would be considered. Salary: £35,000 pa. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Senior Project Manager. Location: St James’s House, 20 St James Road, Liverpool L1 7BY.
Job Summary
The aim of this focused role is to assist local church teams in every parish in the diocese of Liverpool to work towards best-practice financial management principles. To achieve this, your work will be split between parishes transitioning to become larger single parishes with others, and single parishes.
For those joining larger parishes, you will assist the finance teams to transition to working collaboratively within a single entity. You will provide calm direction and when needed energy, experience and clear thinking to help finance teams start and keep momentum on their change pathway.
For all parishes, you will be the primary diocesan lead on budgeting and will play a key role in the rollout of church accounting software (MyFundAccountingOnline [MFAO]), ensuring rigour and integration.
Open Door is one of Merseyside’s most dynamic and progressive independent charities committed to shaping meaningful change in mental health by creating inclusive communities, joyful places and evidence-based programmes that empower people to be mentally well. Based in Birkenhead, they provide free, fast and effective mental health support to young people, without waiting lists or lengthy referrals. What Open Door do first-hand in Merseyside, they share with others, inspiring change across the UK.
Job Summary
As the Fundraising Coordinator you will be the forward-facing member of the Fundraising team, building strong relationships with their supporters, providing encouragement and acknowledgement to fundraisers, as well as playing an important role in driving fundraising income from a community level.
You will work closely with the Fundraising Manager and Head of Fundraising to support with building an exciting programme of events and opportunities for community fundraising to encourage supporter engagement and build sustainable income generation.
Whilst experience in a similar role is appreciated, we also highly encourage applications from individuals who are starting out in their Fundraising career, have the drive and desire to develop their skills within the third sector, and want to be a part of an organisation that is creating positive change in the way mental health support is seen, heard and accessed.
Open Door also provides access to:
25 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays), plus annual Christmas shutdown
Extra day of annual leave on your Birthday (or nearest working day if Birthday falls on a weekend)
Weekly staff yoga
Opportunity to take part in quarterly team away days
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Trainee Outdoor Education Instructor
Deadline: Midnight on Sunday 20 April 2025.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31st January 2026 (With the potential for further funding). Term: Full Time. Salary: £21,840 p.a. – MYA Grade 1. Hours per week: 35 Hours Per Week – (Hours will consist of daytime and occasional evening and weekend work, with applicants expected to be flexible in line with the needs of the project). Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA) is a people focused organisation. This means they put their children and young people at the centre of everything they do. Alongside this, they are a supportive, adaptable employer, that seeks to listen to its staff team and remain flexible in its approach meeting their needs.
Job Overview
The post holder will play a vital role in the successful development of MYA’s Outdoor Education Centre and wider youth work offer, demonstrating an imaginative and innovative approach to engagement.
The Trainee Outdoor Education Instructor will be a strong and relatable communicator and have a confident approach to working with children and young people. The expectation is that the post holder will either currently hold and/or be willing to complete a range of outdoor education qualifications enabling them to grow into a well-rounded practitioner able to perform in line with our core values and ethos.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Disability Youth & Play Worker (School Holiday Support)
Deadline: Midnight on Sunday 20 April 2025.
Posts available: 2. Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31 March 2026. Term: Part Time. Salary: £13.23 p.h. – £14.05 p.h. – MYA Grade 4 – Pt. 13-16. Hours per week: 28 hours per week for 10 weeks of the school holidays – (May Include Evening and Weekend Work). Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA) is a people focused organisation. This means they put their children and young people at the centre of everything they do. Alongside this, they are a supportive, adaptable employer, that seeks to listen to its staff team and remain flexible in its approach meeting their needs.
Job Overview
The post holder will supervise and support disabled children and young people through activities in a play setting during 10 weeks of the school holidays. The successful candidate will deliver creative ways to play which will enhance development and address physical and emotional needs.
The post holder will be enthusiastic, flexible and must hold a qualification to at least NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent in a subject relevant to the requirements of the position and have experience of working with disabled children and young people in a play setting.
Following on from the publication of theLCVS report into disparities in funding for Black Led Non-profits, Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS), in collaboration with Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) hosted an important online roundtable event on 2 April 2025.
The event was facilitated by Joanne Anderson, former Mayor of Liverpool, and was specifically designed for grant funders, social investors and public sector commissioners to discuss actionable strategies for addressing funding disparities affecting Black-led non-profit organisations (BLNOs).
Highlights
Presentation of Key Report Findings: Insights into barriers and challenges faced by BLNOs.
Open Discussion: Reflecting on the findings and exploring gaps.
Solutions and Best Practices: Strategies funders can adopt to promote equity, including success stories and simplified processes.
The Role of Support Infrastructure Organisations: Enhancing collaboration for equitable funding.
Action Planning and Next Steps: Identifying actionable commitments for real change.
This event provided a unique opportunity for funders and commissioners to engage in open dialogue, reflect on current funding practices, and explore pathways to more equitable funding for Black-led organisations.
New funded offer for leaders in Liverpool City Region
Deadline: Monday 19 May 2025.
In response to the racist and Islamaphobic riots in August last year, Clore Social Leadership is pleased to offer a funded leadership development offer for senior leaders in Refugee and Migration, and Racial Equity Sectors across the Liverpool City Region and Northern Ireland.
This fully online programme is composed of a dynamic mix of peer-guided support through facilitated Action Learning and professional coaching tailored for strategic leaders in refugee and migration and racial equity organisations.
By centering these communities, they strive to foster deeper local connections, amplify the impact of both individuals and organisations, and empower local leaders with the skills and insights needed to address the unique challenges their communities encounter.
Spring Statement 2025 | What do charities need to know?
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) has compiled information from the 2025 Spring Statement which is relevant to the voluntary sector.
The 2025 Spring Statement sets out the government’s updated economic strategy in response to reduced fiscal headroom.
While not a full budget, the statement outlines how the government plans to meet its fiscal rules, alongside priorities for reforming public services and reducing the size of the state.
2025/26 marks the fourth year of The Leathersellers’ strategic giving to help prevent and tackle the consequences of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
The ACEs Main Charity Grants Programme provides unrestricted grants of £20,000-£25,000 per annum, for up to four years, to charities and CIOs throughout the UK.
Last year, they received 498 expressions of interest, 50 organisations were invited to make full applications, and 17 grants were allocated.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part Time. Salary: £29,200. Hours per week: 17.5 hours. Reporting to: TSS Co-Ordinator. Location: Liverpool L13.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Summary
Purpose of Role:
To provide support to young people on a wide variety of issues. Working closely with teachers, colleagues, social workers and other agencies to help understand children’s needs and provide a high-quality service in supporting them.
Some duties will include:
To plan, deliver and offer support sessions on a one-to-one basis, e.g. using CBT, Art Therapy etc.
To provide a range of interventions alongside colleagues which will improve the well-being of young people.
To engage and build good working relationships with parents, children and colleagues working in schools and other agencies.
To work effectively and cooperatively with partner agencies using common processes including Early Help Assessment, Team Around the Family (TAF) and Lead Professional (LP) roles.
To provide relevant information about, and access to appropriate support services and opportunities that enable young people to improve their skills.
To work holistically and effectively with parents/carers in ways that will improve their children’s well-being.
To work closely with relevant health professionals to support parents/carers in meeting the needs of their children.
To undertake home visits as and when required.
To promote the safe guarding of children in accordance with the framework for the care and protection of children.
To be proactive in providing information on support services to young people
What makes a healthy place? New tender now live for Community Organisations
Deadline: 22 April 2025.
Healthy Urban Places (HUP) at The University of Liverpool (UoL) is seeking a community-based organisation (or organisations) experienced in community engagement, and with established community networks, to collaborate and contribute to “Community Collaboratives” and support the delivery of research for the Healthy Urban Places (HUP) programme.
Healthy Urban Places, funded by UK Research and Innovation and part of Population Health Improvement UK, is exploring how and why local environments (e.g. housing, local amenities, access to jobs, availability of community or social spaces, the way decisions are made or resources invested) influence people’s health and inequalities, through research with communities and local stakeholders. HUP is establishing a ‘Community Collaboratives’ that brings together communities, researchers and decision-makers in Liverpool and their sister site, Bradford.
Community-based organisations will coordinate community-led research activities in their area and engage local communities and stakeholders. HUP researchers will provide training on research skills and actively support community organisations to co-produce meaningful research and identify priorities about what makes a healthy place, with the aim influencing place-based changes by sharing these with local, regional and national decision-makers.
The tender will be structured into four Lots based on the local area that the research activities will be undertaken in:
Lot 1: Toxteth
Lot 2: Speke
Lot 3: Croxteth
Lot 4: Birkenhead
The work will be conducted in five work phase:
Phase 1 – Start-up
Phase 2 – Initial Research
Phase 3 – Reflect
Phase 4 – Further Research
Phase 5 – Impact
The resulting contract will be 30 months, with the option to extend for 3 months.
The estimated maximum contract value per Lot is £57,000.
The current total contract including any extension for all four Lots is £228,000.
There is the possibility of a further £17,000 in additional funding, which is reflected in the stated Contract Value, however this has not yet been confirmed.
Turtle Song | Free music project for people living with dementia and companions
Turtle Song, a singing and song-writing project is returning to Liverpool in April 2025.
This joyful project is for people with memory problems and all forms of dementia and for their companions.
It has been running in different areas around the country for 16 years and is a collaboration between Turtle Key Arts, English Touring Opera and Royal College of Music.
Weekly sessions offer the opportunity to compose and sing your own songs with a professional composer, director and musicians, culminating in an informal sharing for family and friends at the end of the project.
Where? Everyman Theatre, Liverpool When? Tuesdays, 10:30 AM – 12:15 PM Dates? 29 April – 24 June 2025 (9 weeks)
Tiber Enterprise (Tiber Football Centre) – Football Centre Duty Manager
Deadline: 22 April 2025.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £26,000 depending on experience. Hours per week: 35 hours, weekends and evenings required on a rota. Reporting to: CEO. Location: Toxteth, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
The new Tiber Centre located off Tagus Street, Liverpool L8, was the idea of local young people with an ambition to ‘build world class facilities that raise aspirations; encourage and support young people to achieve their goals and get the best out of life’. This brand-new facility due to open early in 2025 will comprise a two storey, fully accessible building for focused youth activities with education and training rooms, indoor and outdoor event and performance spaces, football changing rooms and a basketball court, all located adjacent to Tiber’s 3G artificial turf pitch (which opened in September 2019).
The creation of this facility demonstrates the value of partnership between local community organisations Tiber, Tiber Enterprise and The Greenhouse Multi-Cultural Play and Arts Project and presents an exciting opportunity for unlocking the full potential of youth participation.
Job Summary
The Duty Manager will be responsible for supporting processes and procedures that will ensure the safe and cost-effective operation of the facilities at Tiber Football and Young People’s Centre; including its newly constructed building, 3G football pitch, basketball court and car park.
The post holder will be responsible for delivering excellent customer service, managing the daily operation of the centre and maximising opportunities for promoting the facilities.
To read the full job description and to apply, please contact t.ent@tiber.org.uk.
Tiber Enterprise (Tiber Football Centre) – HR Assistant
Deadline: 22 April 2025.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time – part time 4 days a week possible. Salary: £22,000 – £25,000 depending on experience. Hours per week: 35 hours (part time hours 4 days a week possible). Reporting to: CEO. Location: Toxteth, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
The new Tiber Centre located off Tagus Street, Liverpool L8, was the idea of local young people with an ambition to ‘build world class facilities that raise aspirations; encourage and support young people to achieve their goals and get the best out of life’. This brand-new facility due to open early in 2025 will comprise a two storey, fully accessible building for focused youth activities with education and training rooms, indoor and outdoor event and performance spaces, football changing rooms and a basketball court, all located adjacent to Tiber’s 3G artificial turf pitch (which opened in September 2019).
The creation of this facility demonstrates the value of partnership between local community organisations Tiber, Tiber Enterprise and The Greenhouse Multi-Cultural Play and Arts Project and presents an exciting opportunity for unlocking the full potential of youth participation.
Job Summary
To work with our Temporary HR Manager to implement fit for purpose HR systems, policies and procedures and thereafter provide administrative support to Managers, maintaining accurate HR records and processes designed to improve employee welfare, support payroll, and provide data for monitoring and evaluation.
To read the full job description and to apply, please contact info@tiber.org.uk.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £12.740. Hours per week: 17.5 hours (Suggested working pattern of Monday to Thursday 9 AM – 1 PM each week allowing for 1.5hours to be worked flexibly. This is negotiable for the successful candidate) Reporting to: The Rector. Location: Home-based, plus working from church where necessary.
Employer Bio
Mossley Hill Church is a warm, welcoming and busy church set in the heart of a family friendly residential suburb in the south of the city. They actively offer and support different traditions in their services with three services each Sunday, a quiet & contemplative Holy Communion at 8.30am, a lively contemporary style family service at 9.30am and a more traditional service of Holy Communion or Morning prayer at 11am. Their combined congregation on a Sunday is in the region of 225 adults and over 100 children.
They are a growing staff team, currently of 7 people, a mix of clergy and non-clergy, who are all passionate about working for the organisation and seeing it grow and flourish.
Job Summary
They are looking for a self motivated, highly organised and people-focused person who can co-ordinate and manage the administrative functions of Mossley Hill Church.
You will work with the leadership team at Mossley Hill Church to manage the day-to-day administrative functions and to develop the administrative processes and systems which enable the church to run smoothly.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £29,416.80 per annum. Hours per week: 40 hours. Days per week: Across 7 days. Reporting to: Head of Events & Commercial. Location: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB.
Employer Bio
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and / or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
Job Overview
The Front of House manager will be responsible for our Front of House Team of Catering Assistants and Team Leaders, developing and managing the Social Enterprises at Calderstones. This is a fast paced role which requires excellent time management, work rate and organisational skills.
Management and development is a huge part of this role, where you will be supporting a wide range of employees. This could be for you if you:
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £35,000 per annum pro-rata. Hours per week: 20 hours. Reporting to: CEO. Location: The role is expected to be mostly office based, but with some opportunity for remote working.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Law Centre delivers free specialist social welfare law advice and assistance in Housing and Welfare Benefits from 3 different offices across the Liverpool City Region, as well as court based services in Liverpool and St Helens.
Job Summary
The role focuses on developing and overseeing the smooth running of their internal systems and processes, and ensuring legal and regulatory compliance. This broad and varied role combines operational delivery, some involvement in communications and governance.
Imagine Independence – Female Senior Mental Health Support Worker
Deadline: 9 AM on 15 April 2025.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £27,789.07 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Service Manager. Location: Crosby, Merseyside.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Job Summary
Every day, Imagine’s staff and volunteers generously share their experience, knowledge, and talents with the people they support. Through their focused dedication to Imagine’s mission, and the courage to challenge the status quo, people feel valued. They know they are making both the ‘everyday’ and the ‘extraordinary’ become possible for everyone. They walk alongside the people they have the privilege to serve, helping to transform lives, one day at a time. And they never give up.
Do you want to become part of this amazing organisation? Imagine now needs a Senior Support Worker based in our service in Waterloo, where they support people with complex needs moving in to their own home. This is a great time to join, as they continue to expand their services across the north-west of England and beyond.
Conferencing & Events Space now available in the Liverpool City Centre
Affordable | Modern | Up to 100ppl
Whether your event is for 2 people or 100 people, we could have the ideal space for you. 151 Dale Street is a beautiful 1930s building that is owned by LCVS. It is fully accessible, with modern facilities and equipment, available at great prices.
We offer:
Well-equipped, inexpensive meeting rooms starting at just £20 per hour
Space for a fully catered conference for up to 100 people
Hello Charlie | Get FREE creative services for your charity
Deadline: Thursday 17 April 2025.
From their studios in London and Bristol, Hello Charlie designs across industries, markets, cultures, platforms, channels and technologies. Over the last two decades Hello Charlie has grown in size and reputation into a formidable alliance of creatives, designers and producers from a variety of creative backgrounds.
Between the beginning of June to end of August 2025 (3 months), Hello Charlie will offer their creative services to one UK charity, whether that be a short campaign video, social media content, branding work, storyboarding, or creative campaign development.
In order to ensure a fair and transparent selection, they would review applications based on the following criteria:
Potential for impact: Whether Hello Charlie’s work can create a measurable and meaningful impact.
Clarity of objectives: The strength of the brief and the organisation’s goals for the project.
Feasibility and timeline: Can the project be realistically completed within the given timeframe?
Resources available: Do you have the necessary resources (or willingness to work with them on what’s needed) to enable a successful collaboration?
Eligibility Criteria:
Applicants must:
Be a registered charity or a nonprofit organisation (proof required).
Operate within the UK.
Have a total annual income of less than £1 million.
HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) Programme for Easter 2025
The Easter HAF programme starts on the Monday 7 April 2025 and there are lots of great activities happening over the school holidays. Children and young people, from reception to age 16, who are eligible for benefits related free school meals, will be able to access hundreds of activities throughout the Easter holidays including specific provision available for children with SEND or additional needs, at no cost. There’s a great range of activities across the city including Easter Egg Hunts, decorating Easter eggs, an Easter themed obstacle course, trips out, dance, mindfulness, yoga, football, acting and shooting film, studio engineering, bass and drum classes, cycling, gymnastics, nature walks and basketball to name but a few! A meal is included for every child attending.
They have a central booking system to make it easier for you to find and book the activities.
Liverpool City Council is working with Mersey Play Action Council, the local schools, voluntary and community organisations, and childcare providers to deliver the Easter HAF programme. This programme is funded by the Department for Education.
If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk. Click here to find out how to register.
Have Your Say | Liverpool Neurodivergent All-Age Strategy
Deadline: Wednesday 14 May 2025.
The Liverpool Neurodivergent All-Age Strategy, 2025-2030, has been co-produced by the Liverpool Neurodiversity Strategic Partnership, and represents 18 months of development. And now all stakeholders who live, work or study in Liverpool are invited to give feedback during an eight-week consultation.
The consultation was officially launched at a city centre event as part of Neurodiversity Celebration Week.
The draft strategy and the consultation is now available on Liverpool City Council’s website and will be open until the deadline. Have your say now!
VCFSE Workforce Resilience Survey
Deadline: 17 April 2025.
The aim of this survey is to understand the impact of the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) workforce, on supporting people in mental health crisis. The 2023 State of the Sector report demonstrates that over 30% of the VCFSE are focused on delivery in wellbeing, health and social care. In addition, the sector is seeing an increasing demand on their services.
For this reason, it’s important that the VCFSE workforce, including volunteers have the skills and confidence to be able to support people in crisis, the best way possible, whilst ensuring their mental wellbeing and resilience is at the forefront.
The responses from this survey will provide insight into what provision is currently offered and where the gaps lie. The insight will encourage shared learning, promote examples of good practice and further support VCFSE workforce resilience and development across Cheshire and Merseyside.
The survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete and all responses will be collated by VSNW.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed term contract to 31.3.2027 (pending funding review). Term: Full-Time. Salary: £24,702 (Grade 3). Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Employer Bio
Amadudu are a well-established specialist refuge for women and children predominately from Black and minoritised communities. Amadudu was established in 1991 and is the only specialist BME refuge in the North West. They provide temporary refuge accommodation for women and children, and a range of support services to meet the needs of women experiencing Domestic Abuse.
The staff team have a range of expertise in working with the complexities of violence against women and girls. They are a by and for women’s BME organisation. They have a strong working ethos of providing inclusive and non-discriminatory services to meet the needs of women and children accessing Amadudu services.
Job Summary
This opportunity is for an enthusiastic and experienced person to join and complement the existing team, and the delivery of quality services with a specific focus on supporting children aged 0 – 18. The refuge is staffed 7 days per week 24 hours per day. The successful candidate will be required to be flexible to meet the needs of children at refuge.
You will be required to demonstrate a minimum of 2 years working experience, skills and knowledge of working with families and children. Amadudu provide a holistic package of support to families with specific focus on children.
LGBT Foundation – Sessional Pride in Ageing Group Facilitator
Deadline: 24 March 2025.
Posts available: 2 posts. Contract: Temporary – until March 2026. Term: Part-Time (5 hours per month). Salary: £15.97 per hour. Hours per week: 5 hours per month. Reporting to: Pride in Ageing Manager – LGBT Foundation. Location: Venues across Liverpool City Centre.
Employer Bio
LGBT Foundation is an impactful, vibrant charity with a wide portfolio of well-established services and rapidly developing new initiatives aimed at meeting the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people.
Job Summary
LGBT Foundation is looking for two facilitators to deliver a new monthly activity group run by the Pride in Ageing programme for LGBTQ+ Over 50s in Liverpool. This group will be a sessional-led space creating a safe, monthly social gathering for LGBTQ+ over 50s to meet, develop new connections and improve confidence and skills by participating in a series of varied and fun workshops and trips.
Contact Details: lawrence.roberts@lgbt.foundation (Pride in Ageing Manager).
Hub of Hope | Local, national, peer, community, charity, private & NHS Mental Health Support Services
Provided by national mental health charity, Chasing the Stigma, the Hub of Hope is the only directory of its kind in the UK that brings local, national, peer, community, charity, private and NHS mental health support services together in one place.
Tens of thousands of services are listed on the Hub of Hope, with numbers growing every day. It is free to use and available on desktop and from the App Store and Play Store.
Each year +300,000 people find help for themselves and others via the Hub of Hope – you can too.
It is also free for organisations to register their details.
Join the LCVS Team: Apply now for our Mental Health Care Lead Role
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a talented individual to join the LCVS Team as our Mental Health Care Lead!
Posts available: 1. Contract: FTC 12 months. Term: Full Time. Salary: £32,000. Location: Liverpool / Hybrid.
Due to securing recent funding from Mersey Care, for a Community Health programme, LCVS is looking to recruit a Mental Health Care Lead. This programme aims to strengthen personal resilience and reduce health inequalities. It provides support to people who have mental health issues to enable them to re-connect and be actively involved with their local community. The programme will focus on improving health, physical activity, education, housing and financial stability.
Would you like to bring your experience and skills to the LCVS team, and lead this inspirational project?
Posts available: 1. Contract: FTC 12 months. Term: Full Time. Salary: £32,000. Location: Liverpool / Hybrid.
Employer Bio
Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) is a reputable organisation that work in partnership with other organisations, and individuals to improve the wellbeing of the local community. Our overall aim is to develop stronger communities across the city, by bringing resources together to positively impact the third sector.
Job Overview
Due to securing recent funding from Mersey Care, for a Community Health programme, we are looking to recruit a Mental Health Care Lead. This programme aims to strengthen personal resilience and reduce health inequalities. It provides support to people who have mental health issues to enable them to re-connect and be actively involved with their local community. The programme will focus on improving health, physical activity, education, housing and financial stability.
Would you like to bring your experience and skills to the LCVS team, and lead this inspirational project?
The Role
The Mental Health Care Lead will oversee the Community Health programme, and manage the Mental Health Care Navigator, who is already in post. This is an incredible, and unique opportunity to shape support across the Liverpool region.
The main duties include:
Delivering the community mental health programme in line with contract requirements.
Identifying the needs of service users and being accountable for delivering a high-quality service.
Increasing levels of engagement with statutory and non-statutory agencies.
Implementing and managing co-working strategies within the multi- disciplinary approach.
The Person
As the Mental Health Care Lead you will have experience working with diverse communities, and have a strong awareness and understanding of the voluntary sector and mental health services.
We are looking for someone who has the commitment to reduce health inequalities and is pro-active, and adaptable in finding creative solutions to community issues. You must be excellent at building relationships with people from diverse backgrounds, with the ability to listen, empathise and provide a person-centred support in a non-judgemental way.
We are also looking for someone who has experience in research, with knowledge of policies and procedures who can run this programme with a flexible attitude. A qualification in safeguarding (or the willingness to obtain a qualifications) is essential.
Please note that this is a hybrid role based within the Liverpool area, so candidates must therefore live in this locality. If you live outside of Liverpool, please highlight your intention to relocate to the area in order to be considered.
Apply now for your opportunity to join the friendly and supportive team at LCVS who are committed to an exceptional culture of equal opportunities, anti-discrimination and anti-oppressive policies and practice amongst employees, volunteers and service users.
How to Apply
To register your interest, please send a copy of your CV to jobs@charityhorizons.co.uk, or for more information contact Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons:
Please note: If you would like to submit an application or express your interest in an alternative format, such as audio or video upload, please contact either Charlie or Leanne who will be happy to advise on this.
Please also be aware that Charity Horizons use anonymous recruitment methods when submitting shortlists for all their roles and they only work with organisations that are happy to engage with them in this way.
Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. They welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.
Alchemic Kitchen CIC – Mobile Retailer/Driver
Deadline: 19 April 2025.
Posts available: 1 (but would consider a job share). Contract: 1-year Fixed term dependent upon funding. Term: Part time. Salary: £24,960 to £26,520 per year, pro rata. Hours per week: Up to 30 hours. Reporting to: Senior Greengrocer and Coordinator. Location: Merseyside.
Employer Bio
Alchemic Kitchen CIC is a social enterprise that runs The Queen of Greens. This is a mobile greengrocer which aims to offer a regular service of fresh fruit and vegetables in key localities where there is no current static community provision. Working with and often through existing community, faith and non-statutory organisations, the Queen of Greens helps communities to access affordable fresh fruit and vegetables.
Job Summary
They now want to recruit a second retailer/driver to join the team who can drive their bus, sell fruit and vegetables and keep a smile on their face!
This postholder will work alongside colleagues to ensure the smooth running of their greengrocer service. It is expected that the successful candidate will spend a significant amount of time with local community groups and organisations at the stops alongside being onsite at the Liverpool Food Hub depot where they purchase stock and load their vans.
A clean driving license is essential. This is a physically demanding role and may involve early starts.
Trustees are a vital part of Citizens Advice Liverpool, providing governance and expertise to the everyday running of their independent charity during a time when they’re seeing their highest service demand in their over 85 year history. As a trustee, you’ll be joining a passionate and committed board with a shared vision of a society where everyone has access to justice and advice.
Their mission has two parts: firstly, they provide free, independent advice on a range of practical issues, giving individuals the guidance they need to improve their lives and find a way forward. Secondly, they speak up for our community through advocacy work. They helped 31,429 clients in 2024 with 128,745 issues, so they understand the real problems people are facing; they can share these insights with key decision-makers to become a catalyst for change in our community
Citizens Advice Liverpool is seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic individual to join our Trustee Board as Treasurer. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of people in our community.
In addition to fulfilling the responsibilities of a Trustee, the Treasurer plays a vital role in overseeing Citizens Advice Liverpool’s financial matters. You will ensure that proper financial measures, controls and procedures are established and maintained and provide regular reports to the Board regarding the financial status of the organisation.
While previous governance experience is welcome, it is not essential. They provide a full induction and training to all their Trustees so if you have a passion for sound financial management and want to make a difference in your community, they encourage you to apply.
Posts available: 2. Hours per week: 4 hours per month.
Trustees are a vital part of Citizens Advice Liverpool, providing governance and expertise to the everyday running of their independent charity during a time when they’re seeing their highest service demand in their over 85 year history. As a trustee, you’ll be joining a passionate and committed board with a shared vision of a society where everyone has access to justice and advice. Their mission has two parts: firstly, they provide free, independent advice on a range of practical issues, giving individuals the guidance they need to improve their lives and find a way forward. Secondly, they speak up for our community through advocacy work. They helped 31,429 clients in 2024 with 128,745 issues, so they understand the real problems people are facing; they can share these insights with key decision-makers to become a catalyst for change in our community
Citizens Advice are seeking dedicated and passionate individuals to join their Board of Trustees with expertise in any two from three areas of expertise: Human Resources, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), and Fundraising. As a Trustee, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction of the organisation, offering guidance and support in key areas such as HR practices, EDI initiatives, and fundraising efforts. They are looking for individuals who are committed to making a positive impact and who bring valuable skills and insights to help them achieve their mission and ensure the sustainability and growth of Citizens Advice Liverpool.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed term. Term: Part-time. Salary: £26,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hrs (paid breaks). Reporting to: Management Team. Location: Make CIC, 69-71 Argyle Streeet, CH41 6LQ (covers LCR Region).
Employer Bio
Comics Youth CIC is an innovative non-profit that delivers comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects for disadvantaged children and young people aged 8-25 within Merseyside and the wider Knowsley Borough. The overall ethos of the organisation is to break down participation barriers for marginalised groups including looked after children, LGBTQIA young people, global majority youth, care leavers, young carers and young people experiencing complex mental ill health within the Liverpool City Region to make, create and publish comic books about salient community issues. Sessions are delivered within safe, inclusive, and indiscriminate community venues.
Job Summary
The Comics Declassified Project Coordinator role is integral to the success of the Comics Declassified initiative, a transformative training and development program co-produced with the Comics Cultural Impact Collective (CCIC). The successful candidate will work across the core components of the program, supporting marginalised early-career creators aged 16–30 to overcome barriers and develop sustainable careers in the comics industry. The postholder will work flexible hours, including evenings and Saturdays, to meet the needs of participants.
Archdiocese of Liverpool – Youth Ministry Coordinator
Deadline: 14 April 2025.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £35,000. Hours per week: 35 Hours. Reporting to: Director of Pastoral Development. Location: St Margaret of Clitheroe, Croxteth Drive, L17 1AA.
Employer Bio
The role of Youth Ministry Coordinator & Administrator is within the Pastoral Development Department of the Archdiocese of Liverpool. It is a hugely important and challenging time for our communities. The Church has a profound duty to be involved in these issues: practically and spiritually. Synod 2020 reached a milestone with the publication of their Pastoral Plan at the beginning of Advent in 2021. This is refreshing the Church’s ability to reach out, to serve and to proclaim the Gospel message boldly: a role even more vital in helping communities deal with the challenges of today. Fundamental to this process is the development of local synodal structures which will allow the voices of all to be heard. The Pastoral Development Department provides key officer support to the local church in this process of engagement.
Job Summary
To work closely with colleagues from the parishes, schools and archdiocesan lay staff, in developing routes for the active participation and support of young people in the life of the church and in the service of its communities. To bring vision, energy and experience to develop youth ministry, accompanying young people into a living experience of the Church community.
For an informal discussion about either role please contact Elizabeth Parsons, Director of Pastoral Development by email at e.parsons@rcaol.org.uk or telephone on 0151 522 1023.
Feeding Liverpool – Business Network Coordinator
Deadline: Sunday 30 March 2025 at 11:59 PM.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent (pending funding). Term: Full-time. Salary: £30,000 – £37,000 (dependent upon experience). Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Director. Location: Liverpool, L1 7BZ.
Employer Bio
Feeding Liverpool is the city of Liverpool’s food alliance, connecting and equipping people and organisations to work towards good food for all.
Job Summary
They are now looking for a Business Network Coordinator- someone who will work collaboratively with existing partners and forge new relationships with local food businesses to drive change in the food sector, embedding good food principles throughout the supply chain and helping shape how people in Liverpool access food.
Main Purpose of the Job:
To support the development of a network of healthy and sustainable food businesses, ensuring good practice and values are embedded within the local food economy.
To establish and manage relationships with SMEs and corporations, connecting stakeholders to Liverpool’s Good Food Plan, to drive systemic change and promote sustainability across the city’s food system.
Diversify Feeding Liverpool’s funding mix and raising its city-wide profile as a key partner for impactful collaboration.
To connect SMEs and corporations with community food initiatives, to broaden the scope of work happening within communities, enabling the development of food citizenship.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £25,282 – £27,873 pro rata (based on 35 hrs week). Hours per week: 21 hours, 0.6 FTE. Reporting to: Artistic Programme Coordinator, Liverpool. Location: Liverpool based Movema office at The Bluecoat.
Employer Bio
Movema is an award-winning charity based in Liverpool and Bristol. The charity brings about change through world dance via inclusive artistic and participatory work to celebrate diversity, tackle inequalities, support healing and unite communities in the North West and Southwest.
Specialising in world dance, Movema runs an annual programme of classes, performances and events founded by four female artists from diverse cultural backgrounds. Since its inception in 2009 Movema have featured on various BBC programmes, and performed locally, nationally and internationally at key cultural events. Recent funding and commissions include; Arts Council England, Merseycare NHS Trust, National Lottery, Garfield Weston and Liverpool and Bristol City Council.
Movema is a diverse-led organisation who develop our work with community at the heart, consulting and listening to the needs of our communities to develop a deeper understanding of how we can utilise our skills, resources, and power to remove the barriers of inequalities.
Job Summary
The Company Administrator is responsible for managing the office and administration across Movema activities in Liverpool and Bristol, with key responsibilities to support governance, monitoring and evaluation and legal obligations of the charity, ensuring the efficient running of the organisation.
This post will work closely with Movema’s Executive team and the Artistic Programme Coordinator to ensure the smooth and effective running of the charity’s business.
The Company Administrator will share their values and support their mission to connect people and communities, helping nurture a safer and more understanding and tolerant world.
Voluntary Role: 4 Board meetings and 2 Board Away days annually.
20 Stories High are looking for a Board Chair to help them achieve their aims and make as big an impact as possible. They would love applications from those with a general background in strategy, governance, finance, HR or fundraising would be useful and previous experience as a Trustee or Chair would be welcomed.
Successful applicants will be invited to interview by the end of week commencing Monday 14 April 2025.
If you would like to arrange a confidential one-to-one discussion about the role, please contact david@20storieshigh.org.uk and we will arrange a video call with the current chair to answer any questions that you might have.
Tutors United – Programme Officer
Deadline: 24 March 2025 at 2 PM.
Posts available: 2 posts (at least one will be Liverpool-based). Contract: Fixed term (1 year). Term: Full-Time. Salary: £27,040 – £29,120. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Head of Region. Location: Liverpool (hybrid).
Employer Bio
Working with housing associations and other local partners, Tutors United run free tutoring programmes for primary school children and their families, providing access to vital educational support to those who need it most. They’re proud to serve diverse, low-income, refugee, migrant, and multilingual communities across London, the Midlands, and the North West. They hire, train, and pay inspiring university students – most of whom also come from low-income households – as tutors, providing them with meaningful, paid work experience and support to boost their careers.
Each year, their work gives hundreds of young people, parents and carers the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to maximise education and employment opportunities.
Job Summary
This is an exciting time to join their small and impactful team, as they embark on a new four-year strategy, with goals to broaden and deepen their reach and impact, diversify their funding and delivery partnerships, and boost their programmes to support year 6 to 7 transition and tutor career development opportunities.
A major strategic priority is to grow geographically in Liverpool – which this role will play a pivotal role in achieving. After expanding beyond London during the pandemic with online tuition, they have since grown across the Midlands and the North and have now successfully launched their first face-to-face programme in Speke, Liverpool. Working closely with their Manchester-based Head of Regions, you will help deliver contracts, build strong local relationships, and expand their reach in high-need areas.
The Programme Officer will be responsible for the management and overall delivery of their designated programmes, leading on the delivery and evaluation of multiple programmes, managing key stakeholder relationships, and contributing to the development of their support in the North region. As such, they are looking for someone with an enthusiasm for education, strong stakeholder management skills, and a familiarity with the needs of families in the Liverpool City Region.
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) – Community Connector (North)
Deadline: 24 March 2025.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed term until March 2027 (potential for further 2 years). Term: Part-time. Salary: £17,780 pa (£22,226 pro rata). Hours per week: 28 hours. Reporting to: Living Well Sefton Programme Manager, line managed by Deputy Programme Manager. Location: Southport Community Centre base, Sefton CVS, Burlington House, Waterloo head office. (Hybrid).
Employer Bio:
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity with a borough-wide brief to assist and support voluntary community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Job Details
Operating within North Sefton, you will identify local volunteer ‘champions’ and stimulate community resources to support individuals with low level needs to improve their social connection and reduce isolation to have better outcomes and prevent the need for statutory services, whilst building on individual and communities’ strengths
Steve Biko Housing Association is is looking for someone who has an understanding, awareness and appreciation of the diverse, culturally rich client group and who will embrace their vision of homes and communities without racism and ensure that people who use their services have a positive experience.
You will have knowledge of and be aware of the multi-cultural, diverse communities in which they work and will ensure that the reception service is delivered within a customer focused framework that promotes equality and diversity and reflects the ethos and values of their organisation.
You will be responsible for providing all their customers with prompt, professional and accurate information and signposting service with the objective of delivering an excellent customer experience.
You will provide administrative duties to support the staff team and the effective running of the office.
For a job application pack, please email admin@stevebikoha.org.
They reserve the right to close this vacancy early due if they receive sufficient applications for this role. If you are shortlisted for interview you
will be informed via email by Thursday 27 March 2025 at the latest. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 2 April 2025.
Children to choose organisations in Everton and Vauxhall to get funding in crime crackdown
Deadline: Friday 28 March 2025.
Community clubs and groups working in Everton and Vauxhall can apply for up to £5,000 in funding as part of a crackdown on serious and organised crime.
The participatory budget scheme, intended to strengthen community resilience by boosting funding to local clubs and groups, will have a total funding pot of £50,000 provided by Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner and Merseyside Police.
Everton and parts of Vauxhall have recently been designated a Clear, Hold, Build area – a national scheme designed by the Home Office to tackle serious and organised crime and improve areas so they become places people love to live, work and visit.
This is the fourth Clear, Hold, Build project in Merseyside, where they are known as EVOLVE areas, that see police working with partners and residents to disrupt and deter gangs from operating and building brighter futures.
Those applying for the funding at the event can be from either a voluntary or community group and must benefit or be accessible to residents in Everton and Vauxhall but can be based elsewhere.
They must also ensure their bid has a connection to at least one of the following:
Reducing or addressing crime and anti-social behaviour
Protecting vulnerable people from becoming victims of crime and anti-social behaviour
Supporting victims of crime or anti-social behaviour
Tackling County Lines.
Applications are to be submitted online via Evolve.EvertonVauxhall@merseyside.police.uk.
Prospective applicants wishing to receive more information or help completing the form can do so by emailing Evolve.EvertonVauxhall@merseyside.police.uk or calling Sgt Nicola Hutton on 0151 777 1472.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Project Officer – Don’t Mourn, Organise!
Deadline: 21 March 2025 at 12 PM.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Freelance. Term: Full-Time. Salary: Freelance fee of £46,800.00 (£15 per hour @ 5 days each week x 78 weeks) Hours per week: 40 hours. Reporting to: Development Officer. Location: Hybrid working at: Vauxhall Law Centre office, Centre 63 (Kirkby), at home and at external locations across the North West.
Employer Bio
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre provides access to justice on a range of social welfare issues. Established in 1973, they support sick and disabled people, those affected by the cut to Universal Credit including people working in the gig economy and on a zero hours contract.
They are an inclusive and non-discriminatory organisation. They work with and advocate for members of the community that face injustice, irrespective of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, disability or immigration status. They take a strong stance against all forms of bigotry and work to challenge prejudice and injustice wherever they find it.
Job Summary
The Project Officer will facilitate heritage skills training for a cohort of 12 young service users (aged 13 to 17) at Centre63, a popular community hub in the heart of Kirkby. Following a comprehensive participant-led research phase, they will work with the volunteers and a team of creatives/heritage experts to produce the project outputs listed above.
The chosen candidate will also be expected to oversee the delivery of an exciting programme of public events including reminiscence sessions, historical talks, output launches and exhibition tours. As well as VCLIC staff, the Project Officer will be expected to work closely with a network of project stakeholders at institutions such as Centre63, Knowsley Archives Service, Kirkby Library, the People’s History Museum, the Working Class Movement Library, the Museum of Liverpool, Knowsley Council and various freelance creatives.
Day to day management and support for the project will come from the VCLIC Development Officer, and the chosen candidate will be accountable to the VCLIC Senior Solicitor and a project Steering Committee. They will also be expected to liaise with an independent external evaluator, who will write a formal report on the overall success of the scheme at its conclusion.
Liverpool City Council is seeking to award grants towards Sports Equipment for under 15s grassroots sports clubs.
Who can apply?
Under 15s grassroots sports clubs. As the grant is a small amount it has been restricted to the top five wards in Liverpool with the highest child poverty rates. Only one application per organisation will be accepted.
Your organisation will need to based in one the ward/s below or whose beneficiaries are from those ward/s.
Kensington & Fairfield
Norris Green
Anfield
Speke
Princes Park.
Organisations can apply for one grant of up to £500. The total amount available is £2,000, four clubs will be funded £500 each.
If you have any further enquiries, please email SportsLeisureSmallGrants@liverpool.gov.uk.
The LCVS Community Impact Fund (CIF) is now open
Deadline: 5 PM on Friday 11 April 2025.
The fund reopened on Monday 17 March 2025.
For this round, we will continue to prioritise funding projects that support Care Leavers.
The definition we use in relation to Care Leavers for the purpose of this grant is: “Young people aged 16 -25, who have recently left the care of the Liverpool City Region Local Authority, or who are preparing to leave care.
Workshop
The Grants Team will be delivering a workshop on launch day (17 March 2025) at 1:30 PM.
This will be a useful session to sign up to if your organisation is new to applying to the LCVS CIF grant programme.
First health and housing partnership launches in Cheshire and Merseyside
Health and housing leaders across Cheshire and Merseyside are working together to improve health and wellbeing through better housing.
The Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Housing Partnership (CMHHP) is a collaboration between the Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership (HCP) and local housing organisations, supported by the Housing Association Charitable Trust (HACT).
Improved joint working can help reduce hospital admissions, prevent readmissions, and enable care and support to be provided at home and within communities.
The importance of housing in promoting health and wellbeing was a key recommendation in Sir Michael Marmot’s All Together Fairer report.
The partnership will focus on:
Healthy Homes: Ensuring that housing supports residents’ health rather than exacerbating existing health conditions. This includes targeted interventions for respiratory illnesses, improved access to support services, and the development of integrated pathways.
Mental Health and Housing: Providing specialised housing solutions to improve recovery outcomes for individuals with severe mental illness, including those awaiting hospital discharge. The initiative also aims to embed housing expertise in mental health services and promote early intervention strategies.
Public Health Promotion and Engagement: Utilising housing association community programmes to tackle health inequalities, food insecurity, and poverty, while strengthening local health infrastructure and community engagement.
Workforce Opportunities for Tenants: Opening pathways for social housing tenants to enter health and social care jobs by simplifying processes, building partnerships between housing associations and recruiters, and demystifying careers in the NHS.
The partnership represents a significant step forward in integrating housing, health, and care to create lasting change. With a focus on prevention, targeted support, and community empowerment, the partnership aims to set a new standard for health and housing collaboration.
New Report: Housing and Homelessness in Liverpool City Region
The VS6 Partnership, in collaboration with YMCA St Helens, has published a new report exploring the critical role of the voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector in tackling housing and homelessness across the Liverpool City Region.
Key findings highlight:
Rising demand for housing support due to increasing rents and the cost of living crisis
The VCFSE sector’s essential role in providing tailored, wraparound support
The need for greater investment in prevention and early intervention
Opportunities for cross-sector collaboration, policy change, and innovative housing solutions.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Money Advice Caseworker
Deadline: 10 April 2025.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £28,673 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Money Advice Supervisor. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave pay.
Job Summary
The Debt Advice Caseworker will provide an in person high-quality advice and casework service to the organisation’s clients in debt and money management service.
The Debt Advice Caseworker will provide mentoring and support to their co-workers, which will help develop their skills and expertise in debt and money management service, ensuring they deliver our clients with the best possible service.
A demanding role, whereby the Debt Advice Caseworker will have the ability to understand and deal with complex information. Working collaboratively with their team, management, external organisation’s, and Head of Service.
Stick ‘n’ Step – Operations and Relationship Officer
Deadline: 31 March 2025 at 5 PM.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £22,000. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Senior Administrator. Location: Wallasey Centre.
Employer Bio
Stick ‘n’ Step provide free conductive education sessions to children with cerebral palsy. Their support improves mobility, independence and boosts self-confidence, enabling each child to reach their personal potential.
“We work together to help everyone achieve their full potential while having fun”.
Stick ‘n’ Step currently provide vital support to over 100 children and their families from their centres in Wallasey and Runcorn. Their Runcorn centre opened in the summer of 2017 enabling them to reach out to more families across the North West of England. This is an exciting time to join Stick ‘n’ Step, and they are looking for someone who has the passion and motivation to contribute to their dynamic organisation.
Job Summary
Do you consider yourself a ‘people person’? Are you resourceful with bags of initiative? If the answer to these two questions is yes, then this could be the job for you.
They are looking for an Operations and Relationship Officer for their Wallasey centre to manage the office-based activity and provide support to the families that attend their centre. You’ll also be supporting the fundraising team and act as a bridge between teams to ensure their staff, volunteers, families and supporters are kept informed and feel supported, many of whom will be raising funds for us, with raffles, events and 3rd party challenges.
This post would suit someone with strong administrative practices, excellent IT skills, who is good at juggling multiple priorities and has a proactive and organised approach.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team that is professional, committed and passionate about improving the life chances of the children they work with.
Call for Interest | Offer of support in evaluating your (VCFSE) organisation’s impact
Deadline: Monday 31 March 2025
Would your organisation benefit from support to evaluate its work, so its impact can be better understood and highlighted?
VSNW is offering four voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations in Cheshire and Merseyside the opportunity to apply for their new pilot project, working with a team of economists from Lancaster University and the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan).
The successful four applicants will receive tailored advice and practical support to develop their evaluation programmes. In return, applicants will share their learnings with wider VCFSE sector organisations by participating in a webinar marking the culmination of the project.
It’s the first time they have ever run a project like this, so as well as giving you the chance to speak with a team of economists, you’ll be helping them test if it would benefit others in the future.
Health24 (set up by Primary Care 24), is a non-profit organisation who offer grants to community groups, charities and non-profits in the North West. They have just opened their first round of applications for grants.
For this round, they have particular interest in groups working with refugees/asylum seekers, child and adolescent mental health or child poverty.
The grant applications are open to any qualifying non-profits and community groups in Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton and Warrington. Offering both large and small grants, Health24 is aiming to reduce health inequalities in the region.
Posts available: 1. Contract: August 2025. Term: Part time. Salary: NJC point 18-21 £15.84 – £16.65 per hour. Hours per week: 9 hours. Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: Liverpool East.
Employer Bio
Priority Youth Project works with children and young people aged 8-19 years across Liverpool East providing life changing opportunities through offering a series of centre based, detached, mobile youth provision and 1-1 counselling. The charity provides support, education and leisure activities to develop young people’s skills and improve opportunities, enabling them to advance positively into mature responsible individuals.
Job Summary
This role involves working within a team to address the educational, leisure, and recreational needs of children and young people aged 8-19 in Liverpool East. Responsibilities include planning, delivering and evaluating a wide range of educational, health, sports and recreational programmes. This role requires the candidate to effectively line manage staff, conduct 1-1 staff reviews as well as holding responsibility for petty cash/budgets.
The candidate must hold a recognized qualification at Level 3 or higher in a relevant subject relating to children & young people and have experience working with children and young people. Additionally, the role requires close collaboration with the community and supporting families to ensure their needs are met.
To read the full job description and to apply, please contact louise@priorityouth.co.uk.
Interviews: End of April 2025.
Priority Youth Project – Play Worker
Deadline: 28 March 2025.
Posts available: 1. Contract: August 2025. Term: Part time. Salary: £13.26 – £14.13 per hour. Hours per week: 9 hours. Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: Liverpool East.
Employer Bio
Priority Youth Project works with children and young people aged 8-19 years across Liverpool East providing life changing opportunities through offering a series of centre based, detached, mobile youth provision and 1-1 counselling. The charity provides support, education and leisure activities to develop young people’s skills and improve opportunities, enabling them to advance positively into mature responsible individuals.
Job Summary
The post holder will assist in developing play, educational, and health programs for children aged 8-12 in both centre-based and after-school settings. They will work as part of a team, helping to plan and deliver a range of play activities. The candidate should have experience working with children in similar play and after-school settings.
To read the full job description and to apply, please contact louise@priorityouth.co.uk.
Interviews: End of April 2025.
Priority Youth Project – Level 2 Youth Worker
Deadline: 28 March 2025.
Posts available: 1. Contract: August 2025. Term: Part time. Salary: £13.26 – £14.13 per hour. Hours per week: 6 hours. Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: Liverpool East.
Employer Bio
Priority Youth Project works with children and young people aged 8-19 years across Liverpool East providing life changing opportunities through offering a series of centre based, detached, mobile youth provision and 1-1 counselling. The charity provides support, education and leisure activities to develop young people’s skills and improve opportunities, enabling them to advance positively into mature responsible individuals.
Job Summary
The post holder will work with the staff team to meet the educational, leisure, and recreational needs of children and young people aged 8-19 in Liverpool East. In a centre-based setting, the role involves assisting in the planning and delivery of educational, health, recreational, and leisure programs. The candidate must have some experience working with children and young people.
To read the full job description and to apply, please contact louise@priorityouth.co.uk
Interviews: End of April 2025.
Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton – Inclusion Support Worker, Combat Isolation
Deadline: 5 PM on Wednesday 12 March 2025.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary to 31 March 2028. Term: Full-time. Salary: £26,250 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Team Leader, Combat Isolation. Location: The Frances Suite, 1st Floor, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2JH
Employer Bio
Established in 1928 by Eleanor Rathbone, this charity was the first older adult focused charity in the world. Since their conception, Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton’s (ACLS) mission has been to protect and promote the well-being of people over 50 years of age in our area. With nearly 100 years’ experience working with older adults in Liverpool & Sefton, we are experts in understanding the needs of our community and delivering impactful services.
Their services include: befriending and re-ablement, a Mental Health Support Service, friendship services, an Activity Programme operating from their activity room and at locations across the city, an information and advice service, a telephone, online and drop-in service for any query or concern raised by an older person, relative, neighbour, professional or other VCSE partner and The Hamlets, their 30-bedroom specialist nursing home for older adults with functional mental health needs.
Job Summary
Combat Isolation is a bespoke service based across Liverpool, Sefton and Kirkby. The team supports older adults (over 50) diagnosed with functional mental illness who have been affected by loneliness and isolation exacerbated by the impact of Covid. The service has been designed to build confidence and increase independence through delivery of one-to-one support. This will include developing a personalised community support programme and agreeing personal objectives with the client and a strategy to achieve them, encouraging clients to access meaningful activities to benefit their mental health, wellbeing and independence.
Calling VCFSE Leaders | Clore Social Leadership’s Emerging Leader Programme | Two Bursary Places
Deadline: Monday 10 March 2025.
Apply now to join Clore Social Leadership’s Emerging Leader programme, it is curated for individuals in the social sector (VCFSE sector) with over three years of leadership experience, looking to advance their leadership skills, build a strong professional network and contribute to positive social change.
The programme combines development tools including Action Learning Sets, a two-day residential, professional 1:1 coaching and much more.
The two fully funded bursaries have been made available for Black and Racialised minority individuals or anyone with lived experience of displacement working in the Liverpool City Region or Northern Ireland. These bursaries have been funded in response to the racist and Islamaphobic riots that took place in August in 2025.
The Brain Charity – Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer
Deadline: 5 PM on Friday 21 March 2025.
Please note: they reserve the right to close this vacancy early if they receive sufficient applications for the role.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part Time. Salary: £16,791 per annum pro rata (£27,985 FTE). Hours per week: 22.5 hours per week (preferably split over 5 working days). Days per week: Monday to Friday. Reporting to: Head of People. Location: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, Liverpool, L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Overview
With overall responsibility for enabling their CEO to utilise her time effectively and be the best she can be, you will undertake a wide range of tasks and assignments requiring considerable use of judgement, personal initiative and discretion.
You will be a highly organised individual with a methodical approach to work and an eye for detail.
Working closely on a day-to-day basis with the CEO, you will be instrumental in supporting the organisation to deliver excellent services to some of the most vulnerable members of our society. The EA will also provide executive personal assistance to the CEO, and secretarial support to Senior Leadership Team and Chair of the Board of Trustees.
The Executive Assistant to the CEO is a strategically important role within the organisation and imperative to the success of the charity.
A key objective of the role is to alleviate time pressure on the CEO, but also to support the Board of Trustees and Senior Leadership Team in areas of joint or strategic need.
The EA to the CEO not only fully understands the strategic objectives of the organisation, they also proactively identify business needs and opportunities to ensure that those objectives are achieved.
The proactive nature of the role involves scouring the CEO’s activities and their own work patterns for any inefficiencies to maximise their time. And in turn, this helps the charity to maximise its return on its investment in the CEO.
The Executive Assistant to the CEO holds a unique and privileged position within the organisation, whereby the nature of their role means that they have detailed knowledge of, and productive working relationships within, all areas of the charity and with its external stakeholders.
Aiding positive communications is another vital role and the EA must always act as the eyes and ears of the CEO, which means being alert to potential issues, conflicts, or any other information that may be helpful. This close partnership with the CEO requires a high level of loyalty to the CEO and belief in the strategic aims.
The EA will also provide executive personal assistance to the CEO, and secretarial support to Senior Leadership Team and Chair of the Board of Trustees.
Interviews for successful applicants will take place during the week commencing Monday 31 March 2025.
Contact Details: Email HR@thebraincharity.org.uk or ring 0151 298 2999.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – General Adviser
Deadline: Early 2025 (date TBC).
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £25,408 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Advice Service Supervisor. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Summary
Citizens Advice Liverpool’s General Advice Team covers a range of different projects, giving advice over the phone, virtually, face-to-face or in outreach locations. The post holder will need to be self-motivated, organised and flexible, delivering generalist level advice and information.
The role involves advising on all areas of general advice, assisting with the completion of paper and digital forms and making referrals to internal or external services. The post holder will need to be digitally aware and be able to record all client contact and outcomes as well as make referrals electronically.
Open Door is one of Merseyside’s most dynamic and progressive independent charities committed to shaping meaningful change in mental health by creating inclusive communities, joyful places and evidence-based programmes that empower people to be mentally well. Based in Birkenhead, they provide free, fast and effective mental health support to young people, without waiting lists or lengthy referrals. What Open Door do first-hand in Merseyside, we share with others, inspiring change across the UK.
Job Summary
As the Fundraising Coordinator you will be the forward-facing member of the Fundraising team, building strong relationships with their supporters, providing encouragement and acknowledgement to fundraisers, as well as playing an important role in driving fundraising income from a community level.
You will work closely with the Fundraising Manager and Head of Fundraising to support with building an exciting programme of events and opportunities for community fundraising to encourage supporter engagement and build sustainable income generation.
Whilst experience in a similar role is appreciated, they also highly encourage applications from individuals who are starting out in their Fundraising career, have the drive and desire to develop their skills within the third sector, and want to be a part of an organisation that is creating positive change in the way mental health support is seen, heard and accessed.
Open Door also provides access to:
25 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays), plus annual Christmas shutdown
Extra day of annual leave on your Birthday (or nearest working day if Birthday falls on a weekend)
Weekly staff yoga
Opportunity to take part in quarterly team away days
Comics Youth – Creative Youth Worker (Youth Work Lead)
Deadline: 5 PM on 28 March 2025.
Posts available: 1. Term: Fixed Term for 2 Years / Part-Time. Salary: £24,570 pro rata. Hours per week: 30 hours. Location: Make CIC, 69-71 Argyle Street, CH41 6LQ (covers LCR Region).
Employer Bio
Comics Youth CIC is an innovative non-profit that delivers comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects for disadvantaged children and young people aged 8-25 within Merseyside and the wider Knowsley Borough. The overall ethos of the organisation is to break down participation barriers for marginalised groups including looked after children, LGBTQIA young people, global majority youth, care leavers, young carers and young people experiencing complex mental ill health within the Liverpool City Region to make, create and publish comic books about salient community issues. Sessions are delivered within safe, inclusive, and indiscriminate community venues.
Job Summary
The Creative Youth Worker (Youth Work Lead) role is integral to Beyond the Margins, a three-year project providing creative and mental health support to marginalised young people. This role is focused on fostering interpersonal skills, confidence, and leadership among young people aged 8-25, particularly those engaged as Volunteers, and Young Marginal Associates.
The postholder will co-deliver creative and youth work-focused sessions alongside the Zine lead, ensuring young people receive both emotional and practical support in their development. They will also provide supervision for Marginal Associate’s, facilitate group sessions, and offer 1-2-1 mentoring, working flexible hours, including evenings and Saturdays to meet young people’s needs. Additionally, they will play a key role in coordinating and facilitating the annual Beyond the Margins community celebration event, bringing together young people, partners, and the wider community to showcase creative work and achievements.
Posts available: 1. Term: Fixed Term / Part-Time. Salary: £24,570 pro rata. Hours per week: 30 hours. Location: Make CIC, 69-71 Argyle Street, CH41 6LQ (covers LCR Region).
Employer Bio
Comics Youth CIC is an innovative non-profit that delivers comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects for disadvantaged children and young people aged 8-25 within Merseyside and the wider Knowsley Borough. The overall ethos of the organisation is to break down participation barriers for marginalised groups including looked after children, LGBTQIA young people, global majority youth, care leavers, young carers and young people experiencing complex mental ill health within the Liverpool City Region to make, create and publish comic books about salient community issues. Sessions are delivered within safe, inclusive, and indiscriminate community venues.
Job Summary
The Creative Youth Worker (Zine Development Lead) role is crucial to Comics Youth CIC’s mission. The successful candidate will lead the development of quarterly zines with young people aged 8-25 as part of the Beyond the Margins project, a three-year initiative providing creative, social, and emotional support to marginalised young people.
This project uses zines and comics to empower participants, train peer mentors, and build a strong youth work community. The postholder will guide young people in sharing their lived experiences through creative expression, facilitating workshops both online and in person. They will work flexible hours, including evenings and Saturdays, to meet the needs of participants.
The Rainbow Flag Award | Now recruiting for next cohort
YPAS is proudly supporting the delivery of the Rainbow Flag Award locally and they are now recruiting for their next cohort.
The Rainbow Flag Award is a national quality assurance framework that has a focus on positive LGBT+ inclusion and visibility, for settings where young people exist. This includes:
Primary Schools
Secondary Schools
SEND Schools
Alternative provisions
FE colleges
Youth services
Youth clubs
Uniformed organisations
Other youth focused organisations
The Rainbow Flag Award encourages a whole organisation approach to LGBT+ inclusion, as well as developing strategies to effectively challenge and combat LGBTphobic bullying.
Growing Stronger’s ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Training Courses
Growing Stronger is designed to help people of all ages grow and recover from Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs. They have a number of different training available regarding ACEs:
ACE Aware Course
This training is a 45 minute webinar that summarises What ACEs Are, Why They Matter and What We Can Do, to prevent, respond and recover. Any adults are welcome to attend.
ACE Skilled Course
This is a half day, face to face training for professionals that supports a deeper understanding of ACEs. You will learn how ACEs impact upon our community and systems, the impact it can have and how the Growing Stronger ACE Response Framework can enhance your daily practice to be more ACE aware and responsive. You will receive resource to support utilising the five elements of the framework into your practice.
ACE Leadership Course
This is a full day face to face training for managers and leaders within organisations. It considers ACEs and our response from a systems perspective. You will learn how the elements of the response framework can be utilised to support staff and adapt policies procedures and systems to make our organisations more ACE Aware and responsive.
Train the Trainer Course
Growing Stronger Together is a Fully Funded 3-Day Train the Trainer course for colleagues working in Liverpool. This is a 4-session model for working with adults who have experienced adversity in their childhoods, the model can be used as a 1:2:1 or small group intervention and can be adapted for staff training. It is a psychologically informed training model with on-going group supervision support which develops skills in Compassion, Acceptance and Relationships – CAR.
Nestled within their beautiful Georgian terrace in the heart of Liverpool, the Rotunda Community Land Trust is embarking on a meaningful journey to create a vital space where women and children can find safety, support, and a path towards brighter futures. The Rotunda House project is about building a community where women and children can break free from cycles of inequality and thrive.
They are now seeking dedicated, experienced, and compassionate individuals to join the board of trustees and help guide this vital project.
As board members, you’ll be supported by the Rotunda team, building homes with purpose and playing a key role in ensuring that this initiative leads to lasting, positive change. Together, they’ll create a space that supports the wellbeing, independence, and financial security of women across the city.
If you believe in the power of community and want to help women in Liverpool build a more equitable future, they’d love to hear from you.
For more info or to apply to become a member of the Board of Trustees, speak to their CEO Maxine Ennis: mennis@therotunda.org.uk | 07799062155.
Callout to organisations for Summer Sports at Liverpool ONE
Deadline: Monday 3 March 2025.
Liverpool ONE is looking for local sports organisations to hold children’s activities on Chavasse Park as part of a Summer Sports event at Liverpool ONE.
This event will take place over the summer school holiday (approx. 19 July – 31 August 2025). They will have self-led sports activities on Chavasse Park, such as a running track & tennis court, which families can use at their leisure.
Alongside this, they’re looking for sports organisations to host children’s activities on either the grass or hardstanding area of the park. Different groups are welcome to run activities in the afternoon over chosen dates, creating a varied offer of sports sessions for the public to get involved with.
The suitable age range can be flexible between 4-12, as can the dates and number of days each group can appear. They have budget to cover transport and reasonable expenses.
They’re particularly interested in sports for girls, especially with the number of women’s sports events taking place this year such as the Rugby World Cup, Euros, and Ashes.
To register your interest, please send your details and a description of your proposed activity to cerys.griffith@liverpool-one.com by Monday 3 March 2025.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children’s Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 450,000 patients and families they care for every year.
The charity helps to fund a range of activities and projects that are designed to enhance and improve the lives of their amazing young patients. This includes the funding of specialist medical equipment to ensure their brilliant surgeons and clinical staff have the most up to date and cutting-edge technology available and funding hi-tech distraction equipment designed and proven to reduce pain and anxiety in their patients. They also fund a range of programmes and special projects such as their ward musicians, their on-site magician and the play specialists they have on every ward.
Job Summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Philanthropy Fundraiser to join the Charity team here at Alder Hey, the UK’s busiest Children’s Hospital.
They’re looking for someone who loves building relationships and is passionate about high value fundraising. You will have relevant charity fundraising experience with exceptional writing skills to create compelling applications and proposals for funding. You’ll also be self-motivated, proactive and an excellent collaborator. If you’re excited by the sound of this, theye’d love to hear from you!
In this role you will have a mixed portfolio of high value trusts, grantmakers and major donors, to support the implementation of the Philanthropy strategy to reach new audiences and increase sustainable income growth. You will contribute to their capital fundraising campaigns and the development of ‘wow’/special? projects under their fundraising pillars: Magic, Equipment, Campus and Community, Research, Innovation and Education, and Advocacy.
You will also manage a wide variety of internal stakeholder relationships with senior colleagues in Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.
Contract: Fixed Term (until 31/03/2026 funding dependent) & 12 months Maternity Cover. Salary: NJC SCP: 23– 25 (£33,366 – £35,235). Hours per week: 35 hours. Location: YPAS Community Hubs (Central, North and South).
Employer Bio
YPAS is a Merseyside based Charity, Established in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. They support children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Job Overview
YPAS is seeking Young Person’s Therapists to join its dynamic Integrative Therapy team. The successful candidate will provide therapeutic interventions to children and young people aged 11-25 years.
Young Persons Therapists provide a range of therapeutic interventions for children and young people aged 11-25 years whose lives are impacted by their mental health and emotional wellbeing difficulties.
Therapeutic Qualification(s) are essential.
Why Join YPAS?
Be part of a passionate team dedicated to making a positive impact on children and young people’s lives.
Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
A supportive and collaborative work environment and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing and have an aptitude to undertake a postgraduate/graduate study programme.
Interviews: Monday 17 March 2025 (YPAS Central City Centre location).
Contact Details: recruitment@ypas.org.uk.
Imagine Independence – HR Systems Coordinator
Deadline: 3 March 2025 at 9 AM.
Posts available: 1. Contract: 6 months. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £29,000 to £34,000 p.a. (dependent on experience, pro-rated for 6 months and for part time if applicable). Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: HR Manager. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Job Summary
They are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented HR Systems Coordinator to join their HR team for a 6-month contract. This exciting role will primarily support the implementation, testing, and roll-out of their new HRIS system, Access People HR, and the associated Applicant Tracking System (ATS) for recruitment.
You will work closely with the HR Manager to drive the successful development and deployment of the HRIS and ATS, making sure they fully align with HR processes and business needs. Your responsibilities will include mapping HR workflows, ensuring the system’s functionality, testing and troubleshooting, as well as offering ongoing support across the organisation. This is a great opportunity for someone with a strong background in HR processes, data management, and HRIS systems to play a key role in enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of their HR operations.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Advice Service Supervisor
Deadline: 24 March 2025.
Posts available: 1. Term: Permanent. Salary: £17,878. Hours per week: 21 hours ( 3 full days). Reporting to: Advice Service Coordinator. Location: Office Based.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Info
The aim of Advice Service Supervisor is to maintain a consistent quality of advice and help for clients by providing support, guidance and feedback on a day to day basis. There are 3 main areas:
ensuring quality – actively supporting the quality of advice by guiding the team to information sources, checking that all aspects of a client’s situation have been considered, checking that follow up work is progressed, and that research and campaigns issues are identified
providing support – actively supporting each team member to develop their skills and competences, by explaining, guiding, demonstrating, encouraging, suggesting, coaching, giving constructive feedback and challenging appropriately – adapting the level of support to individual competence and need, and taking account of the team as a whole
managing the practicalities – overseeing and managing all practical issues relating to the session – allocating the team to face-to-face work or other communication methods, checking waiting times or interview lengths, and if necessary, dealing with client or Citizens Advice emergencies.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term. Salary: £25,806. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Help To Claim Supervisor. Location: Hybrid – Remote and Office based.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Info
Universal Credit (UC) is the fastest growing advice issue for the Citizens Advice service and improving the support available to people making a claim is vital. Their Help to Claim service guides people through the claims process – this will include identifying suitability, helping clients to start their claim and providing support to their first payment.
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking to recruit Help to Claim advisers with knowledge and experience of welfare benefits to join their team.
The successful candidates will provide end to end telephone and web chat support for new Universal Credit claimants. Your understanding of legacy benefits will enable you to check whether a client would be better off on Universal Credit.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Transform Lives Company – Halton Employment Keyworker
Deadline: 10 March 2025.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time, Part-Time, Variable. Salary: C£27,000. Hours per week: 40 hours. Reporting to: Operations Manager. Location: Halton & Main Office Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Transform Lives Company is a social enterprise dedicated to transforming lives through person-centred support. Their award-winning programmes have shown positive outcomes, and they work with partners to bring about social action.
Job Summary
Join Transform Lives Company as a Halton Employment Keyworker! You’ll engage with economically inactive individuals in Halton, promoting activities and support to help them progress into training, coaching, and employment. This role requires mobility, flexibility, and a deep understanding of the Halton area.
Your Talents:
Experience in engaging with people in varied settings
Coaching approach to empower individuals
Ability to build trust and gather necessary documentation
Strong communication skills and knowledge of the Halton area.
Join the LCVS Team: Apply now for our Funding Advisor Role
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a talented individual to join the LCVS Team as our Funding Advisor in a capacity that will allow them to impact the voluntary sector across this city.
Location: Liverpool Salary: £31,000 per annum Contract: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent.
As the Funding Advisor, you will:
Provide advice, training, and consultancy to VCFSE organisations on securing funding from a range of sources, including public and charitable funds.
Assist organisations in developing high-quality funding applications and tenders.
Build and sustain relationships with key funding agencies and other partners to ensure organisations can access the resources they need.
Lead and deliver workshops and training sessions on fundraising and funding strategies.
Research funding opportunities, respond to enquiries, and assist in the creation of funding strategies for community groups.
Represent VCFSE organisations and advocate for them in securing additional funding.
Monitor and record the progress of work to meet the requirements of funding bodies.
Family Fund | Discover Digital Workshops for families raising disabled children & young people
Learn a new skill or get creative with a free online workshop from Family Fund.
The charity’s Discover Digital support programme offers free digital skills and creative workshops for families raising disabled children and young people. These include creative sessions for children, help with digital skills, and financial support
The sessions are friendly and informal and are delivered by specialist trainers and Family Fund staff.
Supporting your young person into adulthood workshop
Wondering how your young person’s benefits may be affected as they move from teenager to adult?
Family Fund charity is running a free online workshop ‘Supporting your young person into adulthood’. Join and explore organisations that can support your young person as they transition into adult services. And find out about where else you can go for help.
Make a social story workshop
Social stories help children with additional needs to develop a greater social understanding of how the world around them works, help them stay safe and explain scenarios like:
A trip to the shops
Getting ready
Going to school
Going to the doctor, and more.
Family Fund charity is hosting a free online workshop ‘Make a social story’. At the session you’ll discover how to use the Clips app on your iPad and InShot app on your Android device to create a social story.
LCVS – Funding Advisor
Deadline: 12 noon on Monday 17 March 2025.
Location: Liverpool Salary: £31,000 per annum Contract: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent
Make a real difference by supporting the voluntary and community sector in Liverpool.
Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) is at the heart of supporting the city’s vibrant community organisations. As we continue to help grow and strengthen the voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector, we are seeking an experienced and motivated Funding Advisor to join our team. This role offers a unique opportunity to work closely with a variety of organisations, providing expert guidance and support to help them secure vital funding.
About the Role
As the Funding Advisor, you will:
Provide advice, training, and consultancy to VCFSE organisations on securing funding from a range of sources, including public and charitable funds.
Assist organisations in developing high-quality funding applications and tenders.
Build and sustain relationships with key funding agencies and other partners to ensure organisations can access the resources they need.
Lead and deliver workshops and training sessions on fundraising and funding strategies.
Research funding opportunities, respond to enquiries, and assist in the creation of funding strategies for community groups.
Represent VCFSE organisations and advocate for them in securing additional funding.
Monitor and record the progress of work to meet the requirements of funding bodies.
About You
We are looking for a Funding Advisor who brings:
A degree level qualification or equivalent experience.
Extensive knowledge of funding sources available to VCFSE organisations, including statutory, charitable, and private sector funding.
Proven experience in writing successful funding bids and tenders.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to break down complex funding information into accessible advice.
Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage a caseload efficiently.
A commitment to equal opportunities and the values of the voluntary sector.
Experience in delivering training and facilitating workshops.
The ability to develop strong relationships with funding bodies and other agencies.
A flexible, self-motivated approach, with a passion for supporting community organisations.
How to Apply
To apply, please submit your application form outlining how you meet the person specification to rachel.lindsay@lcvs.org.uk.
Join LCVS and help shape the future of Liverpool’s community organisations.
The Brain Charity – Hospital Engagement Officer
Deadline: 5 PM on Friday 7 March 2025.
Please note: They reserve the right to close this vacancy early if they receive sufficient applications for the role.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £27,985.00 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week. Days per week: Monday to Friday. Reporting to: Interim Head of Services & Projects. Location: The Walton Centre (Main), Norton Street and Various Merseyside Hospitals (when required).
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Role Summary
They are seeking a proactive, motivated and outgoing Hospital Engagement Officer to represent The Brain Charity within The Walton Centre, the UK’s leading Neurology/Neurosurgery Hospital. Based within the hospital setting, you will support patients and hospital services by providing advice and guidance to patients around non-clinical issues, at the time it is needed most. By providing urgent advice at their bedside, you will contribute to a holistic approach to neurological care, which not only addresses a medical need, but looks at the wider practical, emotional and social needs of the person, as the individual they are. You will be based directly on acute wards and in clinics to identify in-patients who would benefit from engaging with the valuable services they offer.
Additionally, you will engage with NHS staff to promote the service, deliver presentations and contribute to staff training programs.
This is a newly created role within the organisation, and they would love to hear from you if you are:
Confident enough to make things happen and present to a group
Affable with a genuine desire to build supportive relationships with patients, families, colleagues & other agencies
Outcome driven with a drive for efficiency and getting everything in the right place
Someone with the kindness, courage and commitment to give guidance and support to patients and their families in life changing situations.
Interviews for successful applicants will take place during the week commencing Monday 17 March 2025.
Please e-mail HR@thebraincharity.org.uk or ring 0151 298 2999 if you have any questions.
Everton Churches Generations Project – Children and Families Missional Worker
Deadline: No formal closing date.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed term 12 months initially Term: Part time. Salary: £13 per hour. Hours per week: 24 hours ideally (negotiable term time working). Reporting to: Project Lead/Clergy Lead. Location: Everton.
Employer Bio
The Diocese of Liverpool wants to see a step change in ministry among the Missing Generation (11-29 year olds), and has embarked on the Missing Generation Programme focussed in three areas of Liverpool and in the regional town of Wigan.
By the end of the Programme they plan to have a thriving schools ministry and three Resources Churches – churches that make disciples and grow at pace and multiply, specifically focusing on and attractional to the Missing Generation. St Georges and St Peter’s with St John Chrysostom will form one of these Resource Churches and the initial two year funding for the Operations Manager role is through this Missing Generation programme. The funding also includes the recruitment of further staff members focused on developing ministry to engage and disciple 11-29yr olds.
Job Summary
They are looking for a passionate Children and Families Missional Worker who can be part of an exciting project which seeks to create new disciples aged 11-18 engaging in worshipping communities across Everton. You will work with the leadership team at Everton Churches to implement and develop the strong mission and discipleship strategy for Children and families. Working with the Hub Manager and Clergy team to implement a range of activities within the community to support children and parents/carers as they journey and explore faith together.
You will also:
Facilitate, their Kids Matter parent nurturing programme, support the delivery of their special educational needs, (SEND) worship community and work with the clergy team to deliver school-based activities and assemblies
Work alongside youth work staff and design and develop a year 6 transition programme
Offer line management and supervision support to two part time youth workers
Engage with other community groups and organisations to support the delivery of community and engagement events. Reporting directly to the Hub Manager.
For more information and to apply, please email gphubmanager@gmail.com / churchoperationsgp@gmail.com.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed term 12 months initially Term: Part time. Salary: £13 per hour. Hours per week: 21 hours ideally (Regular evening work including Sunday evenings). Reporting to: Clergy Lead – Project Lead. Location: Everton.
Employer Bio
The Diocese of Liverpool wants to see a step change in ministry among the Missing Generation (11-29 year olds), and has embarked on the Missing Generation Programme focussed in three areas of Liverpool and in the regional town of Wigan.
By the end of the Programme they plan to have a thriving schools ministry and three Resources Churches – churches that make disciples and grow at pace and multiply, specifically focusing on and attractional to the Missing Generation. St Georges and St Peter’s with St John Chrysostom will form one of these Resource Churches and the initial two year funding for the Operations Manager role is through this Missing Generation programme. The funding also includes the recruitment of further staff members focused on developing ministry to engage and disciple 11-29yr olds.
Job Summary
They are looking for a passionate Youth Missional Worker who can be part of an exciting project which seeks to create new disciples aged 11-18 engaging in worshipping communities in Everton. You will work with the leadership team at Everton Churches to implement and develop the strong mission and discipleship strategy for youth work. Working with young people and volunteers will be central to that task.
The Youth Worker will be responsible to work in partnership with various worship communities that engage with young people including their Friday night worship fest and international worship community. You will work alongside the Children and Family Worker to engage in the wider community and support young people as they transition from year 6 to year 7 through engagement in their youth programme. You will support wider youth community engagement through partnership work with ‘The Shewsy’ Youth Club.
For more information and to apply, please email gphubmanager@gmail.com / churchoperationsgp@gmail.com.
Interviews: Weekdays between 10.30 AM to 2.30 PM.
Everton Churches Generations Project – Social Media and Comms
Deadline: No formal closing date.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed term 12 months initially Term: Part time. Salary: £14 per hour. Hours per week: 18 – 21 hours. This role will require regular evening and weekend work. Reporting to: Operations Manager. Location: Everton.
Employer Bio
The Diocese of Liverpool wants to see a step change in ministry among the Missing Generation (11-29 year olds), and has embarked on the Missing Generation Programme focussed in three areas of Liverpool and in the regional town of Wigan.
By the end of the Programme they plan to have a thriving schools ministry and three Resources Churches – churches that make disciples and grow at pace and multiply, specifically focusing on and attractional to the Missing Generation. St Georges and St Peter’s with St John Chrysostom will form one of these Resource Churches and the initial two year funding for the Operations Manager role is through this Missing Generation programme. The funding also includes the recruitment of further staff members focused on developing ministry to engage and disciple 11-29yr olds.
Job Summary
They are looking for a passionate and creative Social Media Content Creator to join their Generations Project Team. They are excited to have launched their generations project that aims to engage with young people aged 11 – 29 across the city in a missional focused way. Their aim is to support the discipleship of 100 new Christians over a 2-year period. To achieve this, they recognise the need to find new and exciting ways digitally to engage with their current young people/adults and are ready to have an experienced media and comms person join their team.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for producing high-quality, engaging, and impactful content across various social media platforms. As a Social Media Content Creator, you will help shape the projects’ online presence, supporting them as they drive engagement with young people and young adults across the city. You will work with the leadership team at Everton Churches to implement and develop the social media, mission focused and discipleship strategy. You must have a good understanding of the platforms young people and students access especially when exploring Faith. You will be confident working with video and photography and will be a creative and competent editor when it comes to preparing media for a variety of social media accounts.
For more information and to apply, please email gphubmanager@gmail.com / churchoperationsgp@gmail.com.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed term initial period 12 months. Term: Part time. Salary: £13 per hour. Hours per week: 21 hours ideally (Regular evening work including Sunday evenings). Reporting to: Clergy Lead/Project Lead. Location: Everton.
Employer Bio
The Diocese of Liverpool wants to see a step change in ministry among the Missing Generation (11-29 year olds), and has embarked on the Missing Generation Programme focussed in three areas of Liverpool and in the regional town of Wigan.
By the end of the Programme they plan to have a thriving schools ministry and three Resources Churches – churches that make disciples and grow at pace and multiply, specifically focusing on and attractional to the Missing Generation. St Georges and St Peter’s with St John Chrysostom will form one of these Resource Churches and the initial two year funding for the Operations Manager role is through this Missing Generation programme. The funding also includes the recruitment of further staff members focused on developing ministry to engage and disciple 11-29yr olds.
Job Overview
They are looking for a passionate Youth Missional Worker who can be part of an exciting project which seeks to create new disciples aged 11-18 engaging in worshipping communities in Everton. You will work with the leadership team at Everton Churches to implement and develop the strong mission and discipleship strategy for youth work.
Working with young people and volunteers will be central to that task The Youth Worker will be responsible to work in partnership with Christians in sport to plan and deliver sports development days and 6 weekly sports discipleship programmes. As well as to engage with young people through a variety of sports, creating spaces to encourage and facilitate an exploration of faith through sport and to also support the development of sport within their Sunday youth programme.
For more information and to apply, please email gphubmanager@gmail.com / churchoperationsgp@gmail.com.
Interviews: Weekdays between 10.30 AM to 2.30 PM.
St Andrew’s Community Network – Benefits Advisor
Deadline: 25 February 2025.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: Starting from £24,918 pro-rata (actual £14,951). Hours per week: 22.5 hours. Reporting to: Income Maximisation Team Coordinator. Location: St Andrew’s Community Network, 16 Larkhill Lane, Clubmoor, L13 9BR.
Employer Bio
St Andrew’s Community Network has been working across North Liverpool and surrounding areas for over 20 years, supporting communities by working with local organisations and providing practical services that meet local need. It is their ultimate aim to see people in the areas they work set free from the life-affecting consequences of poverty, and are continually working towards this through their aims of building financial resilience and building food security across our communities. They are a vibrant and passionate team, committed to their mission and driven to make a difference across our communities.
Job Summary
As a key member of the team, you will work to provide expert advice and support those experiencing welfare, benefit and money worries in the community. This will be achieved through direct one-to-one support in a variety of community settings.
Deadline: Apply at the earliest convenience as this is a rolling recruitment.
Posts available: 3. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Mary Seacole House is a pioneering institution dedicated to providing comprehensive support and advocacy for individuals from racialised & refugee/asylum seeker communities to improve their health & wellbeing. Rooted in evidence-based practices & cultural sensitivity, they are committed to addressing the unique challenges faced by this community. The organisation strives for equity, inclusivity, & empowerment, ensuring that every individual receives the care & resources they deserve while also standing in solidarity by influencing policy.
Job Summary
They are looking for committed volunteers, ready to roll up their sleeves and make a big difference to an important charity. They’re looking for folks with an understanding of the rich cultural heritage & historic struggles of Liverpool’s Black, racialised & immigrant communities & demonstrable commitment to addressing the inequities in service provision, experience & outcomes for those groups.
If you meet 70% of the criteria & aren’t sure whether you fit the bill, please still apply. They understand not everyone will meet all the requirements, but you may also have skills they don’t know they needed, or lived experiences that are as valuable as professional or academic expertise. They’re more than happy to talk through the role with you and work out how you could contribute.
To read the full job description and to apply, please email dawn.tolcher@maryseacolehouse.com.
Unity Theatre – Treasurer
Deadline: 31 March 2024.
Liverpool’s Unity Theatre is looking for a Treasurer to join the Board of Trustees with a passion for theatre.
Unity Theatre has a proud history of bringing radical theatre, powerful storytelling, and diverse programming dating back to the early twentieth century. This dedication to creating and showcasing outstanding work guides Unity in all that they do.
Unity’s identity has been proudly established across generations of amazing artists. This legacy of prioritising the work and careers of artists, at a time when they need it most, is crucial to how we move forward.
As they move into an exciting new chapter in 2025, they are seeking to appoint someone with a financial background to join the board of Trustees, in the role of Treasurer.
They are looking for someone with the following qualities/experience:
Knowledge and experience of current fundraising and finance practice relevant to small charities
Knowledge of bookkeeping and financial management
Good financial analysis skills
Ability to communicate clearly
How to Apply
Unity welcomes applications from all members of the community with the ability to make effective contributions to the Board. You will bring strong insight and professional experience in your area of specialism, along with a willingness to share thoughts, challenge ideas and support the team at all levels of the organisation.
Previous experience of being a Trustee is not a requirement. A passion for the arts and their role within a community is essential.
This role is voluntary with a commitment to attend six Board meetings a year, plus relevant Committees, and regular performances and events.
Appointments are for an initial period of three years, with the option of standing for an additional three-year term.
If you would like to apply, please send a CV and covering letter to Unity’s Executive Director – Eleanor Manson-Sawko at EleanorManson-Sawko@unitytheatre.co.uk.
If you would like to find out more about the role and exactly what is involved, they can arrange a phone call or meeting with the Chair of Trustees – Peter Mearns. Please contact Eleanor to arrange a conversation. Please get in touch if you require this information in large print or audio format.
Their equality opportunities form will be sent out to you upon receipt of expression of interest, or you can find it via their website.
Imagine Independence – Floating Support Worker
Deadline: 24 February 2025.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (day shifts only). Salary: £22,372.50 per annum. Based in: Sefton. Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays, employer’s contributory pension scheme, EAP scheme and other generous benefits.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Job Overview
Do you want to become part of this amazing organisation? As a Support Worker, working within their Accommodation Services, you will help to promote the health and wellbeing of those you support.
This will include providing practical and emotional support; supporting people to connect with their communities, developing skills and confidence and promoting independence.
They are looking for individuals with values which align to theirs, who are highly motivated and committed to enriching the lives of people they support.
For an initial chat, please contact Steph McGovern on 07816131856 or recruitment@imagineindependence.org.uk.
Zero Waste Community Fund | Now Open for Applications
Deadline: Sunday 9 March 2025 at 11.59 PM.
The Zero Waste Community Fund is delivered in partnership by the Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority and Veolia. The fund provides support to community organisations for waste prevention initiatives.
Grants are available for projects delivered across the Liverpool City Region.
Grants of up to £8,000 for projects running in one of the six districts or for projects delivered across the Liverpool City Region groups can apply for up to £30,000.
Projects must meet the following aims:
Support local community activity to improve waste behaviour through reuse, prevention and recycling projects
Make a difference to the wider community and people’s lives.
Liverpool Community Radio are looking for guests from local community groups and organisations
Liverpool Community Radio (LCRFM 106.7) are looking for guests and representatives from local community groups and organisations, to be interviewed on their lunchtime programme, to explain and promote what they do locally.
If you or a colleague would be willing to be interviewed and raise the profile of your group or organisation, please contact Steve Faragher on 0151 345 1290 / 07792854307 / sfaragher@hotmail.com.
Torus Foundation | Community Investment Fund
Deadline: Friday 21 February 2025.
Torus Foundation offers small grants to charities, community groups and local organisations who are delivering vital work in Torus communities.
All applications must support one or more of the Foundation’s focus areas that benefit Torus tenants and residents, and those living within Torus neighbourhoods:
Employment and skills
Financial inclusion
Youth services
Health and Wellbeing
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to apply for. Please speak to a member of the Fundraising Team about specific funding limits for projects, deadlines for applications and eligibility criteria including delivery within specific geographic areas.
Research Fellow 0.7fte – Applied Participatory Methods (fixed term)
Deadline: 13 February 2025.
Contract Type: Fixed Term. Job Type: Research. Salary Range: £37,999 – £45,163 pro rata per annum. Hours: Part Time. School/Department: Faculty of Health.
LJMU are looking for a part-time Research Fellow in Applied Participatory Methods to join a growing and vibrant team working as partners in Liverpool City Council’s Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC), funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (Health Determinants Research Collaborations Liverpool – Liverpool City Council).
This is an exciting, challenging, and varied role, working collaboratively between LJMU, Liverpool City Council, and the Voluntary, Community, Faith, and Social Enterprise sector in Liverpool.
You will join a dynamic team of individuals working in a lively and stimulating environment for public and population health research. The team has strong and enduring links into local government and our local communities, and with national and international organisations, including the World Health Organization.
Research Fellow – Evidence Synthesis (fixed term until December 2028)
Deadline: 13 February 2025.
Contract Type: Fixed Term. Job Type: Research. Salary Range: £37,999 – £45,163 per annum. Hours: Full Time. School/Department: Faculty of Health.
LJMU is looking for a Research Fellow in Evidence Synthesis to join a growing and vibrant team working as partners in Liverpool City Council’s Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC), funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (Health Determinants Research Collaborations Liverpool – Liverpool City Council).
This is an exciting, challenging, and varied role, working collaboratively between Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool City Council to foster a research-active environment and embed a culture of evidence-based decision-making to address health and health inequalities.
The successful candidate will join a dynamic team of individuals working in a lively and stimulating environment for public and population health research. The team has strong and enduring links into local government and our local communities, and with national and international organisations, including the World Health Organization.
Research Fellow – Applied Public Health (Fixed term until December 2028)
Deadline: 13 February 2025.
Contract Type: Fixed Term. Job Type: Research. Salary Range: £37,999 – £45,163 per annum. Hours: Full Time. School/Department: Faculty of Health.
LJMU are looking for a Research Fellow to join a growing and vibrant team working as partners in Liverpool City Council’s Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC), funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (Health Determinants Research Collaborations Liverpool – Liverpool City Council).
This is an exciting, challenging, and varied role, working collaboratively between LJMU and Liverpool City Council to foster a research-active environment within the council and embed a culture of evidence-based decision-making to address health and health inequalities.
The successful candidate will join a dynamic team of individuals working in a lively and stimulating environment for public and population health research. The team has strong and enduring links into local government and our local communities, and with national and international organisations, including the World Health Organization.
Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance | Check if you have symptoms of Head & Neck Cancer
Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance is partnering with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Liverpool GP practices to set up a clinic to check eligible people in specific areas of Liverpool who have symptoms of head and neck cancer.
During February, the Head & Neck Centre at Aintree Hospital in partnership with the Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance, are providing direct access, via a dedicated phone line for patients who:
Live in L5, L6 or L7 post code areas
Are 45 or over
Smoke or have smoked in the past
Have had a hoarse voice for three weeks or more
Have a neck lump that can be felt for three weeks or more, or both
Patients will be assessed over the phone by the team at Aintree Hospital and if necessary, will be invited in for a check-up.
Liverpool’s Parent Network has produced the Winter edition of the Liverpool Parenting Newsletter with information on services available for you and your family across the city.
In this newsletter, parents/carers will find information on a number of events, activities, courses and support services, including:
Best Start for life
Ante natal programmes available.
Parenting support from 0-19 (25)
New support services for parents of Teens
Information on Children Centres and Family Hubs
Spotlight information on Wavertree, Childwall, Woolton and Church Childrens Centre and activities for families there
Things to do in Liverpool for children and families.
Chinese New Year celebrations
Adult Learning
Courses available on Healthy Living and relationships
Help with cost of Living
Mental health support for children and adults
Bitesize courses for parents of Teens from Merseyside Youth Association
Support for families with children with SEND needs
Domestic abuse support services
RASA support services.
If you have any questions, please contact parenting@liverpool.gov.uk.
Public consultation on proposed changes to gluten free prescribing
Deadline: Tuesday 11 March 2025.
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside is holding a public consultation on a proposal to stop making gluten free bread and bread mixes available on prescription.
Gluten free bread and bread mixes are sometimes prescribed to individuals who live with coeliac disease, or other diagnosed conditions which mean that people have to follow a gluten free diet.
The public consultation is a chance for people to find out more about the proposal and share their views. It takes place between 28 January and 11 March 2025. The feedback received will be used to make a final decision about the proposal.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent (pending funding). Term: Full-time. Salary: £30,000 – £37,000 (dependent upon experience). Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Feeding Liverpool Director. Location: Liverpool, L1 7BZ.
Employer Bio
Feeding Liverpool is the city of Liverpool’s food alliance, connecting and equipping people and organisations to work towards good food for all.
Job Summary
They are looking for a Policy Officer – someone who will work collaboratively with local and national leaders such as Liverpool City Council and Public Health.
Main purposes of job:
To collaborate with Liverpool City Council in reviewing policies and procedures to embed Good Food principles across relevant departments and programmes of work.
To lead initiatives that improve food provision for children and young people in education and learning settings across Liverpool.
To scope and secure funding opportunities to advance the goals of the Good Food Plan.
To collaborate with partners to embed a community-centred approach to improving health, wellbeing and tackling social inequalities.
For application queries, please contact gentian@feedingliverpool.org.
The Liverpool Church of England Council for Social Aid – Adelaide House – Finance and Facilities Administrator
Deadline: Friday 14 February 2025.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £34,000 to £36,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Adelaide House Chief Operations Officer. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Adelaide House is an 18-bed, award-winning, Female Independent Approved Premises managed by a charity with a Christian foundation, The Liverpool Church of England Council for Social Aid. Adelaide House delivers high quality, female-centred, needs-led, holistic accommodation, supervision and rehabilitation, for post-release prison-leavers. One of only 8 such facilities in the country, they work closely with partner agencies to manage risk and support women to make positive changes to their lives.
Job Summary
Are you an experienced administrator with a knack for managing both numbers and operations? Do you thrive in a busy environment where your multitasking abilities and attention to detail are key? Do you want to make a real difference, working at the heart of a charity team that supports women on release from prison?
If so, they have an exciting opportunity for you to join them in a key role as their female Finance and Facilities Administrator (Sex Discrimination Act 1975, Section 75 (2) (e)) This is a varied and vital role that combines finance, administration support and facilities management. They’re looking for a confident, self-starting individual with the skills to a take lead in these areas and ensure smooth day-to-day operations. You will play a key role in maintaining financial records, providing administrative support to their senior team, managing health and safety requirements, and optimising facilities.
What they’re looking for:
Solid experience in financial administration, including use of SAGE
Facilities management experience, including health and safety
Excellent organisational skills and a proactive approach to problem-solving
A self-starter attitude with the ability to work independently and prioritise effectively
An understanding of or experience of working within the criminal justice system is desirable but not essential.
To read the full job description and to apply, please email admin.ldcsa@ldcsa.org.uk or for queries regarding the role, please contact Nanci Metherell on 0151 705 2109.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary – up to 30 January 2026. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £24,570 per annum (for a 37.5 hour working week) plus a 5% employer pension contribution. Hours per week: Full time (37.5 hours) a week. Reporting to: Kindling Farm’s Project Manager. Location: Kindling Farm, Knowsley, Merseyside.
Employer Bio
Kindling Farm is a Community Benefit Society owned by their 800 members with the aim of creating a fairer and more sustainable food and farming system for all. Last year they purchased a 78 acre farm in Knowsley, to establish a pioneering wildlife and climate friendly farm for the Northwest.
Job Summary
This post is focused on engaging our communities in environmental and heritage activities with the wider aim of creating a sense of involvement in and ownership of the development of Kindling Farm. This will involve a wide range of activities, events and volunteering opportunities.
They particularly want to engage communities in Liverpool and across Merseyside currently underserved by heritage and environmental projects and this project will involve piloting activities targeting specific groups.
This is both to engage them from the start of Kindling Farm and to work with them to identify challenges to engagement and solutions to those challenges to ensure that their future activities and work is accessible to a wide range of people and communities. This role will be supported by the Project Manager.
Hong Kong BN(O) Welcome Programme | Information for VCFSE Organisations
From January 2021, Hong Kong British Nationals (Overseas) (BN(O)) status holders can apply for a new immigration route, enabling them and their dependents to come to the UK to live, work and study, on a pathway to citizenship.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) created 12 “Welcome Hubs” across the UK to support new arrivals, and the North West RSMP is one of these Hubs.
These Hubs have been funded to ensure that newly arriving BN(O) status holders are able to access information to help their integration into the UK. The Hubs are also there to support Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) organisations as they support BN(O) visa holders on their integration journey. Hubs also work with Local Authorities to understand the needs of their local BN(O) population and the funding available to support this new and growing community.
You can find information for VCFSE organisations if you click on ‘Other partners’ via the link below:
In early 2025, Liverpool City Council are developing a new strategy and delivery plan to address community cohesion and strengthen communities, following the widespread disorder last summer. They want to invite local voluntary, community and faith groups to work alongside them in the strategy development.
In the lead up, they have been awarded £57,000 from HM Government to deliver some local projects, and they would like to invite the voluntary, community and faith sector (VCF) in Liverpool, to apply to run small projects within your local communities.
Liverpool based VCF organisations can apply for a one-off grant of any amount up to a maximum of £2,500.
Organisations will be required to feedback to them what has been delivered, and they would like groups to commit to helping them develop the cohesion strategy during 2025 – this might be through a written submission, a survey, or an informal meeting/conversation, whichever suits your organisation and community. They are looking to work with both long-standing and also more recently established groups across the city.
The grants must meet one of the criteria specified below (these are determined by MHCLG HM Government):
Improves the capability of places to respond to periods of community tensions through initiatives that strengthen community connections, promote unity and shared values.
Improves local partnership approaches to supporting community resilience by funding projects to strengthen ‘bridging’ social capital in at-risk places.
Improves the capability of places to tackle the extreme narratives and ideologies that are driving our communities apart.
Brings communities together to improve cohesion and reduce divisions in places facing extremism challenges.
Household Support Fund Allocation Survey | Support For Organisations In Liverpool
Deadline: 11:59 PM on Sunday 9 February 2025.
Unfortunately, without exception, any organisation who submits a survey response after the deadline will not be eligible for this fund.
Feeding Liverpool has been allocated a proportion of the Household Support Fund to support the food supplies of emergency food providers and community food spaces from 1 April 2025 to 31 August 2025. This is to enable these organisations to continue to support households experiencing food insecurity.
To receive a proportion of this fund, emergency food providers and community food spaces must:
Fulfil all the criteria on the Eligibility Criteria page of the below survey
Complete the survey in full
Agree to provide monitoring data on how this resource has been spent.
The full terms of any allocation of funding will be set out in a partnership agreement with Feeding Liverpool.
The primary purpose of this fund is for organisations to purchase food supplies to enable their existing activities to continue. Recognising the increased pressures on organisations in terms of their own energy bills, they are also able to offer eligible organisations a grant of £500 towards these costs.
Imagine Independence – Female Mental Health Support Worker
Deadline: Thursday 20 February 2025 at 9 AM.
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time and Part Time. Salary: £23,619.53 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week (Full Time) and 18.75 (Part Time). Reporting to: Service Manager. Location: Crosby, Merseyside.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Job Summary
They are looking for women who are passionate about empowering women. A good communicator, who can build valued relationships with others, you will be able to use your judgement and common sense to get the best possible results for each person you support.
Your focus will always be on the person you are supporting, promoting their dignity, and ensuring the highest standards of confidentiality are maintained.
The nature of the role includes support with budgeting, managing their mental health, to develop life skills and to support service users into community opportunities, supporting people to achieve their goals.
Are you passionate about making a difference in a Liverpool community? Do you have expertise in finance, safeguarding, HR, or IT? Our House Community is looking for dedicated and compassionate individuals who believe in what they do to join their Board of Trustees and help them continue to provide compassionate spaces where people can connect, get involved and find a sense of belonging.
About
Our House Community is a vibrant charity based in Walton, Liverpool, dedicated to fostering connections and providing supportive environments especially for those who are isolated or vulnerable. Their main hub is a friendly and lively community centre in the heart of Walton where people can engage in activities ranging from yoga and fitness, arts and crafts to mental health courses and special interest classes.
They also run outreach projects and offer support to some of the most vulnerable women in our city who are involved in the sex industry and substance use with their Streetwise van, which provides night-time harm reduction mobile outreach and their Pearls Project which offers women groups and one to one practical, emotional and wellbeing support.
The Opportunity
Our House Community are seeking new Trustees to join their board, with a particular focus on recruiting people with experience in these areas:
Treasurer: A financial expert to oversee their financial management, budgeting, and sustainability.
Safeguarding: An individual with experience in safeguarding to ensure the safety and well-being of their community members.
HR experienced: Someone with experience in human resources.
IT/Digital Specialist: A professional with IT expertise to help them enhance their IT and digital infrastructure to support their growing needs.
What They Offer
As a Trustee of Our House Community, you will have the opportunity to:
Play a crucial role in supporting their staff team to shape the future of the charity
Work with a passionate and committed team
Gain experience and develop skills in charity governance.
Time Commitment
They ask for a minimum two-year commitment including quarterly board meetings, focussed committee work, and participation in trustee training and annual team and strategy days.
How to Apply
If you are interested in joining their team and helping them make a real difference, please get in touch!
To apply or request more information, email them at info@ourhouse-walton.co.uk or give them a call on 0151 5217722.
Hours: 7 ½ hours. Days: Mondays (Role starts early March 2025). Salary: £23,750 pro rata (£12.18 ph). Location: Walton Community Hub.
Are you an experienced cook who is great with people and building community?
They are excited to be recruiting for a new role that has become available in the Our House Community Hub and help them expand their vibrant café, serving delicious, healthy meals that connect.
The Role:
Plan cook and serve nutritious, affordable meals
Co-ordinate café operations as part of a team of staff and volunteers
Part of a team that creates a welcoming space at the Community Hub for connection and preventing isolation
Support wider Our House Community events and workshops.
What You Bring:
Café/kitchen experience and great organisational skills.
Compassion, energy, and a love for working in a community hub setting.
Food hygiene knowledge and a willingness to learn new skills.
Great team working skills.
For more information and the full job description, please email info@ourhouse-walton.co.uk or call 0151 521 7722.
Smokefree Liverpool’s Small Grants Scheme | Get up to £5000
Deadline: 7 February 2025.
Smokefree Liverpool are excited to announce the introduction of a small grant scheme available to organisations in Liverpool working with or supporting those from their priority populations. Often smoking prevalence is significantly higher within specific populations, and they are committed to targeting and offering support to those who need it the most.
They are welcoming organisations who operate within Liverpool to bid for a grant (up to £5000) to deliver on the Smokefree agenda for their specific target audience.
They welcome organisations to share how they will fulfil the following:
Increase knowledge about the harms and damages of smoking amongst their community.
Engage their community, completing very brief advice interventions.
Increase the number of referrals sent into Smokefree Liverpool to receive stop smoking support.
The service are happy to take questions/queries, these can be directed to kerry.thompson34@nhs.net.
Irish Community Care – Trustee
Deadline: No formal closing date.
Posts available: Up to 4. Contract: Permanent. Hours: ICC requires all Trustees to attend 6 Trustee Board meetings each year and to participate in the same number of Committee meetings. Meetings usually take place in the evening; via MS Teams with two in person meetings (May and November). There are occasional ‘away days’ and further duties, but the main responsibility outside formal meetings is to give support via email exchange. Reporting to: Director, Breege McDaid. Location: Irish Community Care, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2AH
Employer Bio
Irish Community Care (ICC) is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee. At Irish Community Care, people matter. They work with our communities to build strength and resilience, break down barriers and change lives. They have over 60 years’ experience of community engagement, service provision, asset-based community development, partnership, collaboration, and strategic representation.
Job Summary
They currently have vacancies for up to four inspiring people to join their forward-thinking Trustee Board. They wish to recruit applicants with a background in Human Resources, PR & Marketing, Fundraising and Governance. ICC are looking for a proactive individual with PR & Marketing skills who will support ICC’s plan to advance their brand identity and broaden awareness of their values and priorities; and increase its visibility across a wider audience. ICC are seeking someone to support the organisation with Human Resources, bringing knowledge, skills, and experience within HR and/or Organisational Development. ICC needs to increase unrestricted income and welcome applicants with a background of income generation through fundraising events and activities. All Trustees are expected to have knowledge and understanding of the governance requirements for charities. They are keen to recruit first time Trustees who seek governance experience in their career development. Trustees are expected to have an interest in, or direct knowledge of, the charity sector and support organisations. An Irish connection is desirable, but it is not essential. As a member of ICC Trustee Board, you will demonstrate a strong commitment to the purpose and values of the organisation and offer the skills you have towards their common goal.
To learn more and to apply, please contact Breege.McDaid@irishcc.net / 0151 237 3987.
NHS Cheshire & Merseyside | Impactful Interactions Event | Working with the third sector to find better ways to support complex families in North Liverpool
NHS Cheshire & Merseyside is looking to develop a model of care designed to test a new way of working with vulnerable families in the city.
This proposal will help explore if there is a different way for the public sector to meet the needs of families facing significant distress, poverty, poor health, and broader life challenges.
A key principle being tested is that the third sector may be better placed to build effective and trusting relationships with families who experience many complex issues in their lives, and as such can sometimes have a poor relationship with, or experiences of, public sector services.
Initially, the focus is on the North Liverpool geography, though this may be expanded upon if the early stages are successful.
This delivery model will be suitable for third-sector organisations with experience working with ‘Complex Families’ and can help provide an effective bridge between them and health and care services (with the potential to broaden into wider public sector areas of need).
The aim is to facilitate more meaningful interactions between families and the services involved, with a view to improving outcomes and reducing the level of fragmentation and duplication that families can experience. The estimated value will be up to £400,000 over the period 2025/6-2026/7.
To develop this approach in partnership with local third sector organisations and other key stakeholders, NHS Cheshire & Merseyside are planning an engagement session on Thursday 6 February 2025 in Liverpool L5.
This session is for organisations who have experience working with these vulnerable families, located in North Liverpool. If the geographic spread or scope widens in the future, further engagement sessions will be held.
YPAS Consultation regarding Young People’s Mental Health Services
Deadline: Friday 31 January 2025.
Young Persons Advisory Service (YPAS) is working with Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB) to co-design a new 18-25 Mental Health and Wellbeing Model for young adults in accordance with the local Mental Health and Wellbeing Transformation Plan for Children and Young People.
YPAS has been asked to gather the voices of young people aged 16 -25 and parents of young people aged 16 -25 when accessing Mental Health Support What Helped and What Hurt.
Posts available: 1. Contract: 4 years fixed term. Term: Part-time. Salary: £21,476. Hours per week: 25 hours. Reporting to: Manager. Location: WHISC Centre and outreach locations, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
WHISC (Women’s Health Information and Support Centre) is a women’s charity, based in Liverpool City Centre and available to all women in the Liverpool City Region. Their mission is to empower women with knowledge and person-centred support, to become the best version of themselves.
Job Summary
The Wellbeing Caseworker will play a key role in providing comprehensive one to one support sessions for women, to identify and address non-medical factors which may be impacting on individual health outcomes. Working closely with the Listening Ear volunteers and the Wellbeing Coordinator, they will empower women to co-produce person-centred support plans, using the principles of hope, agency and opportunity.
With the Wellbeing Coordinator, the Wellbeing Caseworker will develop and facilitate group sessions, promoting co-production across all aspects of the Wellbeing Service and providing advocacy support where needed.
To apply, please email women@whisc.org,uk for an applicant pack.
Liverpool City Council – Cohesion Strategy Development Manager
Deadline: Wednesday 5 February 2025.
35 hour working week with hybrid working model
At least 27 days holiday plus bank holidays rising to 35 after 5 years’ service (pro rata if part time) – option to purchase further days
Agile working – A “Flexibility First” approach to Agile working where flexibility is the norm rather than the exception
Part of the Local Government Pension scheme – option to join the AVC scheme
Progression – opportunities and training through a wide range of high quality learning
Health and Wellbeing – offer including Employee assistance programme
Cycle to Work and Travel Pass Schemes
Drive Time – a salary sacrifice car lease scheme
Family friendly policies with enhanced leave
Discounted Gym Memberships
Employee Volunteering Scheme
Medicash.
Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. They’ve got ambitious targets to meet by 2025 and they need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way they work and placing our residents at the heart of everything they do.
Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Their values shape how they work to deliver public services, and how they communicate with the residents they serve. They care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.
They are proud of their world-famous thriving city with its rich culture, affordable housing, stunning waterfront and our beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!
The Role:
The Cohesion Strategy Development Manager post is an exciting role within their Safer and Stronger Communities Service
This post will lead a collaborative approach to developing and writing a community cohesion strategy and delivery plan for Liverpool
This role will be based in Liverpool City Council (LCC) and will work in collaboration with a wide range of internal and external local partners to co- produce a strategy and delivery plan and build the infrastructure required to deliver the plan
As a Cohesion Strategy Development Manager you will work closely with the voluntary, community and faith sector and other stakeholders. As well as working closely with central government partners and other geographical areas developing similar work
The post is available on a 12-month, fixed term basis to undertake a programme of work to build cohesion and stronger communities. Applications for a secondment are welcome but you must have permission from your substantive line manager/organisation.
FREE and DISCOUNTED tickets at Liverpool Philharmonic for charities and community groups
Liverpool Philharmonic is working with charities and community groups across Merseyside to offer staff, volunteers, participants and service users membership to their Leap into Live Music! scheme.
Leap into Live Music! is designed to give people who have never attended a concert or event at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, the chance to enjoy live music without worrying about the cost with access to free and discounted tickets.
Events on offer include performances by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, their hugely popular Family Concerts, and performances by visiting artists including some of the best names in rock, pop, folk, roots and contemporary music!
You’ll then receive details of what events are available to book, and the Leap into Live Music! coordinatorwill be on hand to answer any questions you may have about attending.
Please note that this scheme is designed to support eligible groups and people who have not attended Liverpool Philharmonic previously.
Free Space Available for charitable organisations in Liverpool
Anchor is the biggest provider of specialist housing and care for older people in England.
They currently have a space at their Millersmede scheme in Liverpool, 106 Athol Street, Merseyside, L5 2QY.
This space has housed charitable organisations before and they would like this space to be used at the benefit of the community.
It has:
Private entry
An office
A large main room
A toilet
Side rooms
Storage.
They are looking for an organisation to occupy the space, long term.
They would like to offer this space at no cost, with the occupier only paying for their own utilities. The space will need decorating, images of the space can be requested via the contact below.
Liverpool Public Health are inviting expressions of interest from motivated community organisations to offer access to blood pressure checks in their communities, to help prevent cardiovascular disease.
Cardiovascular disease is one of our biggest killers and rates of disease and people living with multiple health conditions are expected to increase significantly by 2040. There are an estimated 33,000 residents in the city who are unaware that they have high blood pressure, which if untreated can lead to heart attack and stroke. High blood pressure can be prevented and managed through a balanced healthy lifestyle, and can be effectively treated with medication.
Access to a simple blood pressure check is an opportunity for a health promoting conversation, and in most cases, will offer reassurance that blood pressure is in a normal range. It can also help to identify when something isn’t right, and an opportunity to connect that person with help and support from the NHS.
The offer:
Full training will be provided to offer blood pressures checks and engaging people in health promoting conversations, along with ongoing mentoring and support from NHS professionals.
The offer includes a FREE blood pressure device for every volunteer accepted onto the scheme. Places will be prioritised to the areas of the city with the highest rates of premature death from cardiovascular disease.
Please note that this is a voluntary scheme and there is no contract value or minimum duration attached to this opportunity.
You will need to complete the form and submit your answers to the 3 simple questions to help them allocate places.
Contact Details: shane.knott@liverpool.gov.uk.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Welfare Benefits Caseworker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term until August 2025. Salary: £26,952. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Welfare Benefits Supervisor. Location: Hybrid – Remote and Office based.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave pay
Free VDU eye care test
Professional and advice sector recognised training.
Job Overview
Citizens Advice Liverpool in partnership with Citizens Advice St Helens and Citizens Advice Warrington are delivering a Welfare Benefits, Debt and Budgeting Advisory Service to Torus Housing tenants.
The Welfare Benefits Caseworker is responsible for delivering a comprehensive Welfare Benefits Advisory Service to individuals and families in need. The caseworker will provide support and guidance to clients in understanding and accessing welfare benefits, ensuring they receive the appropriate financial assistance and support, including support with welfare benefits mandatory considerations, and appeals.
The role requires a thorough understanding of welfare benefits regulations and policies, excellent communication and advocacy skills, and a strong commitment to improving the well-being of individuals and communities.
Hardshaw and Mann Quaker Meeting House – Booking & Marketing Coordinator
Full Time
37.5 hours per week Office based at Quaker Meeting House: 22 School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BT Monday to Friday: 9 AM – 5 PM Contract: Permanent Salary & Benefits: £24,570 pa, annual leave and company pension.
Employer Bio
They are a registered charity, a meeting room hire and conference facility located in Liverpool Quaker Meeting House in the heart of Liverpool One. As a charity and active place of worship they provide flexible workspace solutions to businesses of all sizes while maintaining the peaceful and ethical principles of the Quaker community. Catering for a range of business needs, from intimate meeting spaces to large conferences, their modern facilities serve the local business community as well as various charitable and community organisations, reflecting our commitment to social responsibility and community service.
Job Overview
They are seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented Bookings and Marketing Co-ordinator to manage their meeting room reservation system. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of their bookings system, maintaining customer satisfaction and maximising occupancy and revenues. Reporting to the Finance Officer, the Bookings and Marketing Co-ordinator will work alongside the Finance Assistant as part of the Finance Team, liaising with other colleagues, including the General Manager, Facilities Co-ordinator and Catering Co-rdinator as required.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £25,695.00 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: To be worked flexibly over 7 days to meet the requirements of evening and weekend meeting room hire bookings). Reporting to: Head of Business Operations. Location: Norton Street, Liverpool L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Summary
The Brain Food Café is the central hub of The Brain Charity’s centre, and a focal point for their close community.
Many clients visiting The Brain Charity to access our other services enjoy spending time in the café, which is also fully open to the public. Others volunteer here as a way to develop new skills and gain confidence.
As a Community Café Assistant at The Brain Charity’s Brain Food Café, you will support the day-to-day operations, ensuring the café remains a welcoming space for clients, many of whom are affected by neurological conditions. You will assist with stock management, uphold high food hygiene standards, and contribute to delivering an excellent customer experience.
Please do not send in your CV, as this will not be counted.
Deadline: 5 PM on Friday 24 January 2024.
Please note: They reserve the right to close this vacancy early if they receive sufficient applications for the role.
Interviews for successful applicants will take place during the week commencing Monday 3 February 2024.
Please email jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk or ring 0151 298 2999 if you have any questions.
Lloyds Bank Foundation – Charity Relationship Manager (secondment)
Job Purpose
The postholder combines grant management with practical development support, fostering effective relationships with charitable partners (including charities and CICs), charity Development Partners, cross organisational collaborations, Lloyds Banking Group, and other stakeholders to maximize the positive impact of the Foundation’s investments.
Our Team
The Manager is part of the wider Charity Development and Funding Directorate which is led by the Director. The Manager, Merseyside and Cheshire works collaboratively and flexibly with the other Managers (11 people) and reports to the Head of Grants North of England and Wales.
They will work closely with the Manager for Greater Manchester and Lancashire. They will also work collaboratively and alongside the Grant Management (8 people) and Skills Based
Volunteering Teams (2 people) to ensure our focus on excellent investment and development. The Charity Development and Funding directorate works closely across all other Foundation
Directorates, as well as working with the Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), the three sister Foundations (Lloyds Bank Foundation for Channel Islands, Bank of Scotland Foundation and Halifax Foundation) and other external stakeholders.
Scope of Role
The Manager is accountable for managing a portfolio of relationships with charitable partners and collaborating charities. With a significant focus on organisational development as a
Foundation, the Manager enables funded partners to become more resilient and stronger so they can thrive beyond the period of their relationship with us. The postholder will do this by
building trusted relationships with organisations to support them in identifying their most pressing organisational challenges; and help them overcome the challenges by building the
knowledge, skills and capabilities of staff and trustees. The Manager works with the charity, CIC or collaborating charities to identify the most appropriate form of support to respond to the priorities identified.
The role is responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders including connecting with networks to identify and optimise collaborative learning and sharing
practice. The postholder will also play a pivotal role in sharing learning, intelligence and insights to ensure the Foundations’ strategy development, delivery and relationship with the Lloyds
Banking Group consider regional needs and the operating contexts of our funded partners.
Liverpool City Council | Community & Voluntary Organisations Survey
Deadline: 31 January 2025.
Liverpool City Council is working with partners to develop a Liverpool Women’s Health Needs Assessment. This will inform development of a Women’s Health Strategy for the city.
A recent report from the Director of Public Health for Liverpool City Council, called the ‘State of Health in the City: Liverpool 2040,’ showed that women’s health may worsen by 2040.
In Liverpool, women can expect to live 57.9 years in good health – this means on average women will spend 28% of their lives in poorer health (equivalent to 22 years). It predicts that women’s life expectancy will go down by one year, and they will live 4.1 fewer years in good health. They want to understand what impacts women’s health in Liverpool.
They know that charities, volunteers, and social groups play an important role in women’s health in Liverpool. That’s why they are asking community organisations to complete this short survey to share their experience and knowledge.
Together in Verse | A Liverpool & Sefton Community Poetry Competition
Deadline: 14 February 2025.
Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton’s intention behind holding this competition is to engage people across all ages in our community in connecting to chapters of their lives and sharing their stories, and experiencing the sense of reward and myriad benefits of channelling the creativity within you into verse. The category for school children aims to connect younger people with older people in their writing about someone older who is special to them.
Open category
Older people residing in Liverpool and Sefton (age 50+)
School-aged children (4-19) writing about or with an older person in their life category.
BBC Radio Merseyside will invite category winners to read out their poem live on the radio (or be read on their behalf). Additional Support Sponsors so far include – Cineworld Cinemas; Age Concern’s Community Champion at Tesco; Crosby Plaza Community Cinema plus Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse.
Reminder | Energy grant for third sector organisations
Deadline: March 2025 or until the fund has been spent.
Liverpool City Council (LCC) have been awarded £200,000 from the government’s Household Support Fund to help Liverpool’s third sector organisations deal with increased energy costs during the winter months. Eligible businesses can apply for a one-off grant of £500.
This grant is open to small to medium third sector organisations who have a Liverpool based ‘community hub’ – a building or space that provides activities or services to the local community.
To quality for this grant, you must be able to answer yes to the following questions:
Have your 2024 gas or electricity bills, or both, risen by 50% or more since 2021?
Are your energy bills in the name of your organisation?
Is your a building or space that provides activities or services to the local community based in Liverpool?
Are you a small or medium third sector organisation with an income of less than £1m?
Is your organisation a non-profit?
Does your organisation have an up-to-date governing document?
Does your organisation have an active business bank account in the name of the organisation to pay the grant into?
To be eligible for this grant you must be able to answer yes to these questions on the first page of the online form. You will then be asked to complete the form and upload a copy of a recent bank statement from your organisation.
Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time Salary: £12,480 per annum. Hours per week: 20 hours. Reporting to: The Rector. Location: Based out of Mossley Hill Church with some home working.
Employer Bio
Mossley Hill Church is a warm, welcoming and busy church set in the heart of a family friendly residential suburb in the south of the city. They actively offer and support different traditions in their services with three services each Sunday, a quiet & contemplative Holy Communion at 8.30 AM, a lively contemporary style family service at 9.30 AM and a more traditional service of Holy Communion or Morning prayer at 11 AM. Their combined congregation on a Sunday is in the region of 225 adults and over 100 children. They also have other members of their community who receive Holy Communion and pastoral care at home.
Job Summary
They are looking for a caring and committed person who can be a part of their church team. The main duties of the role will be to recruit and manage a team of volunteers for pastoral visiting teams. To oversee the prayer ministry team and manage their prayer spaces in church. To offer a listening ear for church members who want to talk to someone. To lead the monthly pastoral meeting of the clergy. To have an active role in the planning and delivery of services such as Blue Christmas and Love & Loss. To look at further developments for pastoral ministry. The role will be 20 hours a week with flexibility, although there will be a need to attend the fortnightly pastoral meeting with clergy and to attend on Sunday mornings to support parishioners.
Due to the nature and context of this role, and as Mossley Hill Church is a faith-based organisation, there is an occupational requirement for the role holder to be a Christian, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1 S.3
Imagine Independence – Resettlement & Recovery Support Worker
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time and Part Time. Salary: £25,624.02 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week based on rolling rota shift pattern of both day and night shifts. Possibility of just night shifts which can be discussed at interview. Reporting to: Service Manager or Senior Engager Worker. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Job Summary
To develop therapeutic relationships with individuals to support people experiencing a range of emotional states and to understand where behaviours are rooted detailed to provide consistent support along with colleagues and professionals. And to develop and review person centred plans (inc. partners involved in care and support), using planning tools to encourage individuals to be fully involved in support planning and to encourage and motivate individuals to access/participate in socially inclusive opportunities inc. employment, education/training, volunteering; sports & leisure; faith & cultural communities; creative activities.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contracts available for a minimum of 12 months. All positions have possibility of extension. Salary: £25,806. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Service Delivery Manager. Location: Hybrid – Remote and Office based.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave pay
Free VDU eye care test
Professional and advice sector recognised training.
Job Overview
Universal Credit (UC) is the fastest growing advice issue for the Citizens Advice service and improving the support available to people making a claim is vital. Their Help to Claim service guides people through the claims process – this will include identifying suitability, helping clients to start their claim and providing support to their first payment.
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking to recruit Help to Claim advisers with knowledge and experience of welfare benefits to join their team.
The successful candidates will provide end to end telephone and web chat support for new Universal Credit claimants. Your understanding of legacy benefits will enable you to check whether a client would be better off on Universal Credit. You will also be able to identify clients who due to transition to Universal Credit via Managed Migration and support them through the process and application. You will be confident in your ICT skills to support clients in making their claim.
You’ll have the ability to interview clients using sensitive listening and questioning skills to get to the root of the issues and empower clients, whilst maintaining structure and control of meetings, as well as a commitment to the aims and principles of the Citizens Advice Service.
Interviews: They are keen to fill the post, so will interview as they go for anyone who has relevant experience.
Contact Details: recruitment@caliverpool.org.uk.
YPAS – Marketing & Communications Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: NJC scale 6 (point 20 – 22) £31,586 (pro rata). Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Senior Strategy and Operations Manager. Location: YPAS Hubs and Hybrid working.
Employer Bio
YPAS is a Merseyside based charity which was established in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. They support children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Why Join YPAS?
Be part of a passionate team dedicated to making a positive impact on children and young people’s lives
Opportunities for professional development and career growth
A supportive and collaborative work environment and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing and have an aptitude to undertake a postgraduate/graduate study programme.
Job Overview
As part of the Marketing and Communications Team you will be responsible for the development and delivery of high quality, impactful marketing & communication strategies to raise the profile of YPAS. Alongside this, you will need to be a highly motivated individual who can work under pressure and to tight timescales as part of a small team.
To request an application pack email recruitment@ypas.org.uk quoting #MCT2023.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: NJC SCP (23 – 25) – £33,366 – £35,235. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: YIACS Development Manager (Therapy Service). Location: Liverpool Primary schools and YPAS Community Hubs.
Employer Bio
YPAS is a Merseyside based charity which was established in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. They support children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Why Join YPAS?
Be part of a passionate team dedicated to making a positive impact on children and young people’s lives
Opportunities for professional development and career growth
A supportive and collaborative work environment and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing and have an aptitude to undertake a postgraduate/graduate study programme.
Job Overview
YPAS is seeking children’s therapist to join its national award-winning Liverpool Primary school therapeutic service for children aged 5-11 years. The Service is delivered across Liverpool Primary schools and YPAS Community Hubs.
Therapeutic Qualification(s) are essential. Successful candidates will provide creative therapeutic interventions to children, working alongside families and schools.
To request an application pack email recruitment@ypas.org.uk quoting ref #:SCT2025.
Interviews: Wednesday 22 January 2025 (YPAS Central City Centre location).
Contact Details: recruitment@ypas.org.uk.
Calling all Ethnically Diverse Individuals (Black, Asian, and Minority Communities)
Please note: Ethnically diverse individuals must either live or work within the LCR, which includes Halton, Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens, and Wirral. Consequently, any staff members from your organisation who live or work in these areas are eligible to participate.
Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is seeking 40 volunteers from the Liverpool City Region’s Black, Asian, and Minority communities to pair with 40 senior leaders from organisations across Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, and Wirral. For the Senior Leader Opportunity, please click here.
Following its partnership work with Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) and in response to the findings of the 2024 LCVS report “Addressing the Disparity in Accessibility to Funds and Support for Black-led Non-profits” LJMU are also keen for leaders from funders and commissioning organisations to participate in this programme, as well as representatives from organisations from minoritised communities, in order to help strengthen the dialogue between funders and Black, Asian, and Minority communities.
Over a 12-month period, as a volunteer you will engage in a reciprocal mentoring arrangement with organisational leaders, offering insight into the lived experiences of ethnically diverse individuals within the city region and their workplaces.
Delivered in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University and the Liverpool City Region Race Equality Hub, this programme aims to build understanding and drive meaningful change.
Scheme Objectives:
Help senior leaders understand challenges related to race equality.
Equip leaders with tools to address these challenges in their organisations.
Foster a sense of belonging and inclusion for ethnically diverse staff.
Feedback from past programmes highlights the programme has the potential for real impact, particularly in recruitment, progression, and representation of ethnically diverse individuals within organisations.
All participants will receive training. All workshops will take place in Liverpool, with venues communicated upon sign-up.
Benefits for Ethnically Diverse Volunteers:
You will build a partnership with a senior leader to inspire cultural change.
Contribute to meaningful conversations and projects driving inclusion and diversity.
Gain insights into leadership dynamics and power structures at conscious and unconscious levels.
Access career advice, networking opportunities, and enhance your leadership skills and accelerate career aspirations.
Organisational Benefits:
Improve recruitment and retention of diverse talent.
Break barriers to progression into senior leadership roles.
Foster a more inclusive and representative workforce.
Key Features of the Scheme:
One-to-one Mentorship: A year-long, enriching exchange of insights and experiences.
Monthly Meetings: Flexible schedules with a minimum of one meeting per month.
Workshops: Seven engaging sessions to support your learning and growth.
Collaborative Goals: Work together to create meaningful, long-term change for individuals and organisations.
Evaluation and Growth: Learning from the scheme will be used to improve staff experiences across organisations.
This programme is a unique opportunity to bridge communities, share knowledge, and lasting, impactful change.
Complete the application form now using the link or scan the QR code below to be selected to be one of the 40 community volunteers in the region to take part in the reciprocal mentoring scheme.
Calling all Senior Leaders in the Liverpool City Region
Please note: Organisations based either within or outside the Liverpool City Region (LCR) are eligible to participate in the programme. This also applies to Senior leaders who are interested in this programme in the organisation.
Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is seeking 40 senior leaders from organisations across Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, and Wirral to pair with 40 volunteers from the Liverpool City Region’s Black, Asian, and Minority communities. For the Volunteer opportunity, please click here.
Following its partnership work with Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) and in response to the findings of the 2024 LCVS report “Addressing the Disparity in Accessibility to Funds and Support for Black-led Non-profits” LJMU are also keen for leaders from funders and commissioning organisations to participate in this programme, as well as representatives from organisations from minoritised communities, in order to help strengthen the dialogue between funders and Black, Asian, and Minority communities.
In 10 x 1 hour meetings arranged to suit your calendar over the next year, these volunteers will engage with you in a reciprocal mentoring scheme, offering insight into the lived experiences of ethnically diverse individuals within the city region and their workplaces.
The scheme, delivered in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University and the Liverpool City Region Race Equality Hub, aims to build understanding and drive meaningful change.
Reciprocal Mentoring scheme objectives:
Help you understand challenges related to race equality.
Equip you with tools to address these challenges in their organisations.
Foster a sense of belonging and inclusion for ethnically diverse staff.
Feedback from previous schemes show that it has real impact, particularly in recruitment, progression, and representation of ethnically diverse individuals within organisations.
All participants will receive training. All workshops will take place in Liverpool, with venues communicated upon sign-up.
Benefits for you as a Senior Leader:
Build partnerships with ethnically diverse communities to inspire change.
Gain fresh perspectives and insights into lived experiences.
Develop inclusive leadership skills and strategies to challenge beliefs, policies, and practices.
Create actionable plans to influence peers and drive organisational change.
Motivate other senior leaders to make tangible progress for underrepresented groups.
Organisational Benefits:
Improve recruitment and retention of diverse talent.
Break barriers to progression into senior leadership roles.
Foster a more inclusive and representative workforce.
Key Features of the Programme:
One-to-one Mentorship: A year-long, enriching exchange of insights and experiences.
Workshops: Seven engaging sessions to support your learning and growth.
Collaborative Goals: Work together to create meaningful, long-term change for individuals and organisations.
Evaluation and Growth: Learning from the programme will be used to improve staff experiences across organisations.
This programme is a unique opportunity to bridge communities, share knowledge, and lasting, impactful change.
Complete the application form now using the link or scan the QR code below to be selected to be one of the 40 senior leaders in the region to take part in the reciprocal mentoring scheme.
Sponsorship Opportunity for International Women’s Day 2025
Savera UK are planning a 2025 International Women’s Day event, which is supported by a range of partner organizations, including RASA, WHISC, Women Reach Women, Maria Fog Law Firm, MSB Law Firm, Sahir House, and others.
Savera UK, is a charity committed to ending ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and harmful practices, with the goal of bringing women together from various communities to celebrate local achievements and raise awareness about key issues.
Savera UK would like to connect with organizations that might be able to support and provide funding to ensure the success of this event.
For more information, please contact Mala Saikia Community Engagement and Networking Manager at mala@saverauk.co.uk / 07701235102.
Winter Holiday Opening Times for LCVS & 151 Dale Street
As we reflect on another productive year at LCVS, we’re proud of all we’ve achieved together and grateful for the support of our community. Now, it’s time to pause, recharge, and enjoy the winter break.
We wish you a joyful festive season and look forward to working with you in the new year!
From everyone at LCVS, we hope that you have a fantastic Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Opening Times
LCVS – Starting on Friday 20 December 2024, LCVS will be closed and we will return to the office on Thursday 2 January 2025
151 Dale Street – The building will be open for business as usual over the Christmas and New Year period, but not bank holidays. The building will be open 8 AM – 6 PM everyday.
If you are accessing services from one of our tenant organisations, please contact them directly for their opening hours.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Community Energy Adviser
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term – 18 months. Term: Full time. Salary: £29,798 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Project Manager. Location: Various locations around Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave pay
Free VDU eye care test
Professional and advice sector recognised training.
Job Overview
This role is part of a brand-new service which is being delivered across the North West of England and will provide dedicated energy and welfare support to individuals who are vulnerable and in or at risk of fuel poverty.
The service will deliver a range of services offering energy advice to people in and at risk of fuel poverty. This includes:
Telephone and Digital Energy Contact Centre
Energy Advice Casework Service
Energy Champions Community Engagement Programme.
As Specialist Energy Adviser, you will have responsibility for developing and maintaining relationships with other organisations and agencies and developing referral pathways into the energy team.
You will be responsible for engaging directly with partners, raising awareness of the service, the outcomes that the service achieves for clients, and creating a community of energy awareness. To do this you will engage with partners and community groups on a one-to-one basis and through the delivery of energy awareness sessions to professionals and members of the community including sessions to raise awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide. You will also plan and attend community events to engage the community in conversations around energy.
The successful candidate will:
Be highly experienced in delivering programmes of financial capability and promoting energy saving measures.
Have excellent communication skills and be comfortable delivering presentations to groups of people.
Be comfortable working in a target driven environment with good data analysis skills.
Posts available: 1. Contract: 12 Month Freelance. Term: Part Time. Salary: £20 – 25 per hour (dependent on experience). Hours per week: 10 to 16 hours per week. Days per week: Flexible. Reporting to: Gym Supervisor. Location: Norton Street, Liverpool L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Overview
Role Summary
The Freelance Personal Trainer will deliver 10 to 16 hours of exercise classes and gym sessions per week. They will be responsible for implementing fitness programs from the Gym Supervisor or Physiotherapist tailored to the needs of individuals with neurological conditions. The trainer will work closely with clients to help them achieve their fitness goals, improve their physical health, and enhance their overall well-being.
Main Tasks
Supporting Individuals: Provide personalised fitness training and support to clients with neurological conditions.
Leading fitness sessions: Motivate and support clients to achieve their fitness goals.
Managing & Maintaining Resources: Ensure all fitness equipment is used safely and maintained in good condition.
Data Collection & Record Keeping: Maintain accurate records of client progress and session attendance.
Relationship Building: Build strong relationships with clients to foster a supportive and encouraging environment.
Working Conditions
The role will be based at the Neuro Gym at The Brain Charity, Norton Street. Personal Trainers must be able to meet the physical demands of the job, including demonstrating exercises and assisting clients with their workouts. Personal Trainers must also be able to demonstrate the core competencies of the in-house manual handling training provided. There will be times when you are the sole First Aider in the gym, so you must be able to conduct CPR and other appropriate First Aid interventions independently. The work environment can be varied and unpredictable, requiring trainers to be adaptable and resourceful.
Please do not send in your CV, as this will not be counted.
Deadline: 5 PM on Friday 3 January 2025.
Please note: The Brain Charity reserve the right to close this vacancy early if they receive sufficient applications for the role.
Interviews for successful applicants will take place during the week commencing Monday 13 January 2025.
Contact Details: Email jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk or ring 0151 298 2999 if you have any questions.
Imagine Independence – Support Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £22,372.50 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Service Manager. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Job Summary
As a Support Worker, working within their Accommodation Services, you will help to promote the health and wellbeing of those you support. This will include providing practical and emotional support, supporting people to connect with their communities, developing skills and confidence and promoting independence. They are looking for individuals with values which align to theirs, who are highly motivated and committed to enriching the lives of people they support.
LCVS announces the appointment of a new Chief Executive
LCVS is delighted to announce that Jeff Scales will join LCVS as CEO.
Jeff currently works for the national charity, Locality, which supports community organisations. He has worked in both the public and VCSE sectors over the last thirty years.
After re-joining Locality in 2015, he has overseen the transformation of Locality’s services offer, overseeing a transformational shift from a grant-funded team to one that is funded entirely by programme and consultancy income obtained through a combination of relationship building and strategic positioning, tenders, and directly commissioned work. This includes working in partnership with local VCSE support organisations similar to LCVS.
He began his career in the management and development of social housing, with early roles involving supporting Council tenants to take on the management of their own homes. He also managed Sheffield City Council’s portfolio of community buildings including supporting community asset transfers. Jeff is extremely mission-driven, choosing to work in roles that have a high impact and are underpinned by community empowerment.
He has a strong track record in areas including community asset development and asset transfer, service redesign, organisational governance, business planning, feasibility work, public sector procurement, grant fundraising, social investment & investment readiness, community engagement and consultation, community shares, community-led housing, impact management, and project evaluation.
Sonia Bassey, Chair of LCVS says:
“I would like to thank Alison Hill, Interim CEO, for all her work for the organisation since April and I am very much looking forward to welcoming Jeff to the team.”
Jeff Scales, incoming CEO of LCVS says:
“I am very excited about joining LCVS. I recognise its rich history and importance as a key anchor institution for the city. I have spent a lot of time in Liverpool over the years working with different organisations. There is definitely something distinct and infectious about the place and how this translates into the passion of those leading and working for VCSE organisations based there. I very much appreciate the opportunity and I will repay the faith that the trustees have placed in me by approaching this role with passion and commitment. “
20 Stories High – Producer
Posts available: 1. Contract: 10 month fixed term. Term: Full Time. Salary: £30,500 – £32,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Executive Director/Co-CEO. Location: Liverpool (Toxteth), Hybrid.
Employer Bio
20 Stories High believe that “everybody’s got a story to tell… and their own way of telling it.”
They create bold, excellent theatre experiences with culturally diverse, working-class communities, emerging artists, and world-class professionals to tell stories that bring joy, empower, and enable social change.
Their experiences happen in a wide variety of spaces: from theatres, schools and youth clubs to digital spaces, living rooms and doorsteps.
Their heart is in Liverpool, but their reach is universal.
Job Summary
The Producer is part of the team responsible for managing, supporting & delivering projects across the 20SH programme. They provide internal leadership for the company and its spectrum of projects and are an important external face of the company, developing partnerships which allow 20SH to thrive.
They line manage the Youth Worker and Assistant Producer.
The Producer will work closely with the Youth Worker, ensuring young people are safe and supported throughout the participation programme , 20SH staff, freelancers and young people.
The Producer reports to the CEO/Executive Director.
It is important to them that the Producer shares the company’s values, and is committed to contributing to our developing practice in terms of both wellbeing and EDIA (Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Activism).
For those interested in applying they will be holding an informal group zoom meeting so you can meet the company and find out a little bit more of what they do, who they are and why they do it.
It’s also an opportunity for you to ask questions about the role or the process. This will take place: Tuesday 14 January 2025 from 5 – 5.45 PM. Please email recruitment@20storieshigh.org.uk if you’d like to attend.
Liverpool’s Health and Wellbeing Board is developing a new Pharmacy Needs Assessment (PNA) and reviewing the provision of pharmacies and chemists in the city to make sure it meets the needs of our residents now and in the future.
The public survey is open to everyone who uses Liverpool’s pharmacies and will help us ensure that the right services are being delivered in the right locations. This is your opportunity to have your say.
The MSE Charity is a grant-making charity, it was launched in May 2008 by founder of the acclaimed Money Saving Expert website, Martin Lewis CBE. It is dedicated to improving information and education about debt, money and consumer issues in the UK. Companies spend billions on advertising, marketing and teaching their staff to sell – yet we get no buyers’ training. The UK is in debt crisis, a whole generation is in debt up to its ears.
The MSE Charity is designed to try and break that cycle of debt.
A donation of £235,000 was made to launch the Charity, and substantial donations from the Money Saving Expert website are given annually to the Charity. The operational costs of running the Charity are met separately by a personal donation from Martin.
For the many who’ve said they’d like to donate to MoneySavingExpert.com as it’s saved them money, please donate to the MSE Charity.
Liverpool’s Parent Network has produced the Winter edition of the Liverpool Parenting Newsletter with information on services available for you and your family across the city.
In this newsletter, parents/carers will find information on a number of events, activities, courses and support services, including:
Festivals
Promoting Gratitude with children
Activities and events in the community
Winter HAF programme
Family Hubs and Family Panels
Spotlight on Healthy Me at Fountains Family Hub
Ante Natal and Parent Programmes
Kinship Carers
Tips for co parenting over the festive season and reducing conflict
Support services for children with SEND needs
Food and cost of living help
Top tips for keeping calm at Christmas
Mental health support for adults children and young people
Activities to support ending violence against women and girls
The Liverpool Nurturing Community
Childcare and health support
Domestic Abuse Support.
If you have any questions, please contact parenting@liverpool.gov.uk.
HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) Programme for Winter 2024
The Winter HAF programme starts on 23 December 2024 and there are lots of great activities happening over the school holidays. Children and young people, from reception to age 16, who are eligible for benefits related free school meals, will be able to access hundreds of activities throughout the Christmas holidays including specific provision available for children with SEND or additional needs, at no cost. There’s a great range of activities across the city including breakfast with Father Christmas, Christmas crafts, Christmas parties, ultraviolet dodgeball, cooking, mindfulness, yoga, football, drumming, creative writing, cycling, gymnastics, theatre tech, podcasting, drama, trips out and ice skating! A meal is included for every child attending.
They have introduced a central booking system to make it easier for you to find and book the activities.
If you have any queries regarding the HAF programme, please email haf@merseyplay.com.
Liverpool City Council is working with Mersey Play Action Council, the local schools, voluntary and community organisations, and childcare providers to deliver the Winter HAF programme. This programme is funded by the Department for Education.
If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk. Click here to find out how to register.
New funding available for Merseyside-based charities
Currently closed.
The Judges will be meeting in January 2025 to decide the outcome of applications already in and depending on success of current applications and allocation the window for new applications may open again in summer.
The Judges at Liverpool Crown Court have a scheme whereby cash seized from street dealers of drugs can be ordered to be forfeited and allocated to small registered charities local to Merseyside and who operate for the benefit of the people of Merseyside.
They are keen to promote work that loosely ties in with the work of the court, and so have supported a number of projects that support young people, often with a view to steering them clear of crime / anti-social behaviour.
The judges choose a different charity each month to support and the selection is done by a panel of 3 judges meeting 2 or 3 times a year. The fund is not available to any charity if a judge or close family member (spouse, parent, child) has a close connection to it, for example as a trustee.
They cannot guarantee any particular sum of money as this depends on the cases passing through the crown court that month. That said amounts have varied between around £3 500 to around £18 500, averaging around £7000 to £8000.
If you have a project that meets this criteria and are looking for part funding to develop / continue this work please complete the application form and send to Yvonne Maddocks at yvonne.maddocks@liverpool.gov.uk, outlining what your project is, what the funding will achieve, and confirm your charitable status and registered charity number. Yvonne will forward all applications to them.
Please note, you must be a small local registered charity to apply.
Posts available: 1. Contract: 1 year. Term: Part time. Salary: £12.50 per hour. Hours per week: 10 hours. Reporting to: Vicar and Families Lead at St Mary’s Wavertree.
Employer Bio
St Mary’s Wavertree is a lively Anglican Church in the heart of Wavertree. It’s an outward facing Church that aims to reach and welcome their local community.
Job Overview
This is a significant leadership role to oversee the growth in numbers and depth of discipleship of parents with babies and toddlers at their Church. This is a key missional demographic for their Church and an important component of their Revitalisation project which aims to grow the Church significantly to a place of discipleship strength. They want to see parents with babies and toddlers coming to faith and growing in faith and finding an ongoing place in the life of their Church; this is the primary purpose of this role.
As such, this role is less about running a parent’s and toddler’s group directly, but more focused on investing in the members of St Mary’s who have a passion for this area of Church life and leading and equipping them to fulfil the missional vision. The role is a leadership and oversight role, which could include additional activities like running daytime Alpha, school holiday clubs, but would focus on enabling their Church members to lead and participate in these for themselves.
Liverpool is bringing the light back next month as city prepares to reopen the Spellow Library & Community Hub which was torched during the summer’s racist riots.
Spellow Library & Community Hub will become part of the community once again, following the completion of works to rectify the damage which destroyed part of the building in August, closing the much-loved venue that had only been open for just over a year, following a revamp in 2023.
The arson attack on the Walton based venue, which prompted a huge outcry and a nationwide response with book donations from Her Majesty the Queen and a host of famous authors as well as a £250,000 fundraising campaign, will open its doors to the public once again on Thursday 12 December 2024.
To mark the occasion, the Leader of Liverpool City Council, Councillor Liam Robinson, is calling on every local authority in England and Wales to be part of a nationwide symbolic moment on the eve of the reopening.
Councillor Robinson is writing to councils, asking them to light up one of their libraries on Wednesday 11 December 2024, in a show of solidarity, hope and joy. By having a light, or a lantern in a window, or illuminating the outside of a building, this will symbolically shine a light on libraries as places of sanctuary, knowledge and community.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £19,687.80 per annum. Hours per week: 33 hours. Reporting to: Service Manager and Senior Support Worker. Location: Southport, Merseyside.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Job Summary
As a Support Worker, working within their Accommodation Services, you will help to promote the health and wellbeing of those you support. This will include providing practical and emotional support, supporting people to connect with their communities, developing skills and confidence and promoting independence. They are looking for individuals with values which align to theirs, who are highly motivated and committed to enriching the lives of people they support.
Please note: We are not currently accepting any more Expression of Interest Papers’. If more funding becomes available we will advertise this in the usual manner.
Funding/work must be completed and spent by March 2025.
Please note: LCVS funding under this scheme is for Liverpool registered organisations only. Those registered outside Liverpool can go to their respective CVS e.g. Sefton CVS.
As part of the UKSPF Resilience and Capacity Project, LCVS has secured funding to make financial awards/grants to support VCFSE (voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise) organisations to work to improve their financial resilience and increase their impact on the lives of local people, by helping them to increase their income levels or reduce their operating costs.
The project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund with the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority as the lead authority.
How much is available?
Grants will typically be awarded in the region of £5,000 to organisations which meet the criteria below.
Funding Criteria
We want to fund projects that will support some or all the following objectives:
Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of VCFSE organisations to support the generation of additional income.
Reduces running costs for VCFSE organisations.
The money can be used for capital spend, consultancy advice, purchasing services, web development etc
For more information / and to request the relevant paperwork to apply, please email info@lcvs.org.uk.
This project is being delivered jointly by Halton and St Helens Voluntary and Community Action, Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS), One Knowsley, Sefton CVS and Wirral CVS, with support from Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – General Adviser
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £25,408 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Advice Service Supervisor. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Overview
Citizens Advice Liverpool’s General Advice Team covers a range of different projects, giving advice over the phone, virtually, face-to-face or in outreach locations. The post holder will need to be self-motivated, organised and flexible, delivering generalist level advice and information.
The role involves advising on all areas of general advice, assisting with the completion of paper and digital forms and making referrals to internal or external services. The post holder will need to be digitally aware and be able to record all client contact and outcomes as well as make referrals electronically.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services – Chair of Trustees
This is a voluntary role.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: Out of pocket expenses paid. Hours per week: 4 – 6 hours per week. Location: Hybrid – Office based in Liverpool. L19 4XR.
Employer Bio
As a small independent charity founded in 1998, SLDAS offer free and accessible support to women who experience domestic abuse in South and South-Central Liverpool. They provide volunteering and training opportunities to women who are concerned about the issues of domestic abuse experienced by women and children, as well as work to raise public awareness of domestic abuse in our local communities.
They currently employ a team of nine staff who support the running of the service, including a director who joined them in April 2023, responsible for managing and developing the staff and service, and developing the strategic direction of the charity alongside the Trustees.
Domestic abuse has a devastating impact upon individuals, families and communities. Year on year, recorded incidents of domestic abuse have increased in Merseyside and also rose sharply during the pandemic. Women are falling through the net and they want to do more to help them.
Job Summary
SLDAS is mainly funded by a number of local authority and other national grant providers with an interest in domestic abuse.
There are plans to source new multi-year funding to expand their services, making this an exciting time to join them on the board of Trustees.
They are now seeking a new Chair of Trustees to join their Board to oversee the charity’s governance, compliance and planning.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent (6 months probationary period). Term: Part–time. Salary: £38,400 pro rata (£30,720 for 28 hours p.w.). Hours per week: 28 hours, flexible hours with the possibility of hybrid working. Reporting to: Grants Director. Location: City Centre, Bold Street.
Employer Bio
They are a registered charity, established in 1964, that gives money and support to local organisations doing charitable work. They focus on funding projects based in Merseyside (including Skelmersdale, Halton, and Ellesmere Port) and Northern Ireland.
Job Summary
The Trustees would like to recruit a part-time Charity Administrator for the Foundation’s office in central Liverpool.
Contact Details: You can contact Craig Kennerdale, Reed Recruiting at Craig.Kennerdale@reed.com or call 0151 227 1894.
Take part in NOW Festival 2025
Over the last decade, NOW Festival has established itself as a unique and inclusive opportunity for young people to collaborate with other schools and youth groups while sharing creative ideas and engaging with mental health themes, fostering collaboration and growth.
Since 2016, this annual event has brought together children and young people across the city, amplifying their voices through impactful performances tackling critical issues that are important to them.
The 2025 event will take place on February 4, 5, and 6 during Children’s Mental Health Week.
They’re looking for schools and organisations to support us in making NOW Festival 2025 the best, most memorable and impactful yet.
The Civil Society Covenant | Feedback Form & Online Workshops
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) and Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO) are working with the UK Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to develop a framework for The Civil Society Covenant. It aims to reset how government engages with civil society and create lasting positive changes for charities, community groups, and social enterprises.
The Covenant is designed to:
support collaboration between civil society organisations and government
ensure respect for the different roles we play, and protect our independence
support all public bodies and civil society organisations
build on and support existing agreements in place at a local level
complement other arrangements in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
NCVO is hosting some online workshops, and there is also an online feedback form so that voluntary sector organisations can take part in shaping the covenant.
All workshops are scheduled for Tuesday 3 December 2024.
Deadline for Feedback Forms: Midday on Wednesday 12 December 2024.
Local Solutions Community Empowerment Fund Round 5 | Now Open
Deadline: 25 December 2024.
The Local Solutions Community Empowerment Fund provides grants up to £2,000 to support local individuals and voluntary groups that will make a positive on our communities.
Local Solutions, a charity celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, delivers services to support individuals, families and communities across the Liverpool City Region and North Wales.
The announcement of the Community Empowerment Fund is part of a commitment Local Solutions is making to empower change and maximise the potential of communities across the region through a £50k social impact investment.
The voluntary and community sector provides invaluable support to local people to help them overcome challenges, reduce inequalities, and improve quality of life. The Local Solutions’ Community Empowerment Fund will continue to increase opportunities for Liverpool City Region individuals and voluntary groups to deliver services that make a difference to people’s lives.
The grants will support smaller projects, ideas and initiatives that come through, or inspire, voluntary social action, rather than to fund larger established charities and community groups.
They hope this fund will provide individuals and groups with opportunities to make a difference in their own communities. They want to support ideas that empower, include, and have a positive impact on local people.
Who can apply for a grant?
Individuals and groups living within the Liverpool City Region.
The groups do not need to be formally constituted but come together for a common goal.
Applicants over 18 years.
What they look for in applications
To fund work that aligns with their vision, ‘a society where all people can live with dignity, lead fulfilled lives and realise their full potential’.
Applications that will make a positive impact on individuals and groups in our communities.
Projects and activities that encourage empowerment and inclusivity.
What you can apply for?
In the first year there is a minimum of £50k available. This is in recognition of Local Solutions 50th anniversary.
The upper limit is £2,000. There is no minimum amount.
Alongside funding you can ask for help and support with developing or delivering your idea if needed.
What they do not fund
Groups, clubs, societies, communities and charities with an annual income of over £20,000.
Activities that are illegal – debts, gambling, political etc. Applications for projects they have previously funded.
Application process
You can apply on their website, on paper, via the phone or in person.
They will ask you to tell them about your idea in your own words.
A grants coordinator will check the application once received and contact you if they need any more information.
A panel will discuss and score each application considering the need, impact, and reach.
Once a decision has been made… What happens if your application is successful?
They will send you a simple grant agreement detailing the amount of the award to be signed and outlining the next steps.
They will aim to notify successful applicants within 2 weeks of the CEF Panel meeting.
What happens if your application is unsuccessful?
You cannot make another application within 12 months.
All decisions are final and there is no appeal process.
And finally
They want to celebrate the achievements of the successful applicants and to recognise the positive impact on people and communities. They will hold an annual networking meetings to look at ways that recipients could mentor new applicants and projects, share experiences and expand the reach and impact of the fund.
Liverpool City Council has launched a public consultation on proposals to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in the city
Liverpool City Council has set out a draft five-year strategy outlining a number of plans for the prevention of homelessness and for ensuring sufficient accommodation and support is available.
The 48-page draft document has been developed over the past 18 months following a series of workshops with stakeholders and service users and a comprehensive review of the Council’s Front Door to Homelessness Services, as well as an in-depth focus on its Housing Options Service.
They want to hear from people who provide services for homeless people, including Housing Providers, Neighbourhood Managers and Services, advice agencies and people who are currently homeless and those with lived experience of being homeless. They would also like to hear from anyone who works in the housing or homeless sector in Liverpool.
They are holding two workshops, as follows, to talk to people about the draft strategy and to ask for your views :
If you have any questions about this consultation, please contact anne.doyle@liverpool.gov.uk.
Imagine Independence – Support Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £22,372.50 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Service Manager. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Job Summary
As a Support Worker, working within their Accommodation Services, you will help to promote the health and wellbeing of those you support. This will include providing practical and emotional support, supporting people to connect with their communities, developing skills and confidence and promoting independence. They are looking for individuals with values which align to theirs, who are highly motivated and committed to enriching the lives of people they support.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time with opportunity for hybrid working. Salary: £42.5k. Hours per week: 37.5 hours weekly – including 30 minute lunch. Reporting to: Trustee Board. Location: Knowsley.
Employer Bio
This organisation is a vibrant and impactful charity dedicated to supporting people seeking asylum and refugees in Knowsley, Merseyside. Their mission is: ‘to help refugees thrive not just survive’ by empowering those who have faced unimaginable hardship in providing them with the tools, resources, and opportunities to rebuild their lives with dignity and hope. Through a range of vital services, they work tirelessly to ensure that the rights of refugees and people seeking asylum are protected, they get the necessary support, their voices are heard, and that their contributions are valued in society.
Summary
They are seeking a dynamic, compassionate, and visionary CEO who possesses a strong blend of strategic leadership and operational expertise to guide SHARe Knowsley into its next phase of growth. The ideal candidate will not only inspire and motivate teams but also bring proven managerial skills to effectively oversee day-to-day operations, ensure efficiency, and drive sustainable development.
If you:
Believe everyone has the right to live their best life.
Are passionate about supporting refugees and people seeking asylum to rebuild their lives.
Have the commitment, the passion, and the management and leadership skills to lead an organisation that is making a real and lasting impact to the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in society.
Then they have an exciting opportunity for you to lead SHARe Knowsley through the next phase of their development and be at the heart of an organisation that truly makes a difference to the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in our community.
As Chief Executive Officer, you will have the chance to shape the future of SHARe Knowsley, expanding their reach and enhancing the support they provide to some of the most marginalised members of society. If you are a strategic leader with good managerial skills and a commitment to social change, they would love to hear from you.
Role Overview: Reporting directly to the Trustee Board, as CEO, you will be responsible for providing strategic leadership, managing operations, and overseeing the overall development of SHARe Knowsley’s services. You will lead fundraising efforts and oversee the charity’s budget to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of SHARe Knowsley. You will lead a passionate and dedicated team of staff and volunteers, ensuring that their programmes are effective, sustainable, and aligned with their mission. You will also play a key role in building relationships with local partners, stakeholders, and funders, as well as advocating for the rights and needs of asylum seekers and refugees, promoting a positive and inclusive organisational culture.
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is launching a new positive action opportunity for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic residents in collaboration with the Race Equality Hub.
What is theLiverpool City Region Combined Authority Aspire Discover Training Programme?
This is a 12-month full-time training programme for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic residents of Liverpool City Region at the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority starting in March 2025. Applications go live today (25 November 2024).
As part of the training programme, trainees will learn about the world of work, they will explore the best way to learn and work for them and meet people working in local government and transport. Trainees will also be supported to achieve a recognised Project Management Qualification.
The trainees will complete the programme as a group of 5 trainees and will receive training on: learning about yourself, learning about the organisation, learning about and finding the right job for you, and networking.
Trainees will receive a £19,000 bursary (paid every month over 12 months) and a travel pass to travel free on all public transport (bus, train and ferry) across the city region.
So what trainee opportunities are available?
The trainees will be based in different teams across the organisation to learn about specific areas:
Trainee Project Officer – Project Delivery
Trainee Business Analyst – Project Delivery
Trainee Policy Officer – People Policy
Trainee Transport Support Officer – Bus Development (Routes, Accessibility in Transport)
Trainee Tidal Project Officer – Mersey Tidal Power (Renewable Energy)
Eligibility:
Must be 18+,Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic resident of LCR (Liverpool, Halton, Wirral, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens)
Math and English Level 2 (GCSEs or equivalent)
Trainee must be able to commit to full time, training programme (Monday to Friday). Typically, 9:00-5:00, with some flexibility on timings (for example, for caring responsibilities).
Where does the training take place?
Most training will take place face to face in their Liverpool City Region Combined Authority city centre office.
Address: 1 Mann Island, Liverpool L3 1BP
Some training will also take place online, which can be completed remotely at home.
Who should apply?
The Training Programme is suitable for any Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic residents of LCR above 18, interested in learning, local government or transport who can commit to full-time training from March 2025.
Find out more via their information sessions on Eventbrite
Please book an information session in November or December. These include finding out about all opportunities, meeting the supervisors, and hearing what training with them is like from their very own!
Since 1909, Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) has served Liverpool’s communities through supporting and encouraging charitable giving and voluntary action and by bringing people, organisations and resources together. Now, three innovative individuals join our board to shape our future.
LCVS Chair Sonia Bassey, MBE says:
“I am delighted to welcome 3 new trustees with such outstanding skills in the health, charity, governance and regeneration and development sectors. They will all add significant value and experience to LCVS, not only on their transformation journey but on their continued work to support the charity voluntary sector in Liverpool.”
Rosie Kaur
Rosie adopted Liverpool as her second home when she came to the university in 1987 and fell in love with the city. She is qualified as a GP in 1998 and has worked in Liverpool since in Garston, Kensington, Aintree and Anfield.
In 2009 she took up as role Governing Body Member for Liverpool CCG and then in 2019 with Mersey Care Foundation Trust as Deputy Chief Medical Officer.
Rosie is excited about joining LCVS as she has seen first-hand how the health of patients is directly impacted by poverty, social isolation and lack of opportunities.
Rosie is passionate about bringing her wealth of experience in the health care sector to support the aims of LCVS.
Anne Reading
“I am delighted to join a charity that makes such a positive impact in Liverpool. I am looking forwarded to working with a talented and committed team.”
Anne is currently Head of the Regulatory Compliance team at the Charity Commission, based in Liverpool. This is her second spell at the Commission, having previously worked on both Registration and Inquiries.
She spent ten years working for the national charity Age UK as a regional lead for governance, providing support to local partners across the country. This included support to Boards working on mergers.
Her voluntary work includes time as Chair of a local charity in Liverpool that provides residential support for older people and a school for children and young people with visual and other sensory needs.
Anne is a graduate of Liverpool John Moores University, MBA Executive Leadership. She also sits on Police Misconduct Panels as an Independent member.
Anna James
“I am truly honoured to be joining the board of LCVS. It’s an exciting time to be joining the organisation which is an invaluable asset to the charitable sector in Liverpool. I look forward to contributing my passion and expertise to further the mission and give something back to my home city”.
Anna has 15 years’ experience in development and regeneration and has led the development team at Torus since 2018.
She has a large and diverse network of contacts across the sector with a demonstrable track record of delivering high value complex developments. Anna is passionate about delivering good quality, affordable homes whether that be new build or remodelling and refurbishment.
Anna is a key contact for Homes England and has worked through five funding programmes delivering a range of tenures from Affordable Rent and Shared Ownership to Outright Sale and is always keen to learn and share the best practice to ensure the development ambitions of Torus and the North West can be realised.
Liverpool City Council are excited to launch their new Healthy Weight service
Residents in Liverpool will soon be able to access a new Healthy Weight Service, which has been developed with local residents using behavioural insight and consultation.
From January 2025 Ice Creates will deliver a Healthy Weight Service that will offer a variety of programs to support families, and adults to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. In the new year community and stakeholder engagement and consultation will help embed this critical service offer into local neighbourhoods.
Currently over half of adults in Liverpool have excess weight (63%), and one in four children are starting school overweight or obese. This progresses to one in three children aged 11 being overweight or obese (Year 6).
Delivered in a range of venues across all 13 Neighbourhoods the Healthy Weight Service will provide families and adults with the tools and practical support needed to achieve a healthier weight. The service will also deliver a maternity offer for pregnant women and support for schools.
Support will include one-to-one coaching, “Weigh & Stay” groups and Slimming World. It will be a varied offer that will combine digital and in-person elements including an app for self-monitoring, bespoke support for targeted groups, a physical activity and leisure offer, “Weigh & Go” (a lighter-touch option), and maintenance support.
Coach-Led Sessions will be available for Children, Young People, and Families including group and one-to-one sessions covering various topics related to healthy living, and the “Best You” App: Digital support, complemented by a 12-month maintenance plan.
There will also be a universal offer including a website, app, ‘Move it’ virtual gym, schools ‘healthy me’ programme and targeted campaigns.
This service will play a vital role in a whole systems approach to improving the health of our population, particularly where the impact of excess weight is concerned. They will also play a key part in our ambitious ‘Good Food’ Plan that aims to ensure everyone has access to healthy, nutritious food across the city.
Key Outcomes Expected:
Reduction in the number of residents (adults and children) classified as overweight or obese.
Increased awareness and engagement in healthy weight maintenance and prevention activities.
Enhanced public health capacity across Liverpool, supporting long-term positive health outcomes.
Next Steps: The service provider is now working on service mobilisation, including staff recruitment and training, setting up systems and making arrangements for the official launch of the service which will be in January 2025.
Referral pathways will be developed accordingly with further details to be shared.
To take part in the brand consultation, view job opportunities within the service and view other ways to get involved please click on the link below:
Imagine Independence – Resettlement & Recovery Support Worker
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £25,624.02 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week based on rolling rota shift pattern of both day and night shifts. Possibility of just night shifts which can be discussed at interview. Reporting to: Service Manager or Senior Engager Worker. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Job Summary
To develop therapeutic relationships with individuals to support people experiencing a range of emotional states and to understand where behaviours are rooted detailed to provide consistent support along with colleagues and professionals. And to develop and review person centred plans (inc. partners involved in care and support), using planning tools to encourage individuals to be fully involved in support planning and to encourage and motivate individuals to access/participate in socially inclusive opportunities inc. employment, education/training, volunteering; sports & leisure; faith & cultural communities; creative activities.
Be Free Campaign – Fundraising & Partnerships Lead
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £28,000 – £31,000. Hours per week: 40 hours. Reporting to: Operations Manager. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Be Free Campaign is a dynamic mental health charity committed to promoting well-being and resilience among young people. The organisation focuses on delivering impactful mental health programmes to schools, community centres, and organisations, to reach and support as many young individuals as possible.
Job Summary
The Fundraising & Partnerships Lead will play a vital role in driving Be Free Campaign’s growth by building relationships with individual donors, community supporters, and strategic partners. This role focuses on fostering sustainable community engagement, securing partnerships, and increasing donor support to expand the charity’s impact on young people’s mental health. Key responsibilities include managing individual giving campaigns, cultivating long-term partnerships with local organisations, and developing donor stewardship programmes to inspire continued support.
The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of fundraising experience, strong relationship-building skills, and a passion for mental health advocacy. They will be strategic thinkers with excellent communication abilities, capable of creating compelling narratives that resonate with donors and partners. This is an opportunity to contribute to a growing charity, shape innovative fundraising initiatives, and make a tangible difference in mental health support for young people.
WEB Merseyside – Charity Centre Manager (Maternity Cover)
Term: Full Time / Fixed Term Contract. Salary: £34,398 a year. Location: Birkenhead.
Full job description
To provide a Trauma Informed approach to all aspects of work within WEB. To be the front facing representative of WEB and its work within the community.
To be an enthusiastic and skilled Centre Manager, who is committed to WEB’s aims and ethos and who will support WEB’s future growth, development, and expansion.
Centre Manager will oversee general day to day operation of the organisation; staff management, the facilitation of therapeutic training and group deliveries to service users /staff and professionals, oversee the running of projects, staff and volunteer supervision.
To support and progress the expansion of WEB Merseyside through applying for funding opportunities in line with WEB’s Ethos and Mission ad also completing monitoring reports for funders and the Management committee of WEB Merseyside.
Centre Manager will co-lead on parent forum research with partner organisations as part of pathfinder funded services through Wirral borough council.
To support the Alliance (Family Toolbox) work that WEB Merseyside are part of within Wirral.
Posts available: 1. Contract: 1 Year with the intention to extend. Term: Part Time. Salary: £27,500 pro rata. Hours per week: 22.5 worked flexibly. Reporting to: Centre Manager, Action Asylum National Coordinator. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Asylum Link Merseyside (ALM) is a small charity operating in Liverpool and the wider City Region, working with approximately 2500 Asylum Seekers and Refugees each year.
They provide a broad range of services for people in the Asylum System with other specialist services working alongside them at the St Anne’s Centre.
Job Summary
Asylum Link Merseyside ALM is looking for someone experienced in working with Asylum Seekers, who has good local knowledge of Arts, Sporting, Environmental, or other activities where Asylum Seekers can participate or volunteer.
The coordinator will have responsibility for a range of activities run by ALM which either promote wellbeing, have a volunteering element, or both together.
Posts available: 1. Contract: 14 Month Fixed Term. Term: Part Time. Salary: £25,307 – £29,634 (pro rata £18,984 – £22,229). Hours per week: 28.13 hours. Reporting to: Corporate Partnerships Manager. Location: Hybrid working between Alder Hey Children’s Charity & working from home.
Employer Bio
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children’s Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 450,000 patients and families they care for every year.
The charity helps to fund a range of activities and projects that are designed to enhance and improve the lives of their amazing young patients. This includes the funding of specialist medical equipment to ensure their brilliant surgeons and clinical staff have the most up to date and cutting edge technology available and funding hi-tech distraction equipment designed and proven to reduce pain and anxiety in their patients. They also fund a range of programmes and special projects such as their ward musicians, their on-site magician and the play specialists they have on every ward.
They have recently closed their Surgical Neonatal Appeal, having successfully raised their £3m target towards a brand new, state of the art Surgical Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the hospital. This year they will be fundraising towards a new Medicinema and Same Day Emergency Care Centre, providing an unrivalled experience for their patients and their families.
Job Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy corporate partnerships team. The postholder will work closely with the Corporate Partnerships Manager and wider Charity team to deliver the corporate strategy.
Areas of support include management of incoming enquiries, team support for events, administration tasks for the team and supporting corporate partners.
You’ll also be self-motivated, proactive and an excellent collaborator. If you’re excited by the sound of this, they’d love to hear from you!
£5.4 million national insurance black hole in VCFSE finances estimated in Liverpool
Following the autumn budget announcements at the end of October, understandably there has been much discourse on the planned increases in Employers National Insurance Contributions (ENIC). Alongside increases in the National and Real Living Wage, many voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations are quite rightly worried about what this means for their future financial planning and resilience.
Whilst public sector organisations are shielded from these rising costs, the VCFSE sector has not been afforded the same treatment despite receiving over £16bn to deliver public services nationally per year (NCVO, 2023)[1].
Whilst national VCFSE bodies have been developing financial figures to demonstrate the potential impact of ENIC increases on the sector, the VS6 Partnership has been working with Voluntary Sector North West (VSNW) to develop our own figures for Liverpool City Region (LCR). The results are worrying.
Using data gathered from the Cheshire and Merseyside State of the Sector report (2023), we have calculated that the VCFSE sector in Liverpool City Region is facing a £17.7million shortfall in finances in 2025/26 when ENIC rises come into effect.
For Liverpool, we are facing a £5.4m black hole in VCFSE finances.
This figure is inclusive of the increase in Employers Allowance but does not include rises in living wages. Therefore, this figure is the minimum impactthat the sector can expect to be hit with in LCR.
LCVS and the VS6 Partnership are extremely concerned by this.
In explaining the increase, the Chancellor provided ‘businesses’ with a choice: Absorb costs through efficiency and productivity, lower profits and/or lower wage growth. These options are not viable for the VCFSE sector.
We already work at maximum efficiency, doing what we can in the face of reduced funding and heightened demand. We are not-for-profit; therefore, we do not have profits to lower. The rise in living wages, whilst welcomed by many organisations who believe in paying their staff well, is creating a squeeze along pay scales and impacting organisational resilience. All this alongside evidence that shows the VCFSE sector is already subsidising public sector contracts by as much as 20%[2], with 62% of charities reporting having to do so already[3].
Whilst we welcome the Government’s plan to restore charities to “the centre of national life” as part of the new civil society Covenant, and the Prime Minister’s positive statements of “harnessing the dynamism, innovation and trusted reach of civil society” to “boost growth and deliver better outcomes for communities”, we cannot continue to fulfil this role if the sector’s resilience and sustainability is at such risk.
So, what do we do next?
We support NCVO’s open letter to the Chancellor on the impact of ENIC on charities, calling for the exemption of the VCFSE sector from planned increases.
Alongside this plea, more locally the VS6 Partnership are co-ordinating a response across LCR to ensure that the impact on the VCFSE sector is understood and acted upon.
At an LCR level we will be writing to Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram and the Chief Executive of the Combined Authority, and within our boroughs, we will be targeting our MPs and commissioners, with a call to action to support us in our sector advocacy in calling for:
A delay in the implementation of this policy until 2026 for all VCFSE organisations.
All current Public Sector contracts and grants to the sector to be automatically subject to an increase equal to the current shortfall in ENIC and where possible NLW increase.
Going forward, commissioners and procurement teams to budget for an annual uplift in contracts as standard.
We will also be working with our colleagues at Cheshire and Warrington Infrastructure Partnership to co-ordinate a regional Cheshire and Merseyside approach.
Shewsy Records to release two songs to raise money for inner city youth club
Shrewsbury House in Everton- known locally as The Shewsy – is attempting to raise £100,000 in one week by taking part in the BigGive Christmas Challenge this December. The Challenge takes place from noon on Tuesday 3 December to noon Tuesday 10 December 2024.
Supporters can donate through The BigGive Christmas Challenge website, to choose Shrewsbury House, and click on the ‘Donate Now’ button, or via the Shrewsbury House website BigGive donate now link.
Shewsy All Stars are children (aged 5 – 12 years) from the Afterschool and Intermediate Clubs who got together to perform and record the songs. The two records are being released by Shewsy Records, a group of young people who use the Joseph Lappin Music Suite at the Youth Club. The songs will be available to download from 16 November 2024 onwards through iTunes, Apple, Spotify and other sites. Every penny generated from downloads through all channels will be match funded – giving you the opportunity to double the difference.
Shrewsbury House is appealing to the public to support their efforts to generate £50,000 in online donations – every penny of which will be match funded from two pledges of match funding of £50,000; part from a regular donor and part from the Steve Morgan Foundation.
At The Shewsy they provide an Afterschool, an Intermediate Club and a Senior Youth Club. Their current membership since September this year is over 250 individuals with an average of 45 children/young people attending each session. Last year their membership cohort reached 450 young people in total.
Provision of quality staffing in all clubs is one of their highest priorities, as is staff training for all staff and volunteers. All funds generated are being used for the day to day running costs to ensure the sustainability of Shrewsbury House in Everton, the longest serving youth club in Liverpool. Shrewsbury House celebrated its 120th anniversary in June 2023
Contact Details: John Dumbell – Team Leader – 0151 207 0725.
Liverpool Parenting Newsletter | Autumn 2024
Liverpool’s Parent Network has produced the Autumn edition of the Liverpool Parenting Newsletter with information on services available for you and your family across the city.
In this newsletter, parents/carers will find information on a number of events, activities, courses and support services.
This includes:
Find out what WonderHub got up to over the Summer
The incredible River of Light Festival returns to Liverpool on the Waterfront with this years theme being PLAY
Diwali celebrations
Information and updates on Family Hub and Children Centre services and our new Liverpool Family Panels
Information for new and expectant parents – have you visited their “Start For Life Page”?
Activities that are happening over the October half term period
Updates on their incredible Nurture parent groups that have been running across the city
Chatting with the folks from The Centre for Emotional Health
Information on immunisations for children
Keeping flu bugs at bay, fire safety and lots more
If you have any questions, please contact parenting@liverpool.gov.uk.
BHF reopens free defibrillator scheme to save lives in communities across the UK
Communities across the UK are being urged to apply for a free lifesaving defibrillator from the British Heart Foundation (BHF). This year, there are over 320 defibrillator packages available to communities as the charity relaunches its Community Defibrillator Funding Programme. The heart charity has said areas with greatest need will be prioritised – deprived areas with limited access to defibrillators.
The programme successfully placed 300 defibrillators across the UK in its first year.
There are over 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests each year in the UK, but less than one in ten people survive. Every minute without CPR and defibrillation after a cardiac arrest can reduce the chance of survival by up to 10 per cent. Early CPR and defibrillation is vital to give someone the best chance of survival.
The BHF wants everyone to have the best chance of survival from a cardiac arrest, no matter where they live.
There are over 96,000 defibrillators registered on The Circuit: the national defibrillator network, but they are not evenly distributed. Data from The Circuit has shown that deprived communities need better support to help improve response times to an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The charity fears that gaps in the map of defibrillators are putting lives at risk.
That’s why the BHF hope the programme will help reduce these defibrillator gaps and improve survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.
Local areas awarded one of these defibrillators will be provided with a defibrillator and cabinet, and installation costs will be covered where required. Communities awarded a defibrillator can order future replacement parts free of charge when they expire or are used in a rescue. The charity will ensure that each defibrillator will also be registered on The Circuit: the national defibrillator network, so ambulance services can direct bystanders to the nearest available defibrillator in the event of a cardiac arrest.
The BHF has a long history of funding public access defibrillators for communities: the heart charity’s Nation of Lifesavers scheme has helped install nearly 3,500 devices in the UK since 2014.
The BHF says they’re particularly eager to receive applications from community groups in 10 areas across the UK. These areas have no defibrillator registered on The Circuit within them, based on available data on defibrillator locations from The Circuit: the national defibrillator network. They are:
Small Heath, an inner-city area in Birmingham (England)
North Wensley Fold, an area in Blackburn (England)
Moss Side, an inner-city area in Manchester (England)
Knowle, a district in Bristol (England)
Caia Park, a suburb in Wrexham (Wales)
Caerau, a community in Cardiff (Wales)
Udston, Hamilton (Scotland)
Govanhill, an area of Glasgow (Scotland)
Newhill, an area in Ballymoney, Country Antrim (Northern Ireland)
Ardoyne, a district in Belfast (Northern Ireland).
Posts available: 3.6.
Contract: They have multiple Fixed Term Contracts available for a minimum of 12 months. All positions have possibility of extension. Salary: £25,300. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Service Delivery Manager. Location: Hybrid – Remote and Office based.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Overview
Universal Credit (UC) is the fastest growing advice issue for the Citizens Advice service and improving the support available to people making a claim is vital. Their Help to Claim service guides people through the claims process – this will include identifying suitability, helping clients to start their claim and providing support to their first payment.
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking to recruit Help to Claim advisers with knowledge and experience of welfare benefits to join their team.
The successful candidates will provide end to end telephone and web chat support for new Universal Credit claimants. Your understanding of legacy benefits will enable you to check whether a client would be better off on Universal Credit. You will also be able to identify clients who due to transition to Universal Credit via Managed Migration and support them through the process and application. You will be confident in your ICT skills to support clients in making their claim.
You’ll have the ability to interview clients using sensitive listening and questioning skills to get to the root of the issues and empower clients, whilst maintaining structure and control of meetings, as well as a commitment to the aims and principles of the Citizens Advice Service.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Welfare Benefits Caseworker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Salary: £26,424. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Welfare Benefits Supervisor. Location: Hybrid – Remote and Office based.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Overview
Citizens Advice Liverpool in partnership with Citizens Advice St Helens and Citizens Advice Warrington are delivering a Welfare Benefits, Debt and Budgeting Advisory Service to Torus Housing tenants.
The Welfare Benefits Caseworker is responsible for delivering a comprehensive Welfare Benefits Advisory Service to individuals and families in need. The caseworker will provide support and guidance to clients in understanding and accessing welfare benefits, ensuring they receive the appropriate financial assistance and support, including support with welfare benefits mandatory considerations, and appeals. The role requires a thorough understanding of welfare benefits regulations and policies, excellent communication and advocacy skills, and a strong commitment to improving the well-being of individuals and communities.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
The Reader Organisation – Criminal Justice Admin Assistant
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term (1 year). Term: Part Time. Salary: £22,145 per annum (pro rata). Hours per week: 17.5 hours per week / 0.5 FTE. Days per week: 3 days. Reporting to: Criminal Justice Programmes Manager. Location: Remote with occasional travel across England in line with their current PIPES settings.
Employer Bio
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and / or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
Job Overview
The role of the Criminal Justice Administrative Assistant is to provide administrative and programme coordination support to the CJ manager.
Duties of the role include representing The Reader at external events, scheduling meetings, agenda creation, taking meeting minutes, diary management, full administrative support for specific projects, and working with the CJ Manager in supporting the day-to-day organization of team and project management.
Responsibilities may include site visits. Delivery cover and/or occasional national travel.
The role requires a resilient individual who can both assist others and act on their own initiative, using common sense and discretion, while working to tight deadlines.
Interviews: Planned to be week commencing 25 November 2024.
Call for Information | Winter & Cost of Living Crisis Help | Services & Resources for those in Liverpool
Deadline: 6 December 2024.
LCVS is looking to send out a winter edition of our Cost of Living Crisis Help page this December across our networks. We are looking to include useful Liverpool-based services and resources that can be accessed over the Christmas/New Year period.
If you would like us to add a useful service/resource, please check our submission guidelines below before emailing us.
It could be:
Warm Hubs (e.g. regular gatherings to combat loneliness)
A service or resource that is not relevant to the Cost of Living Crisis
A service or resource that is not relevant to the upcoming Christmas/New Year period
A service or resource that is not based in or useful for those in the Liverpool area.
What to send us:
A Liverpool-based service or resource that is relevant to the Cost of Living Crisis
A Liverpool-based service or resource that is relevant to the upcoming Christmas/New Year period.
Please include in your email:
A few sentences about what the service is and who it is aimed at
Service duration/opening times/location
X (Twitter) or any other social links
Contact information and a link for more information about the service.
Please send your service/resource to joel.wilson@lcvs.org.uk.
FAQ
Sending in all the information correctly (as stated in the “What to send us” section will greatly improve your chances of the resource being featured
Emailing your item to us does not guarantee that it will be published
We are not able to publish everything due to the sheer volume of information that is sent to us
LCVS will always edit everything before it is published
Copying and pasting large amounts of information and sending us items in an inaccessible format will mean your item may not be considered or published.
Deadline: 6 December 2024.
New report highlights disparities in funding for Black-led Nonprofits in Liverpool City Region
Today (8 November 2024), Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) launches a report revealing the barriers faced by Black-led Nonprofit Organisations (BLNOs) in accessing funds and support in the Liverpool City Region. The research undertaken by Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and supported by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) shines a spotlight on the inequities that persist within the funding landscape, underscoring the need for systemic change to promote equality and diversity.
Addressing Historical Inequities
The study comes in the wake of growing concerns about the systemic obstacles preventing Black-led organisations from securing the financial resources they need to thrive. In the aftermath of the global Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic, which disproportionately affected racialised communities, this report provides additional evidence of the challenges BLNOs face.
Sonia Bassey, MBE, Chair of LCVS says:
“Systemic racism and inequity have long been barriers to success for Black-led nonprofits. Our research supports the view that without intentional changes and a targeted approach, these organisations will continue to struggle within the funding landscape. In light of recent racially motivated riots across the UK, funding support for Black-led nonprofits to enhance their visibility and offers to communities is imperative.”
Key Findings and Recommendations
The report identified several critical barriers, including overly bureaucratic processes, a lack of understanding from funders about the unique needs of Black-led organisations, and bias in traditional funding criteria. The disparity between the success rates of BLNOs in the Liverpool City Region compared to national averages is also evident.
Among the key recommendations are:
Simplifying Funding Processes: Reducing excessive jargon and implementing user-friendly application methods, including storytelling and audio formats.
Intentional Equity Practices: Encouraging funders to adopt equitable scoring systems and publish yearly funding equity reports.
Improved Engagement: Regular dialogues between funders and Black-led organisations to better align funding requirements with community needs.
Call to Action for Stakeholders
The report calls on funders, support infrastructure organisations, and policymakers to act decisively in addressing these disparities. By creating a level playing field for Black-led nonprofits, the goal is to unlock new opportunities and empower these organisations to continue their vital work in supporting racialised communities.
Sonia Bassey adds:
“We all need to recognise that Black-led organisations are not starting from the same position as their counterparts. We need a commitment to equity that goes beyond words and leads to real, tangible change,”
“LCVS recognises its role in this landscape and is looking at how we can better support Black-led nonprofits. We look forward to working with Black-led organisations, funders and partners to take this work forward”.
The full report, with detailed findings and recommendations, is now available for public review.
You can also scan the QR Code below to read the Full Report:
About LCVS
Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) is committed to fostering a more inclusive and equitable community by supporting the region’s nonprofit organisations. With a focus on empowerment, capacity-building, and advocacy, LCVS continues to drive change towards a more just society. For media inquiries, please contact LCVS at info@lcvs.org.uk.
NHS asks for views on hospital gynaecology and maternity services in Liverpool
A six-week public engagement launched on 15 October 2024, giving people an opportunity to comment on the issues facing hospital gynaecology and maternity services in Liverpool. It follows the approval of a case for change by the board of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside at a meeting which took place on 9 October 2024.
The case for change highlights that the biggest challenge facing these services is the fact that they are located on a different site to most other acute and specialist care, which can cause problems and delays with care – Liverpool Women’s is the only specialist centre for gynaecology and maternity in the country where this is the case.
The website also features a number of short films with staff involved in delivering gynaecology and maternity care, explaining more about the challenges in their own words.
As part of the public engagement, a series of face-to-face and online listening events will take place during November, giving people the opportunity to hear about the issues from clinicians and take part in small group discussions. Sessions will be held in Knowsley, Liverpool and Sefton, with people welcome to attend whichever is most convenient for them.
Details of the events and how to register are available in the link above or by calling 0151 702 4353 (Monday to Friday, between 8.30 AM – 4 PM) or emailing engagement@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk.
Deadline: 26 November 2024.
The NHS will be working with a wide range of partner organisations and local community groups to help share information and encourage people to take part in the engagement over the coming weeks. Once the engagement closes, all responses gathered will be analysed by an independent organisation and put into a report, which is likely to be published in early 2025. This feedback will be used to help inform what happens next, including the development of any proposals for how hospital gynaecology and maternity services could look in the future.
Join the LCVS Team: Apply now for our Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Role
We currently have a new and exciting opportunity for a talented individual to join the LCVS Team as our Chief Executive Officer(CEO).
Location: Liverpool Salary: £71,400pa Contract: Full-time (35 hours a week), permanent.
Make a lasting impact in Liverpool’s third sector. For over 100 years, Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) has been at the heart of the community, empowering voluntary, community, and charitable organisations across the city.
We are now seeking a visionary and dynamic Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead us through an exciting period of transformation and growth. If you are passionate about empowering communities and creating lasting change, we want to hear from you.
Location: Liverpool Salary: £71,400pa Contract: Full-time (35 hours a week), permanent.
Employer Bio
Make a lasting impact in Liverpool’s third sector. For over 100 years, Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) has been at the heart of the community, empowering voluntary, community, and charitable organisations across the city. We are now seeking a visionary and dynamic Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead us through an exciting period of transformation and growth. If you are passionate about empowering communities and creating lasting change, we want to hear from you.
About the Role
As CEO of LCVS, you will:
Lead the modernisation of our infrastructure and internal systems.
Develop and execute an income generation strategy to secure financial sustainability.
Act as a visible and respected ambassador, advocating for the third sector across Liverpool and beyond.
Build and strengthen relationships with trustees, employees, partners, and key stakeholders.
Shape and deliver our strategic vision, ensuring LCVS continues to make a meaningful impact in Liverpool’s communities.
This is a unique opportunity for a leader who is passionate about driving change and empowering the voluntary and community sector. You will work closely with the Board of Trustees, lead a dedicated team, and represent LCVS on a local and national stage.
About You
We are looking for a CEO who brings:
Proven experience in organisational leadership, including managing financial challenges and overseeing operational transformation.
Strong financial acumen, with a track record of income generation and sustainability strategies.
A deep understanding of the third sector, with the ability to advocate for and influence policy to support community initiatives.
Exceptional communication skills, capable of inspiring and leading a diverse team.
The vision and creativity to drive LCVS forward, ensuring we remain responsive to the evolving needs of our sector.
How to Apply
To apply, please submit your application form outlining how you meet the person specification to alison.hill@lcvs.org.uk.
Please note we do not accept CVs.
To arrange an informal conversation about the role, please contact Alison Hill, Interim CEO, at alison.hill@lcvs.org.uk.
Connected Places Catapult | Funding & Support available for transport accessibility innovators
Deadline: 5 PM on 28 November 2024.
Up to 15 companies will be selected to receive up to £150,000 each in a new transport accessibility competition.The competition is open to organisations of any size, including academia, Research and Technology Organisations (RTO), industry, charities, central and local government etc.
Connected Places Catapult, the UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport, and place leadership, today announced that applications are open for the Scaling Innovation Programme. The programme is led by the National Centre for Accessible Transport (ncat) and delivered by the Catapult.
The programme is inviting applications from innovative firms with novel solutions to help disabled people navigate streets and use public transport more easily.
Up to 15 SMEs (small- to medium-sized enterprises) will be selected to access funding of up to £150,000 each to develop their innovations aimed at tackling barriers that have been identified through research and feedback from disabled communities. Alongside the funding, they will also receive bespoke business support from specialists at the Catapult.
Budget 2024 | What this means for the voluntary sector
Information provided by NCVO (The National Council for Voluntary Organisations).
The 2024 budget sets out the new government’s tax, welfare, and spending priorities up to March 2026, with a framework for spending beyond April 2026.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies calls this the most important budget since the 2010 austerity measures. It reveals the government’s priorities and expected trade-offs.
This budget also previews the spring spending review, which will allocate funding for central government departments through to March 2029.
Key announcements for charities and communities
Several budget measures will likely help the voluntary sector and the communities it supports. They include:
Increased local government funding: A 3.2% rise in core local government spending, with at least £600 million in new funding for social care.
Support for individuals and carers: Reduce Universal Credit debt deductions (from 25% to 15%). Raise the weekly earnings limit on Carer’s Allowance. Conduct an independent review of Carer’s Allowance overpayments.
SEND support: £1 billion (a 6% real-terms rise) to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Funding for hardship support: £1 billion next year to extend the Household Support Fund and hardship payments.
Education funding: An additional £30 million for free breakfast clubs.
Funding for Holocaust education: An additional £2 million to support Holocaust education charities.
Sefton CVS – HR, Compliance and Governance Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £38-42k dependent on experience. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: CEO. Location: Waterloo, Sefton.
Employer Bio
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity with a borough-wide brief to assist and support voluntary community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Job Overview
To ensure the organisation is fully compliant with and continuously adheres to, all external Regulatory, Compliance and Legal standards.
Understand UK, sector-wide and wider emerging HR issues, assessing their HR implications for Sefton CVS and advising on/developing appropriate organisational approaches.
To act as the Information Governance and General Data Protection Lead, including being the senior person [Data Protection Officer] responsible within CVS for protecting the confidentiality of patient and service user data in compliance with GDPR regulations.
To provide advice and guidance to the Chief Executive and Senior Management Team, and be the central reference point, on all regulatory and compliance matters both external and internal.
To manage the organisation’s Human Resources (HR) function, recruitment and administration, to ensure that the appropriate HR systems and procedures are in place.
To be the key point of contact with our external HR Advisers to ensure our internal policies and procedures comply with all Employment Law regulations, at all times.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Money Advice Caseworker (Trainee Considered)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Ongoing. Salary: £28,111 (Trainee £25,300). Hours per week: 35 hours pw. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Overview
To excel against targets in the provision of an effective supported Money Advice debt casework service that is compliant against quality standards including the MaPS quality of advice framework; ensuring that clients receive their full entitlement to all benefits, receive appropriate financial capability support and experience a positive customer experience from Citizens Advice Liverpool.
To be successful in this role, you will need to be confident, motivated and willing to try new things, have excellent communication skills with an ability to work under pressure to achieve targets and outcomes with minimum supervision.
To be appointed as a Money Advice Caseworker, you will need to have knowledge and experience of complex debt casework, covering priority and non-priority debt advice, options and insolvency solutions.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance Screening Questionnaire
The Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance (CMCA) screening team have developed a survey that they will use to support the NHSE NW Breast Insight work.
The age cohorts of people they are looking to target are:
Women ages of 25 to 64 year for cervical screening
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent (6-month probationary period). Term: Full-Time. Salary: £13.50/hr. Hours per week: 37.5 hrs/week. Reporting to: Foodbank Co-ordinator & Trustees. Location: South Liverpool Foodbank, Bridge Chapel Centre, Garston, L194XR
Employer Bio
South Liverpool Foodbank don’t think anyone in our community should have to face going hungry. That’s why they provide three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who have been left without enough money to live on, referred by partner agencies. They are part of a nationwide community of food banks, supported by Trussell, working to end hunger across the UK. They opened in 2009 and currently distribute food from eight different centres, with at least one centre open Monday-Saturday. They also signpost to other relevant organisations, including to the four food pantries they manage, and partner with Citizens Advice Liverpool, with a dedicated advisor available at many foodbank sessions.
Job Summary
South Liverpool Foodbank works with volunteer teams at 8 different food bank centres, and 4 partner food pantries, supported by teams at our warehouse (18 sessions altogether each week). In total more than 100 regular volunteers are responsible for all our weekly activities – helping clients and shoppers; preparing parcels; collecting, sorting and delivering donations. They also run multiple food collection days at supermarkets throughout the year, including volunteers with more limited availability, and additional warehouse sessions, in collaboration with corporate volunteer teams. They sometimes support younger volunteers participating in the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme.
It is essential that we can effectively manage the recruitment, training and on-going support of their volunteers to fulfil the varied requirements of their food bank. They have a full-time position available, with volunteer co-ordination occupying approximately 75% of the role. Other responsibilities will be linked to general food bank activities such as helping with food bank sessions, responding to clients and agencies, and engaging with donors. They are looking for someone who is excellent at communicating, ideally with experience of managing people, as well as methodical and meticulous.
Apply for Support | The Hygiene Bank | Get Help with Hygiene Products
The Hygiene Bank believes hygiene products can be much more than an item which helps people to feel clean – they can provide people with a hand up, not just a handout.
Case studies from their projects have given them clear examples of this – a teenager going back to school and on to university because they have access to deodorant and shower gel; a mum who was contemplating shoplifting nappies, who no longer has to risk a criminal record.
If they have a Hygiene Bank project in your area, they will connect you to their local Project Coordinator who will be able to package up free items and arrange collection with you. Please note the need for their support is growing and demand is higher than they can currently meet. They are working hard to keep pace, but as many of their projects are currently at capacity, there may be a delay in them being able to support you.
YPAS – Paid to Train 3 x CBT Practitioners (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy)
Posts available: 3 posts. Contract: 12 months fixed term (permanent pending funding). Term: Full-time. Salary: NJC point 20 – £31,586. Hours per week: 35 hours. Location: YPAS Community Hubs.
Employer Bio
YPAS is a Merseyside based charity, established in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. Theysupport children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Why Join YPAS?
Be part of a passionate team dedicated to making a positive impact on children and young people’s lives.
Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
A supportive and collaborative work environment and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing and have an aptitude to undertake a postgraduate/graduate study programme.
Job Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to gain postgraduate certificate in evidence-based psychotherapies for children and young people, validated by the University of Manchester.
Are you an Accredited Counsellor, Social Worker, Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or registered with HCPC and looking to increase skills and competencies working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), then click here.
It is essential the successful candidate has a core profession above and can demonstrate existing knowledge and 2 years’ experience of working therapeutically with young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties
To request an application pack, please email recruitment@ypas.org.uk.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Children & Young People’s Mental Health Promotion Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31 March 2026. Term: Full Time. Salary: £25,571 p.a. – £28,957 p.a. – MYA Grade 5 – Pt. 17-20. Hours per week: 35 Hours Per Week – (May Include Evening and Weekend Work). Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA) is a people focused organisation. This means they put their children and young people at the centre of everything they do. Alongside this, they are a supportive, adaptable employer, that seeks to listen to its staff team and remain flexible in its approach meeting their needs.
Job Overview
The postholder will be responsible for delivering a programme of mental health works across children and young people’s settings, delivering training to the workforce, and implementing school-based mentoring, group work and project work with parents/carers.
The role will include supporting and the delivery of the NOW Mental Health Arts Festival. The aim of these programmes is to make mental health everybody’s business in Liverpool and beyond.
The postholder must hold relevant qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in related subject.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Neurodiverse Youth Hub Intensive Mentor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31 May 2025. Term: Full Time. Salary: £25,571 p.a. – £28,957 p.a. – MYA Grade 5 – Pt. 17-20. Hours per week: 35 Hours Per Week – (May Include Evening and Weekend Work). Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA) is a people focused organisation. This means they put their children and young people at the centre of everything they do. Alongside this, they are a supportive, adaptable employer, that seeks to listen to its staff team and remain flexible in its approach meeting their needs.
Job Overview
To effectively engage young people with neurodiverse conditions, to create a pathway to employment for young people aged 18-24 yrs who are not in education, training or employment.
To provide intensive mentoring to young people, managing a case load of 15 young people at any one time.
To recruit and undertake initial assessments and to develop a personalised pathway, utilising personal development tools designed for the programme.
To undertake supported signposting into other services within the Youth Hub and externally.
To enhance young people’s employability and support entry into employment including post-employment support.
To hold a recognised qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 in a subject related to Young People.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £29,200. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Liverpool L13.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Overview
Purpose of Role:
To provide support to young people on a wide variety of issues. Working closely with teachers, colleagues, social workers and other agencies to help understand children’s needs and provide a high-quality service in supporting them.
Some duties will include
To plan, deliver and offer support sessions on a one-to-one basis, e.g. using CBT, Art Therapy etc.
To provide a range of interventions alongside colleagues which will improve the well-being of young people.
To engage and build good working relationships with parents, children and colleagues working in schools and other agencies.
To work effectively and cooperatively with partner agencies using common processes including Early Help Assessment, Team Around the Family (TAF) and Lead Professional (LP) roles.
To provide relevant information about, and access to appropriate support services and opportunities that enable young people to improve their skills.
To work holistically and effectively with parents/carers in ways that will improve their children’s well-being.
To work closely with relevant health professionals to support parents/carers in meeting the needs of their children.
To undertake home visits as and when required.
To promote the safe guarding of children in accordance with the framework for the care and protection of children.
To be proactive in providing information on support services to young people.
YPAS – Paid to Train Opportunity – Trainee IPT-A Therapist (Interpersonal Therapy with Adolescents)
Posts available: 1. Contract: 12 months fixed term (permanent pending funding). Term: Full-time. Salary: NJC point 20 – £31,586. Hours per week: 35 hours. Location: YPAS Community Hubs.
Employer Bio
YPAS is a Merseyside based charity which was established in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. They support children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Job Overview
Why Join YPAS?
Be part of a passionate team dedicated to making a positive impact on children and young people’s lives.
Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
A supportive and collaborative work environment and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing and have an aptitude to undertake a postgraduate/graduate study programme.
This is an exciting opportunity to gain postgraduate certificate in evidence-based psychotherapies for children and young people, validated by the University of Manchester.
Are you an Accredited Counsellor, Social Worker, Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or registered with HCPC and looking to increase skills and competencies working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)? If so, click here.
It is essential the successful candidate has a core profession above and can demonstrate existing knowledge and 2 years’ experience of working therapeutically with young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.
To request an application pack, please email recruitment@ypas.org.uk
Interviews: Thursday 14 November 2024 (YPAS Central City Centre location).
VCSE Funding available to help reduce suicide rates across Liverpool
Deadline: 5 PM on Monday 4 November 2024.
The successful organisation will be notified by 18 November, with finance and contracts to be awarded in December 2024. There is an expectation that the suicide prevention activities will be fully mobilised by January 2025.
Public Health Liverpool and the Safe from Suicide Team at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust have identified funding it would like to use to commission a voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE) organisation, to help reduce suicide rates across the Liverpool City Council area.
Areas of identified need
The aim of this micro-commissioning programme is to encourage VCSE organisations to develop suicide prevention activities for Liverpool residents.
The VCSE organisations applying for the funding should be able to demonstrate that they can support suicide prevention in terms of physical health and long-term conditions. They welcome interest from organisations that can mobilise immediately and have the appropriate governance and safety in place for anyone wanting to engage in activities.
One VCSE organisation will be awarded the £15,000 funding, which is for a 12 month fixed-term period, from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025.
Qualifying criteria
The service must be delivered within the Liverpool City Council Footprint, for Liverpool City residents only.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Liverpool Access To Advice Network (LATAN) Network Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract. Salary: £31,200. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Head of Partnerships and Innovations. Location: Hybrid – Remote and Office based.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Overview
Join them as the Network Coordinator for the Liverpool Access to Advice Network (LATAN) and be at the forefront of transforming access to legal advice and support in Liverpool!
As the Network Coordinator, you will play a crucial role in driving greater buy-in and commitment to LATAN, ensuring its sustainability and growth. This dynamic role involves securing funding, growing robust collaborations with community organisations, and building strong relationships with key stakeholders to support and elevate the network.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Imagine Independence – Resettlement & Recovery Support Worker – Liverpool
Posts available: 3. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £25,624.02 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours based on rolling rota shift pattern of both day and night shifts. Reporting to: Service Manager or Senior Engager Worker. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Job Summary
To develop therapeutic relationships with individuals to support people experiencing a range of emotional states and to understand where behaviours are rooted detailed to provide consistent support along with colleagues and professionals. And to develop and review person centred plans (inc. partners involved in care and support), using planning tools to encourage individuals to be fully involved in support planning and to encourage and motivate individuals to access/participate in socially inclusive opportunities inc. employment, education/training, volunteering; sports & leisure; faith & cultural communities; creative activities.
Small grants available to make a difference in our communities
Deadline: Sunday 10 November 2024.
After the deadline a group of colleagues from the Northern Crowd will review and allocate the grants.
Northern are once again giving colleagues the opportunity to help charities, community groups and projects that they are involved with and are close to their heart, by applying for small grants of up to £500.
You can apply for a small grant on behalf of an organisation that matters to you or provide them with the link below to submit their own application (it is fine for the charity/org to apply themselves).
This is an opportunity to support your local communities, by funding causes where it could really make a difference, which aren’t necessarily on the railway. This is a great chance to support the causes that matter most to colleagues at Northern.
Applications should be from, or on behalf of organisations that exist for the good of the community; to support social, environmental, or cultural objectives that benefit communities, particular groups within the community or society as a whole. This includes (but may not be limited to):
Registered charities
Non-profit community enterprises
Sports clubs (excluding professional clubs)
Unregistered groups run by volunteers that provide a service to their local community or a specific group in need
Schools, colleges, or early years education settings.
They’re looking for organisations and community groups that don’t benefit from some of their other funding streams (on this occasion they won’t be accepting projects linked to the Community Rail Partnerships or Station Adoption Groups they work with). Please note that they can’t accept applications that would generate a commercial return or are of a political/religious nature.
If you have any queries or require assistance with your application, please contact Casey Harris, Social Value Officer at casey.harris@northernrailway.co.uk.
Feeding Liverpool | Discretionary Fund (HSF5)
Deadline: Closing Soon.
Feeding Liverpool has been allocated a proportion of the Household Support Fund to support the food supplies of emergency food providers and community food spaces over the next few months. This is to enable these organisations to continue to support households experiencing food insecurity.
As part of this fund, a Discretionary Fund has been created for organisations who either started a new food activity after the HSF deadline or who missed the initial funding round but would have qualified for support.
The primary purpose of this fund is to support organisations in purchasing food supplies in order to enable their existing activities to continue. Funding cannot be awarded to establish a new food support activity that is not currently in operation. Recognising the increased pressures on organisations in terms of their own energy bills, they may also be able to offer eligible organisations a grant of £500 towards these costs.
This funding also cannot be used to support food-related activities which are aimed solely at people under 18 years old (e.g. a primary school breakfast club, holiday provision or after school club).
For any questions, please email gentian@feedingliverpool.org.
Liverpool City Council | Stoptober 2024 Campaign: ‘Its Well Worth It’
Liverpool City Council is launching an awareness campaign to reduce smoking prevalence across Liverpool, redirecting potential quitters to their free online stop-smoking services at Smokefree Liverpool.
The ‘It’s Well Worth It’ brand was developed with these objectives in mind:
To increase belief in the target audience that they can quit smoking
To increase knowledge of support available to quit
To drive contacts to Stop Smoking Services
You can find all campaign assets in the toolkit linked here, which contains the following resources:
Digital and print-ready A4 posters
Static social media assets for Facebook and Instagram
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £23,619.53 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Service Manager. Location: Crosby, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Job Summary
To provide psychologically informed service to women with multiple needs, as part of a team, which is responsive to their changing needs
In addition, Imagine expects all employees to carry out their duties in a manner which actively demonstrates commitment to the organisational objectives as they relate to individual posts and to be pro-active in working in a socially inclusive way.
Posts available: 2 (plus unlimited committee members). Contract: Temporary (fixed term in accordance with best practice charity governance principles). Term: Part-time. Salary: N/A – voluntary role, but all reasonable expenses will be paid. Hours per week: Approx one day a month. Location: Liverpool, with option to attend some meetings online.
Employer Bio
They’re a social enterprise that supports people to live happy, healthy and hopeful lives, whether they’re:
adults who have learning or physical disabilities, challenges with their mental health or difficulties as they’re getting older;
people in and around the criminal justice system; or
families who’ve been through unsteady times.
No-matter who you are or where your life has taken you, they’ll listen, understand and find a way to help you reach your goals.
Job Overview
PSS is on the lookout for new volunteers to join their Board of Trustees. Could that be you?
What is a trustee?
Trustees are volunteers who help lead PSS and make important decisions about how they’re run. Being a trustee means you’ll sit on their Board as a volunteer, giving your time and expertise, and in return, they’ll give you all the feel-good vibes and a fuzzy heart guarantee.
What will I do as a trustee at PSS?
You’ll live and breathe their values and make sure they’re doing things by the book.
You’ll also help steer the direction of the organisation by supporting them to be the best they can be for the people they support, making sure they’re able to stick around for future generations.
What skills and experiences are we looking for?
In a nutshell, they’re looking for people who have lived experience of accessing services like the ones they provide at PSS, as well as skills in areas like finance, social care, digital and technology or campaigning/lobbying/influencing (they go into more detail in their trusty trustee candidate pack—see what they did there?).
The Reader Organisation – Reading Heroes Recruitment Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term (6 months). Term: Part Time. Salary: £21,237.22 per annum (pro rata). Hours per week: 10.5 hours per week / 0.3 FTE. Days per week: 3 days. Reporting to: Reading Heroes Manager. Location: The Reader, Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool L18 3JB.
Employer Bio
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and / or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
Job Overview
This role will work closely with their Reading Heroes team and with the Volunteer Experience Manager to enable a smooth onboarding process for volunteers to the role of Reading Heroes volunteer and ensure Reading Heroes volunteers have a meaningful and impactful experience at The Reader.
The role will provide support to all the key functions of the volunteer onboarding journey.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £27,985. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Head of Comms & Fundraising. Location: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever. The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Summary
The Brain Charity’s Fundraising Officer (Individual Giving and Community Fundraising) is responsible for generating and maximising income from their supporters in the community – including challenge fundraisers, individual donors and ‘in memory of’ supporters.
Most people who financially support The Brain Charity, whether by donating, taking on a fundraising challenge or attending one of our events, have a strong personal connection to their cause – many may have been bereaved, or faced their own experience of how neurological conditions can impact lives.
You will be responsible for nurturing our relationship with their fundraisers and donors by taking them through a seamless, personalised and integrated journey so they feel valued by the organisation and are more likely to support them again in future.
The Brain Charity – Communications & Marketing Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £27,985. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Head of Comms & Marketing. Location: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever. The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Summary
Join The Brain Charity’s vibrant team as a Communications and Marketing Officer, where you’ll be instrumental in promoting positive change for people with neurological conditions.
Using your expertise in storytelling, content creation and marketing, you’ll play a key part in amplifying their message, rallying support, raising much-needed funds, elevating awareness and advocating for equal opportunities.
As a vital member of our dynamic department, you’ll employ your experience, creativity and industry insight across a variety of platforms, contributing significantly to their external and internal communications activity, fundraising and integrated marketing campaigns.
Hardshaw and Mann Area Quaker Meeting – Meeting House Assistant (Bookings)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part Time. Salary: £12 per hour. Hours per week: 30 hours. Reporting to: General Manager. Location: Liverpool Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BT.
Employer Bio
Hardshaw and Mann Area Quaker Meeting (charity no.1134522) is responsible for 4 places of worship in the North West, the largest of which is Liverpool Quaker Meeting House, a large modern building situated in Liverpool One. As well as being a place of worship, Liverpool Meeting House provides a not-for-profit room hire business which generates income for the charity and aims to provide a welcoming space for visitors, local businesses, charities and community groups. Room hire also takes place at their smaller meeting houses in Southport and St Helens.
Job Summary
They are looking for a Meeting House Assistant (Bookings) to work as part of their team to process bookings, provide general admin support and prepare rooms / hospitality for customers at Liverpool Meeting House. You will be based on reception, welcoming all customers and visitors to the Meeting House and answering the phone, being customer focused at all times in order to operate the Meeting House as a hospitable and welcoming venue, looking after the safety and security of the buildings’ users and ensuring the Meeting House is clean and presentable at all times.
Requirements
Excellent customer service, communication and administrative skills including literacy (good standard of English both written and spoken is required), numeracy (able to provide quotes and costings to customers) and IT skills (use of the Microsoft ‘Office’ suite of programmes, most particularly outlook and ability to use online booking system/diary).
Direct hands-on experience of office administration / secretarial is required along with excellent organisational skills and attention to detail. You will be required to service rooms for customers which will include moving furniture and setting up rooms and cleaning.
Sympathy with Quaker beliefs and in particular commitment to equality is essential.
Posts available: 4.
Contract: Temporary.
Term: Part Time.
Salary: National Living Wage.
Hours per week: 16 hours. Reporting to: CEO. Location: The Florence Institute, 377 Mill Street, L8 4RF.
Employer Bio
The Florrie has been at the heart of the L8 community for over 130 years. Their stunning, Grade II listed, Victorian community arts & heritage venue is a social, cultural, educational & charitable hub for the people of Liverpool.
Job Summary
Are you 16 -19 yrs, live in L8 and are not in education, training or employment?
They have four new paid trainee positions working at The Florrie.
There is no detailed job description for this post. If you are a hard worker, keen to learn new skills, gain valuable work experience across the charity, from fundraising to event planning and are committed to working as part of a team then this is the ideal trainee position to start your future career.
Posts available: 1. Contract:Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £23,795.20 PA.
Hours per week: 40 hours. Reporting to: CEO. Location: The Florence Institute, 377 Mill Street, L8 4RF.
Employer Bio
The Florrie has been at the heart of the L8 community for over 130 years. Their stunning, Grade II listed, Victorian community arts & heritage venue is a social, cultural, educational & charitable hub for the people of Liverpool.
Job Summary
This Building Caretaker role involves ensuring The Florrie is a safe, accessible, and well-maintained environment for staff and visitors. Key responsibilities include monitoring health and safety and fire procedures, performing regular inspections to address maintenance issues, setting up and dismantling event spaces, and maintaining public areas like the carpark and garden. The caretaker is also a key holder responsible for opening and closing the building and responding to out-of-hours emergencies.
Essential skills include knowledge of health and safety practices, experience in general building caretaking and maintenance, familiarity with working in a Grade II listed building, and strong organizational, communication, and teamwork abilities. A full clean driving license is required.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £29,200. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, 181 Townsend Lane, Clubmoor, L13 9DY.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Overview
Objective of Post
To provide support to young people on a wide variety of issues. Working closely with teachers, colleagues, social workers and other agencies to help understand children’s needs and provide a high-quality service in supporting them.
Some duties will include
To plan, deliver and offer support sessions on a one-to-one basis, e.g. using CBT, Art Therapy etc.
To provide a range of interventions alongside colleagues which will improve the well-being of young people.
To engage and build good working relationships with parents, children and colleagues working in schools and other agencies.
To work effectively and cooperatively with partner agencies using common processes including Early Help Assessment, Team Around the Family (TAF) and Lead Professional (LP) roles.
To provide relevant information about, and access to appropriate support services and opportunities that enable young people to improve their skills.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £32,076 – £33,945. Hours per week: 35 hours. Location: Liverpool Primary schools and YPAS Community Hubs.
Employer Bio
YPAS is a Merseyside based charity which was stablished in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. They support children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Job Overview
YPAS is seeking children’s therapist(s) to join its national award-winning Liverpool Primary school therapeutic service for children aged 5-11 years. The Service is delivered across Liverpool Primary schools and YPAS Community Hubs.
Therapeutic Qualification(s) are essential. Successful candidates will provide creative therapeutic interventions to children, working alongside families and schools.
To request an application pack email recruitment@ypas.org.uk quoting ref #:SCT2024
Why Join YPAS?
Be part of a passionate team dedicated to making a positive impact on children and young people’s lives.
Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
A supportive and collaborative work environment and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing and have an aptitude to undertake a postgraduate/graduate study programme.
Interviews: Wednesday 30 October 2024 (YPAS Central City Centre location).
Contact Details: recruitment@ypas.org.uk.
FACT Liverpool – Trustee
Posts available: 3 – 4 people. Contract:Temporary, based on a maximum of two terms (a term being 3 years). Term:Part-time, approx 25 hours per year.
Employer Bio
FACT Liverpool is a world-leading centre for art, film and the creative use of technology. They champion new ideas and experiences, nurturing the next generation of voices and visionaries to create a world of possibilities.
The FACT centre houses three art galleries, three cinema screens, an events/screening space, a lab for talent development and learning, a cafe, and a bar. They present a vibrant programme of contemporary art that embraces new technology and explores digital culture. Each year they welcome 250,000 visitors to their building, and collaborate with over 10,000 adults and young people through their Learning Programme, which they deliver in partnership with schools and community organisations across the Liverpool City Region. Their new Studio/Lab space and programme enables artists and creative professionals to develop their practices and careers.
Job Overview
FACT Liverpool’s mission is to enrich lives and shape the future through art, film and creative technology. They are looking for individuals who are fully committed to their values and mission to join their Board of Trustees on a voluntary basis. Can you support them in providing sound independent judgement, strategic vision, and an understanding of mission-driven organisations?
The next few years will be an exciting and challenging period of development for FACT. They are looking to recruit trustees with one or more of the following areas of expertise:
Cultural venue management, particularly capital redevelopment
Cinema management
Entrepreneurship in the field of immersive experiences
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Environmental sustainability
They are keen to hear from anyone who feels they can offer these skills and/or can open up valuable connections within the business and cultural sectors.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part Time. Salary: £31,518. Hours per week: 20 hours. Reporting to: Events & Head Chef. Location: The Reader, Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool L18 3JB.
Employer Bio
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and / or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
Job Overview
The role of Events & Sous Chef is a dedicated and creative Events Chef with strong values, who can help them to grow their business. The Events & Sous Chef works closely with the Café & Events Head Chef to assist in the development and delivery of The Reader’s hospitality offer.
They are looking for someone with a keen interest in food and a key focus on cleanliness, punctuality and teamwork. You will take the lead on the running of the overall daily operation of Events Catering as well as assisting the Café & Events Head Chef in the development of the Café kitchen catering offers and processes.
Energy UK | Additional support for customers from energy suppliers
Despite rising costs and increased pressure, energy suppliers continue to increase the support they provide to customers, including additional funding for customers in fuel poverty. All major retail suppliers have their own funds, independently managed by fund administrators or in partnership with consumer bodies like Citizens Advice.
Over the crisis, more than £500m has been voluntarily made available for additional support for customers struggling to pay on top of the more than £2bn in mandatory schemes they deliver every year.
These mandatory schemes are to help people struggling with energy bills. This includes the funding for the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and the Warm Home Discount (WHD).
Suppliers have put into place a range of support for customers that includes:
Enhanced debt write-off schemes and hardship funds
Enhanced funding to charity partners and frontline organisations
Reducing or waiving the standing charges over winter for certain customers
November & December 2024 | Voluntary Sector Training Courses
At LCVS, we are committed to helping organisations thrive, a key part of this support is providing a range of high quality, affordable training courses in subject areas that we feel are critical to the success of all charities, social enterprises and other forms of community groups.
8 Nov | National Lottery Community Fund: Reaching Communities
Funding Masterclass
Reaching Communities is arguably the most important voluntary sector grants program operating today. Competition for funding from the Lottery has never been greater. Learn how to use your development time wisely and tailor your submission to make your bid stand out from the crowd.
During the session we will take you through the steps required to plan and prepare a strong submission, considering any update in process and any changes in focus or criteria.
13 Nov | Write a Good Project Plan for your Organisation
Online Funding Masterclass
What makes a good project plan? This online course will guide you through the principles of developing a strong project plan to submit as part of your application process.
The course will look at:
Why project plans are important
Best practices for writing an effective project plan
This is for anyone thinking about starting a community project or organisation but has yet to take the leap. If you’re based in Liverpool, it’s free!
We will provide you with huge amounts of need-to-know information, which will support both fundraising and service delivery, should you decide to put your plan into action. We’ll also help you to get really clear about the viability of your idea and the optimal next steps.
The Steve Morgan Foundation is passionately committed to changing lives for good, by working with partners that make a positive difference to those in need. This course will take you through the application processes of the Steve Morgan Foundation, with a particular focus on the charity’s various funding programmes:
Mersey Tidal Power Project | Community Consultation
Deadline: 15 November 2024.
The River Mersey, our greatest natural asset, can play a vital role in tackling the climate emergency and helping our transition to green energy while boosting our future prosperity and the UK’s energy security.
The River Mersey has been at the heart of the fortunes of Liverpool City Region for hundreds of years, from its first ferries and the world’s first commercial wet dock to today’s Port of Liverpool. How we use this great natural asset has always evolved.
Now, in a time of climate crisis, we are turning to our great river once more to harness its natural power to secure a greener, cleaner, and more prosperous Liverpool City Region for this and future generations. We have one of the UK’s largest tidal ranges and a long history of research into tidal power. We can harness this heritage and the power of our tides to generate a plentiful, reliable supply of clean, green energy, powering hundreds of thousands of homes.
Take the survey to have your say on this potentially transformational project. You also have the opportunity to attend a public event near you – please see details below.
To help increase the amount of support taking place across Torus communities, community groups and local organisations are able to apply to Torus Foundation’s Community Investment Fund (CIF).
All applications must support one or more of the Foundation’s focus areas of support that benefit Torus tenants and residents, and those living within Torus neighbourhoods:
Employment and skills
Financial inclusion
Youth services
Health and Wellbeing.
To maximise projects and support initiatives, the Foundation is welcoming applications to request for funding per year. Speak to the team about specific funding limits of which will include:
£200 maximum allowance for coaches
£500 maximum allowance for one day events
In addition, Charity Commission reporting should be up to date before an application is made and due diligence checks will be made by the Foundation’s Business Support Coordinator before the Tenant Panel Meeting is held.
Applications will only be accepted from small charities or companies with a total income of under £500,000 and companies with less than 9 months operating costs held in reserves qualify for application.
Applications are not open to Statutory Agencies such as the Police and Local Authorities, however, the Foundation will continue to consider requests from local schools and Sure Start Centres.
Deadline: Unknown. However, the fund is distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, so an early application is encouraged.
London Hearts is a charity dedicated to the procurement and distribution of life-saving defibrillators across the UK for both public and private sectors.
They would like to offer you the opportunity to ensure that your communities have access to a fully functional defibrillator at all times. London Hearts is proud to be the appointed supplier and managing administrator of a defibrillator fund on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care. This may well fit well in helping to get life saving defibrillators more readily available across your area.
The Department of Health and Social Care is offering a £500,000 Community Automated External Defibrillators (AED) Fund, aimed at increasing the availability of defibrillators in public places where they are most needed. The fund will provide 1,100 new defibrillators and cabinets. To participate, match funding of £750 is required for a defibrillator with an external locked cabinet, or £660 for a defibrillator with an internal cabinet.
To discuss this opportunity further or answer any questions you may have regarding your specific requirements, please email Kym atkym@londonhearts.org.
LCR Community Environment Fund | Autumn 2024 Round
Deadline: Thursday 31 October 2024.
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has announced a third year of funding for the Community Environment Fund. Working with crowdfunding platform, Spacehive, green projects from across the Liverpool City Region can now run crowdfunding campaigns, with up to £30,000 available per project from the Combined Authority towards initiatives that encourage long-term behavioural change, while improving the city region’s environment and safeguarding its green spaces.
Funding:
For small projects (under £6,000 in value), pledges of up to £5,000 are available, up to 75% of your project costs.
For large projects (over £6,001 in value), pledges of up to £30,000 are available, up to 75% of your project costs.
*The LCR Combined Authority may pledge more than 75% of target in exceptional circumstances.
Current funding round:
The Autumn 2024 round is now open to have your project fully costed, any relevant permissions in place and your project page created on Spacehive. You must also have pitched to the Community Environment Fund by this date.
Sourced from members of the LCVS Health & Wellbeing Organisations Network (H&WON), this group has been working over the last 12 months to establish itself and support how the third sector engages with partners at different levels across the systems we work within, as well as sharing information with the wider third sector.
As part of this ongoing development, the group is now looking to expand its membership and has changed its name to the Well Placed Group.
The Well Placed Group will continue to bring together strategic leaders from the third sector. We are local organisations working across Liverpool to ensure the third sector is a first thought. We believe the third sector holds many of the solutions to the challenges our systems and services are facing. The group will still build on the work of the LCVS Health & Wellbeing Organisations Network (H&WON), providing a space for systems partners to engage with the sector.
We are now welcoming applicants to join us. We currently have 8 places available. To apply please complete all questions, making sure you meet the eligibility criteria.
If you would like to talk through the opportunity or find out any more information please contact our Chair, Ellie McNeil at ellie.mcneil@ymcatogether.org.uk.
If we receive more expressions of interest than there are places available, the appointments will be put to an online vote of the LCVS Health and Wellbeing Organisations Network (H&WON) membership. A summary of each eligible applicant will be submitted to network members, using the wording provided in the expression of interest received.
UKMSA | Set up a Men’s Shed in your community
The UK Men’s Sheds Association (UKMSA) are working with communities to help set up more Sheds, especially in areas with health inequalities and high suicide rates, because they know that Men’s Sheds work in reducing isolation and providing a sense of purpose.
Please share the flyer below with your networks, to help them to connect with individuals, groups and organisations that could set up a Shed in their neighbourhood, and to help identify any potential properties or spaces for a Men’s Shed.
A Men’s Shed may be in any type of building, including shipping containers, disused buildings, shared community space or within parkland with access to power and toilet facilities. It is rarely an actual shed!
Learn more below, please open the flyer in a new tab to read the text more clearly:
Engagement Funding Opportunity for Community Groups | Hospital-based Gynaecology & Maternity Services in Liverpool
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside is looking to work with community organisations as local engagement partners. The project aims to increase active engagement by communities who wouldn’t normally engage with the NHS. The project is specifically looking at the case for change work for hospital-based gynaecology and maternity services in Liverpool.
The case for change was presented to NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB) on 9 October and a six-week public engagement will begin on 15 October 2024, to gather people’s views on the issues described and their own experience of women’s services.
Organisations are invited to bid for up to £5,000.
The money can be used to enable community members to complete their own responses to the public questionnaire. Where this approach doesn’t suit the community, the organisation can hold informal conversations, focus groups or other ways of gathering feedback. All questionnaires must be complete by Tuesday 26 November 2024 and reports about engagement activity must be submitted by 3 December 2024.
Monies will be paid as a single instalment at the beginning of the engagement.
Deadline for submitting proposals is 12 PM on Friday 18 October 2024.
This opportunity and funding is being made available and managed by Cheshire and Merseyside NHS, not LCVS. All questions about the grant and all proposals should be sent to engagement@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk.
LCVS – Finance Assistant
Team: Finance. Salary Scale: £24k-£25k. Accountable to: Finance Manager. Main working contacts: Suppliers, Bank, LCVS staff and clients.
Employer Bio
Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) provides support, advice, training, networking and representation for individuals and charitable organisations across the Liverpool City Region and we help donors distribute over £4 million every year to charitable organisations, both here in the UK and across the world, who share our values.
Main Purpose of Post:
To maintain the financial administration of LCVS accounting records.
To assist in the general administrative tasks of the finance team and recommend process improvements.
Main Responsibilities
To input and reconcile nominal, purchase, sales & investment ledgers, including debt recovery, to set deadlines.
To carry out the required finance processes for Charity services.
To produce monthly reports and summaries.
To operate bank and cash systems, bank reconciliations, petty cash and maintaining associated records.
To assist in operating Payroll and maintaining associated records as required.
To assist in admin for Community Accountancy as required.
To assist in all areas of general administration involving use of spreadsheets.
To recommend process improvements and make best use of systems.
General
To work as part of the team with other staff at LCVS and external stakeholders.
To implement and follow LCVS policies and procedures.
To maintain accurate records for your areas of responsibility.
To undertake any training necessary and participate in the organisation’s appraisal system and identify further training and personal development needs.
To represent LCVS and undertake other tasks in support of the organisation as required by your line manager.
The post holder is expected to be flexible in the performance of duties and to undertake any other duties identified as appropriate to the post.
To apply, please email your CV to finance@lcvs.org.uk.
Deadline: Friday 25 October 2024.
The Brain Charity – Fundraising Assistant
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £25,695. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Grants and Trusts Supervisor (Head of Communications and Fundraising in their absence). Location: The Brain Charity – L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers. There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer conditions.
Job Summary
The overall purpose of the role of Fundraising Assistant is to bring about tangible and positive change to the lives of people with neurological conditions by raising funds to support the charity’s work. This includes:
Generating charitable income from trusts and foundations by researching funding opportunities and writing compelling funding applications.
Supporting the wider fundraising team with data collection and administration to ensure all fundraisers and donors are stewarded and thanked appropriately and that new opportunities are logged promptly.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent, Fixed Term Contract ending 30 June 2026 w/potential for extra year pending on funding. Term: Part-time. Salary: £27,985 per annum, £22,388 pro-rata. Hours per week: 30 hours. Reporting to: Carers Advocacy Supervisor. Location: The Brain Charity – L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers. There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer conditions.
Job Summary
The Brain Charity have been delivering the Carers Advocacy service commissioned by Liverpool City Council since 2016 to support adult carers in our local area.
They are looking for an empathic and committed Advocate to join their existing team to provide carers living within Liverpool City Council area with issue-based advocacy to support them in their caring role. Your role will be to amplify the voice and needs of the carer and their family as they navigate through the health and social care system, so they can sustain their caring role for as long as they feel able.
The role can be varied – in addition to the above, you will offer practical information, advice and signposting on areas such as employment, legal support, welfare benefits and housing. Crucially, you will also seek to promote self-advocacy to enable carers to advocate on their own behalf. This includes adult carers who are caring for other adults over the age of 16, plus family carers who are caring for children with additional needs.
Support is offered where the carer needs it, whether it is from our centre on Norton St in Liverpool, visiting carers at home, or in care home or hospital settings.
Posts available: 1 (open to job share). Contract: Fixed term, one year contract. Term: Part Time. Salary: (pro-rata) £23,496 (scale point 5). Hours per week: 9-12 hours. Reporting to: Project Coordinator. Location: Kuumba Imani, engagement around Liverpool 8 area.
Employer Bio
Equal Vision a young people’s research and policy organisation seeking to address social immobility and inequality of people on Merseyside.
Job Summary
To work within Equal Vision’s growing youth research programme. The service will seek to engage and support young people age 14-25 across their different research projects. Youth participants will reside in Toxteth and surrounding areas who experience disadvantage and/or discrimination. This post involves weekly evening and frequent weekend working. There will be travel primarily around L8/Toxteth. The role will be in mobilising our service through high-quality youth work that not only meets the needs of young people in our community but gives them an opportunity to shape it.
Interviews will be held on Thursday 31 October and Friday 1 November 2024.
Contact Details:info@equalvision.org.
Remedi Restorative Services – Restorative Mentor – Everton Free School
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: Starting salary £21,091 rising to £25,000 at the end of Year 2 in role. Hours per week: 35 hours. Location: Everton Free School/surrounding communities in Merseyside.
Employer Bio
Remedi exists to enable those accessing their services to be the people they can and want to be, through the creative and proactive use of restorative approaches. Established in 1996 and primarily a Restorative Justice organisation, they have since developed a wide range of restorative approaches across the youth and adult criminal justice systems, within educational/other community settings and in response to conflict wherever it may arise.
Job Summary
You will be providing restorative mentoring services for children and young people aged 13-17 referred directly from Everton Free School in Merseyside due to being at risk of being excluded and/or involved in the criminal justice system. The aim of this role is to reduce youth violence, increase attendance in school and provide the children with the tools to have a positive future.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £29,200. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, 181 Townsend Lane, Clubmoor, L13 9DY.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Overview
Objective of Post
To lead on, develop and deliver centre & street-based activities for groups/individuals, school programmes and services that will be delivered in from our new Club & in specified area of the community to meet the personal and social development needs of young people in Liverpool.
It is essential that you work regular evenings and weekends
Some duties will include
To lead, inspire & assist a small Youth Development Team, Apprentices, Sessional staff, volunteers directly involved in the delivery of activities. Direct line management for the Youth Development Team will be by the Team Manager initially at least.
To lead on, plan, organise, and deliver effectively, a range of personal development programmes that improve outcomes for young people. This will include Crime and ASB, Informal Education, Mental Health, and Personal Development.
To work at ‘grass roots’ level, on the streets, in parks and centres, on a significant number of evenings and weekends providing open & accessible activities to local children & young
Develop relationships and work in partnership with Schools, Social Care Services, Targeted Support Services and Early Help etc.
Local Solutions Community Empowerment Fund | Round 4 Now Open
Deadline: 23 October 2024.
Local Solutions hope this fund will provide individuals and groups with opportunities to make a difference in their own communities. They want to support ideas that empower, include, and have a positive impact on local people.
They want these grants to support smaller projects, ideas and initiatives that come through, or inspire, voluntary social action, rather than to fund larger established charities and community groups.
Who can apply for a grant?
Individuals and groups living within the Liverpool City Region.
The groups do not need to be formally constituted but come together for a common goal.
Applicants over 18 years.
What do they look for in applications?
To fund work that aligns with their vision, ‘a society where all people can live with dignity, lead fulfilled lives and realise their full potential’
Applications that will make a positive impact on individuals and groups in our communities
Projects and activities that encourage empowerment and inclusivity.
What you can apply for?
In the first year there is a minimum of £50k available. This is in recognition of Local Solutions 50th anniversary
The upper limit is £2,000. There is no minimum amount
Alongside funding you can ask for help and support with developing or delivering your idea if needed.
What they do not fund
Groups, clubs, societies, communities and charities with an annual income of over £20,000
Activities that are illegal – debts, gambling, political etc. Applications for projects they have previously funded.
Application process
You can apply on their website, on paper, via the phone or in person.
They will ask you to tell them about your idea in your own words
A grants coordinator will check the application once received and contact you if they need any more information
A panel will discuss and score each application considering the need, impact, and reach.
Once a decision has been made… What happens if your application is successful?
They will send you a simple grant agreement detailing the amount of the award to be signed and outlining the next steps. They will aim to notify successful applicants within 2 weeks of the CEF Panel meeting.
What happens if your application is unsuccessful?
You cannot make another application within 12 months
All decisions are final and there is no appeal process.
They want to celebrate the achievements of the successful applicants and to recognise the positive impact on people and communities. They will hold an annual networking meetings to look at ways that recipients could mentor new applicants and projects, share experiences and expand the reach and impact of the fund.
Join the LCVS Team: Apply now for our Finance Assistant Role
Do you want to be part of an organisation that provides support, advice and training for organisations across Liverpool? Are you passionate about strengthening communities, and about improving wellbeing? Do you want to be part of a movement that brings people, organisations and resources together? Then we would love to hear from you!
LCVS currently has an opportunity for a skilled individual to join our team as a Finance Assistant.
Team: Finance. Salary Scale: £24k-£25k. Accountable to: Finance Manager. Main working contacts: Suppliers, Bank, LCVS staff and clients.
Main Purpose of Post:
To maintain the financial administration of LCVS accounting records.
To assist in the general administrative tasks of the finance team and recommend process improvements.
GoodGym wants to help your organisation/group/neighbourhood with a task for free!
GoodGym consists of a group of volunteers who help out with tasks around Liverpool each week. They combine helping out with getting fit (hence ‘Good’ ‘Gym’).
They help do tasks outdoors, like digging, weeding, mulching, mowing, planting, painting, sweeping, setting up for events etc. Or within buildings, like painting, cleaning walls, moving furniture, sorting store cupboards, packing food parcels, counting bucket collections etc.
Or any other task you can think of!
They run their sessions on Monday evenings or at the Weekends, all in Liverpool, and their volunteers work hard and get a lot done in a short space of time!
As long as it’s for a community benefit, and doesn’t involve power tools or ladders, then they’ll consider all requests!
Get in touch with Ema if you have a task or a question at emaq@goodgym.org.
Sahir – Support Worker for PLWHIV: Wirral
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term (5 years). Term: Part-Time. Salary: £26,000 PA (+3% Employer Pension Contribution) Pro Rata for PT roles. Hours per week: 21 hours per week (3 days). Reporting to: HIV Services Manager. Location: Wirral, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Sahir (formerly Sahir House) is the largest and oldest frontline LGBTQ+ charity in the Liverpool City Region. They are dedicated to fostering a brighter, healthier future for our communities.
They provide practical and emotional support, camaraderie, and connection to:
LGBTQ+ people
Individuals living with or affected by HIV.
They actively confront injustice, combat discrimination, and address inequalities. Through campaigning, they strive to create a fairer and more equitable society for those they serve. Their work is insight-driven and data-informed, with programs co-developed with the communities they support.
Job Summary
The post-holder will be responsible for providing practical and emotional support to individuals living with and affected by HIV on the Wirral. This includes ensuring they have access to essential services, resources, and community networks. The post-holder will also support their outreach efforts, working alongside their wonderful partners to promote good sexual health.
This is a unique opportunity for a committed individual to develop their experience and expertise within an evolving regional charity.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £32,000 – £35,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer. Location: Kirkdale, North Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Rotunda Ltd is an anchor charity based within five grade II listed Georgian Terrace Houses located in Kirkdale, North Liverpool.
We have been serving our local community for over 30 years, and our mission is to lead on social regeneration. We are home to Rotunda College, an accessible and inclusive education provider specialising in flexible adult learning, providing people with the skills and qualifications they need to progress in life.
Rotunda also supports the local community and beyond with seasonal events, workshops, food bank and volunteering opportunities, we also have an onsite café, enterprise and heritage centre and an ofsted rated ‘Good’ nursery.
Job Summary
As the Operational Lead, you will bring your own ideas as to how we can continue to adapt. As a member of our Executive Team, you will be responsible for all operational processes and procedures as well as quality assurance practises.
You will have special responsibility for Rotunda’s Education Centre, developing our curriculum offer and ensuring all staff are fully qualified in line with statutory regulations, awarding body status is adhered to and objectives are met. You will nurture a happy team with clear development goals.
Together with the CEO and fellow executive members, you will deliver Rotunda’s business plan in accordance with core organisational values, unlocking the potential of Rotunda’s existing buildings, staff and volunteers. You will identify and seize commercial opportunities for our products and services, ensuring tenders, grants and bids are competitive and support our long term sustainability.
Deadline: All applicants to send a CV either via Indeed or to jobs@therotunda.org.uk before 10 October 2024, all applicants will be sent an application pack following expression of interest via CV which need to be returned by 11 October 2024.
Growing Sudley CIC – Building and Operations Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Freelance, fixed term with possibility to extend. Term: Part-time. Salary: Total annual fees £14k to £21k depending, contract to be negotiated depending on experience. Hours per week: Estimate 24 hours, as required for role. Reporting to: Project Director. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Growing Sudley CIC is based in a public park on the Sudley Estate, Liverpool 18/17. They have completed the renovation of the abandoned walled garden as a thriving, accessible and inspirational therapeutic garden using horticulture, forest school, nature therapy and community herbalism to engage local people of all ages, improve physical/mental wellbeing and encourage urban connections to nature. They’re nearing completion of a challenging capital project to convert the adjacent derelict changing rooms building into a Therapy and Wellbeing Centre, including a community room and therapy rooms for hire.
They’re a socially trading organisation with community benefit at the heart of our enterprise. The overarching ethos underpinning everything they do is environmental sustainability, combatting climate crisis, and respect for nature and biodiversity.
Job Summary
They need an energetic, adaptable, motivated individual to work with them to launch and run the Therapy Rooms and ensure the smooth operation of the Changing Rooms building. They’re looking for someone who is equally happy doing solitary administrative tasks, as working and interacting with people.
This individual will help implement the detailed systems and processes required for the operation of the Therapy and Wellbeing Centre and contribute to recruitment of therapists and other business development strategies. This role also concerns the day‐to‐day running of all operational aspects of the building, in collaboration with the Project Director.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring that the building is fully operational, looking its best at all times, and that all processes are running smoothly and efficiently. The role would suit someone who loves admin, is adaptable with a friendly outlook, creative flair and a keen eye for detail.
Survey for Voluntary Orgs & Local Authorities | Protecting the future of local welfare to support individuals/families in crisis
Deadline: Thursday 31 October 2024.
The Children’s Society are conducting an inquiry on the future of local welfare and crisis support, focusing on how long-term funding could improve aid for individuals and families in financial hardship.
In September 2024, the Government extended the Household Support Fund (HSF) until March 2025. Since its launch in 2021, the HSF has been a crucial part of local welfare provision, offering a safety net for individuals and families facing financial hardship. The scheme, funded by the UK Government and managed by local authorities, has allowed for swift interventions to prevent worsening crises, addressing key areas such as Free School Meal (FSM) holiday provision, grants to the voluntary and charity sector (VCS), and direct payments to those in financial crisis. However, local welfare provision has faced challenges, particularly inconsistent funding, resulting in a postcode lottery.
The UK’s social safety net extends beyond national programmes like Universal Credit and disability benefits, involving local authorities and the VCS. Essential services provided by local authorities across all four nations include Local Welfare Assistance (LWA) for discretionary crisis support, Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs), and Council Tax Relief.
This survey focuses on the long-term future of local crisis support. They aim to consult VCS organisations and local authorities to better understand the local welfare and crisis support landscape. Their goal is to advocate for permanent, ring-fenced funding and a consistent national approach, while allowing for local flexibility to address diverse needs. The inquiry seeks to establish a sustainable vision for local welfare, which was challenging during the rapid implementation of the HSF.
The inquiry will explore how local authorities can work collaboratively with the VCS to identify areas of need, target interventions effectively, implement a “no wrong door” approach, and provide comprehensive wrap-around support. They aim to define what an effective local welfare system should entail to aid those facing crisis and destitution.
Local welfare provision refers to the social security safety net provided by local authorities and the VCS to support people in hardship. This includes crisis support delivered by councils through LWA schemes and other forms of support such as DHPs and Council Tax Relief. The local ecosystem should not only ensure families can afford essentials but also help them recover from life events or unexpected costs.
Crisis support is responsive, discretionary help designed to quickly assist people in financial crisis. It must be accessible and swift, with a “cash first” approach enabling a quick, dignified response, supplemented by wrap-around support.
LWA, often referred to as ‘Crisis Support Scheme,’ ‘Local Welfare Provision,’ ‘Help in a Crisis,’ or similar titles, operates with a distinct budget, potentially sourced from the HSF. These schemes offer direct grants, either in cash or in-kind, to those in need, typically with a structured claims process accessible through local authorities’ websites.
Transform Lives Company – Head of Partnerships & Business Development
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: C£40,000. Hours per week: 40 hours. Reporting to: Managing Director. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
They think it’s a crying shame that there are still many people a long way from meaningful, fulfilling lives, with work or without. So, they set about changing that. Transform Lives Company is an established social enterprise working in the North-West dedicated to not just transforming people’s lives but transforming the way they can do this. Their developmental support really is life changing. They work with inspiring volunteer hosts and partners to build people’s confidence and ensure them feel valued. They are changing the way this support is funded and delivered.
They have shown the effectiveness of their approach and the positive outcomes it brings. They work with partners looking to collaborate to bring about social action beyond their core purpose. Their approach is truly person-centred. They start with kindness, understanding the difficult situations many people find themselves in.
Job Summary
This new role, based in their Liverpool HQ, focuses on strategic development, income generation, and staff growth. You’ll oversee key business functions, shaping the future with new projects that range from local bespoke initiatives to those with national profiles. They seek someone who can prepare the business for new income opportunities and provide essential management capacity.
As an excellent leader and team player, you’ll inspire and support a passionate team, respecting each member’s contributions. Your understanding of the welfare-to-work sector, strategic vision, and insight into government thinking will be crucial. You’ll also convert training packages into accredited courses. They value social impact, equality, and inclusivity, encouraging applications from minority backgrounds and holding the Liverpool City Region Good Employment Charter mark.
Interviews: Last week in October but feel free to contact them for more information.
Contact Details: teamtlc@transform-lives.org.
Mossley Hill Church – Hiring & Lettings Administrator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £9984 pa. Hours per week: 16 hours.
Reporting to: Senior Administrator. Location: Mainly working from home.
Employer Bio
Mossley Hill Church (St Matthew and St James) is a busy, warm, welcoming and growing church. They have great facilities in church including a fully equipped AV room, set up to live stream, screens and monitors in church and a kitchen pod allowing them to serve refreshments from the back of church. The refurbished church rooms provide them with a fully equipped catering kitchen, a coffee bar room and a small hall.
Job Summary
They are looking for a self-motivated, people centred person who can combine the administrative tasks related to the hire of their premises with having a proactive approach to seek out and develop new business.
The post holder will be based at home with the occasional requirement to work in church as and when the role necessitates. You will be expected to work regular hours over a 4 or 5 day week to ensure that all enquires are dealt with in a timely manner. The exact days and hours of work will be agreed with your line manager. You will be expected to work occasional evenings or weekends where necessary.
You will work with an established group of volunteers, who are passionate about ensuring that those hiring their premises receive the best experience. You will also need to recruit a new group of people who will be paid on an individual event basis to set up and clear away church, which will enable larger events to be staged on a regular basis
Join the Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Membership
Mersey Care serves more than 11 million people, offering specialist inpatient and community services that support mental health, learning disabilities, addictions, brain injuries and physical health, and they are one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
They are proud of their large, diverse, representative membership. More than 13,000 people have joined the Trust and are helping us build and maintain effective links with the community that they serve. This ensures direct involvement of stakeholders in their corporate governance and decision-making processes.
They will be holding elections for new governors commencing in February 2025. As a member you will have the opportunity to vote for your governor representative, or you may be someone who is interested in becoming a governor yourself.
If you are aged 14 or over and want to join an influential group of people interested in the development of health services across Cheshire and Merseyside, please complete an online application form by clicking here or call them on 0151 471 2303 and they’ll send you an application form in the post.
If you have any questions or would like any further information about becoming a member or a governor, please contact the Corporate Affairs Team by emailing: ft.membership@merseycare.nhs.uk.
£100,000 of cash seized from criminals now on offer for projects focused on bringing communities together
Deadline: 5 PM on Monday 14 October 2024.
The fund is being managed by the Community Foundation for Merseyside.
Organisations across Merseyside are being invited to apply for a share of £100,000 which has been seized from criminals to run projects focused on bringing communities together in the wake of the violent disorder on our streets.
Throughout the last two years, £200,000 of cash and assets stripped from criminals through the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) has been reinvested back into good causes in communities across Merseyside through the Community Cashback Fund.
Following the recent shameful scenes of violence and disorder in the region, the Police and Crime Commissioner, Emily Spurrell, and Merseyside Police have decided to focus the next round of funding on projects which are focused on preventing crime by improving community integration and cohesion and tackling hate crime.
Grassroots organisations, charities and voluntary groups can bid for grants of up to £5,000 to fund projects which promote diversity, equality and inclusion and are designed to foster greater understanding between different communities.
Around 20 grants will be available for projects which have a focus on improving understanding of minority communities, raising awareness of the impact of hate crime and challenging harmful attitudes towards other people.
The Community Cashback Fund is one of several initiatives that take place throughout the year which enables the PCC and Merseyside Police to reinvest some of the money seized from criminals back into local communities to help provide vital resources and fund community projects across Merseyside.
Some examples of the types of work that can be funded include:
Community integration and cohesion delivery focused on fostering understanding between different communities, particularly between communities of a different ethnic background, or different faith (or no faith), or between communities and migrants.
Programmes for adults or young people which seek to challenge and change potential negative/harmful attitudes and behaviours towards other people of a different ethnic background, or sexuality/identity, or who are living with a disability.
Intervention for men/young men to change potential negative/harmful attitudes and behaviours towards girls/women.
Activities that seek to prevent and raise awareness about the impact of hate crime.
Social action projects that seek to raise awareness and address issues affecting historically marginalised people and their rights.
LGBTQ+ inclusion and pride delivery to help people to feel safe in their communities.
Raising awareness to prevent exploitation or ‘mate crime’ committed against people with learning differences or people living with disability.
Advice and information that allows people at risk of discrimination to know their rights.
“The scenes of violence we saw in our region last month were shocking and appalling. It was not protest. It was mindless crime and disorder motivated and manipulated by racism and islamophobia and all those involved are now feeling the full force of the law.
“It was a sad reminder that if stereotypes and hate-fuelled attitudes are allowed to fester it can lead to very serious crimes that have devastating consequences on many lives.
“It’s so important we tackle hate crime at the earliest opportunity and focus on building and improving community cohesion and resilience. That’s why we’ve decided that the next round of our Community Cashback Fund should focus on projects which look to prevent crime by promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion.
“In the wake of the riots, we saw the very best of our region as communities came together to help each other to cope and recover. Through this funding we want to support those brilliant local organisations which are working to prevent crime and make their areas safer and stronger.
“By taking the cash out of the pockets of those who bring misery to our communities and investing it into these projects, we can effectively turn bad money into good.”
Chief Constable Serena Kennedy said:
“Merseyside has always rightly prided itself on being a place that is friendly and welcoming of all people, whatever their background.
“The disorder we saw in Southport and Liverpool did not represent those values that so many of us hold dear. The incidents appear to have been fuelled by misinformation online and racist assumptions, as seen by the chanting of many of those involved and the targeting of mosques.
“In the aftermath of the disorder, we did see the best of Merseyside as people came together to restore pride to their communities and say very clearly that they would not tolerate violent offenders intent on driving division.
“We have been inundated with information from the public on those who took part and so far 45 have been sentenced to nearly 100 years in total.
“This money, taken from the ill-gotten gains of criminals, will help build on that and empower those residents who care passionately about where they live to make positive changes.
“It will help foster cohesion right across Merseyside and ultimately prevent the destructive crime and disorder that we saw last month.”
James Proctor, Programme Director said:
“We are really pleased to continue the delivery of the Community Cash Back programme in partnership with the Merseyside Police Commissioner and Merseyside Police.
“This will distribute vital funds to charitable groups who support crime prevention initiatives through a focus on promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion.
“The aim is to support projects which enable community cohesion and understanding, to reduce harmful attitudes and behaviours towards people in other communities, and to help our diverse communities to feel safe.”
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust | Round 3 | Now Open
Deadline: 1 October 2024 at 12 noon.
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust’s third round for 2024 is now open.
They support smaller charities and good causes in the North of England to make a difference to their community for the benefit of the people and planet.
Players of People’s Postcode Lottery have funded good causes in every postcode area in Britain.
Reporting to: Corporate Partnerships Manager. Salary: £22,007 – £27,339 (£29,338 – £36,446 FTE). Hours: 28.13 hours per week* (Flexible Working). Duration: 14 months Fixed Term Contract (6 January 2025 – 5 March 2026). Location: Alder Hey, Liverpool (Hybrid).
Employer Bio
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children’s Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 450,000 patients and families they care for every year.
The charity helps to fund a range of activities and projects that are designed to enhance and improve the lives of their amazing young patients. This includes the funding of specialist medical equipment to ensure their brilliant surgeons and clinical staff have the most up to date and cutting edge technology available and funding hi-tech distraction equipment designed and proven to reduce pain and anxiety in their patients. They also fund a range of programmes and special projects such as their ward musicians, their on-site magician and the play specialists they have on every ward.
They have recently closed their Surgical Neonatal Appeal, having successfully raised their £3m target towards a brand new, state of the art Surgical Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the hospital. This year they will be fundraising towards a new Same Day Emergency Care Centre, providing an unrivalled experience for their patients and their families.
Job Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy Corporate Partnerships Team. Reporting into the Corporate Partnerships Manger, the post holder will work with the Corporate Partnerships Team to deliver the corporate fundraising strategy.
The post holder will be responsible for managing a portfolio of corporate partnerships, stewarding supporters, organising and managing corporate events as well as supporting with content for corporate partner communications.
Key Responsibilities will include:
To assist the Corporate Partnerships Team in delivering against their financial and non-financial targets as specified within the corporate fundraising strategy.
Income generation.
Management of your own portfolio of corporate accounts which includes providing outstanding donor stewardship to maximise supporter experience, engagement and funds raised.
Organise, manage and execute their corporate fundraising and engagement events such as their Dragon Boat Festival and Golf Day.
To work together as a team to grow corporate fundraising income through current partnerships and new business approaches, as agreed with the Head of Corporate Partnerships.
Utilise the CRM database to maintain accurate records for data segmentation and for income and other KPI reporting purposes.
Create funding reports for external partners when required.
Support and attend third-party corporate events as well as wider charity events.
Keep up to date with fundraising trends.
Communication and stewardship
Work with the Corporate Fundraising Manager and Marketing Team to develop a communication plan for corporate accounts.
Interact with corporate partners on social media, as well as creating content for platforms such as LinkedIn.
Create stewardship/development plans for corporate partners.
Create and deliver presentations to raise awareness of the work of the Charity.
Deliver tours of the hospital to supporters autonomously. To assist the Corporate Partnerships Team in delivering against their financial and non-financial targets as specified within the corporate fundraising strategy.
Be an outstanding advocate for Alder Hey Children’s Charity in line with the core values of the organisation.
To act as a spokesperson for the charity when required, including representing at external events as appropriate
Be an active and supportive member of the Alder Hey Children’s Charity team, contributing to the team’s development and working collaboratively with colleagues and volunteers. Attend and support events run by the fundraising teams where required.
Gain and maintain in-depth knowledge and understanding of the charity’s work, priorities and future plans and act as a spokesperson for the Charity when required, including representing at external events as appropriate.
Any other reasonable duties as required by your line manager.
Values
At Alder Hey Children’s Charity, their values guide the way in which they work. By being courageous, working together, being passionate about their work, and making sure that they are creative in what they do, helps them to deliver the support necessary so that their Hospital can continue to deliver the very best care for their young patients and their families.
Their values are:
Courage: They try new things and take risks to innovate and drive forward new ideas. They have the courage to speak up and take a stance. They are accountable, responsive and responsible. They are unstoppable.
Together: They work together as one team, sharing their knowledge and learning. They work in partnership with patients, families, supporters and colleagues. They are respectful, celebrate diversity and empower each other to achieve their aims.
Passion: They are passionate about what they do and why they do it. They work together to share and grow. They inspire others.
Magical: They are fun, creative and child led. They create special moments, provide little extras and go further for their brave young patients.
*The charity is currently conducting a four-day working week trial, due to end on 31 March 2025. This means that, for example, staff previously working 37.5 hours a week are now working 30 hours a week to enable a four-day working week. The trial is monitoring the benefits of a four-day working week against productivity. They are confident that by embracing a more flexible and balanced approach to work, they can continue to create a thriving and fulfilling work environment while driving growth and success for their charity. Next steps will be agreed before 31 March 2025, based on an assessment of the trial period; the four-day working week trial may be ended, extended or adopted permanently.
This fixed term contract is for 14 months at 28.13 hours per week. As part of their 4-day working week trial (working week Monday to Thursday) working hours required will be 22.5 hours per week if you opt to sign up to the trial and its associated conditions. If the trial was to end after 31 March 2025, the working hours required would return to the contracted weekly hours for this role of 28.13 hours per week. As part of their staff charter, they have a flexible working policy and can consider accommodating a flexible working pattern such as school working hours if requested.
How to Apply
You can apply by clicking here.Applications must include your CV and a covering letter which answers the following questions:
How do you meet the person specification? If you don’t exactly meet all of the role requirements but have transferable skills, please do consider applying and provide details as part of your answer.
Why do you want to work for Alder Hey?
Additional information is included within the Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions about the role, please contact the People Team at hrcharity@alderhey.nhs.uk.
Deadline: Wednesday 16 October 2024.
Interviews: Thursday 24 October 2024.
Note: This job description is intended to outline the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not exhaustive and may be subject to change or modification as required by the needs of Alder Hey Children’s Charity.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity will make every endeavour to make any reasonable adjustments for applicants who require assistance in carrying out their duties due to a disability. Alder Hey Children’s Charity is committed to equal opportunities and positively welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Alder Hey Children’s Charity is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
The post holder may be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure check.
To learn more, please click here.
UKSPF Digital Connectivity for Community Facilities Grants Programme | Final Round | Now Open
Deadline: 5 PM on Monday 21 October 2024.
VOLA launched the final funding round of the Liverpool City Region UKSPF Digital Connectivity for Community Facilities Grants programme on Monday 23 September 2025.
Grants of between £2,500 and £10,000 will be awarded to successful applicants in early December.
Grants need to spent and the computer facilities set up by the end of February 2025.
Over the first four funding rounds, 158 grants totalling over £1.1 million have been awarded to 142 LCR-based VCFSE sector organisations, with up to£160k available in this fifth and final round.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part Time (4 days/wk). Salary: £23,000 to £26,000 pro rata. Hours per week: 30 hours. Reporting to: Casework Coordinator. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Asylum Link Merseyside (ALM) is a small charity operating in Liverpool and the wider City Region, working with approximately 2500 Asylum Seekers and Refugees each year. They provide a broad range of services for people in the Asylum System with other specialist services working alongside them at the St Anne’s Centre.
Job Summary
ALM is looking for someone with an in-depth knowledge of the Asylum Support System, to work or train as a complex caseworker in its Casework Team. The team sees 900 individuals a year, with a wide range of issues. Working with Local Authorities, partners and other organisations to access support is an integral part of the role.
Only one post is on offer but candidates can apply either in a trainee capacity, or for the ‘qualified’ role, depending on their experience and knowledge. On receipt of applications, they may recommend you apply for one or the other, prior to interview. They would expect candidates to be qualified to Degree Level or have equivalent experience/qualifications.
Interviews: Interviews will take place 2 weeks after the deadline.
Contact Details: ewan@asylumlink.org.uk.
Imagine Independence – Case Manager (Investigations and Policy Co-ordination)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £34,559.68 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Quality Director. Location: Hope Street, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
They are a leading mental health and learning disability social care charity dedicated to providing high-quality care and support services. Their focus is to improve lives, promote independence, and ensure the well-being of those we serve. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, motivated and positive individual to join the Quality and Compliance team, to undertake investigations related to overall continual improvement and assist in policy review and implementation.
Job Summary
To work closely with Quality and HR Department to undertake investigations for the organisation on Quality, HR, complaint and safeguarding matters, ensuring the charity responds positively in investigating and responding to issues identified and making recommendations for improved practice. You will help lead on Policy Co-ordination in the organisation, assisting with document control and working to co-ordinate relevant departments on policy updates and implementation.
The role will include some hybrid working with some days each week, based in our Head Office in Liverpool with travel to other Imagine sites across the North-West, as required.
Our Community Impact Fund helps voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector organisations and registered charities do even more to build stronger communities across Liverpool and Merseyside.
Eligible organisations can apply for grants of up to £3,000 maximum, for projects that meet one or more of our four main priority areas:
Health
Education
Income stability
Arts and Culture
For this round, we will be prioritising funding projects that support Care Leavers and Women (experiencing poverty due to the impact of the cost-of-living crisis).
The definition we will be using in relation to Care Leavers for the purpose of this grant is: “Young people aged 16 -25, who have recently left the care of the Liverpool City Region Local Authority, or who are preparing to leave care.”
Applications will be assessed on the impact that the project will have on the lives of those who benefit. We’re looking for projects that help make a change for those most in need.
Based upon the high level of applications in previous years, we can only fund projects that align with our priority areas. Unfortunately, it’s for this reason that some good projects won’t be considered.
Merseyside Crime Commissioner is inviting community organisations, charities and groups to apply for a vital cash boost of up to £3,000 grants for grassroots initiatives working to divert young people away from anti-social behaviour and crime during the busy autumn half term (Halloween and Bonfire night), when it traditionally spikes.
Time is of the essence for applying for this funding, please share within your relevant network if you know of a grassroot initiative who could really benefit from this.
Please find the necessary and relevant application forms below.
Information about projects in Liverpool who have been successful in previous years
This is to give you an idea on how this funding can benefit the young people you work with:
Al-Ghazali Multi-Cultural Centre – £2,000 for 40 young people. The funding will be used to provide activities such as pool, table tennis, play station games, board games and physical activity sessions such as circuit training over the Halloween half term period.
Anfield Sports & Community Centre – £2,500 for 160 young people for extra activities for the period for Operation Banger in an area of high anti-social behaviour (ASB). The funding will be used to provide a half term activity camp for children and young people.
Capeesh (Liverpool) CIC – £1,596 for 30 young people an area of high ASB. This bid will help to run a series of free music workshops over the October half term.
Deysbrook Village Centre – £1,500 will help 1,300 beneficiaries. The group will be providing diversionary activities for children and young people over the Halloween/bonfire night period.
Kaalmo Youth Development Ltd – £3,000 for 60 young people. The group will be providing video game tournaments to divert young people away from becoming involved with crime or anti-social behaviour.
Liverpool Six Community Association – £2,000 for 100 young people. The group will hold 3 evening events on 30th and 31st October and 5th November to engage with young people and divert them away from anti-social behaviour.
The Florrie – £1,500 for 100 young people to get involved in the Florrie Haunted House project. The building will be prepared by volunteers and young people and will be divided into two experience for the younger and older children. The group will be using the funding to provide wider diversionary activities during October half term leading up to Halloween.
The Opening Doors Project – £1,400 for 500 beneficiaries to run themed diversionary activities over the Halloween/Bonfire Night period.
The Unity Community Association – £1,000 for 300 young people to provide a roller skate disco over the Halloween half term and specifically the key nights of Mischief Night, Halloween and Bonfire Night.
Walton Youth Project – £1,800 for 100 young people. The group will provide activities to young people over the Halloween half term.
October 2024 | Voluntary Sector Training Courses
At LCVS, we are committed to helping organisations thrive, a key part of this support is providing a range of high quality, affordable training courses in subject areas that we feel are critical to the success of all charities, social enterprises and other forms of community groups.
3 October | Roles & Responsibilities of Board Members/Trustees
Online Essential Skills Course
One of our NEW Online Sessions! Delivered as always by one of our experienced trainers.
This training will provide you with:
Everything you need to know about the responsibilities and obligations of being a Trustee/Director
Tools for keeping up to date with the role of being on a board
Resources needed to fulfil your duties as a board member.
This course is ideal for current and potential trustees/directors, as well staff/volunteers running or considering running a charity/charitable company.
This course has been designed for those who are new to fundraising or have very little experience. You will learn the basics of putting together of putting together strong grant applications, and the course will include:
One of our NEW Online Sessions! Delivered as always by one of our experienced trainers.
It is no longer enough to rely on good local reputation and links to make sure your group gets funded. Proving the impact of your organisation could be key to its survival. Get the information you need to develop a plan to measure and demonstrate what you achieve.
This is for anyone thinking about starting a community project or organisation but has yet to take the leap. If you’re based in Liverpool, it’s free!
We will provide you with huge amounts of need-to-know information, which will support both fundraising and service delivery, should you decide to put your plan into action. We’ll also help you to get really clear about the viability of your idea and the optimal next steps.
Spaces are limited, so don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your organisation’s operations and fundraising capabilities. Together, we can create a brighter future for our communities.
Pure Insight – Leaving Care Coordinator/Intensive Outreach Worker (Youth)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £25,000 to £76,500. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Operations Manager. Location: Runcorn, Widnes and Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Pure Insight support young people leaving children’s homes and foster care (care leavers) between the age of 16 – 28. They provide a wraparound offer supporting young people to take control of their lives, feel connected and develop a sense of belonging in their community. Over the past 10 years they have grown across Greater Manchester delivering services in Stockport, Salford, Cheshire East, and Warrington, they are now expanding into Halton. They are really proud to have developed nationally recognised best practice programmes for young care leavers.
Job Overview
To support their continued growth, they have an exciting opportunity for a full time Leaving Care Mentoring Coordinator/ Intensive Outreach Worker (Youth) to join their Halton team. The role is responsible for supporting young care leavers to stabilise and benefit from their Mentoring Programme, providing practical and emotional support to care leavers through their volunteers and variety of support networks. The young people they support face significant barriers and challenges, this role requires a dynamic, resourceful individual, comfortable with networking to find solutions and resources to support young people to thrive.
Call Out for Stall Holders | Race Equality Hub: Black History Month Markets
Race Equality Hub is excited to announce a series of Black History Month Markets, taking place every week in October from 9 to 30 October 2024. These markets, held in the ground floor of their Mann Island office building, are a great opportunity for stall holders to showcase their products, boost sales, and expand their networks. All stalls are free of charge.
Each market will focus on a different theme, offering a unique experience for both stall holders and visitors:
11 AM – 1 PM on 9 October 2024: Black Literature
11 AM – 1 PM on 16 October 2024: Black Food and Culture
11 AM – 1 PM on 23 October 2024: Makers Market
11 AM – 1 PM on 30 October 2024: Wellbeing Market
They are looking for stall holders with products relevant to these themes. Whether you sell books, crafts, food, or wellbeing products, this is a chance to reach a diverse audience including local authority staff and the general public.
Details for Stall Holders:
There will be 10 stalls available each week
Setup from 10 – 11 AM
Close from 1 – 1.30 PM
Markets run 11 AM – 1 PM
They will provide tables, tablecloths, and a light lunch
A team member will be available 1 hour before setup to assist with unloading your items
While parking is limited, they will help you find local parking after unloading.
They look forward to celebrating Black History Month with you and providing a platform for local businesses to thrive.
LCVS Chair Sonia Bassey becomes Honorary Fellow at LJMU
From everyone here at LCVS, we would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to our Chair, Sonia Bassey, on being awarded the prestigious title of Honorary Fellow at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). This well-deserved recognition is a testament to Sonia’s decades of tireless work in promoting race equality, social justice, and community development.
As a proud graduate of LJMU with a degree in business and finance, Sonia’s return to her alma mater as an Honorary Fellow marks yet another remarkable achievement in her illustrious career. Her leadership, both at LCVS and beyond, continues to inspire.
We are incredibly proud of her accomplishment and look forward to seeing her continued positive impact on society.
Here’s what LJMU wrote in their profile about Sonia:
Sonia Bassey MBE. Chair LCVS; Chair Mandela 8; Community Activist and Artist
A graduate in business and finance from LJMU, and former Director of Public Sector Transformation for Cheshire and Warrington until retirement in 2022, Sonia earned an MBE for her community service in Liverpool and was winner of the LCRCA 2023 Inspiration Award – Lifetime Achiever for her 40+ years in promoting race equality and social justice through the arts and neighbourhood and regeneration services.
Her recent projects have included: Liverpool 8’s arts corridor, featuring the Nelson Mandela mural, transforming Princes Avenue embedding the Black community history into the very fabric of the design; becoming a founding member and Director of L8 Matters Community Land Trust and a Trustee of the National Community Land Trust Network; and leading the BLM March in Liverpool in 2020.
Sonia is the first Black Chair of LCVS and former Chair of Africa Oye and is currently Chair and one of the founding members of Mandela8. Sonia has been instrumental in the Mandela Memorial installation in Princes Park, bringing the Mandela family to Liverpool, the annual Mandela Day celebrations and programmes in schools and for youth at risk of exclusion.
LJMU will celebrate the inspirational achievements of Sonia and 16 other new honorary fellows in a special ceremony later this year. Click here to learn more.
Positive Futures – Lead Youth Development Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £29,200. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, 181 Townsend Lane, Clubmoor, L13 9DY.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Overview
To lead on, develop and deliver centre & street-based activities for groups/individuals, school programmes and services that will be delivered in from their new Club & in specified area of the
community to meet the personal and social development needs of young people in Liverpool. It is essential that you work regular evenings and weekends
Some duties will include
To lead, inspire & assist a small Youth Development Team, Apprentices, Sessional staff, volunteers directly involved in the delivery of activities. Direct line management for the Youth
Development Team will be by the Team Manager initially at least.
To lead on, plan, organise, and deliver effectively, a range of personal development programmes that improve outcomes for young people. This will include Crime and ASB, Informal Education, Mental Health, and Personal Development.
To work at ‘grass roots’ level, on the streets, in parks and centres, on a significant number of evenings and weekends providing open & accessible activities to local children & young
Develop relationships and work in partnership with Schools, Social Care Services, Targeted Support Services and Early Help etc.
Liverpool City Council | Consultation on the Council Tax Support Scheme 2025/26
Liverpool City Council is seeking your views and comments about proposed changes to its Council Tax Support scheme from April 2025. These changes will only affect working age residents as pension age residents have different rules set by central government.
Liverpool’s Council Tax Support Scheme has not been reviewed since it started in 2013. It is complicated to understand, does not allow households to budget for income changes and is costly to administer, impacting other services. We need a scheme that supports those on the lowest income, empowers residents to budget, is easy to understand, provides incentives for people moving into work, and is future proofed.
In order to change the scheme, the Council is required to undertake a public consultation exercise.
The proposals set out in the consultation will only affect working-age people who get Council Tax Support.
The Council’s aim, through its proposed changes, is to simplify the rules so that people know how much their council tax bill will be reduced by, enabling them to budget. The proposed changes will also align with Universal Credit and provide some certainty for people moving into or out of work, whilst continuing to provide support to those that need it most.
Proposed Changes to Council Tax Support Scheme
The Council would like your views on the options for proposed changes to the Council Tax Support Scheme:
Option 1 – Keep the existing Council Tax Support Scheme
Option 2 – Make some changes to the existing Council Tax Support Scheme
Option 3 – Introduce a banded scheme based on net earnings, aligning with Universal Credit
Option 4 – Introduce a simple income band scheme based on net earnings and household composition, aligning with Universal Credit.
Following the consultation exercise, a report will be provided for the Council’s Cabinet for consideration.
Any changes taken forward will be approved by full Council in January 2025.
Please scroll down to the “How to Comment” section to complete the survey.
Deadline: Monday 14 October 2024.
Hardshaw and Mann Area Quaker Meeting – Meeting House Assistant (Bookings)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part Time. Salary: £12 per hour. Hours per week: 30 hours. Reporting to: General Manager. Location: Liverpool Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BT.
Employer Bio
Hardshaw and Mann Area Quaker Meeting (charity no.1134522) is responsible for 4 places of worship in the North West, the largest of which is Liverpool Quaker Meeting House, a large modern building situated in Liverpool One. As well as being a place of worship, Liverpool Meeting House provides a not-for-profit room hire business which generates income for the charity and aims to provide a welcoming space for visitors, local businesses, charities and community groups. Room hire also takes place at our smaller meeting houses in Southport and St Helens.
Job Summary
They are looking for a Meeting House Assistant (Bookings) to work as part of their team to process bookings, provide general admin support and prepare rooms / hospitality for customers at Liverpool Meeting House. You will be based on reception, welcoming all customers and visitors to the Meeting House and answering the phone, being customer focused at all times in order to operate the Meeting House as a hospitable and welcoming venue, looking after the safety and security of the buildings’ users and ensuring the Meeting House is clean and presentable at all times.
Requirements
Excellent customer service, communication and administrative skills including literacy (good standard of English both written and spoken is required), numeracy (able to provide quotes and costings to customers) and IT skills (use of the Microsoft ‘Office’ suite of programmes, most particularly outlook and ability to use online booking system/diary).
Direct hands-on experience of office administration / secretarial is required along with excellent organisational skills and attention to detail. You will be required to service rooms for customers which will include moving furniture and setting up rooms and cleaning.
Sympathy with Quaker beliefs and in particular commitment to equality is essential.
Launch & Workshop Dates Confirmed | UKSPF Digital Connectivity for Community Facilities Grants Programme
VOLA is launching the final funding round of the Liverpool City Region UKSPF Digital Connectivity for Community Facilities Grants programme on 23 September 2024. Grants of up to £10k will be awarded to successful applicants late November to early December. Click here to watch this brief film to see if it could be something for you.
Over the first four funding rounds, 158 grants totalling over £1.1 million have been awarded to 142 LCR-based VCFSE sector organisations, with up to£160k available in this 5th and final round.
Prior to the launch of the application window, VOLA will be hosting online briefing sessions to inform local VCFSE sector organisations about the fund.
Session 1
The first session will be run twice. The aim of this session is to inform potential applicants about the fund’s purpose, eligibility criteria and key requirements, the application process and what can/ cannot be funded.
A second, completely different session will take place on Monday 23 September 2024 from 1 – 2.30 PM.
This will focus on technical considerations when developing-public access computer facilities, containing plenty of helpful hints and tips on what you need to do, key considerations, things you need to purchase, etc.
You need to book on to each session you wish to attend separately.
If you are interested in applying for a grant, it is strongly recommended that you attend both sessions.
It won’t take much of your time, it will increase your chances of success, ensure that the facilities you set up are fit-for-purpose, and will ultimately help you to avoid lots of potential pitfalls, saving you time/money in the long-run!
They aim to make decisions as quickly as is practicable and applications will be assessed on a rolling basis.
Thanks to further funding from The National Lottery Community Fund – the largest community funder in the UK, Consortium and its Community Partners are delighted to deliver the second round of the LGBT+ Futures: Equity Fund.
This fund has been enabled thanks to National Lottery players and will focus on supporting user-led LGBT+ organisations based in England, who are working with targeted under-represented and under-resourced communities.
A total pot of £500,000 is available through small grants of between £100 and £25,000 for organisational running costs, projects and organisational / leadership development.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Welfare Benefits Caseworker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract. Salary: £26,424. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Welfare Benefits Supervisor. Location: Hybrid – Remote and Office based.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Overview
Citizens Advice Liverpool in partnership with Citizens Advice St Helens and Citizens Advice Warrington are delivering a Welfare Benefits, Debt and Budgeting Advisory Service to Torus Housing tenants. The Welfare Benefits Caseworker is responsible for delivering a comprehensive Welfare Benefits Advisory Service to individuals and families in need. The caseworker will provide support and guidance to clients in understanding and accessing welfare benefits, ensuring they receive the appropriate financial assistance and support, including support with welfare benefits mandatory considerations, and appeals. The role requires a thorough understanding of welfare benefits regulations and policies, excellent communication and advocacy skills, and a strong commitment to improving the well-being of individuals and communities.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Liverpool Access To Advice Network (LATAN) Network Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract. Salary: £31,200. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Head of partnerships and innovations. Location: Hybrid – Remote and Office based.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Overview
Join them as the Network Coordinator for the Liverpool Access to Advice Network (LATAN) and be at the forefront of transforming access to legal advice and support in Liverpool!
As the Network Coordinator, you will play a crucial role in driving greater buy-in and commitment to LATAN, ensuring its sustainability and growth. This dynamic role involves securing funding, growing robust collaborations with community organisations, and building strong relationships with key stakeholders to support and elevate the network.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Posts available: 5. Contract: Permanent. Salary: £25,300. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Service Delivery Manager. Location: Hybrid – Remote and Office based.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Overview
Universal Credit (UC) is the fastest growing advice issue for the Citizens Advice service and improving the support available to people making a claim is vital. Their Help to Claim service guides people through the claims process – this will include identifying suitability, helping clients to start their claim and providing support to their first payment.
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking to recruit Help to Claim advisers with knowledge and experience of welfare benefits to join their team.
The successful candidates will provide end to end telephone and web chat support for new Universal Credit claimants. Your understanding of legacy benefits will enable you to check whether a client would be better off on Universal Credit. You will also be able to identify clients who due to transition to Universal Credit via Managed Migration and support them through the process and application. You will be confident in your ICT skills to support clients in making their claim.
You’ll have the ability to interview clients using sensitive listening and questioning skills to get to the root of the issues and empower clients, whilst maintaining structure and control of meetings, as well as a commitment to the aims and principles of the Citizens Advice Service.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Posts available: Duty Officer x 2 roles – Bar Staff x 2 roles.
Contract: Casual. Salary: Dependant on hours worked.
Hours per week: Zero hours contract. Location: Unity Theatre.
Employer Bio
Unity Theatre is open to everybody to be inspired and entertained, and to enjoy outstanding live experiences, up-close. Unity helps develop diverse theatre-makers at every stage of their careers, providing creative opportunities across Merseyside to develop artists’ interests, skills, confidence and careers. They invite established and emerging artists to explore our world, presenting work that asks questions, breaks boundaries and challenges accepted norms. They are passionate about championing our community. The stories and lives of Liverpool residents are reflected on their stages, presenting art by the people – not just about the people.
Job Summary
They are looking for Duty Officers and Bar Staff with experience to join their team as they approach their busy period this Autumn. Applicants should have availability to work weekdays, weekends and evenings.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £22,372.50, plus payment for sleep-in shifts. Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week. Reporting to: Registered Manager. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Job Summary
As a Support Worker, working within their Accommodation Services, you will help to promote the health and wellbeing of those you support. This will include providing practical and emotional support; supporting people to connect with their communities, developing skills and confidence and promoting independence. They are looking for individuals with values which align to theirs, who are highly motivated and committed to enriching the lives of people they support.
Contact Details:For an initial chat, please contact Philip Dutton on 07884 653 113 (Monday to Friday 9am-5pm). Email: recruitment@imagineindependence.org.uk.
Get FREE help with your organisation’s Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT)
Has your organisation published the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT)?
72% of care organisations in the North West have already published the DSPT, as not only is it a contractual requirement in any NHS contracts, but also, increasingly local authority contracts.
In addition to this, as Care Quality Commission (CQC) moves their inspections online, you are expected to complete the DSPT as a minimum to be rated good or above.
Liverpool Social Care Partnership (LSCP) is the local support organisation for the North West with the DSPT and all their support, including online sessions, face to face, one to one support, is free for providers.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £27,985 per annum FTE (£22,388 pro-rata). Hours per week: 30 hours. Reporting to: Head of People. Location: The Brain Charity – L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer conditions.
Job Summary
They believe their staff are the greatest tool they have to make a difference in the lives of the people with neurological conditions and they want to ensure they are well supported and have everything they need throughout the key stages of their employment.
The newly created role of HR Officer will play a crucial part in supporting the HR Manager to deliver a best practice and comprehensive HR service that aligns the daily core HR functions with their organisational mission and values. This is a broad based, generalist HR role calls for high levels of responsibility, confidentiality and attention to detail.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary, Fixed Term – 6 months, April 2025. Term: Part-time. Salary: £27,985 per annum FTE (£16,791 Pro rata). Hours per week: 22.5 hours. Reporting to: Training Manager. Location: The Brain Charity – L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer conditions.
Job Summary
This is an exciting time to join The Brain Charity’s growing Neurodiversity Training Department and they are looking for someone to bring about tangible and positive change to the lives of neurodivergent people by supporting the administration and booking of The Brain Charity’s neurodiversity training.
This training supports organisations to understand what neurodiversity is and how to support neurodivergent staff in the workplace.
Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton – Inclusion Support Worker – Combat Isolation
Posts available: 1. Contract: 35 hours – full-time – fixed term until 31 March 2025 initially with a possible extension dependent on funding. Term: Temporary. Salary: £26,250 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Location: The Frances Suite, Floor 1, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2JH, City Centre office with regular travel across Sefton and Liverpool, flexible home working.
Employer Bio
Established in 1928 by Eleanor Rathbone, their charity was the first older adult focused charity in the world. Since their conception, Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton’s (ACLS) mission has been to protect and promote the well-being of people over 50 years of age in their area. With nearly 100 years’ experience working with older adults in Liverpool & Sefton, they are experts in understanding the needs of their community and delivering impactful services.
Their services include: befriending and re-ablement, a Mental Health Support Service, friendship services, an Activity Programme operating from their activity room and at locations across the city, an information and advice service, a telephone, online and drop-in service for any query or concern raised by an older person, relative, neighbour, professional or other VCSE partner and The Hamlets, their 30-bedroom specialist nursing home for older adults with functional mental health needs.
Job Summary
Combat Isolation is a bespoke service based across Liverpool, Sefton and Kirkby. The team supports older adults (over 50) diagnosed with functional mental illness who have been affected by loneliness and isolation exacerbated by the impact of Covid. The service has been designed to build confidence and increase independence through delivery of one-to-one support. This will include developing a personalised community support programme and agreeing personal objectives with the client and a strategy to achieve them, encouraging clients to access meaningful activities to benefit their mental health, wellbeing and independence.
In the role, you’ll manage a client caseload delivering one-to-one support over 12 weeks, with a focus on either the Sefton or Liverpool area. Your focus is on encouraging social engagement, building networks, and facilitating access to community-based provision in line with client’s individual goals and aspirations. You will also support facilitation of drop-in sessions where clients can come together and make connections with each other, building a supportive community and providing social activities and signposting.
Children’s Alliance is a charity on a mission to provide better starts and brighter futures for all children in the UK, especially those that face disadvantage. They know that access to water gives essential life skills and builds children’s confidence and resilience, both physically and emotionally.
They are looking to support grass roots initiatives delivering water based projects for disadvantaged children. This support will be through financial grants and through leveraging their unique position within the aquatic industry in the UK.
Key Information
The grants will usually be up to £15,000 with most grants awarded being under £10,000 except in exceptional circumstances
Applications must support children under the age of 18 years
They support non-profit organisations including schools, registered charities, community interest companies and registered community groups.
La Feria Festival returns to Liverpool in 2024 showcasing Latin American Arts and Cultures
Luma Creations is delighted to announce the 6th annual La Feria Festival in Liverpool, a vibrant celebration of the beauty and diversity of Latin American culture.
For an entire week, the city will come alive with music, dance, theatre, art, and food, offering an immersive experience embodying the essence of Latin America, across a series of iconic venues.
This year’s festival promises a thrilling array of events and activities that highlight the rich cultural tapestry of Latin America. Attendees can look forward to performances by award-winning international and local artists from countries such as Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela.
Reclama – Exhibition of Latin American Arts and Cultures
Tuesday 10 September – 10 October 2024
St George’s Hall, Visitor Centre
Explore the rich tapestry of Latin American arts and cultures at St George’s Hall Visitor Centre, featuring a captivating exhibition running from 10 September to 10 October 2024.
Wednesday 11 September 2024 from 7 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM)
Tickets: £15
The Bluecoat Arts Centre
Step into the acclaimed play “REWIND” at The Bluecoat Arts Centre, a gripping narrative of Alicia’s defiance against authoritarianism, earning multiple awards and critical acclaim.
Nano Stern (Chile) & Marta Gomez (Colombia) play the Music Room
Thursday 12 September 2024 from 8 PM (Doors open at 7 PM)
Tickets: £19
The Music Room, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Witness an extraordinary night of music with Nano Stern from Chile and Marta Gomez from Colombia at The Music Room, blending their unique styles in an unforgettable performance.
Friday 13 September 2024 from 8 PM (Doors open at 7 PM)
Tickets: £19
The Music Room, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Experience the virtuosity of Hamilton de Holanda Trio from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as they captivate audiences with their award-winning improvisations and compositions.
Saturday 14 September 2024 from 12 – 4 PM (Free Entrance)
Castle Street, Liverpool 2
Join them on Castle Street for a vibrant celebration of Latin American culture at the Latin American Street Fiesta, featuring live music, dance, street arts, and more.
District, Baltic Triangle (61 Jordan Street, L1 0BE)
Dance the night away at District in Baltic Triangle with Fiesta Latina, featuring Lokandes Tropical with psychedelic cumbia fusion, DJ Jose Luis from Venezuela, and more.
Sunday 15 September 2024 from 12 – 5 PM (Free Entrance)
The Palm House, Sefton Park, L17 1AP
Bring the family to The Palm House for A Taste of Latin America, a community day celebrating Latin American musicians, dancers, street artists, and delicious cuisine. Discover the beauty and diversity of Latin American cultures in Liverpool!
Alder Hey Children’s Charity – Marketing and Communications Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £36,082 – £47,554. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Head of Communications and Marketing. Location: Alder Hey Childrens Hospital, East Prescot Road, Liverpool, L14 5AB.
Employer Bio
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children’s Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 450,000 patients and families they care for every year.
The charity helps to fund a range of activities and projects that are designed to enhance and improve the lives of their amazing young patients. This includes the funding of specialist medical equipment to ensure their brilliant surgeons and clinical staff have the most up to date and cutting-edge technology available and funding hi-tech distraction equipment designed and proven to reduce pain and anxiety in their patients. They also fund a range of programmes and special projects such as their ward musicians, their on-site magician, and the play specialists they have on every ward.
They have recently closed their Surgical Neonatal Appeal, having successfully raised their £3m target towards a brand new, state of the art Surgical Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the hospital. This year they are fundraising towards a new Same Day Emergency Care Centre, providing an unrivalled experience for their patients and their families.
Job Summary
They are seeking a dynamic, experienced and creative Marketing and Communications Manager to lead their small marketing team, developing impactful marketing strategies and supporting the communications function for the charity. The ideal candidate will bring innovation and strategic thinking to enhance their brand, engage supporters and drive their fundraising goals. You will be responsible for crafting compelling narratives that highlight their mission and accomplishments, showcasing their impact and extending their reach to important new audiences. This is a highly varied role where you will have creative oversight to telling the inspiring stories at Alder Hey by carrying out communications which have real and measurable impact. They encourage applications from those with and without charity experience.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £29,338 – £36,446. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Individual Giving and Legacy Manager. Location: Alder Hey Childrens Hospital, East Prescot Road, Liverpool, L14 5AB.
Employer Bio
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children’s Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 450,000 patients and families they care for every year.
The charity helps to fund a range of activities and projects that are designed to enhance and improve the lives of their amazing young patients. This includes the funding of specialist medical equipment to ensure their brilliant surgeons and clinical staff have the most up to date and cutting-edge technology available and funding hi-tech distraction equipment designed and proven to reduce pain and anxiety in their patients. They also fund a range of programmes and special projects such as their ward musicians, their on-site magician, and the play specialists they have on every ward.
They have recently closed their Surgical Neonatal Appeal, having successfully raised their £3m target towards a brand new, state of the art Surgical Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the hospital. This year they are fundraising towards a new Same Day Emergency Care Centre, providing an unrivalled experience for their patients and their families.
Job Summary
Are you passionate about making a difference in children’s lives and eager to join a forward looking fundraising team? Alder Hey Children’s Charity is seeking an enthusiastic individual to join their Individual Giving and Legacy Team at a pivotal moment in their growth.
They’re experiencing an exciting period of expansion, having recently seen significant increases in their regular donor base and contactable supporters. This role offers a unique opportunity to oversee the development and administration of their individual giving and legacy portfolio, working closely with the Individual Giving Manager to shape and implement their strategy for growth and supporter engagement.
You’ll play a crucial role in enhancing their impact, providing exceptional supporter care, and contributing to innovative projects that will transform how they connect with their donors. This position is ideal for someone looking to learn, grow, and make a tangible difference within a supportive and forward-thinking team.
Join them in their mission to support Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and be part of something truly magical.
South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services – Counselling Supervisor
Posts available: 1. Contract: 12 Month Contract – continuation subject to funding. Term: Part-Time. Salary: NJC Scale 5/6, point 16-21 £26,357 – £29,439 (dependent on experience). Hours per week: 22 hours. Reporting to: Director. Location: South Liverpool.
Employer Bio
As a small independent charity founded in 1998, SLDAS offer free and accessible support to women who experience domestic abuse in South and South-Central Liverpool. They provide volunteering and training opportunities to women who are concerned about the issues of domestic abuse experienced by women and children, as well as work to raise public awareness of domestic abuse in our local communities.
They currently employ a team of five staff who support the running of the service, including a director who joined them in April 2023, responsible for managing and developing the staff and service, and developing the strategic direction of the charity alongside the Trustees.
SLDAS is mainly funded by a number of local authority and other national grant providers with an interest in domestic abuse. There are plans to source new multi-year funding to expand their services, making this an exciting time to join us on the board of Trustees.
Domestic abuse has a devastating impact upon individuals, families and communities. Year on year, recorded incidents of domestic abuse have increased in Merseyside and also rose sharply during the pandemic. Women are falling through the net and they want to do more to help them.
Job Summary
Provide counselling services suitable for women recovering from domestic abuse and violence against women and girls.
Supervise Counselling Diploma students on placement with SLDAS.
To ensure the organisation delivers high quality therapeutic services to women from a range of backgrounds, beliefs, and situations, and to support the organisation towards greater inclusion, equality & fairness.
Commitment to providing talking therapies to women whose first language is not English, primarily through recruitment of multi-lingual trainee and volunteer counsellors.
To read the full job description and to apply, please email manager@sldas.co.uk.
South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services – Communications & Marketing Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: 12 Month Contract – continuation subject to funding. Term: Part-Time. Salary: NJC Scale 6, point 18 @ £14, 583.47. Hours per week: 20 hours per week – over 3 days per week. Reporting to: Director. Location: South Liverpool.
Employer Bio
As a small independent charity founded in 1998, SLDAS offer free and accessible support to women who experience domestic abuse in South and South-Central Liverpool. They provide volunteering and training opportunities to women who are concerned about the issues of domestic abuse experienced by women and children, as well as work to raise public awareness of domestic abuse in our local communities.
They currently employ a team of five staff who support the running of the service, including a director who joined them in April 2023, responsible for managing and developing the staff and service, and developing the strategic direction of the charity alongside the Trustees.
SLDAS is mainly funded by a number of local authority and other national grant providers with an interest in domestic abuse. There are plans to source new multi-year funding to expand their services, making this an exciting time to join us on the board of Trustees.
Domestic abuse has a devastating impact upon individuals, families and communities. Year on year, recorded incidents of domestic abuse have increased in Merseyside and also rose sharply during the pandemic. Women are falling through the net and they want to do more to help them.
Job Summary
To work with the Director and SLDAS Board of Trustees on the delivery of the charity’s Communications strategy as they look to grow their portfolio and engagement with supporters.
This role will develop online and offline communications to maximise digital, marketing and media opportunities; in line with SLDAS Communications Strategy, Objectives and wider strategic objectives.
This is a role that offers you real scope, challenge and reward and the chance to contribute and enhance an organisation supporting survivors of domestic abuse.
To read the full job description and to apply, please email manager@sldas.co.uk.
South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services – Project & Engagement Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: 12 Month Contract – continuation subject to funding. Term: Part-Time. Salary: NJC Scale 6, point 18 @ £14, 583.47. Hours per week: 20 hours – over 3 days per week. Reporting to: Director. Location: South Liverpool.
Employer Bio
As a small independent charity founded in 1998, SLDAS offer free and accessible support to women who experience domestic abuse in South and South-Central Liverpool. They provide volunteering and training opportunities to women who are concerned about the issues of domestic abuse experienced by women and children, as well as work to raise public awareness of domestic abuse in our local communities.
They currently employ a team of five staff who support the running of the service, including a director who joined them in April 2023, responsible for managing and developing the staff and service, and developing the strategic direction of the charity alongside the Trustees.
SLDAS is mainly funded by a number of local authority and other national grant providers with an interest in domestic abuse. There are plans to source new multi-year funding to expand their services, making this an exciting time to join us on the board of Trustees.
Domestic abuse has a devastating impact upon individuals, families and communities. Year on year, recorded incidents of domestic abuse have increased in Merseyside and also rose sharply during the pandemic. Women are falling through the net and they want to do more to help them.
Job Summary
To work alongside SLDAS full time Project and Engagement worker to develop and grow the outreach service.
Work as part of a specialist team providing high-quality direct casework support, advice, information and advocacy to survivors of DA.
Provide access to a full range of services for women from all communities, through the delivery of outreach sessions in discreet local venues by using creative and engaging methods with women from local communities concerned about the issues of domestic abuse and violence against Women & Girls for evaluation and development of SLDAS services and programmes.
To read the full job description and to apply, please email manager@sldas.co.uk.
South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services – Domestic Abuse Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: 12 Month Contract – continuation subject to funding. Term: Part-Time. Salary: NJC Scale 6, point 18 @ £14, 583.47. Hours per week: 20 hours – over 3 days per week. Reporting to: Director. Location: South Liverpool.
Employer Bio
As a small independent charity founded in 1998, SLDAS offer free and accessible support to women who experience domestic abuse in South and South-Central Liverpool. They provide volunteering and training opportunities to women who are concerned about the issues of domestic abuse experienced by women and children, as well as work to raise public awareness of domestic abuse in our local communities.
They currently employ a team of five staff who support the running of the service, including a director who joined them in April 2023, responsible for managing and developing the staff and service, and developing the strategic direction of the charity alongside the Trustees.
SLDAS is mainly funded by a number of local authority and other national grant providers with an interest in domestic abuse. There are plans to source new multi-year funding to expand their services, making this an exciting time to join us on the board of Trustees.
Domestic abuse has a devastating impact upon individuals, families and communities. Year on year, recorded incidents of domestic abuse have increased in Merseyside and also rose sharply during the pandemic. Women are falling through the net and they want to do more to help them.
Job Summary
Provide high quality practical and emotional support to survivors of domestic violence and abuse (DVA), including crisis intervention, through both face to face and telephone support.
Develop individual support plans which address the risk of harm, and to offer information, advocacy and signposting to survivors on a risk/need led basis.
Support and empower survivors, thereby increasing self-esteem and reducing isolation.
MUST hold an IDVA qualification.
To read the full job description and to apply, please email manager@sldas.co.uk.
Liverpool Carers Centre, Local Solutions – Carers Development Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £26,753. Hours per week: 40 hours. Reporting to: Operational Manager. Location: Edge Lane, Liverpool, L7 2PE.
Employer Bio
Local Solutions is a charity that, since 1974 has been generating and delivering services to support individuals, families, and communities with a primary focus on those experiencing disadvantage, exclusion, and vulnerability.
As part of Local Solutions, Liverpool Carers Centre delivers a city-wide community-based programme of activities and training that ensures a range of support is available to unpaid carers in Liverpool. This focuses on helping to reduce the negative impact of the caring role and promotes carers’ health and wellbeing, as well as undertaking carers assessments, their Carers Centre also offers a flexible support service that provides impartial advice & information.
They work closely with other organisations and services to help achieve this.
They offer a range weekly and monthly activities and training throughout the year at the Carers Centre or at one of their community-based outreach hubs.
Job Summary
As a member of Liverpool Carers Centre team, you will work with unpaid carers to support them to access practical and emotional support.
As a Carers Development Worker, you will aid in empowering carers to take control of their own health and wellbeing. You will give time and focus on what matters to me philosophy and take a holistic approach to connect carers to community groups and statutory services.
Core responsibilities of the role will be:
To support carers through the Carers Assessment process. This will be achieved in a variety of ways e.g., visiting carers in their own homes when appropriate or elsewhere to offer support. The role is based predominantly in the community with home visits being the primary method of contact.
Completing Carers Support Plans with carers using a person-centred approach
Providing Carers with information as to the range of services available for carers and how to access them.
Completing and submitting carers support plans in a timely fashion to ensure departments KPIs are achieved.
Liaising with colleagues in statutory services. You will be an energetic and solution focused worker who will support carers to access the most appropriate services to support them in their caring role.
Working throughout the City you will develop relationships that help and support unpaid carers while being a main enabler for holistic solutions.
Experience:
Experience of working in health or social care.
Experience of supporting unpaid carers or working with people.
Experience of working as part of a team but the ability to prioritise own workload, managing own diary, building relationships with both carers and professionals, management databases and inputting information.
Technical expertise should include ability to use Microsoft Office, Outlook.
The successful candidate will require an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Check and undertake mandatory safeguarding training as appropriate for the role.
Travel is required so a car owner/driver is essential as this is a city-wide post
Savera UK – Community Engagement & Networking Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent.
Term: Full Time.
Salary: £34,500.
Hours per week: 40 hours.
Reporting to: CEO. Location: The post holder location/office will be Liverpool based but will also need to work where relevant/required including traveling, therefore a full, clean driving licence and to own car is essential, mileage would be reimbursed with any that used to deliver the role.
Employer Bio
Savera UK is a leading charity working to end ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and other culturally specific abuse and harmful practices. ‘Savera’ means ‘new beginning’ in Hindi, which is symbolic of what they provide for survivors and those at risk of HBA and harmful practices, regardless of age, culture, sexuality, gender or ethnicity.
Job Summary
Savera UK is recruiting for the role of Community Engagement & Networking Manager. This post will have the overall responsibilities for managing all aspects of the community engagement and networking project, this will include engagement with specific communities, recruitment and management of staff and volunteers. This post is also responsible for networking and building relationships with business and agencies to develop collaboration opportunities, facilitating community fundraising through engagement and events and for developing and implementing strategies to enhance Savera UK’s community engagement, building relationships and creating a positive and inclusive environment.
An occupational requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010, the post holder must be female under the Sex Discrimination Act, 1975 Part 7 to meet the needs of the majority of their service users.
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £23,619.53 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Service Manager. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Job Summary
To provide psychologically informed service to women with multiple needs, as part of a team, which is responsive to their changing needs.
In addition, Imagine expects all employees to carry out their duties in a manner which actively demonstrates commitment to the organisational objectives as they relate to individual posts and to be pro-active in working in a socially inclusive way.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £25,624.02. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Service Manager or Senior Engager Worker. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Job Summary
The role involves building therapeutic relationships; developing independent living skills; supporting and enhancing social integration and community capacity
Providing person centred support focussing on presenting needs and challenges
To build resilience by supporting individuals to access local community services
To develop individual’s skills and confidence required to move on to independent living using an identified pathway to independent living.
Contact Details: For an informal chat about the role, please telephone Carmel Garrigos on 07867355238.
St Andrew’s Community Network – Benefits Advisor
Posts available: 1. Contract: 12 Month Fixed Term (extension subject to funding). Term: Part Time. Salary: £15,574.80 (actual). Hours per week: 22.5 hours. Reporting to: Income Maximisation Team Coordinator. Location: St Andrew’s Community Network, 16 Larkhill Lane, Clubmoor, Liverpool L13 9BR.
Employer Bio
St Andrew’s Community Network has been working across North Liverpool and surrounding areas for over 20 years, supporting communities by working with local organisations and providing practical services that meet local need. It is their ultimate aim to see people in the areas they work set free from the life-affecting consequences of poverty, and are continually working towards this through their three main aims – building financial resilience through debt and income maximisation advice, building food security through our foodbanks and community food pantries, and building sustainable communities – driving long lasting change. They are a vibrant and passionate team, committed to their mission and driven to make a difference across our communities.
Job Summary
Are you passionate about helping others? Do you want to join a dynamic team driving change in our communities? This could be the opportunity for you!
As a key member of the team, you will work to provide expert advice and support to those experiencing welfare, benefit and money worries in the community. This will be achieved through direct one-to-one support in a variety of community settings.
Leathersellers’ Small Grants Programme 2024-25 | Now Open for Applications
Deadline: When 40 applications have been received.
This is a rolling funding programme for one-off grants of up to £5,000.
There are 8 application windows throughout the year, the current window opened on Monday 2 September 2024.
The Leathersellers’ Small Grants Programme 2024-25 will consider applications from charities and Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) registered and operating in the UK. They will not consider applications from Community Interest Companies (CICs).
Charities and CIOs must meet the following criteria:
Deliver activities to meet an identified need for vulnerable members of the community
Have a planned expenditure of under £200,000 during the financial year in which you are applying for funding
Have at least one year’s published accounts.
They do not fund the following:
Capital projects
Medical research
Hospices
Services that charge participants for access, irrespective of a person’s ability to pay.
UPDATED: 2024 UK Riots | Liverpool Support & Information Hub
LCVS has put together a page of useful links for support and information for those affected by recent events.
In this page, you will find:
Support for Individuals
Support for Organisations
General Information.
Support for Individuals
Anthony Walker Foundation
The Anthony Walker Foundation works to tackle racism, hate crime and discrimination by providing educational opportunities, victim support services and by promoting equity and inclusion for all. For advice or support, you can speak to a member of the Anthony Walker Foundation Hate Crime Team.
CrimeStoppers are an independent charity that gives people the power to speak up and stop crime, 100% anonymously. By phone and online, 24/7, 365 days a year. They also share advice on how to protect the people you care about from crime.
In response to the recent riots, the Be Free Campaign is launching a virtual support option for people of colour and minorities across Merseyside who have been affected by the recent violence; they’re pulling together their resources to ensure that you get the support that you need.
Stop Hate UK is a leading national organisation working to challenge all forms of Hate Crime and discrimination, based on any aspect of an individual’s identity.
If, for any reason, you do not wish to report a hate crime to the police, Stop Hate UK runs a 24/7 confidential helpline for all victims of hate crime.
Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks (MAMA) is a secure and reliable service that allows people from across England to report any form of Anti-Muslim abuse. They have created a unique portal where you may address your concerns and record any incident that you experience as a result of your Muslim faith or someone perceiving you to be Muslim.
By using their ‘Submit a Report‘ section, you can describe the details of the abuse you suffered, whether verbal or physical, and then add in the location of the attack so that we can effectively map incidents across England. They can also refer you for support through partner agencies if you have been a victim of an Anti-Muslim incident.
Victim Care Merseyside is the Police and Crime Commissioner’s dedicated service providing free, confidential support for all victims of crime living in Merseyside, tailored to your individual needs.
Contact: You can call on their freephone 0808 175 3080 on weekdays between 8 AM and 6 PM.
NEW: NAVCA – What you need to know when responding to violence in local communities
NAVCA, in collaboration with the VCS Emergencies Partnership (VCSEP), has developed a comprehensive guide to support local infrastructure organisations in navigating these difficult times. They’ve summarised their key advice in a blog post, click here to learn more
Support & Assistance for Community Organisations
Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service has compiled various ways it can support and assist organisations in light of recent events.
Below are some resources for youth-facing organisations with a focus on disinformation, tackling hate and signposting to advice and support on trauma, safeguarding and lock-down procedures:
NEW: Compensation available for Merseyside residents, businesses and organisations affected by riots
Homeowners and businesses (including community organisations) affected by the riots earlier this month are being encouraged to seek compensation by the region’s Police and Crime Commissioner. Emily Spurrell is encouraging all those who suffered losses or damage to their cars, homes, or shops to claim compensation from their insurance companies.
The website and toolkit reminds us that there are times when its ok to not be ok, it provides advice and guidance on ways to start feeling better, when and how to get support if needed and how to support someone you may be worried about. In Liverpool they have a dedicated Reach Out campaign for anyone facing crisis or concerned about someone else.
Please distribute these toolkits with your services and groups, and ask them to share with their contacts.
The Kind to your Mind messages, resources and toolkit can all be downloaded here, you will need to use the password 6Mg87KegTd7u. These resources are for all Liverpool organisations and partners to use, with resources in English and translated into other languages. You can also download their new user guide to enable your organisation to be part of and help promote this campaign.
Hate Crime Reporting
Learn how to report a hate crime on the Merseyside Police website below.
Does it feel like the situation could get heated or violent very soon? Is someone in immediate danger? Do you need support right away? If so, please call 999 now.
Protective security schemes for Places of Worship
In response to recent public disorder, the Home Office has introduced a rapid protective security response for places of worship at risk of imminent violent disorder or in the immediate aftermath of such an incident.
The Community Foundation for Merseyside, in partnership with Sefton Council and Sefton CVS, has activated an urgent fundraising appeal for all those affected by the recent knife attack in Southport.
Donations to the Southport Strong Together Appeal will help to provide support to those affected in a range of ways. They will be offered as charitable gifts to those who have lost loved ones, or sustained physical or psychological injuries, and also awarded as grants to local and regional charities providing vital support services to those affected.
Or you can text SOUTHPORT followed by your donation amount to 70085 to give that amount*
*Texts will cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message, and you’ll be opting into hearing more from us. If you’d like to donate but don’t wish to hear more from us, please text SOUTHPORTNOINFO instead.
Our House Community – Trustees
Are you passionate about making a difference in a Liverpool community? Do you have expertise in finance, safeguarding, HR, or IT? Our House Community is looking for dedicated and compassionate individuals who believe in what they do to join their Board of Trustees and help them continue to provide compassionate spaces where people can connect, get involved and find a sense of belonging.
Employer Bio
Our House Community is a vibrant charity based in Walton, Liverpool, dedicated to fostering connections and providing supportive environments especially for those who are isolated or vulnerable. Their main hub is a friendly and lively community centre in the heart of Walton where people can engage in activities ranging from yoga and fitness, arts and crafts to mental health courses and special interest classes.
They also run outreach projects and offer support to some of the most vulnerable women in our city who are involved in the sex industry and substance use with their Streetwise van, which provides night-time harm reduction mobile outreach and their Pearls Project which offers women groups and one to one practical, emotional and wellbeing support.
The Opportunity
They are seeking new Trustees to join their board, with a particular focus on recruiting people with experience in these areas:
Treasurer: A financial expert to oversee their financial management, budgeting, and sustainability
Safeguarding: An individual with experience in safeguarding to ensure the safety and well-being of our community members
HR experienced: Someone with experience in human resources
IT/Digital Specialist: A professional with IT expertise to help them enhance their IT and digital infrastructure to support their growing needs.
What We Offer
As a Trustee of Our House Community, you will have the opportunity to
Play a crucial role in supporting their staff team to shape the future of their charity
Work with a passionate and committed team
Gain experience and develop skills in charity governance.
Time Commitment
They ask for a minimum two-year commitment including quarterly board meetings, focussed committee work, and participation in trustee training and annual team and strategy days.
Trustee roles are voluntary, but reasonable out-of-pocket expenses will be reimbursed.
How to Apply
If you are interested in joining their team and helping them make a real difference, please get in touch! To apply or request more information, email them at info@ourhouse-walton.co.uk, visit our websiteor give them a call on 0151 5217722.
BHA For Equality – Community Engagement and Development Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Funded until June 2027. Term: Part time. Salary: SCP 12-22, £26,421.00 – £31,364.00 per annum pro rata, (Actual £10,568.40 -£12,545.60 per annum). Hours per week: 14 hours. Reporting to: Programme Lead. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
BHA is a leading health and social care charity that works to challenge health inequalities and support individuals, families & communities to improve their health & well-being.
Job Summary
BHA for Equality is looking for aCommunity Engagement and DevelopmentWorkerto join their sexual health team in Liverpool.
They are seeking a passionate, motivated, and committed individual to engage with racialised communities in Liverpool both online and in-person, to increase awareness and uptake of sexual health services including testing for HIV and STI’s. The role will primarily focus on engaging with women from marginalised communities.
Overview of the area of work:
Develop and deliver community engagement initiatives and sexual health promotion, with a focus on reaching and engaging women from marginalised groups
Raise awareness of sexual and reproductive health issues through digital and community-based engagement
Ensure people from all communities can access HIV testing and other prevention tools to ensure inclusivity
Provide culturally appropriate information and advice suitable and accessible for a wide range of communities with complex needs, aimed at improving knowledge, confidence and influencing behaviour.
Experience and Skills required
Experience in working with marginalised communities, particularly with women, and an understanding of inequalities facing Minority Ethnic communities is essential
Strong interpersonal skills are essential for the delivery of their work.
They welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. They particularly encourage applications from men from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities, and trans and non-binary people, as these groups are currently underrepresented in their team.
Contact Details: If you would like to discuss this role, please contact Elisabete Miranda (Programme Lead) atelisabete@thebha.org.ukto arrange an informal telephone discussion.
Funding opportunity from the Health Equity Group/Marmot Status
Please note that it is only an expression of interest (EOI) at this stage.
Deadline: Friday 6 September 2024.
Liverpool City Council looked through the EOI and it requires an elevator pitch & 500 word support information about the project you are seeking funding for. It also asks what role the local authority will play in the project.
If you would like to talk through potential bids with support from Liverpool City Council (LCC) please email healthequitynetwork@landg.com ASAP so they can set up a call.
In addition, please could you forward any bids to them so they can review and this will allow them to keep a record of bids made.
Background
An exciting grant fund established by Legal and General is looking to support proposals that help address the social determinants of health. The fund is open to an initial round of expressions of interest until the deadline (see above). The further information below provides more detail that will be useful to potential applicants – please do share as you see fit with networks and organisations that you think might benefit, as they are particularly keen to encourage projects that are aligned with Liverpool City Council’s priorities.
In partnership with Sir Michael Marmot and the UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE), Legal & General has launched a £3mn ‘Health Equity Fund’ to support community-based initiatives across the UK which are addressing the social determinants of health. The fund is open to receiving expressions of interest from organisations with projects or project ideas for implementation in any part of the UK.
Key highlights
The £3mn Fund will award grants to successful applicants to support place-based projects addressing the social determinants of health
Provision of grant funding of up to £75,000 per project
Potential to provide support for up to 150 place-based initiatives across the UK
Example projects that the Fund may support
Projects could range from funding for projects that enable children living in areas of deprivation to live healthier lives to community programmes which address the social determinants behind pressures on A&E services, ways to improve housing to support better health of the occupiers, or partnerships raising awareness of the contribution the natural environment makes to health and wellbeing.
Who can apply?
The opportunity is available for registered charities, social enterprises, NHS Trusts or primary care organisations, university or academic organisations and community groups from across the UK, to apply for grant funding to support initiatives or early-stage projects.
What is the process for organisations applying?
Connect with the Health Equity Network Interested organisations need to register interest in receiving more information about applying for the grant whilst gaining full access to a community of members who are taking action on health equity in the UK. See here to register and learn more about L&G Health Equity Fund.
Share initial interest and ideas for projects Once registered as a Health Equity Network Member, interested parties can submit expressions of interest.
Await an invitation to formally apply Expressions of interest will be reviewed by our advisory board and a selection of organisations will be invited to proceed to the formal application stage.
If you or organisations in your community have any questions or would like any further information regarding this opportunity, please contact healthequitynetwork@landg.com.
Compensation available for Merseyside residents, businesses and organisations affected by riots
Homeowners and businesses (including community organisations) affected by the riots earlier this year are being encouraged to seek compensation by the region’s Police and Crime Commissioner.
Emily Spurrell is encouraging all those who suffered losses or damage to their cars, homes, or shops to claim compensation from their insurance companies.
She is raising awareness that those caught in up the chaos who were not insured or who did not have adequate cover in place and whose insurance company won’t pay out, may also be entitled to claim for their losses under the Riot Compensation Scheme.
This includes the owners of buildings which suffered structural damage and tenants or occupiers which had stock or assets damaged or stolen or vehicles damaged in Southport, Liverpool city centre, and County Road.
Merseyside’s Police and Crime Commissioner Emily Spurrell said:
“Having spent time in some of the areas affected by the shameful scenes of violence and disorder, it was quite clear to see the scale of damage to properties and vehicles.
“I want to ensure everyone affected by these appalling incidents can recover as quickly as possible and critical to that is accessing the financial support to which you are entitled.
“That’s why I am encouraging people to submit claims to their insurance companies as quickly as possible.
“For those who are uninsured or have been refused compensation by their insurance claim, I would invite them to submit a claim through my website to see if they are eligible through the Riot Compensation Scheme.
“This scheme is in place to make sure all those impacted by the riots get the support they need, and I would urge people to apply now so they do not miss out.”
To qualify for compensation through this scheme, victims must be able to demonstrate that the damage or loss they have suffered was as a result of a riot.
To make a claim, you must report the crime to the police, if you have not already. You should be given a crime reference number.
Those with insurance, must claim via their insurer first.
Claims must be sent within 43 days after the riot. If you make an insurance claim first, you have 43 days to make your RCS claim from the date the insurer tells you that you are not fully covered.
You will need to show evidence of the losses for which you are claiming, such as receipts, bank statements, surveyor’s report and photographic evidence.
The Riot Compensation Scheme does not cover personal items, loss of trade or rent or personal injuries.
Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton – Activities Co-Ordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part Time. Salary: £11.44 per hour. Hours per week: 14 hours. Location: The Frances Suite, 1st Floor, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2JH.
Employer Bio
Established in 1928 by Eleanor Rathbone, their charity was the first older adult focused charity in the world. Since their conception, Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton’s (ACLS) mission has been to protect and promote the well-being of people over 50 years of age in their area. With nearly 100 years’ experience working with older adults in Liverpool & Sefton, they are experts in understanding the needs of their community and delivering impactful services.
Their services include: befriending and re-ablement, a Mental Health Support Service, friendship services, an Activity Programme operating from their activity room and at locations across the city, an information and advice service, a telephone, online and drop-in service for any query or concern raised by an older person, relative, neighbour, professional or other VCSE partner and The Hamlets, their 30-bedroom specialist nursing home for older adults with functional mental health needs.
Job Summary
You will be responsible for planning and providing activities for clients across their services. This will include:
arranging and delivering community activities at Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton’s activity room (The Frances Suite) and within communities throughout Liverpool and Sefton,
the sourcing of suitable venues,
producing a weekly events programme across the two areas and ensuring it is advertised appropriately.
YPAS – P/T Children and Young Persons Therapist – Spinning World Project
Posts available: 1. Term: Permanent. Salary: NJC/SCP 23-25 (£32,076 – £33,945 Pro Rata). Hours per week: 17.5 hours. Reporting to: Therapeutic Services Development Manager. Location: YPAS Community Hubs (Central, North, and South), and peripatetic delivery.
Employer Bio
YPAS is a Merseyside based charity which was established in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. They support children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Job Overview
Are you an accredited counsellor, social worker, mental health nurse, occupational therapist looking to increase skills and competencies working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)?
These new training posts will commence in January 2025 date TBC. The posts are part of the Children and Young People’s IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) initiative.
The declaration follows advice of an IHR Emergency Committee of independent experts who met on Wednesday 14 August 2024 to review data presented from the WHO and affected countries. The committee considered the upsurge of mpox to be a PHEIC, with potential to spread further across countries in Africa and possibly outside the continent.
The emergence last year and rapid spread of a new virus strain in DRC, clade 1b, is one of the main reasons for the declaration. Currently, there are no cases of Clade 1 mpox confirmed in the UK.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) welcomes the move from the WHO to release funding to accelerate vaccine access for lower-income countries and support surveillance, preparedness and response activities.
Dr Meera Chand, Deputy Director at UKHSA, said:
The risk to the UK population is currently considered low. However, planning is underway to prepare for any cases that we might see in the UK. This includes ensuring that clinicians are aware and able to recognise cases promptly, that rapid testing is available, and that protocols are developed for the safe clinical care of people who have the infection and the prevention of onward transmission.
Common symptoms of mpox include a skin rash or pus-filled lesions which can last 2 to 4 weeks. It also can cause fever, headaches, muscle aches, back pain, low energy and swollen lymph nodes.
The infection can be passed on through contact with someone who has the infection or with infected animals.
September 2024 | Voluntary Sector Training Courses
At LCVS, we are committed to helping organisations thrive, a key part of this support is providing a range of high quality, affordable training courses in subject areas that we feel are critical to the success of all charities, social enterprises and other forms of community groups.
2 September | Recruiting & Managing Volunteers
LCVS Training | Essential Skills Course
Recruiting volunteers is very different from recruiting paid staff. This workshop will assist you in identifying appropriate strategies to attract the right people to fill your volunteering roles, and to devise suitable recruitment and selection processes.
You will learn:
What motivates people to volunteer
What attracts potential volunteers to particular organisations
This course has been designed for those who are new to fundraising or have very little experience. You will learn the basics of putting together of putting together strong grant applications, and the course will include:
Applying for funding has never been so competitive, with funders receiving applications which far exceed their level of available resources. This course is designed to help you make the most impact with your funding application.
The course will cover:
Understanding different types of funding
Funding processes
Project planning
Common questions and how to make the best impact with your answers
Spaces are limited, so don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your organisation’s operations and fundraising capabilities. Together, we can create a brighter future for our communities.
How LCVS funding helped Builder Book UK launch their “most important project yet”
Builder Book UK offers free annual STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths) based creativity packs to children and their families. So far, they have delivered 40k packs across Merseyside, Flintshire and Lancashire.
Through art, storytelling and creativity, they aim to increase literacy, well-being, community action and encourage family time together. It was set up in 2020 by authors Jude Lennon and Natalie Reeves Billing DL.
For this year’s campaign, they received funding of almost £3000 from the LCVS Community Impact Fund. This was used towards the printing of 10k eco-friendly STEAM-based packs on sustainability called the Builder Book Planet Pack, which are currently being distributed across Liverpool.
Natalie Reeves Billing DL, one of the founders of Builder Book UK discusses the funding given by LCVS this year:
“It was absolutely essential. It came in right at the beginning of our fundraising activities and helped us to get the ball rolling, which is always the hardest part.”
Natalie goes on to discuss the general support given by LCVS over the years:
“LCVS has been a constant support to us with advice and resources over the years, and this year with financial support for our most important project yet,”
“The support is not just financial, but it also helps people to build greater knowledge and expand their networks.”
You can inquire about the interactive packs via their website (link below). However, please note that they only have a limited number of packs left this year. If you would like to order a pack, you must be able to receive it before the summer holidays, as it contains time-sensitive summer activities.
Builder Book UK is the creative arm of Split Perspectivz CIC.
Builder Book founders and supporters with Lord Lieutenant Mr Mark Blundell.
Contents of the the Builder Book Planet Pack.
Have Your Say | Liverpool City Centre Strategy Survey
Liverpool City Council is working with Nexus Planning to produce a Strategy for Liverpool City Centre. The strategy will be a key piece of evidence as part of the new Local Plan.
The Local Plan is a guide to the long-term strategic spatial development of the city, setting out strategic priorities and policies over the next 15 to 20 years. Its purpose is to develop a strong, ambitious and fit for purpose vision and recommend a policy approach which responds to changing dynamics, trends and challenges to feed into the new Local Plan for Liverpool.
They would like to understand about how you – the residents of Liverpool – value your city centre, and how it might be improved in the future to meet your needs.
The survey below therefore provides a series of questions asking about how frequently you visit the city centre, what you visit the city centre for, and what you do and don’t currently like about the city centre. They will then use your responses to help guide them through the preparation of the City Centre Strategy.
The survey should take you about 5-10 minutes to complete.
If you have any questions, please contact liverpoollocalplan@liverpool.gov.uk.
People’s Powerhouse – Operations Manager
Reporting to: Chair: Board of Directors, CIC
Responsible for: staff, budgets, performance
Location: Flexibility is key; you’ll spend time across the North; hybrid working is essential; you must be able to meet with the team on a weekly basis in Manchester or Liverpool as well as with CIC Directors as appropriate
Salary: In the region of £40,000 full time/ flexible hours
About People’s Powerhouse: People’s Powerhouse is dedicated to connecting communities across the North of England to generate people’s power. Their mission is to empower local communities, ensure equitable resource allocation, and foster inclusive growth. They are looking for a dedicated and detail-oriented Operations manager to join their dynamic team and support their mission.
The Role
Reporting to the Chair and Board of Directors of the CIC, this is pivotal to realising their ambitions for scale and impact, you’ll lead and be accountable for all delivery, the team, impact, budgets and relationships. This is a unique job role in the North – so they’re looking for someone special who loves what they’re all about and can take on this challenge with confidence.
Ultimately you will lead a small team and you will be involved in shaping the team as they move to hire additional roles this year. Tasks include but are not limited to:
Maintenance and growth of their reputation/legacy as a platform for social justice in the north; networking; nurturing; challenging.
Key representative of The People’s Powerhouse with all stakeholders, partners, collaborators, co-creators.
Growth of their base of committed organisations that help amplify their work, and theirs through their platforms.
Development of their platforms, such as an interactive website, events and engagement with a range of organisations.
Accountability for all external communications, media and PR
Delivery of the objectives of The People’s Powerhouse CIC including those set out in funding obligations
Income generation, key point of contact for their current and new funders, ensuring all commitments are met; attracting other forms of income such as sponsors; day to day management of the budget, management accounts, reporting to the Board and Chair
To lead, stimulate and ensure all activities they deliver align with their values and aims.
Develop a programme of high impact/profile on a pan northern footprint such as the introduction of local connectivity, and delivery of study visits across the North; more ways to convene people to deliberate, share, and learn; build a People’s Powerhouse ‘toolkit’ on how to stimulate local ‘listening’ events.
Support all running of the CIC Board, reports, impacts, budgets.
Impact reporting, development of their approach, annual report.
Collaborate, follow up with local organisations who offer to host ways of Listening to local people to gather soft intelligence
Produce plans, event documentation, reviews, feedback and improvements
Experience/Skills Required:
They are looking for people who are:
People oriented, socially minded, interested in social justice
Excellent at working with complexity, ambiguity, being responsive and creative enough to work with a fluid strategy
Experienced in how to build social movements, influencing the debate, great communication skills, ability to manage stakeholders, groups, interest groups and people at all levels
Committed to the North and likely has experience of public / voluntary / business / community / social enterprise or community business sectors
Confident in working in a fast moving, sometimes short notice planning and project management environment
Experience of forming and leading dynamic teams focussed on impact and delivery
This role will suit you if you:
Want an exciting pan Northern platform and to work across the North
Are happy being visible, proactive, positive; can engage people in-person, online, in groups and at large events; at all levels from grassroots to those with regional or national positions
Enjoys complexity, working across diverse agendas, passionate about social justice, equality and inclusivity
Has a passion for people, their lives, life chances and prosperity.
Wants to be in an environment that challenges the ‘norm’, can stimulate ideas as well as execute plans and support their wider Group to be effective.
Deadline: Friday 24 August 2024 at 5 PM.
Next Steps: Send a CV that helps draw out these points as well as a 2-page max covering letter to abbie@peoplespowerhouse.org.uk or email to arrange an informal chat
People’s Powerhouse is an equal opportunity employer. They celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
People’s Powerhouse – Media & Communications Co-ordinator
Location: Flexibility is key; you’ll spend time across the North; hybrid working is essential; you must be able to meet with the team on a weekly basis in Manchester or Liverpool as well as with CIC Directors as appropriate Position type: Freelance, part-time, flexible. Salary: In the region of £23,000 full time.
About People’s Powerhouse
People’s Powerhouse is dedicated to connecting communities across the North of England to generate people’s power. Their mission is to empower local communities, ensure equitable resource allocation, and foster inclusive growth. They are looking for a dedicated and detail-oriented Data Coordinator to join their dynamic team and support their mission.
The Role:
Join their growing team as the lead person on all thing’s social media, communications, website presence, twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. They need someone with a good portfolio of work ideally linked to growing social movements, to work with us to take all their platforms to the next level, make them all as effective as they can be, so they can work with more people and organisations, engage more people in their events and to join in with their wider work.
Tasks include but are not limited to:
Curate, schedule and co-ordinate engaging content that attracts new organisations to want to work with them, and appeals to local people who need their help but haven’t yet found them, whilst keeping platforms consistent in their look and feel.
Monitor and evaluate social media activity.
Research, draft and produce relevant and engaging copy in a style and tone that conveys The People’s Powerhouse brand, while being customer-focused and engaging.
Make good use of their website and links to their social media to bring people into their wider work, to help them generate new projects and income streams.
Support the team to development a new and interactive website.
Keep abreast of Northern current affairs and keep the team sighted on news/events relevant to their work.
Promote their activities with regional and national journalists.
Experience/Skills Required:
Skilled and innovative at using all forms of social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Canva, Instagram, etc
Experienced in writing engaging copy for the web and social media, from news and announcements to first person storytelling content.
Good at listening to and working with a small team
Interested in their work
Able to convey messages in a way that a wide range of people can understand.
Proficient IT skills including Microsoft Office Word, Outlook, Excel.
Trustworthy, able to work in a confidential way, respecting information shared is private
Able to demonstrate experience in the field of campaigning and disruptive movements?
Able to build and maintain positive relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
This role will suit you if you:
Want an exciting pan Northern platform and to work across
Are happy being visible, proactive, positive; can engage people in-person, online, in groups and at large events; at all levels from grass-roots to those with regional or national positions
Has a passion for people, their lives, life chances and prosperity.
Wants to be in an environment that challenges the ‘norm’, can stimulate ideas as well as execute plans and support their wider Group to be effective.
Deadline: Friday 24 August 2024 at 5 PM.
Next Steps: Send a CV that helps draw out these points as well as a 2 page max covering letter to Abbie@peoplespowerhouse.org.uk or email to arrange an informal chat
People’s Powerhouse is an equal opportunity employer. They celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Positive Futures – Youth Development Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £29,200. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, 181 Townsend Lane, Clubmoor, L13 9DY.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Overview
To develop and deliver centre & street-based activities for groups/individuals, school programmes and services that will be delivered in a specified area of the community to meet the personal and social development needs of young people in Liverpool.
Some duties will include
To plan, organise, and deliver effectively, a range of personal development programmes that improve outcomes for young people. This will include Crime and ASB, Informal Education, Mental Health, and Personal Development
To work at ‘grass roots’ level, on the streets, in parks and centres, on a significant number of evenings and weekends providing open & accessible activities to local children & young people
Develop relationships and work in partnership with Schools, Social Care Services, Targeted Support Services and Early Help etc.
To maintain accurate records for monitoring and reporting purposes including verbal and written information on progress, issues, futures plans and to maintain accurate supporting financial records.
Posts available: 3. Term: 12-months fixed term (permanent pending funding). Salary: Scale 6 SCP 20 (£30,296). Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: YIACS Development Manager. Location: YPAS Community Hubs (Central, North, and South), and peripatetic delivery.
Employer Bio
YPAS is a Merseyside based charity which was established in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. They support children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Job Overview
Are you an accredited counsellor, social worker, mental health nurse, occupational therapist looking to increase skills and competencies working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)?
These new training posts will commence in January 2025 date TBC. The posts are part of the Children and Young People’s IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) initiative.
YPAS – Trainee SFP Practitioner (Systemic Family Therapists)
Posts available: 2. Term: 12-months fixed term (permanent pending funding). Salary: NJC point 20 – £30,296. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: YIACS Development Manager. Location: YPAS Community Hubs (Central, North, and South), and peripatetic delivery.
Employer Bio
YPAS is a Merseyside based charity which was established in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. They support children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Job Overview
Are you an accredited counsellor, social worker, mental health nurse, occupational therapist looking to increase skills and competencies working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service(CAMHS)? If so, you will need to demonstrate existing knowledge and experience of working with emotional wellbeing and mental health, at least 2 years working with children and young people is essential.
These new training posts will commence in January 2025 date TBC. The posts are part of the Children and Young People’s IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) initiative.
YPAS – Trainee CYWPs (Children and Young People Wellbeing Practitioners)
Posts available: 14. Term: 12-months fixed term (permanent pending funding). Salary: NJC point 13 – £26,873. Hours per week: 35 hours. Location: University of Manchester 2 days a week, the remaining 3 will be based YPAS Community Hubs and peripatetic across Liverpool GPs.
Employer Bio
YPAS is a Merseyside based charity which was established in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. They support children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Job Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to gain a postgraduate certificate in evidence-based interventions as a trainee Children and Young People’s Wellbeing Practitioner (CYWP), validated by the University of Manchester. Go and join their dynamic team at the Young Person’s Advisory Service (YPAS).
These new training posts will commence in January 2025 date TBC. The posts are part of the Children and Young People’s IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) initiative.
Term: 12-months fixed term (permanent pending funding). Salary: NJC point 20 – £30,296. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: YIACS Development Manager. Location: YPAS Community Hubs (Central, North, and South), and peripatetic delivery.
Employer Bio
YPAS is a Merseyside based charity which was established in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. They support children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Job Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to gain postgraduate certificate in evidence-based psychotherapies for children and young people, validated by the University of Manchester.
Successful candidates will need to demonstrate existing knowledge and experience of working therapeutically with young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.
Experience of at least 2 years working with children and young people is essential.
These new training posts will commence in January 2025 date TBC. The posts are part of the Children and Young People’s IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) initiative.
Join the LCVS Team: Apply now for our Mental Health Care Lead or Navigator Roles
Do you want to be part of an organisation that provides support, advice and training for organisations across Liverpool? Are you passionate about strengthening communities, and about improving wellbeing? Do you want to be part of a movement that brings people, organisations and resources together? Then we would love to hear from you!
We currently have new exciting opportunities for two talented individuals to join the LCVS Team as our Mental Health Care Lead and Mental Health Care Navigator in a capacity that will allow them to impact the voluntary sector across this city.
The Mental Health Care Lead and Mental Health Care Navigator are brand-new roles and a unique opportunity to shape change via the Community Mental Health programme.
The Community Mental Health programme aims to strengthen personal resilience and reduce health inequalities. It provides support to people who have mental health issues to enable them to re-connect and be actively involved with their local community. The programme will focus on improving health, physical activity, education, housing and financial stability.
Salary: £32,000. Contract: Full Time (flexible hours considered). Term: Permanent. Location: Liverpool (hybrid).
Employer Bio
Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Service (LCVS) works to improve the wellbeing of individuals and develop stronger communities across the city. This organisation works in partnership with other organisations, agencies and individuals, bringing resources together to positively impact the third sector.
The Role
The Community Mental Health programme aims to strengthen personal resilience and reduce health inequalities. It provides support to people who have mental health issues to enable them to re-connect and be actively involved with their local community. The programme will focus on improving health, physical activity, education, housing and financial stability.
The Mental Health Care Lead is a brand-new role and a unique opportunity to shape support via the Community Mental Health programme. The main duties include:
Delivering the community mental health programme in line with contract requirements
Identifying the needs of service users and being accountable for delivering a high-quality service
Increasing levels of engagement with statutory and non-statutory agencies
Implementing and managing co-working strategies within the multi- disciplinary approach.
The Person
As the Mental Health Care Lead you will have ideally worked in a similar role and have a strong awareness and understanding of the charity sector and mental health services.
We are looking for someone who has the commitment to reduce health inequalities and is pro-active in finding creative solutions to community issues. You will have the skills to connect with external organisations and building partnerships. You should be able to listen, empathise with people and provide person centered support in a non-judgemental way. It would be desirable to have experience of line management and leadership.
Why LCVS?
LCVS adopt a flexible working environment. This hybrid role combines working in the local community, from the city centre office, which is a hub for Liverpool’s charity and voluntary activity, and the opportunity to work from home.
Apply here for your opportunity to join the friendly and supportive team at LCVS who are committed to an exceptional culture of equal opportunities, anti-discrimination and anti-oppressive policies and practice amongst employees, volunteers and service users.
To be considered for this role, you must hold a full driving licence and have access to your own transport.
To register your interest please send a copy of your CV to jobs@charityhorizons.co.uk.
For more information contact Jen, Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons:
Jen – 07341219640 / jen@charityhorizons.co.uk
Charlie – 07799521685 / charlie@charityhorizons.co.uk
Please note: If you would like to submit an application or express your interest in an alternative format, such as audio or video upload, please contact either Charlie or Leanne who will be happy to advise on this.
Please also be aware that Charity Horizons use anonymous recruitment methods when submitting shortlists for all our roles and we only work with organisations that are happy to engage with us in this way.
Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. They welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.
LCVS – Mental Health Care Navigator
Salary: £27,000. Contract: Full Time (flexible hours considered). Term: Permanent. Location: Liverpool (hybrid).
Employer Bio
Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Service (LCVS) works to improve the wellbeing of individuals and develop stronger communities across the city. This organisation works in partnership with other organisations, agencies and individuals, bringing resources together to positively impact the third sector.
The Role
The Community Mental Health programme aims to strengthen personal resilience and reduce health inequalities. It provides support to people who have mental health issues to enable them to re-connect and be actively involved with their local community. The programme will focus on improving health, physical activity, education, housing and financial stability.
The Mental Health Care Navigator is a brand-new role and a unique opportunity to shape change via the Community Mental Health programme. The main duties will include:
Connecting people to community groups for practical and emotional advice and support
Identifying, implementing and evaluating risk management plans, to ensure that everyone receives a high-quality service
Establishing an alliance of organisations to give a holistic approach to support
Raising awareness of working in partnership to reduce pressure on statutory services and improve health outcomes.
The Person
We are looking for an empathetic, open minded and committed person to provide a person-centred approach and support people with mental health issues. In this role you will require excellent listening and communication skills and be both resilient and able to work well under pressure. You must also be proactive and have the ability to develop key relationships with an array of organisations in the local community.
Experience of working in a similar role would be advantageous, however we are also keen to speak to candidates who have experience of supporting people with their mental health in a voluntary capacity.
Why LCVS?
LCVS adopt a flexible working environment. This hybrid role combines working in the local community, from the city centre office, which is a hub for Liverpool’s charity and voluntary activity, and the opportunity to work from home.
Apply here for your opportunity to join the friendly and supportive team at LCVS who are committed to an exceptional culture of equal opportunities, anti-discrimination and anti-oppressive policies and practice amongst employees, volunteers and service users.
To be considered for this role, you must hold a full driving licence and have access to your own transport.
To register your interest please send a copy of your CV to jobs@charityhorizons.co.uk.
For more information contact Jen, Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons:
Jen – 07341 219640 / jen@charityhorizons.co.uk
Charlie – 07799521685 / charlie@charityhorizons.co.uk
Please note: If you would like to submit an application or express your interest in an alternative format, such as audio or video upload, please contact either Charlie or Leanne who will be happy to advise on this.
Please also be aware that Charity Horizons use anonymous recruitment methods when submitting shortlists for all our roles and we only work with organisations that are happy to engage with us in this way.
Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. They welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.
Free Training for Organisations | Learn about Domestic Abuse in the Deaf Community
Would you like to learn more about Domestic Abuse (DA) in the Deaf Community?
SignHealth, the Deaf Health Charity are now offering free workshops for organisations.
Through the workshops you will learn:
the barriers and experiences of the deaf community engaging with professionals
how to support deaf people who are experiencing DA
About what SignHealth can offer as a service.
Interested? Grab an opportunity to arrange this FREE training for your team now.
They can deliver face to face or remotely for 2 hours as a one-off session if you can gather together a minimum of five participants.
To book or enquire more about this workshop, please email da.admin@signhealth.org.uk.
Utilising their strategic relationships with the Combined Authority and NHS Cheshire and Merseyside, they will work closely with their public sector partners to strive for cultural change in ways of working with and investing in the VCFSE sector. They are Beyond Innovation.
They will soon share ways to get involved in this journey on their website, and provide news updates, stories and research reports. They are also planning a series of engagement conversations with the VCFSE sector.
Join them on this exciting journey to go Beyond Innovation and emerge as a stronger, resilient and prosperous VCFSE sector in Liverpool City Region.
Share Your Experience | Cancer and Dementia Scoping Project
Are you living with, or supporting someone with diagnoses of cancer and dementia?
The End-of-Life Partnership (EOLP) have been commissioned by Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance to find out about the experiences of people who are living with a diagnosis of both dementia and cancer.
The aim of this work is to improve support for people who are living with these two conditions, and for those who provide care for them (this includes both family/informal carers and professionals).
They have two different opportunities available for people who are living with both diagnoses and/or informal carers who may wish to share their experiences with their team:
Firstly, for people who would like to tell us their story, they can set up a telephone or video call and run a short, semi-structured interview. (Themes from these interviews will be included within the project findings, but nothing will be shared that could be used to identify individuals)
They also have an opportunity for a person with lived experience of dual diagnosis to join the project steering group and help shape the work that the team are doing. For this role, they anticipate that meetings will take place online via MS teams, but can offer travel expenses should a volunteer prefer to meet in person.
For more information or to get involved, please email Catherine at: Catherine.Morgan-Jones@eolp.org.uk or call: 01270 310 260.
Statement from LCVS
We at Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) are deeply dismayed by the recent civil unrest that has affected our city. The violence and destruction witnessed over the weekend have left a profound impact on our community, particularly with the targeting of community buildings and businesses. Being described as the worst wave of far-right violence in the UK post-war, it is clear that these actions were racially motivated, which adds an additional layer of hurt and division.
Liverpool has a rich history of diversity and solidarity, and now, more than ever, we must come together to uphold these values. LCVS stands resolutely against any form of violence, discrimination, and hate.
We know that voluntary and community sector organisations will unite in the face of these challenges. Together, we can support each other and our communities to heal and rebuild. Let us use this moment to reinforce our commitment to inclusion, understanding, and peace.
LCVS is here to offer our help and support. If your organisation has been affected or if you need assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.
In solidarity,
LCVS
Liverpool Parenting Newsletter: July – September 2024
Liverpool’s Parent Network has produced the Summer edition of the Liverpool Parenting Newsletter with information on services available for you and your family across the city.
In this newsletter, parents/carers will find information on a number of events, activities, courses and support services.
This includes:
Starting school
Transitions for children and Moving Up
Survival tips for parents over the summer period
Activities taking place in the city during the summer for families
Relationship support
Supporting Infant mental health
Ante natal Support and new Antenatal courses
Parenting Programmes running across the city from September 2024
Information on Family Hubs and Children’s Centres
Staying Safe during Summer
Food banks, Queen of Greens Service and Citizen Advice
Domestic Abuse Support
Support for children with SEN Needs and their families
Kinship carer information and summer activities.
If you have any questions, please contact parenting@liverpool.gov.uk.
Merseyside Police | Key updates following major incident in Southport
Following the stakeholder meeting this weekend Merseyside Police have changed the format of this briefing to provide pertinent advice and guidance for stakeholders following the major incident on Hart Road, Southport, and subsequent disorder that has taken place.
Key updates at 7.55pm on Monday, 5 August 2024:
Disorder Investigation Team A large specialist team of investigators has been set up to identify those involved in the disorder that has taken place in Southport and Liverpool. They are trawling through hours of body worn camera and CCTV footage and they are doing everything within their power to get those people charged and put before the courts for remand and ultimately behind bars. In the coming days and weeks they will expect to see further arrests and charges and they are also intending to release photos of suspects to help identify them.
Arrests & Charges Following disorder in Southport and Liverpool in the last week 11 people have been charged with violent disorder – A specialist team has been put in place to investigate the disorder that has taken place on our streets. So far 37 people have been arrested and 11 people (ten adults and a 14-year-old male) have been charged and appeared at Liverpool Magistrates Court today. Seven adults have pleaded guilty and will be sentenced on 29 and 30 August. All 10 adults have been remanded in custody and the 14-year-old has been released on conditional bail.
Providing information in relation to disorder Currently they are asking partners who have any information or intelligence to submit it via the Merseyside Police website. On submission a reference number will be given. Unfortunately, there is no ability to upload photographs or documents on the website. So, if there are accompanying documents, the person providing the submission can upload the documents via email to COMMCEN@merseyside.police.uk using the reference number provided from the original website submission.
Hate Crime Merseyside Police has dedicated Hate Crime coordinators who lead teams of specially trained officers. The teams monitor, assess and investigate hate crimes across Merseyside, ensuring that victims are supported throughout the process, and they do all in their power to ensure that offenders are put before the courts. You can report hate crime directly to the police or via charities and organisations that provide specialist support services for victims of hate crime. More information on what is available can be found here. Always call 999 if a crime is in progress.
Merseyside Police Hate Crime Advice & Support
If you have information on any form of hate crime, you can contact the Merseyside Police social media desk via X @MerPolCC or Facebook ‘Merseyside Police Contact Centre’.
More information about reporting hate crime to the police or third-party reporting centres can be found here.
External Hate Crime support partner agencies
Victim Care Merseyside is a single point of contact for victims of crime living in Merseyside. The team of trained and knowledgeable staff are available to provide emotional and practical support tailored to your needs. To get in touch, freephone 0808 175 3080 weekdays 8 am – 6 pm or click here to visit their website.
For advice or support, you can speak to a member of the Anthony Walker Foundation Hate Crime Team. To get in touch, call 0151 237 3974 or email support@anthonywalkerfoundation.org.uk.
You can also call 101 or contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
If, for any reason, you do not wish to report a hate crime to the police, the independent charity Stop Hate UK runs a 24/7 confidential helpline for all victims of hate crime on 0800 138 1625 or on their website. You can also download the Stop Hate UK reporting app on Google Play, or the Apple App Store.
Did you know the Home Office provide protective security schemes for mosques that may be vulnerable to hate crime? These schemes aim to reduce hate crimes happening at places of worship so that people can feel safe to attend worship and practise their religion freely. You can apply for funding via the Home Office, click here to visit their page.
Engagement with premises that could be targeted by right wing groups – Throughout the last week specialist officers from their Designing Out Crime Unit have been working with vulnerable premises including local mosques, other places of worship and places that house those seeking asylum to target harden premises. Their local policing officers have also been providing visible reassurance and support.
Onward Community Fund | Now Open for Applications
Deadline: 15 August 2024.
Got a great idea for a community project, but need a little help to get it off the ground?
The Onward Community Fund aims to support local groups and projects.
Underpinned by their mission ‘To make a positive difference in the communities we serve’ groups can bid for up to £2,500 for their neighbourhood. Examples could include: IT training, youth projects or community events.
Projects should aim to address one or more of the following:
Work – supporting community-based employment, training, volunteering and enterprise opportunities
Food – supporting food resilience in communities during a challenging economic period
Wellbeing – improving wellbeing, particularly through access to and use of greenspace and youth engagement work
Digital – providing a digital skills and support offer.
Unlock your organisation’s potential with the 2024-25 LCVS Training Programme
Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) is excited to announce the launch of a transformative training programme designed for charities and not-for-profit organisations.
This programme offers numerous tailor-made courses that will empower trustees, staff and volunteers to maximise their impact, excel in fundraising and make sure their organisations are managed effectively.
This new programme also includes new online courses, designed to be flexible and affordable and designed to meet you where you are.
Elevate Your Organisation’s Impact
At LCVS, we understand the unique challenges that community groups face. Our new training programme is a testament to our commitment to support and elevate the not-for-profit sector. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting, our courses are tailored to provide valuable insights and practical strategies to help your organisation thrive.
Examples of courses on offer include:
Introduction to Fundraising Discover proven techniques and innovative strategies to boost your fundraising efforts and achieve your financial goals.
How to Write Good Funding Bids Learn the art of crafting compelling grant proposals that capture the attention of potential funders.
Social Media for Beginners Explore the latest digital tools and platforms to expand your reach and engage donors online.
Write a Good Project Plan for your Organisation Create a robust plan that aligns with your organisation’s mission, andhelps deliver success.
Roles & Responsibilities of Board Members/Trustees This leadership and governance training will enhance your leadership capabilities and help you learn best practices for effective board governance.
Recruiting & Managing Volunteers Attract, support, and retain dedicated volunteers who are passionate about your cause.
Measuring Your Impact Measure your organisation’s impact and use data to inform decision-making and demonstrate success, getting you that next grant to keep your project going. Stay sustainable and effective with accessible guidance and support.
Why Choose LCVS?
For over a century, LCVS has been at the heart of Liverpool’s charitable community, providing unwavering support to local organisations. Our expert trainers bring a wealth of experience and a deep understanding of the not-for-profit sector, ensuring you receive the highest quality training.
The LCVS fundraising support service has secured over £10m in grant funding for local organisations over the last 3 years alone. As a grant maker ourselves, we also distribute £4m a year to good causes so know what it takes to both make a good application and what a grant assessor looks for in an application.
We also provide casework support to over 200 local groups a year, covering everything from start-up, good governance, finance and payroll, impact measurement and project design.
By enrolling in our training programme, you’ll not only enhance your skills but also bring invaluable benefits to your organisation. Empower your team, increase your impact, and ensure the longevity of your mission with LCVS.
Spaces are limited, so don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your organisation’s operations and fundraising capabilities. Together, we can create a brighter future for our communities.
LCRCA | Digital Champions Training
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) is offering free face to face Digital Champion training to organisations across the city region.
The 3 hour sessions are aimed at staff or volunteers supporting others with low digital skills.
“Our Digital Champion training is designed to build your confidence, understanding and motivation of using digital tools more effectively and, to encourage you to pass that knowledge on to those who may need a bit of support online, whether they be family, friends, colleagues or customers.”
The Community Foundation for Merseyside, in partnership with Sefton Council and Sefton CVS, has activated an urgent fundraising appeal for all those affected by the recent knife attack in Southport.
The Southport Strong Together Appeal, which has already received its first donation of £50,000 from the Liverpool ONE Foundation, will help to meet the immediate and longer-term needs of those affected.
Donate
Donations to the Southport Strong Together Appeal will help to provide support to those affected in a range of ways. They will be offered as charitable gifts to those who have lost loved ones, or sustained physical or psychological injuries, and also awarded as grants to local and regional charities providing vital support services to those affected.
Or you can text SOUTHPORT followed by your donation amount to 70085 to give that amount*
*Texts will cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message, and you’ll be opting into hearing more from us. If you’d like to donate but don’t wish to hear more from us, please text SOUTHPORTNOINFO instead.
We can make a difference
Rae Brooke, CEO of Community Foundation for Merseyside, said:
“We cannot change the devastating events that have unfolded in our community, or reverse the grief and pain that so many will be feeling – but we can make a difference to those whose lives have been affected.
We are launching the Southport Strong Together Appeal to raise funds for the children and adults directly involved, their loved ones and the wider community.”
Heart-breaking events
Cllr Marion Atkinson, Leader of Sefton Council, said:
“It is clear that the public is looking for ways they can help those affected by the heart-breaking events that took place in Southport yesterday.
The Southport Strong Together Appeal is offering the public a trusted place to show that support. Their donations will ensure help can be offered to those affected as quickly as possible in a range of ways.”
Solidarity and support
Angela White, CEO of Sefton CVS, said:
“The Southport Strong Together Appeal offers a way for the local community and wider UK public to come together to signal their solidarity and support for those affected by yesterday’s attack. Donations will not only help to meet the immediate needs of those impacted, but will ensure we can put vital services in place for longer-term care, such as mental health support.”
YPAS – Trainee Parenting Practitioner
Posts available: 4. Contract: 12-months fixed-term (Permanent pending funding). Term: Full-Time. Salary: NJC point 20 – £30,296. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Senior Strategy and Operations Manager. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
YPAS is a Merseyside based Charity, Established in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. They support children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Job Overview
Paid to Train Opportunity – You will work alongside our dynamic Wellbeing Team and Therapy Teams. Their teams are a multi-disciplinary team of Therapists, Youth Workers, Social Workers, Parenting Practitioners and Children and Young People Wellbeing Practitioners (CYWP).
Why Join YPAS?
Be part of a passionate team dedicated to making a positive impact on children and young people’s lives.
Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
A supportive and collaborative work environment and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing and have an aptitude to undertake a postgraduate/graduate study programme.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Finance Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time, part-time and job shares considered. Salary: PO2 £37,336 – £40,221. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: CEO. Location: Hybrid working at office based in Vauxhall, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre provides access to justice on a range of social welfare issues. Established in 1973, they support sick and disabled people, those affected by the cut to Universal Credit including people working in the gig economy and on a zero hours contract. They are an inclusive and non-discriminatory organisation. They work with and advocate for members of the community that face injustice, irrespective of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, disability or immigration status. They take a strong stance against all forms of bigotry and work to challenge prejudice and injustice wherever they find it.
Job Summary
The Finance Officer will play a crucial role in ensuring the financial health and stability of the Law Centre. You will be responsible for managing financial records, preparing financial reports, and assisting with budgeting and auditing processes. Your work will support the Law Centre’s operations and fundraising, helping them to deliver essential legal services to the community.
Deadline for Stage 1 Applications: 5 PM on Friday 30 August 2024.
The GSK IMPACT Awards is an annual programme, funded by GSK as part of the company’s commitment to promote health and wellbeing in communities.
The awards have been running since 1997, and are managed in partnership with The King’s Fund, a leading independent health charity working to improve health and care. The GSK IMPACT Awards recognise and reward charities that are doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing.
This is open to registered charities that are at least three years old, working in a health-related field in the UK, with a total annual income between £150,000 and £3 million.
Key Information
Up to ten winners will receive £40,000, with one overall winner receiving an additional £10,000
Up to five runners-up will receive £4,000
The awards are designed to recognise success and achievements for existing work – you do not need to present a new project
Award winners will also be offered:
training and development valued at an average of £13,500 per organisation
support with press and publicity
a range of resources to help promote their work, such as short films and photography
pro bono offers from GSK including 12 months of legal support.
Natural Breaks from Liverpool shortlisted for Community Organisation: Disability Award in 2024 National Diversity Awards
Natural Breaks from Liverpool has been shortlisted for the Community Organisation: Disability Award in this year’s National Diversity Awards in association with HSBC UK. It’s a huge achievement to reach this stage as from over 90,000 nominees, 125 finalists in 10 categories have been named in recognition of their dedication to advancing equality, diversity and inclusion.
Natural Breaks has been shortlisted for their 32 years of consistent “above and beyond” delivery of person centred, high quality support to adults with learning and physical disabilities, autism and acquired brain injuries with the people they support being at the heart of it all.
Winners will be announced on October 4, 2024 at the prestigious 13th National Diversity Awards in the stunning Liverpool Anglican Cathedral.
A highlight in the diversity calendar, the National Diversity Awards unite UK citizens irrespective of race, faith, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability and culture. Hailed as the ‘Golden Globes’ of the diversity world, this year’s event will be hosted for the second year running by world-renowned broadcaster, author, presenter and journalist Clare Balding, CBE who, in her life and through her work, champions diversity, inclusion and equity.
“I’m honoured and delighted to return as host for these uplifting and inspiring awards. It’s so important to recognise individuals, organisations and charities going above and beyond to unite their communities, making them stronger, safer and happier,” says Clare Balding, CBE.
“The National Diversity Awards celebrate all that’s good and powerful in an inclusive society and bring much deserved attention to community heroes whose hard work and achievements might otherwise go unnoticed.”
Nominees were put forward for one of these categories:
Positive Role Model: Age / Disability / Gender / LGBT / Race, Faith or Religion
Community Organisation: Age / Disability / Gender / LGBT / Race, Faith or Religion / Multi-Strand
Lifetime Achiever
Celebrity of the Year
Entrepreneur of Excellence
Diverse Company of the Year
The finalists in the Community Organisation: Disability category are:
neurodiversikey®, Happy Smiles Training CIC, InclusAbility, 53Two, Level Best Enterprises, Natural Breaks Ltd, The Autistic Community of Cornwall CIC and The Nerve of My Multiple Sclerosis CIC.
“Natural Breaks are absolutely delighted and honoured to have been nominated and shortlisted for the Community Organisation: Disability category at the National Diversity Awards”, says Diane Hesketh, CEO of Natural Breaks.
“This category is extra meaningful to us and is an opportunity to celebrate our workforce for the work they do each and every day to enable people we support to live fulfilling lives of their choice within our local communities. We are thrilled to be part of such an incredible evening with so many inspiring organisations and individuals. Above all else, we’re looking forward to spending the awards evening together and being in a room with like-minded individuals, celebrating the work everybody has achieved”
“These Awards honour the unsung heroes transforming lives and perceptions through their unwavering commitment,” says Paul Sesay, CEO of Inclusive Companies, and founder of the National Diversity Awards.
“They also serve to inspire the next generation of diversity advocates to be courageous, take a stand and make a meaningful impact in their communities.”
Join Merseyside Polonia for group meetups & activities this summer
At Merseyside Polonia, they’ve been working very hard to create a calendar of activities that foster physical activity, lifelong learning, social connections, and the exploration of the beautiful parks and historical places in our region.
Their activities are free of charge and open to all members of the local community.
Whether you’re looking to get active, learn something new, or simply meet new friends, there’s something for everyone. Mark your calendars and join them for an engaging and enriching month!
Join them for a refreshing walk through local parks and scenic areas. It’s a great opportunity to enjoy nature, stay active, explore famous spots in Liverpool and meet new people. They discover a different park/green spaces every week.
Classes for beginners who want to learn English language in informal, friendly and supportive atmosphere.The lessons take place in our office. Learners can self-refer (via email or Facebook page)
Cycling Group
Weekly / Every Saturday
11 AM – 2 PM
Join them for a leisurely bike ride through various routes around Liverpool. It’s a fantastic way to stay fit and enjoy the outdoors. There is no need to own a bike as they have access to free bikes. At the minute meet ups take place in Croxteth Park. This group is designed for those who want to grow in confidence in bike riding, want to meet new people and stay active. Their meeting point is at the field at the back of Croxteth Hall.
The meeting is open to all who would like to get involved with their activities from delivery perspective. Their organisation supports personal development and we strongly believe that volunteering is the perfect opportunity to learn and share your knowledge and skills.
This month’s book selection is Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, this will be discussed over coffee at their office. A perfect setting for book lovers who want to meet new people, share insights and recommendations.
Unleash your creativity! Participate in fun and engaging craft activities. Materials will be provided.
Women’s Circle (W Kręgu Kobiet)
22 August 2024 from 6 PM
Location: U Bercika 54-56 Stafford Street, L3 8LX
An evening for women to gather, share stories, and build a supportive community. Each meet up has a theme, this month they will discuss women’s health with presentation from a Polish speaking professional from local PCN.
Dive into the rich history and heritage of Poland and Polish community in the UK. Together they share stories, learn, and celebrate their cultural legacy. Part of this month’s meet up is to plan a trip outside of Liverpool to discover places of significance outside of Liverpool.
Help shape the future of hospital maternity and gynaecology care in Liverpool
Do you have experience of using hospital maternity or gynaecology services in Liverpool? Or are you a partner, family member or carer for someone who has?
The NHS is looking for people to take part in a ‘Lived Experience Panel’ to help support work to improve these services for the future, as part of the Women’s Hospital Services in Liverpool programme.
Background
In Liverpool, most hospital maternity and gynaecology services are provided from Liverpool Women’s Hospital, which means that they are separated from other hospital services for adults, including those based at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and Aintree University Hospital.
Because patients receiving maternity or gynaecology care might also require services provided at these other hospitals, this separation can create significant clinical risks. There is sometimes a need to transfer patients between different hospitals in Liverpool, often when they are at their most vulnerable. This situation can also create delays in care, and poorer patient experience.
The local NHS in committed to finding a long-term solution that will improve the quality and safety of hospital maternity and gynaecology services, giving patients the care they need and deserve, wherever they are being treated – and this Patient Lived Experience Panel will directly support this work.
What would joining the panel involve?
They’re looking for people who can commit up to half a day a month to take part in group discussions (either face-to-face or online) and share their experiences, views and opinions.
As a panel member, you’d help them to develop plans for getting people involved in this programme of work and provide some feedback on any public materials that they produce.
Membership of the panel is on a voluntary basis and short-term. Initially, the group will run from Autumn 2024 to early 2025, and it might continue a bit beyond this, depending on what happens with this programme of work.
Who can apply?
In order to be considered for inclusion on the Lived Experience Panel, you should:
Have lived experience of hospital gynaecology and/or maternity services in Liverpool (most of this care takes place at Liverpool Women’s Hospital, but you might also have been treated at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Aintree University Hospital, or the Royal Liverpool University Hospital). Your experience might be as a patient, or as a carer or family member of someone who is/was a patient.
Be able to volunteer some time to support the programme – up to half a day per month.
Be willing to take part in an initial online briefing and training session (lasting approximately two-hours).
Be willing to actively participate in Panel activities on an ongoing basis – by reviewing information and sharing your opinions and views on materials.
What are the benefits of taking part?
Being part of the Lived Experience Panel will be a chance to:
Help shape the future of hospital maternity and gynaecology services in Liverpool and improve patient care.
Help ensure that any public information they produce as part of this work is clear and easy to understand.
Gain volunteer experience in service design/co-creation, marketing and communications, public involvement within the NHS.
Expressions of interest
If you would like to express an interest in being a part of the Lived Experience Panel, please fill out this short Application Form.
If you have any questions or would like to learn a bit more about this opportunity before applying, they are happy to arrange a short informal chat with one of their team over the phone or online (via MS Teams)
Please get in touch by calling them on: 07775 411 651 or emailing: engagement@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk.
You can also get in touch with them if you’d like information in another format, or you want to submit an application to them in another way.
Maternity and gynaecology services are used by a wide range of different people, so they’re keen to hear from people from across the communities they serve – let them know if there’s something they can do to make it easier for you to take part.
How else can you be involved?
If you can’t commit to being part of this Lived Experience Panel but are interested in receiving further updates on other ways that you can be involved in this programme, please sign up for NHS Cheshire and Merseyside’s monthly update email here.
King’s Speech 2024 | What do charities need to know?
Last week the King delivered his first King’s Speech for the new Labour government.
It set out the draft laws (bills) the government plans to introduce over the parliamentary session, giving us a clearer idea of Labour’s priorities.
Among other things, the speech set out many measures that could impact charities and voluntary organisations.
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) has compiled a round-up of key announcements as well as what the speech missed out.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Help Through Hardship Telephone Adviser
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Salary: £25,300. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Service Delivery Manager. Location: Hybrid – Remote and Office based.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city.
They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Summary
Citizens Advice, in partnership with The Trussell Trust, have been running the Help through Hardship Helpline (formerly the Trussell Trust Foodbank helpline) for just over a year. The helpline has been highly successful in reaching those clients most in need. To date Citizens Advice has answered nearly 57,000 calls, helped feed over 70,000 people and recorded £13 million in expected financial gains for clients.
The Helpline is now being extended to local Citizens Advice offices and they’re looking for new advisers to join their team in Liverpool who will provide information and advice on the issues clients are facing, and help them access foodbank vouchers.
The successful candidate will provide generalist advice in a wide range of enquiry areas such as benefits, housing and employment. You will provide telephone advice within the working hours of the service and work with the on-site supervisor to support a team of volunteers.
You will have excellent communication skills, be confident, motivated and willing to try new things. They’re not looking for the finished article, if you have the right attitude then they can help to develop your skills.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Public Contact Details:recruitment@caliverpool.org.uk.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – PALS Welfare Benefits Caseworker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Salary: £25,408 – £27,030. Starting salary will depend on knowledge and experience and level of training required. Hours per week: 28 hours. Reporting to: PALS Welfare Benefits Co-ordinator. Location: Hybrid – Remote and Office based.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city.
They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Summary
Citizens Advice Liverpool is working in partnership with Citizens Advice Sefton to deliver specialist welfare benefits advice and tribunal representation to clients in the Liverpool area as part their very successful PALS Project which is funded by a local charitable trust and is in its 11th year of operation.
The Welfare Benefits Caseworker is responsible for delivering a comprehensive Welfare Benefits Advisory Service to individuals and families in need. The caseworker will provide support and guidance to clients in understanding and accessing welfare benefits, ensuring they receive the appropriate financial assistance and support, including support with welfare benefits benefit checks, claims, mandatory reconsiderations, appeals and tribunal representation. The role requires a thorough understanding of welfare benefits regulations and policies, excellent communication and advocacy skills, and a strong commitment to improving the well-being of individuals and communities.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Public Contact Details: recruitment@caliverpool.org.uk.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Liverpool Access to Advice Network Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term until 31 December 2025. Salary: £31,200 FTE ( £24,960 Actual). Hours per week: 28 hours. Reporting to: Head of Partnerships and Innovations. Location: Hybrid – Remote and Office based.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city.
They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Summary
Join them as the Network Coordinator for the Liverpool Access to Advice Network (LATAN) and be at the forefront of transforming access to legal advice and support in Liverpool!
As the Network Coordinator, you will play a crucial role in driving greater buy-in and commitment to LATAN, ensuring its sustainability and growth. This dynamic role involves securing funding, growing robust collaborations with community organisations, and building strong relationships with key stakeholders to support and elevate the network.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Sanctuary Family Support – Health & Wellbeing Advisor
Sanctuary MultiCare Project
Salary: £10.400 per annum. Hours: Part Time / 16 Hours worked over – Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri. Responsible to: Chair of the Management Committee.
Job Purpose
To support family members to take proactive steps to improve the management of their physical & mental health.
Main Tasks & Responsibilities
To manage a caseload of family members affected by substance misuse based on weekly/fortnightly contacts; empowering them to make healthier life choices; developing care plans and connecting people to activities and services that meet practical, social and emotional needs that affect their health & wellbeing
To deliver a series of workshops including Health & Wellbeing, Stigma and Drug Awareness
To ensure that the services provided are planned, reviewed and evaluated in conjunction with the service users and are of the highest quality and meet the standards of Sanctuary Family Support
To work in partnership with families and other agencies
To be aware of and comply with all Sanctuary Family Support’s policies and procedures
To be aware of and comply with any training, meetings etc. as required by the Chair of the Management Committee or your line manager
To maintain accurate up-to-date records, and ensure records are kept securely
To report as required to the identified line manager regarding your job performance
To be computer literate and able to record your own case notes and statistics
To contribute to the maintenance and enhancement of the reputation of Sanctuary Family support
An understanding of and a personal commitment to the Ethos and Values of Sanctuary Family Support
An effective use of appropriate Microsoft Applications.
Person Specification
Essential Requirements
An understanding of the issues facing drug users and their families
Good word-processing/keyboard skills
Good communication skills, both written and verbal
Good organisational skills
Commitment to Personal Development
Good time-management skills
Tact and sensitivity
Ability to relate well to a wide range of people
Good telephone manner
Flexibility
Commitment to equal opportunity
Commitment to client confidentiality
The ability to maintain expert knowledge of local services and provision
Qualification in Health & Social Care or a relevant Care qualification.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Equivalent of approximately 2 – 4 days per month throughout the year (see below). Reporting to: Board of Trustees. Location: Norton Street, The Brain Charity, Liverpool, L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
The Brain Charity is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee, dedicated to supporting individuals with neurological conditions and their families friends and carers through the provision of information and advice, emotional support services and activities, including through a specialist Neuro Gym on site.
The charity also campaigns for change and champions neurodiversity, in particular through improving workplace neurodiversity. Governed by a Board of Trustees, the charity is committed to excellence and leverages the expertise and skills of its Trustees to ensure it remains at the forefront of its field.
Based in Liverpool, The Brain Charity operates locally in the Liverpool City Region but has a significant national impact through its online outreach and support services
Job Summary
The Chair will provide inclusive leadership to the Board of Trustees, holding the Board, of which they are part, as well as the Chief Executive and the Executive Team, accountable for the charity’s mission and vision.
The Chair will support and challenge the Chief Executive as appropriate, leading the Board to operate as a cohesive unit in close collaboration with the Chief Executive and the Executive Team to achieve agreed objectives.
They will also serve as an ambassador and public face of the Charity alongside the Chief Executive.
Join the Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance People Panel
The Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance (CMCA) People Panel includes non-cancer experience members of the public who volunteer their time to read draft patient information, answer surveys and review documentation produced by the Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance and the wider system.
As a member of the CMCA People Panel you would be sent copies of patient information, such as leaflets and letters, to help them ensure that they are clear and easy to understand before they are published.
You may also be asked to take part in workshops or be involved in projects to provide a non-cancer patient voice.
Why does the Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance need a People Panel?
There are members of the public who attend screening appointments and/or are referred on an urgent basis, however, they do not receive a cancer diagnosis. Therefore, they need to consult non-cancer experience people as this will help to ensure that written information is as accessible as possible to the diverse population served within the local community.
If you are interested in becoming a part of the People Panel:
Email ccf-tr.hipe@nhs.net
Or visit their Get Involved page and complete the Expression of Interest form.
GSK Community Health Programme | Now Open for Applications
Deadline: 5 PM on Monday 12 August 2024.
The GSK Community Health programme is funded by GSK and managed in partnership with The King’s Fund.
The GSK Community Health programme will support aspirational leaders who want to develop their organisations to tackle health inequalities.
The programme is designed to run alongside the GSK IMPACT Awards and support the next generation of award winners. They know from their long history with the GSK IMPACT Awards that the combination of funding and leadership support can make a real difference and help a charity realise its ambitions.
This programme is open to registered charities that are at least a year old, located and working in the UK with a total annual income between £20,000 and £150,000.
Up to 15 charities will receive up to £10,000, plus access to training and development valued at £3,500.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part time. Salary: £3,212.28pa / £16 per hour including holiday pay. Hours per week: 7.5 hours per week (30 weeks term time only). Reporting to: Youth Missional Worker, Rector of St Matthew and St James (known as Mossley Hill Church). Location: Based out of Mossley Hill Church and working in Greenbank Halls of Residence, Mossley Hill, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Mossley Hill Church is a busy, warm, welcoming and growing church. They actively offer and support different traditions in their services, they regularly welcome 300 people into their church every Sunday, and many others use their facilities during the week.
They are journeying towards signing up to become an Inclusive Church. They are also actively taking steps towards achieving net-zero carbon emissions, and advancing their Eco Church credentials. They have a multi-functional church space and superb Hilltop Centre facility for both church and community use. Their Student Support Work is one of these missional priorities which the successful applicant will help develop.
Job Summary
They are looking for a passionate Student Pastor who can be part of an exciting project which seeks to support the students within the Mossley Hill Parish. The role will be one day a week during university term time and is to support and engage specifically with the university students at Liverpool Greenbank Halls.
You will work with the leadership team at Mossley Hill Church to implement and develop the strong mission and discipleship strategy for this student engagement work. Working with volunteers and other people will be central to that task. The successful candidate will also be part of the Anglican University Chaplaincy Team at the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University.
Due to the nature and the context of this role, and as Mossley Hill Church is a faith-based organisation and place of Christian worship, there is an occupational requirement for the role holder to be a Christian in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1 S.3
Contact Details:If you would like an informal chat about the role and an opportunity to visit Mossley Hill Church, they would really welcome that. Please contact Rev. Rachel Archer by email to arrange: RevRach.Mossleyhill@outlook.com.
Salvation Army Homes – Homelessness Support Worker
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £26557.20 per annum plus benefits. Hours per week: 37.50 hours. Reporting to: Service Manager. Location: Mildmay House, 6 Blackburne Place, Liverpool, L8 7PQ.
Employer Bio
A registered social landlord and one of the leading providers of supported housing in the UK, Salvation Army Homes is dedicated to transforming lives by providing accommodation and support for some of the most vulnerable members of society – mainly people with complex needs and/or experiencing homelessness.
Job Summary
The Support Worker will provide a structured, personalised resettlement service to every service user at Mildmay House.
They will also:
Seek to support service users who have experienced homelessness to move into their own homes in a planned and supported way
Offer advice, training, information and one-to-one/group support to help service users through this process.
In return for helping to transform lives, they’ll give you access to some great benefits.
These include: £100 when you start work, plus £250 at 6 months’ service and another £250 at 12 months’ service, plus:
26 days annual leave rising to 31 days
An extra day off on your birthday
A High Street discount scheme (great savings both on and off-line)
Pension with life assurance
Discounted private medical insurance Loans available for financial emergencies
Occupational Sick Pay
A full Induction package and training relevant to the role
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £23,400 per annum plus benefits. Hours per week: 37.50 hours. Reporting to: Service Manager. Location: Mildmay House, 6 Blackburne Place, Liverpool, L8 7PQ.
Employer Bio
A registered social landlord and one of the leading providers of supported housing in the UK, Salvation Army Homes is dedicated to transforming lives by providing accommodation and support for some of the most vulnerable members of society – mainly people with complex needs and/or experiencing homelessness.
Job Summary
This is an excellent opportunity for a Maintenance Worker to help make sure that their residential building, furniture and equipment is kept in good condition principally through planned maintenance and day to day repairs, including cleaning, decoration and plumbing.
In return for helping to transform lives, they’ll give you access to some great benefits.
These include: £100 when you start work, plus £250 at 6 months’ service and another £250 at 12 months’ service, plus:
26 days annual leave rising to 31 days
An extra day off on your birthday
A High Street discount scheme (great savings both on and off-line)
Pension with life assurance
Discounted private medical insurance Loans available for financial emergencies
Occupational Sick Pay
A full Induction package and training relevant to the role
As the Oasis Centre for Young People is closing, they are hoping to clear the property by the end of the month, due to this, they are giving away a range of office furniture and equipment.
This includes:
40 stackable chairs
Whiteboards
Filing cabinets
Indoor bowls mat
Tables.
Items will be available to view and take starting on the week commencing 22 July 2024.
This will take place at Coronation Road, Ellesmere Port, CH44 9AA, Wirral.
To arrange a viewing or for more information, please contact Peter Bibby at peterbibby66@hotmail.com.
Arts Emergency – Community Events Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £30,500 per annum, pro rata. Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Head of Community. Location: The role can be home or office-based, or hybrid. Given the nature of the role they would expect the Community Events Officer to be based in or near one of the three areas where they currently work: London, Manchester or Merseyside.
Employer Bio
Arts Emergency, a mentoring organisation and support network aiming to address the inequalities in the creative and cultural sectors.
Job Summary
The Arts Emergency Community programme provides a wide-ranging offer that supports young people to broaden their experiences of creative careers and cultural organisations, build connections with each other and with the industry, grow in their confidence to advocate for themselves and others, and successfully navigate their pathways into the creative and cultural sector.
This is an exciting new role that will be responsible for planning and delivering a programme of events (in-person and online) that bring together members of Arts Emergency’s Young Community across networking, skills development and community-building opportunities.
Community Champions Grant 2024 – 2027 | Now Open for Applications
Deadline: 12 noon on Friday 2 August 2024.
Liverpool City Council are looking to award grants of up to £30,000 to ten third sector organisations in Liverpool. The aim of the programme is to offer community leadership to influence and increase engagement in health and wellbeing services and activities.
Amount of funding available
There is a total estimated budget of £300,000 per year, from September 2024 to August 2027. Ten organisations will be awarded up to £30,000 each year depending on successful performance and monitoring.
Priority outcomes
Outcomes will be based on four priorities:
Vaccination uptake, including Covid-19, Flu and childhood immunisations
HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) Programme for Summer 2024
The Summer HAF programme starts on the 22 July 2024 and there are lots of great activities happening over the school holidays. Children and young people, from reception to age 16, who are eligible for benefits related free school meals, will be able to access hundreds of activities throughout the summer holidays including specific provision available for children with SEND or additional needs, at no cost.
There’s a great range of activities across the city including zorbing, garden fun, bubble football, nerf wars, mindfulness, swimming, football, music, dance, cycling, gymnastics, theatre tech, cooking, discos, podcasting, arts and crafts, drama, basketball, trips out and nature walks! A meal will be provided for every child attending.
They have now introduced a new central booking system to make it easier for you to find and book activities.
Liverpool City Council is working with Mersey Play Action Council, the local schools, voluntary and community organisations, and childcare providers to deliver the Summer HAF programme. This programme is funded by the Department for Education.
If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk. Click here to find out how to register.
YPAS is a Merseyside based charity, Established in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. They support children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Job Overview
YPAS is seeking a friendly, organised, and efficient Receptionist/Administration Assistant to join their team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of their administrative functions, providing a warm and welcoming atmosphere for children, young people, and their families.
Why Join YPAS?
Be part of a passionate team dedicated to making a positive impact on children and young people’s lives
Opportunities for professional development and career growth
A supportive and collaborative work environment and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing and have an aptitude to undertake a postgraduate/graduate study programme.
The Brain Charity – Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £27,985 per annum, £16,790 pro rata. Hours per week: 22.5 hours. Reporting to: Head of People. Location: The Brain Charity – L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer conditions.
Job Summary
The Brain Charity is continuing to grow year-on-year, and it’s an incredibly exciting time to be part of the organisation. They are pleased to say they are seeking an individual with a strong background in EDI who will provide a high quality, people focused service in accordance with their values, whilst embedding and championing a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion across all aspects and levels of their organisation.
You will utilise your expertise in this area to develop and implement policies, procedures and initiatives that further contribute to their mission and ensure their charity continues to foster a welcoming, inclusive and equitable environment for all. As a vital part of their dynamic team, you’ll work closely with their staff, volunteers, service users and key stakeholders to promote best practice and improve service delivery and community engagement in response to the needs and preferences of their diverse community.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £30,500 per annum, pro rata. Hours per week: 24.5 hours. Reporting to: Mentoring Manager. Location: Merseyside.
Employer Bio
Arts Emergency, a mentoring organisation and support network aiming to address the inequalities in the creative and cultural sectors.
Job Summary
Arts Emergency has been supporting young people through its mentoring programme since 2011. During this time, they’ve seen a huge community of mentors from across the UK’s creative industries come together to support nearly 2,000 underrepresented young people to pursue higher education, creativity and careers.
As the Merseyside Mentoring Officer, you will work to recruit, match and support mentoring pairs across Merseyside. This is a busy, fun, and super rewarding role where you’ll get to work independently while being supported by the Mentoring Manager, your Mentoring team colleagues, and the wider Arts Emergency team around the country.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Debt Advice Caseworker
Posts available: 1 Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: LA Payscale 5/6 £26,421 – £31,364 +7% Pension Contribution. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: CEO. Location: Hybrid working at office based in Vauxhall, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre provides access to justice on a range of social welfare issues. Established in 1973, they support sick and disabled people, those affected by the cut to Universal Credit including people working in the gig economy and on a zero hours contract. They are an inclusive and non-discriminatory organisation. They work with and advocate for members of the community that face injustice, irrespective of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, disability or immigration status. They take a strong stance against all forms of bigotry and work to challenge prejudice and injustice wherever they find it.
Job Summary
To assist in providing an efficient and effective debt advice service providing support and practical advice primarily in relation to debt. You will work as part of a team to ensure that clients are receiving the best support available to help them with any matters that arise out of debt and related matters.
You will be responsible for setting up the service and be required to provide advice through various service delivery points, including outreach locations working with public service partners such as the NHS.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Welfare Rights and Advice Caseworker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: LA Payscale 5/6 £26,421 – £31,364 +7% Pension Contribution. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: CEO. Location: Outreach based across the Liverpool City Region.
Employer Bio
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre provides access to justice on a range of social welfare issues. Established in 1973, they support sick and disabled people, those affected by the cut to Universal Credit including people working in the gig economy and on a zero hours contract. They are an inclusive and non-discriminatory organisation. They work with and advocate for members of the community that face injustice, irrespective of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, disability or immigration status. They take a strong stance against all forms of bigotry and work to challenge prejudice and injustice wherever they find it.
Job Summary
To assist in providing an efficient and effective advice service, you will provide support and practical advice on welfare benefits, housing and debt. You will work as part of a team to ensure that their clients are receiving the best support available to help them.
You will be required to provide advice through various service delivery points, this post has a specific focus on providing advice at outreach locations across the city region, therefore you will be expected to provide advice at multiple locations throughout the week whilst liaising with outreach partners and community groups.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £25,000 pa. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Rachel Archer, Rector of St Matthew and St James (known as Mossley Hill Church). Location: Based out of Mossley Hill Church and working in three local high schools.
Employer Bio
Mossley Hill Church is a busy, warm, welcoming and growing church. They actively offer and support different traditions in their services, they regularly welcome 300 people into their church every Sunday, and many others use their facilities during the week.
The worship tradition is a variety from traditional organ and choir to contemporary music group. They have several very gifted and able musicians helping to grow this area of their ministry. They see this as a likely area to further involve their young people.
They are journeying towards signing up to become an Inclusive Church. They are also actively taking steps towards achieving net-zero carbon emissions, and advancing their Eco Church credentials. They have a multi-functional church space and superb Hilltop Centre facility for both church and community use. Their Youth Work is one of these missional priorities which the successful applicant will help develop.
Job Summary
The successful applicant will oversee Mossley Hill Church Youth work, and connect with young people both through community activities in and around the parish and also through the Liverpool Next Generation (LNG) Youth and Schools project.
The role will be 2 days a week in three local high schools working with a well-established team and 3 days a week including Sundays, overseeing the youth program at Mossley Hill Church.
This role seeks to grow the emerging youth ministry, helping young people find their home in church community.
Contact Details: If you would like an informal chat about the role and an opportunity to visit Mossley Hill Church, they would really welcome that. Please contact Rev. Rachel Archer by email to arrange: RevRach.Mossleyhill@outlook.com.
Merseyside Charity Mentors | Business and Charities Skills Share
The CVS’s across Merseyside in Halton and St Helen’s, Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton and Wirral are again working together with Professional Liverpool to promote business to charity mentorship. Through this programme, a VCFSE organisation or staff team member can be matched with a mentor from the professional and business community in the Liverpool City Region.
How it works
As a VCFSE organisation you may be looking to build skills and expertise in your team; gain new insights, look to innovate, make contacts and continue professional development and leadership potential.
OR
As an organisation, you are working on an existing idea, planning a new project or wanting to think creatively, or differently about a challenge or opportunity.
Through Professional Liverpool, we have expert mentors from leading businesses and institutions who are volunteering their time to be matched with VCFSE organisations brokered through the CVS in the boroughs of Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helen’s and Halton.
Merseyside Charity Mentors has previously matched two cohorts of people and organisations from the VCSE sector with professionals and businesses from the Liverpool City Region with excellent shared outcomes. We are now looking for 10 more organisations across Merseyside, who would be interested in a business mentoring opportunity. Some of the specific areas of mentoring support available are in marketing, financial planning, change management, business development and project management, though not exclusively.
How do I express an interest?
We are keen that applicants have a clear project idea, are prepared to commit time to work with a charity mentor as they are to you.
They will then be in touch with you to discuss your mentorship proposal. If you have any further queries and to lodge your expression of interest please contact the email above.
Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 5 PM on Monday 22 July 2024.
Liverpool Waterfront Plan Consultation Events & Survey
Following on from the successful workshops at the beginning of June, Liverpool City Council are delighted to invite you to attend their second round of engagement on the Liverpool Waterfront Plan. The Design Team (West 8, BDP, WSP and ekosgen) have been collating input and feedback from the initial workshops, and using this to inform and shape the ‘Vision’ and ‘Design Strategies’ of the plan. They’d like to share progress so far with you, check whether they’re going in the right direction, and discuss how to strengthen these plans.
Stakeholder Workshop 4: Project Progress
On Tuesday 16 July 2024 from 2 to 5 PM they will be hosting a Stakeholder Workshop in the Cunard Building to share and discuss project process. Please note that due to the capacity of the venue, attendance at this event is by invitation only, and limited to 50 spaces.
Additionally, they will be holding public drop-in sessions on Wednesday 17 July 2024.
These Drop-In Sessions will cover the same material as the Stakeholder Workshop 4 but in a different format, so if you are unavailable for the Workshop they hope you will be able to attend one of these events.
The Drop-In Sessions will be from 1 to 4 PM on Wednesday 17 July 2024 at the following venues:
North Liverpool – Café @ The Rotunda, 107-115 Great Mersey Street, Kirkdale, L5 2PL
Central Liverpool – The Winter Gardens (outside RIBA) – 21 Mann Island, L3 1BP
South Liverpool – The Otterspool Adventure Cafe, Otterspool Promenade, 37 Otterspool Dr, Aigburth, L17 5AL
Or
The Public PresentationEventwill be from 6 to 8 PM on Wednesday 17 July 2024
Venue – The Large Ballroom, Town Hall, High St, Liverpool L2 3SW.
They will also launch an online survey which will go live on 16 July 2024. Please be aware this will be open for 4 weeks from the week commencing Monday 15 July 2024 – to record wider public feedback on emerging ideas.
Household Support Fund Allocation Survey – Support For Organisations In Liverpool
Deadline: Wednesday 31 July 2024.
Feeding Liverpool has been allocated a proportion of the Household Support Fund to support the food supplies of emergency food providers and community food spaces over the next few months. This is to enable these organisations to continue to support households experiencing food insecurity.
The primary purpose of this fund is for organisations to purchase food supplies to enable their existing activities to continue. The funding can only be spent on food stock. Recognising the increased pressures on organisations this winter in terms of their own energy bills, they are also able to offer eligible organisations a grant of £500 towards these costs.
To enable them to make a fair allocation of funds, during this survey you will be asked how many people you provided regular food support for during the week Monday 17 June – Sunday 23 June 2024. Please have this information on hand when completing the survey.
To receive a proportion of the Household Support Fund that can be spent on food supplies, emergency food providers and community food spaces must:
Fulfil all the criteria on the ‘eligibility criteria’ page of the survey
Complete the survey in full
Agree to provide monitoring data on how this resource has been spent
The full terms of any allocation of funding will be set out in a partnership agreement with Feeding Liverpool.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Contract runs until October 2025. Term: Full time. Salary: £34,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Director, Sara Lawton. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Thrive is coffee shop located in the Liverpool City Centre where support workers, social workers, youth workers etc. can meet the young people they work with in a safe and welcoming environment.
Young people attending Thrive can access laptops along with information about education and careers pathways.
Young people aged 18-24 can choose to become a Thrive member and attend Thrive as an alternative to their local Job Centre. They can also access their wraparound partner support, encouraging young people to live happier, safer lives.
Job Summary
They are currently looking to recruit a Partnerships Manager who can build strong, long-lasting relationships with employers and organisations who support young people, including statutory and non-statutory services who offer support and
advise.
The role will help create new partnerships and strengthen existing relationships with employers and partners who provide direct or indirect employment opportunities and support to our young people.
Contact Details: Please email Sara@rise-framework.com for a conversation about the role.
Liverpool Learning Partnership & School Improvement Liverpool – Bid Writer
Posts available: 1. Contract: 1 year fixed term in first instance. Term: Full Time. Salary: £28,770 – £33,024. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: CEO of Liverpool Learning Partnership and CEO of School Improvement Liverpool. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Liverpool Learning Partnership (LLP) is a registered charity supporting wellbeing of learners across Liverpool. They are largely schools focussed and have a small staff team who work on initiatives including reading for pleasure, a whole school approach to mental health, cultural education and transition. They are known for their flexibility in working with schools to address their needs.
School Improvement Liverpool (SIL) is a wholly owned company of Liverpool City Council. They aim to support our educational settings to enable every child and young person to develop, learn and achieve.
Job Summary
They are looking to appoint an experienced bid writer to work across the two organisations. The successful candidate will be employed by SIL and aim to work three days a week for SIL and two days a week for LLP. This is a one-year fixed term contract in the first instance. This is an opportunity to really shape the role and as such the contract term and pay band will be reviewed in year.
They are seeking a talented Bid Writer to join their dynamic joint venture, contributing to their shared mission of enabling our schools to attract new resources to support identified priorities. As a Bid Writer, you will play a crucial role in securing funding for their programmes and initiatives through effective proposal writing and grant applications.
Arts and Cultural Volunteers needed for Summer Art Exhibition
To celebrate its centenary in 2024, Liverpool Cathedral is thrilled to present an exciting and UK-first exhibition by the internationally acclaimed British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor.
One of the most innovative and influential artists of our time, Kapoor is renowned for his iconic works, such as Cloud Gate in Chicago and the Orbit Tower at the Olympic Stadium in London. This landmark exhibition, titled ‘Monadic Singularity’, marks the first time Kapoor has presented a solo exhibition in a UK Cathedral and brings his extraordinary art to the North-West for the first time in over 40 years since his show at the Walker Art Gallery in 1983.
Liverpool Cathedral is looking for Arts and Cultural Volunteers to help them with this summer art exhibition which will be held from Saturday 10 August to Sunday 15 September 2024.
‘Our Liverpool’ Grant Programme | Now Open for Applications
Deadline: Friday 2 August 2024.
The Our Liverpool Team are pleased to announce that their grant programme is now open.
They are offering a three-year grant to voluntary and community organisations who can help them make both the city and the council migrant-friendly, ensuring people seeking sanctuary in Liverpool can thrive from the day they arrive.
What are the funding priorities?
Applications must be made under one of their seven grant priority themes below.
Supporting the Needs of People Seeking Sanctuary
Economic Inclusion for All
Fair Access to Housing
Supporting People not Entitled to Public Funds
High Quality Education for All
A Healthy Liverpool for All
Communities Thriving Together.
How much can you apply for?
The total amount of funding available for the entire programme is £450,000 each year — that’s £1,350,000 over three years.
They want organisations to apply for three years of funding to develop long-term projects that will make a greater, more sustainable impact for people seeking asylum, refugees and vulnerable migrants.
The maximum amount of funding each organisation can apply for each year is £75,000, or £225,000 over three years. For example, if you make two applications under two funding priorities, they must not total more than £75,000 each year.
BHA for Equality – Community Engagement and Development Worker
Hours: 14 hours per week worked flexibly. Salary: SCP 12-22, £26,421.00 – £31,364.00 per annum pro rata, (Actual £10,568.40 -£12,545.60 per annum). Contract: Contract funded until 30 June 2027. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
BHA is a leading health and social care charity that works to challenge health inequalities and support individuals, families & communities to improve their health & well-being. We are seeking a passionate, motivated, and committed individual to engage with racialised communities in Liverpool both online and in-person, to increase awareness and uptake of sexual health services including testing for HIV and STI’s. The role will primarily focus on engaging with women from marginalised communities.
Job Details
BHA for Equality is looking for Community Engagement and Development Worker, to join our sexual health team in Liverpool.
Overview of the area of work:
Develop and deliver community engagement initiatives and sexual health promotion, with a focus on reaching and engaging women from marginalised groups
Raise awareness of sexual and reproductive health issues through digital and community-based engagement
Ensure people from all communities can access HIV testing and other prevention tools to ensure inclusivity
Provide culturally appropriate information and advice suitable and accessible for a wide range of communities with complex needs, aimed at improving knowledge, confidence and influencing behaviour.
Deadline: Midnight on 17 July 2024 (Please note late applications will not be accepted).
Interviews: 12 August 2024.
Contact Details: recruitment@thebha.org.uk.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Housing & Social Welfare Solicitor
Posts available: 1. Term: Full-time, part-time and job shares considered. Salary: SO2 £37,336 – £40,221. Hours per week: Up to 35 hours. Reporting to: Housing Supervising Solicitor. Location: Hybrid working at office based in Vauxhall, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre provides access to justice on a range of social welfare issues. Established in 1973, they support sick and disabled people, those affected by the cut to Universal Credit including people working in the gig economy and on a zero hours contract. They are an inclusive and non-discriminatory organisation. They work with and advocate for members of the community that face injustice, irrespective of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, disability or immigration status. They take a strong stance against all forms of bigotry and work to challenge prejudice and injustice wherever they find it.
Job Details
The postholder will support Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre advice service, particularly in respect of Housing and related matters to enable Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre to deliver a high-quality community-based advice service.
What matters to them is finding someone who is passionate about this area of law and ready to work with their supervising solicitor and wider Law Centre family to grow the department, secure a Legal Aid contract and to campaign on the issues impacting their clients.
Contact Details: recruitment@vauxhalllawcentre.org.uk or 0151 360 7777.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – General Adviser
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £25,408 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Advice Service Supervisor. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Details
Citizens Advice Liverpool’s General Advice Team covers a range of different projects, giving advice over the phone, virtually, face-to-face or in outreach locations. The post holder will need to be self-motivated, organised and flexible, delivering generalist level advice and information.
The role involves advising on all areas of general advice, assisting with the completion of paper and digital forms and making referrals to internal or external services. The post holder will need to be digitally aware and be able to record all client contact and outcomes as well as make referrals electronically.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
The Brain Charity – Occupational Therapist for The Brain Changer Arts Project
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £35 an hour. Hours per week: 2 hours. Reporting to: Children & Young Person’s Project Co-ordinator. Location: The Brain Charity, other locations in Liverpool – schools, children’s centres, medical and community settings.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever. There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer conditions. The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Summary
Through the receipt of funding from The Masonic Charitable Trust, the Brain Changer Arts Project utilises the skills of an artist/art therapist to work alongside an occupational therapist and a professional dance instructor to work alongside a physiotherapist to improve the lives of children and young people with neurological conditions.
The Brain Charity will deliver regular art/craft-based sessions and dance sessions in which the movement, routines and exercises are based on wide-ranging occupational therapy and physiotherapy techniques designed specifically to improve mobility, hand and arm skills and confidence in the children and young people taking part. These classes will be delivered in two separate workshops with one of the workshops delivering occupational therapy through art and the other delivering physiotherapy through dance. The sessions usually run for 12-week blocks in schools, children’s centres and other medical and community settings across the city.
All Saints Children’s Ventures Ltd – Finance Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £18,327. Hours per week: 25 hours. Reporting to: Manager. Location: All Saints with St Frideswyde Church Hall, Forefield Lane, Crosby.
Employer Bio
They are a small childcare charity providing childcare and early years education in a nursery setting and in breakfast and after school clubs in a school setting in Crosby. They aim to provide quality childcare at a reasonable charge with strong links to their local community and fair employment terms.
Job Summary
Their Finance Officer maintains the day-to-day financial records of the charity reporting directly to the manager. Duties include invoicing parents, recording income and expenditure in the Sage accounting system and childcare session data in the Parenta nursery management system. Information from these systems is provided to the manager and treasurer.
Administrative assistance is provided to the manager including with purchases and admissions. This is an opportunity to be a key part of a small team in a child-centred setting delivering a professional standard of service to the local community.
To read the full job description and to apply, please email recruitforventures@gmail.com for an application pack.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £26,468.28 per annum. Hours per week: 15 hours. Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer. Location: Based at their Head Office in Liverpool, with the possibility of some home-working, by mutual agreement.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings.
Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Job Summary
This is a unique opportunity to join a dedicated Senior Leadership Team, to share Imagine Independence’s values and mission and contribute to a charity that is making a real impact.
As an experienced financial professional, you will ensure Imagine Independence’s finance department provides accurate, timely and efficient financial support, enabling operational colleagues to deliver outstanding services.
They are expecting that you will be ambitious, have sharp intellect and commercial awareness and strong values aligned to the values lived out across Imagine Independence. You will be a person who ‘gets things done’, being prepared to roll up your sleeves and actively engage in achievement of their vision.
Positions available: 2 posts. Contract: 2 temporary fixed-term (6 month) posts (with the possibility for further extension, or being made permanent). Term: Full Time. Salary: £24,500. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Kim Mason. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings.
Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Job Summary
As a Business Support Officer, you will be part of a team responsible for delivering high-quality business support services across the organisation.
Your role will encompass handling internal and external communications, providing basic IT support, managing IT equipment inventory, and maintaining the organisation’s equipment asset register. You will manage their purchasing system and other digital management systems, as well as supporting with document control and archiving. Meticulous record-keeping is a key aspect of this role.
Key responsibilities:
Front of House: Providing a friendly, welcoming, and professional office support and reception service, handling electronic communications, including responding to email and telephone inquiries
Purchasing: Maintaining a well-organised purchasing system that ensures value for money
IT Support Co-ordination: Liaising with their IT support provider to ensure issues with the organisation’s ICT assets are reported and resolved in a timely manner
ICT Asset Management: Supporting with stock management of the organisation’s ICT assets
Document Control: Supporting with document control and archiving & retention systems.
Contact Details: You can call Chelsea Gee on 0151 709 2366 option 4 or email recruitment@imagineindependence.org.uk.
The Arnold Clark Community Fund
Deadline: Rolling.
The Arnold Clark Community Fund helps registered UK charities and community groups close to Arnold Clark branches build stronger communities across the UK. As part of their commitment to give back to the communities in which they operate, they believe that by caring for these communities today, they can help them create a better future.
In March 2021, they launched their first ever Community Fund to provide financial help to community groups and charities that had been significantly affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Following on from this success, they established a Winter Edition of the fund, focusing on charities and community groups who help with poverty relief, food and toy banks, and housing and accommodation.
Liverpool to trial free bereavement advice service
Liverpool has been chosen to help launch a service for people who have lost a loved one, to find best the support for them.
Arranging a funeral for a loved one can be upsetting and stressful. Now a free advice service, which helps to support those going through a bereavement can be accessed by phone and online.
FuneralExperts.com is backed by Liverpool City Council and Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Liverpool is to be the first city in the country to trial the service that gives relatives the time and space they need to choose the funeral directors they want to speak with, based on funeral type, location, and cost, before making a final choice.
Positions available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £30,000. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Head of Operations. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Standing Tall is a not-for-profit that matches people experiencing homelessness with stable jobs and safe homes. They know their model works because 80% of the people they help are still off the streets and in the same job one year later!
Last November they won Social Enterprise UK’s ‘One to Watch’ award. This year, they’re growing their operations into Liverpool, Leeds, and Bristol to add to their existing operations in Birmingham, Manchester, and London.
Job Summary
What you’ll be expected to do:
Assess and support people for 12 months who have been through homelessness, placing them in stable jobs and safe homes
Build partnerships with businesses willing to work with Standing Tall to employ people who have been through homelessness
Recruit, train, and support Standing Tall’s Amici Hosts to provide safe homes for people who have been through homelessness
Having responsibility for Standing Tall’s operations and activities in Liverpool.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Energy Advice Caseworker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary – 6 months. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £25,300 trainee. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Project Lead. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Details
The Energy Advice Programme provides:
advice appointments to fuel poor and vulnerable consumers who are struggling to pay their bills or require better deals on energy
those who need guidance on the most appropriate payment methods or information on how to access help from energy suppliers and the Government
information about Smart Meters
information about protecting yourself from Carbon Monoxide.
The successful candidate will provide a generalist and energy casework service in a wide range of enquiry areas such as benefits, housing and employment. NVQ level 3 training will be provided and costs covered by CAL.
You will have excellent communication skills, be confident, motivated and willing to try new things. They’re not looking for the finished article, if you have the right attitude then we can help to develop your skills.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Money Advice Caseworker
Posts available: 3 (2 x qualified [1 x perm + 1 x fixed term 6 months] 1 x trainee fixed term 6 months). Contract: Permanent and fixed term 6 months. Term: Ongoing. Salary: £25,300 (Trainee) – £28,111 FTE. Hours per week: 35 hours. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool (CAL) is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers.
They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Details
To excel against targets in the provision of an effective supported Money Advice debt casework service that is compliant against quality standards including the MaPS quality of advice framework; ensuring that clients receive their full entitlement to all benefits, receive appropriate financial capability support and experience a positive customer experience from Citizens Advice Liverpool.
To be successful in this role, you will need to be confident, motivated and willing to try new things, have excellent communication skills with an ability to work under pressure to achieve targets and outcomes with minimum supervision.
To be appointed as a Money Advice Caseworker, you will need to have knowledge and experience of complex debt casework, covering priority and non-priority debt advice, options and insolvency solutions.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Community food spaces enable people to have access to groceries and household items at an affordable cost, which can be especially helpful to those who may be struggling financially.
Feeding Liverpool have created a new Community Food Spaces Video to help highlight the support offered at such organisations and draw attention to their place within the community. The video mentions the positives of attending a community food space, supplying information about how they operate and their ability to cater to individual needs. The video also gives prominence to the wider support that community food spaces offer and their capability to contribute to the local community. Many organisations enable people to meet others in the area, save money on their bills, volunteer their time and tackle food waste.
Huntington’s Disease Association – Community Fundraising Co-ordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £30,239. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Head of Fundraising. Location: Hybrid (minimum three days in Central office, Liverpool).
Employer Bio
The Huntington’s Disease Association provides specialist support to people affected by Huntington’s disease across England and Wales. The charity was founded in 1971 after a family who had been given a diagnosis of Huntington’s put a letter in the local paper asking if anyone knew of any other families in a similar situation. It began as a self-help group with 76 members and was known initially as the Association to Combat Huntington’s Chorea, later becoming the Huntington’s Disease Association.
They raise awareness of Huntington’s disease and offer practical advice and support, training to health and social care professionals and fund research into the disease. They want a better life for anyone affected by Huntington’s disease.
Job Summary
They are looking for a highly motivated, proactive and creative Community Fundraising Co-ordinator to develop and manage their community fundraising across England and Wales.
As Community Fundraising Co-ordinator for the Huntington’s Disease Association, you will help deliver their strategic plans and objectives by generating and growing income through community fundraising activities. You will support their existing supporters and community fundraising portfolio as well as proactively expanding their reach with community-based groups, organisations, and volunteers, to ensure maximum financial return for the charity. Through the development of community fundraising products, you will engage with their supporters in new and exciting ways.
This is an essential role in a small, national organisation supporting people affected by Huntington’s disease. This is an income-generating role, but it is also about connecting with their supporters and creating long-term relationships for the future. This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to develop community fundraising at a national charity. You will help the charity to increase supporter numbers, encourage long-term support and provide memorable stewardship for supporters.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Advice Service Supervisor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Salary: £29,214. Hours per week: 1 x role for 35 hours. Reporting to: Advice Service Coordinator. Location: Various locations around Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Details
The aim of Advice Service Supervisor is to maintain a consistent quality of advice and help for clients by providing support, guidance and feedback on a day to day basis.
There are 3 main areas:
ensuring quality – actively supporting the quality of advice by guiding the team to information sources, checking that all aspects of a client’s situation have been considered, checking that follow up work is progressed, and that research and campaigns issues are identified
providing support – actively supporting each team member to develop their skills and competences, by explaining, guiding, demonstrating, encouraging, suggesting, coaching, giving constructive feedback
challenging appropriately – adapting the level of support to individual competence and need, and taking account of the team as a whole
managing the practicalities – overseeing and managing all practical issues relating to the session – allocating the team to face-to-face work or other communication methods, checking waiting times or interview lengths, and if necessary, dealing with client or Citizens Advice emergencies.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Salary: £12.28 per hour. Hours: Part time, 16 hours worked over 4 days – Monday – Friday. Responsible to: Chair of the Management Committee. Job Purpose: To provide a range of support services to the service users, of Sanctuary Family Support.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
To manage a caseload of substance misusers and their families based on weekly/fortnightly contacts
To ensure that the services provided are of the highest quality and meet the standards of Sanctuary Family Support
To work in partnership with families and other agencies
To ensure that services are planned, reviewed and evaluated in conjunction with the service user/s
To be aware of and comply with all Sanctuary Family Support’s policies and procedures
To be aware of and comply with any training, meetings etc. as required by the Chair of the Management Committee or your line manager
To maintain accurate up-to-date records, and ensure records are kept securely
To report as required to the identified line manager regarding your job performance
To be computer literate and able to record your own case notes and statistics
To contribute to the maintenance and enhancement of the reputation of Sanctuary Family support
An understanding of and a personal commitment to the Ethos and Values of Sanctuary Family Support
An effective use of appropriate Microsoft Applications.
Person Specification
Essential Requirements
An understanding of the issues facing drug users and their families
Good word-processing/keyboard skills
Good communication skills, both written and verbal
Good organisational skills
Commitment to Personal Development
Good time-management skills
Tact and sensitivity
Ability to relate well to a wide range of people
Good telephone manner
Flexibility
Commitment to equal opportunity
Commitment to client confidentiality
The ability to maintain expert knowledge of local services and provision.
Term: Full Time. Location: Hybrid working with main office at 151 Dale Street in Liverpool City Centre. Salary: £26,000 – £28,500 depending upon experience, 27 days holiday per year, plus excellent pension scheme.
About Health Equalities Group (HEG) and Food Active
Health Equalities Group (HEG) is a public health charity working to improve the wellbeing of communities across the UK. We’re an independent voice for preventative public health in the
North West and beyond. They believe everyone deserves to live a long, healthy and happy life. But right now, not everyone gets that opportunity. That’s why they work with local authorities,
charities, the NHS and central government to help improve the conditions that hold back so many of our communities.
HEG currently hosts Food Active, a healthier weight programme for North West England, and they deliver additional projects promoting healthier weight for a host of national and regional
organisations, including local authorities, NHS Trusts, Integrated Care Boards, Office for Health Improvement & Disparities, Cancer Alliances and third sector organisations.
Job Details
The role will involve liaison with a range of partners across local authorities and NHS organisations, but also the third sector and research institutions. They are seeking an enthusiastic project officer who has some experience of either public health or wider healthcare who has an ambition to develop a career in the field of preventative public health. The successful applicant will be responsible for supporting Food Active’s North West network and additional regional projects, working alongside Food Active’s project management team and wider staff within HEG. The candidate will need to have excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong organisational and time management skills, and some experience of being involved in supporting the administration of projects, preferably in a public health or healthcare environment.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £35,000 p.a. pro rata. Hours per week: 10 – 15 hours per week. Reporting to: Chief Executive. Location: Main office in Wallasey and potential partial home working/
Employer Bio
Energy Projects Plus is an environmental charity, employing an average of 30 staff (21 full-time equivalent), with a turnover of c£600,000 per year through a mix of grants and contracted services. They deliver a range of projects across Merseyside and Cheshire, aimed at reducing fuel poverty and carbon emissions.
Job Summary
The primary role of the Finance Manager is to oversee and manage the finances of Energy Projects Plus including providing high quality management information and support to the Chief Executive and Trustees to ensure the strong financial performance of the charity. You will also be responsible for the accurate production of monthly salary calculations, including HMRC payments, quarterly VAT calculations and returns to HMRC, production of annual accounts, and ensuring a fully compliant annual audit.
Calling all local organisations | Share Your Views about the Impact of the recent revival of the civic university idea on the local Voluntary Sector
John McWilliams, Director of Civic and Alumni Engagement at the University of Bristol, and also part-time postgraduate research student in Education, is undertaking a research project on the impact of the recent revival (from around 2019) of the civic university idea (whereby universities have pledged to work more for local benefit) on the voluntary sector.
John wants to interview (confidentially and anonymously) Community Anchor Organisations as well as Local Infrastructure Organisations in larger cities across England to explore their links with universities and whether/how the renewed civic university movement is impacting the voluntary sector.
Interviews will be confidential and anonymous, so specific institutions and organisations will not be identifiable.
The project hopes to offer insights into the civic university movement as a whole from this external perspective, indicating what is and is not working. This evidence will inform how the civic movement can develop in future for maximum benefit and impact for both Higher Education institutions and the cities in which they are based – including the voluntary sectors in those cities.
Youth Combined Authority | Your city region needs you!
The Youth Combined Authority (YCA) meets online in small groups to discuss key issues affecting the Liverpool City Region.
These are split into five areas:
Economical Development and Growth
Employment and Skills
Energy and the Environment
Culture
Transport.
The group empowers the voice of young people in the Liverpool City Region by giving the opportunity for them to feed their views back to policy leads at the Combined Authority, influencing decision-makers.
If you want to use your voice, why not consider joining?
They want to hear the opinions of young people from all backgrounds to represent the communities across our city region.
All you need is to be is aged between 13 and 18 (or 13 and 25 if you have special educational needs and or a disability) and live in the Liverpool City Region – that’s Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens or Wirral.
Call for Evidence | CSJ wants to hear from charities about the recent rise in mental health disorders
The CSJ (The Centre for Social Justice) is launching an inquiry into the drivers of the recent rise in mental health disorders.
They want to hear from charities, social enterprises and professionals from across the country, to find out what can be done to prevent the issue getting worse.
If you are interested in shaping their report, and sharing your thoughts, please answer their call for evidence.
Struggling with a mental health disorder is an obstacle too many people are facing today. 1 in 5 children and young people aged 8 to 25 have a probable mental disorder and CSJ analysis of the Understanding Society Survey found that 20 per cent of adults report having at least one diagnosed mental health condition.
At the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), they have recently embarked on a project delving into exactly what the data is telling them, what is driving the crisis and what they can do about it. In doing so, they aim to connect the experiences of people on the frontlines across the country with policy makers.
They are releasing a call for evidence to appeal to any professional working in and around mental health and wellbeing to inform their research. They want to canvass views across a range of stakeholders, including but not limited to health care professionals, academics, teachers, charity workers, statisticians, mental health advocates and campaigners, and those with lived experience.
Liverpool Carers Centre (Local Solutions) – Carers Development Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part time. Salary: £13,376.64. Hours per week: 20 hours. Reporting to: Operational Manager. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Liverpool Carers Centre was established by Local Solutions to deliver a range of services that improve the quality of life for carers in Liverpool. As well as undertaking carers assessments, the Carers Centre also offers a flexible support service that provides impartial advice & information. They can also signpost carers to specialist organizations depending on individual needs and circumstances.
Job Summary
As a member of Liverpool Carers Centre team, you will work with unpaid carers to support them to access practical and emotional support.
To support carers through the Carers Assessment process. This will be achieved in a variety of ways e.g., visiting carers in their own homes when appropriate or elsewhere to offer support. The role is based predominantly in the community with home visits being the primary method of contact.
Completing Carers Support Plans with carers using a person-centred approach.
Providing Carers with information as to the range of services available for carers and how to access them.
Completing and submitting carers support plans in a timely fashion to ensure departments KPIs are achieved.
Liaising with colleagues in statutory services.
You will be an energetic and solution focused worker who will support carers to access the most appropriate services to support them in their caring role.
Working throughout the city you will develop relationships that help and support unpaid carers while being a main enabler for holistic solutions.
Thrive kicks off Stronger Futures coaching programme pilot with LCVS Community Impact Fund support
Thrive aims to offer a safe space for vulnerable young people, including care leavers. They aim to support young people to have happy, fulfilling lives by reducing or removing their barriers to work and personal growth. They specialise in support such as exploring education options and securing meaningful work for young people.
Over the last three years, they are proud to have:
Worked with over 100 living wage employers to support young people into employment
Delivered over 500 interactive sessions for young people across the LCR
Supported one young care leaver into a fully funded, 3-year university education with wraparound funded housing support
Support one young man into a Civil Service apprenticeship specifically for care leavers.
They have built a strong connection with LCVS over the past year, engaging in LCVS Training as well as benefitting from the LCVS Community Impact Fund. The latter has allowed Thrive to pilot their Stronger Futures coaching programme.
Thrive’s Stronger Futures programme is a youth-led programme which will work with twelve vulnerable young people who are not in education, employment, or training and who have already identified that poor wellbeing and mental health is their key barrier to work. Their primary focus lies with significantly improving young people’s health and wellbeing but will focus on outcomes leading to securing education, employment and in the long term, income stability. To learn more, please click here.
Here’s what Hannah Lewis, Partnerships Manager from Thrive had to say about getting funding from the LCVS Community Impact Fund:
“As a team, they have been so supportive in breaking down funding guidance and offering support. They are always so responsive to queries and offer support in each step of the journey.”
When asked about if Thrive would recommend LCVS to the sector, here’s what Hannah had to say:
“Connect with LCVS, jump on the funding calls and briefings via Teams and continue to check their website. They are a connected team who champion opportunity for smaller organisations across the region – it’s definitely worth connecting with them!”
Posts available: 5. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Hours per week: 44 hours. Reporting to: Operations Manager.
Location:
St Basil’s Parish Centre in Widnes (Cheshire)
St Joseph’s Parish Centre in Kirkby (Liverpool)
St Paul’s Parish Centre in West Derby (Liverpool)
St Oswald’s Parish Centre, Padgate (Warrington)
St Ambrose Parish Centre in Speke (Liverpool)
Employer Bio
APCMC Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary company of the Archdiocese of Liverpool. It is a licensed trading company that provides parish centres across the geographical area of the Liverpool Archdiocese. The Board of Directors are supported in the management of the company by employees with expertise in financial and operational management, accounting and people management. The company consists of 35 parish centres ranging in size and refurbishment.
Job Summary
You will ensure the day-to-day operation of the parish centre by successfully managing cash, stock and staff members and by complying with licensing and statutory regulations, company policy and procedures. You will also promote the parish centre to attract new customers and provide a consistently good experience to all who visit and use the facilities to host family celebrations or church events.
You will work with the support of the operational team and directly with the Operations Manager and Area Manager who will instruct you in delivery of the Board of Director’s strategy and this will apply to you and the Parish Centre.
Study | Why people would/wouldn’t attend a Lung Health Check
MSc Health Psychology student Louise Martin from Liverpool John Moores University, is researching why people would/wouldn’t attend a Lung Health Check.
Within Liverpool, around 40% of people respond to their invitation to a Lung Health Check. Louise would like to understand your reasons for attending or not and things that could be changed to help more people attend a lung screening and detect any issues early.
You do not have to have attended a Lung Health Check to participate in this study, they just want to hear your thoughts.
So why should you volunteer to take part?
By allowing researchers to hear your views, understandings and experiences of the Lung Health Check programme, it could lead to possible changes in the service in Liverpool. It could help more people in your community attend lung screenings.
If you are interested, would like any further information or have questions, please do not hesitate to email Louise at L.D.Martin@2022.ljmu.ac.uk.
If you would be happy to participate, they can arrange a Teams video call that would be no longer than an hour to discuss this further.
Closing Date: 12 July 2024.
If you can please get in contact no later than the date above, this will allow for the data to be analysed and collated into a report before the deadline.
Liverpool Learning Partnership – EMHT (Education Mental Health Team) Data Lead/Information Analyst
Posts available: 1. Contract: 1 year fixed term. Term: Part time (0.5-0.6). Salary: NHS Band 6 (FTE £35,392-£42,618 pro rata). Hours per week: 17.5 – 21 hours. Reporting to: Senior Development Lead for Whole School Approach at LLP. Location: Liverpool Learning Partnership, New Lodge, Liverpool College, L18 8DD.
Employer Bio
Liverpool Learning Partnership (LLP) is a registered charity supporting wellbeing of learners across Liverpool. They are largely schools focussed and have a small staff team who work on initiatives including reading for pleasure, a whole school approach to mental health, cultural education and transition. They are known for their flexibility in working with schools to address their needs.
Job Summary
The purpose of the post is to act as a cross-partnership data lead for Liverpool Education Mental Health Teams (EMHTs).
Their Education Mental Health services work across all schools in Liverpool delivering interventions, workshops, guidance, and support. Some of this work is captured through the IAPTUS patient management system, and some is currently captured through several shared Excel documents.
The post-holder will work closely with the WSA Development Lead, to steer data development for the EMHTs and drive the development of data analysis – acting as the key liaison across the 4 main services that provide EMHT support to Liverpool schools. They will work with data teams across the services to develop a deep understanding of the existing capabilities and data requirements for EMHT programmes and will work creatively to enhance and improve these. They will also creatively analyse this data – presenting findings to key strategic leads, service leads and schools.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £25,307 – £29,634. Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week. Reporting to: Philanthropy Support Lead. Location: Mixture of in-office at Alder Hey Children’s Charity & home working (Hybrid).
Employer Bio
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children’s Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 450,000 patients and families they care for every year.
They have recently closed their Surgical Neonatal Appeal, having successfully raised their £3m target towards a brand new, state of the art Surgical Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the hospital. This year they will be fundraising towards a new Medicinema and Same Day Emergency Care Centre, providing an unrivalled experience for their patients and their families.
Job Summary
This is a new and exciting opportunity for a Philanthropy Assistant to join the Charity team here at Alder Hey, the UK’s busiest Children’s Hospital. The postholder will work closely with the Philanthropy Support Lead to provide operational support and administration for the team, including events, donor meetings and visits, prospect research, data and use of the charity CRM (Salesforce).
They’re looking for a flexible team player with previous administration experience. You’ll also be self-motivated, proactive and great at building relationships. If you’re excited by the sound of this, they’d love to hear from you!
Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton – Philanthropy Lead
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £15,288. Hours per week: 14 hours (2 days week). Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Established in 1928 by Eleanor Rathbone, their charity was the first older adult focused charity in the world. Since their conception, Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton’s (ACLS) mission has been to protect and promote the well-being of people over 50 years of age in their area. With nearly 100 years’ experience working with older adults in Liverpool & Sefton, they are experts in understanding the needs of their community and delivering impactful services.
Their services include: befriending and re-ablement, a Mental Health Support Service, friendship services delivered by volunteers, an Activity Programme operating from their activity room and at locations across the city, The Hamlets, their 30-bedroom specialist nursing home for older adults with functional mental health needs, a telephone, online and drop-in service for any query or concern raised by an older person, relative, neighbour, professional or other VCSE partner and a free referral service to LJMU Legal Clinic for clients seeking legal support.
Job Summary
As a local charity of 96 years’ service, they are proud of their history. They offer a diverse range of support for residents of Liverpool and Sefton over the age of 50. Whether that be from project work, companionship or in their nursing home, they approach it with the same level of enthusiasm and commitment.
They are now very excited to announce that they have a vacancy for a Philanthropy Lead and are looking for that special person who can help raise essential funds to support the organisation. If this sounds like a challenge for you – read on!
As Philanthropy Lead you will play an instrumental role in raising essential funds to support the organisation’s pioneering role supporting Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton maximising income by engaging, managing, and inspiring funders by writing compelling and persuasive narrative to secure income from Trusts, Foundations, Corporations and Statutory Bodies for Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton for key projects and any newly identified projects.
LGBTQ+ Support Worker (Refugees and People Seeking Asylum)
Senior Finance & Administration Officer
Sahir House is the Liverpool City Region’s largest and oldest continually operating LGBTQ+ charity – engaged in creating a brighter healthier future for our communities. Sahir has been supporting people living with HIV and our LGBTQ+ communities across Merseyside since the mid 1980s.
Join them and be part of a dynamic team dedicated to creating a fairer, healthier future for our communities.
They are thrilled to announce several new roles within their organisation. If you are passionate about making a difference and have the skills and dedication to contribute to their mission, they encourage you to apply.
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity who assist and support the voluntary, community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Job Summary
To lead the development and delivery of the Living Well Sefton service (LWS), its engagement with local communities and to be responsible for business and performance management.
Public Contact Details: recruitment@seftoncvs.org.uk.
UPDATED: Guidance for charity campaigning in a general election period
A general election has been called to take place on 4 July 2024, and many charities will see this as an opportunity to highlight the issues faced by their beneficiaries.
Charities can take part in political activity that supports their purpose and is in their best interests. However, charities must follow the law when doing so.
Outlined below is key guidance to help guide charities over the coming weeks from The Charity Commission.
Charity Law and Elections
As a trustee you are responsible for making sure your charity always follows the rules on political activity and campaigning. Extra care must be taken now a General Election has been called.
Charities can legitimately use social media to campaign, but there can be risks to doing so. Read their social media guidance for more information.
Electoral Law
Alongside charity law, electoral law may apply to your charity.
Electoral law requires charities to register as non-party campaigners if they spend over a certain amount on regulated campaign activities in the 12 months leading up to the next election.
Natural Breaks’ Have Your Say Group have been nominated for ‘The People’s Award’ at the 2024 Learning Disability & Autism Awards
Liverpool-based charity Natural Breaks are celebrating the news of their ‘Have Your Say Group’ being shortlisted as finalists at the 2024 Learning Disability & Autism Awards.
At the beginning of May 2024, Natural Breaks received the news about their shortlisting success. The recognition of their ‘Have Your Say Group’ is a testament to the charity’s commitment to support disabled adults to lead independent lives and have their voices heard.
Diane, CEO at Natural Breaks says:
“We could not be more delighted for our Have Your Say Group. They are integral to our organisation as a whole. Every attendee speaks on behalf of every person we support and voices any concern or suggestion.
With the Have Your Say Group, Natural Breaks are able to ensure that everything our organisation does lines up with the needs, wants and preferences of those we support
I could not be more pleased that our Have Your Say Group are being recognised for all their work and effort. Over the last 32 years, Natural Breaks have achieved so much and I could not be more proud. However, we will continue to learn, grow, provide the highest quality person centred support and enable people to have ordinary lives – just like you and me”.
Natural Breaks’ Have Your Say Group occur every two months and provide a platform for people they support to discuss the organisation as a whole alongside their support, recruitment, training, activities and co-production.
The ‘Have Your Say’ group enables people Natural Breaks support to voice their opinions, concerns, thoughts and ideas in a safe, supportive environment.
Jackie, who draws on support from Natural Breaks and is a member of the Have Your Say Group says:
“I think the ‘Have Your Say’ is really important and such a great thing for people to be given the chance to talk about things they like or don’t like.
I am so proud that we have been nominated for this award. It shows all of our hard work has paid off.
I really do love Natural Breaks. They help people live their lives and find their voice. I really hope we win on the night but even if we don’t, we’ll definitely have a party in Birmingham”.
The Learning Disability & Autism Awards 2024 ceremony will take place on 21 June 2024 in Birmingham.
Reminder | Shape the Future of Our Services & Enter to Win a Free Funding Search/Bid Review
Here at LCVS, we regularly check in with the sector to make sure we deliver services that meet the needs of those we support. We are also looking at a range of potential new services, including new IT support services, and we need to know what you think.
With that in mind, we are keen to hear from you about what support your organisation needs and how we should deliver it.
We are offering a free funding search or a funding application review to one randomly chosen organisation that completes this survey, so don’t hesitate!
If you’d like to speak to someone about this survey, please contact info@lcvs.org.uk or call the Capacity Building team on (0151) 227 5177.
Deadline: 5 PM on Friday 14 June 2024.
UPDATED: Youth and Community Grant 2024 – 2029 | Now Open for Applications
Deadline: Sunday 30 June 2024.
Today marks the launch of Liverpool City Council’s (LCC) Youth and Community Grant 2024 – 2029.
LCC are seeking to award unrestricted fundingfor up to five years to Liverpool-based voluntary, charity, faith, and social enterprise (VCFSE) partnerships and organisations.
There is a total estimated budget of £1.6 million per year, over 5 years. £950,000 per year is ringfenced to support organisations and partnerships that provide at least some youth and/or play provision that meets the following definition:
Mary Seacole House, Granby Community Mental Health Group – Culturally Appropriate Independent Mental Health Advocate (CAIMHA)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £21,840 – £24,620 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reports to: Advocacy and Training Manager. Location: Based at Mary Seacole House at 2 Princes Road Liverpool L8 1TH but will be working at various locations.
Employer Bio
Mary Seacole House is a Mental Health Charity & Resource Service that provides mental health, well-being support and advocacy to meet the diverse cultural needs of the primarily Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic communities of Liverpool.
Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Mary Seacole House for a full time IMHA Advocate to join their advocacy team working in partnership with POhWER. The successful candidate will be delivering the Culturally Appropriate IMHA service within Secure Services across Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. This role will also cover the advocacy services within two local prisons.
The successful candidate will be expected to have a good understanding and reach within Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic cultures and have a passion for supporting people with minority ethnic backgrounds to access care and treatment for mental health, particularly where there is unmet need.
You will need to be visible on-site at secure mental health hospitals and prisons. You will be supporting a wide range of vulnerable adults often with profound and multiple needs, so you will have experience of this type of work. You will also be delivering awareness raising/training sessions to patients & staff around culturally appropriate advocacy and working with EDI leads on-site.
To read the full job description and to apply, please contact info@maryseacolehouse.com. Please note that they do not accept CV applications.
Deadline: 20 June 2024 at 5 PM.
For an informal discussion please contact Simon Torkington, Advocacy and Training Manager at simon@maryseacolehouse.com or 0151 707 0319.
The Bronte – Trustees
The Bronte are currently looking for new Trustees to help support their organisation and their board.
Between now and Spring 2025 they’re modernising The Bronte so their wonderful Youth & Community Centre can continue being the heartbeat of their neighbourhood and to those across Merseyside. During this time, they are seeking new Trustees who live within the Merseyside area to help support the board throughout its £4.1m Youth Investment Fund development. If you feel you can help to strengthen The Bronte for the next 50 years, please read on.
They are looking to strengthen their board by recruiting further Trustees with the following skills:
Teaching (ages 11-18 years)
Youth work/justice
Childrens services/social care
Human resources
Legal
Business management
Health & Safety
Marketing
Fundraising.
In addition to these skills, they are looking for people who also demonstrate the following behaviours:
honest, open-minded and have integrity
a good listener and communicator who works well with other people
keen to learn from other people
able to challenge with respect and disagree kindly.
If you are interested and feel as though you can help them in their quest to strengthen their board, please email them on hello@thebronte.org for a recruitment pack and visit their website for more information .
Deadline: 30 June 2024.
Affordable advertising for organisations and social enterprises on Liverpool Community Radio
Liverpool Community Radio offers organisations and social enterprises affordable radio advertising on Liverpool’s only Community Radio Broadcasting on 106.7 Fm and DAB.
Get your message out there to the whole city, tell them the services you provide, let the city know about your event.
Liverpool Community Radio has a live lunchtime programme from 12 – 2 PM from Monday to Friday, and they are always looking for people, organisations, and social enterprises to come on air and be interviewed at their studios in Kensington.
Go and tell the city what you do, what services you provide or about an event you’re putting on.
To book an interview spot, call Steve Faragher on 07792854307 or email Steve@l-c-r.co.uk.
Feeding Liverpool – Director
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: circa £42,000, subject to experience. Hours per week: 30-40 hours per week (subject to negotiation). Reporting to: Feeding Liverpool Trustees. Location: Office at 16 Lady Chapel Close, L1 7BZ with opportunity for some home working.
Employer Bio
Feeding Liverpool is the city of Liverpool’s food alliance; connecting and equipping people and organisations to work towards good food for all. Building on their work since 2015 tackling hunger and food insecurity, Feeding Liverpool lead Liverpool’s Good Food Plan in partnership with communities and organisations across the city.
Job Summary
They recently announced that their current Director, Naomi, is leaving them for personal reasons. They are therefore looking for a new Director – someone who can pick up their story from the last 8 years and shape the next chapter.
This is an exciting time to join their movement. The organisation is in excellent health – they have secure and stable funding, a creative and dynamic staff team, a strong Trustee Board and a fantastically committed group of partners and member organisations. Liverpool is full of inspirational people, active in building a city based on good food for everyone – whether that’s those who experience food insecurity on a day-to-day basis, health workers, growers, restaurateurs, or those working and volunteering in community food initiatives. Their work is led by their voices. They view themselves as pioneering, with their alliance-based approach a national exemplar.
But they have lots to do. Liverpool still has high levels of food insecurity, stark health inequalities and a community food movement that is vulnerable to food inflation and supply issues. Their new Director will continue to shape and influence the way the food system works to develop and grow their community food movement, and grapple with the complex causes of food supply and insecurity.
They would refer potential candidates to their website for stories, reports and strategies that outline their approach, but they have developed a detailed job description and person-specification which outlines the character and competencies they think they need.
Interviews: They will be interviewing on 19 July 2024.
Contact Details:
Applications should be made by providing a covering letter of no more than 2 pages, plus a CV to gentian@feedingliverpool.org.
All queries relating to this role should be directed to Feeding Liverpool’s Coordinator, Gentian Khan, who will be able to direct your query to a member of the Trustee Board.
Participants required for LGBTQ+ Health Needs Assessment Focus Groups
Sahir House have been working with Liverpool City Council on their health needs assessment for LGBTQ+ communities across Liverpool. LGBTQ+ people are known to face health inequalities throughout the life course, affecting both mental and physical health, including access to care.
Currently, there is no local LGBTQ+ needs assessment in place in Liverpool. The objectives of the needs assessment are to investigate the experiences and needs of LGBTQ+ populations in Liverpool, including health and wellbeing, access to services, experiences of engaging with providers, and barriers and facilitators to improving health.
Following an online public survey with responses from over 600 individuals across Liverpool, focus groups were identified to increase engagement with those that were under-represented in initial analysis.
They are particularly interested in understanding how people’s different identities impact their experience of healthcare and general health, so will be hosting the following specific focus groups across June, at Sahir House, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool:
Friday 7 June 2024 (10 am – 12 pm) LGBTQ+ People living with disabilities (or chronic illness)
Friday 7 June 2024 (2 – 4 pm) LGBTQ+ People who identify as Neurodivergent
Wednesday 12 June 2024 (10 am – 12 pm) LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Wednesday 19 June 2024 (10 am – 12 pm) LGBTQ+ People 55+ (particularly 65+)
If you would like to take part, please email katrina.taylor@sahir.uk.com or contact Katrina on 07964 113570. Travel expenses are available.
Sport England | Movement Fund
Deadline: Open (as of March 2025)
Launched in April 2024, Sport England’s Movement Fund offers crowdfunding pledges, grants and resources to improve physical activity opportunities for the people and communities who need it the most.
If your organisation and project are eligible for funding, and your project aligns with their goals, you could receive up to £15,000. They provide this funding as either a contribution to a crowdfunding campaign or as a grant. You can use these to cover a wide range of costs and items that’ll help deliver positive change in your community.
Crowdfunding enables organisations to raise funds by setting goals and promoting them to attract supporters who can contribute financially – often using discounts and experiences as rewards for donations.
They’ll let you know how they can support you and your project, along with any tools and resources to help you reach your goals.
Once you have applied, they’ll review your application and get back to you. Typically, this process takes 3-6 weeks but during periods of high demand it might take longer.
Liverpool City Council and community partners are in the second stage of producing an assessment of health needs for LGBTQ+ populations across Liverpool.
They are interested in hearing from organisations who deliver different services across Liverpool, including health, social care, housing and financial organisations.
Your feedback will help to shape system-wide recommendations to improve the quality of services across Liverpool for LGBTQ+ people, leading to better health and wellbeing for everyone in our city.
This survey should take about 10 minutes to complete.
Liverpool Carers Centre empowers unpaid carers during Carers Week 2024
Liverpool Carers Centre, operated by Local Solutions and commissioned by Liverpool City Council, stands as a pillar of support for the estimated over 50,000 carers in Liverpool, and the 6.5 million across the UK who selflessly provide unpaid care for loved ones.
As Carers Week 2024 approaches, Liverpool Carers Centre reaffirms its commitment to recognising, empowering, and celebrating carers through its comprehensive range of services. With this year’s theme, ‘Putting Carers on the Map,’ the focus is on raising awareness of the challenges faced by carers and highlighting their invaluable contributions to society.
Established with the mission to enhance the quality of life for carers in Liverpool, Liverpool Carers Centre offers a variety of supportive services, including carers assessments and a flexible support service providing impartial advice, information, and signposting to specialist organisations tailored to individual needs and circumstances.
Hazel Brown MBE, Head of Communities at Liverpool Carers Centre, emphasises the importance of Carers Week, stating, “Carers Week is an opportunity to raise awareness of caring, highlighting the challenges unpaid carers face, and recognising the contribution they make. Caring for someone else can feel rewarding, but it can also be tiring, frustrating, lonely, and isolating.
“It is vitally important that carers remember to take care of themselves too, which is why raising awareness by ‘Putting Carers on the Map’ is so important.”
Carers Information Event: Monday 10 June 2024
Liverpool Carers Centre invites carers to a special Carers Information Event on Monday 10, at Liverpool Carers Centre (99 Edge Lane, Liverpool, L7 2PE).
The event will feature esteemed organisations including Brain Charity, Cadent Gas, Citizens Advice, Merseyside Fire & Police Service, Mersey Care NHS, Wills & Power of Attorney, and United Utilities. Attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in a Holistic Therapy session.
Liverpool Carers Centre extends its outreach efforts with pop-up information stands. These stands will provide convenient access to information, advice, and support for carers.
Monday 10 June 2024
Ropewalks General Practice, L1 5DL Vauxhall Health Centre, L5 8XR
Tuesday 11 June 2024
Townsend Medical Centre, L6 0BB Great Homer Street Medical Centre, L5 0QW Mere Lane Group Practice, L5 0QW Beacon Health Kensington, L7 2AB
Wednesday 12 June 2024
Dunstan Village Group Practice, L7 6HD Earle Road Medical Centre, L7 7HD Dingle Park Practice, L8 6QP
Thursday 13 June 2024
Oakvale Medical Centre, L15 6UT
Barclays Centre – Wavertree Tech Park, L7 9PQ
Jaguar Land Rover, L24 9BJ
Royal Liverpool University Hospital, L7 8YE
As a gesture of warmth and appreciation, Liverpool Carers Centre will deliver 250 ‘Hug in a Mug’ bags to new carers, containing a mug and biscuits, symbolising a moment of respite and self-care amidst their caregiving responsibilities.
Liverpool Carers Centre invites everyone to join in celebrating Carers Week 2024, recognising the invaluable contributions of carers to our community.
For more information about Liverpool Carers Centre and its services, please click here or contact the team at 0151 705 2307 or email carerscentre@localsolutions.org.uk.
The Greenhouse Multi-Cultural Play & Arts Project – Early Years/Children’s Services Manager – Maternity Cover
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £26,000 – £30,000 pro rata depending on experience. Hours per week: 40 hours. Reporting to: Chief Executive. Location: Toxteth, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Based in Liverpool 8, The Greenhouse Multi-Cultural Play and Arts Project is a voluntary, not for profit organisation, which exists to celebrate diversity and provide arts and play based activities and events that encourages the creative development of individuals and communities.
The project is based upon the concept of improving young people’s health and sense of well-being, raising their aspirations and levels of achievement whilst at the same time allowing the opportunity for learning and relating to each other, developing physically, emotionally, intellectually and above all, for socialising and having fun. They also run Early Education sessions, offer a school pick up service and out of school holiday sessions.
Job Summary
This is a multifaceted role, which includes; managing their small independent Early Education Centre, working directly with their Early Years children to nurture their abilities, knowledge and social skills, supporting their Out of School and Holiday club in their planning, training and development and taking overall responsibility for The Greenhouse Project’s Safeguarding duty.
To learn more and to apply, please send your CV to info@greenhouseprojet.org.uk or call 0151 726 8099.
Deadline: No formal closing date.
The Brain Charity – Information & Advice Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £27,985.00. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Head of Projects & Services. Location: Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Alder Hey Hospital, The Brain Charity.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer conditions.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Summary
Their Information and Advice Officers offer high quality practical help, information and emotional support to individuals via face-to-face, e-mail and telephone support services.
The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team within the Liverpool Women’s Hospital (LWH) and Alder hey (AH) to support families and their children affected by neurological conditions. By offering practical help, information and advice on areas such as welfare benefits, housing, employment and other key social care-related issues, the post holder will secure better patient outcomes for the individuals they work with.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term. Term: Part Time. Salary: £12 an hour. Hours per week: 15 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, 181 Townsend Lane, Clubmoor, L13 9DY.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Details
They are seeking a part-time Office Cleaner to join their team to maintain the cleanliness and hygiene standards within their main office and youth activity space.
They are looking for someone with previous office cleaning experience and who can work independently and make the job their own.
Some duties will include:
Perform general cleaning tasks to maintain the cleanliness of the office and youth activity spaces, including vacuuming, mopping, dusting, and sanitising surfaces
Empty bins throughout the office and activity space
Clean and disinfect toilets
Wipe down and clean windows, mirrors, and glass surfaces
Follow health and safety guidelines to ensure a safe working environment.
Benefits include:
Excellent hourly rate
Staff Health Cash Plan
25 days holiday
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to work for a company who makes a real difference with the children and families within the local area.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £29,338 – £36,446. Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week. Reporting to: Head of Philanthropy. Location: Mixture of in-office at Alder Hey Children’s Charity & home working (Hybrid).
Employer Bio
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children’s Hospital a truly world class, patient-friendly hospital for the 450,000 patients and families they care for every year. The charity helps to fund a range of activities and projects that are designed to enhance and improve the lives of their amazing young patients. This includes the funding of specialist medical equipment to ensure their brilliant surgeons and clinical staff have the most up to date and cutting edge technology available and funding hi-tech distraction equipment designed and proven to reduce pain and anxiety in their patients.
They also fund a range of programmes and special projects such as their ward musicians, their on-site magician and the play specialists they have on every ward. They have recently closed their Surgical Neonatal Appeal, having successfully raised their £3m target towards a brand new, state of the art Surgical Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the hospital. This year they will be fundraising towards a new Medicinema and Same Day Emergency Care Centre, providing an unrivalled experience for their patients and their families.
Job Summary
This is a new and exciting opportunity for a Philanthropy Fundraiser to join the Charity team here at Alder Hey, the UK’s busiest Children’s Hospital. They’re looking for someone who loves building relationships and is passionate about high value fundraising. You will have relevant charity fundraising experience with exceptional writing skills to create compelling applications and proposals for funding. You’ll also be self-motivated, proactive and an excellent collaborator.
If you’re excited by the sound of this, they’d love to hear from you!
Now Live | VS6 Manifesto for Liverpool City Region 2024 – 2028
The VS6 Manifesto for Liverpool City Region 2024 – 2028, crafted by partners of VS6, presents the key agendas and objectives for the voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector in our city.
Arranged under six critical themes, the manifesto underscores their commitment to policy issues including climate change and health inequalities, community empowerment, commissioning & contracts, measuring impact, VCFSE investment, and workforce & volunteering.
Our House – Walton Community Hub – Volunteer Co-ordinator
Posts available: 1 full time post, they will consider a job share. Contract: Funded for 3 year term initially. Term: 37.5 hours per week or job share considered. Salary: 23,750 pro rata. Reporting to: Director. Location: Our House – Walton Community Hub.
Employer Bio
Our House Community is a charity who believes in connecting people, creating spaces where people can find belonging. They are dedicated to relieving poverty and social isolation and as a member of their team, you would have the opportunity to contribute to meaningful change while building connections within the community.
Their main hub is a community centre at heart of Walton where people can connect, socialise, and participate in activities, that brings a sense of belonging and community for many people who are otherwise living lives of isolation.
They also have outreach projects that reach out to some of the most vulnerable members of the wider Liverpool Community through their Streetwise and Pearls Project who offer night time harm reduction outreach van and daytime support to women involved in sex working and addiction through one to one support, well-being activities and women’s groups.
Job Summary
At Our House Community, their volunteers are what allow them to do the valuable work they do across all their projects and in this new role, by being the first point of contact, their volunteer co-ordinator would help Our House Community take their team care to another level from recruitment through to support and development of their individual volunteers and teams.
The volunteer co-ordinator would be an important part of their small staff team, where they have a relational, flexible and collaborative way of working. By working together as a team they will be able to continue to improve the lives of all of those involved in all Our House Community projects and the wider community.
The Big Help Out will return and align with Volunteers’ Week from Friday 7 to Sunday 9 June 2024.
The objective of The Big Help Out is to raise awareness of volunteering throughout the UK and provide opportunities for people to experience volunteering and make a difference in their communities.
This is not a profit making or fundraising initiative.
The Big Help Out is open to all, and any organisation or individual can join in with or register an event.
Savera UK – Senior Marketing and Communications Manager (Women Only)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent, subject to funding. Term: Full-time (permanent contract, subject to funding, flexible working available). Salary: £34,500 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours / 9 AM – 5 PM / Monday – Friday. Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Savera UK is a leading national charity (no. 1145564) working to end ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA), harmful practices and other culturally specific abuse, including forced marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM). They safeguard, advocate and provide intervention to anyone at risk of HBA and harmful practices, regardless of age, ethnicity, gender or sexuality, and offer a completely confidential and non-judgemental service. They campaign, educate and raise awareness to eradicate all form of harmful practices.
Job Summary
Are you passionate about making a difference and ready for the next step in your marketing career? Join Savera UK as the Senior Marketing and Communications Manager, where you will play a pivotal role in the development and execution of all marketing activities and communications efforts – a leading charity dedicated to ending ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and culturally specific harmful practices.
This is a diverse and dynamic role, where you will be dealing with complex and sensitive subject matter. You will be expected to build on your existing knowledge of or passion for human rights by proactively developing a deep awareness of the multi-layered, and ever-changing nature of our work.
You will be part of a small and very supportive, highly expert, and effective team, who work at pace without compromising on quality or attention to detail.
You will also become the custodian of our carefully developed brand, which possesses qualities of authenticity, power, and challenge.
You’ll have the opportunity to build brand awareness, market services, increase revenue, support fundraising, develop campaigns that influence policy, and help to effectively communicate their impact.
This is an exciting time to join Savera UK as they embark on a journey to amplify their message and drive change.
Blackburne House – Head of Education and Compliance
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £45,000 – £50,000 per year depending on experience. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: CEO. Location: Blackburne House, Blackburne Place, Liverpool L8 7PE.
Employer Bio
Blackburne House was established in 1983 to help women, particularly black women and those from disadvantaged backgrounds progress into employment within technical professions – an area in which women were under-represented at the time. In 1991, they moved into the beautiful, Grade II-listed building in Liverpool’s Georgian Quarter that is now their home.
Today, Blackburne House is a vibrant and thriving organisation with a core focus on education. As a leading education centre they offer a wide range of nationally recognised courses, qualifications and development opportunities primarily (although not exclusively) to women. They have also established a number of successful social enterprises that support their educational aims; their facilities include a thriving bistro, wellness offering, conference and events facilities and a 30-place nursery, as well as the highly regarded School for Social Entrepreneurs North West.
They believe that women deserve the very best opportunities to shape their own lives. Over the last decades, Blackburne House has empowered many thousands of women through the provision of high-quality education of all types. They support the development and education of local and often vulnerable women, providing up to 1000 learning opportunities each year in a safe, welcoming and diverse environment.
Job Overview
They currently have an opportunity to join Blackburne House as the Head of Education and Compliance. This is an exciting opportunity to build upon existing provision and help realise their potential for growth. You’ll be a passionate and influential individual with the ability to engage and inspire everyone you encounter with a clear, powerful vision for education and the doors it can open for women. You will be responsible for the highly effective management of Blackburne House’s Education contract to the standards required by LCRCA, EFA, Ofsted and the Governing Board.
They want to hear from those with experience of working at a senior level in an education setting and an understanding of the funding criteria for AEB set by the ESFA and LCRCA. They are looking for someone who is fully conversant with the Education Inspection Framework and all updates, ensuring these standards are fully embedded within all delivery and programme development. You must have Inspection or Nominee experience with a proven track record in managing high quality classroom programmes and have the ability to relate professionally to students and staff of all ages, backgrounds and abilities.
As an equal opportunities’ employer, they welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons and would particularly welcome applications from ethnic minorities, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Specialist Support Officer (SSO) (General Advice)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Salary: £25,300. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Project Lead. Location: Remote or at Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (RBS), Stephenson Way, Wavertree Technology Park.
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
BlackFest’s theme for this year is ‘Interconnection’ with much global unrest surrounding the global South, mass protests in the West and people all over the globe uniting in activism to combat capitalism and colonialism highlighting key geopolitical issues climate justice, AI, inflation, involuntary migration, societal polarisation, indiscriminate wars and more, which is interlinked with us and our environment.
We are part of a global community with responsibilities to land earth, climate action and our relationships with the whole than the singular and how we are all interrelated and everything intercorrelates with each other. Our communities have long stood in creating a society for all and we thrive to continue to strive in this way uncensored and unapologetic.
How to apply
You can apply via their simple application form below
They are also accepting proposals in video/audio format and BSL – please send a film/audio file no longer than 1 minute to festivalapplication@blackfest.co.uk.
All commissions are paid opportunities at the festival.
Application Deadline: Friday 31 May 2024.
May 2024 ‘Eat to Meet’ Half Term Programme
Duration: 28 – 31 May 2024.
The May Half Term Eat to Meet programme starts soon and there are lots of great activities happening over the school holidays. Children and young people, from reception to age 16, who are eligible for benefits related free school meals, will be able to access hundreds of activities throughout the half term holidays including specific provision available for children with SEND or additional needs, at no cost.
There’s a great range of activities across the city including baseball, athletics, tri golf, bubble football, nerf wars, mindfulness, swimming, football, music, dance, cycling, gymnastics, theatre tech, cooking, discos, podcasting, handball, orienteering, arts and crafts, drama, basketball, trips out and nature walks! A meal will be provided for every child attending.
When you have chosen the activity/scheme you will need to contact that organisation to book a place. Each organisation will have either a telephone number, email address or online booking system. If your child has any additional needs or dietary requirements then please discuss this with the organisation when you book.
There is no central booking system so please read the details of the programmes on the website and contact the providers directly.
If you want to know how to register or how to check if your child is eligible for free school meals then please click here. You will need your national insurance number or an asylum seekers support number.
If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk. Click here to find out how to register.
Liverpool City Council is working with Mersey Play Action Council, local schools, voluntary and community organisations, and childcare providers to deliver the Eat to Meet programme.
Youth Empowerment Scheme (YES) | Now Open for Applications
Deadline: 14 June 2024.
A new £400,000 fund to prevent serious violence by saying YES to brighter futures for young people across Merseyside is now live.
The Youth Empowerment Scheme (YES) has been unveiled by Merseyside’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Emily Spurrell, and the Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership (MVRP) with the aim of unlocking the potential of thousands of young people across the region by providing safe, positive opportunities.
Community groups and charities can bid for a grant of between £5,000 and £25,000 to run projects and programmes over the next year which give young people the opportunity to gain valuable skills and qualifications, build their confidence and make positive decisions for the future.
Grassroots organisations which are interested in applying are invited to get advice and support to submit a bid at a drop-in Q&A event between 10 AM and 12 noon on 28 May 2024 at Kirkdale Community Fire Station on Derby Road.
Round 4 | UKSPF Digital Connectivity for Community Facilities Grants Programme
Deadline: 5 PM on Monday 17 June 2024.
The fund opened at 5 PM on 20 May 2024.
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s (LCRCA’s) local investment plan for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) programme includes a grants programme focused on Digital Connectivity for Community Facilities. VOLA has been appointed by the LCRCA to manage this programme.
The first three rounds of the fund awarded 116 grants totalling £810,000 to 106 grass-roots, not-for-profit community organisations across the Liverpool City Region.
Round 4 of the programme is now open.
Grants of between £2,500 and £10,000 are available.
Almost £483,000 is remaining in the fund, with borough funding allocations as follows:
Halton £33,172
Knowsley £54,115
Liverpool £129,336
Sefton £79,423
St Helens £87,589
Wirral £99,187
The intention is to commit as much of the remaining funding as possible in Round 4. One further ‘mop-up’ round will launch mid-September, but please don’t wait until then in case you miss out!
LCVS will be supporting the Lord Mayor over the next 12 months to help those leaving care
Cllr Richard Kemp has been sworn in recently as the new Lord Mayor of Liverpool at a ceremony at the Town Hall (Wednesday 15 May 2024) and will dedicate his year in office to helping to support care leavers from across the city.
LCVS is excited to be supporting the Lord Mayor over the next 12 months with this project.
Richard has been a Councillor for forty years in many different wards and is now Cllr for the Penny Lane Ward. Richard has filled a variety of roles including chairing committees, being a Cabinet Member and also leader of the Liberal Democrats Group. Richard was awarded a CBE in 2011 for public service to local government, regeneration and housing.
Richard has also established a Care Leavers’ fund after securing investment of a hundred thousand pounds a year for three years. The money, which will be distributed by Liverpool City Council, will be in addition to other support that the City Council has in place and will go towards provisions such as books for college or university, new clothing for interviews, or household items etc.
Lord Mayor Richard Kemp said:
“I am delighted to be able to announce, as my first act since becoming Lord Mayor, a hundred thousand pounds a-year-fund for three years to support care leavers, or those about to leave care.
“We are grateful to have received fifty thousand pounds a year for three years from CCLA, a London based company which provides investment support for churches, charities and local authorities. The Lancashire and Merseyside Community Foundation also has also very kindly given another fifty thousand pounds for three years.
“Working in partnership with the Community Foundation, the City Council will use this money to provide small grants to support care leavers in addition to provisions which are already being provided by the Council.
“The money will be used to provide good experiences for people may have faced challenges in their lives. No restrictions have been applied to what the money can be used for and will be allocated on a case-by-case basis.
“Other partners such as the Liverpool Philharmonic, the Museums and Galleries of Merseyside and the Merseyside Fire Service have also pledged their support. In September I will host an event at the Town Hall which will be co-produced with care leavers to ensure that those with power and money can respond to their needs”.
Feeding Liverpool App | Discover Liverpool’s Community Food Spaces & the Queen of Greens mobile greengrocer
The Feeding Liverpool app enables people to find their closest Community Food Space in Liverpool and Queen of Greens bus stop. It also gives information about crisis food support in the city, the NHS Healthy Start Scheme, news from across the sector and upcoming Feeding Liverpool events.
Key features of the app include:
Community Food Spaces Map: On the home page of the app, there is a direct link to the Community Food Spaces Map, which allows you to search for the closest food space to your current location. It also provides more information about each food space, the directions to get there and their contact information.
Queen of Greens Bus Stop Map: There is also a map of the Queen of Greens, a mobile greengrocer that stops across Liverpool and Knowsley. Just as with the Community Food Spaces Map, you can also search for the closest stop to your current location.
The app is available on Google Play (for Android phones) and on the App Store (for iPhones). The app is also compatible with tablets and iPads.
Halton & St Helens VCA – Capacity Building Co-ordinator
Posts available: 1 . Contract: Temporary. Term: Part time. Salary: £ 12,821 per annum. Hours per week: 18 hours. Location: St Helens, Merseyside and Halton, Cheshire.
Employer Bio
Halton & St Helens Voluntary and Community Action (VCA) provides advice, information and development support services to voluntary, community, not-for-profit and faith organisations and volunteers in the boroughs of St Helens and Halton. They are passionate about encouraging local people to make changes for good in their communities and helping them find the right support or service that can improve their lives for the better or helping develop a new solution.
Job Summary
As the Capacity Building Co-ordinator, you’ll drive impactful learning experiences for the voluntary and community sector across Halton & St Helens. Your role includes coordinating learning opportunities to enhance VCFSE capabilities, collaborating with voluntary organisations to identify strengths and gaps, creating flexible learning programs, recruiting participants through newsletters, social media, and videos, and ensuring quality assurance by tracking progress and measuring impact. Join them in shaping a stronger voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector.
Contact Details: If you would like further information about this post, please contact Sally Yeoman syeoman@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk; Ann-Marie Lawrenson alawrenson@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk or Claire Redford-Kerr credford-kerr@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk.
Halton & St Helens VCA – Social Action Lead – St Helens
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: Part Time. Salary: £ 10,417 per annum. Hours per week: 14 hours. Location: St Helens, Merseyside.
Employer Bio
Halton & St Helens Voluntary and Community Action (VCA) provides advice, information and development support services to voluntary, community, not-for-profit and faith organisations and volunteers in the boroughs of St Helens and Halton. They are passionate about encouraging local people to make changes for good in their communities and helping them find the right support or service that can improve their lives for the better or helping develop a new solution.
Job Summary
This role will support their work with Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance. With full training and support, you will be expected to support and advise VCSE groups in St Helens to deliver engagement and activities to raise awareness of cancer in targeted communities and to encourage early detection and diagnosis of cancer. You will also be involved in helping to build and maintain a bank of good practice guides and tools designed to support organisations.
They are not necessarily looking for an experienced development worker. They are looking for someone who cares about the voluntary sector and supporting people and who is conscientious, passionate, has a positive attitude and is ready to learn.
Contact Details: If you would like further information about this post, please contact Sally Yeoman syeoman@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk; Ann-Marie Lawrenson alawrenson@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk or Claire Redford-Kerr credford-kerr@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk.
The Local Data Project | Free Training for Women
Improving Me is delighted to be working in partnership with the Women’s Budget Group (WBG) to give women and girls in Cheshire and Merseyside a voice and the tools to make it heard with The Local Data Project.
The WBG has been working in collaboration with Improving Me for over 5 years to highlight the impact of economic inequality on women and children’s health and the WBG have regularly contributed to Baby Week and #IWD activity to shine a light on the impact of the wider determinants of health on women and girl’s lives.
This initiative allows us to provide women with the tools to use data to advocate for themselves and their communities.
Why Weight Hub | New digital resource launched to help community organisations promote healthier weight to local populations
A new digital resource has been launched to help community organisations across Cheshire and Merseyside promote healthier weight. Developed by public health practitioners from Food Active, the new ‘Why Weight Hub’ has been designed to equip community organisations with greater understanding of living with overweight and obesity, how this is associated with both physical ill health and mental health, and how this can be attributed to people’s wider environments and circumstances rather than the choices individuals make.
The free to access Hub allows VCFSE organisations to download a host of resources, tools, and guidance materials to help develop activities and environments promoting healthier weight, offering support for specific population groups e.g., older adults, ethnic minority groups, people living with disabilities etc.
The Hub also considers the challenges of food insecurity for low-income populations and will signpost users to local organisations to support those challenged by food insecurity, and local services and initiatives across the nine places in C&M offering support for those interested in losing weight.
Sefton CVS – Living Well Sefton Programmes Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term. Term: Full Time. Salary: £42000. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Deputy CEO. Location: Hybrid / Sefton.
Employer Bio
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity with a borough-wide brief to assist and support voluntary community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Job Summary
To lead the development and delivery of the Living Well Sefton service (LWS), its engagement with local communities and to be responsible for business and performance management.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Provide strategic leadership and co-ordination to the programme partnership; primarily focused on service delivery, service redesign, cultural shift and sustainability.
Manage the LWS core team supporting the partnership and CVS.
Lead the development of IT and case management system(s); which will ensure there is asingle and integrated referral pathway within the LWS, so residents experience a seamless and appropriate movement between services.
Lead the co-ordination and facilitation of the LWS partnership, including the Community Connector programme, arranging and servicing meetings as required.
Oversee Sefton’s Social Prescribing programme and manage any subcontracting arrangements as required, for example Long Covid and Respiratory roles. Liaise with key stakeholders within the Primary Care Networks and relevant partners, ensuring performance is met and contracts are adhered to.
Assess and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and services based on establishing a robust management information system with the commissioner and the providers.
Ensure service specifications and performance management arrangements with all providers are on target, are meeting agreed outcomes and that they are services offering value for money and efficiency in delivery.
Monitor and review partners delivery against agreed Key Performance Indicators. Assess and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and services in delivering behaviour change and achieving participants stated health goals. Recommend any necessary programme changes based on outcomes and performance.
Work with providers to ensure allocated resources are aligned and used effectively; contracts are successfully negotiated and implemented in line with identified needs.
Ensure that LWS becomes integral to multi-agency and partnership work addressing health inequalities in Sefton.
Lead the Strand By Me community hub, currently based in Bootle Strand, ensuring the smooth running of a health and wellbeing outreach base open to the public.
To co-ordinate innovative approaches to support positive behaviour change across health inequalities in both clinical and community settings.
To lead the marketing and communications work of the Living Well Sefton service and working with partners, including LA Corporate Communications and NHS, producing communications, marketing and engagement strategies for the initiative.
Produce specialist reports, data sets and evaluations, presentations for commissioners, CVS and external providers as required.
Plan and co-ordinate workforce development and training needs including Making Every Contact Count (MECC), Think Differently Cope Differently etc.
Maintain oversight of the LWS Grants Funding pots, setting regular funding rounds that meet the needs of communities and align with Sefton’s priorities.
When necessary commission specialist support including IT, training, research and evaluation.
Citizens Panel | Building Bridges, Safer Communities
The “Building Bridges, Safer Communities” project is the first citizens’ panel of its kind in the country. It is focused on community safety and policing in Liverpool, and at this event, it will unveil its recommendations. It is a landmark event in the journey towards a safer and more cohesive community in Liverpool.
Date: Tuesday 28 May 2024
Time: 11 AM to 1 PM (coffees served from 10:30 AM). Please stay for lunch.
Venue: The Spine – 2 Paddington, Liverpool L7 3FA
This ground-breaking project signifies a significant leap forward in community engagement and safety strategy. The recommendations are the product of collaboration among diverse community members, reflecting a collective aspiration for a safer, more inclusive Liverpool.
Event Highlights:
Explanation of the citizens’ panel process
Launch of recommendations: A presentation of the panel’s innovative and inclusive safety strategies
Q&A session: Engage directly with the architects of the recommendations to delve deeper into their potential implementation and impact
Networking: An opportunity to connect with like-minded stakeholders, community leaders, public health and public safety professionals passionate about positive change
Roadmap to implementation: An overview of the next steps to bring these recommendations to fruition.
VOLA is launching Round 4 of its UKSPF Digital Connectivity for Community Facilities Grants programme w/c 20 May 2024. Grants of up to £10k will be awarded to successful applicants in July 2024. Watch this brief film to see if you think it could be for you.
Over the first three funding rounds, a total of £303k has been awarded to 46 Liverpool-based VCFSE sector organisations, with up to£129k available in this round. One further ‘mop-up’ round will launch mid-September, but the intention is to commit as much of the remaining funding as possible in Round 4, so please don’t wait in case you miss out.
Prior to the launch of the application window, VOLA will be hosting online briefing sessions to inform Liverpool’s VCFSE sector organisations about the fund.
The first briefing session, run in partnership with LCVS, will take place on Wednesday 15 May 2024 from 10.30 – 11.45 AM on Zoom.
The aim of this session is to inform potential applicants about the fund’s purpose, eligibility criteria and key requirements, the application process and what can/cannot be funded.
If you are unable to make this date, there are other ones for other boroughs that you are welcome to attend – see VOLA’s website for details.
The second briefing session, will take place on Tuesday 21 May 2024 from 1 – 2.15 PM on Zoom.
The session will focus on technical considerations when developing-public access computer facilities, containing plenty of helpful hints and tips on what you need to do, key considerations, things you need to purchase, etc.
If you are interested in applying for a grant, it is strongly recommended that you attend both sessions. Each will take no more than 1 hour 15 minutes of your time, they will greatly increase your chances of success, ensure that the facilities you set up are fit-for-purpose, and will ultimately help you to avoid lots of potential pitfalls, saving you time/money in the long-run!
To register for either of these sessions, please email patrick.nicholls@volamerseyside.org.uk and he will send you the Zoom links. If not obvious from your email address, please include your name and organisation.
For further information on the fund, please visit VOLA’s website.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Advice Service Supervisor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Salary: £29,214. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Advice Service Coordinator. Location: Various locations around Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Overview
The aim of Advice Service Supervisor is to maintain a consistent quality of advice and help for clients by providing support, guidance and feedback on a day to day basis.
Here are the main areas:
Ensuring quality – actively supporting the quality of advice by guiding the team to information sources, checking that all aspects of a client’s situation have been considered, checking that follow up work is progressed, and that research and campaigns issues are identified
Providing support – actively supporting each team member to develop their skills and competences, by explaining, guiding, demonstrating, encouraging, suggesting, coaching, giving constructive feedback
Challenging appropriately – adapting the level of support to individual competence and need, and taking account of the team as a whole
Managing the practicalities – overseeing and managing all practical issues relating to the session – allocating the team to face-to-face work or other communication methods, checking waiting times or interview lengths, and if necessary, dealing with client or Citizens Advice emergencies.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £12 p/hour. Hours per week: 20 hours. Reporting to: Centre Manager. Location: The Hub – 124 Earle Road, L7 4LB (Tuesdays and Thursdays) and Toxteth Tabernacle – L8 7PE (Wednesdays and Fridays).
Employer Bio
Toxteth Women’s Centre (TWC) improves quality of life for women in Liverpool whose first language is not English, offering a wide range of support in a welcoming community. TWC is a small charity, with 4 part-time staff and around 40 volunteers.
Their staff and volunteers are passionate about providing a place where women can flourish. They support women to grow in their skills and confidence, and with a wide range of issues causing them stress and distress.
Their provision includes English classes, well-being activities and one-to-one support. All sessions are for women only, but they also help families through their food delivery and donations room.
Job Summary
They are currently looking for an Administrator to join the Toxteth Women’s Centre, who is passionate about working with women in Liverpool whose first language is not English, to support the Centre Manager with essential administration in order to ensure the smooth and effective day-to-day running of the charity.
The Administrator role will support projects and activity across the charity, with a significant focus on supporting our ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) classes. Essential skills include:
Excellent organisational skills; planning, maintaining administrative systems
Able to manage own work-load effectively and independently
Competent user of Microsoft Office Word, Outlook, OneDrive and Excel, creating and maintaining spreadsheets confidently
Effective communicator, both verbally and in writing
Able to work in a team
Effective management of administrative tasks
Female Christian believer in agreement with TWC’s Statement of Faith, charitable objects and Ethos and Values
Committed to working out the Christian ethos of TWC in all aspects of the role.
Please contact f.dobrushi@toxtethwomenscentre.co.uk to express interest in the role, and for a copy of the full job description.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £30,500 pro rata. Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Head of Fundraising. Location: Remote / Office-based – London / Manchester / Hybrid.
Arts Emergency is a mentoring organisation and support network aiming to address the inequalities in the creative and cultural sectors.
They are looking for an enthusiastic person to join its dynamic Fundraising & Marketing team.
This rewarding role involves focusing on communicating with and nurturing a large network of donors. The ideal candidate will have experience working in a fundraising environment and a good grasp of general fundraising principles and best practices in fundraising.
Upcoming CoREN Events | Using the EviD Tool and research from the Cost of Living Crisis
LCVS is a member of the Community Research and Engagement Network (COREN), a collaborative of voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations, public advisors, and researchers, across the North West Coast.
As part of this partnership, there are a number of events that LCVS supports that will help improve how VCFSE groups use research evidence.
The Cost of Living Crisis Part 2: The perspective of staff at Citizens Advice Blackpool
Thursday 9 May 2024 from 1 – 2 PM. Online.
12 months on from the publication of their cost-of-living research, Citizens Advice Blackpool will share an update on the experiences of their clients. This time, it will be from the perspective of staff working for the organisation.
12 months ago, Citizens Advice Blackpool shared their research during the cost-of-living crisis. They identified a cycle of persistent poverty. To follow this up, the organisation has spoken to staff about the situation a year later. This has allowed for comparison with the original findings and the development of a deeper understanding of the situation.
In this online lunchtime workshop, Tracy Hopkins, the CEO of Citizens Advice Blackpool, Conal Land, the Research and Campaigns Officer, and Helen Gwilliam, the Research and Campaigns Assistant, are going to share what their staff have told them. This workshop will provide a platform for this research to be shared and discussed.
The workshop is for anyone who wants to understand better how the cost-of-living crisis is impacting on health and wellbeing in the North West region. The workshop will show how the wider determinants of health are being exacerbated in the current economic climate.
Find out how to use and utilise the EViD tool for your project evaluations.
EViD is a novel project evaluation tool for exploring and designing project evaluations collaboratively with your partners and stakeholders from the early stages of your projects.
EViD is based on a step-by-step visualised methodology. It has been developed by researchers at Lancaster University and Manchester Metropolitan University and is available for free to non-profit organisations and for educational purposes.
Join the session to learn more about EViD and how you can use it in your own evaluative practice!
For more information on any of these events, please contact Claire Selby, Stakeholder and Engagement Manager at c.selby@lancaster.ac.uk.
Liverpool City Council | Commissioner-led intervention to end in June 2024
Liverpool City Council is to have all of its powers returned to it in June 2024, with the ending of the Commissioner-led intervention.
The Government Commissioners have written to the Secretary of State, Michael Gove MP, concluding that the Council is “a well-governed, improving organisation, with ambitious leaders who are committed to long term change”.
They add: “If LCC continues on this path, it will soon be a Council that can achieve the value for money, good quality services the people of Liverpool have a right to expect for many years to come.”
The Council had already taken back responsibility for Finance, Highways and Transport in March, and the majority of senior appointments in January.
The Secretary of State has announced that he is minded to agree with a recommendation from the Commissioners, supported by the Council, for a Statutory Assurance and Improvement Board to be set up until March 2025, to provide oversight of the ongoing changes. More details of how this will work will be released in the near future.
Shape your projects or inform your discussion with the Mental Health Data Hub
The Mental Health Data Hub is designed to help people find data relating to mental health. The data hub provides links to a variety of statistical publications and dashboards from a number of organisations.
The majority of the data presented uses data from the Mental Health Services Dataset (MHSDS) however some publications also present data from other sources.
The hub has:
Mental health statistical publications
Mental health dashboards
Mental health data quality
Mental health Act data quality plan
Mental health information from NHS Digital and other sources
Mental health, learning disability and autism resource hub
North Liverpool Cycle Club will deliver Cycle Rides & Training + Bike Maintenance Sessions
Breckfield & North Everton Community (BNENC)’s North Liverpool Cycle Club has gone live again with thanks to funding from both Cycling UK & Sports England.
North Liverpool Cycle Club will be delivering the following for local people:
Cycle Rides
Cycle Training
Bike Maintenance Sessions.
All rides are led by trained and qualified leaders and cycle assistants.
Rides last no longer than a few hours in total, they are designed to engage in a warm and friendly way and all rides have breaks and go at the speed of the slowest rider.
For a free bike maintenance workshop, just turn up with your bike (no need to book) at 10 AM on the following dates:
29 April 2024
10 June 2024
24 June 2024
08 July 2024
22 July 2024
19 August 2024.
If you’re interested an want to know more, then please contact:
Paul Robinson Jnr Community & Media Officer
paul.robinson1@thebreckfieldcentre.com
Tel No 0151 288 8400
Alan Donnelly Health & Well Being Officer
alan.donnelly@thebreckfieldcentre.com
0151 288 8400
HDRC Liverpool – Public & Community Involvement Officer
Job Number: LCC04562. Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract. Salary: 33024 – 37336 GBP year. Working Hours: 35 hours per week.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Liverpool City Council’s (LCC) new Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) – HDRC Liverpool is led by Liverpool City Council but is a partnership between the Council, the University of Liverpool (UoL), Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), Liverpool Healthwatch and Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) and our local communities.
The Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) is a new element of NIHR research infrastructure funded by its Public Health Programme that will be based in local government. The purpose is to enable local authorities to become more research-active, undertake new research and use existing evidence to inform our decision making, and undertake evaluation activities. There will be a central focus on health inequalities and actions to tackle issues faced by local disadvantaged groups and areas.
Liverpool is one of 30 councils across the UK pioneering this new investment in local government. HDRC Liverpool will enable Liverpool City Council (LCC) to become a world leading centre for research. The programme will enable a culture of making evidence informed decisions by LCC and its partners to improve the determinants of health. This will lead to overall improvements in health outcomes and a narrowing of the health divide within the city.
HDRC Liverpool will build on existing strengths and make the best use of Liverpool’s data, the experience of our residents and our research and innovation skills. These assets will fuel the development of local solutions with global significance, for Liverpool and for other cities to improve the health of their residents.
This role represents a unique opportunity to join a new, pioneering team, to help grow and shape a new way of doing things and ultimately to have a big impact on outcomes for local people.
The HDRC programme runs for 5 years between Jan 2024-Dec 2028 and the funding for this post aligns with this timescale.
Their approach to community involvement aims to make the lived experience of residents central to priority setting and the production of new knowledge by developing the capacity of the voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector to use their existing ‘grass-roots” knowledge and by developing capacity for community led research.
As a Public and Community Involvement Manager,
You will work with their partners to build on approaches for engagement and involvement that are already developed in the city and ensure Liverpool’s diverse communities are represented across the HDRC.
You will be educated to post-graduate level, or with equivalent experience, you will have a good understanding of approaches to public involvement in research.
You will have excellent communication skills and be able to translate complex, scientific language, and concepts into easily understood materials.
you will involve members of the public and local communities to co-produce HDRC outputs as an effective facilitator.
Job Number: LCC04561. Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract. Salary: 25119 – 28770 GBP year. Working Hours: 35 Hours Week.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Liverpool City Council’s (LCC) new Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) – HDRC Liverpool is led by Liverpool City Council but is a partnership between the Council, the University of Liverpool (UoL), Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), Liverpool Healthwatch and Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) and our local communities.
The Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) is a new element of NIHR research infrastructure funded by its Public Health Programme that will be based in local government. The purpose is to enable local authorities to become more research-active, undertake new research and use existing evidence to inform our decision making, and undertake evaluation activities. There will be a central focus on health inequalities and actions to tackle issues faced by local disadvantaged groups and areas.
Liverpool is one of 30 councils across the UK pioneering this new investment in local government. HDRC Liverpool will enable Liverpool City Council (LCC) to become a world leading centre for research. The programme will enable a culture of making evidence informed decisions by LCC and its partners to improve the determinants of health. This will lead to overall improvements in health outcomes and a narrowing of the health divide within the city.
HDRC Liverpool will build on existing strengths and make the best use of Liverpool’s data, the experience of our residents and our research and innovation skills. These assets will fuel the development of local solutions with global significance, for Liverpool and for other cities to improve the health of their residents.
This role represents a unique opportunity to join a new, pioneering team, to help grow and shape a new way of doing things and ultimately to have a big impact on outcomes for local people.
The HDRC programme runs for 5 years between Jan 2024-Dec 2028 and the funding for this post aligns with this timescale.
Job purpose
To provide flexible efficient and effective programme support for HDRC Liverpool, including priorities identified through the HDRC Project Plan. Overall provision of comprehensive high-quality, wide-ranging administration and programme support to HDRC Liverpool as designated by the HDRC Programme Manager.
The successful candidate will have:
Experience of producing work of a high standard and working to tight deadlines
Experience of supporting the coordination of meetings and events
Experience of producing accurate action notes and maintaining relevant action trackers
Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work effectively both alone and as part of a team.
Job Number: LCC04560. Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract. Salary: 33024 – 37336 GBP year. Working Hours: 35 hours per week.
The Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) is a new element of NIHR research infrastructure funded by its Public Health Programme that will be based in local government. The purpose is to enable local authorities to become more research-active, undertake new research and use existing evidence to inform our decision making, and undertake evaluation activities. There will be a central focus on health inequalities and actions to tackle issues faced by local disadvantaged groups and areas.
Liverpool is one of 30 councils across the UK pioneering this new investment in local government. HDRC Liverpool will enable Liverpool City Council (LCC) to become a world leading centre for research. The programme will enable a culture of making evidence informed decisions by LCC and its partners to improve the determinants of health. This will lead to overall improvements in health outcomes and a narrowing of the health divide within the city.
HDRC Liverpool will build on existing strengths and make the best use of Liverpool’s data, the experience of our residents and our research and innovation skills. These assets will fuel the development of local solutions with global significance, for Liverpool and for other cities to improve the health of their residents.
This role represents a unique opportunity to join a new, pioneering team, to help grow and shape a new way of doing things and ultimately to have a big impact on outcomes for local people.
The HDRC programme runs for 5 years between Jan 2024-Dec 2028 and the funding for this post aligns with this timescale.
They are looking for a person with appropriate knowledge, skills, experience and ability to support the development, delivery and sustainability of the Liverpool HDRC.
The post-holder will support council staff to become more research active, conduct robust local research and produce high quality outputs that are disseminated to a variety of local and national stakeholders.
They are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build, negotiate and influence a variety of stakeholders.
The ideal candidate will have a strong project management background and will be able to network at all levels to work towards shared objectives and the delivery of outcomes.
This is a challenging and dynamic role meaning you will need to be able to work under pressure and manage competing demands of multiple stakeholders and tight deadlines.
This post would suit individuals who are committed to collaborative working to improve health and wellbeing at a local level. The post holder should be keen to develop an understanding of health and impacts of wider determinants, public health and inequalities, and the importance of research within this work.
They will assist in the planning, coordination and delivery of Liverpool’s new research infrastructure, enabling the HDRC and partners to meet milestones and deliverables on time and to a high standard.
This post is suitable for someone who has an interest in programme delivery, research and reducing health inequalities.
The post holder will work closely with colleagues across these organisations and many others, meaning excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential.
Job Number: LCC04559. Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract. Salary: 53577 – 59161 GBP year. Working Hours: 35 hours per week.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Liverpool City Council’s (LCC) new Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) – HDRC Liverpool is led by Liverpool City Council but is a partnership between the Council, the University of Liverpool (UoL), Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), Liverpool Healthwatch and Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) and our local communities.
The Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) is a transformational change programme aimed at changing the culture of LCC and embedding evidence informed decision making. The programme will enable LCC to become more research-active through both the better use of existing evidence and undertaking new research where a gap is identified. There will be a central focus on reducing health inequalities and evaluating action to improve the conditions in which people in Liverpool live, work and play which have a huge influence on our health and wellbeing.
Liverpool is one of only 30 councils across the UK pioneering this new investment into local government. HDRC Liverpool will enable Liverpool City Council (LCC) to become a world leading centre for research. The programme will enable a culture of making evidence informed decisions by LCC and its partners to improve the determinants of health. This will lead to overall improvements in health outcomes and a narrowing of the health divide within the city.
HDRC Liverpool will build on existing strengths and make the best use of Liverpool’s data, the experience of our residents and our research and innovation skills. These assets will fuel the development of local solutions with global significance, for Liverpool and for other cities to improve the health of their residents.
This role represents a unique opportunity to join a new, pioneering team, to help grow and shape a new way of doing things and ultimately to have a big impact on improving outcomes for local people.
The HDRC programme runs for 5 years between Jan 2024-Dec 2028 and the funding for this post aligns with this timescale.
As the HDRC Programme Manager, you will:
Develop a detailed delivery plan for the Liverpool HDRC Programme and workstreams, working closely with the HDRC Director and strategic leads across partner organisations
Oversee management and monitoring of the HDRC programme, co-ordinating specialist input from internal and external partner
Work with senior leads within Public Health and the wider Council to align HDRC activity with core business, and embed research culture and infrastructure across Directorates
Strengthen and build on existing partnerships across sectors, and with academic institutions, to develop systems for research collaboration and governance, and translation of evidence into practice
The successful candidate will have:
A higher degree level qualification in life or social sciences, or equivalent relevant experience
Five of more years of management experience including: project management, budget management, people management, performance management
Knowledge of public sector policy, health-related research methods and translation of evidence into practice
Experience of managing multiple, complex projects working with several different agencies
Excellent communication, report writing and presentation skills for a wide range of audiences
About Unity – Since the 1930s, Unity has artistically challenged the status quo, and to this they remain an organisation that interrogates society and humanity through their diverse programming. The productions and events they curate are designed to speak directly to the communities around us, as they strive to connect curious audiences with brilliant new interdisciplinary work.
They support creatives who break artistic boundaries, by bringing high-profile artists to Liverpool audiences and promoting homegrown artists nationwide through their touring activity.
All their work is underpinned by a holistic and wide-reaching engagement programme that champions and gives a voice to Liverpool communities, breaking down barriers in one of the world’s most exciting cities to live, work and play.
Job Summary
Liverpool’s Unity Theatre is currently looking for new trustees to join their Board who share our passion for theatre and will help them to continue championing new artists and create stunning theatre. Unity Theatre has a proud history of radical theatre, brilliant stories and diverse programming dating back to the early twentieth century. This dedication to creating and showcasing outstanding work guides Unity in all that they do.
As they move into an exciting new chapter in 2024, it is the perfect time to welcome new trustees to continue this brilliant legacy, while also breathing new life into the organisation, and working closely with the new Artistic Director to strategically support Unity’s future. Trustees play an invaluable part in leading the organisation and setting the strategy and future ambitions of the theatre. They are looking to recruit up to four new trustees to add to the talent and dedication of their existing board.
They are particularly looking for trustees with in-depth experience of one or some of the following area:
Strategic thinking and organisational planning over the long term
Leadership and management in the performing arts sector
Fundraising and income generation
Artists with a track record of presenting exceptional, thought-provoking work
Financial management within constraints
Leading a board of trustees as Chair, as the current chair of the board is due to retire soon.
Contact Details: Matthew Brown, Interim CEO, matthewbrown@unitytheatre.co.uk.
Big Give | Women and Girls Match Fund
Deadline: 5 PM on 22 June 2024.
Big Give’s Women and Girls Match Fund 2024 applications are now open. Through their Women and Girls Match Fund, they’re committed to working with exceptional charities, dedicated to serving the women and girls in our communities, fostering a future where every individual can thrive without limitations.
Charities that meet the following eligibility criteria can apply for the campaign:
UK-registered charity with a Charity Commission, OSCR or NI Charity Commission number, or tax-exempt status
Have an annual income of at least £25,000 (as per last filed accounts on the Charity Commission)
Charities working to to improve the lives of vulnerable, disadvantaged or underrepresented women and girls within the UK and internationally
Charities that are led by, for and with women and girls. To assess this, they will look at whether your governing documents specifically mentions women/and or girls, whether you have a majority female board, who your beneficiaries are and your web presence (if your organisation has one).
How does it work?
The Women and Girls Match Fund utilises their ‘1:1’ Model of match funding. Women and Girls charities apply to Big Give and have their application assessed. Successful charities are awarded a sum of match funding which is ring-fenced for their organisation. This match funding is unlocked by public donations given through Big Give’s online fundraising platform during the campaign.
Irish Community Care – Community Empowerment and Collaboration Lead
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: 2 Years Part Time. Salary: £35,411 pro rata. Hours per week: 28 hours. Reporting to: Nominated Lead. Location: Office base Liverpool (151 Dale Street).
Employer Bio
At Irish Community Care (ICC) people matter. They work with communities to build strength and resilience, nourish independence, break down barriers and change lives. They are recruiting a dynamic individual with a track record of community empowerment, leading collaborations, influencing policy and effecting change. They offer a competitive salary, flexible working, generous annual leave, birthday leave, an additional bank holiday, a good pension, Medicash, and an Employee Assistance Programme.
Job Summary
The Community Empowerment and Collaborations Lea will be leading a collaboration between Tara Park Residents, Irish Community Care, Liverpool City Council and Friends Families and Travellers. Tara Park is Liverpool City Council’s owned and managed Gypsy Traveller site.
The postholder will engage all stakeholders and ensure residents can inform and influence the delivery of a shared vision for site improvements and modernisation.
To learn more and to apply, please contact ICC on 0151 237 3987 / admin@irishcc.net. Please ask for Breege or Win if you would like to discuss the role.
Deadline: 13 May 2024.
Interviews: Friday 31 May 2024.
Brook – Safeguarding Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £37,000. Hours per week: 37.5 (reduced to 30 hours with no reduction in pay on completion of probation). Reporting to: Designated/Acting Safeguarding Lead. Location: The Plaza, Old Hall Street Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Brook is the UK’s leading sexual health and wellbeing charity. They are committed to changing attitudes, challenging prejudice and championing equality.
Their unique combination of clinical services and education programmes are designed to meet individual needs and instill positive behaviours that influence their whole lives. Their digital solutions help them reach even greater numbers of young people and professionals, and their expansion into all-age services ensures that whole communities can benefit from their inclusive, non-judgmental approach to sexual and reproductive health.
They are continuously listening to and learning from their service users and the communities they support. They amplify the voices of those who face barriers to access, ensuring that sexual health remains high on the political agenda and that law, policy and practice is aligned with what they need.
Job Summary
Purpose of the role:
A key member of Brook’s safeguarding team with responsibility for driving their national safeguarding remit and supporting the discharge of their legal, contractual and organisational safeguarding responsibilities.
To deputise and support the Designated Safeguarding Lead in providing expert safeguarding guidance for children and adults at risk.
To work in collaboration with the Designated Safeguarding Lead, Heads of Service, Brook’s Safeguarding Escalation Team and service level safeguarding leads/managers to ensure that high quality, safe and effective services are delivered to users of Brook’s clinical, education, counselling and wellbeing services.
Liverpool City Region Talent Match Programme | Procurement of Therapeutic Services and/or Counselling Sessions
Liverpool City Region Talent Match Programme, funded by UK SPF Levelling Up Fund and Youth Futures Foundation, is seeking to procure services to enhance their offer which support young people aged 16-24 who are economically inactive and/or socially excluded to progress into training, education, or employment.
They are seeking providers to deliver the following services between June 2024 – March 2025:
Lot 1 – Therapeutic Services and/or Counselling Sessions
This service will be delivered across the City Region and receive referrals from the Talent Match team.
For details of the service requirements and budget, please see Service Specification.
For more information on the Talent Match programme, including the procurement process please see below:
Deadline for completed applications: Monday 6 May 2024 at 5.00pm.
Citizens Advice St Helens – Chief Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £52,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Chair. Location: Saint Helens.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice is a long-established and trusted brand across the country that is known for helping and making a difference to those in need of support. Across England and Wales, the Citizens Advice service comprises Citizens Advice – the national charity with 6 national offices, and a network of approximately 300 independent, local Citizens Advice services that offer direct support to people in their areas.
Formed in 1992, Citizens Advice St Helens was an amalgamation of Newton-le-Willows Citizens Advice Bureau and St Helens Citizens Advice Bureau. Aligned to the nationwide model, Citizens Advice St Helens provides free, independent, confidential, and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. Providing advice that people need for the problems they face, CASH also influences and improves the policies and practices that affect people’s lives in their local area. Their confidential, independent, and free advice is available across a wide range of topics including debt, benefits, housing, employment, consumerism, travel, education, health, and taxes.
Job Summary
The Chief Officer will lead and manage Citizens Advice St Helens (CASH) while developing and implementing strategic and operational plans. Responsible for delivering strategic development through the effective management and development of services, the Chief Officer will build strong and sustainable relationships with key stakeholders at a strategic, national, regional, and local level.
They will work collaboratively with the staff team and board to ensure there is an inclusive, rights-based approach to work that also conforms with the requirements of the Charity Commission, Companies House and HMRC. The Chief Officer is responsible for the economic viability, financial welfare, and sustainability of the charity, as well as driving and nurturing the staff team to continue delivering quality standards across the organisation.
Healthwatch Liverpool – Data Administrator Apprentice
Salary: £18,720. Days: Monday – Thursday / 30 Hours per week / 2 days in office / 2 Days WFH Holidays: 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays.
Employer Bio
Healthwatch Liverpool are the independent champion for people using local health and social care services. They listen to what people like about services and what could be improved and share these views with those with the power to make change happen.
People can also speak to them to find information about health and wellbeing services and activities available locally. Your work will help them to turn their data into intelligence informing their strategic planning and underpinning their diverse activities.
Job Overview
Calling all aspiring Data Administrators! Healthwatch Liverpool are on the hunt to hire a Data Administrator Apprentice to join their team!
As a Data Administrator Apprentice, you will be an essential part of the team, with a focus on all things data! This will include generating reports, cleansing data, data entry, communicating to the wider team with data driven decisions and so much more to enhance your skills and reach your true potential!
In this role, you’ll work towards your Level 3 Data Essentials qualification, delivered by the expert training team at Baltic Apprenticeships.
In its thirteenth successful year the Austin Smith Small Grants Fund continues to provide local people with funding to empower their communities. The Passionist Partners Congregation and Liverpool City Council continue to have a unique partnership in supporting non-for-profit organisations and their neighbourhood.
This initiative started with L8 Law Centre wanting to honour the memory of Father Austin Smith who died in March 2011. Austin was a member of the Passionist Congregation and dedicated more than forty years of his life to the people in the City of Liverpool.
Amount available:
You will be able to apply for a grant up to £500. They only accept one application per organisation, per round.
Who can apply:
Small not for profit community groups from Princes Park, Dingle, Canning, Arundel and Toxteth or whose beneficiaries are predominantly from those wards. Previous grant applicants can apply however priority will be given to new applicants.
Please email your completed application form to Austin Grants austin.grants@liverpool.gov.uk
If you need any further information, please contact Cheryl Moorhead on 07395847746 or email austin.grants@liverpool.gov.uk.
James’ Place – Suicide Prevention Therapist
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £33,000 per year pro rata. Hours per week: 22.5 hours across 3 days. Reporting to: Senior Suicide Prevention Therapist.
Employer Bio
James’ Place exists to stop men dying by suicide. They opened their first centre in 2018 in Liverpool, the first of its kind in the UK, in 2022 they launched their second centre in London, and this year they opened their third centre in Newcastle. To date, they have supported over 1500 men and delivered over 7000 sessions of their life-saving intervention. James’ Place is a therapy centre for men who are experiencing a suicidal crisis, and it was set up to make the experience of finding help as easy as possible. It offers men a brief, intensive, therapeutic intervention in a safe environment. Men who walk through the door at James’ Place will be in a space where they feel valued and respected.
Building on the success of their centres in Liverpool, London, and Newcastle, they are now expanding their model to reach more men in suicidal crisis. Their aim is to have five centres open across England by 2026.
Job Summary
They are seeking to recruit a Suicide Prevention Therapist to support men in suicidal crisis at their centre in Liverpool. They are looking for an experienced mental health professional or therapist with demonstrable interest in suicide prevention. They will work with you and train you to develop your therapeutic skills to offer their collaborative semi-structured psychologically informed intervention. You will support the centre user and their supporter(s) to recover from the suicidal crisis and maintain their safety. You will report to a Senior Suicide Prevention Therapist.
This appointment is part of their growth as a charity. The successful candidate will join an experienced supportive team and will gradually build a caseload supporting four men in suicidal crisis per day to meet the growth of referral partnerships and increased awareness raising in Liverpool.
Interviews: First round of interviews is likely to be the week commencing 13 May.
Contact Details: Leah Morris, Liverpool Centre Manager / Leah.morris@jamesplace.org.uk / 0151 303 5757.
Survey | HIV awareness within Black, Asian & other ethnically minoritised communities in Liverpool
BHA would like to invite you to invite you to participate in an important survey regarding HIV awareness within Black, Asian and other ethnically minoritised communities in Liverpool. Or, if you support Black, Asian, and ethnic minoritised communities, or you know someone from these communities, they would sincerely appreciate if you passed the survey forward.
If you identify or consider yourself to be part of Black, Asian and other communities of global majority, we kindly ask you if you could participate in the survey.
Your response will help shape the development and launch of an HIV awareness campaign scheduled for July 2024, as well as greatly contribute to their collective efforts in promoting HIV awareness and support within our communities.
At BHA for Equality, they are dedicated to providing services for Black, Asian, and ethnic communities of global majority across Liverpool to enhance awareness and understanding of sexual health matters. As part of their ongoing efforts, they are conducting a survey to assess the understanding of HIV, including testing, treatment, and support within these communities.
They are also conducting a focus group on 2 May 2024 at 5 PM and will offer a voucher to the participants. Please let them know if you are interested via drahoslava@thebha.org.uk.
Merseyside Sport – Welfare Officer
Posts available: 2. Contract: 3 years funded post. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £28,770 – £33,024. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Partnerships Manager/Safeguarding Lead. Location: Hybrid, flexible working (Liverpool-based).
Liverpool City Council through the Active Partnership Team at MSP (Merseyside Sport Partnership) are currently recruiting for two Welfare Officers.
As Welfare Officer you will form part of a national network funded by the National Lottery, through Sport England, with the purpose of adding capacity and expertise to the existing safeguarding work of MSP and national governing bodies of sport across the City Region.
You will help further understand safeguarding in local community sport clubs, explore how policies and procedures are cascaded and practised, whilst helping to share learning and raise safeguarding standards. You will work closely with the network of Sport Welfare Officers nationally as well as other local and national organisations to connect people working on welfare and safeguarding, both inside and outside sport.
Contact Details: For an informal discussion about the role, please email Amy Fisher at a.fisher@merseysidesport.com to arrange a time for discussion.
LCVS is hiring!
LCVS currently has an opportunity for a skilled individual to join our team as a Caretaker.
Under the general direction of the Property Management Company, they will be responsible for:
Routine maintenance, health and safety checks, liaison with contractors and tenants to ensure that the fabric of the building is maintained to a high standard.
Occasional cover on reception during periods of holiday, sickness and high demand.
Supporting the conference and meeting facility by assisting with setting up furniture for events and keeping the facilities and decor in good order.
Salary: £21,840 (pro rata). Hours: 25 hours, Monday to Friday (possible additional hours). Usually 8.30am – 1.30pm, other times by arrangement. Occasional weekend working. Accountable to: Director of Finance and Resources. Main working contacts: Property Management Company, Contractors, tenants, visitors and LCVS staff.
Main Purpose of Post:
Under the general direction of the Property Management Company, to be responsible for:
Routine maintenance, health and safety checks, liaison with contractors and tenants to ensure that the fabric of the building is maintained to a high standard.
Occasional cover on reception during periods of holiday, sickness and high demand.
Supporting the conference and meeting facility by assisting with setting up furniture for events and keeping the facilities and decor in good order.
Duties
Supervision of and liaison with service contractors.
Carry out daily inspection of building and deal with any issues / problems arising.
Carry out weekly fire alarm tests and act as Fire Marshall for the building, arrange fire drills and ensure adherence to fire regulations.
Carry out monthly testing of the emergency lights and updating the database.
Input and maintenance of database records for all repair / maintenance issues and tracking progress with repairs.
Responsibility for the key cupboard and control of keys held for the common parts of the building.
Maintenance of all building services, health and safety manuals etc in relation to the building.
Liaise with Property Management Company and security staff on matters relating to building and tenants issues.
Taking monthly readings of all utility meters and sub-meters and maintaining database recording readings.
Liaise with security contractors in relation to opening/closing of building and intruder alarm etc. Act as a key-holder registered with the alarm monitoring centre.
Liaise with tenants on matters related to the building.
Stock control and maintenance of toiletries etc and ordering supplies as and when necessary.
Perform a wide variety of general building maintenance repairs and services. This may include replacing light bulbs, minor painting, basic repairs, maintenance, and DIY tasks (this list not being exclusive).
Overseeing Portable Appliance Testing of LCVS / communal building equipment.
Responsible for alerting the Property Management Company of any unusual occurrence and/or damage that have taken place or that may occur.
When required – supporting reception staff to deliver high quality customer service to a wide range of callers and visitors.
Assist with preparation of meeting rooms when necessary.
Checking on any losses and damage caused by users and reporting as necessary.
General
To work as part of the team with other staff at LCVS
To implement and follow LCVS policies and procedures.
To maintain accurate records of in the various media specified for your areas of responsibility.
To undertake any training necessary and participate in the organisation’s supervision and appraisal system and identify further training and personal development needs.
The post holder is expected to be flexible in the performance of duties and to undertake any other duties identified as appropriate to the post.
If you are interested in applying, please send your CV to info@lcvs.org.uk.
VS6 Partnership invites feedback on the final draft of the LCR VCFSE Manifesto
The VS6 Partnership is pleased to share the final draft of the Liverpool City Region (LCR) VCFSE Manifesto for 2024 – 2028. The manifesto, a culmination of extensive research, sector consultations, and insights gained from the Cheshire & Merseyside State of the Sector report, sets out the strategic framework for the Voluntary, Community, Faith, and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector for the next four years.
The draft manifesto was presented to all major party Metro Mayor candidates at the LCR VCFSE Metro Mayor Hustings event on 26 March 2024. All candidates demonstrated their support for the VCFSE sector and the draft manifesto by signing it, acknowledging its crucial role in improving the economic, health, and social outcomes for communities in the Liverpool City Region.
VS6 now invites all groups and stakeholders to share their final thoughts on the manifesto. This is a valuable opportunity to influence the definitive version of the document before it is finalised and published. A separate document detailing the implementation strategy for achieving the manifesto’s aims will be released following the publication of the manifesto.
To contribute, please ensure you have read the final draft of the manifesto and complete the survey. Your input is crucial in shaping the future direction of the VCFSE sector in the Liverpool City Region.
The Williamson and Priory Friends are looking for someone to support their current treasurer with a view to taking over the role. They are a small charity, a CIO and exist to support the Williamson Museum in Birkenhead and the Birkenhead Priory.
The role involves the management of their funds and keeping financial records and including recovering gift aid. The treasurer also prepares and submits informal accounts to their accountant, who is paid to produce detailed annual accounts for the Charity Commission. The treasurer therefore would need some experience of budget management and have reasonable computer skills, including of spreadsheets.
The committee currently meets alternate months at the Museum. The role might appeal to someone with an interest in the arts or local history, but that is not essential.
Anyone interested and wanting more information, please contact Mary Compton-Rickett,Chair WPF at friends@williamsonartgallery.org.
Update, Final Call & Prize Draw | Black-Led Non-Profit Funding Research
You may have seen that LCVS has been conducting research recently to find out about the barriers to funding that impact on organisations that identify as black-led.
We’ve been assisted in this by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and John Moores University, who have been having these discussions on our behalf. One part of this research is the Funding Accessibility Survey.
We would like to thank all the groups that have engaged with the process so far.
Our survey is still open to get your views. It might take a little time to complete but it is important to us that we get as much detail from groups so we can improve how black-led groups can access funding.
As a thank you for completing the survey, respondents will be automatically enrolled into a prize draw to receive 5 hours of free one-to-one funding consultation services from LCVS.
If you have already completed the survey, you will be automatically entered into the draw.
The winner of the draw will be notified by email by 5 PM on Friday 10 May 2024.
What happens next?
We will analyse the results from the consultation and hope to share headline findings by Mid-June 2024
We will convene participants and funders to explore the finding and co-produce solutions
We will use these results to inform our planning and to influence and shape investment into the city-region for black led non-profits.
If you have any questions about this process, please let us know using the contact details in the survey.
The Hope Foundation – Support Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £18,720. Hours per week: 30 hours. Reporting to: CEO. Location: Anfield, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
The Hope Foundation is a Liverpool based charity, that exists to combat housing poverty, loneliness, and isolation across Liverpool. They run 5 projects that provide support, training, and advice to their service users. They believe that everyone deserves a safe space to call home.
Job Summary
As a Support Worker with The Hope Foundation, your primary responsibility will be providing ongoing support to our tenants and service users, while working with them through support plans and growth plans, towards independent living.
To learn more, please contact info@the-hope-foundation.co.uk for an application pack.
The Skelton Charity’s latest funding round opened on Wednesday 17 April 2024.
The Skelton Charity is a charitable trust empowered to make grants only to legally constituted charities established in Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside, including the unitary authorities of Blackpool, Blackburn, Warrington and Halton.
Although the Trustees enjoy complete discretion when considering applications, they are inclined to favour applications for:
Equipment; from organisation’s supporting the elderly, people with disabilities and from youth groups.
Small specific capital projects of proven viability from community groups.
10% towards overhead costs – considering the cost-of-living crisis, applicants can request a 10% contribution (of the total amount requested) towards overhead costs (utilities etc).
The Trustees do not usually fund:
Large building appeals
and do not make grants to individuals.
It is their policy to make relatively modest grants to a wide number of applicants, which tend to be in the range of £500 – £3,000 but can be, exceptionally, as high as £5,000. The total annual income at their disposal is approximately £100,000.
All Saints Children’s Ventures Ltd – Finance Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £18,327. Hours per week: 25 hours. Location: All Saints with St Frideswyde Church, Forefield Lane, Crosby.
Employer Bio
They are a small childcare charity providing childcare and early years education in a nursery setting and in breakfast and after school clubs in a school setting in Crosby. They aim to provide quality childcare at a reasonable charge with strong links to the local community and fair employment terms.
Job Summary
The Finance Officer maintains the day-to-day financial records of the charity reporting directly to the manager. Duties include invoicing parents, recording income and expenditure in the Sage accounting system and childcare session data in the Parenta nursery management system. Information from these systems is provided to the manager and treasurer. Administrative assistance is provided to the manager including with purchases and admissions. This is an opportunity to be a key part of a small team in a child-centred setting delivering a professional standard of service to the local community.
For application pack, please email recruitforventures@gmail.com.
Deadline: 10 AM on Friday 10 May 2024.
Interviews: Week commencing 13 May 2024.
Contact Details: 07895 926299.
Street League – Operations Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £35k – 40k. Hours per week: 36.25 hours. Reporting to: Head of UK Operations. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Their mission: Using sport and education, they help young people into work.
Sport is at the heart of what they do and what makes them successful. They support young people holistically, recognising the inextricable links between wellbeing, health and employment. They use the power of sport to help young people, aged 14 to 30, who face personal barriers to employment to improve their wellbeing, secure employment and have a brighter future. They work in schools, communities, and with employers to equip young people with the confidence, motivation, essential skills and qualifications needed to succeed in the world of work.
Job Summary
As an Operations Manager you will implement, manage, and strategically develop Street League’s programmes across Merseyside and surrounding areas. You will be responsible for delivering agreed operating and income generation targets and finance management. Reporting to the Head of UK Operations (HOO), the Operations Manager will be a key part of the Operations Management Team within Street League and will contribute to and lead on the implementation of strategies which shape future operational delivery and development for their charity.
Liverpool City Council | Careline service replaced with new services for adults and children
Liverpool City Council has reached another important milestone on its improvement journey, changing how phone calls to Adult Social Care and Children’s Services are handled, in order to allow the council to offer a wider range of services to callers.
A new number is now in operation – 0151 459 2606 – replacing the Careline service. In its place are two new services:
One for adults called Adult Access
And one for children, called the Children’s Advice and Support Service (CASS).
Residents with more complex enquiries, related to Adult Social Care and Children’s Services will be directed to the most appropriate service for their needs.
Callers using the old Careline number will now be greeted with a recorded message informing them of the changes. They will also be provided with the number for the new service, as well as information about the various online options for accessing information and support.
Adult Access
Adult Access will focus on promoting health and wellbeing, for new residents who are not already known to Adult Social Care. The core opening hours will be Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 10 PM.
Adult Access will have three distinct areas of expertise: one offering information, advice and guidance; the second giving safeguarding support and the third being a multi-disciplinary team who can assess whether a person needing care and support would benefit from reablement. Reablement aims to support people to regain skills to live active healthy lives in their community through short term intervention which has a focus on rehabilitation.
Children’s Advice and Support Service (CASS)
The new Children’s Advice and Support Service (CASS) is being introduced to offer a bespoke, professional service for children who need support or protection. CASS will also provide a streamlined pathway for families into Early Help Services. The core opening hours will be Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 10 PM.
CASS provides a single point of contact for professionals and members of the public who want to raise concerns about children and young people. This is the dedicated ‘front door’ for Children’s Social Care – and is another important step in laying the foundations to providing an excellent service to the children and families of Liverpool.
The Reader Organisation – Children and Young Persons Project Lead
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part Time. Salary: £26,780 per annum pro rata. Hours per week: 24.5 hours. Days per week: Flexible working will be considered. Reporting to: Associate Director of Programme Delivery. Location: The Reader, Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool L18 3JB.
Employer Bio
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and / or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
Job Overview
The CYP Lead is responsible for successfully delivering and closely monitoring the outcomes of their CYP focussed community projects. At present, this includes their Early Years focussed First Page Project, their Woodchurch High Reader in Residence Programme and their commissioned work with Alder Hey Hospital, but the nature and breadth of these projects is ever changing, so the landscape of this work may change.
You will have held a similar role, or roles which have equipped you with skills and experience that will enable you to build lasting relationships with a broad spectrum of people. They are looking for an experienced, creative person who:
shares their ethos and values
Completely believes in shared reading and the work of The Reader.
The Reader Organisation – Development Coordinator (Maternity Cover)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term from 1 May 2024 – 30 April 2025. Term: 0.6 FTE / 21 hours per week. Salary: £23,175 per annum pro rata. Hours per week: 21 hours. Days per week: Flexible working will be considered. Reporting to: Development Manager. Location: The Reader, Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool L18 3JB.
Employer Bio
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and / or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
Job Overview
This post sits in the Development Team, which is responsible for delivering income to sustain and grow The Reader’s work and developing the relationships that can help make that work happen. You’ll be working in a small, fast-paced team that needs to be flexible to opportunities as they arise. This role will work across income streams, developing funding bids, cultivating and stewarding funders and partners and actively supporting the work of the Development Managers.
What else can they offer you?
Flexible Working Options including home working
Generous holiday entitlement
As part of your role, you will personally experience the wellbeing benefits of Shared Reading – you will participate in their immersive “Read to Lead” Shared Reading course to enable you to deliver groups, they do lots of reading with partners and you will see first-hand the impact of Shared Reading in communities
Opportunity to spend some time in their beautiful Head Office location at Calderstones Mansion House, in the middle of Calderstones Park. Here you can benefit from walking meetings in one of Liverpool’s largest parks and staff discounts in their café and ice cream parlour
Great colleagues – As Regional Partnerships Lead for Liverpool City Region, you’ll be working with a whole range of supportive, committed colleagues who make Shared Reading happen for people who need it most across the region, especially with other members of the Partnerships Team, their Shared Reading Practice Team and their Development Team.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Volunteer & Triage Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: The post is initially for 12 months, additional future funding is being sought. Term: Full Time. Salary: LA Payscale 5/6 £24,496- £31,364 +5% Pension Contribution. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Senior Solicitor. Location: Vauxhall, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
The Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre has been providing free independent, expert legal advice in the community since 1973. They provide access to justice to their community on a range of social welfare issues, they offer welfare benefit, debt and housing advice as well as a bereavement advice service.
They are based locally in Vauxhall, Liverpool and provide advice across the Liverpool City Region. They are a small community-based law centre.
Job Summary
They are seeking an experienced volunteer coordinator to recruit, manage and maintain relationships with a wide range of volunteers at Vauxhall Law Centre. As part of your role, you will also be supporting their triage work by taking enquiries from new clients and following the law centre’s internal, and external referral and signposting procedures.
You will work as part of a team to develop volunteer roles, training and opportunities to assist with the organisation’s development and ongoing work. You will manage volunteers in existing and new projects undertaken by Vauxhall Law Centre. This role is office based and will work closely alongside their office manager and development team.
Children Growing Up in Liverpool (C-GULL) Study | Research project will follow 10,000 babies & their families
The Children Growing Up in Liverpool (C-GULL) Study is a ground-breaking research project aimed at improving health outcomes for families in the Liverpool City Region.
The study will follow the lives of 10,000 first-born babies and their families, from early pregnancy through childhood and beyond.
This is the first large-scale birth cohort study of its kind in the region, and it has the potential to make a significant impact on our understanding of complex health issues.
The C-GULL study is a partnership between the University of Liverpool, Wellcome Trust, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Liverpool City Council, and the Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
The study is based at the Liverpool Women’s Hospital and will be delivered by a wide range of organisations. The information gathered through C-GULL will help researchers, clinicians, and policymakers to understand more about the early life origins of health and wellbeing.
People who are pregnant with their first pregnancy and have booked for their maternity care to be provided by Liverpool Women’s Hospital are eligible to participate in the study.
The study will collect extensive biological, biometric, socio-demographic, and psychosocial information at multiple points throughout the pregnancy and the child’s first two years of life.
Innovative data collection methods will be used to assess a range of areas, including child development, family structure, physical and mental health, and the home environment.
Participation in C-GULL will provide parents and their first-born child with additional health checks and support during pregnancy and childhood.
It will also help to create a valuable resource for future research that will benefit families both locally and globally. With the involvement of some of the top institutions in the field, the C-GULL study is poised to make a real difference in our understanding of the early life origins of health and wellbeing.
They are inviting all of those who are aged 16 years and older and who are pregnant with their first child and have chosen for their care to be at Liverpool Women’s Hospital to take part in this study. They will also ask partners (if applicable) if they would like to take part.
They want to involve all families from different ethnic, cultural, social and family backgrounds to understand how to improve the health and wellbeing of all children in the Liverpool City Region.
Liverpool’s Parent Network has produced the Spring edition of the Liverpool Parenting Newsletter with information on services available for you and your family across the city.
In this newsletter, parents/carers will find information on a number of events, activities, courses and support services.
This includes:
Ante Natal Services, support and courses
Children Centres and Family Hub Services
Childcare
Half term activities and events
Peri natal support
Healthy Start
Debt Advice
Domestic Abuse
Education
Employment Support
Foodbanks
HAF Half Term Activities
Mental Health Services and Support
Support for young people
Money Management
Parenting Programmes
SEND
Parental Mental Health.
If you have any questions, please contact parenting@liverpool.gov.uk.
YPAS – Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners
Recruitment paused.
The Reader Organisation – Children and Young Persons Coordinator (Sales and Support)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £22,145. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Director of Development and Communications. Location: The Reader, Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool L18 3JB.
Employer Bio
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and / or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
Job Overview
The Children & Young Persons Coordinator (Sales & Support) will have responsibility for sales of the wide range of Storybarn products, as well as offering vital administrative to the wider CYP team; their Shared Reading projects for children and families. Flexible in your approach, you will also contribute to the delivery of creative and inspiring Storybarn programming as part of the wider Storybarn team.
This role could be for you if you:
Have a background in sales communications
Are able to demonstrate active, target driven sales experience
Have experience of the schools and education sales market
Passionately believe in the value of reading for all with a focus on children
Are flexible, enthusiastic and positive
Can bring a lively, engaging, enthusiastic presence in the Storybarn, to encourage children to engage as fully as possible with the experience.
The Reader Organisation – Business Development Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £29,870. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Director of Development and Communications. Location: The Reader, Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool L18 3JB.
Employer Bio
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and / or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
Job Overview
The Business Development Manager sits in the Development Team, which is responsible for delivering income to sustain and grow The Reader’s work and developing relationships that can help make that work happen.
The Business Development Manager will be responsible for all commissioned income secured from NHS bodies, the criminal justice sector and from Local Authorities. These commissions may be to deliver Shared Reading in mental health settings or services, to read with those living in prison or probation settings or to deliver their Reading Heroes programme enabling them to read 1-2-1 with care experienced children.
The post holder will hold a strategic overview within this area, ensuring a coherent and joined up approach to fundraising from within the public sector. Partnership working will be instrumental in the role, progressing key relationships, seeking potential new fruitful partnership opportunities, and working collaboratively across teams.
YPAS is a Merseyside based charity which was established in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. They support children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Job Overview
YPAS is in search of an energetic and motivated individual to become a valuable addition to the Therapy Leadership Team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in supporting and enhancing the day-to-day operational excellence of their therapy service.
Additionally, the successful candidate will be provided with opportunities for leadership training as an integral aspect of their position.
Requirements: Graduate / Post Graduate Psychotherapy qualification is essential, as is post qualification experience. Leadership experience is desirable.
Domestic Abuse Support within Safe Accommodation Small Grants Programme
Deadline: 5 PM on Friday 26 April 2024.
Liverpool City Council is seeking to award grants of up to £50,000 to third sector organisations to provide support to identified silver risk assessed victims of domestic abuse (as per Merseyside Risk Indicator Toolkit (MeRIT)), who have a housing need (meeting the definition of safe accommodation as provided via the link below). Partnership bids are welcome from organisations.
There is a total budget of £250,000 available for these projects.
Organisations can apply for a maximum of £50,000 and only one application per organisation will be considered.
Please note, applications will not be accepted after the application closing date.
She Inspires Festival | Calling Statutory & Voluntary Organisations to Participate
The Liverpool County FA are involved with the “She Inspires Festival” on Friday 7 June 2024 and are looking for statutory and voluntary organisations to attend to promote programmes or provide sessions to girls aged 11+, to help raise self-esteem.
The programme is run in conjunction with the LFC foundation and Everton in Community as well as Merseyside Police.
Hardshaw and Mann Area Quaker Meeting – Finance Assistant
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part Time. Salary: Negotiable. Hours per week: up to 30 hours / flexible. Reporting to: Finance Officer (or General Manager in absence thereof). Location: 22 School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BT.
Employer Bio
Hardshaw and Mann Area Quaker Meeting is registered charity and an Equal Opportunities Employer therefore reasonable adjustments will be made to accommodate people with disabilities, and no discrimination due to race, sexual orientation age or religion.
Job Summary
Essential Job Functions
Invoice bookings as per invoicing procedure, using QuickBooks online
Process Petty Cash and Payments as per Petty Cash and Payments Procedure
Reconcile Credit Card transactions (Sumup and TESCO Clubcard)
Process GIFT AID ready to submit to HMRC
When required, reception duties including answering the phone, taking messages and welcoming all customers and visitors to the Quaker Meeting House when needed
Customer and visitor welcome
And other tasks consistent with the nature and scope of this role.
Requirements
You should be an experienced Bookkeeper/ Accounts Assistant with excellent knowledge of Double Entry bookkeeping, use of accounts software preferably QuickBooks Online, alternatively Xero, or Sage Line 50, Microsoft Excel and Word
Some, awareness of charities accounting
Experience of processing invoices, credit notes and estimates using accounts software
Experience of reconciling accounts
Customer service, warm welcoming approach
Good communication skills (able to provide clear guidance and direction and respond to questions or requests appropriately)
Numerate – able to provide quotes and costings to customers
Literate – good standard of English both written and spoken
Good IT skills, literate including in the use of the Microsoft ‘Office’ suite of programmes, most particularly Excel, Word, outlook and ability to use online booking system/diary
Excellent organisational skills – able to manage themselves and others effectively
Attention to detail including able to focus on task in hand
Comfortable working with others and or on their own
Good communications skills especially a confident and personable phone manner.
Other Skills/Abilities
Sympathy with Quaker beliefs and in particular commitment to simplicity, truth, equality, and peace
To carry out any other reasonable duties as requested by the Finance Officer, General Manager, or Treasurer.
To apply, please email your CV and a covering letter, stating your current salary to Charles Otim via accounts@liverpoolquakers.org.uk explaining how your qualification(s) and or experience meets the job specification.
Deadline: 5 May 2024.
Interviews: 15 May 2024.
LCR Multiply Community Grants | Now Open
Deadline: Tuesday 30 April 2024.
On Wednesday 3 April 2024, WEA launched its next round of funding for Multiply Community Grants 2024/25 through a contract with Liverpool City Region Combined Authority for organisations with residents of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral.
Grants of between £10k and £25k will be made to eligible VCSE organisations to support residents with numeracy skills needs for project delivery up to 28 February 2025.
The Multiply programme was launched as part of the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) programme, by the DfE. The programme is for 19+ adults who live and/or work in the Liverpool City Region area who do not have a GSCE at Grade 4 (or equivalent). Successful projects will measurably improve adult functional numeracy skills and help to, for example:
Manage household finances
Support children with homework
Understand facts in the media
Improve employability / job prospects
Deliver courses designed to increase confidence with numbers as the first step towards a qualification
Deliver programmes together with employers
Provide guidance and support that puts maths into every day, relatable context in daily life, home, and work
Improve labour market outcomes as a result of numeracy support.
It is intended that Multiply Community Grants will offer a range of guidance, referral and support projects such as engagement activity to enable reluctant learners to take the first step, 1 to 1 support and referral into formal education, initial assessment of numeracy needs, capacity building of volunteers to act as numeracy advocates and short taster flexible courses including a numeracy element that fit around people’s lives and are tailored to specific needs, circumstances, sectors and industries.
Multiply activities should complement existing numeracy skills provision in the local area, such as that funded by the Adult Education Budget.
For further information or if you have any queries you can contact the LCR Multiply Community Grants Team at multiplylcr@wea.ac.uk.
Deadline: Tuesday 30 April 2024.
Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton – Volunteer Coordinator – Combat Isolation
Salary: £8,736 per annum. Hours: 14 hours – part-time – fixed term until 31 March 2025 initially with a possible extension dependent on funding. Holidays: 5.6 weeks inclusive of bank holidays pro-rata for part time staff. Location: City Centre office with possible travel across Sefton and Liverpool, flexible home working.
Combat Isolation is a bespoke service based across Liverpool, Sefton and Kirkby. The team supports older adults age 50+ diagnosed with functional mental illness who have been affected by loneliness and isolation exacerbated by the impact of Covid. The service has been designed to build confidence and increase independence through delivery of one-to-one support together with supporting the delivery of drop-in sessions, community-based activities and volunteer befriending.
The Volunteer Coordinator will work collaboratively with the Combat Isolation team, overseeing the recruitment and retainment of volunteer befrienders from application through to client matching. This will include processing applications, conducting informal interviews, managing the DBS process and supporting with organising volunteer training. The post holder would be the main point of contact for those currently volunteering for the service, dealing with any queries they may have during their time with the service.
You will have an interest in supporting volunteers and/or people living with mental health conditions, taking a compassionate approach and maintain confidentiality and data protection at all times. You should be confident in multitasking and time management. You will be an excellent communicator and able to maintain positive working relationships with volunteers and outside agencies. You will be confident working without close supervision and be able to complete time-sensitive tasks.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part time. Salary: £11.44 per hour. Hours per week: 25 hours. Reporting to: Administration Manager. Location: 151 Dale Street, Liverpool L2 2JH.
Employer Bio
Established in 1928 by Eleanor Rathbone, their charity was the first older adult focused charity in the world. Since their conception, Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton’s (ACLS) mission has been to protect and promote the well-being of people over 50 years of age in their area. With nearly 100 years’ experience working with older adults in Liverpool & Sefton, they are experts in understanding the needs of the community and delivering impactful services.
Job Summary
The Administrator will support and assist the team and management to deliver their services and support their clients. They will provide telephone and administrative support to their clients and services and be responsible for the administration and oversight of their client Activity Programme.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Welfare Benefits Caseworker
Posts Available – 2: 1 x 30 hours & 1 x 35 hours. Contract: Fixed Term Contract. Term: Part time. Salary: £26424 – £28111. Starting salary will depend on knowledge and experience and level of training required. Reporting to: Welfare Benefits Caseworker Supervisor. Location: Various locations around Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Details
Citizens Advice Liverpool in partnership with Citizens Advice St Helens and Citizens Advice Warrington are delivering a Welfare Benefits, Debt and Budgeting Advisory Service to Torus Housing tenants.
The Welfare Benefits Caseworker is responsible for delivering a comprehensive Welfare Benefits Advisory Service to individuals and families in need. The caseworker will provide support and guidance to clients in understanding and accessing welfare benefits, ensuring they receive the appropriate financial assistance and support, including support with welfare benefits mandatory considerations, and appeals. The role requires a thorough understanding of welfare benefits regulations and policies, excellent communication and advocacy skills, and a strong commitment to improving the well-being of individuals and communities.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Telephone Adviser – Help through Hardship
Contract: Permanent. Term: Part time. Salary: £13,010. Hours per week: 18 hours. Reporting to: Service Delivery Manager. Location: Various locations around Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Details
Advice Giving
Deliver advice and information via telephone to vulnerable people who require emergency food provision, ensuring advice provided meets the requirements of Citizens Advice quality standards.
Ensure all case recording and other record keeping is completed within agreed timescales and conforms to the Office Manual and the Advice Quality Standards.
Use sensitive listening and questioning skills to allow clients to explain their problem(s) and identify the next course of action.
Explore reasons for financial hardship and look at ways to maximize the client’s income
Use a range of information sources to find relevant advice then interpret and communicate this to clients.
Look for local support and add details to the National Help and Support spreadsheet.
Liaise with foodbank staff and volunteers to ensure clients obtain emergency food where possible.
Carry out benefits check and conduct grant searches.
Refer internally or to other specialist agencies as appropriate.
Research & Campaigning
Support their research and campaigns work by highlighting issues to clients, collecting case studies, data collection and client consent
Administration
Use of IT software for statistical recording of information relating to research and campaigns and funding requirements, record keeping and document production. Ensure GDPR compliant training is completed on an annual basis.
Ensure that all work conforms to the service’s systems and procedures.
Undertake admin duties as required or requested.
Professional development
Keep up to date with online systems, available training materials and other resources relevant to the areas of support.
Attend relevant internal and external meetings as agreed with the line manager.
Prepare for and attend supervision sessions/team meetings/staff meetings as appropriate.
Identify and implement own learning and development needs.
Other duties and responsibilities
If required work from a variety of Citizens Advice Liverpool outlets across the city as required over the course of the week between the hours of 9 AM – 5 PM.
Promote the aims, policies, and membership requirements of the Citizens Advice service.
Ensure all processes and procedures that relate to the responsibilities of the role are delivered with a high level of awareness of the organization’s equality and diversity ethos and policies.
Be a positive ambassador for Citizens Advice Liverpool.
Abide by health and safety guidelines and share responsibility for own safety and that of colleagues.
Carry out any other tasks that may be within the scope of the post to ensure the effective delivery and development of the telephone advice service.
Hybrid working policy
During the probationary period successful applicants would be expected to work in office whilst completing their training under the 6 month probation period.
Once training has been completed and quality standards of work has been met the hybrid working policy would allow 3 of 5 working days (Pro Rata) to be worked remotely. The remote / in office days are subject to business need.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Trussell Trust Foodbank Adviser
Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £26,424. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Advice Service Supervisor. Location: Various locations around Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Details
Advice Giving
Deliver advice and information to clients, ensuring advice provided meets the requirements of Citizens Advice quality standards
Ensure all case recording and other record keeping is completed within agreed timescales and conforms to the Office Manual and the Advice Quality Standards
Use sensitive listening and questioning skills in order to allow clients to explain their problem(s) and to identify the next course of action.
Use a range of information sources to find relevant information then interpret and communicate this to clients.
Refer internally or to other specialist agencies as appropriate.
Provide support to volunteers at the foodbanks
Act for the client where necessary by calculating, negotiation, drafting or writing letters/emails and telephoning.
Research & Campaigning
Support their research and campaigns work by highlighting issues to clients, collecting case studies, data collection and client consent.
Administration
Use of IT software for statistical recording of information relating to research and campaigns and funding requirements, record keeping and document production. Ensure GDPR compliant training is completed on an annual basis
Ensure that all work conforms to the service’s systems and procedures
Undertake admin duties as required or requested.
Professional Development
Keep up to date with online systems, available training materials and other resources relevant to the areas of support.
Complete the required training to comply with quality assurance processes
Attend relevant internal and external meetings as agreed with the line manager
Prepare for and attend supervision sessions/team meetings/staff meetings as appropriate
Identify and implement own learning and development needs.
Other Duties & Responsibilities
If required work from a variety of Citizens Advice Liverpool outlets across the city as required over the course of the week between the hours of 9am-5pm.
Promote the aims, policies, and membership requirements of the Citizens Advice service.
Ensure all processes and procedures that relate to the responsibilities of the role are delivered with a high level of awareness of the organization’s equality and diversity ethos and policies.
Be a positive ambassador for Citizens Advice Liverpool.
Abide by health and safety guidelines and share responsibility for own safety and that of colleagues.
Carry out any other tasks that may be within the scope of the post to ensure the effective delivery and development of the service.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £27,491 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Refuge Manager. Location: Merseyside.
Employer Bio
The Amadudu team holds extensive expertise in working with the complexities of violence against women and girls. Their culturally diverse team is made up of women with many years of skills and experience in the field of Domestic Abuse and family support. Amadudu was established in 1991 and is the only by and for specialist BME (Black and Ethnic Minority) refuge in the Liverpool City Region. They are active in local and National campaigns to end violence against women and girls.
Job Summary
You will be responsible for providing a quality family support service to women and children in temporary accommodation, including individual case work, emotional and practical support. You will work between the main refuge site and 6 dispersed safe houses in the Merseyside region. Working as part of a small team you will be responsible to the Refuge Manager.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £25,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Refuge Manager. Location: Merseyside.
Employer Bio
The Amadudu team holds extensive expertise in working with the complexities of violence against women and girls. Their culturally diverse team is made up of women with many years of skills and experience in the field of Domestic Abuse and family support. Amadudu was established in 1991 and is the only by and for specialist BME (Black and Ethnic Minority) refuge in the Liverpool City Region. They are active in local and national campaigns to end violence against women and girls.
Job Summary
They currently have an opportunity for a full time Family Support Worker to join their team at Amadudu Women’s Refuge. You will complement the work of the team in providing support for families living at refuge.
Due to the nature of the work and refuge service operating 24/7. The successful candidate will be required to be flexible to the needs of the service.
You will have experience of working with families to bring existing experience, skills, and knowledge to the role. Amadudu provide a unique holistic package of support to families. Tasks include supporting families settling into refuge, engagement in activities, confidence building, emotional support, and practical move on support.
Registration will be open for one week from 12 PM on 28 March to 12 PM on 4 April 2024 (full details in the “How to Apply” section).
The Fore is launching its North West Summer 2024 Funding Round. They are offering unrestricted grants of up to £30,000 to help small charities and social enterprises develop, grow or become more sustainable.
Successful applicants will receive:
A grant of up to £30,000 of unrestricted funding over 1-3 years
Access to free, highly skilled support provided by experienced professionals
Access to their programme of skills training workshops, covering areas such as fundraising, communications, finance, strategy and more
A fully funded place on an impact measurement course
Access to peer networking opportunities.
Who is eligible to apply?
All registered charities, CIOs, CICs and CBSs with an annual income of under £500,000 and where the majority of beneficiaries are based in North West England are welcome to apply. This includes the following counties: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.Please also take their eligibility quiz here.
Their grants are intended to create a step change for your organisation. What do you need to get to the next stage of your development? Their grant might help your organisation to grow, increase your staff capacity, become more sustainable or make your systems more efficient – they don’t mind, they just want you to be able to be better at what you do.
How to Apply:
You will need to register your interest in applying. Registration will be open for one week from 12 PM on 28 March to 12 PM on 4 April 2024. During this time, please register your interest on their Apply for Funding webpage (this will take 2 to 3 minutes)
On 5 April, all registered applicants will receive confirmation of whether they have been allocated a place on the funding round along with details of how to apply. If there are more applicants registered than places available, places will be allocated at random
Once you have received confirmation of your place on the funding round, write your application before the deadline of 5 PM on Monday 29 April 2024.
Please go along to their online information session on Thursday 21 March 2024 from 1 to 2 PM to understand how you can make the best possible application for funding. You can sign up by clicking here. If you can’t make it on the day, please register if you would like to receive the recording after the event.
Registration will be open for one week from 12 PM on 28 March to 12 PM on 4 April 2024 (full details in the “How to Apply” section).
If you have any questions, they are happy to help, please email them at info@thefore.org.
Community Environment Fund | Apply for funds of up to £30,000
Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced a third year of funding for his Community Environment Fund.
Green projects from across the Liverpool City Region can now apply for funds of up to £30,000 for initiatives that encourage long-term behavioural change, while improving the city region’s environment and safeguarding its green spaces.
The fund has already supported 92 local environmental projects including community gardens, bikes for veterans, beekeeping and food growing initiatives.
This year, the Combined Authority is working with community fundraising platform Spacehive, to give projects the opportunity to crowdfund for their transformative initiatives.
The crowdfunding nature means that with support from Spacehive, individuals, businesses, and organisations can also pledge funds towards the projects in addition to the Community Environment Fund, allowing further engagement with the local communities that will benefit from the schemes.
So far, the Community Environment Fund has seen more than 750 people across the city region volunteer time to deliver projects creating 15,000 m2 of new habitat, planting 30,000 plants and trees and producing over 8,000 kg of sustainable food.
HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) Programme for Easter 2024
The Easter HAF programme starts on Tuesday 2 April 2024 and there are lots of great activities happening over the school holidays. Children and young people, from reception to age 16, who are eligible for benefits related free school meals, will be able to access hundreds of activities throughout the Easter holidays including specific provision available for children with SEND or additional needs, at no cost. A meal will be provided for every child attending.
There’s a great range of activities across the city including Easter Egg hunts, Easter parties, bubble football, nerf wars, mindfulness, swimming, football, music, dance, cycling, gymnastics, theatre tech, cooking, discos, podcasting, arts and crafts, drama, basketball, trips out and nature walks!
When the parent/carer has chosen the activity/scheme they will need to contact that organisation to book a place. Each organisation will have either a telephone number, email address or online booking system. If the child has any additional needs or dietary requirements then please discuss their needs with the organisation when booking. There is no central booking system so please read the details of the programmes on the website and contact the providers directly.
Other Information
If you want to know how to register or how to check if your child is eligible for free school meals then please click here (you will need your national insurance number or an asylum seekers support number).
Liverpool City Council is working with Mersey Play Action Council, the local schools, voluntary and community organisations, and childcare providers to deliver the Easter HAF programme. This programme is funded by the Department for Education.
The Florrie – Event & Venue Assistant
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part Time. Salary: £14,277.12 pro rata. Hours per week: 24 hours. Location: The Florrie, 377 Mill street, L8 4RF.
Employer Bio
The Florrie has been at the heart of the L8 community for over 130 years. Their stunning, Grade II listed, Victorian community arts & heritage venue is a social, cultural, educational & charitable hub for the people of South Liverpool.
Job Summary
They have an exciting opportunity available for someone to join The Florrie events team and assist the Events and Venue Manager to set up and run the many events that The Florrie hosts. A chance to work in the most iconic building, full of character, steeped in history in the heart of the local community.
They are looking for someone who is reliable with good customer service, organisational and time management skills with an ability to multitask and remain calm in stressful situations.
*Examples of events and fundraisers they have delivered in the past include Florrie Fest, Food-Aid Liverpool, music gigs, conferences, meetings, award evenings, gala dinners, Christmas parties, exhibitions and much more and have a full calendar of exciting events to deliver in the coming year.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Self-employed. Term: 1 year. Salary: £18 per hour. Hours per week: 20 hours. Reporting to: Creative Producer. Location: Liverpool (and northwest).
Employer Bio
RAWD (Random Acts of Wildness Disability) is dedicated to helping disabled people grow through life and art by:
Inclusive weekly theatre based sessions
Professional theatre touring
Individual professional development
Training
Accessible social events
Creative access consultancy.
Through weekly sessions in Merseyside & Cheshire RAWD have created a community of disabled artists (over 80) who are passionate about producing work in Merseyside and beyond.
Job Summary
The Access Coordinator will be responsible for identifying and finding solutions to removing barriers to access and inclusion for disabled artists.
The role will involve coordinating access work across:
Contact Details: You can contact Alice Lapworth on 07588 754325 / hello@rawdproject.co.uk.
All Saints Children’s Ventures Ltd – Finance Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £18,327. Hours per week: 25 hours. Reporting to: Manager. Location: All Saints with St Frideswyde Church, Forefield Lane, Crosby.
Employer Bio
They are a small childcare charity providing childcare and early years education in a nursery setting and in breakfast and after school clubs in a school setting in Crosby. They aim to provide quality childcare at a reasonable charge with strong links to their local community and fair employment terms.
Job Summary
Their Finance Officer maintains the day-to-day financial records of the charity reporting directly to the manager. Duties include invoicing parents, recording income and expenditure in the Sage accounting system and childcare session data in the Parenta nursery management system. Information from these systems is provided to the manager and treasurer. Administrative assistance is provided to the manager including with purchases and admissions. This is an opportunity to be a key part of a small team in a child-centred setting delivering a professional standard of service to the local community.
To read the full job description and to apply, please contact recruitforventures@gmail.com for an application pack or 07895 926299 for a chat.
Deadline: 10 AM on Tuesday 2 April 2024.
Interviews: Week commencing 8 April 2024.
Blackburne House – GCSE Maths Tutor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Sessional. Term: Part time. Salary: £19.48 per hour. Hours per week: 1 morning per week. Reporting to: Head of Education. Location: Blackburne House, Blackburne Place, Liverpool L8 7PE.
Blackburne House Group is a training led organisation, which delivers high quality training and education services. They’re based in a beautiful Grade II listed building, situated in Liverpool’s famous Hope Street quarter, close to the city centre.
They’re currently recruiting a GCSE Maths Tutor to join their Education Team to support them in delivering outstanding teaching to their learners.
This quick survey is for professionals across Liverpool who work with and for children and young people. They want to find out about your knowledge and confidence in using children’s rights in your work.
Data will be anonymised and only identifiable at organisation level. Your name will not be included.
Comics Youth | Marginal Changemakers | Publishing Campaign for Young People
Do you have a love of books and a desire to make a positive change in publishing? Then Comics Youth wants to hear from you! They’re currently recruiting for 10 young people aged 14-25 years old to join their current cohort and lead the fight in making publishing and the media people read more inclusive, and accessible.
Young people will be at the forefront of their Marginal Publishing House, the first youth led publishing house in the UK, working together to make publishing a more inclusive space over a series of campaigns. They’re currently finishing their first campaign, where they’ve created an Inclusivity Charter for UK publishers to adopt.
New Campaign
Their new cohort will be focused on a ‘Shelftalkers’ campaign, which is aimed at improving the way we display, discuss, and recommend graphic novels by marginalised creators by engaging with booksellers and shops.
How does it work?
Each campaign is x12 sessions long and hosted weekly at Make CIC Birkenhead (Fridays between 4:30 – 6:30 PM). Young people can access sessions online if preferred.
Sessions will launch on Friday 22 March 2024.
You do not need any education or experience within publishing, comics, or activism to join their programme.
If you have any queries, please email ollie@comicsyouth.co.uk. It is important to note that they are also happy to arrange a set-up meeting to discuss the project in more detail or deliver a bespoke presentation at your setting regarding the programme.
The LCVS Community Impact Fund (CIF) is now open
Deadline: 12 April 2024.
Our Community Impact Fund helps voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector organisations and registered charities do even more to build stronger communities across Liverpool and Merseyside.
Eligible organisations can apply for grants of up to £3,000 maximum, for projects that meet one or more of our four main priority areas:
Health
Education
Income stability
Arts and Culture.
Applications will be assessed on the impact that the project will have on the lives of those who benefit.
Applications will be assessed on the impact that the project will have on the lives of those who benefit. We’re looking for projects that help make a change for those most in need. For this round, we are particularly interested in funding projects that support people and communities to combat the problems caused by the current cost of living crisis.
Based upon the high level of applications in previous years, we can only fund projects that align with our priority areas. Unfortunately, it’s for this reason that some good projects won’t be considered.
Health & Wellbeing Organisations Network Meeting | Postponed
Unfortunately the Health & Wellbeing Organisations Network meeting, which was scheduled to take place on Wednesday 13 March 2024 from 10 AM – 12 PM is being postponed.
A new date will be announced shortly and this information will go out across the network to all of the organisations signed up to our mailing list.
For more information, please contact Steph at stephanie.gregory@lcvs.org.uk.
George House Trust – Ageing Well Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed term contract until January 2027. Term: Part-time. Salary: £10,218. Hours per week: 14 hours. Reporting to: Ageing Well Programme Coordinator. Location: Liverpool.
George House Trust has been providing dedicated support to older people living with HIV through their Age+ project since 2021. As a result of effective treatment, people are living into older age and they want all people living with HIV to age well, and with confidence.
The ideal candidate will have a good knowledge of voluntary, community and social enterprises sector organisations in Liverpool.
Survey | Addressing the Disparity in Accessibility to Funds & Support for Black-led Non-profit Organisations, Volunteer & Social Enterprises
We are undertaking a study which aims to understand and address the apparent gaps in successful access to funds for black led non-profit organisations, based in or affiliated with the Liverpool City Region area.
If you are a black led non-profit organisation, we would appreciate you taking the time to fill in the survey from the link below.
Results will be available in the spring and will inform future work to support black led organisations.
The study is led by LCVS with support from our CVS colleagues across the region. The academic research is being undertaken by Liverpool John Moores University and is supported by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Race Equality Hub.
Full information regarding the study and the survey can be accessed via the link below.
Deadline: The survey will be open for up to 4 weeks. Once it has closed, we will update it here.
NHS Pharmacies in Cheshire and Merseyside to begin treating people for common conditions
Patients in Cheshire and Merseyside are now able to get treatment for seven common conditions through their high street pharmacy, as part of a major transformation in the way the NHS delivers care.
95% of community pharmacies in the region will be offering the ground-breaking new initiative known as Pharmacy First, making it easier and more convenient for people to access care.
Highly trained pharmacists will be able to assess and treat patients for each of the following conditions, without the need for a GP appointment or prescription first:
sinusitis
sore throat
earache
infected insect bite
impetigo
shingles
uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women.
The Pharmacy First service will be available to patients on referral by their GP practice, NHS 111, and NHS Walk-in Centres/Urgent Treatment Centres – as well as by contacting their pharmacy directly.
Susanne Lynch, Chief Pharmacist for NHS Cheshire and Merseyside, said:
“I’m really pleased that the vast majority of pharmacies in Cheshire and Merseyside have chosen to take part in the Pharmacy First scheme, in order to help deliver improvements in care for patients.
“Community pharmacies are already delivering more than 10,000 patient interventions in a high street pharmacy setting each month in Cheshire and Merseyside, and this service will significantly expand that offer.
“Our pharmacy teams are working hard to build these new services into their daily workload, and we hope that members of the public will take full advantage of the offer as a fast and convenient way to access treatment for these conditions.”
The Pharmacy First service will build on existing patient services for treating minor conditions available in a pharmacy setting, as well as blood pressure testing and oral contraception services which were made available in more community pharmacies from the end of last year.
The scheme is a key part of the government’s primary care access recovery plan, which committed to making accessing healthcare treatment and advice easier for millions of people.
Karen O’Brien, Chief Pharmacist for NHS England, North West added:
“Community pharmacy colleagues already play a vital role in keeping local communities healthy and well, and now under this new service they can do even more. Each pharmacy has a private consultation room, highly trained pharmacists and support staff who can see and treat patients, and if appropriate offer medication.
“Although the service launches from today, it will take some time for pharmacies and the public to get used to this new way of working, so I ask that people be patient and support our teams as much as possible.”
Submissions open for Shout Liverpool Festival | A Mental Health Film & Arts Festival
Following the success of Shout London – the annual Ashford Place Mental Health Film & Arts Festival, the organisers are delighted to announce the dates for their inaugural Shout Liverpool Festival in April 2024 at Bluecoat, Liverpool’s contemporary arts centre.
This ticketed free-to-attend event encompasses film, music, theatre, dance and poetry. Click here to learn more.
The festival is calling for submissions for original artistic content across film (both features and shorts), theatre, dance, spoken word, music and other art forms.
Applications are welcome from Liverpool and across the UK and should be sent to info@shoutcelebration.com by Monday 18 March 2024.
Shout Liverpool especially welcomes submissions from people with lived experience of mental health issues.
VOLA – Admin Officer
VOLA are currently recruiting for a new Admin Officer to work as part of the VOLA team across three UKSPF-funded projects. It is a full-time position (35 hpw) based at their Waterloo office, paid at the Real Living Wage and initially funded until 31 March 2025.
• Application deadline: 11:59pm, Sunday 10 March 2024.
• Interviews: Thursday 14 &/or Friday 15 March 2024
• Completed applications and any enquiries to be sent to recruitment@seftoncvs.org.uk
Rotunda | What groups and projects would you like to see in Liverpool?
Rotunda are planning to develop new groups and projects so people can learn new hobbies and skills and share in activities they like. Whether it is cooking or furniture restoring, they are setting up groups that people ask for and are keen to join.
The sessions will be very relaxed and give people to the chance to get together and share their enthusiasm.
However, they need your opinion. They would be very grateful if you could complete this simple survey and tell them the groups you would like to see.
The groups will be open to people from right across Liverpool so let them know wherever you live!
Communicating Climate | For organisations working on climate and environmental issues & related areas
Communicating Climate is a free six-month strategic communications training programme specifically designed for organisations working on climate and environmental issues and related areas.
This programme aims to empower organisations with the skills and knowledge to amplify their voice, mobilise their audience and influence meaningful change.
The programme will run from April to September 2024.
Applications are now open and they are looking for 20 organisations to take part.
Successful organisations will be notified by 15 April 2024.
Positive Futures – Targeted Support Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £28,350 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours per week. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, Unit B1, Tetlow Way, Langham Street Industrial Estate, L4 4QS.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Summary
Purpose of Role:
To provide support to young people on a wide variety of issues. Working closely with teachers, colleagues, social workers and other agencies to help understand children’s needs and provide a high-quality service in supporting them.
Some duties will include:
To plan, deliver and offer support sessions on a one-to-one basis, e.g. using CBT, Art Therapy etc.
To provide a range of interventions alongside colleagues which will improve the well-being of young people.
To engage and build good working relationships with parents, children and colleagues working in schools and other agencies.
To work effectively and cooperatively with partner agencies using common processes including Early Help Assessment, Team Around the Family (TAF) and Lead Professional (LP) roles.
Benefits
Excellent salary
Staff Health Cash Plan
33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
Expenses payable upon receipt
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families we have the pleasure of working with.
For over a century, LCVS (Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services) has been working to improve the wellbeing of individuals and communities in Liverpool through supporting and encouraging charitable giving and voluntary action and by bringing people, organisations and resources together.
We provide support, advice, training, networking and representation for the Voluntary, Community & Faith Sector (VCFS) across the Liverpool City Region and we help donors distribute over £4m every year to charitable organisations, both here in the UK and across the world, but with a focus on Liverpool.
The Board is currently seeking to appoint three enthusiastic, innovative and vocal individuals who will support our future journey.
LCVS statement regarding the passing of Michael Holt
Clare White, CEO of LCVS (Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services) said:
“It’s so difficult to put into words how we feel about this tragic news. Michael was such a vibrant, positive and larger than life person. His tenacity in overcoming his life challenges was inspirational. His thoughtfulness to help others unlimited.
From all of us at LCVS we pass on our sincere condolences to his family and friends. The funds Michael has raised for LCVS will be used to support our work with the voluntary, community and faith sector in Liverpool.
As a business customer of LCVS for over a decade Michael understood the impact of our work and how difficult the fundraising environment is at the moment.
I think he would be really pleased that people have continued to donate to the causes he chose and we are deeply thankful for the donations to date.”
GoFundMe for Michael
Since his passing, a GoFundMe has been set up for the repatriation of Michael from Cape Verde, to his family in the UK. It’s not particularly simple and it’s an expensive operation.
Since he was not insured, the full extent of the costs is not known at this stage, however if there happens to be a surplus, then these funds will be donated to the charities that Michael was supporting.
For over a century, LCVS (Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services) has been working to improve the wellbeing of individuals and communities in Liverpool through supporting and encouraging charitable giving and voluntary action and by bringing people, organisations and resources together.
We provide support, advice, training, networking and representation for the Voluntary, Community & Faith Sector (VCFS) across the Liverpool City Region and we help donors distribute over £4m every year to charitable organisations, both here in the UK and across the world, but with a focus on Liverpool.
The Board is seeking to appoint three enthusiastic, innovative and vocal individuals who will support our future journey.
The Role
The role involves attendance at board meetings, one away day and the AGM per year and sub-committees, plus the preparatory work involved prior to such meetings. There are 4-6 board meetings per year.
The board oversees the running of the organisation and as such is responsible for ensuring that the organisation’s governing document is adhered to and its strategic aims are achieved.
We welcome expressions of interest from people from black or other racial minority communities, disabled people, women and those from any disadvantaged community.
This is an ideal opportunity to gain a broad knowledge of the sector whilst helping you to develop your existing skills. It is an exciting chance for you to specialise in the areas that most interest you, as well as being able to give something back to the wider community.
Appointments of Trustees are made for 3 years after which they may stand for re-election at the Annual General Meeting.
Why we want you
By volunteering as a LCVS Trustee you’ll be helping to support hundreds of local charities and their communities in Liverpool and beyond.
By applying your skills and experience you can make a real difference and be central to the future development of the charity. As a Trustee you’ll contribute towards decisions to develop our charity in line with our strategy and policy. You’ll also ensure our compliance with governance regulations.
We’re ideally looking for volunteers with experience of CVS sector and specifically in the areas of;, property/estate management, investment management, arts & culture and public sector commissioning. Trustees are also keen to hear from young adults (18-30 years old ) and underrepresented groups.
What we offer
An opportunity to develop and exercise strategic management and governance skills in a local charity.
Ways for you to ‘give something back’ by applying your professional knowledge, skills and experience in helping us to be more effective.
Connection to the wider non-profit sector and its community of supporters.
Involvement in creating lasting and measurable change in and with disadvantaged communities.
Impetus Connect Fund | Youth Employment Grant Round 2024 | Now Open
Deadline: 11:59 PM on Sunday 7 April 2024.
Impetus is seeking applications from organisations supporting young people to prepare for and find work, with a particular focus on young people from ethnic minority backgrounds.
They are looking for up to three organisations that:
Support young people to find work or develop work-related skills
Primarily work with young people from ethnic minority and socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
They are seeking applications to join their Connect Fund, which provides unrestricted funding and support to organisations working towards measurable impact for young people.
Successful organisations will receive:
£100k in core, unrestricted funding per year for at least two years
The expertise of their dedicated Investment team
Access to their world-class pro bono network
Access to their charity peer learning forums
Access to sector-based coalitions to influence policy.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time, approx. 25 hours per year. Reporting to: Chair of the Board. Location: FACT Liverpool, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ.
Employer Bio
FACT Liverpool is the UK’s leading organisation for the support and exhibition of art and film that explores new media and digital culture. The award-winning FACT centre opened in 2003 in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool, a hub for independent shops, restaurants, bars, nightlife and galleries. The FACT centre houses three art galleries, four cinema screens, a lab for learning and experimentation, a cafe, and a bar. Each year they welcome 250,000 visitors to their building, and collaborate with over 10,000 adults and young people through their Learning Programme, which they deliver in partnership with schools and community organisations across the Liverpool City Region.
Job Summary
FACT Liverpool is looking to recruit someone with an accounting or finance background to a voluntary position to their Board of Trustees to provide oversight and advice to their finance team. As a Trustee, you will bring your financial knowledge and experience to help guide the financial decision-making of their charity, working closely with the other members of their Board to safeguard FACT’s finances and future. Ideally, you will be a person of integrity with a keen interest in their mission – to enrich lives and shape the future through art, film and creative technology – who is able to ’translate’ financial information to assist other trustees to understand FACT’s finances.
If you would like an informal conversation about this role before applying, please contact their HR Administrator on recruitment@fact.co.uk.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £22,820 per annum. Hours per week: Shift pattern of 4 days on/4 days off with each day worked being 12 hours. Reporting to: Operations Manager. Location: FACT Liverpool, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ.
Employer Bio
FACT Liverpool is the UK’s leading organisation for the support and exhibition of art and film that explores new media and digital culture. The award-winning FACT centre opened in 2003 in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool, a hub for independent shops, restaurants, bars, nightlife and galleries. The FACT centre houses three art galleries, four cinema screens, a lab for learning and experimentation, a cafe, and a bar. Each year they welcome 250,000 visitors to their building, and collaborate with over 10,000 adults and young people through their Learning Programme, which they deliver in partnership with schools and community organisations across the Liverpool City Region.
Job Summary
FACT Liverpool is looking for an energetic, hardworking security operative who has a proven track record of safeguarding a client’s property and assets against acts of theft, fire, flood and vandalism. You must be able to hold good order on site whilst working for various service providers and users. Security operatives are expected to work within the building’s procedural guidelines and also ensure a high quality of service is consistently maintained with optimum efficiency. This role requires a valid SIA licence and Emergency First Aid certificate at the time
of applying. Due to the public facing nature of this role, they will also require the post holder to have an Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check – which the company will pay for.
Healthwatch St Helens is your local watchdog for health and social care services, helping people to get the best out of local services, whether it’s improving them today or helping to shape them for tomorrow. Local Healthwatch is all about local voices being able to influence the delivery and design of local services. Not just people who use them, but anyone who might need to in the future. Working in the voluntary sector with amazing people is so very rewarding and being part of their team gives you the opportunity to make a difference to lots of people across the borough of St Helens.
Job Summary
In this role you will be supporting a wider team encouraging local people to share their views about health and social care services, you will support with maintaining their ongoing social media presence and organising, promoting and running events in our communities to gather the views of local people. You will offer support to their volunteers and promote volunteering opportunities. You will be responsible for handling email and telephone enquiries, directing those enquiries and for general admin activities.
For more information and an informal conversation please contact Jayne Parkinson-Loftus jparkinson@healthwatchsthelens.co.uk.
Interviews will take place week beginning 11 March 2024.
The Brain Charity – Project Manager for Neurodiversity Arts Festival
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary/Fixed Time. Term: Part Time. Salary: £27,985 p.a. Hours per week: 22.5 hours. Reporting to: Chris Beaumont. Location: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, Liverpool, L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever. The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Summary
The Project Manager/Producer for the Neurodiversity Arts Festival will work alongside the Event Lead to oversee the smooth planning and delivery of the festival, working closely with Brain Charity staff, partner organisations, neurodivergent artists and volunteers.
The Project Manager/Producer will be expected to uphold the values and principles of the festival, as well as those of the Brain Charity, and should have some lived experience of neurodiversity, and the issues that neurodivergent people face.
Interviews: ASAP after deadline passes, with intended job start to be as soon as possible in April.
Contact Details: jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk.
Liverpool City Council – PSH Apprentice Service Support Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: 18 Month Apprenticeship. Term: Full Time. Salary: £22,366. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Joanne Tambourini-Kay. Location: Cunard Building.
Employer Bio
Liverpool City Council is a local authority who works for their residents. This is a big city with big ambitions – almost 500,000 people live here, over 50,000 students study here and millions visit every year. Ambitious cities need talented people. If you are talented, driven and highly skilled, they want to hear from you. You can expect a rewarding career in a fast-moving and supportive environment. Go and be part of a dynamic team working hard to make Liverpool a strong and growing city, built on fairness.
Job Summary
This is a unique opportunity for anyone who is passionate about supporting the residents of our city to ensure that they live in a safe and well managed property. You will be supporting the Private Sector Housing Teams, if you have a good knowledge of IT software packages, e.g. MS Office packages including Word, Excel and Outlook and can provide excellent customer service within a busy environment, they want to here from you!
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £27,491 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Refuge Manager. Location: Merseyside.
Employer Bio
The Amadudu team holds extensive expertise in working with the complexities of violence against women and girls. Their culturally diverse team is made up of women with many years of skills and experience in the field of Domestic Abuse and family support. Amadudu was established in 1991 and is the only by and for specialist BME (Black and Ethnic Minority) Refuge in the Liverpool City Region. They are active in local and national campaigns to end violence against women and girls.
Job Summary
You will be responsible for providing a quality family support service to women and children in temporary accommodation, including individual case work, emotional and practical support. You will work between the main refuge site and 6 dispersed safe houses in the Merseyside region. Working as part of a small team you will be responsible to the Refuge Manager.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £25,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Refuge Manager. Location: Merseyside.
Employer Bio
The Amadudu team holds extensive expertise in working with the complexities of violence against women and girls. Their culturally diverse team is made up of women with many years of skills and experience in the field of Domestic Abuse and family support. Amadudu was established in 1991 and is the only by and for specialist BME (Black and Ethnic Minority) Refuge in the Liverpool City Region. They are active in local and national campaigns to end violence against women and girls.
Job Summary
They now have an opportunity for a full time Family Support Worker to join our team. You will complement the work of the team in providing support for families living at refuge. Due to the nature of the work and refuge service operating 24/7. The successful candidate will be required to be flexible to the needs of the service.
You will have experience of working with families to bring existing experience, skills, and knowledge to the role. Amadudu provide a unique holistic package of support to families. Tasks include supporting families settling into refuge, engagement in activities, confidence building, emotional support, and practical move on support.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £30,000 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: AD Communications and Marketing. Location: The Reader, Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool L18 3JB.
Employer Bio
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and / or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
Job Overview
As The Reader enters an exciting new phase of development and leadership, their newly appointed Associate Director of Marketing & Communications has joined the team to initiate and deliver some exciting and ambitious projects which will grow their brand and reach locally, nationally and internationally.
This role is a new key position that will form part of an expanded Marketing & Communications department who will work to increase their profile, their earned income through programming and their CIC (Community Interest Company) and grow the number of volunteers and participants across the UK.
You will lead on sharing the story of The Reader’s work and programme far and wide, ensuring that news of exciting projects and examples of impact reach as many eyes and ears as possible. Using your excellent relationship management skills to expand your contacts and networks, you will understand what makes a great story, and keep up to date with current affairs and the media landscape.
The NHS Healthy Start is a national scheme that provides support for eligible families and those who are pregnant to buy healthy food and milk. Healthy Start includes a pre-paid card which is allocated £4.25 per week (£8.50 during the first year of a child’s life) to be spent on milk, fruit, vegetables and infant formula. Access to free Healthy Start vitamins are also included.
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity with a borough-wide brief to assist and support voluntary community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Job Summary
To lead the development and delivery of the Living Well Sefton service (LWS), its engagement with local communities and to be responsible for business and performance management.
Posts available: 1. Contract: 3 years. Term: Full Time. Salary: £25,000 pa. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Vicar at All Saints Childwall. Location: Schools and Church Office.
Employer Bio
All Saints Childwall is a lively, welcoming, family friendly church with a congregation from 0-90+ years worshipping in a Grade 1 listed building with strong relationships with the local community.
Job Overview
All Saints Church, Childwall are looking for a passionate Youth Missional Worker who can be part of an exciting project which seeks to create new disciples aged 11-18 engaging in worshipping communities in Liverpool. The role will be 40% in 3 local high schools working with a well established team and 60% overseeing the youth program at All Saints Church. This role seeks to grow the existing youth ministry at All Saints, and bridge the gap between school and church, helping young people find their home in the local church.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £3600. Hours per week: 15 hours. Reporting to: Director of Osun Arts. Location: Kirkdale.
Employer Bio
The Osun Foundation is a non-profit making organisation based in Liverpool, England, founded in 1992. Osun aims to create awareness and appreciation of neglected traditional African arts and culture and to encourage the understanding of Britain as a vibrant multi-cultural society. They present participatory combined arts workshops and an annual performance tour to the general public.
Job Summary
As a small arts-based charity currently located in North Liverpool. They have delivered workshops, performances, exhibitions and other services throughout Merseyside. They require a freelance Development worker to assist them in their school programme.
To read the full job description and to apply, please email info@osunarts.co.uk.
Measles | If your child’s vaccines are not up to date, please book one now
If your child’s vaccines are not up to date, book at the GP practice. Check your child’s Red Book if you are not sure, or call the GP practice.
Liverpool’s Director of Public Health, Professor Matt Ashton writes below on why you should protect your loved ones against measles, which is one of the most infectious diseases in the world.
Have you heard the news about measles? There is a large outbreak in Birmingham and Coventry mainly affecting children under 10 years old. Many children have needed to be admitted to hospital.
Liverpool has been free from measles for several years, and as Director of Public Health, I am concerned it could easily spread around the country and arrive in Liverpool. We want to make sure that parents have all of the information they need about measles and MMR vaccination so that they feel confident to protect their child.
What is Measles?
Measles is a nasty infection and can make you very sick if you catch it, especially if you’re already more vulnerable to infections. It starts off with a high temperature and a cold with red eyes, followed by a rash which spreads from your face to the rest of your body.
It is one of the most infectious diseases in the world and can spread easily through coughing and sneezing. Young babies, pregnant women and the immunocompromised are more likely to suffer from complications due to catching measles. These serious complications can include pneumonia, encephalitis (brain infections) and sometimes even death.
How infectious is Measles?
Measles is very easy to catch. It has a very high ‘R value’, which means it can easily reach other people very quickly. Every infectious disease has an R value, so we can compare this to other diseases. The R value for…
Influenza is 1.7
COVID-19 is 3
The common cold is 8
Measles is 15
With such a high R value, it only takes a small amount of time for measles to spread from a handful of cases to thousands of cases, if there are a lot of unprotected people.
UK Health Security Agency: If no-one had immunity against Measles, one infected person could infect up to 15 others. This is the R value.
How to protect yourself and your children from measles
There is a simple, easy, safe and very effective way of protecting yourself from measles – the MMR vaccine. You can get it on the NHS for free from your GP practice.
Book a vaccine now
If your child’s vaccines are not up to date, book at the GP practice. Check your child’s Red Book if you are not sure or call the GP practice.
If you are not registered for a GP practice: find your nearest practice and get registered by clicking here.
FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, they take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to nearly 9,500 frontline charities and community groups.
Job Summary
They are looking for someone dynamic and engaging, with excellent communication and volunteer management skills, as well as a commitment to delivering a high quality service in line with their mission and core values. In addition, to working with the team in the FareShare Regional Centre you will also work closely with the FareShare National Volunteering Team. You will work together to provide a consistent volunteer experience across the FareShare network, which is enjoyable, rewarding and safe for their volunteers.
You should be self-motivated, with experience of working within volunteer management and able to manage ad-hoc corporate groups, short term volunteering schemes as well as long-term and regular volunteers. Additionally, you should be able to deliver end to end volunteer recruitment activities and provide on-going supervision and support to volunteers, ensuring that their training needs are met. You should also be able to develop and deliver a range of local volunteer engagement activities. Furthermore you should have experience promoting and championing the role of volunteers, so that they are respected and valued for their contribution to the organisation.
Liverpool City Council Youth Service Review | Have Your Say
The Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) have published updated guidance for local authorities on their statutory duty to provide young people with access to youth work activities. The new guidance emphasises the requirements for councils to ensure that their provision is effectively meeting the needs of young people in localities.
To respond to this and to inform the youth and play grant programme, Liverpool City Council (LCC) will be undertaking a comprehensive review of the youth provision (service review) across the city. The service review will map local youth work provision, conduct a needs analysis, identify gaps, analyse the local workforce and explore and recommend effective youth work practice.
Liverpool City Council and the National Youth Agency will be working with Youth Focus North West to undertake the focus groups with both young people and Key Stakeholders (adults).
The links for the three Adult Key Stakeholder Focus Groups are below, all events will take place on 28 February 2024:
North Liverpool | 11 AM – 12 PM | Croxteth Gems Community Association, Armill Road, Liverpool L11 4TR | Click here to book your place
Central Liverpool | 2 – 3 PM | Edge Hill Youth Club, 79 Martindale House, Durning Road , Liverpool L7 5ND | Click here to book your place
South Liverpool | 5 – 6 PM | Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre, 4 Princes Road, Liverpool L8 1TH | Click here to book your place
Please book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment as they have limited places.
Growing Sudley | History Detectives Wanted!
Do you enjoy local history, researching, and digging up stories?
Does your family have a connection to the original walled garden?
Do you have old photographs of the Sudley Estate?
Did you use The Changing Rooms building?
Do you know Ray B ’74 from the graffiti on this old photograph of the Changing Rooms building?
If the answer to any of these questions is yes, Growing Sudley want to hear from you!
In Spring 2024, as part of their development of the old changing rooms building (formerly the Estate’s animal husbandry building) into a Therapy and Wellbeing Centre, they are embarking on a National Lottery Heritage Fund project to find out more about the park’s past, of which little is documented. The project will delve into the past of the greenspace at Sudley throughout its life, including the development of the walled garden as an ornamental showcase for the colonialist botanical acquisitions of the Holt family of shipping merchants.
They want to bring together a group of volunteer history detectives to help research the history of the garden and changing rooms building. The group will meet weekly on Thursdays from 1 – 4 PM, at various locations around the city, from 21 March – 9 May 2024 inclusive.
Employability Solutions | Platform for Change Legacy Fund | Round Three
Deadline: 15 March 2024.
The Platform for Change legacy fund was launched in memory of three former students of Employability Solutions (ES); Brandon Regan (17), Daniel Jamieson (16) and Jamie Buckley (18), who tragically lost their lives.
With the full support of their parents, this new fund will award three grants of up to £1,000 each year to a young person who will promote the education, safety and mental health of their peers within their local communities.
This round is focused on young people aged 14 – 24 years old to look at what they might need for Education, Employment or even Enterprise.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £28,350 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Positive Futures, North Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. We believe in Empowering young people to achieve their potential – and our team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. We do this through our open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Description
Purpose of Role:
To develop and deliver centre & street-based activities for groups/individuals, school programmes and services that will be delivered in a specified area of the community to meet the personal and social development needs of young people in Liverpool.
Some duties will include:
To plan, organise, and deliver effectively, a range of personal development programmes that improve outcomes for young people. This will include Crime and ASB, Informal Education, Mental Health, and Personal Development.
To work at ‘grass roots’ level, on the streets, in parks and centres, on a significant number of evenings and weekends providing open & accessible activities to local children & young people.
Develop relationships and work in partnership with Schools, Social Care Services, Targeted Support Services and Early Help etc.
To maintain accurate records for monitoring and reporting purposes including verbal and written information on progress, issues, futures plans and to maintain accurate supporting financial records.
Benefits
Excellent salary
Staff Health Cash Plan
33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
Expenses payable upon receipt
An extensive training program to ensure our staff are the best in their field.
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families we have the pleasure of working with.
Sefton CVS – High Intensity of Use – REDI Support Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term March 2025 initially. Term: Full-Time / Part-Time. Salary: £26,484. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Health Programmes Manager. Location: Sefton – Hybrid.
Sefton CVS and Mersey Care are currently delivering a project to support people with serious mental illness, who regularly use Community Mental Health Services.
They are excited to announce that we are seeking a forward thinking person to join their team, who can connect with people and provide 1:1 coaching to people who are going through difficult times.
Merseyside Law Centre – Welfare Benefits Team Lead
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £31,500 (pro rata) pay review pending. Hours per week: 28 – 32 hours per week (flexible/condensed working). Reporting to: Director/Head of Legal Practice. Location: Dovecot & Toxteth Offices.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Law Centre (previously Merseyside Welfare Rights) has been providing specialist welfare rights advice across the North West for over 40 years. In 2017, they became a Law Centre and they are now looking to grow their welfare benefits area of practice. This post will be based in Liverpool (with some remote working) providing legal welfare rights advice and representation to people across Merseyside.
Job Summary
The post will have a strong emphasis on contributing to and implementing the Law Centres business plan by developing welfare rights advice services offered by MLC and securing income streams to give it a sustainable future.
£165,000 fund launched to help community groups reduce, reuse & recycle
A share of £165,000 is up for grabs to help community groups make the Liverpool City Region a cleaner and greener place.
The funding – made available via the Zero Waste Community Fund 2024/25 – is for community and voluntary groups, schools and not-for-profit organisations, who can reduce household waste, encourage recycling and resource reuse and prevent carbon emissions.
There is up to £30,000 for projects which cover a minimum of four City Region districts, and between £1000 and £8,000 available for projects which work solely at one local authority level.
“We are so grateful for the partnerships we have with the region’s community groups. They are the backbone of our communities, the ones who are working on the ground to make a difference.
“Giving groups the opportunity to get involved in looking after their environment brings benefits to all and can help us appreciate items as valuable resources rather than something which otherwise might be just thrown away.”
Bids must tackle one or more of the five priority household waste materials which have been identified by MRWA as key, namely WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment), Food, Textiles, Plastics and Furniture. An analysis* of waste in the region highlighted that a greater amount of these materials could be re-used or recycled. Projects can also include other household waste materials, for example paper or metals.
Previous Community Fund projects have included local recycling guidebooks, cookery clubs to support healthy eating and reduce food waste, fruit and veg gleaning, restoring old furniture to sell for charity and refurbishing unwanted rugs for resale.
One organisation to have previously received funding is Toxteth-based Liverpool World Centre, who have been running clothes and textiles waste education programmes throughout the region.
Jacquie Ayre, Global Learning Education Officer at Liverpool World Centre, said:
“Our projects in the past and the current one ‘Re-think The Waste Revolution’ work closely with teachers and youth group leaders – supported by our partner Faiths4change – to give them the confidence, knowledge, understanding and skills needed to initiate conversations within their settings.
“Currently we are supporting the creation of groups of young people to become peer led waste educators to deliver the rethinking waste message and engage with others to think critically about consumption. We anticipate these messages becoming more embedded in community and school settings and consequently behaviour around textile, food and electrical waste will start to change and waste will be reduced.”
Deadline: 11.59 PM on Sunday 10 March 2024.
Successful projects should receive the funding by mid-April 2024 and will have to deliver their schemes by March 2025.
Organisations interested in this year’s Community Fund can:
Police Experience Survey for victims of rape and sexual assault
Being a victim of rape or other sexual offences and going through a police investigation can be difficult. This survey is about how the police handled your case and how they responded to you.
If you are:
over 18 years old
a victim of rape or sexual assault
whose case has been investigated by a police force in the UK.
They want to hear about your experiences of the police.
Their survey aims to give voice to victims, and all views and experiences, both positive and negative, will be valuable in helping police forces to improve. You can complete the survey more than once, either about the same case if your experience has changed, or about a different case.
Completing the survey should only take 10 minutes. You can skip any questions you don’t want to answer, and you can exit the survey at any time. Please only complete the survey if you feel safe and comfortable to do so.
Take part in an interview about gambling-related domestic abuse experiences of women who live in social housing
Can you help a research team by taking part in an interview about gambling-related domestic abuse experiences of women who live in social housing?
They want to talk to:
women who live (or have lived) in social housing who have experience of gambling- related domestic abuse
social housing providers with female residents impacted by gambling-related domestic abuse
agencies who provide support to women impacted by gambling or domestic abuse.
Women with experience of gambling-related domestic abuse who participate in an interview with one of the researchers will be compensated for their time.
The project is lead by Dr. Mercy Denedo (Durham University) in partnership with Sheffield Hallam University, Cranfield University, Addressing Domestic Abuse (ADA) and Betknowmore UK. The project is funded by the Gambling Commission.
If you would like to take part or know more about the project, please leave your contact details in this form and someone from the research team will contact you.
You will be under no obligation to take part and your anonymity will be protected. They will only use your information for the purposes of contacting you about the research and will not share it with any third party. If this could in any way compromise your safety, please do not use the contact form but instead phone 07455 857120.
This is part of an exploratory study on gambling harms and domestic abuse: Experiences of women in a social housing context.
Consultation on Liverpool City Council’s Equality Objectives 2024 – 2028
Liverpool City Council wants Liverpool to be a fairer, more inclusive and equal city and are committed to designing these principles into everything they do.
Every four years, the council sets its equality objectives for the organisation.
These help them to focus on what is most important and deliver better outcomes for their residents, communities and employees.
This includes promoting equality, celebrating diversity, tackling discrimination, harassment and victimisation, and promoting good relations.
The draft equality objectives
They want your views on their draft equality objectives for the council for the next four years 2024 to 2028. The objectives are set out below:
To reduce inequality and improve life chances through:
how they focus resources to improve equality outcomes
supporting their most vulnerable residents to overcome challenges and connect them to support that is tailored to their needs
delivering on their plans for inclusive economic growth.
To lead the city in celebrating diversity and tackling inequality through:
demonstrating inclusive leadership
good decision-making that is based on excellent equality data and impact assessments
impactful local and national partnerships
placing equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of their organisational and city-wide policies and strategies
To foster good relationships within Liverpool’s diverse communities and better understand their needs by:
improving their local knowledge and how they communicate
listening to local voices and working together to find solutions
building neighbourhoods that are confident, welcoming and where people feel they belong.
To provide and commission excellent services that:
are accessible and inclusive
use good data and actively engage with residents to meet their needs
make the best use of different delivery models and partnership working.
To be an inclusive employer:
where their workforce better reflects Liverpool’s diverse communities at all levels across the organisation
that ensures their employees and elected members have the values, skills and knowledge to be inclusive.
Is your organisation located in Merseyside (Liverpool and Knowsley), a high-need area? If so, you may be eligible for a grant of up to £180,000 spread over three years!
Independent Age is pleased to announce the launch of their £2.8 million Boosting Advice Fund to support organisations to provide advice to older people facing financial hardship across England, Scotland and Wales.
They know that many older people are struggling with increasing costs of living, leading to tough choices and decreased independence.
This fund aims to make a real difference by increasing the amount of expert advice and support at a community level across the following two key areas:
Income: ensuring older people receive the financial support they deserve, including Pension Credit, Attendance Allowance and Carers Allowance.
Costs: protecting older people from unfair or unavoidable expenses, such as high bills, housing repairs and housing challenges.
Who can apply, including full details on our eligibility criteria
How to apply, including information on our submission deadline
Frequently asked questions.
Deadline: 5 PM on Tuesday 20 February 2024.
Call for Information | Liverpool Organisations working with Looked After Children
LCVS is currently collaborating closely with a valued partner to curate a list of prospective organisations keen on participating in an upcoming event designed to support looked after children leaving care.
The event is scheduled for Autumn 2024 and full information regarding the event will be unveiled nearer to the time.
Filling out the form below will help us find potential matches for participation at this event.
Alternatively, you can scan the QR code below to complete our form:
£25k available to community groups to help “Make L8 Great”
Community groups, charities and organisations are being invited to apply for a share of £25,000 in funding from Friday 26 January 2024. Community groups operating in the Liverpool 8 postcode, or intending to use the funding within this area, can apply for a grant of up to £5,000 to deliver a youth engagement and intervention project.
The funding has been made available using funds seized from criminals under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Bidders will be required to showcase their ideas to the local community at the Make
L8 Great participatory budget event at Unity Youth & Community Centre on 13 March 2024.
Eligibility Criteria
Multiple bids from a single organisation/group/applicant will not be accepted.
If electronic media is to be used to support the 2-minute pitch these will be included in the 2-minute allocated time slot. PDF versions must be shared with the group organisers 48 hours prior to the event.
Those bidding must be from a community group operating or intending to use funding within L8 area (see map provided).
Applications must focus on ‘youth engagement and intervention’ only.
The event will be attended by local children at the community centre.
Children will vote on bids presented on the day of the event.
Each child will receive one vote.
Minimum voting age is 8 years old.
Constituted and Non-constituted groups can apply.
A representative from the community group must provide a 2-minute pitch on the day of the Participatory Budget event outlining their proposed bid.
Bidders will not be allowed to vote.
Basic Vetting will be completed by Merseyside Police prior to the event.
Groups can apply for a maximum of £5,000.
Those applying for the fund can be from a Liverpool 8 based voluntary or community group or intend to use the funding to benefit residents in this specific area. All applications for funding must demonstrate how they will contribute to the key theme of youth engagement and intervention.
Inspector Jemma Shaw, from the local policing team said:
“This £25,000 funding will hopefully enable local groups and organisations to deliver a youth-led project or event in the Liverpool 8 area which makes a real difference and demonstrates that the community is stronger together.
This is a great opportunity for any voluntary or grassroots organisation to benefit from a funding boost. The money can be used to develop existing projects or start something new. Whether you are a community centre, sports club, mentoring service, or outreach programme, we want to hear from you. This initiative takes cash out of the pockets of criminals and puts it back into local communities, which is where it belongs.”
Police and Crime Commissioner Emily Spurrell said:
“Liverpool 8 is known for being an area of Merseyside which is rich in diversity and creativity with local groups, charities, and organisations at the beating heart of those communities. We want to do all we can to help support and strengthen these initiatives, increasing opportunities for the young people that live there and, in doing so, create safer, stronger places to live, work and play.
By taking the money out of the pockets of criminals and putting it back where it belongs, we are preventing those who seek to inflict misery on our communities from benefitting financially from their illegal activities, while allowing us to channel funding towards the areas that need it most, creating positivity and enhancing the vital work these brilliant third sector organisations are doing. I would encourage all local groups to apply for a share of this funding, so we can continue to work together to make our communities better places for all in the months and years to come.”
To obtain the application criteria, request an application form, or receive further information, please email L8.PB.Event@merseyside.police.uk.
Deadline: 4 PM on Friday 23 February 2024.
Successful applicants will be announced at the Make L8 Great event at Unity Youth & Community Centre on 13 March 2024.
February 2024 ‘Eat to Meet’ Half Term Programme
Duration: 12 – 16 February 2024.
The February “Eat to Meet 2” Half Term programme starts soon and there are lots of great activities happening over the school holidays! Children and young people, from reception to age 16, who are eligible for benefits related free school meals, will be able to access hundreds of activities throughout including specific provision available for children with SEND or additional needs, at no cost.
There’s a great range of activities across the city including activities linked to Chinese New Year, Shrove Tuesday, and Valentine’s Day as well as boxfit, football, music, dance, cycling, gymnastics, smoothie making bike, cooking, discos, archery, arts and crafts, drama, tri-golf, trips out and zorbing! Every day there will be a range of fabulous meals available with many schemes holding family events as well.
When a parent/guardian/carer has chosen the activity/scheme they will need to contact that organisation to book a place. Each organisation will have either a telephone number, email address or online booking system. If their child has any additional needs or dietary requirements then they will need to discuss this with the organisation when they book. There is no central booking system so they will need to read the details of the programmes on the website and contact the providers directly.
If you want to know how to register or how to check if your child is eligible for free school meals then please click here. You will need your national insurance number or an asylum seekers support number.
If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk. Click here to find out how to register.
If your child is not eligible for benefits related free school meals you may be eligible for support with childcare costs, please click here to learn more.
Liverpool City Council is working with Mersey Play Action Council, local schools, voluntary and community organisations, and childcare providers to deliver the February 2024 Half Term Eat 2 Meet programme.
Equality and Employment Law Centre – Legal Administrator and Call Handler
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Salary: £20,000 – £24,000 per annum, depending on experience. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Legal Practice Manager. Location: 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2AH.
Employer Bio
Equality and Employment Law Centre provides comprehensive, supportive, and cost-effective advice and representation to individuals who have experienced dis-crimination in the workplace or wider society. They handle cases involving sectors such as retail, healthcare, banks, local authorities, transport, housing, education, prisons, and other public, third sector, and private bodies.
Job Summary
They are now seeking an experienced Legal Administrator and Call Handler to join their city centre based team. If you are looking for office work, can remain calm under pressure and enjoy providing excellent customer care over the phone, then this role could be for you.
Key to this position is the ability to listen carefully to the details of every call and to speak clearly and calmly with a wide range of callers will also be important. Empathy and excellent customer service skills are required, and ideally, you will have proven experience of working with customers in a fast-paced environment.
The ability to put people at ease and quickly build rapport with callers is necessary, as is a positive, solution focused attitude. You will experience some potentially challenging scenarios so being resilient is key to the role. Multitasking skills will help in this interesting role. You will be working on legal case management systems and call handling systems whilst on the call with clients, logging call details as standard practice. Good computer literacy is a must, and some knowledge of commercial phone systems would be advantageous.
Ultimately, the ideal candidate for this role will be someone with a real desire to help others and who is keen to make a difference to the lives of their clients.
Essential Job Functions
Manage and respond to a high volume of inbound calls
Listen carefully to callers’ requirements
Ensure callers’ requests are dealt with effectively and efficiently
Follow on-screen steps throughout the duration of calls
Stay calm and focussed in dealing with a variety of callers’ queries
Adhere to strict procedures and mandatory terminology/scripting
Always ensure the highest standards of customer care are adhered to
Meet Key Performance Indicators (KPI) targets as set out and agreed with your line manager
Liaise with other departments to provide exemplary delivery
Share best practice knowledge with colleagues to promote continuous improvement.
Requirements
The ability to communicate clearly and accurately (both verbally and written)
Excellent writing skills (for logging call details on systems)
Problem solving skills
The ability to stay calm under pressure
At least 2 years’ experience of office work or call centres is essential
Fundamental computer skills (Microsoft office and knowledge of CRM systems)
The ability to follow predefined processes and structured or scripted questions and responses.
To apply, please email your CV and a covering letter to Denika Gilbert via d.gilbert@eael.co.uk explaining how your experience meets the functions and requirements of the role.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Help Through Hardship Adviser
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part Time. Salary: £25,300 Pro Rata – £8,673 Actual Salary. Hours per week: 12 hours. Reporting to: Advice Service Session Supervisor. Location: Various locations around Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Overview
Citizens Advice Liverpool host a team of Help through Hardship Telephone advisers and they are looking for a new adviser to join the team. The successful candidate will provide generalist advice in a wide range of enquiry areas such as benefits, housing and employment. You will provide telephone advice within the working hours of the service and work with the on-site supervisor. Citizens Advice, in partnership with The Trussell Trust, has been running the Help through Hardship Helpline (formerly the Trussell Trust Foodbank helpline) since 2020. The helpline has been highly successful in reaching those clients most in need. To date Citizens Advice has answered nearly 57,000 calls, helped feed over 70,000 people and recorded £13 million in expected financial gains for clients.
The national helpline operates across several local Citizens Advice offices where advisers work remotely over the telephone to provide information and advice on the issues clients are facing and help them access foodbank vouchers. Advisers will explore a client’s situation, establish their reason for needing food support and offer advice to address this and maximise the client’s income. You will have excellent communication skills, be confident, motivated and understanding. They’re not looking for the finished article, if you have the right attitude then they can help to develop your skills.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Interviews: TBC, Week Commencing 4 March 2024 on Teams.
Contact Details: recruitment@caliverpool.org.uk.
Feedback Wanted | Cheshire and Merseyside Children and Young People’s Mental Health Plan
From Friday 19 January to Friday 1 March 2024, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside is holding a six-week period of engagement to help inform a refresh of the ICB Children and Young People’s (CYP) Mental Health Transformation Plan.
As part of this, they want to gather views about people’s experience of children’s and young people’s mental health services as patients, carers or family members – what works well, and what could be done better? What barriers have they faced, and do they feel they have been treated differently or unfairly when accessing services?
To try to ensure that they reach as many people as possible, they’re asking partners to help them. They know that their service providers (both NHS and Non-NHS) and their voluntary and community groups host CYP/Parent Carer Forums locally. They are asking if you can support the engagement by asking your group/s to discuss some key questions and feedback to them.
So, do you have an existing group that would like to contribute to the conversation?
If you would like help facilitating your group discussions, please contact their Engagement Team at engagement@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk.
They also have a questionnaire open to professionals. Please see the poster below for them QR code to take you to the questionnaire.
It won’t take long to complete and they really want to hear from you too. Please note that this questionnaire is not open to the public and is just open to professionals only.
The feedback received will be used to develop a refreshed Children and Young People’s Mental Health Transformation Plan for Cheshire and Merseyside, which is due to be published in summer 2024.
Cost of Living Support & £150 towards energy bills
Deadline: The service is only live until end of February 2024, with hope they will extend, however this will be dependant on demand.
Do you support people in the community who may be struggling with their cost of living situation?
The Wise Group are a social enterprise dedicated to lifting people out of poverty, they currently have funding to support people in Fuel Poverty across the England & Wales. They are eager to support as many people as possible.
The Home Energy Advice Team (HEAT) is an independent energy advice and advocacy service delivered by The Wise Group. HEAT will provide one to one support to individuals who are at risk of fuel poverty, currently experiencing fuel poverty or who simply need some guidance in relation to their energy usage or supply.
They can support customers to alleviate debt, address energy concerns and potentially access funding for fuel support.
They will be able to provide support in the following ways:
Deadline: The service is only live until end of February 2024, with hope they will extend, however this will be dependant on demand.
The Reader – Reading Heroes Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term until 31st August 2026. Term: Full Time. Salary: £21,630. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Children and Young People Team People and Partnerships Manager. Location: The Reader, Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool L18 3JB.
Employer Bio
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and/or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
Job Overview
They are looking for a highly organised coordinator with strong interpersonal skills to join their Reading Heroes team. This role is responsible for coordinating the Reading Heroes project, which promotes the benefits of 1-2-1 reading by matching Care Experienced children with trained volunteers.
The Reading Heroes Coordinator recruits these volunteers and offers regular, specific support from the setting up of a placement, through the 6-month reading journey, and as a reading placement ends. The Reading Heroes Coordinator is also responsible for the handling of referrals and contact between referral partners, regular contact with carers, and the promotion of Reading Heroes legacy events, to keep their participants engaged in Shared Reading.
The project aims to develop child confidence, self-esteem, improved relationships with reading and reading for pleasure.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity – Philanthropy Support Lead
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £27,471 – £34,848. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Head of Philanthropy. Location: Mixture of in-office at Alder Hey Children’s Charity & home working (hybrid).
Employer Bio
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children’s Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 330,000 patients and families they care for every year. The charity helps to fund a range of activities and projects that are designed to enhance and improve the lives of their amazing young patients.
Job Summary
They are recruiting for a Philanthropy Support Lead to work within the Philanthropy team at Alder Hey, the UK’s busiest Children’s Hospital.
The Philanthropy team raises vital income from major donors, charitable trusts, foundations and other funders. This is a key role to support the team and help implement the Philanthropy strategy to reach new audiences and grow sustainable income.
They’re looking for a proactive team player who loves organising events and has a structured approach to administration, research and data. Charity experience is desirable but not essential, they’re very open to candidates from other sectors who have transferable skills. You’ll also be calm under pressure, self-motivated and an excellent collaborator. If you’re excited by the sound of this, they’d love to hear from you!
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £27,985. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Location: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever. The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Summary
Social isolation and loneliness are key issues for our community. The Social Connector will play a vital role within their services team by organising a programme of activities, classes and events within their building and out in the wider community for their service users and volunteers. The role will also link in with the physical and wellbeing activities based in their new Neuro Gym and facilitates their volunteer-staffed befriending service.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £27,985 p.a. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Jamie Bonser. Location: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, Liverpool, L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever. The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Summary
This role is based at their main centre in Norton St, Liverpool. The role involves working with individuals with a wide range of conditions and also offers support to their families, friends and carers. The key areas of support include money, housing, employment, relationships and support navigating health, welfare, and social care services. Working adjacent to their reception area, the Information and Advice officer will be on hand to triage enquiries in the centre alongside enquiries by other routes. On occasion, the role will also include some external presentations and networking to support and promote their service.
The VS6 Partnership are pleased to announce the launch of the Liverpool City Region Volunteering Hub website, the central place for all volunteering needs across the city region.
The hub revolutionises volunteering by supporting the co-ordination and management of volunteering across all six Liverpool City Region (LCR) boroughs into one platform providing wider promotion of opportunities and a shared database of registered volunteers looking to give their time to our LCR communities.
Organisations can register on the hub’s website to promote their volunteering opportunities for free and access a pool of volunteers across LCR. All opportunities are listed on the hub website, and due to the interoperability of the hub with volunteer centres across LCR boroughs, opportunities will also be promoted at a local level. The hub also supports the management of volunteers including accepting volunteers, logging volunteer hours, GDPR compliance and producing data reports on volunteering activities.
The hub was developed in partnership with TeamKinetic, who designed the bespoke management software, and is funded by Mayor Steve Rotheram and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, to build upon the legacy of generosity and volunteering from the pandemic.
Originally, the idea of the hub was developed following TeamKinetic’s work with Halton & St Helens VCA in developing a digital volunteer management platform which was enhanced during the pandemic in response to the rising demand for both volunteers needed and residents wanting to get involved in volunteering. Following the success of this platform and further funding from the Combined Authority, each borough in the city region now has their own digital volunteer platform run by their local CVS, which now all feed into our newly launched Liverpool City Region Volunteering Hub.
Sally Yeoman, Chief Executive of Halton & St Helens VCA said:
“Volunteering is fundamental to community action. The local infrastructure organisations of the six boroughs of our City Region have created a means for people to volunteer and for voluntary and community organisations to promote volunteering opportunities in a way that builds on what is happening locally, and to evidence the value of volunteering. We believe this is one of the first such portals in the country and has been possible through investment and support from Liverpool City Region Combined Authority”
Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, said:
“For some of the most vulnerable in our communities, having the support of a volunteer during the pandemic was a lifeline. We witnessed so many incredible acts of generosity from our residents, who dedicated their time to help others, that it inspired an idea to create a permanent, lasting legacy of their kindness.
“The Volunteer Hub will make it easier than ever to connect people with opportunities in our area and will hopefully inspire a new generation of people to donate their time to worthwhile causes. Society is so much richer for the generosity and selflessness of volunteers and, fortunately, we have them in abundance in the Liverpool City Region.”
Additionally, if you are an organisation wanting to promote your volunteering opportunities and want to know more, Volunteer Centre Sefton are hosting some training on how to use the TeamKinetic system throughout February and March:
Youth Providers Survey | Shape the future of Youth Services in Liverpool
Together with the National Youth Agency, Liverpool City Council is undertaking a comprehensive review of youth provision across the city.
They need your support to understand youth provision in Liverpool.
Your involvement in this initiative will play a crucial role in shaping the future of youth services in Liverpool.
Your responses will help them capture an accurate picture of youth work provision in the city and gather your views on what young people need and want from a youth service.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £27,491 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Refuge Manager. Location: Merseyside.
Employer Bio
The Amadudu team holds extensive expertise in working with the complexities of violence against women and girls. Their culturally diverse team is made up of women with many years of skills and experience in the field of domestic abuse and family support. Amadudu was established in 1991 and is the only by and for specialist BME (Black and Ethnic Minority) refuge in the Liverpool City Region. They are active in local and national campaigns to end violence against women and girls.
Job Summary
You will be responsible for providing a quality family support service to women and children in temporary accommodation, including individual case work, emotional and practical support. You will work between the main refuge site and six dispersed safe houses in the Merseyside region. Working as part of a small team you will be responsible to the Refuge Manager.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part Time. Salary: £22,817- £24,801 pro rata. Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Programme Coordinator. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Movema connects people and communities, helping nurture a safer and more understanding and tolerant world. Using dance and arts they give value and support to people who are often overlooked or marginalised in society.
Initially established in Liverpool, and then expanding to Bristol in 2013, Movema has used dance to strengthen many communities, providing people with meaningful connections and life changing experiences.
Job Summary
The Administrator provides a comprehensive range of office administration and services across the Movema team ensuring the efficient running of the organisation.
This post will work closely with Movema’s Executive team and Artistic Programme Coordinators to ensure the smooth running of the charity’s business.
The administrator will be a key part of their mission to connect people and communities, helping nurture a safer and more understanding and tolerant world.
Posts available: No Limit. Contract: Permanent. Term: Monthly Meetings. Salary: No Salary – Expenses Only. Hours per week: The time commitment for Trustees is around 4-6 hours a month. Board meetings are monthly, usually on a Saturday or in the evenings and Trustees are required to attend a minimum of 50% each year. Reporting to: The Chair and the Trustee Board. Location: South Liverpool.
As a small independent charity founded in 1998, SLDAS (South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services) offer free and accessible support to women who experience domestic abuse in South and South-Central Liverpool. They provide volunteering and training opportunities to women who are concerned about the issues of domestic abuse experienced by women and children, as well as work to raise public awareness of domestic abuse in our local communities.
They employ a team of five staff members who support the running of the service, including a director who joined in April 2023, responsible for managing and developing the staff and service, and developing the strategic direction of the charity alongside the Trustees.
SLDAS is mainly funded by a number of local authority and other national grant providers with an interest in domestic abuse. There are plans to source new multi-year funding to expand their services, making this an exciting time to join them on the board of Trustees.
The Board of Trustees is responsible for ensuring the Charity complies with all its legal and regulatory duties, safeguards and allocates its resources to meet its charitable objectives.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part Time (Sessional). Salary: TBD. Hours per week: Sessional. Reporting to: Head of Education. Location: Blackburne House, Blackburne Place, Liverpool L8 7PE.
Employer Bio
Blackburne House Group is a training led organisation, which delivers high quality training and education services. They’re based in a beautiful Grade II listed building, situated in Liverpool’s famous Hope Street quarter, close to the city centre.
Attracting thousands of visitors each year, their facilities include an education centre for women, the School for Social Entrepreneurs North West, a thriving bistro, a women’s wellness centre, excellent conference facilities and a 30 place nursery. From the beginning, these highly acclaimed and flourishing social enterprises have supported their educational aims and provide tangible examples of how new markets can be used to serve local communities.
Job Summary
They’re recruiting a Counselling Tutor to join their Education Team to support them in delivering outstanding teaching and learning to their learners. They deliver counselling courses from Level 3 to Level 4, with links to their Wellness Centre supporting their learner’s development and helping them to complete their Clinical Practice Placements.
Hardshaw and Mann Quaker Meeting House, Liverpool – Finance & Meeting House Admin
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part Time. Salary: Negotiable £11 – £13 per hour. Hours per week: 30 hours / flexible. Reporting to: Finance Officer (or General Manager). Location: 22 School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BT.
Employer Bio
Hardshaw and Mann Area Quaker Meeting is registered charity and an Equal Opportunities Employer therefore reasonable adjustments will be made to accommodate people with disabilities. No discrimination due to race, sexual orientation, religion or creed will be made.
Job Summary
Essential Job Functions
Invoice bookings as per invoicing procedure, using QuickBooks online
Process Petty Cash and Payments as per Petty Cash and Payments Procedure
Reconcile Credit Card transactions (Sumup and TESCO Clubcard)
Process GIFT AID ready to submit to HMRC
Admin duties as required by Trustees for Local and Area Meeting
Update membership book, Website and send out Quaker communication as required
Reception duties including answering the phone, taking messages and welcoming all customers and visitors to the QMH when needed
Provide general admin support and assistance to the General Manager and Area Meeting Houses facilitator as/when needed
Taking responsibility, when on duty for fire safety / health and safety and security
Customer and visitor welcome
And other tasks consistent with the nature and scope of this role.
Requirements
You should be an experienced Bookkeeper/ Accounts Assistant with excellent knowledge of Double Entry bookkeeping, use of accounts software preferably QuickBooks Online, alternatively Xero, or Sage Line 50, Microsoft Excel and Word
Some, awareness of charities accounting
Experience of processing invoices, credit notes and estimates using accounts software
Experience of reconciling accounts
Experience of organising membership data, communicating with members and posting on organisation website
Customer service, warm welcoming approach
Good communication skills (able to provide clear guidance and direction and respond to questions or requests appropriately)
Numerate – able to provide quotes and costings to customers
Literate – good standard of English both written and spoken
Good administrative skills and IT literate including in the use of the Microsoft ‘Office’ suite of programmes, most particularly Excel, Word, outlook and ability to use online booking system/diary
Direct hands-on experience of office administration and/or secretarial roles
Excellent organisational skills – able to manage themselves and others effectively
Attention to detail including able to focus on task in hand
Comfortable working with others and or on their own
Good communications skills especially a confident and personable phone manner.
Other Skills/Abilities
Sympathy with Quaker beliefs and in particular commitment to simplicity, truth, equality, and peace
To carry out any other reasonable duties as requested by the Finance Officer, General Manager and Treasurer.
To apply, please email your CV and a covering letter to Charles Otim via accounts@liverpoolquakers.org.uk explaining how your qualification(s) and or experience meets the job specification.
Find your Funny workshops are creative, comedy and laughter workshops for women to explore their comedic voice, speak in public, develop their self-confidence and simply be silly in the company other like-minded women.
Finding our funny to tell our stories can sometimes be incredibly powerful, empowering and even healing. The workshops offer you the opportunity to take a break, laugh a lot and tap into your inner comedian in a very supportive and encouraging environment.
So whether you’re interested in getting up on stage or you just need to have a bit of fun, this workshop is for you. No experience necessary!
Here’s what some of their previous participants have had to say:
“I absolutely LOVED today, Claire is incredible and empowering. I felt understood, confident & can’t wait to do more!”
“I took away a massive positive vibe and a sense of pride that I gave it go”
“I will take away growing confidence in my own voice in public speaking and not being afraid to hold people’s attention”
“The session was well paced, each ‘game’ built up proper sneaky like, to getting us to tell a story. Brilliant!”
To learn more, please contact Claire via claire@femdelafemme.com / 07960 098093.
Liverpool Parenting Newsletter: January – March 2024
Liverpool’s Parent Network has produced the Winter edition of the Liverpool Parenting Newsletter with information on services available for you and your family across the city.
In this newsletter, parents/carers will find information on a number of events, activities, courses and support services.
This includes:
Ante Natal Services
Family Hubs and Children’s Centres
Childcare Support
Debt Advice
Domestic Abuse Support
Education and Training Opportunities
Family Relationship Support
Employment Support
Foodbanks
Parenting Groups and Courses
Child Development Groups
Money Management
SEND Support
Parental Mental Health Support
Support for Fathers.
If you have any questions, please contact parenting@liverpool.gov.uk.
UPDATED: 2024 – 2027 NHS Cheshire and Merseyside | Liverpool Health & Wellbeing Fund
Deadline: Monday 5 February 2024.
Decisions will notified end of February/early March 2024.
Enquires should be directed to grants@lcvs.org.uk.
Introduction
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Liverpool Place team have created a new Health and Wellbeing Fund with the purpose of encouraging greater collaboration between the NHS and VCFSE organisations to help tackle health inequalities. Applications opened on Thursday 4 January 2024.
All funding must be focused on supporting people in areas facing the highest levels of multiple deprivation in Liverpool.
An online briefing event was held on Thursday 11 January 2024 (the recording of the event can be seen further below).
Background
The VCFSE Health and Wellbeing Grant scheme aims to:
Provide prevention and early intervention support for individuals in Liverpool communities who experience health inequalities
Provide empowerment and wellbeing support for individuals in Liverpool communities who experience health inequalities
Provide funding to VCFSE organisations who offer health and wellbeing support to communities experiencing health inequalities and patients referred by the NHS, linked to social prescribing schemes.
Provide funding to VCFSE organisations for health and wellbeing support offered to people not using NHS services but who are experiencing or at risk of physical illness and/or mental distress and facing health inequalities.
Develop and test approaches for improved dialogue and joint working between NHS, PCNs and VCSE organisations.
Applications will be for spend between 1st April 2024 and 31st March 2027 for sums of between £3,000 each year up to a maximum of £30,000 each year. £236,000* is available in 2024/5 and £244, 949 is available in each year for 2025/6 and 2026/7and will be paid in instalments (on receipt of signed offer letter, satisfactory progress, and evaluation reports).
*Final grant award amounts are subject to ICB approval March 2024.
All funding must be focused on supporting people in areas facing the highest levels of multiple deprivation in Liverpool.
All eligible groups must also:
Be constituted voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations, operating on a not-for-profit basis and established for at least 12 months from January 2023
Have an income of between £3,000 – £550,000 in 2022/23
Have the registered address in Liverpool and/or business address (main place of operation) to be in Liverpool. Liverpool defined as the Local Authority area.
Deadline: Monday 5 February 2024.
Decisions will notified end of February/early March 2024.
Enquires should be directed to grants@lcvs.org.uk.
Imagine Independence – Senior Support Worker
Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Salary: £26,289.07. Shifts: Day Shifts/ Night Shifts. Location: Waterloo.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Job Overview
Imagine Independence now needs a Senior Support Worker based in their service in Waterloo, where they support people with complex needs moving in to their own home. This is a great time to join, as they continue to expand their services across the north-west of England and beyond.
Main Duties Include:
Work with individuals in transition from hospital to a community setting according to their care and support plan
Take part in helping people draw up & follow their person-centred plan; follow set Positive Behaviour Support Plans
Work in partnership with others to allow independence of choice
Act with integrity and to identify opportunities to celebrate achievements to allow a positive, respectful and trusting relationship to grow and support people to improve their confidence and self esteem
Support people to make informed choices around a healthy lifestyle including physical health and improving self care.
Imagine Independence is looking for candidates with previous experience of working in health and social care including complex needs, who may be looking for the next step in their career.
Liverpool World Centre – Global Learning Projects Support Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £23 – 26k depending on experience. Hours per week: 17.5 (2.5 days). Reporting to: Co-Directors. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Liverpool World Centre (LWC) aims to be a catalyst for positive social change by sharing the benefits of global learning. They work with teachers and schools, higher education institutions, and communities to offer engaging workshops, events, training and evaluation on global issues and global learning methods.
Job Summary
LWC is seeking to recruit for a role that can support delivery and development of their educational work. The focus of this work will be on schools initially. For example, they are seeking someone who can support delivery of workshops planned with teachers and young people in schools, alongside planning and delivery of climate conferences/citizen assemblies and events which promote young people’s voices. More broadly, they expect the post holder to contribute across all aspects of their work, including higher education and communities.
This would encompass development, delivery and evaluation of Global Learning projects, alongside general support for the day to day running of the organisation. Whilst team working is important, the post-holder must also be able to work effectively on their own.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract – Funded for 3 Years. Term: Part Time. Salary: £16,536. Hours per week: 24 Hours. Reporting to: Business Development Manager. Location: L7 8TQ.
Employer Bio
A registered charity, Kensington Fields Community Association (KFCA) is planning an exciting phase in its development. They have recently secured funding to continue core roles at Kensington Fields Community Centre for the next three years, including this new role of Project Coordinator.
Job Summary
They are looking for a highly motivated and organised person who has experience of delivering small / medium sized community projects, successfully engaging residents in community life, working with adults and primary & secondary age children (possibly through reading/literacy, food and health & wellbeing projects), contributing to funding applications, community engaging using different methods and tools, use of social media for business, putting on community events and activities that make a difference to local people, identifying new opportunities and partnership working.
This will be a busy role and will require the postholder’s commitment to work flexibly including weekdays and some occasional early evening & weekends. The success of the role will depend on the excellent communication skills of the post holder and their ability to be enthusiastic & proactively grow the role and the organisations community projects. The postholder will report to the KFCA Business Development Manager.
The Basement Advisory Centre Consultation – Understanding Women’s Needs in Domestic Abuse Support Services
Do you have lived experience of domestic abuse?
Do you have a story relating to your experiences of domestic abuse that you’d be willing to share?
The Basement Advisory Centre are organising a consultation project to see what women in Liverpool need from local services.
The consultation is open to those who have experienced domestic abuse and would like their experiences to influence a new project in the Liverpool City Region.
Participants will need to be 18+.
To learn more and to complete the consultation, please email ashleigh.bibby@the-basement.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 March 2024.
All participants views and experiences will remain confidential.
Sea-Changers Coastal Fountain Fund 2024 | Now Open
Deadline: 23 February 2024.
The 2024 Coastal Fountain Fund is now open. It is the fourth year they have been enabled to run this fund.
The purpose of the fund is to reduce the impact of single-use plastic water bottles on coastal habitats by funding communities to purchase water drinking fountains and install them for use by the public in busy or environmentally important areas. So far they’ve funded over 30 fountains around the UK with more coming soon!
Grants of up to £2,500 are available, per applicant, towards the cost of a fountain.
They welcome applications from all types of not-for-profit organisations who have identified a need and are well-placed to get the stakeholder involvement needed to make the project a success.
They particularly welcome applications from Wales, Scotland, East Anglia and Northeast and Northwest England as these areas have been under-represented in previous years.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract – Funded for Three Years. Term: Part Time. Salary: £13,000. Hours per week: 20 hours. Reporting to: Centre Coordinator. Location: L7 8TQ.
Employer Bio
A registered charity, Kensington Fields Community Association (KFCA) is planning an exciting phase in its development. They have recently secured funding to continue core roles at Kensington Fields Community Centre for the next three years, including this new role of Centre Caretaker.
Job Summary
They are looking for someone with experience of facilities management, building maintenance and implementing health & safety regulations, dealing with members of the public, receiving deliveries and organising stock and equipment.
This will be busy role and will require the postholder’s commitment to work flexibly including weekdays and occasionally but not often some weekends and early evenings.
The success of their areas of work will depend heavily on the organisational skills of the post holder, their ability to communicate effectively with all members of team and work alongside visitors to the centre. The postholder will report to the KFCA Centre Coordinator.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract – funded for three years. Term: Part Time. Salary: £9,152. Hours per week: 16 hours. Reporting to: Centre Coordinator. Location: L7 8TQ.
Employer Bio
A registered charity, Kensington Fields Community Association (KFCA) is planning an exciting phase in its development. They have recently secured funding to continue core roles at Kensington Fields Community Centre for the next three years, including this new role of Office Administrator.
Job Summary
KFCA are looking for an experienced office administrator who will assist the team with day to day running of the centre including supporting with service user record keeping, photocopying, answering the phone, greeting visitors, helping set up events and activities inc. IT equipment and rooms, supporting finance e.g. invoice processing / basic budget records, preparing agenda & minutes, social media & basic website admin (training can be provided).
This will be a busy role and will require the postholder’s commitment to work flexibly including weekdays and some occasional early evening & weekends. The success of the role will depend on the organisational and time management skills of the post holders and their ability to be enthusiastic & proactive in assisting the rest of the team. The postholder will report to the KFCA Centre Coordinator.
Transform Lives Company – Community Engagement Co-ordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: 1. Term: Full time or Part Time – Negotiable. Salary: 25,000 – Negotiable. Hours per week: Varied. Reporting to: Logistics Manager. Location: Liverpool City Region.
Employer Bio
Transform Lives Company (TLC) think it’s a crying shame that there are still many people a long way from meaningful, fulfilling lives, with work or without. So, they’ve set about changing that. Transform Lives Company is an established social enterprise [working in the north west] dedicated to not just transforming people’s lives but transforming the way they can do this. Their developmental support really is life changing. They have shown the effectiveness of their approach and the positive outcomes it brings through their award-winning GiveGetGo programme, developed with the University of Liverpool. They work with partners looking to collaborate to bring about social action beyond their core purpose. Their approach is truly person-centred. They start with kindness, understanding the difficult situations many people find themselves in.
Job Summary
To co-ordinate and promote and run community engagement activities to encourage unemployed people who are not currently in paid employment, to connect, participate and progress on to training, coaching, employability or work-related support such as placements and volunteering. This is a team and a place where you can shine, where you can exercise your knowledge and experience.
Design, deliver, review and continually improve a programme of interesting and varied engagement activities in community settings, for people to connect with, enjoy, and grow in confidence
Be creative, making activities a great, enriching, relevant experience for all those involved. Activities could be an hour, or half a day, one off or over a few weeks: we are open to ideas, your skills, connections and repeating the things that work, ditching the things that don’t.
Actively promote TLC across community settings, so that people are aware of their work and how they can support them
Plan all logistics and deliver activities that help people take part. They know they will meet people who are struggling with their mental health, they’ve been referred to them by their GP, through social prescribing or other local groups. You will be co-ordinating the activity, bringing in their trained coaches to provide more in-depth support, linking to other organisations, or arrange links with wellbeing activities that exist in other organisations. The aim is that people from all backgrounds and situations in life will have somewhere they can reflect, build new confidence, learn techniques that support them every day
Apply the data collection and review processed they need; you will be shown how.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £30 – 35k dependent on experience. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: BLP Board. Location: Southport.
Employer Bio
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity with a borough-wide brief to assist and support voluntary community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Job Summary
A – Governance of the Charity (40%):
Alongside the Trustees, you will be responsible for providing leadership, developing and implementing their strategic and operational plans, and their partnership and business development. You will ensure operational management of Brighter Living Partnership on a day to day basis, ensuring smooth running of services and the organisation.
B – Leadership and Operational involvement in the Living Well Sefton Team (60%)
Working with the Living Well Sefton management team and other commissioned partners you will be the main representative for Brighter Living Partnership, representing them at key meetings, ensuring compliance with all monitoring requirements and leading our team of Mentors on a day to day basis, ensuring smooth running of the service from within Southport Community Centre and across the Southport and Formby area.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Casual. Term: Part-Time. Salary: Real Living Wage – £10.90 per hour rising to £12 per hour on 1 May. Hours per week: Approx 4-8 hours. Reporting to: Buddy Up Coordinator. Location: Sefton.
Employer Bio
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity with a borough-wide brief to assist and support voluntary community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Job Summary
To support the delivery of social activities for young people with additional needs and disabilities in accordance with the policies of Sefton CVS and at the request of the Buddy Up Coordinator.
Sefton CVS – Living Well Mentor at Brighter Living Partnership
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. To March 2027. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £21,153 per annum (rising to £23k from 1 April 2024). Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Brighter Living Partnership Manager. Location: Southport Community Centre, Norwood Road + Community.
Employer Bio
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity with a borough-wide brief to assist and support voluntary community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Job Summary
This job will require you to:
Work supportively with people to improve their health and wellbeing in a person centred way, particularly focusing on men and their men’s health programme of activities
Work with individuals and groups in community settings, promoting sustained behaviour change and health improvement
Support the wider capacity building work of Brighter Living Partnership working in partnership with other community providers.
Sefton CVS – Living Well Sefton – Social Prescribing Link Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. To March 2025. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £27,279. Hours per week: 35 hours. Location: South Sefton.
Employer Bio
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity with a borough-wide brief to assist and support voluntary community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Job Summary
The Social Prescribing Link Worker will be employed by Sefton CVS and will work as part of one team with other Link Workers across two host organisations, providing a social prescribing service to GP practices, aligned to the Living Well Sefton model.
The Link Worker will work holistically to support individuals to take control of their health and wellbeing based on a ‘what matters to me’ approach by connecting people to a broad range of community groups and services. The Link Worker will support people to increase their resilience and reduce the impact of health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health such as debt, poor housing etc.
Toxteth Town Hall Community Resource Centre – Caretaker/Handyperson
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £10.42 per hr, rising to £12 per hr from 1/4/24. Hours per week: 16 hours. Reporting to: Manager. Location: Toxteth Town Hall, 15 High Park Street, Liverpool L8 8DX.
Employer Bio
The charity provides advice, advocacy, organises, hosts, and delivers community events, training courses, workshops, community clubs and other activities at the centre. Space is let out under lease agreements to other charities or community organisations whose service and facilities would be of benefit to the residents within their area of benefit – Toxteth. In addition, a large community hall facility is available to be booked by groups for a range of purposes.
This charitable company was established to manage Toxteth Town Hall Community Resource Centre.
Job Summary
To ensure that the centre is maintained as an accessible, secure, safe and clean environment to facilitate usage of the building.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £25,000 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Project Manager. Location: Merseyside.
Employer Bio
Amadudu Specialist BME Women’s Refuge was established in 1991 and is the only by and for specialist BME (Black and Ethnic Minority) Refuge in the Liverpool City Region. They are active in local and National campaigns to end violence against women and girls.
The Amadudu team holds extensive expertise in working with the complexities of violence against women and girls. Their culturally diverse team is made up of women with many years of skills and experience in the field of Domestic Abuse and family support.
Job Summary
You will have experience of working with families to bring existing experience, skills, and knowledge to the role. Amadudu provides a unique holistic package of support to families. Tasks include supporting families settling into refuge, engagement in activities, confidence building, emotional support, and practical move on support.
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent with provisional of 6 months probationary period. Term: Part Time. Salary: £12 per hour. Hours per week: Minimum of 16 hours. Reporting to: Manager Jacqui Fray. Location: Merseyside.
Employer Bio
Amadudu Specialist BME Women’s Refuge was established in 1991 and is the only by and for specialist BME (Black and Ethnic Minority) Refuge in the Liverpool City Region. They are active in local and National campaigns to end violence against women and girls.
The Amadudu team holds extensive expertise in working with the complexities of violence against women and girls. Their culturally diverse team is made up of women with many years of skills and experience in the field of Domestic Abuse and family support.
Job Summary
Amadudu currently have an opportunity for a part-time Floating Support Worker to join their team at Amadudu Women’s Refuge. You will complement the work of the team in providing support for families living at refuge.
NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) – Income Generation & Business Development Administrator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Flexible hours available, between 28 (0.8FTE) – 35 (FT). Salary: Pro rata of £19,538, with future progression to £21,953. Hours per week: Flexible hours available, between 28 (0.8FTE) – 35 (FT). Reporting to: Head of Income Generation & Business Development. Location: The role can be remote based at home, or office based, or a combination of office/home based, depending on your preference. Their office locations are Birkenhead or Birmingham.
Employer Bio
NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) is a leading rights-based charity providing high quality advocacy and legal representation for children and young people who might be in care, subject to child protection plans or have mental health issues across England and Wales.
They listen to what children and young people want, care about what they say and do everything they can to empower them to have a voice and be heard when important decisions are being made which affect their future.
They influence and campaign to bring about positive changes and ensure children’s rights are upheld.
They are proudly based in Birkenhead, but have a flexible working policy for those that would prefer to work at home.
Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Administrator to join their Income Generation and Business Development team where you will undertake a variety of administrative tasks to support with tender proposals, charitable grants and fundraising.
You will play an essential role by assisting the team in preparing and submitting high quality, timely tenders and grant applications. This will involve you coordinating application activity to ensure submission deadlines are met.
You will be required to provide data from their case management system in support of tender and grant applications and to communicate and provide information across NYAS on tender specification requirements.
In your application, you will need to evidence, using specific examples, how your skills and experience meet the criteria laid out in the person specification, within the job description attached. Requirements include:
Experience of administrative tasks and requirements
Excellent IT skills including a good working knowledge of MS Office applications and willingness to learn how to use e-tendering portals
Ability to communicate effectively and to a high standard both orally and in writing to a wide range of people
Highly articulate, with experience of preparing concise, accurate and coherent written information
The ability to work to tight deadlines and within agreed timescales.
Potential interview dates are 22 – 27 February 2024.
If you would like to have an informal chat about this position please contact Jennefer Whitley, Head of Income Generation & Business Development on 07762 414 233 or jennefer.whitley@nyas.net.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Welfare Rights and Advice Caseworker
Posts available: 1. Contract: The post is initially until 31/12/2024, additional future funding is being sought. Term: Full Time. Salary: LA Payscale 5/6 £24,496- £31,364 +5% Pension Contribution. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Senior Solicitor. Location: Vauxhall, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre has been providing free independent, expert legal advice in the community since 1973. They provide access to justice to our community on a range of social welfare issues, they offer welfare benefit, debt and housing advice as well as a bereavement advice service.
They are based locally in Vauxhall, Liverpool and provide advice across the Liverpool City Region. They are a small community-based law centre.
Job Description
To assist in providing an efficient and effective advice service, you will provide support and practical advice on welfare benefits, housing, particularly, but not exclusively, for people who are older. You will work as part of a team to ensure that our clients are receiving the best support available to help them. You will be required to provide advice through various service delivery points, including at our office, various outreach locations, home visits and working with public service partners such as the NHS and community groups.
The candidate should possess extensive knowledge and experience in giving competent accurate advice on welfare benefits in an advice centre, on the telephone and at outreach sessions, up to the level of successful representation at Tribunal for welfare benefit appeals.
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £10.42 per hour. Hours per week: 24 hours (based on two 12 hour shifts) over an 8-day period 24 hours (two 12 hour shifts) across an 8-day period, offered on a rota basis and communicated in advance. Days per week: The days of the week are not fixed over the 8-day period and will involve weekend and evening work as standard. Reporting to: Operations Manager. Location: FACT Liverpool, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ.
Employer Bio
FACT Liverpool is the UK’s leading organisation for the support and exhibition of art and film that explores new media and digital culture. The award-winning FACT centre opened in 2003 in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool, a hub for independent shops, restaurants, bars, nightlife and galleries. The FACT centre houses three art galleries, four cinema screens, a lab for learning and experimentation, a café, and a bar. Each year they welcome 250,000 visitors to their building, and collaborate with over 10,000 adults and young people through their Learning Programme, which they deliver in partnership with schools and community organisations across the Liverpool City Region.
Job Summary
FACT Liverpool is searching for two energetic, hardworking security operatives who have a proven track record of safeguarding a client’s property and assets against acts of theft, fire, flood and vandalism.
You must be able to hold good order on site whilst working for various service providers and users. The security operatives are expected to work within the building’s procedural guidelines and also ensure a high quality of service is consistently maintained with optimum efficiency. This role requires a valid SIA licence and Emergency First Aid certificate at the time of applying. Due to the public facing nature of this role, they will also require the post holder to have an Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check – which the company will pay for.
Do you want to be part of an organisation that provides support, advice and training for organisations across Liverpool? Are you passionate about strengthening communities, and about improving wellbeing? Do you want to be part of a movement that brings people, organisations and resources together? Then we would love to hear from you!
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a talented individual to join the LCVS Team as our Funding Advisor in a capacity that will allow them to impact the voluntary sector across this city.
Salary: £30,000. Term: Full Time / Permanent. Location: Liverpool (hybrid).
Do you want to be part of an organisation that provides support, advice and training for organisations across Liverpool? Are you passionate about strengthening communities, and about improving wellbeing? Do you want to be part of a movement that brings people, organisations and resources together? Then we would love to hear from you!
We have an exciting opportunity to join us at LCVS (Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services) in a capacity that will allow you to impact the voluntary sector across this wonderful city.
The Role
CharityJob are delighted to be supporting the LCVS in our search for a Funding Advisor who will deliver advice, training and consultancy support to voluntary community and faith sector groups on a range of funding opportunities. Duties will include:
Offering regular support and guidance sessions to provide information, advice and practical support (including bid writing) to voluntary and community groups
Providing technical assistance to voluntary, community and faith sector organisations in identifying gaps/weaknesses in funding submissions
Preparing funding applications and tenders on behalf of client organisations and to secure additional funding opportunities and provide advice around diversifying income
Making and sustaining effective working relationships with funding agencies, and to raise issues on behalf of community and voluntary sector organisations on matters relating to relevant funds.
The Person
To be considered for this role you should come to us with experience working in, or with, the non-profit sector and have a demonstrable track record of writing and submitting successful bids. You should be able to develop and steward relationships with an active list of organisations and be able to support charities in developing their funding strategies. You should therefore be knowledgeable of, and have experience with, local and national grant funders, but also have expertise across other areas of fundraising.
This is a truly unique and exciting opportunity to join a flexible organisation who puts the wellbeing of its staff at the core. The role will be a blend of homeworking, office-working and travel across the region. By joining LCVS as Funding Advisor you will form part of a small but ambitious team and play a role achieving long-term systemic improvements for the charity.
To register your interest, or for more information, contact Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons:
Charlie – 07799521685 / charlie@charityhorizons.co.uk
Please note: If you would like to submit an application or express your interest in an alternative format, such as audio or video upload, please contact either Charlie or Leanne who will be happy to advise on this.
Please also be aware that Charity Horizons use anonymous recruitment methods when submitting shortlists for all our roles and we only work with organisations that are happy to engage with them in this way.
Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. They welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.
Deadline: 17 January 2024 at 23:59.
DCMS have launched a £25.5m VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme to help VCSE organisations improve their energy efficiency
DCMS have launched a £25.5m VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme to help voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in England improve their energy efficiency. It is part of the package of over £100 million of support announced by the Government at the Spring Budget to help frontline delivery organisations with the increased cost of living.
The scheme will be delivered by a consortium of partners, led by Groundwork UK and supported by Energy Saving Trust, Centre for Sustainable Energy, Locality and Social Investment Business.
The VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme will have two elements:
eligible organisations can apply for the cost and delivery of an independent energy assessment. This will help identify how to reduce bills through measures such as improving or installing new energy features in the building, or changing how energy is used. These assessments will be useful to organisations whether or not they apply for the second element.
This part of the scheme is now open for applications, and will remain open until August 2024.
organisations with an energy assessment may then be eligible to apply for a capital grant to install the recommended energy efficiency measures in their premises.
This part of the scheme will open to applications in January 2024 and grant rounds will also run until August 2024.
To apply for an independent energy assessment, organisations must:
be based and operating in England
be a VCSE organisation, with charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes
be delivering frontline services or operating a hub (a building) that delivers multiple frontline services
be able to evidence the need for energy efficiency support
be able to evidence that they are financially sustainable
not be suitable for blended finance or loan support through other energy focused schemes
Additional eligibility criteria will apply to the capital grants. These criteria will focus on the organisation’s relationship to their building and the evidence and impact for the requested energy measures.
Priority will be given to organisations:
for whom energy is the biggest concern
directly supporting individuals and communities with critical needs, particularly those related to the rising cost of living
with a turnover of less than £1m a year.
Practical support will be available to help organisations manage capital installation projects. All measures will need to be installed and paid for by March 2025.
Winter Holiday Opening Times for LCVS and 151 Dale Street
Today marks the end of a busy and productive year for the LCVS team, and we are looking forward to taking some well-deserved time off to relax and recharge during our winter break.
We hope that you have a wonderful festive season and that you get to spend some quality time with those you care about.
From everyone at LCVS, we hope that you have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Opening Times
LCVS – Starting on 22 December, LCVS will be closed and we will return to the office on Tuesday 2 January 2024
151 Dale Street will be closed on 25 & 26 December plus 1 January.
If you are accessing services from one of our tenant organisations, please contact them directly for their opening hours.
£150k Available | HK Pathways | North West Employment Advice & Support Programme
Deadline: 11:59 PM on Wednesday 17 January 2024.
The North West Hong Kong BN(O) Welcome Hub, part of the North West Regional Strategic Migration Partnership, is excited to announce their new grant programme for employment advice and support in the North West.
Recent survey data shows that approximately 20% of all BN(O) visa holders have settled in the North West, which based on recent statistics would put their population at around 37,000 people. This is larger than any other region or nation in the country. BN(O) visa holders are entitled to come to the UK, to live and work, contribute to their communities and make a new life for themselves and their family.
However, due to our different job markets, varied economies and due to restrictions many BN(O) visa holders have on their visa, access to quality employment support, training or upskilling is difficult for many. Employment has been identified as one of the key barriers facing the BN(O) community. Despite the majority of BN(O)s being educated to degree level or above and coming from professional careers in Hong Kong, only 35% of BN(O) adults are in full-time employment.
To address these issues, the Welcome Hub is launching a grant application to fund organisations to support Hong Kong BN(O) visa holders in the North West with employment advice and employability support.
£150,000 is available, across 3 lot areas of £50,000 each, to fund providers.
Posts available: 1. Term: Part-Time. Reporting to: Chair of Board of Trustees. Location: Online and in person 75/25.
Employer Bio
For almost 40 years WHISC (Women’s Health Information and Support Centre) has supported thousands of women and their families to improve their lives and overcome challenges. Their team support women’s health and wellbeing, through the provision of support services, complementary therapies, self-help, exercise classes and health education. They empower all women with information, free support and activities that combat isolation and improve wellbeing. As well as offering services directly from their central Liverpool community centre, they deliver outreach activities to communities of women from across the Liverpool city region. WHISC has been through a considerable period of change since the start of 2020, from changing the way they reach women through the pandemic, to updating some of the roles and responsibilities in their team. Their services continue to be in demand, particularly from vulnerable women who find it difficult to access support from mainstream services.
Job Summary
They are currently focussing on reviewing the services they offer and expanding the support they provide on wider health issues. Focusing on building partnerships, they work closely with a range of other agencies from across Liverpool and beyond to make sure women receive the best possible support for their needs. The role of Treasurer is pivotal in leading the organisation to the next stage of their development and leading on the financial health of the charity
presenting financial reports to the board in a format that helps the board understand the charity’s financial position
advising the board on how to carry out its financial responsibilities
ensure the financial health of the charity
overseeing the preparation and scrutiny of annual accounts
ensure compliance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements
work alongside the senior management team to ensure the proper use of charitable money.
To read the full job description and to apply, please send your expression of interest and accompanying CV to juliepotts@whisc.org.uk.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Migrant and Asylum Seeker Housing Caseworker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Subject to funding (Until February 2026 currently). Term: Full-time. Salary: LA Payscale 5/6 £26,421 – £31,364 p.a. +5% Pension Contribution. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Housing Solicitor. Location: Hybrid – in office with work from home days.
Employer Bio
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre provides access to justice on a range of social welfare issues. Established in 1973, they support sick and disabled people, people working in the gig economy and on zero-hours contracts, asylum seekers, vulnerable migrants and refugees. They are an inclusive and non-discriminatory organisation. They work with and advocate for members of the community that face injustice, irrespective of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, disability or immigration status. They take a strong stance against all forms of bigotry and work to challenge prejudice and injustice wherever they find it.
Job Overview
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre is seeking a highly motivated individual to support the organisation in respect of housing casework and administrative tasks for asylum seekers and migrants.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – NCS Co-ordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31 March 2025. Term: Full Time. Salary: £29,227 p.a. – £31,738 p.a. – MYA Grade 6 – Pt. 21-24. Hours per week: 35 Hours (May Include Evening and Weekend Work). Location: Liverpool/Huyton.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Youth Association has a long and extraordinary history, dating all the way back to 1890. Grounded in the incredible social history of Liverpool, their affiliated clubs and their predecessors have been helping young people cope with all kinds of challenges.
Job Overview
The post holder will co-design, deliver and evaluate an innovative and flexible NCS Targeted Programme, delivering fun and engaging experiences, empowering young people to make decisions and take ownership of their NCS journey.
The posts holder will work across Liverpool, Sefton, and Knowsley planning, delivering, and evaluating a programme of 12-week group work experiences in the following areas:
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Youth Hub Co-ordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31 May 2025. Term: Full Time. Salary: £29,227 p.a. – £31,738 p.a. – MYA Grade 6 – Pt. 21-24. Hours per week: 35 Hours (May Include Evening and Weekend Work). Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Youth Association has a long and extraordinary history, dating all the way back to 1890. Grounded in the incredible social history of Liverpool, their affiliated clubs and their predecessors have been helping young people cope with all kinds of challenges.
Job Overview
They wish to employ a Youth Hub Co-ordinator for the Liverpool Youth Hub based in Merseyside Youth Association. The successful candidate will co-ordinate all aspects of the Youth Hub including and be responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination of co-locating partners and activities within the Hub. This will include the Line Management of two Mentors and a Hub Volunteer. The successful candidate will also have financial accountability for a small budget and complete monthly returns and reports to DWP on performance and targets.
Experience of developing partnerships and multi-agency working is essential. You will develop and build on existing links with Jobcentre Plus Advisors, act as a conduit between the Youth Hub and external partners and organisations who provide access for young people into Employment, Education and Training opportunities within the Liverpool City Region.
The successful candidate must hold relevant qualification at Level 4 or above.
Posts available: 5. Contract: 3 year term. Term: Voluntary, 4 meetings per year. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
InsideUni is an award-winning not-for-profit organisation aiming to make university applications fairer and more transparent. Since our launch in 2018 we’ve reached over 130,000 individuals and worked with over 4000 volunteers to reach our mission.
Job Summary
This is a time to join an exciting, rapidly growing start-up. They’ve recently received the Fair Education Alliance Innovation Award, funded by Bloomberg, to celebrate and incubate their work, and are part of the AWS Incubator Programme, and work closely with top universities including Oxford and Cambridge. Their clients include the Medical Schools Council, national and local government agencies, and third sector partners.
They’re building an inspiring Board of Directors to advise on this expansion and to help them fulfil their ambitious aim of becoming the most-used widening participation programme in the UK. They are looking for a set of exceptional Non-Executive Directors to join the Board with a variety of different experience and qualities.
Interviews will take place on Thursday 18 January or Thursday 25 January 2024.
Contact Details: Tommy Gale at tommy@insideuni.org.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Finance Assistant
Contract: Permanent. Term: Part time. Salary: £13,229. Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Finance Manager. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Overview
To provide a full finance administration support service to the Finance Department of Citizens Advice Liverpool working closely with the Finance Manager. To ensure that accurate and timely financial information is recorded and processed using the Quickbooks accounts system. To assist in the provision of the organisation’s financial management service to ensure Citizens Advice Liverpool operates effectively and is compliant with all legal and sector requirements.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Cheshire and Merseyside Maternity Rights Advice Service
Maternity Action and NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Women’s Health and Maternity Programme have launched a dedicated Maternity Rights Advice Service for women and families across the Cheshire and Merseyside region.
The service provides free and confidential advice on rights at work and maternity pay and benefits for pregnant women and new parents who are living, working or booked for maternity care in the Cheshire and Merseyside region.
How they can help
They can provide advice on a range of issues including maternity rights at work and maternity pay and benefits for pregnant women and new parents.
Have you just found out that you are pregnant and want to know what your rights are at work?
Wondering which benefits you could claim while you are pregnant or once your baby is born?
Do you think that you are being discriminated against at work because of your pregnancy or because you have been on maternity leave?
Please use their online contact form for any advice queries. If you have a general question about the project or would like to find out more, you can email them on: cheshiremerseyside@maternityaction.org.uk.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – NCS Sessional Youth Support Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31 March 2025. Salary: £11.77 per hour – £13.04 per hour – MYA Grade 4 – Pt. 13-16. Hours per week: As and When Required – (Will Include Evening and Weekend Work). Location: Liverpool/Huyton.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Youth Association has a long and extraordinary history, dating all the way back to 1890. Grounded in the incredible social history of Liverpool, their affiliated clubs and their predecessors have been helping young people cope with all kinds of challenges.
Job Overview
The post holder will support the delivery of an innovative and flexible NCS Targeted Programme, delivering fun and engaging experiences, empowering young people to make decisions and take ownership of their NCS journey.
The posts holder will work across Liverpool, Sefton and Knowsley delivering 12-week group work experiences in the following areas:
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary (12-month fixed term contract, open to extension). Term: Part-time. Salary: £22,000 per annum pro-rata. Days per week: Working 3 days per week – usually Wed, Thu, Fri with some weekend cover also expected. Reporting to: Studio/Lab Manager. Location: FACT Liverpool, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ.
Employer Bio
FACT Liverpool is the UK’s leading organisation for the support and exhibition of art and film that explores new media and digital culture. The award-winning FACT centre opened in 2003 in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool, a hub for independent
shops, restaurants, bars, nightlife and galleries. The FACT centre houses three art galleries, four cinema screens, a lab for learning and experimentation, a cafe, and a bar. Each year they welcome 250,000 visitors to their building, and collaborate with over 10,000 adults and young people through their Learning Programme, which they deliver in partnership with schools and community organisations across the Liverpool City Region.
Job Summary
Fact Liverpool are currently searching for an arts-focused technical producer to support their new Studio/Lab programme and space. Studio/Lab is a digital art production and workspace that will become a hub for a creative community of artists, curators, researchers and participants at FACT. The space will launch a public membership programme in early 2024.
The ideal candidate will have excellent technical skills, a keen willingness to learn and be excited about working with artists: supporting them to develop new work and helping to equip them with the skills necessary to navigate working within digital art.
Posts available: 1. Contract: 4 Years Fixed Term Contract. Term: Full time. Salary: £34,500 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Organisation CEO. Location: Central Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Savera UK is a leading national charity (no.1145564) working to end ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA), harmful practices and other culturally specific abuse, including forced marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM). They safeguard, advocate and intervention to anyone at risk of HBA and harmful practices, regardless of age, ethnicity, gender or sexuality and offer a completely confidential and non-judgemental service. They campaign, educate and raise awareness to eradicate all form of harmful practices.
Job Summary
This new post represents an exciting opportunity for Savera UK to invest in its training and education development and initiatives programmes.
Building on their existing training package, you will be responsible for leading and managing the development and delivery of their new National Lottery funded “Training and Education Project”, creating a more advanced and in-depth training programme packages for different professionals, education and other relevant areas. Their aim is for the new programme to be designed so that it can be delivered through a range of different formats (online, in person, hybrid) with the potential of being tailored to respond to the needs of different agencies and their own CPD programmes.
FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, they take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to nearly 8,500 frontline charities and community groups.
The food they redistribute is nutritious and good to eat. It reaches charities across the UK, including school breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch clubs, homeless shelters, and community cafes. Every week they provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.
They are fortunate to benefit from the support of major retailers, the media, ambassadors and a groundswell of public engagement. As a result, there has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness.
Job Summary
This role is about more than just driving: it’s about sharing the FareShare Merseyside mission that” no good food should go to waste”.
As a collection & delivery driver for FareShare Merseyside you will collect food from our food partners across the region. You will be the face of FareShare Merseyside, being a regular point of contact with their local food partners, as well as their diverse range of member charities receiving food. In addition, you may also act as a host for volunteers who may join as van assistants.
The State of the Sector Report for Liverpool has been released
The State of the Sector report highlights extraordinary statistics and insights into the VCFSE sector across Cheshire and Merseyside, alongside the notable impact made possible through the work carried out by the organisations and people in our sector.
Through analysis of findings from our region-wide state of the sector survey and external data, the report evidences the size, scale and scope of the VCFSE sector in Cheshire and Merseyside. Over 19,500 community organisations and businesses are working to support those in need, committed to building thriving neighbourhoods, communities, towns, and cities across C&M – these have been measured to show the immense size and scope of the sector.
Alongside a combined workforce of over 36,000 employees and 351,000 volunteers, the VCFSE sector contributes over £896.6 million to the Cheshire and Merseyside economy each year. The report identifies key opportunities to build upon to further unlock the potential of the VCFSE sector through effective partnership working within health and care systems, enabling the sector to be ambitious in tackling health inequalities and providing social justice across Cheshire and Merseyside.
Speke Training and Education Centre Limited is looking to recruit a consultant/agency
In its fortieth anniversary year, Speke Training and Education Centre Limited (STEC) is looking to recruit a consultant/agency or indeed agencies with a proven track record in strategic planning and organisational change & evolution.
This appointment will assist the Board of Trustees and the CEO in crystallising a strategy that supports the delivery and fulfilment of STEC’ charitable objects for the next 5 years. Whilst fundamentally safeguarding STEC’s adherence to its core Purposes of Relieving Poverty and Advancing Education in the context of STEC’s spatial / community priority areas.
The successful bidder should focus upon production of a strategy document which provides a direction for STEC to embrace, develop, grow and flourish financially in order to consolidate autonomy and sustainment.
Healthwatch Liverpool wants feedback about accessing healthcare from people who are survivors of sexual trauma
Healthwatch Liverpool wants survivors of sexual trauma to give feedback about accessing healthcare.
They want to find out what helps and what prevents survivors of sexual trauma to use healthcare services, including cancer screening.
They will use the feedback to work with the local NHS to improve how healthcare settings can support people who have experienced sexual trauma.
The survey is aimed at Liverpool residents and people who may not live in Liverpool but who have been referred to Liverpool-based services for health care and treatment.
Sexual trauma can have a big impact on people’s lives, so they have included information about where to get support at the start of the survey.
The survey should take 10 – 15 minutes to complete.
Please email engagement@heathwatchliverpool.co.uk or call them on 0300 77 77 007 if:
Anyone you know prefers to complete the survey by phone or in person. Healthwatch Liverpool can arrange an appointment
Anyone you know wants to complete the survey but do not speak, read or write enough English. (Healthwatch Liverpool have a small pot of money available that is to be used as a contribution towards the time of multilingual staff who can support people to fill in the survey in other languages including BSL).
Healthwatch Liverpool would appreciate it if you could pass the survey on to other people who may be interested.
Liverpool Parenting Newsletter: 2023 December Special
Liverpool’s Parent Network has produced the Winter edition of the Liverpool Parenting Newsletter with information on services available for you and your family across the city.
The newsletter includes information on services, events and courses that support parents/carers around:
Family Hub and Children Centres
December Events Across The City for Families
Winter health support
Childcare
Debt Advice
Domestic Abuse
Education Wonderhub Activities
Employment Support and Adult Learning opportunities
Foodbanks
Mental Health
Money Management and Financial help
Parenting Programmes
Parental Mental Health
Support for Fathers.
If you have any questions, please contact parenting@liverpool.gov.uk.
Amadudu Refuge – Sessional floating Support Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part time. Salary: £12.00 per hour. Hours per week: 16 hours per week with additional overtime. Reporting to: Project Manager- Jacqui Fray. Location: Merseyside.
Employer Bio
The Amadudu team holds extensive expertise in working with the complexities of violence against women and girls. Their culturally diverse team is made up of women with many years of skills and experience in the field of Domestic Abuse and family support. Amadudu was established in 1991 and is the only by and for specialist BME (Black and Ethnic Minority) Refuge in the Liverpool City Region. They are active in local and national campaigns to end violence against women and girls.
Job Summary
Amadudu currently have an opportunity for a Part-time Floating Support Worker to join their team at Amadudu Women’s Refuge. You will complement the work of the team in providing support for families living at refuge.
Liverpool City Council is launching a taskforce to go after rogue landlords involved in criminality who exploit vulnerable tenants
The council has secured £2 million from a Department for Levelling Up pathfinder to launch a new way of working which will see the local authority collaborating with partners and organisations across the City Region.
Many of us will know how important housing quality is to our health and wellbeing, and how it affects our quality of life; things like mould, damp, overcrowding, and dangers like sub-standard electrics and dodgy boilers can be dangerous, with terrible consequences for people living with them.
One of our biggest challenges is creating better standards in privately rented properties, these aren’t typical council houses or housing association accommodation, approx. 55,000 homes in Liverpool are privately rented, and the Private Sector Housing team runs a selective licensing scheme to support tenants and landlords to improve housing standards across our city.
The council has environmental health and housing officers working to improve quality of life for people living in Liverpool, improving standards through inspections, and exploring legal routes to require improvements.
There are a lot of good landlords, but there are some who do not work within the rules; it’s hard to find them, and hard to deal with problems resulting from their activities. These landlords leave vulnerable residents in dangerously poor housing conditions, allow the growth of anti-social behaviour and community discord, exploiting vulnerable residents, and sometimes operating criminally.
So far, it has been difficult to find these landlords, hard to improve conditions in the homes they rent, and hard to prosecute them if they have acted illegally. New legislation issued by the government to deal with these “Rogue Landlords” was created in 2019, and legislation has been recommended in May 2023 to protect tenants.
Liverpool has successfully bid for a pilot programme to tackle these issues, giving the council a chance to find these landlords, apply financial penalties, and prosecute them for criminal activities. They’ve set up a team of enforcement, intelligence, and support professionals to create new ways of working that will focus on identifying, prosecuting, and putting out of business landlords who exploit families, blight neighbourhoods, and harm our communities.
They’ve got a lot of tools on their side, from housing act, environmental health, and criminal legislation; but a limited amount of time to make it successful – they can’t do this on our own, and they are asking you to be a part of this by letting them know anything you can do to help.
Mersey Care | VCFSE funding for Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, Halton, St Helens & Warrington
Deadline: EOI Applications must be submitted before 5 PM on Friday 12 January 2024.
Mersey Care’s Participation and Engagement Team has been awarded funding from NHS Charities Together to support the long-term health and recovery of NHS staff, patients, community, and volunteers impacted by COVID-19.
The funding has been awarded to commission VCFSE activity that builds on Mersey Care’s existing work with unpaid carers in order to improve carer support and meaningful engagement within diverse and multi-ethnic communities.
They are seeking to commission ONE ORGANISATION for an 18-month fixed term period between 1 March 2024 to 30 September 2025, and must commence no later than 1 April 2024.
The successful applicant will be awarded £26,328 for the 18 month period and will also have access to limited additional funding from Mersey Care for supplementary resources.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract: (Start date to 31 March 2027) with potential for further 2 years. Term: Full Time. Salary: £25,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Project Manager: Jacqui Fray.
Employer Bio
The Amadudu team holds extensive expertise in working with the complexities of violence against women and girls. Their culturally diverse team is made up of women with many years of skills and experience in the field of Domestic Abuse and family support. Amadudu was established in 1991 and is the only by and for specialist BME (Black and Ethnic Minority) Refuge in the Liverpool City Region.
They are active in local and National campaigns to end violence against women and girls.
Job Summary
They have an opportunity for a full time Family Support Worker to join their team at Amadudu Women’s Refuge. You will complement the work of the team in providing support for families living at refuge.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Money Advice Caseworker
Posts available: Several roles available including part time. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time and part time. Salary: £28,111. Hours per week: 35 hours. Full time flexibility on part time hours if required. Reporting to: Money Advice Supervisor. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Description
Key duties and responsibilities
Provide casework covering the full range of debt advice and ensure income maximisation via in person advice and digital channels.
Provide outreach advice in Torus Foundation, Citizens Advice buildings and home visits.
Provide advice and case updates to Torus Foundation staff members via a staff helpline building positive relationships.
Act for the client where necessary by calculating, negotiating, drafting or writing letters and telephoning creditors
Negotiate with and signpost/refer to third parties as appropriate.
Prepare and present cases to the appropriate statutory bodies and courts as appropriate.
Provide advice and assistance to other staff across a range of debt issues.
Ensure that all casework conforms to the Financial Conduct Authority and Debt Advice Quality Framework in relation to own casework.
Ensure that all work meets the quality standards of the AQS general help level quality standard, the Citizens Advice quality assurance scheme and the Money and Pensions Service quality framework.
To meet the individual performance targets and engage positively in discussions with line manage to maintain required levels.
Provide regular reports and feedback to the Line Manager as required.
Assist with social policy work by providing information about clients’ circumstances through the appropriate channel.
To work as part of the Torus Foundation project team and contribute to effective service provision.
General
Attend relevant internal and external meetings as agreed with the line manager 3.
Keep up to date with Citizens Advice Aims, policies and procedures and ensure these are followed.
Ensure that work reflects and supports the Citizens Advice service’s equality, diversity and inclusion strategy.
Abide by health and safety guidelines and share responsibility for your own health and safety and that of colleagues.
Identify own learning and development needs and take steps to address these with your Line Manager, including engaging in team meetings and supervision sessions.
Carry out any other tasks within the scope of the post to ensure the effective delivery and development of the service.
This fund aims to support women who are most marginalised to overcome barriers that prevent them from fulfilling their potential. The programme will benefit women and girls, investing in a wide variety of projects, that make a tangible and long-term difference to health, well-being, confidence and social/economic activity, as well as addressing equality gaps.
This programme aims to fund small-scale interventions, which will make a considerable difference to the lives and happiness of women and girls by raising their aspirations and combating the influences that affect their confidence.
Which areas are covered: All boroughs of Merseyside
How much is available: The maximum amount you can apply for is £7000.
Merseyside budget available: £43,000.
Fund priorities:
To support projects that meet the below themes:
Confidence, Aspiration & Self-Belief
Domestic Violence & Abuse
Mental Health & Wellbeing
Social Isolation.
Examples of the sorts of projects that may be funded:
Supporting women coming out of domestic violence and abuse
Providing counselling support
Providing access to education and skills
Supporting women to start up their own businesses or go into employment
Projects to support women to gain confidence and self-belief and have aspirations.
Any special criteria:
Organisations applying should be women-led, e.g.
Founder/CEO
OR
Majority of Board of Trustees/Directors/Management Committee
Organisations also need to demonstrate that they have a track record of delivering projects and services for women or that provision for women is a key charitable objective of your organisation.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Welfare Rights and Advice Caseworker
Posts available: 2. Contract: Temporary, permanent funding being sought. Term: Preferably Full Time, Job Share/ Part time considered. Salary: £24,496 – £31,364 +5% Pension contribution. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Senior Solicitor. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
The Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre is a Law Centre operating across the Liverpool City Region. They celebrated their 50th birthday this year. They provide advice and support to people who are vulnerable and need support navigating the law around benefits and housing.
Job Summary
They are now seeking to recruit two additional Welfare Rights Caseworkers to work with older people in our community, especially those who may be sick, disabled or belong to other vulnerable groups of people. Providing advice and support on income maximisation and benefits such as Attendance Allowance, Universal Credit etc.
The candidate for this position must possess extensive knowledge and experience in providing competent and accurate advice on welfare benefits within an advice centre.
HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) Programme for Winter 2023
The Winter HAF programme starts on the 27 December 2023 and there are lots of great activities happening over the school holidays. Children and young people, from reception to age 16 (including year 11 leavers), who are eligible for benefits related free school meals, will be able to access hundreds of activities throughout the half term holidays including specific provision available for children with SEND or additional needs, at no cost. The programme will end on 5 January 2024.
There’s a great range of activities across the city including Christmas arts, crafts, discos and pantomimes, boxing, football, music, dance, cycling, cooking, podcasting, basketball, arts and crafts, drama, Zumba, trips out and much more! Every day there will be a range of fabulous meals available with many schemes holding family events as well.
When a parent/guardian/carer has chosen the activity/scheme they will need to contact that organisation to book a place. Each organisation will have either a telephone number, email address or online booking system. If the child has any additional needs or dietary requirements then please discuss this with the organisation when booking. There is no central booking system so please read the details of the programmes on the website and contact the providers directly.
Other Information
If you want to know how to register or how to check if your child is eligible for free school meals then please click here
You will need your national insurance number or an asylum seekers support number
Liverpool City Council is working with Mersey Play Action Council, the local schools, voluntary and community organisations, and childcare providers to deliver the Winter HAF programme. This programme is funded by the Department for Education.
Centre for Ageing Better | Ageism Action Day: Micro-grants for Age-friendly Communities
Deadline: 10 January 2024.
They may have to close early if they receive a high level of demand so they encourage you to submit as early as possible.
Micro-grants are being made available for community groups and local voluntary sector organisations within communities who are part of the UK Network of Age-friendly Communities, to take part in Centre for Ageing Better’s new annual Action Day to tackle ageism, as part of a pilot programme.
Why are they offering micro-grants?
The Centre for Ageing Better want everyone to be able to take part in the Action Day, but they know it can often be easier for some people than others to find the time and money to be able to do so. They also know that people across the country are experiencing ageism in different ways. Each of us has different ideas on how we raise awareness of and tackle ageism that work for us and our communities. They want to support this creativity across the day through offering micro-grants.
What can the micro-grant cover?
Groups can choose to mark the day as they would like, using the theme “see and be seen” as inspiration, which is all above improving the way ageing is represented in society and challenging negative portrayals and associations. It could be supporting art exhibitions, poetry competitions, fashion shows, film viewings, events which bring generations together, sharing stories of ageing or creating opportunities to discuss ageism at a coffee morning or pub quiz. The options are endless!
How much is available?
Grants of up to £500 are available, with an additional up to £150 to cover anything needed to make the event or activity more accessible. The lower limit for applications is £75.
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside urges people to get winter jabs in time for Christmas | Online bookings close on 14 December
Christmas is coming and with under 11 days until online bookings for COVID-19 and flu vaccines close, the NHS in the Cheshire and Merseyside is urging anyone still eligible to book an appointment and get potentially lifesaving protection ahead of the festive season.
The NHS online booking system, NHS App and 119 phone service will be closed for flu and COVID-19 vaccine bookings from 15 December, making 14 December the last day to make a booking.
It’s still possible to get your winter vaccinations after 15 December until 31 January 2024 via walk-in sites or by booking through local NHS vaccination services like pharmacies. However, there will be fewer Covid vaccine appointments and you may need to travel further.
There are still plenty of appointments available each week at sites across the Cheshire and Merseyside, offering extra protection to those eligible who have not yet come forward. Walk-in availability for community pharmacies is updated daily on the NHS walk-in finder, opening times for all other clinics, including the Living Well Bus, can be found by clicking here.
As of 1 December, more than 530,000 COVID-19 and 700,000 flu vaccinations have been administered in the Cheshire and Merseyside since the beginning of the autumn campaign on 11 September – with a third of flu and Covid vaccines given together in the same appointment.
More than 366,000 people aged 65 and over in Cheshire and Merseyside have received their COVID-19 vaccination, but there are still thousands more people who can safeguard their health this winter.
Vaccination is the best way for people to ensure they and their families are protected against flu and COVID-19 this Christmas when the viruses spread more easily as people spend more time indoors. It takes about two weeks following vaccination to build up the maximum defences against the viruses, so it’s important to book in early.
It is crucial to get this protection, even if you have had a vaccine or been ill with flu or Covid before, as immunity fades over time and the viruses change each year.
The 119 service, which provides booking support for those unable to access online services, will also close for bookings on 15 December, but it will continue answering queries until 22 December.
Nationally, over four million COVID-19 vaccination appointments have been booked on the NHS website, NHS App, or by calling 119, and now is the time to take advantage of these platforms, which are the easiest way to book until online bookings reopen next year.
People can continue booking the COVID-19 vaccine through local services until 31 January. After that, Covid vaccinations will close, and people will be required to wait for a future seasonal campaign unless they develop a new health condition or start treatment that severely weakens the immune system, in which case a clinician may advise vaccination sooner.
For those eligible for a free flu vaccine after 15 December, it will still be possible to book one by contacting their GP surgery or by finding a pharmacy that offers the NHS flu vaccination if you’re 18 or over.
The free flu vaccine offer will then close after 31 March. However, getting it as soon as possible is encouraged to ensure protection over the colder months when flu is often in greater circulation.
Parents should also ensure that eligible children are protected against the flu with the nasal spray vaccine, as they are at a higher risk of catching and spreading the virus. If caught, it can lead to serious problems like bronchitis and pneumonia.
The flu vaccine, usually given as a nasal spray, will be offered in schools until 15 December. Parents can call to book an appointment for their two or three-year-old (aged 2 or 3 on 31 August 2023) or their child with certain health conditions at their GP practice until 31 March.
The NHS has sent national invites via text, email, letter, and on the NHS app to eligible people over 18 since bookings opened in September to ensure no one misses out and is continuing to encourage those that are yet to come forward through the NHS marketing campaign with UKHSA and DHSC.
If you are experiencing cold and flu symptoms on the day of your vaccinations, it’s advisable to rebook your appointment for when you are well.
Dr Fiona Lemmens, Associate Medical Director, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside, said:
“It only takes a few moments to book your flu and COVID-19 vaccines online. Many people have already taken up the offer this year, but with just two weeks to go until online bookings close, we’re urging those who haven’t yet come forward to do so.
“As the festive period draws close and family and friends come together to celebrate, getting the COVID-19 vaccine is the best way to protect yourself, family and friends. So don’t delay book your COVID-19 vaccination now and stay protected.”
Jayne Wood, Director of Vaccine and Testing Operations, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside, said:
“NHS staff across Cheshire and Merseyside continue to deliver vaccines at sites across the region, including Primary Care Networks (PCNs), walk-in clinics, local pharmacies and onboard the Living Well Bus. We’ve seen record numbers choosing to have their flu and Covid vaccines at the same time, making it even easier for people.”
Comics Youth CIC – Creative Youth Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: 12 Months (subject to funding). Term: Full time. Salary: £22.5k per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Managing Director. Location: Make CIC Hamilton Square and homeworking.
Employer Bio
Comics Youth CIC is an innovative non-profit that delivers comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects for disadvantaged children and young people aged 8-25 within Merseyside and the wider Knowsley Borough. The overall ethos of the organisation is to break down participation barriers for marginalised groups including looked after children, LGBTQIA young people, global majority youth, care leavers, young carers and young people experiencing complex mental ill health within the Liverpool City Region to make, create and publish comic books about salient community issues. Sessions are delivered within safe, inclusive, and indiscriminate community venues.
Job Overview
The role of Creative Youth Worker role is a position that is integral to the development of Comics Youth CIC’s core mission and objectives. The successful candidate will support session leads and work across x3 Comics Youth CIC projects including: Graphic Medicine, Turn the Page, and their open-access sessions for juniors and seniors.
Within Graphic Medicine, they will provide comics-focused sessions for chronically and/or terminally ill young people aged 8-18 via the delivery of ward-based or online graphic narrative sessions. Within Turn the Page, they will provide comics-focused social prescription activities for young people aged 16-25 who experience anxiety/and or depression. This will include 1-2-1 or group work. Within their Open Access sessions, the postholder will support their Session Leads to deliver a wide menu of choice for their junior ‘comics clubs’ and ‘Here for the Nerds’ sessions.
The post holder will develop resources and session plans for young people and deliver a mix of 1-2-1 and group work via Microsoft teams or face-to-face. They will also complete illustrations of young people’s narrative stories in comic art form. 60% of the role will entail direct youth work; 20% will entail illustration work and 20% admin and development work (EG-recruitment).
The National Lottery Heritage Fund – Committee Member for England: North
Vacancy Type: Committee Member Location: North of England.
Job Summary
The National Lottery Heritage Fund – Leading, Inspiring and Resourcing the UK’s Heritage
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest funder of the UK’s heritage. The projects they fund create lasting and positive change for people and communities and they believe that heritage has a crucial role to play in contributing to a more equal society.
They are currently recruiting for two new Committee members to join the Committee for the North from April 2024.
This is an exciting opportunity for individuals with an enthusiasm and commitment to heritage and the good outcomes that heritage delivers for communities and people to become involved in the Fund’s work. The role will give you experience in grant-giving, consensual decision-making. As one of the only UK-wide Lottery funders, being a Committee member will give you a unique insight into how a national organisation works and give you experience of working towards one national strategy whilst also striving to achieve local priorities.
If you are excited about helping ensure that heritage is inclusive and accessible to everyone, for now and future generations, then they want to hear from you.
Deadline: 31 December 2023.
Interviews are expected to take place on 13 February 2024.
The Power of Music Fund
The Utley Foundation are thrilled to announce the launch of the Power of Music Fund, a ground-breaking initiative managed by the National Academy for Social Prescribing. Kickstarted by generous £1 million donation from The Utley Foundation, alongside support from Music for All, Arts Council England, and other donors, including members of the public, this fund is set to revolutionise the way we approach dementia care.
Applications for the fund opened on November 22, offering an incredible opportunity for locally based music and dementia groups, including choirs, to receive small grants of £1,000 or £2,000 per year for three years.
Deadline: 22 December 2023.
Additionally, a Centre of Excellence will award an impressive £500,000 over three years to a consortium bid that must include the NHS. This Centre of Excellence aims to support music and dementia activity in a specific area while gathering valuable evidence of savings to the NHS.
Funding secured to help deliver data-led approach to tackling inequalities in Liverpool
Liverpool City Council’s public health team has secured £5 million of national funding to deliver a data-led approach to tackling inequalities.
The money, from the Department of Health and Social Care, through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), will be used to create a Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC).
Liverpool is one of eleven new areas to benefit from the scheme, which will fund research to better understand and introduce interventions to help tackle health inequalities and wider deprivation, looking at issues such as such as neighbourhood working, housing, and leisure.
The aim of the HDRCs is to help to stimulate economic growth and regeneration in some of the most deprived areas of the country and contribute to reducing pressure on NHS services by improving public health.
The Council will be supported by the University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moore’s University, LCVS (Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services), Healthwatch Liverpool and the business sector, using their capacity and research expertise.
The programme will go live in 2024.
Deputy Council Leader, Cllr Ruth Bennett, said:
“The programme will help us carry out work to understand the specific challenges our communities face and then use this knowledge to come up with ways to tackle the issues and improve lives.
“This aligns with our move to a neighbourhood model of delivering services, tailoring the work we do to the specific needs of our communities.”
Professor Matt Ashton, Liverpool’s Director of Public Health, said:
“Liverpool faces huge challenges in relation to health inequalities and I am pleased that we have been able to secure funding to create a Health Determinants Research Collaboration.
“We have a huge amount of research expertise thanks to our excellent universities and strong partnerships across the health and community sectors, which puts us in a strong position to make a real difference.”
Professor Brian Ferguson, Director of the NIHR Public Health Research Programme, said:
“People living in communities across the country face major challenges that are impacting on their health. Once again, NIHR is taking a huge stride forward in empowering local government to develop research to improve their communities’ health and wellbeing.
“Continued HDRC innovation will boost partnerships between local government and the academic sector, enabling local authorities to make better evidence-informed decisions – critical given the current pressures on funding. We expect the HDRC areas to engage actively with their local communities to listen to people’s views and involve them appropriately in shaping and undertaking research.
“By focusing on the wider determinants of health such as employment, housing, education and the physical environment, the areas we are supporting have a tremendous opportunity to make a lasting impact on health inequalities and wider deprivation.”
Health and Social Care Secretary Victoria Atkins said:
“Everyone should have access to high quality health and social care services, no matter who you are or where you live.
“From Cornwall to Cumberland, these local projects, backed by £55 million in Government funding through the NIHR, will help ensure that vital research funding reaches our rural and coastal communities.”
Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre – Chief Executive Officer
Salary: £45,000 per annum. Hours: 35 hours per week. Qualifications: Up to Degree level or equivalent. Annual leave: 25 days per year, plus UK bank holidays (pro rata). Responsible to: The Board of Trustees.
Employer Bio
The Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre (KIMC) is a multipurpose, multicultural building based in the heart of Liverpool 8. It is responsible for the L8 A Better Place (Community Development Team) and the Nia Business Support Project.
Job Overview
The Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre are now looking for a dedicated person to join their inspiring and inclusive team. They have flexible working arrangements to suit a range of people’s circumstances.
The Chief Executive Officer will provide leadership, strategic and operational management at executive officer level. This will entail planning, developing and implementing change to enable KIMC to deliver its stated mission, vision and objectives. Duties will also include inspiring and motivating staff to provide excellent services to all stakeholders and assist the Board of Trustees to develop and implement a business plan that will ensure the ongoing financial viability of KIMC and be responsible for its implementation. You will be expected to provide innovative and creative solutions to ensure the ongoing success of KIMC.
Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre is committed to equality of opportunity for all.
For more details and an application form, please email: bookings@kuumbaimani.org.uk.
Deadline: 11 December 2023 at 10 AM.
Interviews: 18 December 2023.
BBC Children in Need – Impact Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: Full-Time – Fixed Term Contract (13 months maternity cover). Salary: £26,710 – £33,645.
Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Impact Manager. Location: Salford/Merseyside BBC office.
Employer Bio
BBC Children in Need believes that every child should have the chance to thrive and be the best they can be. They are committed to being there for children across the UK when they need them the most. Together with the BBC and their partners, they inspire the nation to support this work.
Job Overview
The role of an Impact Officer is to deliver the local grant-making and grant management process, playing a key role in supporting and learning from the children and young people’s sector. It is a case-holding role that takes a relational approach and acts as a key contact point for stakeholders internally, throughout the BBC and externally. The role supports the delivery of BBC Children in Need’s (CiN) Impact Strategy and the wider organisational strategy.
The successful applicant will play a significant role in the North Region (covering Merseyside, the Isle of Man and supporting with South Yorkshire) to meet the aims of the charity. You will be managing a geographical area and grant portfolio, working with local and national stakeholders to facilitate the development and delivery of solutions for change for children and young people.
Reporting into the Impact Manager, the Impact Officer will be the first point of contact for existing and newly funded organisations and will manage a grant portfolio and geographical patch.
16-24-year-olds living in Merseyside and Greater Manchester are being invited to build their skills and have their say on issues affecting young people’s futures.
Career Connect, who provide careers information, advice and guidance for school pupils and those 16+ exploring their options, are looking for up to 15 Youth Ambassadors.
The Ambassadors will be champions for young people, give their honest views on careers services provided by Career Connect, and contribute to research into issues affecting young people’s lives.
To be a Youth Ambassador, applicants need to be aged 16-24, live in Merseyside or Greater Manchester, and be passionate about Youth Voice and representing other young people. They also need to be happy to voice their opinions and ideas.
The Youth Ambassadors will meet monthly with other Ambassadors and teams within the charity. Meetings will take place in person in both Manchester and Liverpool or online. Career Connect can fund any expenses to attend events or meetings.
The current group of Career Connect Youth Ambassadors have helped make positive change through activities including:
Submitting their views to the Youth Select Committee open inquiry into the rising cost of living’s impact on young people.
Responding to the 2023 Youth Census and had articles with their views published on the Career Connect website.
Working with Career Connect’s Marketing and Communications team to help develop branding, messaging and tone of voice for materials aimed at young people aged 16-24.
Their Youth Ambassadors are part of Career Connect’s wider participation network. Youth Ambassadors may also be invited to represent Youth Voice and give feedback at meetings or events alongside adults representing other service users.
Deadline to apply: 11:59 on Monday 4 December 2023.
The Brain Charity Launches Sixmas Appeal to Raise £20,000
As The Brain Charity’s Christmas appeal enters its final month, you can show double the love for those affected by neurological conditions.
Between now and Christmas Day, any donation up to £250 will be doubled. Help them beat their £20,000 target!
Living with a long-term health condition has always been expensive. The cost-of-living crisis has hit those with neurological conditions hardest.
One out of every six people is affected by a neurological condition. The Sixmas appeal focuses on supporting the 1 in 6 to improve their financial situation and become more confident in managing their money amid the cost-of-living crisis.
And every pound donated will be doubled by the Aviva Community Fund! (see more below).
In 2019, disabled households faced an average of £583 in extra costs each month. In 2023, this figure skyrocketed to £975 every month.
These are not optional extras, they are the essential goods and services that enable people to live their lives:
A person who has lost the use of their legs following a stroke needs a powered wheelchair to get round.
Public transport is inaccessible for many people with disabilities, so they need to take more private-hire vehicles.
Cold weather can exacerbate nerve pain, meaning someone with trigeminal neuralgia needs the heating on more often.
These are the costs that welfare benefits are supposed to cover; in practice, however, they do not go nearly far enough.
Pippa Sargent, CEO of The Brain Charity, said:
“No donation is too small. In fact, anything up to £250 is automatically doubled.
“Help some of the most vulnerable this Christmas by donating to The Brain Charity – any amount you can give will get us closer to our goal of £20,000.”
Aviva Community Fund
From now until the end of Christmas, every donation to The Brain Charity will be doubled through the Aviva Community Fund.
Up to £250 of every single donation will be matched, meaning your £25 donation will become £50.
This Christmas, please help us to support some of society’s most vulnerable people.
Their target of £20,000 will mean their Information and Advice service can continue to help those affected by neurological conditions manage and improve their finances. This includes:
Guiding them through the process of signing up for and using online banking services.
Demonstrating to them how to pay bills online and compare bill prices using reputable comparison sites.
Supporting them to apply for welfare benefits or hardship grants.
Helping them understand the importance of budgeting.
The All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group are holding a meeting on the 7 December 2023 to discuss CO (and Indoor Air Quality) awareness amongst organisations that provide front line services to vulnerable people.
The Gas Safe Charity will be represented at the meeting and they thought it would be useful to ask the front line staff and volunteers who have engaged with the Gas Safe Charity’s Think CO programme in the past, to see how well CO risk awareness has been integrated (or not and why?) into your organisation’s policies, practices and procedures.
If you have any views on how to raise CO awareness or why it might be difficult to do in some organisations, they would be interested in hearing from you. They will compile a short, anonymous report from the responses ready for the meeting on the 7th.
The survey will take approx. 5 minutes to complete.
Deadline: 4 December 2023.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Advice Service Supervisor
Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £29,214. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Advice Service Coordinator. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Overview
The aim of Advice Service Supervisor is to maintain a consistent quality of advice and help for clients by providing support, guidance and feedback on a day to day basis. There are 3 main areas:
ensuring quality – actively supporting the quality of advice by guiding the team to information sources, checking that all aspects of a client’s situation have been considered, checking that follow up work is progressed, and that research and campaigns issues are identified
providing support – actively supporting each team member to develop their skills and competences, by explaining, guiding, demonstrating, encouraging, suggesting, coaching, giving constructive feedback and challenging appropriately – adapting the level of support to individual competence and need, and taking account of the team as a whole
managing the practicalities – overseeing and managing all practical issues relating to the session – allocating the team to face-to-face work or other communication methods, checking waiting times or interview lengths, and if necessary, dealing with client or Citizens Advice emergencies.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £27,471 – £34,848. Hours per week: 37.5 hours (Flexible Working). Reporting to: Corporate Partnerships Manager. Location: Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool (Hybrid).
Employer Bio
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children’s Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 330,000 patients and families they care for every year.
Job Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy Corporate Partnerships Team. Reporting into the Corporate Partnerships Manger, the post holder will work with the Corporate Partnerships Team to deliver the corporate fundraising strategy.
The post holder will be responsible for managing a portfolio of corporate partnerships, stewarding supporters, attending and assisting with corporate events and supporting with content for corporate partner communications.
Interviews: Either 14 December or 21 December 2023.
Contact Details: HRcharity@alderhey.nhs.uk.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Finance Manager
Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £30,000- £31,800. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Head of Business Support. Location: Various locations across Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Overview
To ensure that accurate and timely financial information is produced for the Head of Business Support and Treasurer, other service managers and board of Trustees. Providing a full financial management service to ensure Citizens Advice Liverpool operates effectively and is compliant with all legal and sector requirements.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Can you help? Voluntary organisations are struggled to recruit staff
Voluntary organisations are struggling to recruit staff to work with youth and play. While there may be a shortage of qualified staff, Yvonne from Liverpool City Council wants to know how you’ve attracted and recruited youth and play staff so that she can pass on the feedback to organisations across Liverpool and help them recruit staff, for example:
What is your rate of pay
Do you offer other incentives – for example one project offers support regarding dental cover
What is the holiday entitlement you offer
Is it easier to recruit full time or part time staff
Do you offer sick pay
Have you specified for qualified staff or accepted experience
Anything else you offer.
You can contact Yvonne Maddocks (Targeted Services for Young People) from Liverpool City Council to send your feedback. Yvonne will then pull information together and share across the field (anonymously) so we can support each other.
Please email the information to Yvonne at yvonne.maddocks@liverpool.gov.uk or if you prefer to discuss, please call 07515500606.
Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG) | 2023 Calendar of Events in Liverpool
There are a number of events taking place in Liverpool during the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG) sixteen days of activism. These events will be from 25 November to 10 December 2023. The document below will include details of how to book onto the individual sessions.
Liverpool charity opens new garden sanctuary to help people in recovery from addiction
A collaboration between Liverpool charity Transforming Choice and local business Baltic Bespoke has seen the development of a brand new space to support people who are struggling with addictions.
Thanks to funding from the Steve Morgan Foundation, Sefton Park-based Transforming Choice were able to commission Baltic Bespoke, which specialises in custom-made garden rooms, to design and build the huge new facility, in keeping with the conservation area location.
The charity, which mostly helps people overcoming alcohol dependency, says the garden room will change the way it offers much-needed services.
Transforming Choice is a detox and rehabilitation centre, providing 12-week residential programmes. It also has iChoose, a community programme where anyone in recovery can access extra ongoing support after treatment.
The two work side by side and iChoose programme coordinator Emma Wilkinson says they’ll both benefit from the new space.
She says: “The new garden room at the back of Transforming Choice is stunning and we’re going to be able to use the space in so many ways. iChoose can have arts and crafts workshops, drama group, holistic therapy, development meetings or just coffee and catch-ups in there. And for Transforming Choice, it gives us a place to bring the residents outside the house so they can have that different environment.”
Emma explains: “The iChoose programme is about community and friendship. A lot of people find they can’t go back to an old friendship group because their friends are still drinking or using, and some people have difficult dynamics with family, so this is about being with like-minded people and having a support network so you know you’re not on your own.”
For Francis Eades, who set up Baltic Bespoke at the start of lockdown, creating a large-scale garden room for the charity was a rewarding challenge.
“Transforming Choice originally reached out to us in April 2021 to come up with a design that gave them the space they needed but also bearing in mind that Sefton Park is a conservation zone,” he says.
“It was the biggest garden building we’ve ever done, it’s 10m wide x 6m deep, and we knew the project would have to go through planning and building control so there was a lot to consider.
“After over two years, it’s fantastic to see the space brought to life. Although we really will miss collaborating with the Transforming Choice team. We can’t wait to see all the ways they will use it!”
Baltic Bespoke’s business took off with the shift to working from home and people wanting to make the most of their outdoor space. Since then it’s kept on growing, working across the city region, north west and Wales, and the company has relocated to larger warehouse premises in Hunts Cross.
Most of their clients are homeowners or small businesses, so this was a different type of brief.
“We chose natural Canadian cedar cladding, which fits in with the building and surroundings of the park, and because they’re going to use it for outdoor performances in summer we put massive bifold doors on the front which can be opened-up fully. There’s also a storeroom for all their furniture and equipment and we made sure it was well insulated and had remote-controlled heating so it’s a usable building all year round.”
Francis says working with Transforming Choice was a great experience, so much so they’ve adopted the charity for a Christmas fundraising campaign.
“I was there on site for quite a lot of this project, and the thing that struck me was the residents, and how positive they were, even though obviously they’re going through a difficult time.
“When I handed over the keys, I stood in the garden and made sure I took loads of photos because this building is a big achievement for us. It’s certainly one we’re really proud of and hopefully it’s going to benefit hundreds of people.”
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £24,131 – £28,633 (pro rata – £14,479 – £17,180). Hours per week: 22.5 hours (flexible working). Reporting to: Corporate Partnerships Manager. Location: Alder Hey, Liverpool (hybrid).
Employer Bio
At Alder Hey Children’s Charity, their values guide the way in which they work. By being courageous, working together, being passionate about their work, and making sure that they are creative in what they do, helps them to deliver the support necessary so that their hospital can continue to deliver the very best care for their young patients and their families.
Job Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy corporate partnerships team. The postholder will work closely with the Corporate Partnerships Manager and wider Charity team to deliver the corporate strategy.
Areas of support include management of incoming enquiries, team support for events, administration tasks for the team and supporting corporate partners.
UKSPF ‘Digital Connectivity for Community Facilities’ Grants Programme | Round 3 Now Open
Deadline: 5 PM on Friday 15 December 2023.
The third funding round of the UKSPF-funded Digital Connectivity for Community Facilities grants programme is now open.
A total of £297,500 is available in this round, with specific allocations for each borough (see FAQs document on VOLA’s website).
If you don’t already know about the fund, watch the short video (link below) to help you decide if it could be something for you.
The application form is available on VOLA’s website, along with a range of supporting information to help you plan a good project and develop a good application. These include:
A helpful FAQs document – particularly useful for understanding what the funding can/can’t be spent on
Guidance on how to complete a good application
Digital exclusion and deprivation data, which will help you to understand local need and enable you to assert this in your application
An online map of local digital community facilities – so you can see what’s already in your area
Slides and recordings from the recent online briefing sessions.
VOLA particularly recommends that potential applicants look at the slides and watch the recording of the technical hints and tip briefing session.
Express an interest as a VCSFE organisation to co-design grants
Liverpool City Council is seeking expressions of interest (EoI) from Charity, Voluntary, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCSFE) organisations based in Liverpool to help them co-design their approach to grants from 2024 onwards.
Following a review of Community Resources Grant and Youth and Play Grant, the council wants to fund neighbourhood and citywide partnerships of VCSFE organisations to jointly deliver youth and community provision from 1 September 2024.
They are committed to engaging with the VCSFE sector to co-design these partnerships, and are seeking EoI from the local VCSFE sector.
They will be in touch with all applicants with the details of the next steps before Christmas. The co-design will start in January 2024.
Further information
They are working hard to ensure that the co-design of the grants programme is inclusive.
If you require any reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010 to either complete the online form or take part in the co-design, please contact Alan Bellamy by email at alan.bellamy@liverpool.gov.uk or call him on 07531183651.
Sefton CVS – Brighter Living Partnership – Social Prescribing Care Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £25,127. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Senior Social Prescribing Link Worker. Location: Southport and Formby PCN area.
Employer Bio
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity with a borough-wide brief to assist and support voluntary community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Their vision is to develop a vibrant voluntary, community and faith sector that encourages and supports independent, resilient and sustainable communities.
Job Overview
The Social Prescribing Care Coordinator will work closely with the Social Prescribing Link Workers and other primary care professionals within the PCN to support the management and throughput of the social prescribing referrals. This will include triaging referrals received from Primary Care, ensuring that people are directed to the most appropriate service based on what matters to them.
This is achieved by bringing together all the information about a person’s identified care and support needs and exploring options to meet these within a single personalised care and support plan.
YPAS is a Merseyside-based charity which was established in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. They support children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Job Overview
YPAS is seeking children’s therapist(s) to join its national award-winning Liverpool Primary school therapeutic service for children aged 5 – 11 years. The service is delivered across several Liverpool Primary schools and YPAS Community Hubs. Administrative tasks can be completed Hybrid.
APPG Questionnaire: The Effects of UK Immigration, Asylum and Refugee Policy on Poverty
A joint All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) inquiry has been launched into how UK immigration policies contribute to poverty in migrant communities.
Responses are being invited via a questionnaire, which will form part of a written call for evidence. It is estimated the questionnaire takes 15 minutes to complete.
The APPG inquiry team ask for respondents to draw on the evidence and detail from their professional experience and to consider the following policies in scope, making reference to them in your answers:
Asylum system (including asylum support, the ‘move-on’ period, appeal rights exhausted).
Resettlement schemes (e.g. ARAP, ACRS, UKRS).
Immigration and visas (immigration health surcharge, NRPF condition, family visas, work visa, student visas, 5 and 10 year route to settlement).
Hostile environment (NHS charging, irregular migration status, right to work, rent checks).
Request for information for the December 2023 Parenting Newsletter
Lisa Lunt the LCC Parenting Co-ordinator is looking to get out a winter special edition of the families newsletter, hopefully at the beginning of December, to ensure that there is support for families over and during the school holiday break.
She is particularly interested in helping to advertise any special events that families can access over the December period. This is not just Christmas events, but events or campaigns that are promoted to families or celebrations during the month of December and will benefit children and families.
The recent Autumn Parenting Newsletter has had the most public views so far, with 9558 Views.
If you have anything you would like to share or promote in this next newsletter, please send the details over to Lisa.Lunt@liverpool.gov.uk who will be starting work on this edition over the next couple weeks, so it can be ready in time for 1 December 2023.
Positive Futures Homes – Residential Care Worker (Children and Young People)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £10.90 – £11.40 an hour. Sleep in allowance £55.00. Hours per week: Depending on shift pattern. Reporting to: Registered Manager, Deputy Manager. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, Unit B1, Tetlow Way, Langham Street Industrial Estate, L4 4QS.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures Homes is a social enterprise dedicated to providing the highest standards in residential care for children, young people and investing in their long-term positive futures. They believe in helping every child, young person to achieve their full potential, regardless of circumstance offering the highest quality home away from home, a friendly and experienced staff team and unparalleled support.
Job Overview
Objective of Post:
To assist in the role of a Corporate Parent ensuring that the best care is provided whilst meeting and complying with Ofsted and the Quality Care standards at all times. To provide excellent care for children and young people and support them as they are transitioning into young adulthood within the home and as they move to live independently.
The post holder will be required to work within the legislative framework and company policies and procedures.
Some duties will include:
To contribute to ensuring that the physical, emotional, and identified primary care needs of the children and young people are met through the development and consistent supportive and caring environment
To establish positive, trusting relationships with the children and young people and assess their needs. To also work closely with Social Care with the implementation and delivery of Care Plans/Pathway Plan and Risk management/support plans
To support and develop the mental and physical health and wellbeing of children and young people in their care
To provide effective safeguarding of children and young people in their care.
Benefits:
Excellent salary
Staff Health Cash Plan
33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
Expenses payable upon receipt
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
Give feedback on the NHS’ new digital stop smoking service
NHS England are currently developing a new digital stop smoking service. They have commissioned NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) to collect, handle and process the responses gathered for this research.
They are looking for participants to feedback on the look and feel of the application, which will be used by patients to self-refer into the service. This is an exciting opportunity to feed into the design of a national product and they welcome all views whether you smoke, used to smoke, or have never smoked.
The service will firstly be available as an NHS Staff pilot in Spring 2024, before being rolled out nationally across targeted offers, such as through Targeted Lung Health Checks.
Recruitment is open now and the final date to sign up will be Wednesday 15 November 2023.
The survey should take no more than 10 minutes to complete, and interviews and focus groups will be scheduled from mid-November through to mid-December depending on availability. During the interviews and focus groups, participants will receive an exclusive demonstration of the new app.
The Family Hub and Start for Life programme is a government objective to join up and enhance services delivered through family hubs, so that parents and carers can access the support they need, when they need it.
They are seeking applications from not-for-profit organisations across the city to deliver engagement projects to under-represented families and ‘seldom heard groups’, who may normally find it difficult to engage with or access services.
The maximum amount each organisation can apply for is £25,000. The total budget available for these projects is £71,250 and the funding period is from 1 December 2023 to 30 April 2024.
Engagement
The engagement project should be delivered in collaboration with at least two other community groups, to ensure that experiences of the various families are supported.
This co-production and shared experience will influence the way that services are designed, commissioned and delivered.
The type of engagement would depend on the group you are representing, and how they would like to share experiences and have their voices heard.
Examples include:
Art creation, with views and experience recorded.
Drama production.
Posters.
Community event for people to complete questionnaires or give views – must be recorded and evidenced.
You can apply online below. You must provide the following details:
Proposed budget for your project and the amount requested from this grants programme.
Full details of the project you will be delivering.
What experience you have to deliver this engagement project.
How you will report the results.
Social value.
Carbon footprint.
Bank statement dated within the last 3 months clearly showing the name of the organisation and sort code and account number. If you are a new organisation and do not yet have this, you can attach a letter or email from the bank showing these details.
All applications must be received by 12 noon onSunday 19 November 2023.
If you have a query that is not included in the guidance and scoring document, please email sam.chester@liverpool.gov.uk.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Apprentice Development Support Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Subject to funding (Until 31/01/2025 currently). Term: Full Time. Salary: £21,840 (National Living Wage). Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Development Officer. Location: Hybrid – in office with work from home days.
Employer Bio
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre provides access to justice on a range of social welfare issues. Established in 1973, they support sick and disabled people, people working in the gig economy and on zero-hours contracts, asylum seekers, vulnerable migrants and refugees. They are an inclusive and non-discriminatory organisation. They work with and advocate for members of the community that face injustice, irrespective of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, disability or immigration status. They take a strong stance against all forms of bigotry and work to challenge prejudice and injustice wherever they find it.
Job Overview
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre is seeking a highly motivated individual to support the organisation in respect of funding and grant management, partnership development, admin and other services required. The overall aim is to enable Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre to deliver a high quality community based advice service. You will work as part of a committed team to assist with developing opportunities for the organisation to grow and develop its work. This is a hybrid role, you will work closely with the Development Officers and Senior Solicitor.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £46,675 pa + excellent benefits, incl. 30 days holiday. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Head of Community Services. Location: The Crypt, Holy Trinity Church, Richmond Park, Liverpool L6 5AD.
Employer Bio
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, they (Shelter) are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. They need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about their cause to join them at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change they are striving to achieve.
Job Overview
Are you an influential, analytical and ambitious individual with excellent leadership skills and a proven record of working in homelessness or social justice across a number of projects and priorities, including service delivery and project planning, budget setting and management, and stakeholder engagement?
If so, join Shelter as Housing and Homelessness Strategic Lead, where you will lead a multidisciplinary team in understanding, planning, implementing and delivering the local response to the housing emergency in line with our strategic priorities.
This role is being advertised as Housing and Homelessness Hub Manager but on appointment your job title will be Strategic Lead.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part Time. Salary: £21,629- £23,389 pro rata. Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Programme Coordinator. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Movema connects people and communities, helping nurture a safer and more understanding and tolerant world. Using dance and arts they give value and support to people who are often overlooked or marginalised in society.
Initially established in Liverpool, and then expanding to Bristol in 2013, Movema has used dance to strengthen many communities, providing people with meaningful connections and life changing experiences.
Job Overview
The Administrator provides a comprehensive range of office administration and services across the Movema team ensuring the efficient running of the organisation.
This post will work closely with Movema’s Executive team and Artistic Programme Coordinators to ensure the smooth running of the charity’s business.
The administrator will be a key part of their mission to connect people and communities, helping nurture a safer and more understanding and tolerant world.
UKSPF Digital Connectivity Grants Programme (Round 3) – Liverpool Online Briefing Sessions
VOLA is launching Round 3 of its UKSPF Digital Connectivity for Community Facilities Grants programme w/c 20 November 2023. Grants of up to £10k will be awarded to successful applicants in February 2024.
Over the first two funding rounds, a total of £212k has been awarded to 32 Liverpool-based VCFSE sector organisations, with a further £78k available in this round.
Session 1
Friday 17 November 2023, 12 – 1 PM on Zoom
Prior to the application launch, LCVS, in partnership with VOLA, is running an online briefing session for local VCFSE sector organisations to explain the fund’s purpose, eligibility criteria and key requirements, the application process and what can/ cannot be funded.
You will be able to access the Zoom link when you register.
If you find all of the tickets have gone when you try to register, please email stuart.mcgrory@volamerseyside.org.uk and he will send you the Zoom link.
Following the session above, an additional online briefing will be held for interested organisations that might not have a great deal of experience in this field, focusing on technical considerations when developing-public access computer facilities, with plenty of helpful hints and tips on what you need to do, things you need to purchase, etc.
If you are interested in applying for a grant, it is strongly recommended that you attend both sessions.
Each session will take no more than 1 hour of your time, will greatly increase your chances of success, ensure that the facilities you set up are fit-for-purpose, and will ultimately help you to avoid lots of potential pitfalls, saving you time/money in the long-run!
St James in the City – Lead Schools Missional Chaplain
Posts available: 1. Contract: 2 years. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £25,000 – £28,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Vicar at St James in the City. Location: Schools and Church Office.
Employer Bio
St James in the City is a city centre resource church that leads Liverpool Next Generation Diocese Project.
Job Overview
The successful applicant will lead the Liverpool Next Generation (LNG) Youth and Schools project, exercising oversight of other youth and school workers as well as accountability on their collective project goals. As such, they are looking for a creative, experienced and capable leader who can help them fulfil their part in the initial objectives of the LNG project (i.e. contributing towards 1000+ new disciples in the 11-30 age bracket), and who can also oversee the next stage of expansion and growth with a widening group of Churches and schools. They are looking for someone who is passionate about youth mission and discipleship: who will support and encourage young people to grow in their faith, knowledge of the bible, understanding of being a disciple of Jesus, awareness and capacity to live a Spirit-led life, and to become active members of their local church family.
Calling all Organisations | Partner with John Moores Students’ Union (JMSU) and gain new volunteers!
John Moores Students’ Union provides students with volunteering opportunities to help them build employability skills, connect with the city of Liverpool, and feel good! They partner with over 80 local organisations to provide students with fantastic and varied volunteering roles.
Some of the benefits of partnering with JMSU – free of charge – to recruit student volunteers are:
Access to their volunteering portal – all LJMU students (over 27,000) can access this and view opportunities
Recruit fantastic student volunteers from all backgrounds, courses and experience levels
The chance for your organisation to attend our volunteer recruitment events throughout the year, free of charge (Freshers Fair, Student Volunteering Fair and Volunteering Pop-up events).
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact their Volunteer and Community Coordinator on jmsuvolunteering@ljmu.ac.uk.
PCC secures almost £1M to increase safety and protect women in Liverpool, Knowsley and St Helens
More than £900,000 of funding has been secured by Merseyside’s Police Commissioner to improve safety and protect women and girls in three areas blighted by crime and anti-social behaviour.
Emily Spurrell’s successful bid into the fifth round of the Government’s Safer Streets Fund will see a total of £912,766 awarded to three projects aimed at reducing crime in key areas in Liverpool, Knowsley, and St Helens.
Working with St Helens Council, the Police Commissioner will use more than £200,000 of funding to increase the safety of women and girls as they visit the night time economy and travel at night.
The funding will be used towards creating an environment where women and girls feel safer after a consultation found 14% of respondents reported feeling unsafe and 21% slightly unsafe.
The safe transport home project will see improved lighting installed at taxi ranks, with wardens operating at key times. As part of the initiative, St Helens Borough Council will also encourage taxis to install CCTV to increase feelings of safety among women and girls.
In Liverpool, a cash investment of £445,433 will be used to target areas in Kensington and Fairfield that are disproportionately and persistently impacted by criminal and anti-social behaviour, as well as being a hotspot for sex work and sexual violence.
The intervention work will be focused on protecting residents by tackling public disorder incidents, such as kerb-crawling, to reduce the impact that sex work and drug use is having on residents, while also seeking to reduce crimes against sex workers.
The funding will also enhance the work already planned by Liverpool City Council to improve street lighting in the area, as well as supporting partners to continue the work with charities to support the vulnerable, with a focus on cleaning up litter and drugs paraphernalia from alley ways.
In Knowsley, £264,000 of funding will be used to make people living in and around, and visiting, Prescot town centre feel safer. It will be used to enhance and expand a number of multi-agency interventions and operations focused on tackling an increase in burglaries and vehicle crime, as well as providing more CCTV to enhance the personal safety of women and girls, particularly those visiting and working at night.
The announcement brings the total funding secured by the Police Commissioner from the Safer Streets Fund to almost £4m.
“I’m really pleased that this successful bid means we can invest in these projects focused on preventing crime and improving safety in three key locations.
“I’ve seen for myself the challenges facing residents and the misery caused by crime and anti-social behaviour in these areas and this major cash boost has the power to make a real difference.
“Through Safer Streets, we’ve already delivered a lot of work to improve the safety of women and girls, particularly at night, and I’m pleased we can continue this work with funding focused on ensuring the safety of women who visit St Helens town centre for a night out.
“In Liverpool, the area around Shiel Road has long been plagued by issue. By targeting those who seek to exploit sex workers, our aim is to reduce incidents of violence against women and girls, while improving the feelings of safety and quality of life for all those who live, work and visit the area.
“Prescot is another area of our region which has unfortunately been plagued by issues in recent years, particularly burglaries and anti-social behaviour. This cash boost will support local policing teams to proactively target perpetrators and help reduce the number of innocent people falling victim to crime.
“Everybody has a right to feel safe where they live and work. We’ve seen the success previous Safer Streets projects have had in other parts of Merseyside, like Birkenhead and Primrose Court in Huyton so I’m really positive that this funding means we can change things for the better in Kensington, Fairfield, Prescot and St Helens too.”
Councillor Laura Robertson-Collins, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods and Communities at Liverpool City Council said:
“This successful bid for funding is to be welcomed and will make a real difference to residents of Kensington and Fairfield who are affected by crime and anti-social behaviour.
“Working with our partners, we are determined to improve life in our communities and tackle the issues that blight the lives of local people. This latest tranche of money builds upon previous work to improve safety on public transport and in the night time economy.”
Cllr Graham Morgan, Leader of Knowsley Council, said:
“We work closely with our community safety partners to help ensure our residents are safe and do not have to suffer the effects of criminal and anti-social behaviour.
“This funding will support that ongoing work in a variety of ways, including enhancing our already extensive CCTV network, supporting local businesses and providing more engagement opportunities for young people in the area.”
Councillor Mancyia Uddin, Cabinet Member for Safer Communities for St Helens Council said:
“This funding will help to further enhance and support our night time economy in St Helens town centre, which has already been recognised for its exemplary offer through the success of maintaining our Purple Flag status again this year, which recognises the social and economic importance that this sector brings to the borough as a whole.
“It is really welcome too in supporting women to stay safe by providing secure spaces and routes home, improving the night time experience for women hugely.”
Get FREE MOBILE DATA from the National Databank
The National Databank is giving free mobile data to people who can’t afford their internet connection. This is particularly important as more people fall into data poverty and need to stay connected.
The National Databank is a ‘national food bank for connectivity data’. It is run by Good Things Foundation, the UK’s leading digital inclusion charity, and as of September 2022 has enough data to help almost 500,000 people, donated by Virgin Media, O2, Vodafone, and Three Mobile.
Any community-based organisation that directly supports people experiencing data poverty can sign up to the National Databank. Each month, the organisation can apply for SIMs to give to the people they support. SIMs are posted to the organisation which can then distribute to those in need.
Good Things Foundation also offers free resources and training to help community-based organisations support people to build their confidence with technology and learn basic digital skills.
There are three data offers from the National Databank:
O2 – 20Gb/month, free texts and calls for up to 12 months
Vodafone – 20GB/month, free texts and calls for up to 12 months
Three Mobile – 24Gb in total, data only, can be used until data finishes.
Please note: For the O2 data offer, the SIM can be used in a MiFi but a phone would also be required to receive the monthly voucher code required to keep connectivity going. The Vodafone and Three SIMs can be used in a MiFi without a phone.
People receiving data from the National Databank must be:
18+ years old
From a low-income household
And qualify in at least one of the following statements:
Has no access or insufficient access to the internet at home
AND/OR has no or insufficient access to the internet when away from the home
AND/OR cannot afford their existing monthly contract or top-up.
To sign up to the National Databank, a community organisation needs to join the National Digital Inclusion Network first.
The National Digital Inclusion Network is overseen by Good Things Foundation and is made up of thousands of grassroots organisations across the UK. It is for organisations that want to support people in their communities to benefit from the internet.
The Network is free to join and offers a range of free services, such as:
Access to Good Things Foundation’s online learning platform for basic digital skills, Learn My Way.
You can join the National Digital Inclusion Network by clicking here, and then sign up to the National Databank by clicking here.
Databank applications are reviewed after the end of each month, so if an organisation applies in September, they will be notified of the outcome by mid-October. Organisations need to keep a record of all data, and there is a light touch monthly reporting requirement using a simple survey form.
You can also find out more at the monthly Databank online Q&A session run by Good Things Foundation: it’s on the first Tuesday of every month at 10 am. Click here to book your place at the next session.
As a day-to-day contact for queries and feedback, please use hello@goodthingsfoundation.org. This inbox is regularly monitored by the Good Things team.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Young Person’s Intensive Mentor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Funded – Initially for a 6 Month Period – To Cover Maternity Leave (With the Potential for an Extension to this Post). Term: Full Time. Salary: £24,905 p.a. – £28,407 p.a. – MYA Grade 5 – Pt. 17-20. Hours per week: 35 Hours (Will Include Evening and Weekend Work). Location: Huyton.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Youth Association has a long and extraordinary history, dating all the way back to 1890. Grounded in the incredible social history of Liverpool, our affiliated clubs and their predecessors have been helping young people cope with all kinds of challenges.
Job Overview
MYA requires an experienced and dedicated Intensive Mentor to deliver effective personalised pathways of support for young people aged 11- 18yrs (25 with SEND) who present with a range of complex needs and vulnerabilities including mental health and wellbeing, exclusion from school, isolation, poor aspirations, deprivation, and risk-taking behaviours.
The successful candidates will be able to provide thematic leadership in either Health, Education and Families, Equalities and SEND or Youth Justice.
The role will include the identification and recruitment of young people who are experiencing significant challenges such as homelessness, substance misuse, teenage parenthood and youth offending. The post holder will provide 1-1 intensive mentoring and act as the lead professional for young people, working closely with local services including Children’s Social Care, Early Help, Crime and Communities, Education settings and other areas of the Knowsley Youth Offer.
The post holder must hold relevant qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a related subject.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Disability Youth & Play Worker – ‘Short Breaks’
Posts available: Multiple Positions Available. Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31 March 2025. Term: Part Time. Salary: £11.77 per hour – £13.04 per hour – MYA Grade 4 – Pt. 13-16. Hours per week: 7 hours per week (1 weekend session) increasing to 28 hours (4 days) during 10 weeks of the school holidays – (Will Include Weekend Hours). Location: Knowsley Areas.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Youth Association has a long and extraordinary history, dating all the way back to 1890. Grounded in the incredible social history of Liverpool, our affiliated clubs and their predecessors have been helping young people cope with all kinds of challenges.
Job Overview
The post holder will work within a staff team supporting children and young people to engage in a range of play based activities, as part of Knowsley’s ‘Short Breaks’ respite programme.
The post holder will be enthusiastic, flexible and must hold a qualification to at least NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in a subject relevant to the requirements of the position and have experience of working with disabled children and young people in a play setting.
Have Your Say | Local Nature Recovery Strategy: Values and Priorities
Have your say on nature in our City Region!
The Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) is a new plan designed to support and improve nature and biodiversity in the Liverpool City Region (Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens & Wirral), which will use key evidence and the views of local people. The LNRS will act as a blueprint for protecting and enhancing nature, and will:
Map our most important habitats
Map opportunities for nature recovery
List the priorities for reversing the decline in plant and animal species.
In order to create their strategy, they want you to share your views on the nature, the places and the species that you value most.
Call for stallholders for event | Opportunity for local orgs to promote their health and wellbeing services for men aged 40+
Call for stallholders at ManAlive event at The Mansion House, Calderstones Park, organised on behalf of the Childwall and Wavertree Primary Care Network on 15 November 16.30 – 19.30.
Opportunity for local organisations to promote their health and wellbeing services for men aged 40+.
ManAlive is a free event targeting men aged 40+. Childwall and Wavertree Primary care network are inviting their respective patient demographic, but everyone is welcome. The event will offer health and wellbeing information, activities and talks and will provide a platform to connect with organisations and with like-minded individuals. The event’s objectives include the provision of access to regular health checks, raise awareness of the local wellbeing activities and services and foster a sense of community and support among participants
There will be a Marketplace for local service providers to promote their offer. They will provide a table and will try to accommodate any promotional ideas you have to encourage attendees to have a chat and explore available health & wellbeing options.
Please register your organisation for a stall hereif you’re interested. They reserve the right to accept those registrations that complement the offer and the event format.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £24,000 – 26,500. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Liverpool Programme Manager. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Breaking Barriers is a specialist refugee employment charity. Enabling refugees to build new lives. Step by step.
They believe in the power of responsible businesses. They welcome refugees into meaningful employment with one-to-one advice and guidance, education, and training. Helping people find financial independence, purpose and identity through work.
Together, they’ll forge innovative partnerships and share knowledge to inspire more social impact.
Job Overview
They are looking for candidates with experience of supporting individuals with barriers to work into paid employment. Within this role you will carry a significant responsibility, managing a caseload of clients from a refugee background and supporting them in securing meaningful employment, training, and education opportunities.
You will provide one-to-one personalised support, delivering quality Information Advice and Guidance (IAG), alongside ongoing support to ensure your clients have all the skills they need to get into work and succeed in the workforce. This involves collaborating with clients to produce individual support plans with clear goals and actions to overcome identified needs and barriers and provide a clear pathway towards the labour market.
If you haven’t provided/got a link, please give your contact details in the next section so that potential applicants can contact you for full job details.
If you would like to request further information, have an informal conversation, or request an application pack, please contact Amy Johnston (Centre Manager) via a.johnston1@yahoo.com.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Money Advice Caseworker
Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £27,030. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Money Advice Supervisor. Location: Hybrid – Remote and Office based, flexible options available across Liverpool, St Helens and Warrington.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Overview
Key duties and responsibilities
Provide casework covering the full range of debt advice and ensure income maximisation via in person advice and digital channels.
Provide outreach advice in Torus Foundation, Citizens Advice buildings and home visits.
Provide advice and case updates to Torus Foundation staff members via a staff helpline building positive relationships.
Act for the client where necessary by calculating, negotiating, drafting or writing letters and telephoning creditors.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Healthwatch Liverpool – Information and Project Officer (Enquiry Focus)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary (fixed term to 31 March 2024). Term: Part-Time. Salary: £24,920 (pro rata). Hours per week: 17.5 hours. Reporting to: Operations Manager.
Employer Bio
Healthwatch Liverpool is the independent champion for people using local health and social care services. They listen to what people like about services and what could be improved and share these views with those with the power to make change happen. People can also speak to them to find information about health and wellbeing services and activities available locally.
Job Overview
Main Focus of Post
Responding to enquirers via telephone, email, text or post
To provide information and signposting to people, helping them get the most out of health and social care services in Liverpool
To gain the views of the public in relation to their health and social care experiences.
For many people you will be the first contact they have with Healthwatch so a key aspect of this role will be to promote the organisation by explaining their work and the ways of being involved in this.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £28,000 per year. Hours per week: 35 hours Reporting to: Executive Assistant. Location: Blackburne House, Blackburne Place, Liverpool L8 7PE.
Employer Bio
Blackburne House Group is a training led organisation, which delivers high quality training and education services. They’re based in a beautiful Grade II listed building, situated in Liverpool’s famous Hope Street quarter, close to the city centre.
Attracting thousands of visitors each year, their facilities include an education centre for women, the School for Social Entrepreneurs North West, a thriving bistro, a women’s wellness centre, excellent conference facilities and a 30 place nursery. From the beginning, these highly acclaimed and flourishing social enterprises have supported their educational aims and provide tangible examples of how new markets can be used to serve local communities.
Job Overview
They are seeking a Facilities Manager to help us to maintain our building, provide support to their conference centre and to provide a courteous and efficient service to all staff and users of Blackburne House. They are looking for someone who understands implementing and managing all areas of Health & Safety at work and an awareness of the importance of security controls. Their Facilities Manager must be flexible in their approach to work and have good communication skills to work well as part of a team.
Register Your Accessible External Defibrillators (AEDs) Today and Save a Life Tomorrow!
Defibrillators can provide vital life-saving treatment, with latest research showing that accessing these devices within 3-5 minutes of a cardiac arrest increases the chance of survival by over 40%. Unfortunately, many defibrillators are never used because emergency services do not know where they are or how to access them.
That is why registering defibrillators on ‘The Circuit’ is important and can make a real difference in saving lives. The British Heart Foundation, in partnership with the Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK), the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives and the National Health Service, have set up The Circuit: the national defibrillator network database, which provides information on where defibrillators are located. The Circuit is live in in all ambulance services across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Registering a defibrillator with The Circuit enables emergency services, including first responders, to locate the nearest publicly accessible external defibrillators (AEDs) when they are treating someone suffering from out of hospital sudden cardiac arrest. Data shared by the British Heart Foundation from The Circuit details that there are 65,870 defibrillators registered in the UK, with 51,332 of these located within England. But we know many more AEDs are not registered, meaning ambulance services cannot find them when they are needed most. That is why all organisations and individuals must register their defibrillator as soon as possible.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £44,248. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Board of Trustees. Location: Mary Seacole House – Kuumba Imanni Millenium Centre.
Employer Bio
Mary Seacole House is a pioneering institution dedicated to providing comprehensive support and advocacy for individuals from racialised & refugee/asylum seeker communities to improve their health & wellbeing. Rooted in evidence-based practices & cultural sensitivity, they are committed to addressing the unique challenges faced by this community. Their organisation strives for equity, inclusivity, & empowerment, ensuring that every individual receives the care & resources they deserve while also standing in solidarity by influencing policy.
Job Overview
Mary Seacole House, Liverpool’s leading health & wellbeing service for Black, Asian, racialised & refugee communities, is looking for an interim CEO to lead the organisation through a period of transition over the next 6-12 months. The interim CEO will work with Mary Seacole House Trustees, staff & communities to develop & implement a new 3-year strategic plan & income generation plan.
As a committed advocate for communities facing inequalities, the successful candidate will be an established leader, experienced in navigating organisational change & leading effective teams. They value their staff & communities – Mary Seacole House is a safe haven for many long-standing service users who need a leader that can centre their voices & the values upon which the organisation was founded.
This is an interim role, with the purpose of driving the organisation through a period of transition & uncertainty. The role will focus on working with Trustees to develop & implement a new 3-year strategy & associated restructure in consultation with staff, service users & key stakeholders, as well as securing the financial stability of the organisation.
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Tate Liverpool recently closed to the public for a major capital redevelopment, moving elements of its operation to RIBA North, Mann Island.
They are fully decanting the building and have amassed a wide range of excess office and stationery items which they would like to recycle by giving away to anyone who can make use of them.
Items include:
Lever arch files, various colours (spines will need new labels)
Ring binders
Box files
Punched pocket folders
Cut flush folders
Envelopes (various sizes)
Magazine files (a bit of cleaning to remove label residue required)
Magazine racks
Lateral hanging files
Labels (general and franking machine)
A3 Printer Paper (30 reams)
Miscellaneous peripheral office items (hole punch, paper clips).
If you would like any of the items, please contact Helen Watters at helen.watters@tate.org.uk or call 0151 702 7501.
Pickup would be Monday – Friday during office hours (10.00 – 18.00) and all items would need to be removed from the Gallery by Friday 24 November 2023. NB: some limited weekend access could be arranged, if required.
YPAS – Trainee Parenting Practitioner
Contract: 12-months fixed-term (Permanent pending funding). Term: Full-time. Salary: NJC point 20 – £28,371. Hours per week: 35 hours.
Employer Bio
YPAS is a Merseyside based charity which was established in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. They support children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Job Overview
This Trainee Parenting Practitioner post will help you develop skills in evidence-based parenting interventions to support parents through group programmes and one to one coaching which support parents feel confident in helping their children’s behaviour, personal and social development.
Encouraging and supporting parents to build resilience and encourage positive life choices. You will work alongside their dynamic Wellbeing Team and Therapy Teams. Their teams are a multi-disciplinary team of Therapists, Youth Workers, Social Workers, Parenting Practitioners and Children and Young People Wellbeing Practitioners (CYWP).
The Black-E Arts & Community Centre – Chair of Board of Trustees
This is a voluntary role (expenses covered).
Term: Term of office three years or longer. Hours per week: up to 7 hours.
Employer Bio
The Black-E Arts & Community Centre is an ACE funded NPO – with over fifty years history in the community. Their venue is in the heart of Liverpool, L1, it is a national asset – providing a 500-person capacity main space with a sprung floor and aerial theatre, a 150-seater chamber theatre, gallery, café, studio, binaural sounds studio and a suite of office providing a culture hub with state-of-the-art digital tele-conference facilities.
Job Overview
They are now looking for a Chair who is committed to community inspired and artist led work, a passion for transformation, who brings good judgement and the ability to think creatively. You will need a strong track record in working to promote the voice & culture of people of African, Caribbean and Asian heritage, with a commitment to disability access and inclusion.
This is an exciting opportunity for a bold thinker to join their small, but extremely hard working and dedicated team at a key point in their history when their two surviving founding trustees (Bill & Wendy Harpe) have transitioned from Trustees to Patrons.
For more information, please contact Andrea Vaz, Chief Operating Officer at andrea.vaz@theblack-e.org.
To apply, please send a CV and covering letter in the first instance to Andrea (details above).
Deadline: 1 November 2023.
Interviews: End of November 2023.
FACT Liverpool – Finance Trustee
Posts available: 1. Hours per week: Approximately 100 hours per year. Location: Mainly at FACT Liverpool, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ, with some online meetings.
Employer Bio
FACT Liverpool is the UK’s leading organisation for the support and exhibition of art and film that explores new media and digital culture. The award-winning FACT centre opened in 2003 in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool, a hub for independent shops, restaurants, bars, nightlife and galleries. The FACT centre houses three art galleries, four cinema screens, a lab for learning and experimentation, a cafe, and a bar. Each year they welcome 250,000 visitors to their building, and collaborate with over 10,000 adults and young people through their Learning Programme, which they deliver in partnership with schools and community organisations across the Liverpool City Region.
Job Description
FACT Liverpool is looking to recruit someone with an accounting or finance background to a voluntary position to their Board of Trustees to provide oversight and advice to their finance team.
As a Trustee, you will bring your financial knowledge and experience to help guide the financial decision-making of their charity, working closely with the other members of our Board to safeguard FACT’s finances and future. Ideally, you will be a person of integrity with a keen interest in their mission – to enrich lives and shape the future through art, film and creative technology – who is able to ’translate’ financial information to assist other trustees to understand FACT’s finances.
Trustees are expected to attend four in-person board meetings per year, with additional time required as part of the finance sub-committee. Trustees will also be expected to attend an annual general meeting and an annual away day which is held in Merseyside. Whilst the roles are unremunerated, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses will be reimbursed.
If you would like an informal conversation about this role before applying, please contact their HR Administrator on recruitment@fact.co.uk.
Apply for a FREE defibrillator for your community today!
Find out if your community group is eligible for a free, British Heart Foundation (BHF) funded defibrillator. Having a defibrillator and knowing how to do CPR will give members of your community a better chance at surviving a cardiac arrest.
Applications for a free, BHF-funded defibrillator are now open. Applications will close on 15 March 2024.
All eligible UK-based community groups can apply. Each organisation can only apply for one award package.
A limited number of funded defibrillators are available. Applications will be reviewed monthly against a set of criteria so defibrillators can be awarded to communities that need them most.
Warrington Voluntary Action is looking to recruit a new CEO to take over the successful leadership of a high profile, well established and trusted local infrastructure organisation, the ‘go to’ organisation for the VCSE sector across Warrington. The successful candidate will have a passion for the VCSE sector and champion community action and volunteering.
You will need to be an excellent communicator at all levels, able to write and speak persuasively to a diverse range of groups. You will provide inspiration and strategic leadership, enabling and supporting all parts of WVA to successfully engage in delivering its strategic objectives. You will need to be driven, pro-active, flexible and resourceful, as well as being able to deal with issues, obstacles and opportunities as they arise and capable of embracing change with open arms.
Deadline: 12 PM on Monday 13 November 2023.
Interviews: Tuesday 28 November 2023.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Advice Service Supervisor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £28,090. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Advice Service Coordinator. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. We depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. We give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. We are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Overview
The aim of Advice Service Supervisor is to maintain a consistent quality of advice and help for clients by providing support, guidance and feedback on a day to day basis. There are 3 main areas:
Ensuring Quality – actively supporting the quality of advice by guiding the team to information sources, checking that all aspects of a client’s situation have been considered, checking that follow up work is progressed, and that research and campaigns issues are identified
Providing Support – actively supporting each team member to develop their skills and competences, by explaining, guiding, demonstrating, encouraging, suggesting, coaching, giving constructive feedback and challenging appropriately – adapting the level of support to individual competence and need, and taking account of the team as a whole.
Managing the Practicalities – overseeing and managing all practical issues relating to the session – allocating the team to face-to-face work or other communication methods, checking waiting times or interview lengths, and if necessary, dealing with client or Citizens Advice emergencies .
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Interviews: Week commencing 13 November 2023 on Teams.
Contact Details: recruitment@caliverpool.org.uk.
Positive Futures – Youth Development Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £28,350 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, Unit B1, Tetlow Way, Langham Street Industrial Estate, L4 4QS.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Overview
Purpose of Role:
To develop and deliver centre & street-based activities for groups/individuals, school programmes and services that will be delivered in a specified area of the community to meet the personal and social development needs of young people in Liverpool.
Some duties will include:
To plan, organise, and deliver effectively, a range of personal development programmes that improve outcomes for young people. This will include Crime and ASB, Informal Education, Mental Health, and Personal Development
To work at ‘grass roots’ level, on the streets, in parks and centres, on a significant number of evenings and weekends providing open & accessible activities to local children & young people
Develop relationships and work in partnership with Schools, Social Care Services, Targeted Support Services and Early Help etc.
To maintain accurate records for monitoring and reporting purposes including verbal and written information on progress, issues, futures plans and to maintain accurate supporting financial records.
Benefits:
Excellent salary
Staff Health Cash Plan
33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
Expenses payable upon receipt
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary fixed until 30 November 2024. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £52,500. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Mobilisation & Implementation Manager, Service Development Coordinators. Location: The Plaza, Old Hall Street L3.
Employer Bio
Brook is the UK’s leading sexual health and wellbeing charity. They are committed to changing attitudes, challenging prejudice and championing equality.
Their unique combination of clinical services and education programmes are designed to meet individual needs and instill positive behaviours that influence their whole lives. Their digital solutions help us reach even greater numbers of young people and professionals, and their expansion into all-age services ensures that whole communities can benefit from their inclusive, non-judgmental approach to sexual and reproductive health.
They are continuously listening to and learning from their service users and the communities they support. They amplify the voices of those who face barriers to access, ensuring that sexual health remains high on the political agenda and that law, policy and practice is aligned with what they need.
Job Overview
This role will be responsible for leading innovation enabling Brook to grow their clinical, education and wellbeing services. You will be responsible for identifying and securing opportunities for new business and growth and responding to complex tender opportunities, driving activities through all stages of the bid process, including service implementation. You will lead work to submit bids and tenders for services in new locations across the country with key commissioners and partners, and for retendering services for their existing work.
Big Help Group Community Impact Fund | Now Open for Applications
PLEASE NOTE: This funding is separate to and in no way connected to the LCVS Community Impact Fund. For more information regarding the LCVS Community Impact Fund, please click here.
Deadline: 15 November 2023 at Midnight.
The winter round of the Big Help Community Impact Fund is now open for applications. Applicants are eligible to apply for Community Impact Funding of up to £2,500.
Who can apply?
Individuals, groups, and organisations based within the Liverpool City Region; including Knowsley, Sefton, Halton, St Helens, Liverpool and Wirral, who operate their own existing projects or have innovative new ideas that will support your local community are eligible to apply for funding.
Applicants who have been previously unsuccessful in the last funding round will be eligible to reapply for funding.
PLEASE NOTE: This funding is separate to and in no way connected to the LCVS Community Impact Fund. For more information regarding the LCVS Community Impact Fund, please click here.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Welfare Benefits Caseworker
Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £25,408 – £27,030. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Welfare Benefits Supervisor. Location: Hybrid – Remote and Office based, flexible options available across Liverpool, St Helens and Warrington.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Overview
Key duties and responsibilities
Provide welfare benefits advice in person and via digital channels
Provide outreach advice in Torus Foundation, Citizens Advice buildings and home visits
Provide advice and case updates to Torus Foundation staff members via a staff helpline
Attend Torus Foundation and community events as appropriate
Research and explore options and implications so that clients can make informed decisions using Citizens Advice resources
Act for the client where necessary using appropriate communication skills and channels
Complete benefits checks when appropriate and deal with benefit advice issues covering welfare benefits applications including initial claims and complete any relevant assessment forms, challenging decisions including mandatory reconsiderations, appeals up to and including representation at tribunal hearings and complaints and queries
Assist with relevant general advice queries, referring internally or to other specialist agencies as appropriate
Maintain detailed case records for the purpose of continuity of casework, information retrieval, statistical monitoring and report preparation
Ensure that all work meets quality standards and the requirements of the funder
Meet individual performance targets and engage positively in discussions with line manage to maintain required levels
Keep up to date with legislation, policies and procedures and undertake appropriate training
Support our research and campaigns work through various channels including case studies, data collection and client consent
To work as part of the Torus Foundation project team and contribute to effective service provision.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
YPAS is a Merseyside based charity which was established in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. They support children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Job Overview
YPAS is seeking to appoint a Clinical Administrator to support the clinical administration of YPAS Services. Intermediate counselling qualification or above is essential, as is administration experience.
Posts available: 1. Hours per week: Approximately 100 hours per year. Location: Mainly at FACT Liverpool, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ, with some online meetings.
Employer Bio
FACT Liverpool is the UK’s leading organisation for the support and exhibition of art and film that explores new media and digital culture. The award-winning FACT centre opened in 2003 in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool, a hub for independent shops, restaurants, bars, nightlife and galleries. The FACT centre houses three art galleries, four cinema screens, a lab for learning and experimentation, a cafe, and a bar. Each year they welcome 250,000 visitors to their building, and collaborate with over 10,000 adults and young people through their Learning Programme, which they deliver in partnership with schools and community organisations across the Liverpool City Region.
Job Description
FACT Liverpool is seeking a committed and inclusive Chair of the Board of Trustees for this arts charity. You will join the organisation in an exciting phase of development and artistic vision. In 2023, they will celebrate the 20th anniversary of FACT’s award-winning building and develop ambitious long-term plans.
The role is voluntary and appointed on an initial three-year term, with the potential for a second term. As a Chair of the Board, you will need considerable experience in governance to be able to lead and guide the Board of Trustees, demonstrating best practice in charitable or third sector governance. You will support the Chief Executive and leadership team through a period of development and change during challenging times for the cultural sector.
While you do not specifically need to have direct experience in the arts sector, a keen interest in art, film and technology would be of assistance in understanding the core work of FACT.
The Board meets four times a year, plus an AGM and an annual Board Away Day. It is important that the Chair is able to visit the organisation in Liverpool, and can be available to the Chief Executive on a regular basis (usually electronically or by telephone). Whilst this role is unremunerated, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses will be reimbursed.
If you would like an informal conversation about this role before applying, please contact their Director/CEO, Nicola Triscott, via christine.kinsella@fact.co.uk
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time (0.6 FTE). Salary: £33,000 pro rata. Hours per week: 22.5 hours over 3 days. Reporting to: Senior Suicide Prevention Therapist. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
James’ Place exists to stop men dying by suicide. They opened their first centre in 2018 in Liverpool, the first of its kind in the UK, and in 2022 they launched their second centre in London. To date, they have supported over 1500 men and delivered over 7000 sessions of their life-saving intervention. James’ Place is a therapy centre for men who are experiencing a suicidal crisis and it was set up to make the experience of finding help as easy as possible. It offers men a brief, intensive, therapeutic intervention in a safe environment. Men who walk through the door at James’ Place will be in a space where they feel valued and respected.
Job Overview
They are seeking to recruit a Suicide Prevention Therapist to support men in suicidal crisis at their centre in Liverpool. They are looking for an experienced mental health professional or therapist with demonstrable interest in suicide prevention. They will work with you and train you to develop your therapeutic skills to offer their collaborative semi-structured psychologically informed intervention. You will support the centre user and their supporter(s) to recover from the suicidal crisis and maintain their safety. You will report to a Senior Suicide Prevention Therapist.
The October Half Term Eat 2 Meet programme starts on 30 October 2023 and there are lots of great activities happening over the school holidays.
Children and young people, from reception to age 16 (including year 11 leavers), who are eligible for benefits related free school meals, will be able to access hundreds of activities throughout the half term holidays including specific provision available for children with SEND or additional needs, at no cost.
There’s a great range of activities across the city including Halloween themed activities such as pumpkin carving, apple bob, Halloween crafts (making spooky masks), boxing, football, music, dance, cycling, cooking, podcasting, basketball, arts and crafts, drama, zumba, trips out and much more!
Every day there will be a range of fabulous meals available with many schemes holding family events as well.
When a parent/guardian/carer has chosen the activity/scheme, they will need to contact that organisation to book a place. Each organisation will have either a telephone number, email address or online booking system. If the child has any additional needs or dietary requirements then please discuss this with the organisation when booking. There is no central booking system so please read the details of the programmes on the website and contact the providers directly.
If you want to know how to register or how to check if your child is eligible for free school meals then please click here.
You will need your national insurance number or an asylum seekers support number.
If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk. Click here to find out how to register.
If your child is not eligible for benefits related free school meals you may be eligible for support with childcare costs, please click here to learn more.
Liverpool City Council is working with Mersey Play Action Council, the local schools, voluntary and community organisations, and childcare providers to deliver the October Half Term Eat 2 Meet programme.
The Family Information and SEND Directory also provides a wealth of useful information and support for families – FISD.
LCR Culture & Creativity Awards 2024
Nominations for the 2024 Liverpool City Region Culture & Creativity Awards are now open.
The Liverpool City Region Culture & Creativity Awards recognise and celebrate the incredible contribution that culture and creativity make to our city region. Established in 2019 as part of the Metro Mayor’s commitment to culture, the awards are now in their fifth year.
The awards are part of the Metro Mayor’s 1% for Culture initiative, and will honour the value and contribution that the cultural and creative sector brings to the Liverpool City Region, making it one of the most vibrant and exciting places to live, work, study, visit or do business in. The Liverpool City Region includes the 6 local authority Boroughs of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, and Wirral.
Deadline: Friday 27 October 2023.
Austin Smith Small Grants Fund
Deadline: Friday 20 October 2023 at 12 PM.
Introduction
In its twelfth successful year the Austin Smith Small Grants Fund continues to provide local people with funding to empower their communities. The Passionist Partners Congregation and Liverpool City Council continue to have a unique partnership in supporting non-for-profit organisations and their neighbourhood.
This initiative started with L8 Law Centre wanting to honour the memory of Father Austin Smith who died in March 2011. Austin was a member of the Passionist Congregation and dedicated more than forty years of his life to the people in the City of Liverpool.
You will be able to apply for a grant up to £500. They only accept one application per organisation, per round.
Who can apply:
Small not for profit community groups from Princes Park, Dingle, Canning, Arundel and Toxteth or whose beneficiaries are predominantly from those wards. Previous grant applicants can apply however priority will be given to new applicants.
What will you need to apply:
A governing document
A bank account in the name of the organisation with 2 unrelated signatories.
What they can fund:
New projects and activities
Increase levels of active citizenship, community pride and community activity
Contribute towards running an event, festival or community occasion
Intergenerational activities
Activities which may reduce isolation
Projects that will develop stronger communities
People working together to tackle issues in their neighbourhood
Please email your completed application form to Austin Grants austin.grants@liverpool.gov.uk.
If you need any further information, please contact Cheryl Moorhead on 07395847746 or email austin.grants@liverpool.gov.uk.
Deadline: Friday 20 October 2023 at 12 PM.
YPAS – CBT Therapist Trainee
Positions available: 2. Contract: 12-months fixed-term (Permanent pending funding). Salary: NJC point 20 – £28,371. Hours per week: 35 hours.
Employer Bio
YPAS is a Merseyside based charity which was established in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. They support children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Job Overview
This is a great position if you an accredited counsellor, social worker, mental health nurse, occupational therapist looking to increase skills and competencies working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). Successful candidates will need to demonstrate existing knowledge and experience of working therapeutically with young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties. Experience of at least 2 years working with children and young people is essential.
Halton & St Helens Voluntary Community Action (VCA) are looking for new team members. They are passionate about encouraging local people to make changes for good in their communities and helping them find the right support or service that can improve their lives for the better or helping develop a new solution. Working in the voluntary sector with amazing people doing amazing things is so very rewarding and being part of their team gives you the opportunity to make a difference to lots of different causes, services and activities at once. If this is the first time you’ve thought about working in the community and are interested in one or more of the vacancies, then please do get in touch to find out more. Your skills, knowledge or experience could be what they are looking for.
Healthy & Home Link Worker (Halton)
36 hours per week / Salary: £25,500 pa
The Healthy & Home project will provide a complementary service to the current discharge pathway Warrington & Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (WHH). It will enhance the current provision within the hospital and create effective and long-lasting links with the Community and Voluntary Sector (VCS). The post holder will be a Link Worker integrated within the hospital’s Discharge Team, providing a triage service to volunteer support and local VCS connections. The project will bring the expertise and knowledge of the VCS to the discharge process across Halton. This post will be based 4 days a week within Warrington Hospital and 1 day at Halton & St Helens VCA.
Halton & St Helens VCA deliver small grants programmes from a variety of their projects. From handling grant enquiries to preparing meeting papers and being the key grants database administrator you will ensure all aspects of their grant programmes are handled with efficiency and professionalism.
Interviews will take place in the week of 23 October 2023.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Youth Hub Co-ordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31 May 2025. Term: Full Time. Salary: £29,227 p.a. – £31,738 p.a. – MYA Grade 6 – Pt. 21-24. Hours per week: 35 hours (May Include Evening and Weekend Work). Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Youth Association has a long and extraordinary history, dating all the way back to 1890. Grounded in the incredible social history of Liverpool, their affiliated clubs and their predecessors have been helping young people cope with all kinds of challenges.
Job Overview
They wish to employ a specialist Youth Hub Co-ordinator for the Liverpool Youth Hub. This exciting role will be responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination of co-locating partners and activities within the hub.
They will develop and build on existing links with Jobcentre Plus Advisors, act as a conduit between the Youth Hub and external partners and organisations who provide access for young people into Employment, Education and Training opportunities within the Liverpool City Region.
The successful candidate must hold relevant qualification at Level 4 or equivalent in a subject related to this post.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Two Year Fixed Term Contract. This role may extend after the initial two years, dependent on funding. Term: Full Time (typically Sunday – Thursday with possible evening work). Part-Time options can be considered. Salary: From min £26,000 pa – negotiable dependent on experience. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Vicar of St George’s. Location: Everton.
Employer Bio
They are two local church parishes in Everton collaborating towards a common objective of inspiring a greater number of young individuals to embrace the teachings of Jesus, to unlock their potential, and to actively engage in the Everton community.
Job Overview
They are seeking an individual with exceptional organisational abilities to ensure the efficient management of all their various activities, teams, and facilities. This role will involve working closely with a newly-formed team dedicated to establishing a fresh and innovative church experience tailored specifically for young people in Everton.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – NCS Co-ordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31 March 2025. Term: Full Time. Salary: £29,227 p.a. – £31,738 p.a. – MYA Grade 6 – Pt. 21-24. Hours per week: 35 hours (Will Include Evening and Weekend Work). Location: Liverpool/Huyton.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Youth Association has a long and extraordinary history, dating all the way back to 1890. Grounded in the incredible social history of Liverpool, their affiliated clubs and their predecessors have been helping young people cope with all kinds of challenges.
Job Overview
The post holder will co-design, deliver and evaluate an innovative and flexible NCS Targeted Programme, delivering fun and engaging experiences, empowering young people to make decisions and take ownership of their NCS journey.
The posts holder will work across Liverpool, Sefton, and Knowsley planning, delivering, and evaluating a programme of 12-week group work experiences in the following areas:
Life Skills and Independent Living
Employability and Work Readiness
Volunteering and Social Action.
They will be responsible for the recruitment of and engagement with young people who are aged 16-17 yrs old who have complex barriers to engagement. This will include marketing, promotion, and networking to reach the participation targets as set out in the grant agreement.
The post holder will ensure that the programme will build skills, motivation, aspiration, and confidence of participants, as well as providing opportunities for social mixing. The successful candidate will lead consistent, trauma informed youth-work and ensure sessions are fun and empowering, which will support attendance and engagement levels.
As project Co-ordinator, they will be responsible for ensuring the needs of young people are met in line with key funding requirements, and that outcomes and performance are monitored, recorded, and submitted to deadline.
The successful candidate must hold an NVQ Level 4 or equivalent in a subject related to this post.
Contract: Permanent. Salary: £21,650- £22,790 (They normally offer a starting salary at the start of the range). Hours per week: Full time – 35 hours. Reporting to: Regional Manager. Location: Speke, Merseyside.
Employer Bio
FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, they take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to nearly 9,500 frontline charities and community groups.
Job Overview
As Community Coordinator, your role will focus on the growth and sustainability of the FareShare programme, through maximising relationships and adding value to create the best experience for their charity community. The successful candidate will be an exceptional communicator, with an approachable nature who will play a vital role in developing and maintaining charity and retailer relationships, plus raising awareness of FareShare across your local area.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Money Advice Caseworker
Posts available: 3. Contract: Permanent. Term: Ongoing. Salary: £24,327 (Trainee) – £27,030 FTE. Hours per week: 35 hours. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Overview
Desirable
Knowledge and experience of giving Debt Advice to clients and working to quality standards and Funders requirements.
Institute of Money Advisers Certificate in Money Advice Practice or MaPS accreditation equivalent.
To be appointed as a Money Advice Caseworker, you will need to have knowledge and experience of complex debt casework, covering priority and non-priority debt advice, options and insolvency solutions
Essential
Effective oral & written communication skills with emphasis on negotiation, representing and preparing reviews, reports & correspondence.
Ability to prioritise own work, meet deadlines and targets, manage caseload, monitor and maintain own standards.
Ability to use IT Systems in the provision of advice, Case Recording, preparation of reports and submissions.
Understanding of the importance of social policy work / key current social issues, and their impact on clients.
Experience of achieving performance and quality targets/KPIs.
Ability and willingness to undertake training and development to comply with MaPS Caseworker accreditation.
Numerate to the level required by the tasks.
Ability to give and receive feedback objectively and sensitively and a willingness to challenge constructively.
Ability and willingness to work as part of a team.
Understanding of and commitment to the aims and principles of the Citizens Advice service and its equal opportunities policies.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Young Person’s Intensive Mentor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Funded – Initially for a 6 Month Period – To Cover Maternity Leave (With the Potential for an Extension to this Post). Term: Full Time. Salary: £24,905 p.a. – £28,407 p.a. – MYA Grade 5 – Pt. 17-20. Hours per week: 35 hours (Will Include Evening and Weekend Work). Location: Huyton.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Youth Association has a long and extraordinary history, dating all the way back to 1890. Grounded in the incredible social history of Liverpool, their affiliated clubs and their predecessors have been helping young people cope with all kinds of challenges.
Job Overview
MYA requires an experienced and dedicated Intensive Mentor to deliver effective personalised pathways of support for young people aged 11- 18 yrs (25 with SEND) who present with a range of complex needs and vulnerabilities including mental health and wellbeing, exclusion from school, isolation, poor aspirations, deprivation, and risk-taking behaviours.
The successful candidates will be able to provide thematic leadership in either Health, Education and Families, Equalities and SEND or Youth Justice.
The role will include the identification and recruitment of young people who are experiencing significant challenges such as homelessness, substance misuse, teenage parenthood and youth offending. The post holder will provide 1-1 intensive mentoring and act as the lead professional for young people, working closely with local services including Children’s Social Care, Early Help, Crime and Communities, Education settings and other areas of the Knowsley Youth Offer.
The post holder must hold relevant qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a related subject.
Posts available: 1. Contract: 40 weeks. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £120 per week. Hours per week: 8 hours. Reporting to: Creative Producer. Location: City Centre office / work from home.
Employer Bio
RAWD (Random Acts of Wildness Disability) is dedicated to helping disabled people grow through life and art by:
Inclusive Weekly theatre based sessions
Professional theatre touring
Individual professional development
Training
Accessible social events
Creative access consultancy.
Through weekly sessions in Merseyside & Cheshire, RAWD have created a community of disabled artists (over 80) who are passionate about producing work in Merseyside and beyond.
Job Overview
The Communications Coordinator will be responsible for creating content and managing the company’s social media accounts, creating and circulating Mailchimp newsletters, updating the website and ensuring consistent and effective communication with internal and external stakeholders.
Make it Big with Pathway Fund | Now Open for Applications
Deadline:16 November 2023 at 5 PM.
Pathway Fund, a new Black and Global Majority-led social investment wholesaler, is collaborating with open innovation organisation, Do It Now Now (DiNN), to deliver a cutting-edge enterprise development programme supporting Black and Global Majority-led charities and social enterprises.
Funded by Pathway Fund, ‘Make It Big with Pathway Fund’ will provide 12 UK-based charities and enterprises with £30,000 grant funding, bespoke support and training. They will help your organisation build your financial resilience and operational readiness, raise social investment and, in some instances, prepare for asset acquisition.
The 9th NOW Festival will take place from 6 – 8 February 2024 at the Lighthouse in Anfield. Children and young people throughout Merseyside are invited to showcase their creativity around the theme of mental health and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Trauma and Attachment.
The NOW Festival is:
An opportunity for children and young people from schools, youth groups, and community organisations to develop and showcase their performance piece on stage at the Lighthouse
Pieces will be created by the young people but supported by members of the RAISE Mental Health Promotion Team
A celebration of the creativity of children and young people in a fun and inspiring environment
A chance to engage children and young people in creative discussion around what’s needed to overcome challenges and raise awareness of the impact these challenges can have on their mental health.
Employability Solutions | Platform for Change | Now Open for Applications
Deadline: 20 October 2023.
The Platform for Change legacy fund was launched in memory of three former students of Employability Solutions (ES); Brandon Regan (17), Daniel Jamieson (16) and Jamie Buckley (18), who tragically lost their lives.
The fund aims to award 3 grants of up to £1000 each year to a young person who will use the grant to promote the education, safety, or mental health of young people within their local communities The goal of the fund is to empower young people to make positive changes in their local community and create a safer community for all.
ES are asking that young people aged 14-24 years of age can apply for up to £1000 each round ( 3 rounds across the year) to work with other young people creating positive impactful projects and activities, focusing on positive narratives looking at what’s strong rather than what’s wrong.
The current funding round:
This award will focus on diversionary activities and group projects for young people in their local community. This award will look at creating safe spaces such as a holiday club for young people with additional needs, a youth forum within your local area, a sports group, or a music group. Anything that brings people together and creates a safe place for them.
Million Hours Fund | Phase Two | Now Open for Applications
Deadline:
The Million Hours Fund (Phase Two) offers funding of £30,000 to £100,000 for organisations to give extra support to young people in areas where they may be at risk of anti-social behaviour. They want to fund extra hours of youth work for additional activities that give these young people more places to go and positive things to do.
This fund opened for applications on
Please note, they only fund projects in some parts of England, you can see if your postcode is eligible via the link further below.
To apply, your project must:
benefit young people aged 11 to 18, or up to 25 for young people with SEND
effectively engage with young people at risk of anti-social behaviour
deliver more hours of youth work than you are already providing
show how you involve young people in deciding how your project works
deliver youth work that is open access and free from barriers to attend
deliver youth work that is run by trusted adults such as qualified youth workers, youth support workers, or experienced volunteers.
Your project must also
deliver activities that will aim for young people to have:
improved emotional wellbeing
improved life and practical skills
access to trusted relationships with adults and feel safer.
Friends of Anfield Cemetery is looking for potential partners for their various history, heritage and creative projects
Anfield’s 141-acre Grade II* cemetery is the final resting place of approx. 600,000 people. It is the largest geographical footprint from which to tell Liverpool’s remarkable history over the last 200 years. The charity – Friends of Anfield Cemetery intend to submit a funding application to the National Lottery within 3 weeks. ‘A wider range of people will get involved in heritage’ is a key component of their National Lottery application and must take central stage.
If their bid is successful, some of the funding will be used to support the type of projects listed below. However, you may wish to suggest others.
If you’d like to discuss possible involvement (and some funding) with one or more of their projects, please contact Tom Bradburn on tom@friendsofanfield.com as soon as possible, as they do need a quick response.
Over a 2 year period, there will be history and heritage tours and a range of smaller creative projects, starting about March 2024.
Examples of projects are:
Producing design ideas for a replacement Blitz War Memorial – now beyond repair
Producing stories / information to put on a cemetery-wide Mobile Phone QR system, to inform visitors about the amazing range of people within the cemetery
Designing lamp post banners, to be erected along Priory Road (subject to Planning Consent) to encourage passers-by to visit the cemetery and perhaps other Anfield historic and heritage areas
Take part in photographic, painting and literature competitions relating to Anfield Cemetery
History and Heritage Tour Guide and volunteer training
Take part in history / heritage themed videos, to educate visitors about the lives of Liverpool people and their contribution to our unique history
Produce designs for an Anfield ‘welcome’ leaflet aimed at Liverpool’s Tourism Industry
Produce Anfield Cemetery Heritage Tour literature.
The four community projects (in bold) will be supported by a Designer/Illustrator.
Friends of Anfield Cemetery is a charity (Charity Number: 1161476).
LCVS launches research project into funding for Black-led non-profit organisations
Anecdotal evidence and literature suggest that systemic racism has led to disparity in funding opportunities and access to funding related support for Black-led organisations compared to their white-led counterparts, in the voluntary and community sector (VCS).
Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS), in partnership with Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), are undertaking research to explore the scale and nature of any such disparity for Black-led non-profit organisations operating in the Liverpool City Region. As part of this, we wish to better understand any barriers, but also any advantages or good practice in funding success, for Black-led non-profit organisations.
In this first stage of the research, we are looking for a number of individuals to represent their organisation in virtual focus group sessions and/or telephone interviews, which will take place in November 2023.
We’re looking to engage with individuals from the following organisation types:
Funder Organisation
Black-led Non-profit Organisation
Support Organisation or Practitioners who support Black-led non-profit organisations in the Liverpool City Region, including support with funding bids and/or other related funding services/skills.
LCVS Chair, Sonia Bassey said:
“The challenges and obstacles to accessing funding have long been raised by local Black-led organisations. As part of our ongoing commitment to promoting equality and diversity we are extremely pleased to have been able to secure the resources and support from our partners to investigate this further. We would like to understand if there are particular hurdles that limit Black-led groups from accessing funding to support their work and what can be done to overcome them.
This will not only help us identify the scope and scale of obstacles that face such groups, but to develop an evidence base that can help us bring about change.
In 2020, LCVS made a strong commitment to the principles behind Black Lives Matter and this project is an important part of that ongoing work.”
Liverpool’s Domestic Abuse Strategy aims to tackle domestic abuse and challenge those who perpetrate it, holding them to account for their actions, and the impact on those around them.
The strategy has four ambitions, supported by an action plan. The action plan will inform the work of the Liverpool Domestic Abuse Partnership Board (LDAPB), who will ensure that everyone is accountable for delivering the actions assigned to them.
This consultation aims to understand whether the ambitions are a good fit for the city, and whether they will address the individual needs of our communities.
The ambitions are:
Reduce domestic abuse through prevention
Reduce severity of harm through early intervention
Support people at acute risk of experiencing domestic abuse
Challenge and change the behaviour of perpetrators.
They want to hear your views on what they can do to improve the lives of those who are victims or survivors of domestic abuse.
Who is this consultation for?
They want to hear from anyone who lives or works in Liverpool who has an interest in domestic abuse. This includes professionals, or those who are experts by experience. They want to hear all views on the proposed Domestic Abuse Strategy.
This survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.
Deadline: Monday 30 October 2023.
Liverpool Parenting Newsletter: September – November 2023
Liverpool’s Parent Network has produced the Autumn edition of the Liverpool Parenting Newsletter with information on services (running from September – November 2023) available for you and your family across the city.
The newsletter includes information on services that support parents around:
Ante Natal Services
Children Centres
Childcare
Child mental health support
Debt Advice
Domestic Abuse
Education
Employment Support
Events
Foodbanks
Fostering in Liverpool
Mental Health
Money Management
Parenting Programmes
SEND
Parental Mental Health
Support for Fathers
If you have any questions, please contact parenting@liverpool.gov.uk.
Contract: 12-months fixed-term (Permanent pending funding). Salary: NJC point 20 – £28,371. Hours per week: 35 hours.
Employer Bio
YPAS is a Merseyside based charity which was established in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. They support children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Job Overview
This Trainee Parenting Practitioner post will help you develop skills in evidence-based parenting interventions to support parents through group programmes and one to one coaching which support parents feel confident in helping their children’s behaviour, personal and social development. Encouraging and supporting parents to build resilience and encourage positive life choices.
You will work alongside their dynamic Wellbeing Team and Therapy Teams. Their teams are a multi-disciplinary team of Therapists, Youth Workers, Social Workers, Parenting Practitioners and Children and Young People Wellbeing Practitioners (CYWP).
Liverpool Irish Festival announces their 2023 programme
Liverpool Irish Festival, the UK’s largest Irish arts and culture led festival, has announced their 2023 programme. The annual festival features 40 events, for adults and children, across 10 remarkable days (Thursday 19 – Sunday 29 October 2023).
Founded in 2003, the festival brings Liverpool and Ireland closer together, using arts and culture. As the most diverse celebration of Irish culture in the UK, they have become a ten-day festival of music and song; visual arts; performance arts; culture, history and identity sharing, talks and tours and film.
The festival is a highlight of the UK cultural calendar, celebrates its 21st Festival this year. In honour of this, the theme for this year’s Festival is ‘anniversary’.
The line-up includes an array of Irish artists and contributors from across the worlds of music, theatre, film, spoken word, visual arts and academia. Lisa Lambe, internationally acclaimed Irish folk singer and actor, shares her new project, NightVisiting at The Tung Auditorium.
Fun activities for families can be enjoyed at Museum of Liverpool and the Liverpool Irish Centre on the Family Day and the Samhain Céilí.
Deep dives into anniversaries are made across the Festival.
The London Lasses, one of the best traditional Irish bands on the scene today, kick off the Festival, following the official Festival launch (6pm, Thurs 19 Oct), themselves celebrating 25 years as a band and the release of their sixth album – LL25 – marking their milestone.
The Good Friday Agreement’s 25-year anniversary is marked in an event, hosted in partnership with the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Irish Studies, followed by Green & Blue, Kabosh Theatre’s (Belfast) community developed two-hander about The Troubles (both Thurs 26 Oct).
100 years since his birth, Brendan Behan is celebrated in Fat Dan Productions’ Brendan: Son of Dublin (Sat 28 Oct). 90-years since the United States District Council ruled Ulysses to be publishable, we celebrate experimental writing with a half-day session with Pascal O’Loughlin, and National Poetry Librarian, Chis McCabe.
Referencing the release of The Yellow Wallpaper, written 130 years ago, Dublin vocalist and composer Sue Rynhart returns to the Festival with her folk and jazz influences in what promises to be a dazzling performance at Sefton Park Palm House.
The programme offers connection to poignant anniversaries, such as its commemoration of An Gorta Mór (The Great Hunger) with a memorial gathering (Sun 29 Oct). The Liverpool Irish Famine Trail (self-guided tour) reflects on Irish migration, settlement and legacy.
Liverpool Irish Festival CEO & Artistic Director, Emma Smith says
“Liverpool Irish Festival brings Liverpool and Ireland closer together using arts and culture. We create spaces that build cultural connections between Ireland, Liverpool, the Irish diaspora and neighbouring communities.
It’s perhaps not surprising that anniversaries are on our mind this year, with us turning 21. It’s 10-years since the McAleese inquiry; 15-years since Liverpool became Capital of Culture; 25-years since the Good Friday Agreement, 100-years of Ireland and 175-years since An Gorta Mór.
#LIF2023 combines stories about Irishness and reveals people searching for, and finding, their identity. Anniversaries are often the markers we use to remember. They connect us with our heritage and mark notable events. We hope everyone will join us – physically or online – as we celebrate and present our 21st Festival and create new memories and milestones together.”
Clare McColgan, CBE Director of Culture Liverpool, states:
“Liverpool Irish Festival is a milestone in Liverpool’s annual cultural calendar. Liverpool City Council is proud to support their work, via our Culture and Arts Investment Programme. We see how the Festival connects the culture of our city with the island of Ireland. We’re always impressed by the mix of Liverpool, Liverpool-Irish and Irish artists presented and how this work considers Liverpool’s population as part of Ireland’s diaspora. Liverpool’s proud of its Irish connections and we are beginning to show this more and more. We hope as many people as possible visit the Festival’s live performances and workshops and support their community programmes.”
Sarah Mangan, Consul General of Ireland, follows with:
“The North West of England contains many thriving Irish communities. Here at the Consulate, we’ve been invigorated by the work of the Festival, particularly events that treat the diaspora as a progressive and changing community and, especially, the commemoration work around Irish Famine and the city. We’re thrilled to see the Festival celebrating its 21st Festival and look forward to marking many more anniversaries in the future.”
Rosa | Voices from the Frontline Fund | Now Open for Applications
Deadline: 4 PM 11 October 2023.
Grant Sizes: £500 – £7,000.
Rosa’s Voices from the Frontline fund, now in its sixth year of running, offers one-year grants of up to £7,000 to women’s and girls’ organisations to support campaigning and influencing work that enables women and girls to use their voice to achieve change.
Rosa is proud to champion the campaigning and influencing work that women’s and girls’ organisations do, as they recognise that every progress in culture, law and practice in women’s and girls’ lives over the last two hundred years has been pioneered by women and girls, organising and mobilising.
Women’s and girls’ organisations are at the forefront of addressing social issues and they believe change comes about when women and girls who have lived experience of injustice and inequality get heard.
However, there remains a critical need for funding for women’s and girls’ organisations to deliver activism and campaigning to raise awareness of the issues women and girls face. This is why Voices from the Frontline exists.
Liverpool Community Radio are looking for guests from local community groups and organisations
Liverpool Community Radio (LCRFM 106.7) are looking for guests and representatives from local community groups and organisations, to be interviewed on their lunchtime programme, to explain and promote what they do locally.
If you or a colleague would be willing to be interviewed and raise the profile of your group or organisation, please contact Steve Faragher on 0151 345 1290 / 07792854307 / sfaragher@hotmail.com.
LCR also run training, the next course takes place on 19 September 2023, the courses take place at the end of each month to enable individuals and organisations to learn how to use community radio effectively and also how to volunteer at LCRFM if they wish.
If you wish to take part in this training, please contact steve@l-c-r.co.uk or call 07792854307 or pop into the station.
Your Safety Matters | Merseyside residents are being asked to shape a strategy for reducing violence in our region
Willing residents will be asked to share their thoughts on the impact of violence on communities, their perceptions of the problem, the causes, the consequences and what they want to see happen to prevent themselves and others having a fear of violence.
The development of the strategy is being led by the Police and Crime Commissioner, Emily Spurrell, with the support of the five Community Safety partnerships in Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral as well as other organisations. They are made up of Councils, Merseyside Police, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, NHS, and National Probation Service.
Other partners such as youth justice, prisons, education and voluntary sector services are also involved.
The survey is completely anonymous, is open to anyone living, studying or working in Merseyside.
“Serious violence can affect anyone and the consequences are often devastating and life-changing – whether you are a victim, a relative or loved one, friend or witness.
“We are determined to prevent and reduce serious violence to stop more families suffering such heartache and harm.
“To do that, it’s vital we understand people’s perceptions of violence and how we can make them feel safer. This is a chance for people across Merseyside to have their voices heard.
By taking part, you will help inform the work we do in the future to protect families and communities, and I would encourage everyone, please have your say.”
Liverpool City Council’s Cabinet Member with responsibility for Community Safety, Councillor Laura Robertson-Collins, said:
“As the tragedies we have experienced as a region in the past few years show, violence has a devastating ripple effect causing harm to individuals, families, communities and our society.
“We want to make sure that everyone who lives, studies and works in Merseyside has the opportunity to be heard in relation to their feelings of safety, experiences of crime and sense of community.
“This is a chance for you to have your voice heard in a way which will directly influence how we work with you to address issues of safety and violence in your communities.”
Cllr Trish Hardy, Sefton Council’s Cabinet Member for Communities and Housing said:
“No-one should have to fear for their personal safety when they are out and about but all too often, a small number of residents tell us it is something which they are constantly worrying about and trying to protect themselves against.
“This is a completely unacceptable situation and it is the responsibility of every single one of us to be aware of it and to prevent it happening.”
Cllr Shelley Powell, Knowsley Council Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods said:
“In Knowsley and across the city region, we have experienced first-hand the impact serious violence has on our communities and the often life-changing devastation it leaves behind.
“We want to put residents at the centre of our strategy to reduce violence and ensure that your views, feelings and experiences are used to influence how we tackle violence across the city region.
“I urge all residents to take part in the survey and have their say in creating safer communities.”
Cllr Helen Cameron, Chair of the Tourism, Communities, Culture and Leisure Committee for Wirral Council, said:
“In recent times, we have seen some of the most high-profile and shocking violent crimes occurring here in Wirral and I appreciate the progress made by Merseyside Police to disrupt and deter organised crime groups. We know, however, that we need to address the root causes of these terrible incidents; the consequences they have on communities.
“With five community safety partners across the region coming together and the PCC engaging with as many people as possible, this consultation could help to shape a comprehensive strategy to reduce the levels of serious, violent crime and the address the impact it has on our communities.”
The Community Ownership Fund Round 3 Bidding Window 2 | Now Open for Applications
Deadline: 11:59 AM on Wednesday 11 October 2023.
The Community Ownership Fund is a £150 million fund over 4 years to support community groups across England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland to take ownership of assets which are at risk of being lost to the community.
It forms part of a substantial package of UK wide levelling-up interventions building opportunity and empowering communities to improve their local places.
Purpose: Apply for funding to take ownership of assets at risk of loss in your community
Type of fund: Competitive
Who can apply: Incorporated voluntary and community organisations, and parish, town and community councils (depending on eligibility requirements)
Capital funding available: Up to £2 million for all asset types, but we expect that most awards will be for up to £250,000 of capital funding.
Goals:
support community groups to take ownership of assets which are at risk of being lost to the community
support community groups where the asset is already in community ownership but needs essential renovations to be sustainable for the long-term benefit of the community
strengthen community ownership across the UK
strengthen the social infrastructure that helps communities to thrive
Key dates to note:
Expression of Interest stage – always open
Round 3 Bidding Window 2 – 30 August – 11 October 2023
Applications must be submitted by 11:59am (midday) on each bidding window’s respective closing date
There will be 4 bidding windows each year at regular intervals
Suicide Prevention Grant Fund 2023-2025 | Now Open for Applications
Deadline:
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has made available a £10 million grant fund to support suicide prevention activities delivered in England by VCSE organisations in 2023 to 2025.
Who can apply?
This grant fund is open to non-profit organisations providing suicide prevention services, activities or interventions. The activities being funded by the grant should be non-economic, meaning that they are delivered to service users free of charge.
Micro-organisations and small to large voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations, groups, and community interest companies can apply.
Joint consortium bids are also accepted, whereby a lead organisation partners with other smaller organisations.
What kinds of activities does the grant cover?
Applicants must meet the strategic objectives of the fund, which are:
to support non-profit organisations to configure their suicide prevention services and activities to meet the increased demand seen in recent years.
to support a range of diverse and innovative activity that can prevent suicides, both at a national and community level.
This funding is to support activities in England only. Organisations that deliver activities in other nations in the United Kingdom can only apply for an award to cover costs for eligible activities in England.
How much can be applied for?
Funding requests are capped at £750,000. Costs must be related to the eligible period of December 2023 (earliest) to March 2025. Please note that this is a revenue grant and not a capital grant fund.
High Sheriff and Merseyside Police Charitable Fund | Now Open for Applications
Deadline: 5 PM on Monday 16 October 2023.
The High Sheriff and Merseyside Police Charitable Fund (“the fund”) aims to work with voluntary bodies and community groups in Merseyside to support community safety, crime prevention and security initiatives in their locality.
How much is available:
The maximum grant available is £2,500.
Which areas are covered:
Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St. Helens and Wirral.
What is the focus of the fund:
All applications must meet the following objectives of the fund:
To promote a safer and increased quality of life through the prevention of crime and the protection of people and property from harm or fear of harm, and/or criminal acts for the benefit of the public in and around Merseyside
To support and raise awareness to help communities be and feel safe
To increase provision of diversionary activities and facilities that engage children and young people, and which create long-term impact in preventing and reducing their vulnerability to crime and in engaging in anti-social behaviour.
The fund will consider core costs to enable groups to continue to carry out activities that meet the fund’s focus. The fund will also consider projects that aim to reduce and prevent crime-related issues that have been exacerbated by COVID-19:
Increase in domestic abuse
Increase in violent crime
Increase in public order offences
Increase in cybercrime and online fraud
Above average hospital admissions for alcohol specific conditions (under 18s) and for substance misuse (15-24 years)
Increase in vulnerabilities associated with child criminal exploitation
Increases in police recorded hate crimes
The fund’s criteria are reviewed and revised in line with the latest available guidance and evidence, from relevant research, and expert advice. To ensure the activities in your grant application reflect current best practice, and is therefore more likely to have a better chance of success, you may find the following toolkits useful: the College of Policing and Youth Endowment Fund.
However, due to a limited budget the fund may close earlier when sufficient applications are received.
Decisions will be communicated by Mid-December 2023.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Help Through Hardship Adviser
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £24,327. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Advice Service Session Supervisor. Location: Various locations around Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Description
Citizens Advice Liverpool host a team of Help through Hardship Telephone advisers and we are looking for a new adviser to join the team. The successful candidate will provide generalist advice in a wide range of enquiry areas such as benefits, housing and employment. You will provide telephone advice within the working hours of the service and work with the on-site supervisor.
Citizens Advice, in partnership with The Trussell Trust, has been running the Help through Hardship Helpline (formerly the Trussell Trust Foodbank helpline) since 2020. The helpline has been highly successful in reaching those clients most in need. To date Citizens Advice has answered nearly 57,000 calls, helped feed over 70,000 people and recorded £13 million in expected financial gains for clients. The national helpline operates across several local Citizens Advice offices where advisers work remotely over the telephone to provide information and advice on the issues clients are facing and help them access foodbank vouchers.
Advisers will explore a client’s situation, establish their reason for needing food support and offer advice to address this and maximise the client’s income. You will have excellent communication skills, be confident, motivated and understanding. We’re not looking for the finished article, if you have the right attitude then we can help to develop your skills.
Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership | Sports, Arts and Culture Fund | Now Open for Applications
Deadline: 4 PM on Monday 2 October 2023.
The Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership (MVRP) has been awarded funding from the Home Office to enable the partnership to continue its work to prevent serious violence. Part of the MVRP funding has been allocated via this grant programme in partnership with the Community Foundation for Merseyside and Merseyside Sports Partnership.
The fund is targeted at arts, culture and sports activities that support young people aged under 25 years who may be more vulnerable to experiencing violence. This could be due to a lack of self-esteem, experiencing challenges at home, they may live in a community where drugs and alcohol are prevalent, or the community may lack infrastructure and accessible services. All these factors are recognised as increasing vulnerability to experiencing violence and/or exploitation.
They suggest that the minimum grant applied for is £5,000 and maximum grant is £15,000 although larger grants can be considered for partnership proposals that involve multiple delivery partners. Please note that the total fund is approximately £200,000 and they expect to receive a range of applications from individual groups and consortium/partnerships. The grants panel will award grants that are proportionate to the turnover of the organisation(s) applying.
The panel are looking to support organisations working with young people in either arts and culture or sports, but applications can be considered for collaborations of both. The panel are also keen for organisations to include capacity building costs of the organisation and would encourage consortium/partnership applications that will allow groups to work together. The primary focus of the fund is community provision and out of school hours engagement.
Interventions/programmes delivered must fall into one of the following types:
Prevention – Awareness-raising or psycho-social education programmes
Early Intervention – Developmental and diversionary youth outreach activities and programmes
Therapeutic – Tailored interventions and programmes
Desistence – Programmes which aim to cease offending or reoffending
Please note that funding must be spent in full by 31 March 2024.
They aim to make decisions by the beginning of November 2023 therefore the expectation is that funding delivery should be between November 2023 and March 2024.
For more information on this fund, please join them for an informal drop-in session on Tuesday 12 September 2023 at Kirkdale Fire Station between 10 AM and 12 PM. They will be available to answer any questions you may have regarding the fund and your application.
Address: Kirkdale Fire Station (Bankhall Fire Station, Derby Road, Kirkdale, L20 8EQ).
Opportunity for non-profit organisations to attract new volunteers at ‘Volunteers Market Place’
The organiser of the “Volunteers Market Place” event eagerly invites local non-profit organisations to join in and seize the opportunity to connect with potential new volunteers.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £24,131 – £28,633. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Marketing Manager. Location: Alder Hey Children’s Charity (within the hospital), Liverpool / Hybrid.
Employer Bio
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children’s Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 330,000 patients and families they care for every year.
Job Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to help to shape, support and deliver marketing plans for Alder Hey Children’s Charity for a wide range of stakeholders, reporting to the Marketing Manager.
This is a broad marketing role which requires creativity, communication and project management skills to help the Charity plan and execute its marketing and brand campaigns.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term until March 2025 (With a strong likelihood of extension after this time). Term: Full-Time. Salary: £28,350 p.a. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, Unit B1, Tetlow Way, Langham Street Industrial Estate, L4 4QS.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Overview
To provide support to families on a wide variety of issues. Working closely with teachers, colleagues and other agencies to help understand children’s needs as well as those of parents/carers. Providing high quality services to support children and their families.
Some duties will include
To engage and build good working relationships with parents, children and colleagues working in schools and other agencies
To work holistically and effectively with parents/carers in ways that will improve their children’s well-being
To work effectively and cooperatively with partner agencies using common processes including Early Help Assessment, Team Around the Family (TAF) and Lead Professional (LP) roles
To provide relevant information about, and access to appropriate support services and opportunities that enable parents/carers to improve their skills.
Benefits include
Excellent competitive rates of pay
Company team building events
Supportive Workforce
Expenses paid
An extensive training programme to ensure their staff are the best in their field.
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
Healthwatch St Helens are looking for 2 new team members to support their engagement and communication work with local people, patients and partners.
Healthwatch St Helens is your local watchdog for health and social care services, helping people to get the best out of local services, whether it’s improving them today or helping to shape them for tomorrow. Local Healthwatch is all about local voices being able to influence the delivery and design of local services. Not just people who use them, but anyone who might need to in the future.
Working in the voluntary sector with amazing people is so very rewarding and being part of their team gives you the opportunity to make a difference to lots of people across the borough of St Helens.
If this is the first time you’ve thought about working in the community and are interested in one or more of the vacancies, then please get in touch to find out more. Your skills, knowledge or experience could be what they are looking for!
Healthwatch St Helens Project Support Officer
36 hours a week, £25,286per annum
In this role you will be supporting a wider team encouraging local people to share their views about health and social care services, You will support with maintaining their ongoing social media presence and organising, promoting and running events in their communities to gather the views of local people. You will offer support to their volunteers and promote volunteering opportunities. You will be responsible for handling email and telephone enquiries, directing those enquiries and for general admin activities.
Healthwatch St Helens Engagement & Communications Officer
36 hours a week, £25,286per annum
In this role you will be engaging with local people to gather their views and experiences of using local health and social care services to ensure their voices are heard, You will be responsible for creating their ongoing social media presence relating to the work of Healthwatch St Helens and be pivotal in organising, promoting and running events in their communities to listen to the views of local people on health and social care issues as well as seeking out opportunities to gather local feedback.
LCVS Community Impact Fund – Now Open for Applications
Deadline: Friday 6 October 2023 at 5 PM.
The LCVS Community Impact Fund is now open for applications. The fund helps voluntary sector organisations and registered charities do even more to build stronger communities across Liverpool and Merseyside.
Eligible organisations can apply for grants of up to £3,000 for projects that meet one or more of our four main priority areas:
Health
Education
Income Stability
Arts and Culture
Applications will be assessed on the impact that the project will have on the lives of those who benefit. We’re looking for projects that help make a change for those most in need. For this round, we are particularly interested in funding projects that support people and communities to combat the problems caused by the current cost of living crisis.
Organisations must be registered charities or have charitable aims as part of their governing document and must be able to register with the Charity Commission if their income exceeds £5,000.
The Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a VCFSE representative to join its board
The Council of Governors at Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has recently reviewed the Trust constitution and are aiming to refresh the current cohort of appointed governors to ensure that it better aligns with the developing health and care landscape.
The role of partner (appointed) governors in an NHS Foundation Trust is to represent the interests and perspectives of partner organizations within the governance structure of the Trust. Partner governors play a crucial role in fostering effective partnerships and collaboration between the Trust and its partner organizations. Their involvement helps ensure that the Trust’s services are coordinated, integrated, and responsive to the needs of the local population, while promoting effective multi-agency working for the benefit of patients and the wider community.
In line with this the Trust is seeking a VCFSE representative to join its board.
If you are interested please get in touch with:
Mark Grimshaw at mark.grimshaw@lwh.nhs.uk. Trust Secretary Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust
Comics Youth | Safe Spaces Reclaiming Community Spaces
Sign ups are currently open for Comics Youth’s Safe Spaces Reclaiming Community Spaces project! Comics Youth are looking for 15 young LGBTQIA+ creatives aged 14-25 to work with a £2,500 budget to plan, host and market a legacy event for the community.
If any of your young people are:
Aged 14-25
LGBTQIA+
Interested in literature and publishing
Interested in hosting an event for other young people in Liverpool
Interested in developing skills in event planning, budgeting, marketing and community building
then Safe Spaces Reclaiming Community Spaces is the perfect project to sign up for!
The project will run from September-November, with 11 weekly sessions hosted at Make CIC, Birkenhead (travel costs can be reimbursed).
Email Ailis on ailis@comicsyouth.co.uk for more info on Safe Spaces.
Award-winning sustainable garden unveiled at The People’s Place
In August 2023, Everton in the Community (EitC) and Feeding Liverpool unveiled the ‘Brickyard: Grow, Cook, Eat’ show garden at the People’s Place, EitC’s dedicated wellbeing hub in L4. The garden was opened for community use and visitors were treated to delicious food cooked from homegrown produce. Members of the LCVS team had the privilege of attending the event.
The garden was designed by Conal McGuire of Conal Studio and won several awards at the Tatton Park RHS Flower Show before being relocated to the People’s Place. The sustainable outdoor space was designed to inspire new ideas on how awkward spaces in cities can be adapted to modern living and growing produce.
This latest addition to the Goodison Campus will now be used for therapy sessions, group counselling, community events and community outreach work. Additionally, residents can now access homegrown food and will be given the opportunity to learn how to grow their own produce. The garden will also be accessible to Feeding Liverpool’s network who partnered with EitC to deliver this project.
Posts available: 2. Term: 12-months fixed term (Permanent pending funding). Salary: NJC point 20 – £28,371. Hours per week: 35 hours. Location: University of Manchester and YPAS Community Hubs.
Employer Bio
YPAS is a Merseyside based charity which was established in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. They support children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Job Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to gain postgraduate certificate in evidence-based psychotherapies working with families, validated by the University of Manchester.
Your application and interview will need to demonstrate existing knowledge and experience of working with emotional wellbeing and mental health. Experience of at least 2 years working with children and young people is essential.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £20,572.50. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Registered Manager. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Every day, Imagines’ staff and volunteers generously share their experience, knowledge, and talents with the people they support. Through their focused dedication to Imagines’ mission, and the courage to challenge the status quo, people feel valued. They know they are making both the ‘everyday’ and the ‘extraordinary’ become possible for everyone. They walk alongside the people they have the privilege to serve, helping to transform lives, one day at a time. And they never give up.
Job Overview
As a Support Worker, you will help to promote the health and wellbeing of those you support. This will include making sure people access the health services they need; have as healthy a diet as possible; and live in a home environment that supports their wellbeing. It is an interesting and rewarding role, where no two days are ever the same. This service needs people committed to delivering high quality, person centred support. Previous experience desirable but not essential.
They are looking for a good communicator, who can build valued relationships with others, you will be able to use your judgement and common sense to get the best possible results for each person you support. Your focus will always be on the person you are supporting, promoting their dignity, and ensuring the highest standards of confidentiality are maintained.
For an initial chat, please contact Ashleigh Halvorsen on 07816 131 833.
YPAS – Trainee CYWPs (Children and Young People Wellbeing Practitioners)
Posts available: 12. Term: 12-months fixed term (Permanent pending funding). Salary: NJC point 20 – £28,371. Hours per week: 35 hours. Location: University of Manchester 2 days a week, the remaining 3 will be based YPAS Community Hubs and peripatetic across Liverpool GPs.
Employer Bio
YPAS (Young Person’s Advisory Service) is a Merseyside based charity which was established in 1966. They serve a population of over 150,000 children and young people. They support children and young people aged 5 – 25 years and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Job Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to gain a postgraduate certificate in evidence-based interventions as a trainee Children and Young People’s Wellbeing Practitioner (CYWP), validated by the University of Manchester. Go and join their dynamic team at Young Person’s Advisory Service!
These new training posts will commence in January 2024. The posts are part of the Children and Young People’s IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) initiative.
Please scroll down until you find the relevant vacancy on the webpage above.
Deadline: Wednesday 20 September 2023 at 5 PM.
Interviews: 27, 28 and 29 September 2023.
Contact Details: recruitment@ypas.org.uk.
National Advocacy Helpline | New Contact Details from 1 October 2023
Since 2015, the Department for Education has commissioned a national advocacy helpline to support the rights of children to be heard.
Since 2017, this helpline has been delivered through Coram Voice’s ‘Always Heard’ service. However, from 1 October 2023, the national advocacy helpline service will be provided by the National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).
New details for accessing the service are available below. Please ensure to use these after 1 October 2023:
The NYAS ‘Safety Net’ helpline service will continue the national provision of:
Helpline advice and support
Signposting to local services
Issue-based advocacy
Specialist non-instructed advocacy
Advocacy finder service
Self-advocacy information.
The service accepts referrals from children and young people, professionals working with young people, friends, families, and carers.
The service will be available to:
Children in care and care leavers up to age 25.
Children and young people needing support from children’s services, including those on child in need plans, child protection plans, or who are 16-17 years old and homeless.
NYAS will also continue to support refugee and migrant children and young people, as well as young people in mental health settings.
The Coram Voice ‘Always Heard’ Service will continue to operate and receive calls until 30 September 2023.
Please share this new information to relevant services and teams in your local authority to support a smooth transition and ensure the service continues to be accessible and available from October.
Blackburne House – Head of Education & Compliance
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £45,000 – £50,000 per year depending on experience. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: CEO. Location: Blackburne House, Blackburne Place, Liverpool L8 7PE.
Employer Bio
Blackburne House was established in 1983 to help women, particularly black women and those from disadvantaged backgrounds progress into employment within technical professions – an area in which women were under-represented at the time. In 1991, they moved into the beautiful, Grade II-listed building in Liverpool’s Georgian Quarter that is now their home.
Today, Blackburne House is a vibrant and thriving organisation with a core focus on education. As a leading education centre they offer a wide range of nationally recognised courses, qualifications and development opportunities primarily (although not exclusively) to women. They have also established a number of successful social enterprises that support their educational aims; their facilities include a thriving bistro, wellness offering, conference and events facilities and a 30-place nursery, as well as the highly regarded School for Social Entrepreneurs North West.
They believe that women deserve the very best opportunities to shape their own lives. Over the last decades, Blackburne House has empowered many thousands of women through the provision of high-quality education of all types. They support the development and education of local and often vulnerable women, providing up to 1000 learning opportunities each year in a safe, welcoming and diverse environment.
Job Overview
They now have an opportunity to join Blackburne House as the Head of Education and Compliance. This is an exciting opportunity to build upon existing provision and help realise their potential for growth. You’ll be a passionate and influential individual with the ability to engage and inspire everyone you encounter with a clear, powerful vision for education and the doors it can open for women. You will be responsible for the highly effective management of Blackburne House’s Education contract to the standards required by LCRCA, EFA, Ofsted and the Governing Board.
They want to hear from those with experience of working at a senior level in an education setting and an understanding of the funding criteria for AEB set by the ESFA and LCRCA. They are looking for someone who is fully conversant with the Education Inspection Framework and all updates, ensuring these standards are fully embedded within all delivery and programme development. You must have Inspection or Nominee experience with a proven track record in managing high quality classroom programmes and have the ability to relate professionally to students and staff of all ages, backgrounds and abilities.
As an equal opportunities’ employer, they welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons and would particularly welcome applications from ethnic minorities, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Koala North West – Early Years Senior Co-ordinator/Oral Health Champion
Posts available: 1. Contract: 2 year, with continuation beyond that subject to funding. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £24,507. Increasing to £25,242 after successful completion of 6 month probationary period. Hours per week: 37 hours. Reporting to: Early Years Service Lead. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Koala North West provides a range for services across Merseyside and Cheshire for children aged 0-11 years, and their families, with tailored practical and emotional support that improves wellbeing, reduces isolation and supports both children and care-givers to thrive.
Job Overview
Koala North West are looking for someone with parenting experience who is passionate about supporting parents and children during the early years to lead on an exciting new service starting in Liverpool.
Purposes of the job:
To be project lead for a new service in Liverpool
To develop and oversee a home visiting peer support model for families facing challenges living in Liverpool’s most deprived wards
To recruit, train and support a team of local peer support volunteers who will help parents feel less isolated and to raise awareness of the importance of good oral health in young children
To provide direct support to vulnerable families when required
To support peer support volunteers to get involved with oral health promotion events in the community
To raise awareness of the project across Liverpool through network events and meetings
To work in partnership with CHCP Oral Health service and Family Hubs/Children Centres
To complete regular monitoring reports on the progress of the project
Reduce health inequalities by delivering effective health promotion re: oral health
Raise awareness of poor oral health and ways in which it can be prevented
Provide information/education and support on bottles and dummies for healthy teeth that peer support volunteers can share with families & organisations
Providing direct support to families with an emphasis on early development, accessing services and empowering parents
To build good working relationships with other agencies to ensure the provision of the most effective and appropriate support for families.
Application packs can be requested from admin@koalanw.co.uk or by calling 0151 608 8288.
Deadline: 18 September 2023 at 12 noon.
Other Information:
Please note they do not accept CV’s
If you have not heard from them by 19 September 2023, your application has not been successful
Start date – ASAP.
Interviews: 22 September 2023. They will be held in North Liverpool.
Do you have a story relating to your experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic that you’d be willing to share?
Sahir House are working with Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool City Council to undertake a COVID survey with LGBTQIA+ communities to explore the impact of COVID-19 and to better understand the experiences of our LGBTQIA+ folk.
The survey is open to those who identify as LGBTQIA+, in the Liverpool City Region, and who are 18 and over.
All participants will be entered into a free prize – with a chance of winning a £50 love2shop voucher!
Domestic Abuse Support within Safe Accommodation Small Grants Programme
Deadline: 5 PM on Friday 15 September 2023.
This programme opened for applications on Friday 18 August 2023.
Liverpool City Council is seeking to award grants of up to £50,000 to third sector organisations to provide support to victims of domestic abuse, including their children, who reside in relevant safe accommodation (definition of ‘safe accommodation’ provided in the Grant Specification). Partnership bids are welcome from organisations working together to support people residing in safe accommodation.
Liverpool City Council has received guidance from the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) stating what constitutes an appropriate use of Part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 ‘new duties’ funding.
The DLUHC guidance states ‘Domestic abuse support provided through the exercise of the functions in Part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 includes the expert help provided to victims by the specialist staff in domestic abuse safe accommodation support services. It is recognised that some support is directly provided on site (e.g. within refuges) whereas other support will be provided to victims through a support worker visiting them, including in their own homes in the case of a sanctuary scheme. However, in all cases support is provided to victims who reside in relevant safe accommodation’.
Part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (and associated guidance) is limited to accommodation-based support and does not include other support which may be provided to victims of domestic abuse for example in community-based locations.
There is a total budget of £415,408 available for these projects.
Sefton CVS – Enhanced Care at Home – Social Prescribing Link Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent until 31/08/2025 (in the first instance). Term: Full-time. Salary: £ 26,484. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Sefton CVS Health Programmes Manager. Location: South Sefton.
Employer Bio
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity with a borough-wide brief to assist and support voluntary community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Job Details
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.
The role will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team focused on providing personalised care to predominantly; frail, older and vulnerable people, who want to live at home to do so, whilst maintaining a good quality of life.
Youth Diversion Fund | PCC announces £50,000 pot to help cut Halloween & Bonfire Night ASB
Deadline: 4 PM on 8 September 2023.
Merseyside’s Police Commissioner has announced a further £50,000 pot of funding from her Youth Diversion Fund to keep thousands of young people safe this autumn.
Emily Spurrell made the announcement as she visited Conquer Life CIC in Sefton – one of the summer projects which received a cash grant from the Fund focused on offering young people positive activities while helping to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour at key times when the schools are out.
It is the fifth round of grants released by the Commissioner from the Fund, using money raised through the Police Property Act which sees money from the sale of unclaimed stolen goods or property recovered by the police which cannot be returned, diverted into worthwhile causes.
Since launching the Youth Diversion Fund in August 2021, the Commissioner has awarded more than £300,000 to 100 organisations, enabling them to provide better opportunities for more than 17,360 young people across the region.
The Commissioner is now inviting organisations, charities and community groups to apply for a share of the £50,000 investment to help provide projects aimed at preventing crime and keeping young people engaged and active, specifically on Mischief Night, Halloween and Bonfire Night.
Grassroots initiatives can each bid for a cash boost of up to £3,000 to be used towards initiatives which are working to divert young people away from anti-social behaviour and crime during a time when it traditionally spikes.
The window for autumn applications opens with this summer’s Youth Diversion Fund activities in full swing, with thousands of young people engaging in activities including canoeing, forest school, horse riding, and therapeutic sessions, as well more traditional sports.
The PCC has already visited several of the successful projects to see them in action, including the L20 Hub in Bootle, Liverpool Lighthouse and Centre 63 CIC in Kirby.
She visited Conquer Life CIC to meet 20 young people as they set up stalls to run their own businesses as part of a ‘youth market’. Ahead of International Youth Day on Saturday, she is also visiting projects run by Capoeira for all in Toxteth, Halewood Youth Boyzee and the Kids Activity Zone at Byrne Avenue Baths in Rock Ferry today.
“Thousands of young people across Merseyside are currently benefiting from my summer Youth Diversion Fund.
“During the past few weeks, I’ve seen and heard first-hand the remarkable difference these projects are making, offering great activities that some young people may not otherwise get, giving them the chance to learn new skills, try different experiences and use their time positively.
“I’m thrilled that I am now able to offer similar opportunities for young people by inviting applications for the fifth round of my Youth Diversion Fund”.
“Mischief Night, Halloween and Bonfire Night are fun dates in the calendar for many, but it’s also a time when our communities see a rise in crime and anti-social behaviour, increasing pressure on our police and fire service, during what is already a really busy period.
“I want this funding to help ease that pressure by supporting projects that complement the great work already happening across our region to keep young people out of trouble and divert them towards more engaging activities, whilst ensuring everybody in Merseyside can look forward to a safe and enjoyable Halloween and Bonfire Night.
“I look forward to reviewing a new batch of ideas and initiatives so we can all enjoy the festivities in a safe and fun way.”
The Youth Diversion Fund is administered by the Community Foundation for Merseyside, (CFM) on behalf of the Commissioner. CFM holds funds from individuals and organisations as donors who wish to support deserving causes in Merseyside.
FREE and DISCOUNTED tickets at Liverpool Philharmonic for charities and community groups
Liverpool Philharmonic is working with charities and community groups across Merseyside to offer staff, volunteers, participants and service users membership to their Leap into Live Music! scheme.
Leap into Live Music! is designed to give people who have never attended a concert or event at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, the chance to enjoy live music without worrying about the cost with access to free and discounted tickets.
Events on offer include performances by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, their hugely popular Family Concerts, and performances by visiting artists including some of the best names in rock, pop, folk, roots and contemporary music!
After signing up, you’ll receive details of what events are available to book, and the Leap into Live Music! coordinator will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about attending.
Please note that this scheme is designed to support eligible groups and people who have not attended Liverpool Philharmonic previously.
Positive Futures – Family Support Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term until March 2025 (With a strong likelihood of extension after this time). Term: Full Time. Salary: £28,350 p.a. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, Unit B1, Tetlow Way, Langham Street Industrial Estate, L4 4QS.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Overview
To provide support to families on a wide variety of issues. Working closely with teachers, colleagues and other agencies to help understand children’s needs as well as those of parents/carers. Providing high quality services to support children and their families.
Some duties will include:
To engage and build good working relationships with parents, children and colleagues working in schools and other agencies
To work holistically and effectively with parents/carers in ways that will improve their children’s well-being
To work effectively and cooperatively with partner agencies using common processes including Early Help Assessment, Team Around the Family (TAF) and Lead Professional (LP) roles
To provide relevant information about, and access to appropriate support services and opportunities that enable parents/carers to improve their skills.
Benefits include:
Excellent competitive rates of pay
Company Team building events
Supportive Workforce
Expenses paid
An extensive training programme to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
The Congolese Association of Merseyside wants to take football fans to the African Nations Cup UK in London
The Congolese Association of Merseyside is taking young people who are football fans (15 – 18 years olds) from our communities in the Liverpool City Region to London to take part in a football competition (African Nations Cup UK) which brings many communities from different backgrounds together. The event will take place from 26 to 27 August 2023.
They are therefore seeking support from our local authorities, organisations and communities to support them with transport, necessary resources (finance, flags, posters) of any kind, to encourage the young people and make this event the most successful.
If you would like to join them on this trip, please contact them on 0151 345 6913 or email congomerseyside@yahoo.fr.
What is the African Nations Cup UK?
The African Nations Cup UK, usually referred to simply as the UK African Cup, is a football competition contested by the youth and men’s open age national teams from different members of United Kingdom African communities. It’s the first of a kind to take place in Europe and the championship is awarded every year.
The current format of the tournament involved 16 teams: Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Gambia, Mauritius, Morocco, Algeria, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Cameroon, DR Congo, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Senegal.
This event attracts from football fans from all over the country, local health and advocacy bodies to scouts from professional sports bodies and clubs to spot potential footballers for greener pastures.
The Bridge Community Centre is encouraging Liverpool services to host stalls at their Free Community Health & Wellbeing Event
The Bridge Community Centre are holding a Free Community Health & Wellbeing Event and would like to team up with all the important services available to our communities from across the city.
The event will take place on Tuesday 29 August 2023 from 10 AM – 3 PM.
They would like to encourage organisations to host a stall at the event, to showcase their service to the public.
They are attempting to have representatives from as many services as possible in order to provide as much information to the public as possible in respect of:
Health and Wellbeing
Mental Health
Nutrition
Employment Support & Training Providers
Physical Wellbeing
Children’s services
Services specifically aimed at men or women.
If you would like to host a stall to their event, please contact their admin team lead on 0151 792 8711 or email Bridgecentre1@outlook.com.
The Reader Organisation – Reading Heroes Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term until 31 August 2026. Term: Part Time. Salary: £21,630 (pro rata). Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Children and Young People Team People and Partnerships Manager. Location: The Reader, Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool L18 3JB.
Employer Bio
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and / or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
Job Description
They are looking for a highly organised coordinator with strong interpersonal skills to join their Reading Heroes team. This role is responsible for coordinating the Reading Heroes project, which promotes the benefits of 1-2-1 reading by matching Care Experienced children with trained volunteers. The Reading Heroes Coordinator recruits these volunteers and offers regular, specific support from the setting up of a placement, through the 6-month reading journey, and as a reading placement ends. The Reading Heroes Coordinator is also responsible for the handling of referrals and contact between referral partners, regular contact with carers, and the promotion of Reading Heroes legacy events, to keep their participants engaged in Shared Reading. The project aims to develop child confidence, self-esteem, improved relationships with reading and reading for pleasure.
What else can they offer you?
Flexible Working Options including home working
Generous holiday entitlement
As part of your role, you will personally experience the wellbeing benefits of Shared Reading – you will participate in their immersive “Read to Lead” Shared Reading course to enable you to deliver groups, they do lots of reading with partners and you will see first-hand the impact of Shared Reading in communities.
Opportunity to spend some time in their beautiful Head Office location at Calderstones Mansion House, in the middle of Calderstones Park. Here you can benefit from walking meetings in one of Liverpool’s largest parks and staff discounts in their café and ice cream parlour
Great colleagues – As Regional Partnerships Lead for Liverpool City Region, you’ll be working with a whole range of supportive, committed colleagues who make Shared Reading happen for people who need it most across the region, especially with other members of the Partnerships Team, their Shared Reading Practice Team and their Development Team.
Posts available: 1 x Full Time. Contract: Temporary. Term: 12 months. Salary: £25,408. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Project Lead. Location: Various locations around Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Description
Advice Giving
Deliver an advice service to clients regarding their energy needs and income maximisation support, ensuring advice provided meets the requirements of Citizens Advice quality standards
Ensure all case recording and other record keeping is completed within agreed timescales and conforms to the Office Manual and the Advice Quality Standards
Use sensitive listening and questioning skills in order to allow clients to explain their problem(s) and to identify the next course of action
Use a range of information sources to find relevant information then interpret and communicate this to clients enabling them to tackle fuel poverty and financial hardship for the long-term
Assist clients with other related problems where they are an integral part of their case and refer internally or to other specialist agencies as appropriate
Meet the individual performance targets set as part of this project.
Research & Campaigning
Support their research and campaigns work by highlighting issues to clients, collecting case studies, data collection and client consent.
Administration
Use of IT software for statistical recording of information relating to research and campaigns and funding requirements, record keeping and document production. Ensure GDPR compliant training is completed on an annual basis
Ensure that all work conforms to the service’s systems and procedures
Undertake admin duties as required or requested.
Professional development
Keep up to date with online systems, available training materials and other resources relevant to the areas of support
Attend relevant internal and external meetings as agreed with the line manager
Prepare for and attend supervision sessions/team meetings/staff meetings as appropriate
Identify and implement own learning and development needs.
Other duties and responsibilities
If required, work from a variety of Citizens Advice Liverpool outlets across the city as required over the course of the week
Promote the aims, policies, and membership requirements of the Citizens Advice service
Ensure all processes and procedures that relate to the responsibilities of the role are delivered with a high level of awareness of the organisation’s equality and diversity ethos and policies
Be a positive ambassador for Citizens Advice Liverpool
Abide by health and safety guidelines and share responsibility for own safety and that of colleagues
Carry out any other tasks that may be within the scope of the post to ensure the effective delivery and development of the telephone advice service.
Additional Information:
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
The Reader Organisation – Regional Partnerships Lead (Liverpool City Region)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £26,780. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: Monday – Friday: 9 AM – 5 PM. Reporting to: Shared Reading Partnerships and Programme Manager. Location: The Reader, Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool L18 3JB.
Employer Bio
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and / or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
Job Overview
This role is responsible for delivering Shared Reading in diverse communities across the region, by building and maintaining relationships with a variety of partners who work with The Reader, coordinating partner and internal resources to deliver on funded programmes, building wider awareness of Shared Reading in a region through local networks, identifying regional trends and supporting opportunities to secure new funding in the region.
Their network of partners includes libraries, care homes, housing associations, voluntary sector organisations, NHS partners and more. This is an exciting opportunity for a hard-working individual, with a belief in the power of literature to change lives, to join a dynamic team responsible for inspiring other organisations and their people about the benefits of their Shared Reading model, and developing ways we can work together.
Posts available: 1/2. Contract: Sessional to join a pool of temporary workers. Term: Part time. Salary: £60 per session (one hour or so to deliver plus any work around it and £14 an hour). Hours per week: Varied evenings or some day time availability needed. Reporting to: Service Manager. Location: St Helens , Belle Vale possible other locations.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Domestic Violence Services create unified support for families affected by domestic violence and abuse. They’re a voluntary organisation based in Liverpool, offering support, advice and educational programmes aimed at breaking the cycle of abuse and aiding recovery.
They provide services for women, families and men, including support and help for domestic abuse, stalking and for children and young people.
Job Overview
The role is to join their domestic abuse prevention programme for perpetrators as a facilitator on a sessional basis. To help deliver programmes and support the team as required. Hours are sessional and so flexible which could be evenings or day times but same day time availability is preferred. Rate is £60 per session delivered and £14 an hour for any additional follow up work undertaken. This is an opportunity to part of an innovative successful and growing programme run by a small team. Session maybe delivered on line or in person and a variety of venues in Merseyside so the ability to drive/readiness to travel to them may be an advantage.
For details of the job and the organisation, please contact Ayla@mdvs.org.
The Whitechapel Centre – Senior Waking Night Project Worker
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £30,152pa. Hours per week: 42 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Liverpool City Centre.
Employer Bio
Serving the Liverpool City Region, The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic, tailored support so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.
Job Overview
To coordinate the provision of overnight services in our new supported accommodation project including moving new residents into the service, providing assessment, support and advice and ensuring the safety and security of all residents, staff, volunteers and visitors to the service. You should be able to relate and develop relationships with a wide variety of individuals and agencies, applicants will have experience of working in a homelessness, housing or support setting delivering services to people with complex needs and a range of mental and physical health issues.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Fiona Nelson on 0151 207 7617 or via email: Fiona.Nelson@whitechapelcentre.co.uk.
Deadline: No formal closing date.
They are advertising via a range of channels and reserve the right to review applications each Friday and close the vacancy as soon as their shortlisting requirements are met.
Feeding Liverpool – Queen of Greens Mobile Greengrocer
Posts available: 1. Contract: 6 month initial contract ending on, or before, 31 March 2024. Contract has the possibility of extension pending successful funding and/or trading. Salary: £10.90 per hour. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Programme Development Manager at Alchemic Kitchen. Location: Various locations across Liverpool.
Employer Bio
The Queen of Greens is a mobile greengrocer that delivers fresh fruit and veg to communities hit by food insecurity across Liverpool and some parts of Knowsley. This project is run in partnership with Alchemic Kitchen and Feeding Liverpool.
Customers step on to the bus and pay for their shopping using either card or cash, Alexandra Rose vouchers or Healthy Start cards. Everyone is encouraged to shop on the new Queen of Greens bus regardless of income, to help champion better local food provision and support the venture. The bus enables people to have better choice and to eat a more nutritionally balanced diet.
Job Overview
Alchemic Kitchen is looking to recruit a greengrocer that will operate one of the Queen of Greens buses. This role will play a key part in ensuring communities have access to affordable for fresh fruit and vegetables, supporting with the wider Good Food Plan in Liverpool.
This role requires a positive attitude and a flexible approach. You will need to be an excellent communicator, motivated and a good time manager who can collaborate well with others.
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: National Minimum Wage £10.42 per hour. Hours per week: Casual hours – no fixed hours. Days per week: Dependant upon business needs. Reporting to: Visitor Services Manager. Location: Mainly at FACT Liverpool, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ, with potential for occasional offsite events.
Employer Bio
FACT Liverpool is the UK’s leading organisation for the support and exhibition of art and film that explores new media and digital culture. The award-winning FACT centre opened in 2003 in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool, a hub for independent shops, restaurants, bars, nightlife and galleries. The FACT centre houses three art galleries, four cinema screens, a lab for learning and experimentation, a cafe, and a bar. Each year they welcome 250,000 visitors to their building, and collaborate with over 10,000 adults and young people through their Learning Programme, which they deliver in partnership with schools and community organisations across the Liverpool City Region.
Job Description
FACT Liverpool is looking to appoint two individuals to provide vital help across all departments at FACT Liverpool. The role of their casual staff is varied and can involve gallery, information desk, events and public programme duties. Full details are included in the recruitment packs (these can be downloaded via the link below).
You should be ready to put their visitors and clients first, offering an excellent level of customer service at all times, and communicating the importance of their support in achieving FACT Liverpool’s aim of enriching lives and shaping the future through film, art and the creative use of technology.
Some duties will require heavy lifting of equipment and furniture for the setup of events both at FACT and off-site venues. Full training and equipment will be provided for this lifting and they welcome applications from persons able to perform heavy lifting and those who aren’t.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – NCS Sessional Youth Support Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term funded to 31 March 2025. Term: Sessional. Salary: £11.77 – £13.04 Per Hour – MYA Grade 4 Pt. 13-16. Hours per week: As and When Required (Including Evening and Weekend Work). Location: Knowsley/Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Youth Association has a long and extraordinary history, dating all the way back to 1890. Grounded in the incredible social history of Liverpool, their affiliated clubs and their predecessors have been helping young people cope with all kinds of challenges.
Job Overview
The post holder will support the delivery of an innovative and flexible NCS Targeted Programme, delivering fun and engaging experiences, empowering young people to make decisions and take ownership of their NCS journey.
The posts holder will work across Liverpool, Sefton and Knowsley delivering 12-week group work experiences in the following areas:
Life skills and independent living
Employability and work readiness
Volunteering and social action.
The successful candidate will support the recruitment of and engagement with young people who are aged 16-17 yrs old who have complex barriers to engagement.
The programme will build skills, motivation, aspiration, and confidence as well as providing opportunities for social mixing.
The posts holder will provide consistent, trauma informed youth-work to ensure sessions are fun and empowering, which will support attendance and engagement levels.
The successful candidate must hold an NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in a subject related to this post.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – NCS Youth Support Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31 March 2025. Term: Part Time. Salary: £21,408 – £23,752 p.a. – MYA Grade 4 Pt. 13-16. Hours per week: 21 hours (Including Evening and Weekend Work). Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: Knowsley/Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Youth Association has a long and extraordinary history, dating all the way back to 1890. Grounded in the incredible social history of Liverpool, their affiliated clubs and their predecessors have been helping young people cope with all kinds of challenges.
Job Overview
The post holder will support the delivery of an innovative and flexible NCS Targeted Programme, delivering fun and engaging experiences, empowering young people to make decisions and take ownership of their NCS journey.
The posts holder will work across Liverpool, Sefton and Knowsley delivering 12-week group work experiences in the following areas:
Life Skills and Independent Living
Employability and Work Readiness
Volunteering and Social Action.
The successful candidate will support the recruitment of and engagement with young people who are aged 16-17 yrs old who have complex barriers to engagement.
The programme will build skills, motivation, aspiration, and confidence as well as providing opportunities for social mixing of participants.
The posts holder will provide consistent, trauma informed youth-work to ensure sessions are fun and empowering, which will support attendance and engagement levels.
The successful candidate must hold an NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in a subject related to this post.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – NCS Co-ordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31 March 2025. Term: Full Time. Salary: £29,227 – £31,783 p.a. – MYA Grade 6 Pt. 21-24. Hours per week: 35 hours (Including Evening and Weekend Work). Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: Knowsley/Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Youth Association has a long and extraordinary history, dating all the way back to 1890. Grounded in the incredible social history of Liverpool, their affiliated clubs and their predecessors have been helping young people cope with all kinds of challenges.
Job Overview
The post holder will co-design, deliver and evaluate an innovative and flexible NCS Targeted Programme, delivering fun and engaging experiences, empowering young people to make decisions and take ownership of their NCS journey.
The posts holder will work across Liverpool, Sefton, and Knowsley planning, delivering, and evaluating a programme of 12-week group work experiences in the following areas:
Life Skills and Independent Living
Employability and Work Readiness
Volunteering and Social Action.
They will be responsible for the recruitment of and engagement with young people who are aged 16-17 yrs old who have complex barriers to engagement. This will include marketing, promotion, and networking to reach the participation targets as set out in the grant agreement.
The post holder will ensure that the programme will build skills, motivation, aspiration, and confidence of participants, as well as providing opportunities for social mixing. The successful candidate will lead consistent, trauma informed youth-work and ensure sessions are fun and empowering, which will support attendance and engagement levels.
As project Co-ordinator, they will be responsible for ensuring the needs of young people are met in line with key funding requirements, and that outcomes and performance are monitored, recorded, and submitted to deadline.
The successful candidate must hold an NVQ Level 4 or equivalent in a subject related to this post.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Help Through Hardship Adviser
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £24,327. Hours per week: 35 hours. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Details
The successful candidate will provide generalist advice in a wide range of enquiry areas such as benefits, housing and employment. You will provide telephone advice within the working hours of the service and work with the on-site supervisor. You will have excellent communication skills, be confident, motivated and understanding. They’re not looking for the finished article, if you have the right attitude then they can help to develop your skills.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Technical Debt Supervisor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £28,652. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Head of Money Advice and Financial Inclusion Services. Location: Hybrid – Remote and Office based, flexible options available across Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Description
Key duties and responsibilities:
Supervise compliance with performance targets and quality standards in line with KPIs and set requirements of relevant funders as well as FCA, AQS, MaPS and Citizens Advice Membership Scheme
Monitor and report on monthly performance to demonstrate beneficial outcomes for their clients and take appropriate and consistent remedial action where required
Manage complaints in line with documented procedures and escalate to Head of Money Advice and Financial Inclusion Service if required
Provide court representation for clients, including emergency actions, by attending hearings at Liverpool Civil and Family Court
Provide Prepare and present cases ready for court hearings by checking time limits, adherence to pre action protocols by creditors, completing relevant court forms and checking fees/remissions
Negotiate with and signpost/refer to third parties as appropriate
Assist client with alternative dispute resolution cases e.g. Financial Ombudsman Service and ensure income maximisation through the take up of appropriate benefits
Actively support clients through the process of bankruptcy and other insolvency solutions, including acting as an approved intermediary to process Debt Relief Orders
Provide advice-work support and second tier consultancy to advice staff.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Welfare Benefits Specialist
Posts available: Multiple roles available including Part Time. Full time hours are 35 pw. Please indicate in your cover letter your preferred working hours per week. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time & Part time. Salary: £28,090 FTE – pro-rata for reduced hours. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Project Coordinator. Location: Hybrid – Remote and Office based, flexible options available across Liverpool, St Helens and Warrington.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Description
Key duties and responsibilities:
Provide specialist welfare benefits advice in person and via digital channels
Maintain effective admin systems and records, work cooperatively with colleagues, encourage good teamwork and clear lines of communication
Make home/outreach visits as necessary inc Torus Foundation and Citizens Advice buildings
Act for the client where necessary by calculating, negotiating, drafting or writing letters, negotiating with third parties as appropriate
Prepare and present welfare benefits cases to the appropriate statutory bodies, tribunals and courts as appropriate, up to and including level 2 tribunal
Provide advice and assistance to colleagues across the whole range of welfare issues
Maintain detailed case records for the purpose of continuity of casework, information retrieval, statistical monitoring and report preparation
Carry out Quality of Advice Assessments and file reviews in accordance with agreed Advice quality standards and procedures.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Money Advice Caseworker
Posts available: Multiple roles available including Part Time. Full time hours are 35 pw. Please indicate in your cover letter your preferred working hours per week. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time & Part time. Salary: £27,030 FTE – pro-rata for reduced hours. Hours per week: Up to 35 hours. Reporting to: Money Advice Supervisor. Location: Hybrid – Remote and Office based, flexible options available across Liverpool, St Helens and Warrington.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Description
Key duties and responsibilities:
Provide casework covering the full range of debt advice and ensure income maximisation via in person advice and digital channels
Provide outreach advice in Torus Foundation, Citizens Advice buildings and home visits
Provide advice and case updates to Torus Foundation staff members via a staff helpline building positive relationships
Act for the client where necessary by calculating, negotiating, drafting or writing letters and telephoning creditors
Negotiate with and signpost/refer to third parties as appropriate
Prepare and present cases to the appropriate statutory bodies and courts as appropriate
Provide advice and assistance to other staff across a range of debt issues
Ensure that all casework conforms to the Financial Conduct Authority and Debt Advice Quality Framework in relation to own casework.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Welfare Benefits Supervisor
Posts available: Multiple roles available including Part Time. Full time hours are 35 pw. Please indicate in your cover letter your preferred working hours per week. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time & Part time. Salary: £28,090 FTE – pro-rata for reduced hours. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Project Coordinator. Location: Hybrid – Remote and Office based, flexible options available across Liverpool, St Helens and Warrington.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Description
Key duties and responsibilities:
Work with a team of welfare benefit advisers to ensure effective support, supervision and appraisal
Maintain effective admin systems and records, work cooperatively with colleagues, encourage good teamwork and clear lines of communication
Provide specialist welfare benefits advice in person and via digital channels to a small number of clients to support the team target and continuous development
Make home/outreach visits as necessary inc Torus Foundation and Citizens Advice buildings
Act for the client where necessary by calculating, negotiating, drafting or writing letters, negotiating with third parties as appropriate
Prepare and present welfare benefits cases to the appropriate statutory bodies, tribunals and courts as appropriate, up to and including level 2 tribunal
Provide advice and assistance to colleagues across the whole range of welfare issues
Maintain detailed case records for the purpose of continuity of casework, information retrieval, statistical monitoring and report preparation
Carry out Quality of Advice Assessments and file reviews in accordance with agreed Advice quality standards and procedures
Assist with social policy, providing information to inform CAL Senior Leadership Team
Keep up to date with legislation, case law, policies and procedures relating to welfare and undertake appropriate training.
General
Create a positive working environment in which equality and diversity are well managed, dignity at work is upheld and staff perform optimally
Ensure that all work meets quality standards and the requirements of the funder
Attend relevant internal and external meetings as agreed with the line manager
Assist with initiatives for the improvement of services
Keep up to date with Citizens Advice Aims, policies and procedures and ensure these are followed
Abide by health and safety guidelines and share responsibility for your own health and safety and that of colleagues
Identify own learning and development needs and take steps to address these with your Line Manager
Key holder responsibility, opening and closing the building where necessary
Carry out any other tasks within the scope of the post to ensure the effective delivery and development of the service.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Welfare Benefits Caseworker
Posts available: Multiple roles available including Part Time. Full time hours are 35 pw. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time & Part time. Salary: £25,408 – £27,030. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Welfare Benefits Supervisor. Location: Hybrid – Remote and Office based, flexible options available across Liverpool, St Helens and Warrington.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Description
Key duties and responsibilities:
Provide welfare benefits advice in person and via digital channels
Provide outreach advice in Torus Foundation, Citizens Advice buildings and home visits
Provide advice and case updates to Torus Foundation staff members via a staff helpline
Attend Torus Foundation and community events as appropriate
Research and explore options and implications so that clients can make informed decisions using Citizens Advice resources
Act for the client where necessary using appropriate communication skills and channels
Complete benefits checks when appropriate and deal with benefit advice issues covering welfare benefits applications including initial claims and complete any relevant assessment forms, challenging decisions including mandatory reconsiderations, appeals up to and including representation at tribunal hearings and complaints and queries
Assist with relevant general advice queries, referring internally or to other specialist agencies as appropriate
Maintain detailed case records for the purpose of continuity of casework, information retrieval, statistical monitoring and report preparation
Ensure that all work meets quality standards and the requirements of the funder
Meet individual performance targets and engage positively in discussions with line manage to maintain required levels
Keep up to date with legislation, policies and procedures and undertake appropriate training
Support their research and campaigns work through various channels including case studies, data collection and client consent
To work as part of the Torus Foundation project team and contribute to 3 effective service provision.
General
Attend relevant internal and external meetings as agreed with the line manager
Keep up to date with Citizens Advice Aims, policies and procedures and ensure these are followed
Ensure that work reflects and supports the Citizens Advice service’s equality, diversity and inclusion strategy
Abide by health and safety guidelines and share responsibility for your own health and safety and that of colleagues
Identify own learning and development needs and take steps to address these with your Line Manager, including engaging in team meetings and supervision sessions
Carry out any other tasks within the scope of the post to ensure the effective delivery and development of the service. They understand that not everyone fits neatly into predefined boxes, and they encourage anyone who may not meet every aspect of the person specification to still consider applying for the job if you think you would be a good fit for the role.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Household Support Fund Allocation Survey – Support for organisations in Liverpool
Deadline: 11:59 PM on Sunday 10 September 2023.
Feeding Liverpool has been allocated a proportion of the Household Support Fund to support the food supplies of emergency food providers and community food spaces over the next few months. This is to enable these organisations to continue to support households experiencing food insecurity.
To receive a proportion of the Household Support Fund to spend on food supplies, emergency food providers and community food spaces must:
Fulfil all the criteria on the ‘eligibility criteria’ page of the survey below
Complete the survey in full
Agree to provide monitoring data on how this resource has been spent.
The funding period will be between October 2023 and April 2024.
The full terms of any allocation of funding will be set out in a partnership agreement with Feeding Liverpool.
The primary purpose of this fund is for organisations to purchase food supplies to enable their existing activities to continue. Recognising the increased pressures on organisations this winter in terms of their own energy bills, we are also able to offer eligible organisations a grant of £500 towards these costs.
To enable them to make a fair allocation of funds, during this survey you will be asked how many people you provided regular food support for during the week Monday 19th June – Sunday 25th June 2023. Please have this information on hand when completing this survey.
If this was not a typical week for your organisation, you will be asked to choose another week in June which better represents your activity.
You will have the opportunity to provide details about any of the following types of regular food support your organisation provides:
Emergency food parcels
Community food spaces (e.g. food pantries, food union, community market, community shop)
Community meals / meals which are included as part of an activity your organisation offers
Any other regular food support your organisation offers
This funding cannot be used to support food-related activities which are aimed solely at people aged under 18 (e.g. a primary school breakfast club or after school club).
Please note:
Unfortunately, without exception, any organisation whose survey response is received after the deadline will not be eligible for this fund
They need to take care to not ‘double fund’ any work, so if some of your food support work is in partnership with another organisation (e.g. St Andrews Community Network, The Big Help) then please liaise with them about who is best placed to receive the funds for that type of provision
If your organisation received funding via Feeding Liverpool’s Household Support Fund in January 2023, you do not need to complete this survey, as the monitoring survey that you have received also acts as your application for this round of funding
For any questions, please email Gentian Khan at gentian@feedingliverpool.org.
New LCVS Fundraiser: Local businessman plans to row from Gran Canaria, Spain to Port St Charles, Barbados to fundraise for local charity – LCVS
LCVS is pleased to introduce Michael Holt, the newest fundraiser for LCVS! Michael Holt is a local businessman and skilled rower. His fundraising method for LCVS is extraordinary as he plans to embark on a solo voyage from Gran Canaria, Spain to Port St Charles, Barbados on Saturday 27 January 2024. He will be rowing for over 16 hours a day and will survive on under 4 hours of sleep per day. This unsupported row of 3100 miles across the Atlantic Ocean could take from 50 – 110 days to complete.
Michael’s campaign is called Needles and Pins.
Who is Michael Holt and why is he fundraising for LCVS?
Michael has chosen to fundraise for LCVS as he has been a business customer for over 11 years. He feels that LCVS is a natural fit due to the various services we deliver across the region. With the current economic situation, certain individuals and communities need more help than others, Michael believes that by helping to fundraise for LCVS, he can help in some way.
So, why has Michael chosen this incredible challenge?
Michael was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 1997, and in 2015, he was involved in a self-inflicted incident which resulted in double reconstructed shoulder surgery. This was because of a major low blood sugar hypoglycaemic attack (Hypo).
Afterwards, Michael saw rowers who’ve had surgery compete in rowing on TV, which led to him taking up rowing as this was something that he could do to compete alongside others, through this, his fitness and mindset both improved.
What is the training like for the voyage?
Michael will be 54 when he begins his voyage, and by then, he will have been training for over 2 years. His preparation involves several intense training rows, one of these training rows was from Porthmadog, Wales to Wicklow, Ireland; the journey including the return took up to 10 days to complete.
Michael is being trained and mentored by Dawn Smith of Aurora Sea School, Rannoch Adventure and Matrix Performance.
What assistance will Michael get in the journey?
All supplies and provisions will be stored on Michael’s boat as well as full GPS, and telecommunications. There will be an onboard water maker which will be the lifeblood of his crossing. He aims to consume over 6,000 calories per day and shed over 14 kilos throughout the crossing.
Michael will be working with a professional weather router who is experienced in the ocean rowing arena and daily communication will be fed back by a social media company. His direction of travel will be steered by an onboard auto helm. The management of Michael’s diabetes will be assisted by professionals who will have real-time access to his daily blood sugar levels.
Michael says he has no idea about what to expect on the completion of the row other than it will probably change his life dramatically. You can read about Michael’s story in more depth on his website.
LCVS wishes Michael the best of luck with his journey. We will be shared more details as we get closer to when he begins his voyage. Like Michael, if you would like to fundraise for LCVS, please let us know at info@lcvs.org.uk.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Housing Debt Court Adviser
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £29,000. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Money Advice Supervisor. Location: Primarily Liverpool Civil and Family Court with remote working.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Description
Key duties and responsibilities:
Provide court representation for clients, including emergency actions, by attending hearings at Liverpool Civil and Family Court
Prepare and present cases ready for court hearings by checking time limits, adherence to pre action protocols by creditors, completing relevant court forms and checking fees/remissions
Negotiate with and signpost/refer to third parties as appropriate
Assist client with alternative dispute resolution cases e.g. Financial Ombudsman Service and ensure income maximisation through the take up of appropriate benefits
Assist clients with other related problems where they are an integral part of their case and refer to other advisers or specialist agencies as appropriate
Provide advice and assistance to other staff across a range of debt issues
Ensure that all work meets the quality standards of the AQS general help level quality standard, the Citizens Advice quality assurance scheme and the Money and Pensions Service quality framework
To meet the individual performance targets and engage positively in discussions with line manage to maintain required levels
Provide regular reports and feedback to the Line Manager as required.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Introducing our partnership with Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance
Now, more than ever, collaboration between health, social care and the voluntary sector is vital to achieve better outcomes for families across the region as we navigate these challenging post-pandemic times.
LCVS are pleased to be working with Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance to encourage and enable groups in the voluntary sector to increase cancer awareness.
How are we doing this? Groups and organisations all have one thing in common – they know their communities well and talk to them regularly. Perhaps these groups can facilitate conversations around cancer screening opportunities – are those being offered screening attending their appointments? If not, why not?
We know that there is still a great deal of fear about cancer and being given a cancer diagnosis, but research has shown that, compared with cancer outcomes from 20 years ago, cancer mortality rates have decreased and that many people are living longer with a cancer diagnosis. What has changed during this time?
There is now a greater focus on early detection to improve cancer outcomes, but people are often unsure about attending screening appointments or just don’t want to think about their health and so put it off. People receive information from many different sources; family, friends, the internet, social media, and sometimes this information can be confusing and conflicting. A cancer awareness conversation might be all that is needed for a screening appointment to be taken up.
If further information or support is needed, LCVS will be happy to provide resources to allow groups to access the information they need. We can provide this support in a number of a ways:
Point organisations to up to date and easily accessible information about signs and symptoms of cancer, screening programmes and eligibility, cancer prevention and healthy lifestyle guidance.
Delivery of a short Cancer Awareness presentation to staff, volunteers, and service users to open up a dialogue, start conversations and to learn more about the barriers your service users face to accessing screening appointments.
Explore the ways in which your organisation can embed cancer awareness into its project delivery and support your service users to improve their health outcomes for no additional cost.
Look out for further posts from us and reach out to the LCVS team for further details; together we aim to improve cancer outcomes through simple conversations.
Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance Community delivery lead Moray Hayman, who leads the programme, said:
“This initiative seeks to support people living and working in our local communities to reduce their risk of dying from cancer by improving community understanding and awareness of signs and symptoms of cancer and encouraging appropriate health-seeking behaviour.
“We are also encouraging more people who experience cancer to be supported to achieve emotional wellbeing and to reduce stigma and discrimination relating to cancer diagnosis.
“By working with voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations, the scheme focuses on improving knowledge of the signs and symptoms of cancer within local communities, encouraging more people to go for NHS screening when they are invited and to reduce inequalities in access to high-quality cancer treatment.”
Fréa – Specialist Case Worker (Fréa Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions Programme)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary (1 year, initial contract with possible extension). Term: Part-Time. Salary: £30,150 pro rata.
Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Patrick Rodgers. Location: Liverpool with delivery across the North West.
Employer Bio
Fréa brings together three independent, long-established Irish charities in the North of England. By working in partnership the charities aim to connect their work and further extend the ethos of care, culture and community that drives their charitable work.
The work of the three charities focuses on improving the health and well-being of vulnerable members of the Irish communities across Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool metropolitan districts.
Job Overview
You will be expected to work in both one to one and group settings with former residents of Mother and Baby and County Homes. You will have excellent communication skills and a knowledge of Trauma Informed Practice. You will also be expected to promote the programme at public events.
They are recruiting dynamic individuals with a track record in community engagement to join their forward-thinking team.
You will be based in Liverpool but travel across the North of England will be required to meet with both former residents and stakeholders.
They particularly welcome applications from people who identify as belonging to a minority group.
For an application pack, please contact admin@irishcc.net.
For an informal discussion, please contact Patrick Rodgers at p.rodgers@irishcommunitycare.org / 07432 138682.
Deadline: Friday 25 August 2023.
Interviews: Week Beginning 4 September 2023.
MSP – Head of Merseyside Sports Partnership
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £64,257 – £71,254. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Director of Neighbourhoods. Location: L24 9HJ / Hybrid.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Sports Partnership (MSP) is the Active Partnership for Liverpool City Region (covering Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral, Knowsley and Halton) hosted by Liverpool City Council.
Job Overview
They are now seeking an energetic, partnership and people-focused leader for the organisation. You will have a passion for increasing opportunities for individuals to be physically active as part of their everyday lives, harnessing the power of movement to deliver positive life outcomes supporting health and wellbeing, educational attainment, employment and many other life improving outcomes across all age ranges in all our communities.
Cervical Screening Questionnaire | Why are less women attending their cervical screening appointments?
Can you take a few minutes to help the NHS understand why the number of women attending their cervical screening appointments are decreasing and cervical cancer is increasing in this area?
The NHS want to understand what needs to be done so more women attend cervical screenings.
They need your help to get this right!
Why do you think more people are not attending?
Do you have any ideas on what would make it easier to attend?
It will take about 15 minutes to complete the questionnaire.
Deadline: Sunday 20 August 2023.
Please feel free to share the above information with friends and family members across the North West (as many of the people you know as possible).
Scan the QR code to complete the questionnaire.
If you require this information in another language or another format or would like support completing this survey, please email mlcsu.involvement@nhs.net.
Rotunda Ltd – Tutor
Salary: £26.500. Hours per week: 37.5 hours from Monday to Friday. Reporting to: Education Programme Manager. Location: Rotunda Ltd, Great Mersey Street, Liverpool.
Overall Purpose of Post
To plan and deliver high quality adult educational programmes in a growing and dynamic teaching and learning environment. Their courses aim to progress people into employment and further education. They are comprised of functional skills and a wide range of sector based vocational areas.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
Design a structured teaching programme for each course, in agreement with the Education Programme Manager, that reflects the subject and level and that will match the needs of learners using appropriate Schemes of Work, Lesson Plans and relevant teaching materials.
Deliver educational programmes to remote and face to face learners.
Use appropriate teaching methods to promote cultural diversity, assess each learner’s prior knowledge and skills, establish their learning needs at the start of the course, monitor their progress session by session (using RARPA) and, together with individual learners, evaluate achievement at course end.
Develop learners’ confidence and self-esteem. Ensure that each learner’s contribution is recognised and valued and create a climate conducive to the learning needs of adults.
Provide learners with information and advice to ensure learners are aware of potential progression routes to enhance their learning.
Complete all relevant administrative and recording tasks related to delivery of the programme, to a high standard.
Report to the Educational Programme manager around learner progression.
Work in collaboration with classroom support and be able to manage their activities.
Achieve specified targets and meet deadlines.
Continue to develop professional skills, knowledge and expertise, attending training and development events as and when required.
To abide by and implement all policies and procedures of Rotunda Ltd, including: Safeguarding, Equal Opportunities and Health and Safety.
This post is subject to DBS Enhanced Disclosure.
Experience, Knowledge & Skills
Experience of teaching within adult education.
Minimum of Level 4 Teaching qualification.
Level 2 English and maths qualifications.
Ability to mentor volunteer classroom support assistants.
Be able to administrate all funding related activities ensuring all documentation is fully compliant.
Be computer literate and able to use Microsoft packages.
Be able to deliver online and face to face.
To be highly personable with excellent communication skills.
Ability to monitor learner progress and implement intervention plans with learners.
Ability to develop and design quality differentiated resources.
To be organised with ability to produce high quality course documentation and resources.
Able to work with a variety of colleagues and clients from different professions and backgrounds.
For more information and to apply, please contact jobs@therotunda.org.uk.
Deadline: August 2023.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity – Fundraising Support Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary 12-Month Fixed Term. Term: Part time 22.5 hours per week (3 days @ 7.5 hours). Salary: £12,909 (full time equivalent £21,515). Hours per week: 22.5 hours. Reporting to: People & Operations Team Leader. Location: Office-based, Alder Hey Children’s Charity (within the hospital), Liverpool, L12.
Employer Bio
Since 2013 Alder Hey Children’s Charity has raised over £65m to help make Alder Hey Children’s Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 330,000 patients and families they care for every year.
Job Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of the Charity operations and gain some charity work experience over a temporary period. This role is the first point of contact for supporters and requires outstanding customer care/ donor stewardship skills. This role will provide support to the fundraising team, whilst also assisting with their hospital and online shops.
Consultation | Help set Liverpool free from the risks of smoking
Smoking is the biggest cause of preventable death and illness in the UK. It is a key factor in people developing heart disease, strokes, cancer, dementia and lung disease.
The good news is that rates of smoking in Liverpool are decreasing. Over the past seven years, the number of people with the habit has dropped by 33,000. However approximately 63,000 people continue to smoke. Much more work therefore needs to be done before we can achieve our aspiration of creating a “smokefree generation.”
The Liverpool Public Health team is developing a new Tobacco Control Plan for Liverpool and wants to hear from residents.
Cllr Harry Doyle, Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Culture, said:
“In the absence of any clear national direction we want to continue Liverpool’s long-held leadership of the Tobacco Control agenda.
“We are therefore proposing to produce our own clear plan which sets out the support that will be provided to every smoker in the city to help them quit.
“We also want to ensure children, young people, and adults alike are able to live healthier lives, by minimising the exposure for the whole community from the health problems caused by secondhand smoke. This is particularly important with children because their bodies are still growing. Infants and young children are especially affected by health issues caused by second-hand smoke”.
The proposed new plan will, for the first time, extend beyond smoking and also set out a clear outline of intentions relating to vaping.
Professor Matthew Ashton, Liverpool’s Director of Public Health, said:
“It is a fact that vaping products are now the most common aid used by adults in England who want to stop smoking. We also know many smokers have successfully quit using e-cigarettes. However, vapes are not harmless. The short-term effects include coughing, headaches, dizziness and sore throats. The long-term effects of vaping are, as yet, unknown.
“Our greatest concern is the impact that vaping is having on our children. Let us be clear, it is unacceptable that colourful, covetable, plastic vapes are permeating children’s lives and setting them up for a life-long dangerous smoking habit.
“We have many issues to consider to ensure that our plan is fit for purpose and an incredibly important part of this process is to understand the view attitudes and behaviours of our residents in relation to smoking, vaping and protecting others from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke.
“I’d like to encourage as many residents as possible to take just a few minutes to provide us with some feedback that we can then use to shape our planning.”
The consultation is for people living within the Liverpool City Council boundary.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £25,000. Hours per week: 40 hours. Reporting to: CEO. Location: Liverpool, L3 1BP.
Employer Bio
InsideUni is an award-winning not-for-profit organisation aiming to make university applications fairer and more transparent. Since their launch in 2018 they’ve reached over 130,000 individuals and worked with over 3000 volunteers to reach their mission.
Disadvantaged young people are less likely to have access to the information and guidance they need to confidently and successfully apply to competitive universities. Because of this, state educated young people in the UK are 31% less likely to progress to the most competitive universities. They want to change this.
This is a time to join an exciting, rapidly growing start-up. They recently received the Fair universities including Oxford and Cambridge. Their clients include the Medical Schools Council, national and local government agencies, and third sector partners.
Job Overview
They are looking for a motivated and passionate Programme Coordinator to join their team and assist in the coordination of their widening participation programmes. The Programme Coordinator will work with and report directly to their CEO.
InsideUni works with a variety of public sector clients including NHS England and local government, and works with a number of stakeholders including top universities, schools, and other charities in the social mobility sector.
Refugees flee their homes in fear. From war, persecution, and violence. With yet more hardship wait in the UK.
A new country and language. Stigma and suspicion. Four times more likely to be unemployed. A completely different work culture to navigate.
Often, refugees and people of refugee background are left to face these barriers alone. Together we can break them down, so every refugee will be welcomed into work.
Breaking Barriers is a specialist refugee employment charity. Enabling refugees to build new lives. Step by step.
They believe in the power of responsible businesses. They welcome refugees into meaningful employment with one-to-one advice and guidance, education, and training. Helping people find financial independence, purpose and identity through work. Together, they’ll forge innovative partnerships and share knowledge to inspire more social impact.
If you believe in an inclusive society, in the power of people over prejudice and in the opportunities of the future over the misfortune of the past, join their mission.
Job Overview
They are looking for candidates with experience of supporting individuals with barriers to work into paid employment. Within this role you will carry a significant responsibility, managing a caseload of clients from a refugee background and supporting them in securing meaningful employment, training, and education opportunities.
You will provide one-to-one personalised support, delivering quality Information Advice and Guidance (IAG), alongside ongoing support to ensure your clients have all the skills they need to get into work and succeed in the workforce. This involves collaborating with clients to produce individual support plans with clear goals and actions to overcome identified needs and barriers and provide a clear pathway towards the labour market.
Onward Community Fund | Get up to £2.5k in funding
Deadline: 15 August 2023.
Got a great idea for a community project, but need a little help to get it off the ground?
The Onward Community Fund aims to support local groups and projects.
Underpinned by their mission ‘To make a positive difference in the communities we serve’ groups can bid for up to £2,500 for their neighbourhood. Examples could include: IT training, youth projects or community events.
Projects should aim to address one or more of the following:
Theme 1: WORK – supporting community-based employment, training, volunteering and enterprise opportunities
Theme 2: FOOD – supporting food resilience in communities during a challenging economic period
Theme 3: GREEN – improving access to and use of greenspace in communities to improve wellbeing
Theme 4: DIGITAL – providing a digital skills and support offer.
Interested? Complete an expression of interest form by clicking here.
For more information on the Onward Community Fund, please click on the link above or email socialinvestment@onward.co.uk.
Deadline: 15 August 2023.
Exciting opportunity for Young People aged 14-25 years old to join Merseyside Youth Commission
Young people are currently being recruited to join the new Merseyside Youth Commission (MYC) on Police and Crime. This is an exciting initiative in partnership with Police Merseyside Police.
The Youth Commission allows young people to support, challenge and inform the work of the Merseyside police and enables young people to have a voice on the issues most important to them. It’s a brilliant opportunity to develop skills, work directly with key decision-makers and high-ranking police officers and gain valuable CV experience. As well as being part of making a positive change in the community.
The Youth Commission is aimed at young people aged 14-25 years who want to make a difference to their community. They’re looking for adiverse group of young people from different backgrounds and life experiences to take part, including those who have direct experience of the criminal justice system or as victims of crime.
Members of the Youth Commission will play an important role in helping to run consultation events and gather the views and opinions of other young people about police and crime.
The Steve Morgan Foundation specialises in supporting organisations helping children and families as well as the elderly, disabled and socially isolated.
They accept applications from charities or projects in:
North Wales
Merseyside
Cheshire.
They will consider any work which has a positive effect on their welfare and quality of life, or which expands the opportunities and life choices for young people in this region. Local branches of national charities which are based within the remit area, or programmes delivered locally by organisations working on a national basis, are not generally supported.
Please check that you meet the eligibility criteria before submitting an expression of interest to hello@stevemorganfoundation.org.uk.
The eligibility checker is a floating red button on the bottom right on their website. If you are eligible to apply for a grant, you will be directed to the relevant online application form. If you are unable to access the eligibility checker online, please contact the team directly for help.
Deadline: Unknown. Currently open.
The Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation
Deadline: Unknown. Currently open.
The Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation (AGCF) was funded by Albert Gubay in 2016, when he bequeathed the property empire that he had built up over his lifetime so that its income could be used for charitable purposes.
Since it received its assets in 2016, AGCF has awarded 457 grants totalling over £42.5million to registered charities in England, the Isle of Man, Republic of Ireland and Wales with donations ranging from £5,000 up to £2.25million helping to benefit those most in need.
In April 2021, the charity was transferred to England, where the majority of the property that creates the funds to be distributed as grants is based.
They split their large fund between specifically Catholic organisations, and these have to be made through the local Diocese, and grants for other charities.
They are able to do small to large grants.
Current funding priorities include:
Amateur sport.
Care leavers.
Residential care for elderly people.
Ex-offenders and their families.
Homelessness.
Medical research where the charity is a member of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC).
People recovering from drug and substance misuse.
People with intellectual disability.
People with terminal illnesses / life limiting conditions and their carers.
For further information please contact enquiries@theagfoundation.org.
Deadline: Unknown. Currently open.
Sport England | Small Grants Programme
Deadline: 31 March 2024.
Sport England’s Small Grants Programme seeks to develop opportunities for communities to get more people physically active and they’ll support new projects through providing National Lottery funding of between £300 and £15,000.
Key information
Awards of £300 – £15,000 are available to not-for-profit organisations
Multiple applications can be submitted, but organisations can only have awards of up to £15,000 in any 12-month period
Awards are to help inactive and less active people become more active
Their priority is to support projects working with people living in areas of disadvantage as defined by the Indices of Multiple Deprivation areas 1 to 3
Applications should explain why there’s a need for the project and how end users have been involved in developing the project
Applications should consider how the project adds value to services currently available in your local community, and work collaboratively with other groups to maximise the impact of the project.
The Morrisons Foundation supports registered charities that make a positive difference in local communities across England, Scotland and Wales. They award grants for charity projects and match fund the money that Morrisons colleagues raise for their chosen charities.
Their grant funding supports charities delivering projects which help to improve people’s lives in communities across England, Scotland and Wales.
Applications should deliver on (at least) one of three objectives to be considered for support, these are:
Tackling the cost of living;
Enhancing community spaces, facilities and services;
Improving health and wellbeing.
Grants are available for up to £10,000 for capital spend or direct project delivery. (Make sure to check the exclusion list).
Sport England Active Together | Get up to £10,000 to keep your community physically active
Deadline: Unknown. Currently open.
Crowdfunder and Sport England have teamed up to make £7.5 million of match funding available to help the sport and physical activity sector to recover, reinvent and build resilience.
They’re encouraging not for profit organisations who play an important role in keeping their community physically active to get involved.
If your sports club has experienced financial difficulty due to Covid-19, the emerging energy, cost of living or other local crises, or maybe needs to adapt how it operates post-pandemic, follow the link below to start setting up a crowdfunding campaign and apply for up to £10,000 match funding today.
The Eric Wright Charitable Trust’s Community Grants are aimed at assisting and supporting the development of smaller local charitable organisations which deliver services directly to beneficiaries. While there is no minimum or maximum size requirement for the organisation, it is likely to have an income/expenditure of between £100,000 – £500,000 per annum and have been in operation for at least 3 years.
Key Grant Details
Grant Size: in the range of £5,000 – £20,000
Length: One Year
Decision Timescale: usually 6 weeks from receipt of application
Organisation Type: Registered Charities
Location of Work: Based in and operating in the North West.
What they Fund
Revenue (‘Core costs’) and Specific Service Delivery Project costs. They will, in exceptional circumstances, fund Capital costs.
The Trust’s main areas of interest are the following:
Deadline: October grant round closes on 31 August 2023.
The Arete Foundation provides funding and support to charitable organisations that help young people in the North West to fulfil their potential.
They partner with a small number of charities every year to help them develop their operations. Funding is contributed incrementally over a fixed period on the basis that the money helps them to achieve sustainable success and continue making an impact.
Deadline: October grant round closes on 31 August 2023.
The Access Foundation | Get grants starting from £5K
Deadline: Open all year for Applications.
The Access Foundation was set up in 2021 following the success and growth enjoyed by The Access Group over the previous decade. While affiliated with the company in terms of its identity, The Access Foundation is a separate organisation, governed by an independent board of trustees and with its own objectives and goals.
For awarding grants, the Access Foundation focuses on charities which fit into one of their three funding pillars:
Digital Divide: Organisations that assist in the mitigation of the digital divide, by supporting disadvantaged and vulnerable people through digital education and resources
Charity of the Year: Charities who have been selected or shortlisted as The Access Group charities of the year, past or present, with specific projects or activities
Staff Sponsored: Organisations that a member of staff of The Access Group has experienced significant support from (either for themselves or a close relative).
While there is no definitive maximum or minimum value for the grants they will award, the expected ranges are different depending on the grant-giving objective as follows:
For grants awarded to the Access Group ‘Charities of the Year’, the foundation will generally award grants of between £5,000 and £80,000 depending on the size of the region within the group
For grants awarded to Access staff-sponsored charities, the foundation will generally awards grants in the region of £5,000.
Important Updates regarding the National Lottery Awards for All England
The National Lottery Awards for All England is a quick way to apply for smaller amounts of funding. They’re there to support communities with the things that are important to them, including helping with the impact of the cost-of-living crisis.
As part of their new strategy, from Autumn 2023, the National Lottery Awards for All England will increase the:
Regarding the National Lottery Community Fund’s new seven-year strategy, the new strategy puts grassroots community funding at its core. The fund is also focused on supporting communities to achieve 4 missions:
come together
be environmentally sustainable
help children and young people thrive
enable people to live healthier lives.
NLCF have also renewed their values and ways of working. They will take an equity-based approach to tackle inequality, investing most where there is greatest need. Impact on the environment and nature will also be at the heart of their decision making.
The Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund is a £76 million programme funded by the Government and delivered in partnership with The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest community funder in the UK. The money will support charities and community organisations in England at the frontline of dealing with the cost-of-living crisis.
The fund will support frontline charities and community organisations struggling to meet increased demand for their critical services, such as the provision of food, emergency provisions, shelter, safe spaces, warmth and financial or housing advice.
This funding is suitable for voluntary or community organisations in England.
Their main priority is to fund organisations supporting low-income households and individuals.
To apply, your organisation must already run critical services around at least one of the following:
food and emergency supplies – like food and baby banks or the provision of hot meals, clothes or toiletries
emergency shelter – like night shelters or other accommodation for people experiencing homelessness
safe spaces – like domestic abuse services and youth services
warmth – like warm rooms and spaces
financial and housing advice – like giving people advice because of the increased cost of living.
Your organisation must also be facing both
increased demand for these critical services
and
increased costs of delivering these critical services.
They’re more likely to fund small and medium-sized front-line organisations with an annual turnover of between £10,000 and around £1 million.
Larger organisations can also apply if they do both of the following:
show that they work closely and effectively with local communities
fill a gap in essential local services.
You can get funding to pay for:
costs of delivering, expanding or adapting your existing critical service(s) from the date you are funded until 31 March 2024. The date you are funded will be around 12 weeks from the time you submitted your application.
retrospective costs of running the existing critical service(s) you’re applying for between 24 July 2023 and the date you are funded.
They’ll start funding organisations in October 2023, and finish in January 2024. If you get funding you must spend it by 31 March 2024.
A new fund which will help young people break into the creative industries has been announced.
The Fire it Up Fund has been launched in memory of Ant Clausen, a Liverpool based film maker and photographer who died tragically at the start of the year while in his native New Zealand.
The fund will be overseen by Ant’s family in partnership with the Open Eye Gallery and will offer awards to young people from the Liverpool City Region who might otherwise struggle to access the funding or support needed to get a start in the industry.
Fundraising will be launched on 22 June at an event at Bold Street Coffee – another partner in the project – who will be displaying some of Ant’s photography throughout the summer and also raising money for the initiative throughout July.
‘Fire it Up’ was one of Ant’s favourite sayings – when he sensed he or those around him needed a lift or jolt of energy – and it is this positive action which is the driving force for the project.
The first round of funding – including details for how to apply – will be announced in September with the first awards being announced in early 2024.
Sarah Fisher, Director of Open Eye Gallery said:
“At Open Eye Gallery, discovering and nurturing talent is absolutely central to what we are here to do. When we were approached with the idea for the fund, it felt like a perfect fit for us to become involved and a fitting and inspiring legacy for Ant.
“The fund will focus on supporting young people who haven’t had the opportunity for formal training or who have a good eye but maybe don’t know the next steps they need to take to turn their passion into a career.”
Over the coming months the project is raising funds ahead of the first round of applications, so if you are interested in supporting the Ant Clausen Fire it up Fund then personal donations can be made by clicking here.
If you are a business or organisation interested in partnering with the fund then please contact info@openeye.org.uk.
The Reader – Assistant Events Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £22,660. Hours per week: 40 hours. Days per week: Monday – Sunday on a rota basis. Reporting to: Events Manager. Location: The Reader, Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool L18 3JB.
Employer Bio
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and / or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
Job Description
This is an exciting opportunity for a positive and practically minded individual with an aptitude for maintaining high standards to join their Events team at Calderstones. The Reader’s Calderstones site is a large multi-purpose community setting for their Shared Reading mission, with a focus on social enterprise activity to support the charities wider work across the UK. As an assistant event manager, you will also have the responsibility of overseeing the successful delivery of a number of their internal programmed events and private hire events here at Calderstones Mansion House. This role will cover 7 days and most of your hours will be delivering the events, mostly evenings and weekends.
Comics Youth CIC – Trust and Statutory Fundraising Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary contract for 2 years in the first instance (potential to be extended by 1 year). Term: Part time. Salary: £26,000 (pro rata). Hours per week: 30 hours. Reporting to: Managing Director. Location: Make CIC Hamilton Square/Homeworking.
Employer Bio
Comics Youth CIC is an innovative non-profit that delivers comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects for disadvantaged children and young people aged 8-25 within the Liverpool City Region. The overall ethos of the organisation is to break down participation barriers for marginalised groups including looked after children, LGBTQIA young people, global majority youth, care leavers, young carers and young people experiencing complex mental ill health within the Liverpool City Region to make, create and publish comic books about salient community issues. Sessions are delivered within safe, inclusive, and indiscriminate community venues.
Job Description
The postholder will join Comics Youth during an exciting time as they seek to grow and expand their organisation across the UK in Dundee, Manchester, and London.
As a Trust and Statutory Fundraising Officer, you will work with our MD to identify and secure five (>£10k) and six-figure grants from trusts, foundations, and statutory bodies. They seek a dynamic, experienced Grants and Trusts Officer to maximise income through compelling and persuasive applications and bids to support the delivery of Comics Youth CIC services.
The post requires exceptional copywriting skills, attention to detail and creativity. You will have excellent communication skills, with the ability to develop relationships through proposals, presentations, and budget management.
You will need to complete an Equalities Monitoring Form as a part of your application process.
To apply, please send a CV and covering letter, outlining your suitability for the post to rhiannon@comicsyouth.co.uk. Applications that don’t include a covering letter, as specified, will be automatically rejected.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time (Part time working is possible). Salary: £21,000 – £24,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: General Manager. Location: Garston.
Employer Bio
Altru Drama CIC is an award-winning, non-profit organisation, working with schools and the education sector to deliver drama performances, projects and workshops that make a difference to the lives of children and young people.
Job Overview
They are looking for a highly skilled Project Coordinator, to lead on the coordination of their drama days in schools. The role involves working with their core and associate teams of freelance practitioners to schedule staff onto jobs, work with them to ensure they have all planning and resources ready and evaluate once work is complete. Ideally, they are hoping to recruit a drama practitioner or teacher who is looking for a different challenge. The role involves supporting their practitioners with their planning, coming up with creative ideas for drama workshop delivery and communicating those effectively both in written form and verbally to their team. If you are a drama practitioner, there may also be the opportunity to deliver on sessions as part of the role.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £21,200. Hours per week: 35 hours. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Details
Working within the ICT Team at Citizens Advice Liverpool (CAL), the role holder will provide support to the team and across the organisation with the aim of directly and indirectly supporting the delivery of free, confidential, and impartial advice services. Adhering to the agreed service levels and following the agreed procedures, the ICT team play an integral part in the strength of Citizens Advice Liverpool.
Utilising bespoke and off-the-shelf software systems including Windows and Microsoft Office products, the role holder will maintain accurate and timely records to support the smooth and efficient delivery of Citizens Advice Liverpool services. The role holder will help develop and maintain their ICT assets register and stock control, run routine reports from their systems to update Excel and Power Bi Dashboards, help to maintain their client appointment system, print & issue security passes and complete other allocated support tasks that come through their ICT helpdesk.
As well as being a team player with excellent customer service skills and the ability to manage your time and make full use of computer systems, you will be adaptable to the needs of the organisation. You will receive full training for the role, and work within a supportive team with a friendly and open culture, continually striving to improve and develop the service.
They offer comprehensive training so if you don’t meet all the person specification but have relevant transferrable skills they still encourage you to apply.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary funded for 3 years. Term: Part time. Salary: £21,600 – £22,400 (for 30 hours per week. Pro rata for 25 hours). Dependent on experience. Hours per week: 25 – 30 hours (to be agreed). Reporting to: Chair of Trustees. Location: Liverpool 11.
Employer Bio
Triple C (Liverpool) began life as the Three Churches Community Project, with a vision to develop social action and community engagement, led by the three Anglican churches in Liverpool 11.
Since then, they’ve developed into well established charity, with a small team of part time staff who support many volunteers across their project areas. Nearly 20 years on, they’re living out the vision of their founders and make a difference especially in Croxteth and Norris Green.
Trustees are appointed by invitation and a key criteria for their recruitment is an interest in, and knowledge of, the communities of Norris Green and Croxteth. Many of their trustees live in Liverpool 11, with others coming in from further afield, offering their skills and experience to boost their charity’s capacity. Together, they’re deeply committed to their charitable aims and values.
Job Overview
They’re looking for somebody with relevant experience and skills, who is passionate about churches making a difference in their communities. They primarily serve the people of Liverpool 11. They are looking for the right person to work with their trustees, staff and volunteers to lead their charity into the next chapter of their story. The post is funded for three years.
For further information on their work and the difference they make in the community, please click here to visit their website or contact the chair of trustees to arrange a preliminary conversation at helen@triplecliverpool.org.
Interviews: 24 August 2023 but they can be flexible due to holidays.
Parks Options – Receptionist
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £3792.88. Hours per week: 7 hours (1 day). Reporting to: Chief Executive. Location: Life Bank/Jubilee Sports Bank, L7.
Employer Bio
Parks Options is a charitable organisation which aims to provide access to services and facilities for the benefit of our local communities.
Life Bank Centre houses their own day nursery. They also hire out rooms for conferences/training/events and have a number of organisations based in our office accommodation, whose services benefit local communities in Liverpool.
At Jubilee Sports Bank they offer an inclusive community sports centre providing a wide range of sport and fitness activities and facilities.
Job Overview
They are looking for a receptionist to join their friendly and committed team, providing first point of contact support to Life Bank and Jubilee Sports Bank sites. The role aims to ensure a welcoming and professional experience for their tenants and customers alike.
At Parks/Sure Options we recognise the positive value of diversity, promoting equity and celebrating inclusion. They welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
To read the full job description and to apply, please contact Jo.elias@parksoptions.co.uk / 0151 300 8420.
Deadline: No formal closing date.
Interviews: Early August 2023.
Natural Breaks – Support Worker
Posts Available: 20. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time and Full-Time. Salary: £11.11 per hour. Hours per week: Dependent on term and service. Reporting to: Relevant Service Coordinator or Manager. Location: Liverpool City Region.
Natural Breaks is a local charity in Liverpool that has been supporting adults with disabilities, autism and acquired brain injuries for 30 years. As a Support Worker, you will have the option to work in either their Supported Living or Social & Learning service. You will play a vital role in providing emotional and practical support to disabled adults. Your work will differ depending on the needs of the person you are supporting. This can include supporting people to get involved in things they enjoy, manage budgets or accessing their local community.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Technical Debt Supervisor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: Full time. Salary: £25,408. Hours per week: 35 hours. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Details
Their General Advice Team covers a range of different projects, giving advice over the phone, virtually, face-to-face or in outreach locations. The post holder will need to be self-motivated, organised and flexible, delivering generalist level advice and information. The role involves advising on all areas of general advice, assisting with the completion of paper and digital forms and making referrals to internal or external services. The post holder will need to be digitally aware and be able to record all client contact and outcomes as well as make referrals electronically.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
The National Lottery Community Fund – Funding Officer
Contract Type: Fixed term, 12 months. Basis:Full time/Part Time (4 days a week).
The National Lottery Community Fund are looking for a new full time, 12 month fixed term Funding Officer to join the passionate, vibrant and friendly team in the North West Region to be part of ensuring their funding supports a wide variety of communities and places locally. The role will cover Liverpool with a focus on the South of the city, with occasional work in other parts of Merseyside and the North West.
The team is based remotely across the North West of England and this role is to support delivery in Liverpool City Region. Ideally the successful candidate will live in Liverpool City Region and will be part of the local team, led by a Funding Manager, and comprised of several other Funding Officers.
As a member of the funding team you will assess applications for funding and manage grants from their Reaching Communities and Partnerships programmes. You will use your local knowledge and experience, and the experience of their grant holders and local stakeholders, to ensure they are making the best decisions on the grants they make. By working closely with people and communities from a defined geographical area, you will understand what matters to them and where their funding can make the biggest difference.
You will gain an understanding of their vision, their commitment to equity and inclusion and their funding programmes. You will be responsible for your own caseload; liaise with grant recipients, visit projects, identify and manage risks, supporting organisations to deliver their projects and measure their impact. You will need to understand and respond to the different needs of their applicants and grant holders by providing advice and feedback and be willing to have challenging but constructive conversations. You’ll also need to work within the Fund’s policies and procedures and the necessary legislation, and in a way that is in line with their vision and principles.
Part of your role will be to represent the Fund within your local area including at funding fairs and external meetings and create opportunities for people to come together. Sharing learning from your conversations, events, grant holder reports and evaluations you will support the Fund in maximizing their impact as a grant maker.
If you would like to have a discussion before applying, please email Alice Irvine at Alice.Irvine@tnlcommnunityfund.org.uk.
Toxteth Town Hall Community Resource Centre – Activity Coordinator
Position: Freelance/self employed Sessional Activity Coordinator. Salary: £13.50 per hour. Hours: 5 hours per week (4hrs: 2 – 6 PM on a Friday and 1hr: home working re calls /sending text/info messages etc) – paid monthly via invoice. Responsible to: Company Secretary in the first instance and Chair and the Board of Trustees. Responsible for: Activity Club members.
The role is offered on an initial 1 year fixed term contract. Further fixed term contracts cold be available. This is offered under a Contract for Service and the role is classed as self employed.
They are currently looking for a part-time (5hrs a week) sessional position their charity has available for a freelance/self employed Activity Coordinator.
Role Summary: To co-ordinate and deliver the charity’s community activity programme.
Services:
Planning, development, co-ordination and delivery of the charities own programme of activity and events liaising with the Company Secretary including directly running the Family games Club on site every Friday afterschool and a 4 week Friday afternoon programme in summer holidays.
Assist with the marketing of the activity programme to encourage participation and attendance at activities, clubs and events etc.
Befriending calls to club members etc when required e.g. lockdowns.
Attend meetings with the line manager as required.
Collect monitoring data/acquire feedback/input about the charity’s activity programme/clubs and provide to Company Secretary for review.
Undertake your own clerical and administrative responsibilities and tasks with support from reception staff.
Update details for contact lists and club member information and keep registers for all 3 clubs (Adult Gardening, Family Games and Table Tennis clubs).
Maintain a safe and secure working environment liaising with the caretakers.
Follow procedures for record keeping ensuring the security and confidentiality of data.
Any other tasks to ensure the services are delivered effectively.
The post holder will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check and such would need to be satisfactory
Please email FAO Denise Bernard, both a CV and cover letter detailing your experience in coordinating and running activities to the community and explaining how you can deliver the services listed above. Scores will be awarded against your responses to each point 1 to 9.
Please include details of 2 referees.
Email your application to: manager@toxtethtownhall.org.uk.
Deadline: Friday 18 August 2023.
Interviews will be held week commencing 21 August 2023 and with a start date early September.
Positive Futures – Digital Marketing Manager
Posts available: 1. Term: Part time. Salary: £31,000 pa pro rata. Hours per week: Minimum 17.5 hours.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in North Liverpool.
Their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this though their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively support the young people and their families of Liverpool every year.
Job Overview
They are seeking a highly motivated and creative Digital Marketing Manager to join them. You will play a crucial role in planning, managing and implementing their marketing strategy and enhancing their online presence and overall brand awareness. You will work closely with the Social Media Apprentice and other team members to understand the challenges they face, and capture the interest of the audiences they serve – be that young people, parents and carers, schools, partner organisations or funders.
You’ll be responsible for the overall success of the marketing plan and the day to day management and training of the apprentice. The ideal candidate has a passion for social media, email, website, PR and content development which appeals. You’ll possess excellent communication skills, a desire to work alongside a charity who supports young people and their development, and a strong understanding of all things digital marketing including the Google Suite.
Benefits
Excellent competitive salary and rates of pay
Staff Health Cash Plan
Company pension
Excellent Annual leave entitlement with 33 days holiday (including bank holiday)
Company sick pay
Company Team building events
Supportive Workforce
Expenses paid
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
Eligible to join Charity Workers Discount scheme
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £19,422pa. Hours per week: 22.5 hours (working pattern to be agreed). Reporting to: Head of Fundraising & Lottery. Location: St Joseph’s Hospice, Ince Road Thornton, L23 4UE. (Hybrid working considered).
Employer Bio
St Joseph’s Hospice is one of the oldest hospices in the country, each year they provide care and support to over 200 people with life limiting conditions from within the West Lancashire, Sefton, Liverpool and Knowsley areas
Job Overview
As a charity, they rely on their income generation teams and this is an exciting role that has a huge impact on the support they can give their patients and their families. The post holder will be dedicated to increasing their income from grant making bodies, including trusts and foundations.
The successful candidate will have experience of developing major donors and in trust fundraising. They will possess excellent literacy skills and be able to write compelling and persuasive copy. This is a varied role and will required the post holder to work on a number of projects simultaneously
Hours per week: 15 hours (2 days per week). They will consider applications for flexible working, remote working, or freelance agreements so please let them know your preference in your application. Salary: £16,000 (£40,000 pro rata). Coach: CEO / Artistic Director. Start date: Monday 4 September 2023. End date: Monday 3 June 2024.
Unity are recruiting for a Trust and Foundations Speciality (Maternity Cover) role.
This role is part-time 2 days per week and is fixed term for 9 months. The salary is £40,000 pro rata.
You will be responsible for Trust and Foundation fundraising at Unity Theatre, developing and implementing an effective fundraising strategy for Unity that supports income growth.
You will proactively engage and deepen their relationships with new and existing Trusts and Foundations.
About Unity Theatre:
Unity is an established theatre based in central Liverpool presenting work that asks questions, breaks boundaries and challenges accepted norms. They’re proud of their roots as the only surviving member of the Unity Theatre movement of the 1930s that produced left-leaning work by and for working class people – but they also innovate to meet the challenges and needs of the 21st century.
Unity’s Vision
To be a nationally renowned theatre that develops and shares the stories of diverse individuals across every strand of work.
Unity’s Mission
To unite people through creative experiences to explore an ever-changing world and their part in it.
Unity’s Objectives
Developing and supporting underrepresented local artists
Platforming and celebrating diversity
High-quality creative experiences.
Unity is one of Liverpool’s core performance spaces, cemented in the hearts and minds of the city, and considered a ‘must play’ venue on the touring circuit. Unity won Liverpool City Region Arts Organisation of the Year 2022.
Specific Responsibilities
Personally responsible for fundraising from trusts and foundations, growing and developing the pipeline.
Identify, research, and approach new Trust and Foundations whose strategic objectives and focus are aligned to with that of Unity Theatre. Achieving a monthly target of £8,000 / annual £96,000/
Prepare and submit applications to prospective trust funders, monthly.
Support Unity’s Fundraising Consultant, to achieve multi-year funding applications and support the CEO in identifying sponsorship and donations opportunities against the artistic programme.
To manage all communications between Unity Theatre and Trusts and Foundations. Oversee the monitoring and evaluation activity ensuring that the needs of funders and external partners are met, including donor reporting, thanking, event invites etc.
To involve CEO in the process of building relationships with Trusts and Foundations and exploring networks to help with new approaches.
To work collaboratively across Unity Theatre to maximise opportunities and networks as well as to help develop robust fundraising proposals and budgets.
Person Specification
Skills and knowledge required.
Excellent communication and numeracy skills, including the proven ability to write compelling bids and speak eloquently in order to build and maintain relationships with funders.
Ability to use Microsoft Office: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and a CRM/ Database system.
Ability to work well in a team and independently.
Ability to deal with a diverse range of people at all levels using tact, diplomacy and patience.
An understanding of best practice in fundraising, and trends in philanthropy and the broader fundraising sector
Experience required.
Experience working in the charity sector, in a trust fundraising role.
Experience of successfully securing grants from trusts and foundations
Experience of relationship managing a large volume of funders, including fulfilling reporting and stewardship requirements
Experience in the arts sector is beneficial but not essential.
How To Apply
Please email a CV and a one-page cover letter outlining how you would undertake the role, to annemariemartin@unitytheatre.co.uk by the deadline.
Liverpool Parenting Newsletter: July – September 2023
Liverpool’s Parent Network has produced the Summer edition of the Liverpool Parenting Newsletter with information on services (running from July – September 2023) available for you and your family across the city.
The newsletter includes information on services, events and courses that support parents around:
Ante Natal Services
Family Hubs
Best Start for Life
Activities across the city over the summer period for children and families
Children Centres
Childcare
Parenting Programmes
Support for Fathers
SEND
Debt Advice and Money Management
Foodbanks
Education
Employment Support
Fostering in Liverpool
Physical and Mental Health
Domestic Abuse
Sexual Abuse
If you have any questions, please contact parenting@liverpool.gov.uk.
Cheshire and Merseyside Joint Forward Plan 2023-28
Joining up health and care is nothing new – they have been working towards this for many years. There is much that has been excellent. But there is so much more that the health and care system must do together to play its full part in enabling citizens, patients and service users to thrive and achieve their full potential.
The creation of their Health and Care Partnership (HCP) provides a platform on which all partners can challenge their mindsets, share learning and work differently to optimise their collective contribution to people’s lives.
This Joint Forward Plan is driven by the ambitions of the Cheshire and Merseyside Interim Health and Care Partnership Strategy, which is built around four core strategic objectives:
Tackling health inequalities in outcomes, experiences and access (their 8 Marmot principles)
Improving population health and healthcare
Enhancing productivity and value for money
Helping to support broader social and economic development.
As is the same every year, funding is available for community groups to provide diversionary activities during the Bonfire period.
Please see forms below to be completed and returned to andrew.lloyd1@merseyside.police.uk by Friday 15 September 2023, with “Op Banger Diversionary Application” as the subject.
BPDAF Grant Claim Form used to actually apply for the grant. Ensure sufficient detail as to what you intend to do with the money and how it will reduce ASB during the Bonfire period.
BPDAF – NEW SUPPLIER FORM 01-04-2023 must be completed if you have never received funding from Merseyside Police. (If you have received funding in the past this form is NOT required).
Without all of the above required forms, your application will not progress. There will be no chasing for forms.
Volunteers needed for Daisy Inclusive UK’s Summer Inclusion Club!
Daisy Inclusive UK is a charity based in Everton that supports disabled adults, children and families everyday and they need your help!
At Daisy Inclusive UK, they will be starting out their mini smile inclusion club from 24 July – 1 September 2023where children aged 5-14 years old can come and join in the fun, engaging and inclusive activities whilst school’s out.
Their activities & plans vary throughout the 6 weeks, it may include:
Weekly Character Visits
Trips out: Chester Zoo, Southport Cabbies Trip, Crosby Beach, Laser Tag, Bowling & Imagine That! & Trampoline Park
Summer Fun Day (Final day of half term) which includes, inflatable assault course, colour run, Circus Frank and more!
Bouncy Castle Fun
Arts & Crafts
Inclusive sports (Not forgetting their Olympics Competition Day!)
And much more!
To make their club run effectively for children with disabilities/additional needs, they are looking for enthusiastic, motivational & caring individuals who would love to volunteer as a playworker for the summer. No experience is required, just lots of energy & time to dedicate to the wonderful people who attend Daisy. All they ask is that you are reliable, confident and willing to participate and help out.
If you are a parent or carer who would love to volunteer, then if you have children aged 5 – 14 years old then they are more than welcome to attend the club whilst you help out.
You can choose your own schedule which should be able to fit around their opening times which are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Fridays from 12 – 4 PM.
For more information and to register, please email info@daisyuk.com.
LCVS is now on Instagram Threads!
LCVS is expanding its online presence by joining Instagram Threads!
Threads is an alternative to Twitter and you only need your Instagram account to sign up!
LCVS will be posting regularly on the platform so follow us for the latest from Liverpool’s voluntary sector.
Survey for VCS organisations | The future of Liverpool City Council grant funding
In May 2023, Locality were commissioned by Liverpool City Council to undertake a review of their Community Resource and Youth & Play Grants programme.
The review will explore how the programmes currently provide grant support to VCS organisations across the city and explore whether they can be reshaped to better meet the needs of the sector and the work delivered in communities.
The survey contains 18 questions, including some open text responses. Depending on how much detail you wish to provide in your responses, it should take around 20 minutes to complete.
The Brain Charity – Head of Communications & Fundraising (Maternity Leave) Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £39,710 FTE (23,826 PRO-RATA). Hours per week: 22.5 hours. Days per week: Flexible between 9:00 – 5:00 Monday to Friday. Reporting to: CEO. Location: Norton Street, Liverpool L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Details
With strategic and operational management responsibility for cross-organisational communications and fundraising activity, this position holds significant senior position within the organisation and is an integral part of The Brain Charity’s senior management team.
The role is responsible for overseeing and managing all aspects of the delivery of The Brain Charity’s brand awareness (communications) and income generation (fundraising) and managing the organisation’s thriving and high-performing communications and fundraising team.
A key part of this role is to monitor and evaluate the success of communications and fundraising activity, and to use this learning to inform and shape future strategy for the organisation.
The Community Fund are looking for a new Full time, 12 month fixed term Funding Officer to join the passionate, vibrant and friendly team in the North West Region to be part of ensuring their funding supports a wide variety of communities and places locally. The role will cover Liverpool with a focus on the South of the city, with occasional work in other parts of Merseyside and the North West.
The team is based remotely across the North West of England and this role is to support delivery in Liverpool City Region. Ideally the successful candidate will live in Liverpool City Region and will be part of the local team, led by a Funding Manager, and comprised of several other Funding Officers.
GSK Health Inequalities Programme | Now Open for Applications
Deadline: 5 PM on Monday 14 August 2023.
The GSK Health Inequalities programme is open to registered charities that are at least one year old, located and working in the UK, with a total annual income of between £20,000 and £150,000. Up to 15 charities will receive up to £10,000 in unrestricted funding and access to training and development valued at £2,700.
The GSK Health Inequalities programme will support aspirational leaders who want to develop their organisations. It is designed to run alongside the GSK IMPACT Awards and support the next generation of award winners. They know from their long history with the GSK IMPACT Awards that the combination of funding and leadership support can really help a charity realise its ambitions.
Who can apply?
To be eligible, organisations must be:
within the income band for the programme – the charity must have total annual income between £20,000 and £150,000 as shown in its most recent accounts. If your organisation’s income is above £150,000 you may be eligible to apply for the GSK IMPACT Awards
a registered charity by the deadline for applications which is 5 PM on Monday 14 August 2023 – the organisation must also have existed for a minimum of one year by this date
working, located and registered in the UK
independently constituted from any national umbrella organisation
able to demonstrate how they are tackling health inequalities in their community (this can be defined as a geographical community or a community of interest).
They are interested in your whole charity, so please tell them about the work you do across your organisation. They will not shortlist an application that only focuses on a particular project.
Deadline for Stage 1 applications is 5 PM on Friday 1 September 2023.
Applications are now open for the 2024 GSK IMPACT Awards. They are open to registered charities that are at least three years old, working in a health-related field in the UK, with a total annual income of between £150,000 and £3 million.
The GSK IMPACT Awards provide funding, training and development for charities doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing. The awards are funded by GSK and managed in partnership with The King’s Fund.
Up to 15 awards will be made, ranging from £4,000 to £50,000. In addition, the training and development is valued at a further £9,500. Organisations will also receive help with press and publicity and be given a set of promotional materials. The GSK IMPACT Awards are judged by a prestigious panel of judges and provide national recognition for the winning charities.
Deadline for Stage 1 applications is 5 PM on Friday 1 September 2023.
Million Hours Fund | Now Open for Applications
Deadline: This is a rolling fund, with a final closing date of 12 noon on 14 August 2023.
Up to £3 million is available through The National Lottery Community Fund’s (TNLCF’s) Awards for All England programme this summer thanks to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and National Lottery players. This is the first phase of funding of the Million Hours Fund, which totals £11 million up to March 2025.
Awards for All England welcomes applications for projects that will support young people primarily aged 11 to 18 (and up to 25 for young people with special educational needs and disabilities) starting during the 2023 school summer holidays. This funding will support a range of youth services offering a variety of positive activities for young people in eligible wards with the highest reported numbers of antisocial behaviour incidents.
For Liverpool, it is only for the following specific wards:
Croxteth
Everton
Fazakerley
Kensington
Picton
Princes Park
Riverside
Speke-Garston
Tuebrook and Stoneycroft.
Your project needs to be delivered by trusted adults, whether they are qualified youth workers/youth support workers or experienced volunteers, and provide open or targeted (for example, via youth faith groups) provision for young people. Whilst there is 12 months to spend the funding, this fund is designed to provide additional provision during the 2023 summer holidays, so we expect most spending to happen over the holiday period.
Funding size: £300 to £10,000, for up to one year.
You can apply if your organisation is a:
constituted voluntary or community organisation
constituted group or club
registered charity
charitable incorporated organisation (CIO)
not-for-profit company
community interest company (CIC)
school (as long as your project benefits and involves the communities around the school)
statutory body (including local authorities, town, parish and community council)
Deadline: This is a rolling fund, with a final closing date of 12 noon on 14 August 2023.
Halton & St Helens VCA Vacancies
Halton & St Helens Voluntary Community Action are looking for new team members for a variety of roles working in one or both of their boroughs. They are passionate about encouraging local people to make changes for good in their communities and helping them find the right support or service that can improve their lives for the better or helping develop a new solution.
Their communities are still recovering from the effects of the pandemic with local organisations helping people through the cost of living crisis and other issues or crisis that are preventing them from living better lives.
Working in the voluntary sector with amazing people doing amazing things is so very rewarding and being part of their team gives you the opportunity to make a difference to lots of different causes, services and activities.
If this is the first time you’ve thought about working in the community and are interested in one or more of the vacancies, then please do get in touch to find out more. Your skills, knowledge or experience could be what they are looking for.
VCSE/ Bridgewater Link Worker
Halton
36 hours per week
Salary £25,500 pa
This role will be one of the key delivery roles within VCA working closely with wider team members. The VCSE/Bridgewater Link Worker will be expected to work in the best way to ensure an efficient and flexible service that meets the needs of Bridgewater NHS Trust, communities and people. They are looking for someone who will thrive in a changing environment and will be willing to ‘muck in’ in order to ensure they are delivering a responsive service. The work will bring the expertise and knowledge of the VCSE to community NHS services across 2 Places, Warrington and Halton. This role is being delivered in partnership with Warrington Voluntary Action.
The role will help strengthen personal resilience and reduce health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health, by increasing people’s active involvement with their local communities. It will focus on providing support to Bridgewater NHS Trust patients to enable them to connect with their communities and specialist VCSE services.
Healthy At Home Link Worker
St Helens
36 hours per week
Salary £25,500 pa
The Healthy at Home project will provide a complementary service to the current discharge pathway within St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (STHKTH). It will enhance the current provision within the hospital and create effective and long-lasting links with the Community and Voluntary Sector (VCS). The post holder will be a Link Worker integrated within the hospital’s Discharge Team, providing a triage service to volunteer support and local VCS connections. The project will bring the expertise and knowledge of the VCS to the discharge process across St Helens.
Grants Administrator
St Helens
18 hours per week
Salary £11,110
From handling grant enquiries to preparing meeting papers and being the key grants database administrator you will ensure all aspects of Halton & St Helens VCA grant programmes are handled with efficiency and professionalism.
How to Apply
If you would like further information about any of the posts, please contact either:
Sally Yeoman at syeoman@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk
Ann-Marie Lawrenson at alawrenson@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk
Claire Redford-Kerr at credford-kerr@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk.
All applicants are advised to read fully the job description and person specification for each post before completing an application form.
Deadline: Midday 17 July 2023.
Interviews will take place in the week of the 31 July 2023.
Halton & St Helens VCA aims to ensure that comparison between applicants for posts is thorough, fair and in line with their equal opportunities policy. It is therefore essential that you complete the application form fully as it will be used to assess whether or not you are shortlisted for interview.
Positive Futures – Project Sustainability Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term until March 2026. Term: Part Time. Salary: £27,514 pa pro rota. Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Positive Futures Line Manager and VOSS Financial members. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, Unit B1, Tetlow Way, Langham Street Industrial Estate, L4 4QS.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Details
Voluntary Outreach Support Service (VOSS) is a unique consortium of youth providers, collaborating and working together with partners, sharing their resources and intelligence. VOSS provides high quality and timely support for young people and wider communities of North Liverpool. The Project Sustainability Officer is the person responsible for making this partnership work through maintaining trust and transparency as well as keeping VOSS members focused on their objectives.
Some duties will include:
Source additional funds to meet the shortfall and enhance project delivery within the grant period, which will enhance the project or secure its succession
Work with the financial partners to ensure the sustainability and the delivery plan for the project in collaboration to meet the overall outcomes of the project
Implement and monitor commissioning documents, ensuring targets are met, records and reports are approved before payments made
Build and maintain effective partnerships with key project stakeholders including, Police, Troubled Families, Liverpool City Council, RSL’S etc.
Benefits:
Excellent salary
Staff Health Cash Plan
33 days holiday
Expenses paid
An extensive training program to ensure our staff are the best in their field
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families we have the pleasure of working with.
Big Help Group’s Community Impact Fund is now open for applications
Deadline: 18 August 2023 at Midnight.
Big Help Group’s Community Impact Fund is now open for applications. They’re encouraging people and organisations within the Liverpool City Region with innovative ideas for projects that will support their area, to apply for funding.
Applicants are eligible to apply for Community Impact Funding of up to £2500.
Individuals, groups, and organisations based within the Liverpool City Region; including Knowsley, Sefton, Halton, St Helens, Liverpool and Wirral, who operate their own existing projects or have innovative new ideas that will support their local community are eligible to apply for funding. Applicants who have been previously unsuccessful in the last funding round will be eligible to reapply for funding. They’ll support projects that:
Supports local community needs
Supports marginalised or excluded groups
Bring communities together
Funding to keep services running.
Your projects must also:
Take place within Liverpool City Region, Knowsley, Sefton, Halton, St Helens or Wirral
Benefit your local community
Not be a specific religious or political cause
Funding must be spent within 12 months of receipt.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £25k pro rata. Reporting to: Cultural and Operations Director. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
The Black-E combine a world class contemporary arts centre, with a community centre and they are situated within Europe’s oldest established African-Caribbean community and Europe’s oldest Chinatown.
Job Overview
The Black-E are looking to hire a permanent part-time Finance and Development Manager who has excellent knowledge of QuickBooks, to complement the growing team.
You will play a vital role at the Black-E, ensuring effective management of finances and administration and work with key personnel across the team providing guidance and leadership in relation to budget management and information to enable the effective submission and monitoring of funding applications.
QuickBooks is the system we use to generate; monitoring and reporting information, dashboards for senior staff and Trustees, as well as to contribute to tracking and reporting of projects.
You will support the effective End of year independent examination and ideally have a knowledge of grant funding and meeting grant conditions; together with a knowledge of Grantium (ACE) or a willingness to learn.
To read the full job description and to apply, please contact andrea.vaz@theblack-e.org.
Deadline: No formal closing date.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Technical Debt Supervisor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £28,652. Hours per week: 35 hours. Location: Primarily Liverpool Civil and Family Court with some working across other Liverpool locations and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Details
The Technical Debt Supervisor is responsible for supervising and managing the day-to-day operations of a Money Advice Team and delivering an accessible client focused debt casework service via face to face and telephone channels, which includes court representation. The Supervisor will ensure that the work of the Team meets service demand and Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) quality standards. To keep own knowledge and experience up to date by providing a quality legal representation service for a small number of clients facing court proceedings for housing and personal debt, including mortgages, secured and unsecured loans, who are not eligible for housing legal aid.
To be successful in this role, you will need to be confident, motivated and willing to try new things, have excellent communication skills with an ability to work under pressure to achieve targets and outcomes with minimum supervision.
You will need to have supervision experience and knowledge and experience of complex debt casework, and (county) court money claims, and possession proceedings as well as priority and non-priority debt advice, options and insolvency solutions.
Additional Information:
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Court Specialist (Housing) Debt Adviser
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £27,500. Hours per week: 35 hours. Location: Primarily Liverpool Civil and Family Court with some working across other Liverpool locations and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Details
Citizens Advice Liverpool is delivering a new Housing Debt Advice Project. The project joins a programme funded by the Access to Justice Foundation that aims to sustain and improve access to early social welfare and family legal support and advice, to enable people to resolve these problems as early as possible and avoid the need for court or tribunal proceedings where possible. Where court or tribunal proceedings are needed, the project will provide the support needed to help people navigate the process effectively, including where support to prepare for court and at court is required.
The focus of this project will be to provide housing debt court/tribunal support and representation to increase homelessness prevention. The Court Specialist (Housing) Debt Adviser is responsible for providing a quality legal representation service for clients facing court proceedings for housing and personal debt, including mortgages, secured and unsecured loans, who are not eligible for housing legal aid.
To be successful in this role, you will need to be confident, motivated and willing to try new things, have excellent communication skills with an ability to work under pressure to achieve targets and outcomes with minimum supervision. You will need to have knowledge and experience of complex debt casework, and (county) court money claim, and possession proceedings as well as priority and nonpriority debt advice, options and insolvency solutions.
Additional Information:
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Welfare Benefits Supervisor
Posts available: 1.5. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time and Part time positions. Salary: £28,090 FTE – pro-rata for reduced hours. Hours per week: Full time hours are 35 pw. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Details
The successful candidate will have:
Minimum of two years experience in welfare rights advice work
Extensive knowledge and experience of welfare benefits legislation
Effective oral communication skills with particular emphasis on negotiating and representing
Effective writing skills with particular emphasis on negotiating, representing and preparing reviews, reports and correspondence
Ordered approach to casework and an ability and willingness to follow and develop agreed procedures
Ability to prioritise own work, meet deadlines and manage caseload
Ability to use ICT in the provision of advice and the preparation of reports and submissions
Ability to motivate and line manage staff
Ability to monitor and maintain own standards
Demonstrate understanding of social policy trends and their implications for clients and service provision
Understanding of and commitment to the aims and principles of the Citizens Advice service and its equal opportunities policies.
Additional Information:
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Project Advice Coordinator
Contract: Permanent. Term: Ongoing. Salary: £31,800 FTE – pro-rata at 0.8. Hours per week: 28 hours pw. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Details
The successful candidate will have:
Minimum of two years’ experience of providing advice
Minimum of two years’ experience in managing and supporting a team
Experience of advice case checking and providing feedback
Proven ability to monitor and maintain service delivery against agreed targets
Proven ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing, conduct research and analyse and interpret complex information to produce and present reports and presentations clearly
Experience of creating and maintaining excellent working relationships with key stakeholders
Experience of using ICT systems and packages, and electronic resources in the provision of advice, record keeping and document production.
Proven ability to work on own initiative
Demonstrable understanding of the issues affecting society and their implications for Citizens Advice clients and service provision
Ability to create a positive working environment in which equality, diversity and inclusion are well managed, dignity at work is upheld and staff are empowered and motivated to do their best
Commitment to work within the aims, principles and policies of the Citizens Advice service and the vision of Citizens Advice Liverpool.
Additional Information:
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Money Advice Caseworker
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent. Term: Ongoing. Salary: £27,030. Hours per week: 35 hours pw. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Details
Desirable
Knowledge and experience of giving Debt Advice to clients and working to quality standards and Funders requirements
Institute of Money Advisers Certificate in Money Advice Practice or MaPS accreditation equivalent
To be appointed as a Money Advice Caseworker, you will need to have knowledge and experience of complex debt casework, covering priority and non-priority debt advice, options and insolvency solutions.
Essential
Effective oral & written communication skills with emphasis on negotiation, representing and preparing reviews, reports & correspondence
Ability to prioritise own work, meet deadlines and targets, manage caseload, monitor and maintain own standards
Ability to use IT Systems in the provision of advice, Case Recording, preparation of reports and submissions
Understanding of the importance of social policy work / key current social issues, and their impact on clients
Experience of achieving performance and quality targets/KPIs
Ability and willingness to undertake training and development to comply with MaPS Caseworker accreditation
Numerate to the level required by the tasks
Ability to give and receive feedback objectively and sensitively and a willingness to challenge constructively
Ability and willingness to work as part of a team
Understanding of and commitment to the aims and principles of the Citizens Advice service and its equal opportunities policies.
Additional Information:
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Ongoing. Salary: £21,200 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours pw. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Details
The applicant should have:
A sound working knowledge of third sector organisations in Liverpool
Numerate and literate with at least three GCSE passes, including Maths and English Language. (Grades 9-4, A*-C) or equivalent qualifications/ experience
At least 1 years’ experience of working in a busy office environment
Good experience of using I.T office systems and resources
Ability to assimilate and present data with accuracy and attention to detail
Understanding of and commitment to the aims and principles of the Citizens Advice service and its equal opportunities policies
Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to relate and work with a large variety of different people from different backgrounds
Effective written and oral communication skills utilising IT systems, telephone and face to face
Ability and willingness to work both on own initiative and as part of a team
Willingness to learn and develop skills and be flexible with service delivery.
Additional Information:
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Welfare Benefits Caseworker
Posts available: 3.5. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time & Part time positions. Salary: £25,408 – £27,030 FTE – pro-rata for reduced hours. Starting salary will depend on knowledge and experience and level of training required. Hours per week: Multiple roles available including Part Time. Full time hours are 35pw. Please indicate on application your preferred working hours per week. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Details
Provide welfare benefits advice in person and digitally via telephone, webchat and video
Provide outreach advice in Torus Foundation, Citizens Advice buildings and home visits
Provide advice and case updates to Torus Foundation staff members via a staff Helpline
Complete the required training to comply with quality assurance processes
Keep up to date with Citizens Advice Aims, policies and procedures and ensure these are followed
Ensure that work reflects and supports the Citizens Advice service’s equality, diversity and inclusion strategy.
Additional Information:
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Generous annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (with an additional day per year after 4 years’ service up to a maximum of 32 days plus bank holidays)
Posts available: 2. Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31 March 2024 – (With the Potential for Further Funding) [A Secondment will be Considered]. Term: Full Time. Salary: £24,905 p.a. – £28,407 p.a. – MYA Grade 5 – Pt. 17-20. Hours per week: 35 hours (May Include Some Evening and Weekend Work). Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA) is a people focused organisation. This means they put their children and young people at the centre of everything they do. Alongside this, they are a supportive, adaptable employer, that seeks to listen to its staff team and remain flexible in its approach meeting their needs.
Job Details
MYA is seeking to appoint a pro-active, resilient, and inspiring person to support the delivery of a hospital-based intervention service. The service is aimed at vulnerable 10-25 year olds who attend Alder Hey, Royal Liverpool or Aintree Hospitals and are experiencing or are at risk of violence.
Successful candidates will hold a Level 3 qualification in a related subject, have substantial experience of working with vulnerable young people and have the ability to operate within principles of contextual safeguarding, trauma-informed and evidence-based interventions and demonstrate how they will actively maintain professional boundaries.
Candidates do not need previous hospital-based working experience for this role.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Detached Youth Worker
Posts available: 2. Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31 January 2024 – (With the Potential to be Extended to 31 January 2026). Term: Part Time. Salary: £21,408 p.a. – £23,752 p.a. – MYA Grade 4 – Pt. 13-16. Hours per week: 12 hours per week (May Include Some Evening and Weekend Work). Location: Knowsley.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA) is a people focused organisation. This means they put their children and young people at the centre of everything they do. Alongside this, they are a supportive, adaptable employer, that seeks to listen to its staff team and remain flexible in its approach meeting their needs.
Job Details
MYA requires an experienced, committed, and innovative Detached Youth Worker who brings creativity, energy and strong youth engagement skills to supporting young people’s development.
The post holder will engage and build respectful, honest, challenging, and supportive relationships with young people including those who may previously have had little contact with services and may be hard to reach. The successful applicant will be able to co-design programmes with and for young people who present with complex issues and behaviours which may include anti-social behaviour, substance misuse, offending and significant risk taking.
The Detached Youth Work Team will deliver innovative programmes of detached and outreach youth work and will meet the needs of children, young people and families, facilitating the development of physical health, emotional well-being, supporting educational attainment, and preventing/reducing youth crime.
The post holder must hold relevant qualification to at least NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in a related subject.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Youth Support Worker – Disability
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract to 31 March 2025. Term: Part Time. Salary: £21,408 p.a. – £23,752 p.a. – MYA Grade 4 – Pt. 13-16. Hours per week: 7 hours (1 weekend session) – Increasing to 28 hours per week (4 Days) during 10 Weeks of the School Holidays. Location: Knowsley.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA) is a people focused organisation. This means they put their children and young people at the centre of everything they do. Alongside this, they are a supportive, adaptable employer, that seeks to listen to its staff team and remain flexible in its approach meeting their needs.
Job Details
The post holder will work within a staff team to engage with disabled children and young people, to deliver short breaks provision and youth led activities. The post holder will assist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of short breaks provision, issue-based youth work and life skills programmes for disabled young people in line with funder requirements and service user needs. The post holder will work as part of a team, which provides support to disabled children and young people and assists them to participate in a full range of activities.
The post holder must hold qualification to at least NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent in a subject relevant to the requirements of the position and have experience of working with disabled children and young people in a play setting.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Disability Youth & Play Worker – School Holiday Support
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract to 31 March 2025. Term: Part Time. Salary: £11.17 per hour – £13.04 per hour – MYA Grade 4 – Pt. 13-16. Hours per week: 28 hours (4 Days) for 10 Weeks of the School Holidays – (May Include Some Evening and Weekend Work). Location: Knowsley.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA) is a people focused organisation. This means they put their children and young people at the centre of everything they do. Alongside this, they are a supportive, adaptable employer, that seeks to listen to its staff team and remain flexible in its approach meeting their needs.
Job Details
The post holder will supervise and support disabled children and young people through activities in a play setting during 10 weeks of the school holidays. The successful candidate will deliver creative ways to play which will enhance development and address physical and emotional needs.
The post holder will be enthusiastic, flexible and must hold a qualification to at least NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent in a subject relevant to the requirements of the position and have experience of working with disabled children and young people in a play setting.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Disability & Inclusion Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary Post to Cover Maternity Leave – Contracted to 31 August 2024. Term: Full Time. Salary: £32,627 p.a. – £35,501 p.a. – MYA Grade 7 – Pt. 25-28. Hours per week: 35 hours – (May Include Some Evening and Weekend Work). Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: Knowsley.
Employer Bio
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA) is a people focused organisation. This means they put their children and young people at the centre of everything they do. Alongside this, they are a supportive, adaptable employer, that seeks to listen to its staff team and remain flexible in its approach meeting their needs.
Job Details
The post holder will be responsible for the direct management of inclusive services on behalf of disabled children and their families across Knowsley. The successful candidate will also be responsible for leading the short breaks team to deliver a number of inclusive play scheme programmes in Knowsley including week, weekend and holiday provision.
You will be required to manage project compliance of multiple Ofsted registered settings, on both the Early Years and Compulsory Childcare Registers. As project manager you will be responsible for ensuring the needs of disabled children are met in line with key funding requirements, and that outcomes and performance are monitored and recorded. To achieve this the successful candidate will have a high level of operational competence, including the ability to manage comprehensive administrative systems.
The post holder must hold relevant qualification to at least NVQ Level 4 or equivalent in a related subject.
Pilgrim Trust | Young Women’s Mental Health Grants
Deadlines: This programme operates once a year. It is currently closed.
The Pilgrim Trust’s Young Women’s Mental Health Programme aims to help improve the mental health of women aged 16-25 in the UK. They’ve committed £5 million in funding over five years (2021-2026). Their grants go to organisations that increase young women’s access to high quality, age and gender specific mental health services.
Grant size: £20,000 to £30,000 per year.
Grant length: 3 years.
What funding covers: Project costs, staff costs and fees, advocacy, learning and evaluation costs.
Location of work: Within the UK (areas vary).
You can apply to this grant programme if you are:
A UK registered charity
Turnover from £100k to £1 million
Operating for 3+ years
For 2023 round, your work or project must:
Be located in either the North East or North West of England, Yorkshire and Humber or Northern Ireland.
Not be complete (they don’t provide retrospective grants).
Please note that they review the geographical focus for each funding round.
Deadlines: This programme operates once a year. It is currently closed.
Positive Futures – Youth Development Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part Time. Salary: £28,350 pa pro rata. Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, Unit B1, Tetlow Way, Langham Street Industrial Estate, L4 4QS.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Details
Objective of Post
To develop and deliver centre & street-based activities for groups/individuals, school programmes and services that will be delivered in a specified area of the community to meet the personal and social development needs of young people in Liverpool.
It is essential that you work regular evenings and weekends.
Some duties will include:
To plan, organise, and deliver effectively, a range of personal development programmes that improve outcomes for young people. This will include Crime and ASB, Informal Education, Mental Health, and Personal Development.
To work at ‘grass roots’ level, on the streets, in parks and centres, on a significant number of evenings and weekends providing open & accessible activities to local children & young people.
Develop relationships and work in partnership with Schools, Social Care Services, Targeted Support Services and Early Help etc.
To maintain accurate records for monitoring and reporting purposes including verbal and written information on progress, issues, futures plans and to maintain accurate supporting financial records.
Benefits:
Excellent salary
Staff Health Cash Plan
33 days holiday
Expenses paid
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
The ACC Liverpool Group is offering your charity 100 volunteers for one day this July!
As part of The ACC Liverpool Group’s ongoing commitment to social value and our local communities, they are offering for some of their staff to come and volunteer at your charity as part of their Staff Team Building Day.
The hours would be 10 AM – 4 PM on Thursday 27 July 2023, this will include a lunch break for the volunteers (they will bring their own lunch).
What is the current need for your charity and how specifically could their volunteers help?
How many volunteers do you need? (They have around 100 volunteers and are hoping to find a charity large enough to accommodate them all).
Deadline: As soon as possible.
HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) Programme for Summer 2023
The HAF Programme for Summer 2023 starts on the 24 July and there are lots of great activities happening!
Children and young people, from reception to age 16 (including year 11 leavers), who are eligible for benefits related free school meals, will be able to access hundreds of activities throughout the summer holidays including specific provision available for children with SEND or additional needs, at no cost. There’s a great range of activities across the city including boxing, football, music, dance, cycling, cooking, discos, films, basketball, arts and crafts, drama, bbq’s, water games, trips out and much more! Every day there will be a range of fabulous meals available with many schemes holding family events as well.
When you have chosen an activity, you will need to contact that organisation to book a place. There is no central booking system so please read the details of the programmes on the website and contact the providers directly. Each organisation will have either a telephone number, email address or online booking system. If your child has any additional needs or dietary requirements then please discuss this with the organisation when you book.
Other Information
If you want to know how to register or how to check if your child is eligible for free school meals then please click here
You will need your national insurance number or an asylum seekers support number.
If you are struggling with the cost of living then please click here
If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk. To find out how to register, please click here
If your child is not eligible for benefits related free school meals you may be eligible for support with childcare costs, for the childcare calculator, please click here
Liverpool City Council is working with Mersey Play Action Council, Sutton Croft and the local schools, voluntary and community organisations, and childcare providers to deliver the Summer HAF programme. The programme is funded by the Department for Education.
Feeding Liverpool – Project Support Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary – fixed term until 1 August 2024. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £24,000 per year. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Project Manager. Location: Office based. Feeding Liverpool’s office: 16 Lady Chapel Close, Liverpool, L1 7BZ.
Employer Bio
Feeding Liverpool is the city of Liverpool’s food alliance, connecting and equipping people and organisations to work towards good food for all.
Building on their work since 2015 tackling hunger and food insecurity, Feeding Liverpool are developing and driving forward Liverpool’s Good Food Plan in partnership with communities and organisations across the city.
Job Overview
Feeding Liverpool is looking to recruit a full-time Project Support Officer to join their small, friendly, vibrant team as together they work towards a future where everyone in Liverpool can eat good food. This role will play a key part in connecting and equipping people, projects and organisations to work towards implementing Liverpool’s Good Food Plan, which is at the heart of what they do.
In their Job Pack (this can be accessed via the link below), they have given a taster of the type of projects the Project Support Officer will support, including their work around The Healthy Start Scheme and distributing funding to their network. This role will also have a strong communications element, playing a central part in developing and maintaining their social media conversations and communications with their network.
The role requires a positive attitude and a flexible approach: to be willing and able to take on a wide range of tasks. This is a great opportunity for someone passionate, creative, and organised, who likes a challenge. You will need to be an excellent communicator, motivated, and a good time manager who can collaborate well with others. Their team members go the extra mile, driven by the understanding that everyone at Feeding Liverpool and with their wider ‘good food’ network can make a lasting impact in tackling food insecurity and improving access to good food in Liverpool.
Can you help Moulana Community CIC with their “Passionate Catering for Refugees” crowdfunding project?
Moulana Community CIC have started a crowdfunding project for which they are aiming to raise £4,990. The project is called Passionate Catering for Refugees and it will consist of running catering training classes for refugees & asylum seekers for three months at Granby Adult Learning Centre, Liverpool L8.
The project will help lonely and isolated people to attend workshops resulting in the knowledge of catering & improving their general mood. The participants will be learning new professional skills and meeting new people. As well as taking the delicious food they make home with them!
Moulana will organise the budget of the project which includes hiring a chef & assistance chef as well as food purchase for cooking and packaging for deliveries to participant’s families. There will be project coordinator & volunteers involved for the smooth running of the programme. The remaining fund will be used to hold an event to celebrate the achievement of these venerable members of society by presenting them with a certificate.
Moulana Community CIC would appreciate it if you could donate to the project, any contribution large or small will be hugely appreciated.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term until March 2026. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £27,514 pa pro rota. Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Positive Futures Line Manager and VOSS Financial members. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, Unit B1, Tetlow Way, Langham Street Industrial Estate, L4 4QS.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Role Details
Voluntary Outreach Support Service (VOSS) is a unique consortium of youth providers, collaborating and working together with partners, sharing their resources and intelligence. VOSS provides high quality and timely support for young people and wider communities of North Liverpool. The Project Sustainability Officer is the person responsible for making this partnership work through maintaining trust and transparency as well as keeping VOSS members focused on their objectives.
Some duties will include:
Source additional funds to meet the shortfall and enhance project delivery within the grant period, which will enhance the project or secure its succession.
Work with the financial partners to ensure the sustainability and the delivery plan for the project in collaboration to meet the overall outcomes of the project.
Implement and monitor commissioning documents, ensuring targets are met, records and reports are approved before payments made.
Build and maintain effective partnerships with key project stakeholders including, Police, Troubled Families, Liverpool City Council, RSL’S etc.
Benefits:
Excellent salary
Staff Health Cash Plan
33 days holiday
Expenses paid
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
Utility Aid | How fixing energy costs can be an effective way to help charities budget & plan for the future
Charities play an essential role in addressing societal issues and making a positive impact on people’s lives.
However, managing a charity can be challenging, and controlling costs is critical for ensuring that the organisation operates effectively. One of the most significant costs for many charities is energy.
As such, fixing energy costs can be an effective way to help charities manage their budgets and plan for the future.
Sally-Ann Beaver, Sales Director for Utility Aid explains why.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: Negotiable. Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: The Chairperson and the Board of Trustees. Location: Merseyside home based.
Employer Bio
This charity was established in 2014 by healthcare professionals, scientists, patients, and carers. The charity supports the care and well-being of patients through donating individual financial grants to those that need it. They fund and invest in scientific research into treating and curing blood cancers. They also fund training and education of healthcare professionals in this area.
Role Details
Over the last few years their charity has grown, and they are now seeking to appoint a highly motivated and innovative thinker with excellent people and interpersonal skills to undertake this exciting new role of Operations/Charity Manager. The focus of the role is to ensure that the Board of Trustees’ strategic plan is delivered through the achievement of key objectives and income delivery.
The post holder will be home based living within the Merseyside area and will be responsible for coordinating all aspects of operations, finance, digital platforms, and compliance to ensure the smooth running of the charity.
In addition, the post holder will be responsible for the delivery of a fundraising plan. Taking the lead in organising community fundraising events, marketing the charity to external stakeholders, working with new and existing donors and bringing on board new sponsors for the charity.
The ideal candidate will show outstanding leadership and organisational skills, and the ability to make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment.
Contact Details: info@thebloomappeal.org.uk / Chairperson – Abi Pointing: bobandabi@hotmail.co.uk.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Money Advice Projects Supervisor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £28,090 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Head of Money Advice and Financial Inclusion Services. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Role Details
Citizens Advice Liverpool are looking for a Money Advice Projects Supervisor to support the delivery of Citizens Advice Liverpool’s Money Advice and Financial Inclusion Services. This is an exciting time for the department as it expands and adapts to the challenges our society is currently facing.
The post-holder will specifically supervise CAL’s specialist Energy Team and Financial Keyworker Support Team, supporting them to provide advice and support to enable clients to find a way forward. This will include providing line management as well as technical supervision and answering day to day queries from staff and project teams.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Join the Liverpool City Region Digital Inclusion Network!
The Digital Inclusion Network brings together organisations from across Liverpool City Region who have a role to play in supporting the digital inclusion agenda. Its vision is to create a digitally inclusive Liverpool City Region where no one is left behind.
It’s core goals include:
Building a coordinated and connected digital inclusion ecosystem across Liverpool City Region
Supporting organisations across the city region to deliver digital inclusion activities in a sustainable way
Increasing awareness and understanding of the digital inclusion agenda and help influence system-level change across the city region.
What will you get for being a member of the network?
Membership of the network is free – all they ask is for organisations to agree to support its core aims, and sign the Liverpool City Region Digital Inclusion Pledge (outlined below).
In exchange, you’ll be invited to bi-monthly meetings of the network where you can learn more about current and upcoming digital inclusion activity across the region, have opportunities to take part in delivery initiatives and engage with additional support for digital champions.
In addition, they’ll showcase your commitment to this agenda by displaying your logo on the City Region’s Digital Inclusion Network website.
What is the LCR Digital Inclusion Pledge?
They ask members of the network to sign the Digital Inclusion Pledge, which simply shows an organisations support for tackling this agenda. There’s no intrusive criteria or monitoring required – but they’d ask you always think about digital inclusion by:
Supporting digital inclusion activities in LCR
Sharing best practice to other network members
Supporting your staff to learn essential digital skills
Supporting others needing help to get online
Donating any retired digital kit where this is appropriate.
It is encouraged that that those of you that do any work in the Digital Inclusion space, to sign up to the pledge/network.
Background on the Liverpool City Region Digital Inclusion Network
The Digital Inclusion Task Force was recently established by the LCR Combined Authority. It involves a wide range of stakeholders in the Digital Inclusion sphere including the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise Sector, Local Authorities, NHS, Housing Associations, Further and Higher Education, businesses and many more!
One of the first initiatives established by the Task Force has been to create a wider network and Digital Inclusion pledge.
Hosts needed for the Homes for Ukraine Scheme | Learn more at in-person & online Information Sessions
People are still being sought to become Hosts for displaced Ukrainians who have fled the country following the Russian invasion.
To take part you will need to offer a spare bedroom(s) or self-contained property for a minimum of six months.
You can apply to the Homes for Ukraine team at Liverpool City Council to host a Ukrainian in your home under the scheme.
Under the scheme you will receive £350 thank you payment per month (rising to £500 if your guest has been in the UK for a year) and will receive support from Liverpool Council to help your guests integrate and settle.
If you would like more information, they are hosting in person and online information sessions to offer people the chance to ask questions and learn more about hosting under the scheme. Please see details of their next two sessions below or contact them directly for further dates:
Health Junction CIC – Social Prescribing Link Worker
Posts available: 3. Contract/Term: 1 year fixed-term contract with possible extension, subject to funding. Salary: £25,000 per annum plus pension after qualifying period. Hours per week: Full Time, 35 hours per week between 8 AM – 8 PM and may include occasional weekends (rota basis/don’t be put off by this!). Reporting to: Health Junction CIC & PCN Leads. Location: SWAGGA Primary Care Network – South Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Health Junction is an innovative and dynamic community interest company (CIC). They are a community interest company with a mission to reduce health inequality working in partnership with communities, health and statutory services throughout the UK.
Role Details
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a social prescribing link worker to join their growing team of link workers based in SWAGGA Primary Care Network, South Liverpool.
You might be looking to change your role and make a real difference in patients’ lives by supporting and signposting patients through referrals of non-medical pathways to support and link patients to resources within the local community. You will become their expert of local resources that patients may need support to access.
To read the full job description and to apply, please request an application pack from recruitment@healthjunction.org.uk.
Deadline: Monday 17 July 2023 at 5 PM.
Comics Youth is looking for participants aged 14-25 years old for their Marginal Changemakers Programme
Comics Youth runs an independent youth-led publishing house called Marginal. They publish stories from marginalised young people to elevate and champion narratives that often go unheard. They are now looking for 20 young people aged 14 – 25 years old to join their Marginal Changemakers Programme to make publishing more inclusive across a 12 month project.
Across 12 months, the group will work together to create an Inclusion Charter and campaign work around making publishing more accessible and exciting for marginalised people – from who is employed in publishing houses, the books they promote and the ethos’ they lead with.
The chosen young people will be trained for 6 months in all the skills they need, and then will spend the last 6 months of the programme leading spaces, conversations and campaigns with publishers across the UK.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part Time. Salary: £18,729. Hours per week: 30 hours. Reporting to: Lead Family Support Coordinator. Location: Woodchurch Lane, Birkenhead, CH49 9PH.
Employer Bio
Koala North West have been successfully supporting families for 23 years and they are looking for someone who is passionate about the quality of services available for families and their children aged 0-11 years.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate and dedicated Family Support Co-ordinator to join their friendly team in Wirral.
Role Details
Purposes of the job
To provide a quality family support service to Wirral families
To meet the outcomes and outputs agreed with funders
To build good working relationships with referrers and other agencies to ensure the provision of the most effective and appropriate support for families
To develop and deliver home visiting and group Family Support with an emphasis on supporting children’s early learning and development
To support early relationships between parents and children
To support the speech, language and communication skills of children.
Interviews: 14 July 2023 – This is a 2-part interview which may take a full day.
Contact Details: admin@koalanw.co.uk.
Community Ownership Fund | Now Open for Applications
This fund is now closed.
The £150 million Community Ownership Fund is for communities across the United Kingdom. It has been set up to help communities take ownership of assets at risk of closure.
The fund hopes to ensure that local people across the UK can support and continue benefiting from treasured local institutions whose future may be in doubt. Whether it’s the pub on the high street that’s facing closure, a village shop or a local sports team that might lose its ground, the Fund offers a great opportunity for local groups to take them over and to run them as businesses – by the community, for the community.
It will run for 4 years until 2024/25. Voluntary and community organisations can bid for match funding. Funding may support the purchase and/or renovation costs of community assets.
Applications are subject to the eligibility requirements outlined in the prospectus. The Fund will support a range of proposals that enable people and communities across the UK to thrive.
Proposals will need to prove the value of the asset to local people and that the asset can run sustainably for the long-term benefit of the community
Who can apply: Incorporated voluntary and community organisations, and parish, town and community councils (depending on eligibility requirements)
Capital funding available: Up to £1 million for all asset types, but we expect that most awards will be for up to £250,000 of capital funding.
Applications must be submitted by 11:59am on each bidding window’s respective closing date
There will be 4 bidding windows each year at regular intervals
The fund closes in March 2025.
Sefton Park Palm House Preservation Trust – Chief Executive Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: Between £55k – £60k depending on experience. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Board of Trustees. Location: Sefton Park, L17 1AP.
Employer Bio
The Sefton Park Palm House (SPPH) is a Grade-2* listed, Victorian era building boasting a large collection of exotic plants from across the globe. SPPH has a rich history in the city of Liverpool dating back to 1896 when it first opened to the general public. Gifted to the city by local benefactor Henry Yates Thompson, it became widely known as Sefton Park’s ‘Great Conservatory.’ After falling into dereliction after the Second World War, SPPH was restored and reopened in 2001, following a passionate campaign by local people, with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Liverpool City Council and the Trust.
The Sefton Park Palm House Preservation Trust is a registered charity established in 1996. The Trust is governed by a Board of Trustees, who oversee the development and management of SPPH as a heritage visitor attraction and community hub. The Trust’s objectives centre around the preservation of SPPH for the benefit of local people, and the nation at large, with the aim of improving quality of life. The building and grounds are owned and maintained by Liverpool City Council.
The Trust employs a team of staff and is supported in its work by a wealth of volunteers. By generating revenue from heritage grants, private hire, events and donations, they are able to keep SPPH open for everyone to enjoy, fund their programme of free community events and invest in the development of their team.
Role Details
The Trust is now looking to appoint a Chief Executive to lead SPPH and its team, delivering on the organisation’s ambition for the venue to be a vehicle for delivering further social impact, contributing to an increased quality of life for the diverse communities local to SPPH.
Since the departure of the previous SPPH Director, late 2022, the Board has taken the opportunity to revaluate the opportunities and priorities of SPPH. The decision was taken to recruit a new role of Chief Executive, reflecting the increased status the role will take moving forward, both with the strategic direction of the organisation and building external relationships within the city region and beyond to enable them to maximise the social value generated while remaining financially sustainable.
For an initial conversation with their recruitment partners, Sherrington Associates, and to request a copy of their full Recruitment Pack please email Joe Onions, joe.onions@sherringtonassociates.co.uk.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Advice On Prescription Adviser
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £25,408 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Senior Supervisor: Practical Service Support. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Role Details
NHS ‘Liverpool Place’ has commissioned Citizens Advice Liverpool to provide patients who are vulnerable to the wider determinants of health with a dedicated welfare service. The service targets patients who are at risk of mental distress due to the wider determinants of health and its aim is to reduce health inequalities across Liverpool.
The role holder will ensure that front-line health staff have easy access to social welfare support for their patients. They will maximise the incomes of the most vulnerable by offering a comprehensive package of information, advice and support in relation to welfare benefits, debt management, employment and housing. Service staff are based in primary and secondary care settings and work alongside GP teams and ward staff. This service will work alongside and compliment the work of Link Workers across Liverpool’s Primary Care Networks.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Posts available: 1. Term: A maximum of two three-year terms. Location: Liverpool/Merseyside.
The Liverpool Irish Festival is a unique organisation that has delivered an annual festival since 2003. It’s run by brilliant, creative, visionary people with the aim of bringing Liverpool and Ireland closer together using arts and culture.
Role Details
You will be a qualified accountant with previous experience in charities or an understanding of charity finance. You will have excellent analytical and evaluation skills alongside the ability to clearly explain financial information to the Board and Festival management.
Trustees will attend up to a maximum of 12 Board meetings per year, normally held early in the evening of standard business days. There will be ‘away days’ and further duties, but the main responsibility outside standard meetings is ordinarily via email. Standard meetings are via Zoom, with two in-person meetings per year, plus exceptional meetings and training. Travel expenses may be paid if agreed in advance.
Contact Details: John Chandler – chair@liverpoolirishfestival.com.
The Reader – Finance Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £21,115. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 9 AM – 5 PM from Monday – Friday. Reporting to: Head of Finance. Location: The Reader, Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool L18 3JB (Hybrid working will also be considered – 1-3 days WFH with requirement to be office based on Thursdays and Fridays).
Employer Bio
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and/or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
Role Details
The Reader has an exciting opening to join the central Finance Team at The Reader, playing a key role in supporting and enabling the Team to deliver a strong and effective finance service to the organisation.
As Finance Coordinator, you will play an important role in providing accurate and up to date financial information to the organisation, working with teams and colleagues right across the Charity and Community Interest Company, which will give you a great understanding and insight into the breadth of the work that The Reader does day to day.
You may have experience as a finance or accounts assistant, or in a financial administration role and you may hold or be studying for a finance qualification such as City and Guilds Bookkeeping or AAT. You will have experience of using accounting software and Excel and be highly numerate.
To be successful in this role you will have an understanding of finance processes and procedures, processing financial transactions with great attention to detail. You will also have strong interpersonal skills and be confident communicating with a range of stakeholders, whether in person, over video calls or by e-mail. You will be highly organised and able to work independently. You will have excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage and prioritise a high volume workload and meet deadlines. You will be able to view situations from different perspectives and work collaboratively with others, using initiative and solving problems creatively.
Gilead UK and Ireland Fellowship and Medical Grants Programme
Deadline: Various deadlines in 2023 based on specialty therapy area.
The Gilead Fellowship and Medical Grants Programme supports local innovation and best practices in caring for people living with:
HIV
Cancer
Invasive fungal disease
Viral hepatitis.
Since 2008, the programme has funded nearly 350 projects, leaving an important legacy in these areas. Applications are invited from healthcare and third sector organisations who are seeking funding for a project that aligns with the goals of the programme.
Deadline: Various deadlines in 2023 based on specialty therapy area.
Find out if your project meets any of this year’s criteria by selecting your specialty therapy area in the weblink above.
Forrester Family Trust Grants
The Forrester Family Trust have been helping small charities work towards a just and equitable society since 1986.
Each year, they award grants across four categories:
Grant Theme
Three Year Funding Programme
Disasters
Smaller Grants
Two of these categories have upcoming deadlines in 2023:
Immediate Needs as a Result of the Cost of Living Crisis – Grant Theme
With the Immediate Needs as a Result of the Cost of Living Crisis grant theme, you can get grants up to a maximum of £40,000. The grant will be available to charities with a turnover of less than £5 million. Online applications will be accepted between 1 and 31 July 2023. They have £600,000 to distribute. Their theme for the year ends on 31 March 2024.
Smaller Grants
These grants are available up to a maximum of £10,000 and will be made to charities with a turnover of less than £250,000. Online applications will be accepted between 1 and 30 September 2023. We have £500,000 to distribute. We aim to award these grants to charities who rely on volunteer support and make an impact in their communities.
BBC Children in Need – Project Costs Funding Stream
BBC Children in Need’s Project Costs Funding Stream support the aims and delivery of a specific piece of work. This work will usually be time-limited, and based on a defined set of activities.
Project Costs is for charities and not-for-profit organisations. Applicants to this programme can apply for grants for up to three years. They aim to give quicker decisions for grants of £15,000 or less per year.
The people and organisations that BBC Children in Need fund will be:
Working with children and young people aged 18 years and under
Working in the heart of their communities, particularly in times of crisis
Putting children and young people at the centre of everything they do, from design to delivery
Addressing challenges faced by children and young people, building their skills and resilience
Empowering children and young people, and extending their choices in life
Keen to keep learning about and developing their work with children and young people
Committed to making a difference in children and young people’s lives.
Deadline: The Project Costs stream has no application deadlines, and you can apply at any time.
They will not any fund work that has already taken place, or any costs incurred, before the date they give you a decision. If your request is successful, you must start spending your grant within 12 months. Plan your application date so that you will receive a decision in plenty of time before the work will begin. They receive a very high number of applications between October and January. If you submit a form during these months, it make take longer to get a decision.
BBC Children in Need – Core Costs Funding Stream
BBC Children in Need’s Core Costs support essential organisational and administrative spending. These are the key expenses required to keep your organisation running.
Their Core Costs funding can be spent on your organisation’s central day-to-day operations. These might include, for example:
Management and administration
HR and payroll
General office expenses
Accountancy and audit
Communications and outreach
Monitoring, evaluation, and learning
Governance, regulatory, and compliance costs.
The Core Costs Funding Stream is for charities and not-for-profit organisations. Applicants to this programme can apply for grants for up to three years. They aim to give quicker decisions for grants of £15,000 or less per year.
The people and organisations that BBC Children in Need fund will be:
Working with children and young people aged 18 years and under
Working in the heart of their communities, particularly in times of crisis
Putting children and young people at the centre of everything they do, from design to delivery
Addressing challenges faced by children and young people, building their skills and resilience
Empowering children and young people, and extending their choices in life
Keen to keep learning about and developing their work with children and young people
Committed to making a difference in children and young people’s lives.
Deadline: The Core Costs stream has no application deadlines, and you can apply at any time.
They will not any fund work that has already taken place, or any costs incurred, before the date we give you a decision. If your request is successful, you must start spending your grant within 12 months. Plan your application date so that you will receive a decision in plenty of time before your spending begins. They receive a very high number of applications between October and January. If you submit a form during these months, it make take longer to get a decision.
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust Grants
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust supports smaller charities and good causes in the north of England to make a difference to their community for the benefit of people and planet.
Their funding priorities for 2023:
Funding rounds are often oversubscribed, meaning it is not always possible to fund all high scoring applications. To support decision making, priority may be given to charities and good causes which meet some or all of the following criteria:
Funding organisations with an annual income of £250,000 and below
Funding for communities that rank as being within the top 15% on the English Indicies of Deprivation
Funding for groups that are led by and provide services for people from the following minority/marginalised groups
Communities experiencing racial inequity
People with disabilities
LGBT+ Community
Funding opportunities for the north of England are available on the following dates:
Round 1 3 April 2023 at 10 AM for a minimum of 24hrs. April funding round has now closed.
Round 2 3 July 2023 at 10 AM for a minimum of 24hrs
Round 3 2 October 2023 at 10 AM for a minimum of 24hrs.
To learn more:
Please enter your organisation’s postcode into their handy Trust Finder to ensure this is the correct Trust for your location (the North of England)
Scroll down to the “Funding Guide 2023” for full information.
New partnership to improve access to volunteering across the Liverpool City Region, launches website
A new volunteering website across the Liverpool City Region will link organisations looking for volunteers with people who want to help their local communities at the end of Volunteers Week 2023.
LCVS and the Liverpool City Region’s Volunteer Centres who work across Halton, St Helens, Knowsley, Sefton and Wirral have partnered together so that organisations across the area can collaborate, share volunteers, and promote various volunteering opportunities, significantly amplifying the region’s community impact.
Local non-profit making organisations can now sign up for free and utilise a single account to showcase their volunteering opportunities across the entire region. On the other hand, volunteers benefit from a seamless experience by easily accessing and joining opportunities, logging their hours, and tracking their volunteering journey from a single login.
The TeamKinetic powered website was first introduced in Halton & St Helens through the COVID19 pandemic to connect local people who needed help with those that wanted to support with simple tasks. The success of this and the following years has brought investment from the Combined Authority to support that one stop place for residents to make a difference in their local communities..
Claire Redford Kerr, at Halton and St Helens Volunteer Centre said:
“It has long been an ambition for us to make it easy for organisations to recruit volunteers in one place.
Bringing opportunities and a one stop space for volunteers to find them is part of a City Wide Solution to better partnership working and responding to events; activities and emergencies across the patch”.
Chris Martin, director at TeamKinetic, expressed enthusiasm about the project, saying,
“At TeamKinetic, our ambition has always been to make volunteering easier. This project is a testament to that commitment for the people of the Liverpool City Region, made possible by the fantastic and forward-thinking teams at each of the local infrastructure organisations.”
The partnership is set to go live on Wednesday 7 June 2023, marking a significant milestone in enhancing access to volunteering opportunities throughout the Liverpool City Region.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: Full-time. Salary: 22.5k per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Management Team. Location: Hybrid working (Office based at Make Hamilton and Satellite delivery).
Employer Bio
Comics Youth CIC is an innovative non-profit that delivers comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects for disadvantaged children and young people aged 8-25 within the Liverpool City Region. The overall ethos of the organisation is to break down participation barriers for marginalised groups including looked after children, LGBTQIA young people, global majority youth, care leavers, young carers and young people experiencing complex mental ill health within the Liverpool City Region to make, create and publish comic books about salient community issues. Sessions are delivered within safe, inclusive, and indiscriminate community venues.
Job Description
The ‘Global Majority Projects Officer’ (Comics and Mental Health), is a position that is integral to the development of Comics Youth CIC’s core mission and objectives. The successful candidate will work across x2 Comics Youth CIC projects, Graphic Medicine, and Turn the Page.
Within Graphic Medicine, they will provide comics focused sessions for chronically and/or terminally ill young people aged 8-18 via the delivery of ward-based or online graphic narrative sessions. Within Turn the Page, they will provide comics focused social prescription activities for young people aged 16-25 who experience anxiety/and or depression. This will include 1-2-1 or group work.
The post holder will develop resources and session plans for young people and deliver a mix of 1-2-1 and group work via Microsoft teams or face-to-face. They will also complete illustrations of young people’s narrative stories in comic art form. 60% of the role will entail direct youth work; 20% will entail illustration work and 20% admin and development work (EG-recruitment).
To apply, please send a CV and covering letter, outlining your suitability for the post to hi@comicsyouth.co.uk. Applications that don’t include a covering letter, as specified, will be automatically rejected. If you are shortlisted, interviews will take place digitally on Thursday 27 July 2023. Please inform them, when you apply, if you cannot attend on this date.
Police Commissioner launches Neighbourhood Resilience Fund to help build safer, more secure communities
Resident groups across Merseyside are being invited to bid for a vital cash grant to help increase safety and security in their neighbourhoods, while helping to boost community spirit, thanks to a new fund from the Police Commissioner.
Emily Spurrell has launched the Neighbourhood Resilience Fund offering grants of up to £1,000 to help foster and maintain more resilient, safe and caring communities across Merseyside.
The fund has been designed to give up to 100 communities across Merseyside a cash boost to work with local police teams to solve problems in their area, and protect their neighbourhoods, while encouraging residents to be alert and aware of issues.
The launch of the Neighbourhood Resilience Fund is another way the PCC is delivering on her priority of Supporting Victims and building Safer Communities.
Grants will be allocated to initiatives which help to prevent crime, including burglary and robberies and reduce anti-social behaviour, as well as campaigns which encourage residents to report suspicious activities to the police or encourage safer driving.
Groups can also use the funding to deliver practical crime reduction projects. This might involve action to ‘mark’ property to make it harder to steal, cooperating with neighbours to keep an eye on empty homes or creating a community in which young people are diverted away from crime.
The Fund is designed to help give people the opportunity to get to know and help each other and it’s expected schemes will keep residents informed and involved.
“I am delighted to launch my Neighbourhood Resilience Fund to help kickstart, improve and expand the fantastic community watch work already happening across Merseyside.
“The vast majority of these residents’ groups are delivered by dedicated and passionate volunteers who give their time, skills, and experience to help make their communities safer, more connected, and vibrant.
“I am very aware though this important work often has costs attached.
“While these grants will be relatively small, this fund has the potential to assist up to 100 resident groups to cultivate local resilience and security, whilst offering reassurance to the most vulnerable people living in their areas and boosting community spirit.”
Interested groups need to show how their project will prevent crime, increase community safety and cohesion, improve the environment or wellbeing of their community, make their roads safer, engage young people or build and enhance local networks.
All applications must also demonstrate how the activity is part of a clear, forward-thinking plan for how their group can make a difference in their community.
For more information, please contact Paul Doward, PR & Campaigns Officer at Paul.Doward@merseysidepcc.info / 0151 777 2936 / 07966654151.
The deadline for applications is TBC.
History in the Making | Get up to £15k in Grants
Historic England is working with young people (aged 13-25) to create a new programme that will create place markers across the North of England. They will mark and celebrate important local histories that have been overlooked and bring them to a broader audience.
Place markers could be:
painted murals
immersive digital walking trails
community-designed gardens
or something entirely new.
Beyond plaques and information boards, they hope these projects will provide creative new ways for communities to recognise important aspects of their heritage in inspiring and lasting ways.
They are looking to provide grants of up to £15,000 each to a number of organisations or community groups. These organisations will be working directly with young people out-of-school hours, across the North of England in Levelling Up category 1 places.
Projects must be co-created, with young people’s voices at the heart of decision-making.
Charles Hayward Foundation – Older People Programme
They wish to fund preventative and early intervention programmes being delivered at the community level which allow older people to stay in their own homes and remain independent. They are particularly interested in seeking out programmes which show some creativity in improving the quality of life of older people.
They fund programmes:
Aiming to alleviate isolation and depression in older people, including informal day care or social, physical and recreational activities.
Which give practical help, assistance and support for older people living in their own homes.
Addressing the emotional and practical needs of older carers.
Designed to meet the specific needs of people with dementia.
They do not fund:
Disability access
Older people’s projects that are restricted to one section of society
The Co-op Local Community Fund supports projects that help make communities fairer for everyone. You can apply if you’re a not-for profit group, wanting to fund a specific project that benefits your local community.
If your funding application is successful, they’ll work with you for 12 months. The more members that shop with Co-op and choose to support your project, the more funding you will receive.
You can apply if your project:
brings people together to access food
helps to improve people’s mental wellbeing
creates opportunities for young people to be heard and make a difference
helps people to save and restore nature or tackle climate change.
Your project must also:
take place in the UK or Isle of Man
take place or still be running after November 2024.
To apply for funding, you need to send your application by 11 June 2023.
Charities Act 2022: Information about the changes being introduced
Changes due to be introduced in June 2023
These are short summaries of the changes due to come into effect in June 2023. They will publish the updated guidance on these topics on the day the provisions are implemented.
Selling, leasing or otherwise disposing of charity land
Charities must comply with certain legal requirements before they dispose of charity land. Disposal can include selling, transferring or leasing charity land. The Act will simplify some of these legal requirements. The changes will include:
widening the category of designated advisers who can provide charities with advice on certain disposals
confirming that a trustee, officer or employee can provide advice on a disposal if they meet the relevant requirements
giving trustees discretion to decide how to advertise a proposed disposal of charity land
removing the requirement for charities to get Commission authority to grant a residential lease to a charity employee for a short periodic or fixed term tenancy
The following provisions are expected to come into force by the end of 2023, not in June 2023:
the provisions relating to disposals by liquidators, provisional liquidators, receivers, mortgagees or administrators
the provisions relating to the taking out of mortgages by liquidators, provisional liquidators, receivers, mortgagees or administrators
changes about what must be included in statements and certificates for both disposals and mortgages
Using permanent endowment
Put simply, permanent endowment is property that your charity must keep rather than spend.
The Act will introduce new statutory powers to enable:
charities to spend, in certain circumstances, from a ‘smaller value’ permanent endowment fund of £25,000 or less without Commission authority
certain charities to borrow up to 25% of the value of their permanent endowment fund without Commission authority
Charities that cannot use the statutory powers will require Charity Commission authority.
A new statutory power will enable charities that have opted into a total return approach to investment to use permanent endowment to make social investments with a negative or uncertain financial return, provided any losses are offset by other gains.
Charity names
The Commission can currently direct a charity to change its name if it is too similar to another charity’s name or is offensive or misleading.
The Act will enable the Commission to:
direct a charity to stop using a working name if it is too similar to another charity’s name or is offensive or misleading. A working name is any name used to identify a charity and under which the activities of the charity are carried out. For example, ‘Comic Relief’ is the working name of the charity ‘Charity Projects’
delay registration of a charity with an unsuitable name or delay entry of a new unsuitable name onto the Register of Charities
use its powers in relation to exempt charities in consultation with the principal regulator
Other provisions
The definition of a connected person will be updated to remove outdated language.
Equality is essential for women and girls to dream freely, achieve proudly and live boldly. That’s why they’re working with amazing charities committed to serving the women and girls in our communities. The Women and Girls Match Fund is here to multiply generosity, tackle gender inequality and stop discrimination.
Charities working within the UK or internationally to improve the lives of women and girls can apply for the campaign.
The campaign will run from midday Wednesday 11 October to midday Wednesday 18 October 2023.
For the Women and Girls Match Fund, all match funds are provided by Big Give, and charities do not need to secure pledges.
Applications are now open and close on 5 PM on Friday 23 June 2023.
Please get in touch with them via the website or at hello@biggive.org if you have any questions and they would be happy to help.
Shrewsbury House – Play & Youth Worker
Posts available: 4. Contract: Permanent (subject to completion of a successful probationary period). Term: Sessional / Part Time. Salary: £10.78 – £11.78 per hour. Hours per week: 24 hours. Reporting to: Team Leader. Location: Shrewsbury House.
Employer Bio
Shrewsbury House is a youth and community centre in Everton. It was founded in 1903 and is known locally as The Shewsy. This year it celebrates its 120th anniversary. Its core business is working with children and young people who often live in challenging circumstances.
Job Description
The Shewsy is looking to recruit adaptable play & youth workers who can work in both Junior Club (children 4 – 11 years) and Senior Club (young people aged 11 – 17 years). Each club operates 4 nights each week under the line management of the Senior Youth Worker.
Applications will only be accepted on the official application form. CV’s & Resumes are not accepted although a supporting cover letter together with the completed Application Form explaining more about a candidate are welcome.
Key Responsibilities:
Be part of the Play & Youth work team delivering planned activities on a daily basis in accordance with the staff rota
Play an active role in the developing / planning of activity programme content, contributing to ideas and bringing skills and enthusiasm to the club
Participate in Youth Club and over time develop mentoring relationships with club members to support their ability to participate fully in sessions, team and character building, and participation in off-site activities including residential visits.
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent (subject to completion of a successful probationary period). Term: Sessional / Part Time. Salary: £10.78 – £11.78 per hour. Hours per week: 12 hours. Reporting to: Team Leader. Location: Shrewsbury House.
Employer Bio
Shrewsbury House is a youth and community centre in Everton. It was founded in 1903 and is known locally as The Shewsy. This year it celebrates its 120th anniversary. Its core business is working with children and young people who often live in challenging circumstances.
Job Description
The Shewsy is looking to recruit adaptable Youth Workers who can work in Senior Club (with young people aged 11 – 17 years). The club operates 4 nights each week under the line management of the Senior Youth Worker.
Applications will only be accepted on the official application form. CV’s & Resumes are not accepted although a supporting cover letter together with the completed Application Form explaining more about a candidate are welcome.
Key Responsibilities:
Be part of the Play & Youth work team delivering planned activities on a daily basis in accordance with the staff rota
Play an active role in the developing / planning of activity programme content, contributing to ideas and bringing skills and enthusiasm to the club
Participate in Youth Club and over time develop mentoring relationships with club members to support their ability to participate fully in sessions, team and character building, and participation in off-site activities including residential visits.
Comics Youth CIC – Development Manager (Bid-Writer)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary contract for x2 years in the first instance (potential to be extended by 1 year). Term: Part time. Salary: £26,000 (pro rata). Hours per week: 30 hours. Reporting to: Managing Director. Location: Make CIC Hamilton Square/Homeworking.
Employer Bio
Comics Youth CIC is an innovative non-profit that delivers comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects for disadvantaged children and young people aged 8-25 within Merseyside and the wider Knowsley Borough. The overall ethos of the organisation is to break down participation barriers for marginalised groups including looked after children, young LGBTQIA people, care leavers, young carers and young people experiencing complex mental ill-health within the Liverpool City Region, to make, create and publish comic books about salient community issues. Sessions are delivered within safe, inclusive, and indiscriminate community venues.
Job Description
The Development Manager will join Comics Youth CIC during an exciting time as the organisation seeks to grow and expand their business development, fundraising, and income generation plan. This an exciting opportunity for an ambitious, progressive, and enthusiastic team player with great bid writing skills to advance their career and their vital charitable work.
You will work with their MD to research and identify new fundraising opportunities from trusts, foundations, and commissioners and convert these into long-term business relationships. Your role will be pivotal in seeking to capture learning within Comics Youth CIC and help establish branch models of their work in Dundee, Manchester, and London.
You will need to complete an Equalities Monitoring Form as a part of your application process.
To apply, please send a CV and covering letter, outlining your suitability for the post to rhiannon@comicsyouth.co.uk. Applications that don’t include a covering letter, as specified, will be automatically rejected. If you are shortlisted, interviews will take place digitally on Thursday 20 July 2023. Please inform them, when you apply, if you cannot attend on this date.
Local Solutions is a charity that, since 1974 has been generating and delivering services to support individuals, families, and communities with a primary focus on those experiencing disadvantage, exclusion, and vulnerability.
As part of Local Solutions, Liverpool Carers Centre delivers a city-wide community-based programme of activities and training that ensures a range of support is available to unpaid carers in Liverpool. This focuses on helping to reduce the negative impact of the caring role and promotes carers’ health and wellbeing, as well as undertaking carers assessments, their Carers Centre also offers a flexible support service that provides impartial advice & information.
They work closely with other organisations and services to help achieve this.
They offer a range weekly and monthly activities and training throughout the year at the Carers Centre or at one of their community-based outreach hubs.
Job Details
As a member of Liverpool Carers Centre team, you will work with unpaid carers to support them to access practical and emotional support.
As a Carers Development Worker, you will aid in empowering carers to take control of their own health and wellbeing. You will give time and focus on what matters to me philosophy and take a holistic approach to connect carers to community groups and statutory services.
Core responsibilities of the role will be:
To support carers through the Carers Assessment process. This will be achieved in a variety of ways e.g., visiting carers in their own homes when appropriate or elsewhere to offer support. The role is based predominantly in the community with home visits being the primary method of contact
Completing Carers Support Plans with carers using a person-centred approach
Providing Carers with information as to the range of services available for carers and how to access them
Completing and submitting carers support plans in a timely fashion to ensure departments KPIs are achieved.
Liaising with colleagues in statutory services. You will be an energetic and solution focused worker who will support carers to access the most appropriate services to support them in their caring role
Working throughout the city you will develop relationships that help and support unpaid carers while being a main enabler for holistic solutions.
Main Location: Sanctuary Family Support offices. Reports to: Chair/Volunteer Manager. Salary & Hours: £14,369 for 16 hours per week.
Employer Bio
Sanctuary Family Support provides:- 1-1 support, advice, counselling, advocacy, home visits, referrals, peer to peer group, relapse prevention, health & wellbeing workshops, holistic therapies, drug education and information, sign posting, family cohesion activities.
Job Details
Provides counselling for appropriate Sanctuary Family Support service users
Maintains client records appropriately and collects anonymised data for organisational feedback
Attends monthly supervision
Attends case management / mentoring session twice per month.
Posts available: 1 part time post. Contract: Fixed-Term. Term: 12 months. Salary: Circa £26,000 pro rata (+3% Employer Pension Contribution). Hours per week: 14 hours. Reporting to: CEO. Location: Hybrid (home/office/Liverpool/Wirral).
Employer Bio
Sahir House is a Merseyside-based charity with a big heart. Their organisation serves a unique dual purpose – they advocate for and support the needs of LGBTQ+ people and they promote better sexual health for all. Since their formation, the needs of people living with HIV has been core to their purpose.
They’re a bold and empowered community of LGBTQ+ people and allies engaged in creating a brighter shared future. They are there for people when they need them. They do this through their 1:1 support service, counselling, peer support groups, their online community, community engagement, outreach programmes, partnerships and more.
Job Details
This is a unique opportunity for a passionate and community-minded person to continue to develop their skills within their evolving regional charity as a BACP Registered Counsellor.
What are they looking for?
Recognised Counselling Diploma qualification (Level 4) or higher
BACP/UKCP/ NCS or equivalent Registration is ESSENTIAL – BACP Individual or Student Membership cannot be accepted
Working towards accreditation is preferred
Diverse and varied experience of providing counselling to different service users with a range of presenting issues and experience of working with complex cases
Strong, professional and personal drive
Empathic, compassionate and responsive
Enthusiastic and self-motivated.
They welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
Interviews expected to be held on Monday 3 July 2023.
Contact Details: Gillian.clotworthy@sahir.uk.com.
Shrewsbury House – Play Worker
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent (subject to completion of a successful probationary period). Term: Sessional / Part Time. Salary: £10.78 – £11.78 per hour. Hours per week: 12 hours. Reporting to: Team Leader. Location: Shrewsbury House.
Employer Bio
Shrewsbury House is a youth and community centre in Everton. It was founded in 1903 and is known locally as The Shewsy. This year it celebrates its 120th anniversary. Its core business is working with children and young people who often live in challenging circumstances.
Job Description
The Shewsy is looking to recruit adaptable Play Workers who can work in Junior Club (children 4 – 11 years). The club operates 4 nights each week under the line management of the Senior Youth Worker.
Applications will only be accepted on the official application form. CV’s & Resumes are not accepted although a supporting cover letter together with the completed Application Form explaining more about a candidate are welcome.
Key Responsibilities:
Be part of the Play & Youth work team delivering planned activities on a daily basis in accordance with the staff rota
Play an active role in the developing / planning of activity programme content, contributing to ideas and bringing skills and enthusiasm to the club
Support the children’s access through our walking bus from local primary schools and those dropping in with parents
Participate in Junior Club and over time develop mentoring relationships with club members to support their ability to participate fully in sessions, team and character building, and citizenship skills.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £28,350. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, Unit B1, Tetlow Way, Langham Street Industrial Estate, L4 4QS.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Details
Objective of Post
To develop and deliver centre & street-based activities for groups/individuals, school programmes and services that will be delivered in a specified area of the community to meet the personal and social development needs of young people in Liverpool.
It is essential that you work regular evenings and weekends.
Some duties will include:
To plan, organise, and deliver effectively, a range of personal development programmes that improve outcomes for young people. This will include Crime and ASB, Informal Education, Mental Health, and Personal Development.
To work at ‘grass roots’ level, on the streets, in parks and centres, on a significant number of evenings and weekends providing open & accessible activities to local children & young people.
Develop relationships and work in partnership with Schools, Social Care Services, Targeted Support Services and Early Help etc.
To maintain accurate records for monitoring and reporting purposes including verbal and written information on progress, issues, futures plans and to maintain accurate supporting financial records.
Benefits:
Excellent salary
Staff Health Cash Plan
33 days holiday
Expenses paid
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Welfare Rights and Advice Caseworker (For Terminally Ill People)
Posts available: 1. Contract: The post is initially until 03/06/2024, additional future funding is being sought. Term: Full Time, Part-time and Job Shares will be considered. Salary: £22,183 – £29,439 p.a. +5% Pension. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Senior Solicitor. Location: Vauxhall, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre has been providing free independent, expert legal advice in the community since 1973. They provide access to justice to our community on a range of social welfare issues, they offer welfare benefit, debt and housing advice as well as a bereavement advice service.
They are based locally in Vauxhall, Liverpool and provide advice across the Liverpool City Region. They are a small community-based law centre.
Job Description
To assist in providing an efficient and effective advice service, you will provide support and practical advice on welfare benefits, housing and debt, particularly, but not exclusively, for people who are terminally ill. You will work as part of a team to ensure that their clients are receiving the best support available to help them. You will be required to provide advice through various service delivery points, including outreach locations, home visits and working with public service partners such as the NHS and community groups.
The candidate should possess extensive knowledge and experience in giving competent accurate advice on welfare benefits in an advice centre, on the telephone and at outreach sessions, up to the level of successful representation at Tribunal for welfare benefit appeals.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity – Fundraising Support Officer (Temporary)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: 3-month fixed term contract. Salary: £21,515 (pro rata for a 3 months period £5,379). Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week (part time working will be considered). Reporting to: Operations and People Team Leader. Location: Alder Hey Children’s Charity at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children’s Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 330,000 patients and families they care for every year.
The charity helps to fund a range of activities and projects that are designed to enhance and improve the lives of their amazing young patients. This includes the funding of specialist medical equipment to ensure their brilliant surgeons and clinical staff have the most up to date and cutting-edge technology available and funding hi-tech distraction equipment designed and proven to reduce pain and anxiety in their patients. They also fund a range of programmes and special projects such as their ward musicians, their on-site magician, and the play specialists they have on every ward.
In September 2021 they launched their £3m Surgical Neonatal Appeal which aims to raise £3m towards a brand new, state of the art Surgical Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the hospital.
Job Details
This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of the Charity operations and gain some charity work experience over a temporary period. This role is the first point of contact for supporters and requires outstanding customer care/ donor stewardship skills. This role will provide support to the fundraising team, whilst also assisting with their hospital and online shops.
Key Responsibilities
Fundraising & Office Duties
Undertake day to day administrative tasks as directed by the People & Operations Manager and People & Operations Team Leader, including the preparation of letters, reports and memos, ensuring the work is of a high standard, professional and accurate. Adhering to sensitive information protocols and keeping sensitive information confidential.
Deal with incoming telephone enquiries in a professional and helpful capacity and direct all incoming calls correctly and take accurate messages. Adhere to any confidential or sensitive information protocols.
Contribute to the efficient running of the public Charity office by receiving donors and visitors in a welcoming and friendly manner.
Provide excellent customer care/ donor stewardship in all interactions with donors.
Manage the mail, ensuring it is opened, distributed and any donor correspondence is responded to in a timely manner.
Process donations in line with established receipting procedures.
Carrying out filing in line with office procedures and ensuring the safe storage and archiving of documents/records on a regular basis.
Undertake banking procedures and ensure donations are accurately recorded and banked.
Hospital & Online Shop
Process online orders for the shop in a timely manner.
Run regular reports for the Operations Manager relating to online sales.
Support the management of the online and hospital shop, ensuring they are stocked, and products are displayed in the best way.
Provide good customer service within the shop inside the hospital Atrium.
Cash up the till, ensuring sales are correctly recorded and takings are passed through for banking.
Database Support
Process donations on the CRM database, liaising with fundraising teams to ensure this is recorded correctly, including from online platforms.
Other Duties
Be an outstanding advocate for Alder Hey Children’s Charity in line with the core values of the organisation.
Be an active and supportive member of the Alder Hey Children’s Charity team, contributing to the team’s development and working collaboratively with colleagues and volunteers. Attend and support on events run by the fundraising teams where required.
Any other reasonable duties as required by your line manager.
This post is only available to female applicants as an Occupational Requirement and permitted under the Equality Act 2010.
Responsible to: Domestic Abuse Operational Lead. Responsible for: Fae and Grace Refuge. Hours of Work: 37.5 hrs per week (Flexible working hours can be agreed). Location: YMCA Together Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services. Salary and benefits: £33,976 + 5% on call allowance.
Employer Bio
YMCA Together has been voted No1 Charity to work for by their employees in 2022. YMCA is a registered charity and company Limited by Guarantee. They were founded in 1846 and so they build on a long history of providing a place for people experiencing challenging times in their lives. YMCA Together is a truly value driven organisation. Their vision is that everyone should feel safe, understood, empowered and positive for their future. They meet their vision by working within their values of Strength, Humility, Respect, Empathy and Kindness. These SHREK values run through all that they do from recruitment to how they work alongside people in their services to their partnership approach with other providers. Their clear vision and values come together to help them in their mission to inspire and support people to change their lives by instilling hope, valuing the person and maximising potential.
Job Details
The Service Manager is responsible for the effective operational management of the Refuge Domestic Abuse Services. The post holder will line manage the Support Staff. Working closely in a team with the Domestic Abuse Operational Lead and wider operational leadership, the post holder will provide day to day management and assist in the development of the services.
The service supports single women or families fleeing domestic abuse, offering a wide range of support and assistance that empowers and enables people and/or families to have a range of choices and create a positive, sustainable future for themselves.
The services operate with a whole family approach to move women and children past domestic abuse and towards leading a safe independence.
The post holder will provide direct line management support to the Team leader, Empowerment Practitioners, Link workers and Night team. They will support and develop the capacity and motivation of the team to deliver and innovative and high quality support. They will attend key strategic network meetings both internal and external and will act as the main print of contact for Refuges.
Working closely with the Domestic Abuse Operational Lead, the post holder will develop pathways to independence in line with Cognitive Analytic Therapy and Trauma Informed care approaches. This will include referral process, therapeutic programmes and resettlement.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £21,255. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Trust & Foundation Fundraising Manager. Location: The Plaza, Old Hall Street Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Brook is the UK’s leading sexual health and wellbeing charity. They are committed to changing attitudes, challenging prejudice and championing equality.
Their unique combination of clinical services and education programmes are designed to meet individual needs and instill positive behaviours that influence their whole lives. Their digital solutions help them reach even greater numbers of young people and professionals, and their expansion into all-age services ensures that whole communities can benefit from their inclusive, non-judgmental approach to sexual and reproductive health.
They are continuously listening to and learning from their service users and the communities they support. They amplify the voices of those who face barriers to access, ensuring that sexual health remains high on the political agenda and that law, policy and practice is aligned with what they need.
Job Details
To provide administrative support to the Income Generation and Business Development Teams. Working as a key member of the team to support the coordination and delivery of Brook’s fundraising activities, including their trusts and foundations grant funding and corporate partnerships. This role will support Brook to increase and diversify its income streams, supporting ongoing innovation and growth.
The May “Eat to Meet 2” Half Term programme starts on the 29 May 2023. Children and young people, from reception to age 16, who are eligible for benefits related free school meals, will be able to access hundreds of activities throughout the half term holidays including specific provision available for children with SEND or additional needs, at no cost. There’s a great range of activities across the city including boxing, football, music, dance, cycling, cooking, discos, films, bowling, arts and crafts, drama, a make up course, trips out and much more! Every day there will be a range of fabulous meals available with many schemes holding family events as well.
When you have chosen the activity/scheme, you will then need to contact that organisation to book a place. Each organisation will have either a telephone number, email address or online booking system. If your child has any additional needs or dietary requirements then please discuss this with the organisation when you book. There is no central booking system so please read the details of the programmes on the website and contact the providers directly.
If you want to know how to register or how to check if your child is eligible for free school meals then please click here.
You will need your national insurance number or an asylum seekers support number.
If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk. Click here to find out how to register.
Liverpool City Council is working with Mersey Play Action Council, Sutton Croft and the local schools, voluntary and community organisations, and childcare providers to deliver the Half Term Activity programme.
The Family Information and SEND Directory also provides a wealth of useful information and support for families – FISD.
The Reader – Digital Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Available as full or part time post with a minimum contract of 28 hours per week. Flexible working arrangements considered. Salary: £30,000. Reporting to: Associate Director of Communications and Marketing. Location: North West.
Employer Bio
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and / or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
Job Details
This is a new role in the organisation to help The Reader further develop its use of digital services to further their mission of transforming lives through the power of literature. Over the last 4 years, The Reader has invested in its digital transformation and the pandemic was a catalyst for innovation; they launched a new website; a new event ticketing system; an online community hub for their volunteers. They rolled out a new CRM to staff, they digitised their volunteer training and they started online Shared Reading groups for the first time.
They now wish to build on this work through the creation of this role in order to further enhance and embed their digital services. Perhaps you’ve been a Business Analyst or Product Owner in the corporate sector and want more variety or a chance to use your digital skills for social impact? Perhaps you’ve worked in a bigger digital team or agency and are keen to develop leadership skills or are ready to take more leadership responsibility and see things end to end? Whatever your background, they can offer flexible working and a chance to join a values-driven, ambitious team.
It’s a great time to join, with multiple projects on the horizon for and the opportunity to lead the development of their longer term digital plans.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £19,688 (pro rata). Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: Usually Monday – Friday with regular out-of-hours maintenance work and occasional weekend working at their Calderstones Site, which is a 7 day working environment. Reporting to: IT Technician. Location: The Reader, Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool L18 3JB.
Employer Bio
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and / or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
Job Details
This role calls for an enthusiastic, motivated and responsible person who shares their values. They do not expect you to have all of the required knowledge and skills to start with, but they do expect that you will be willing to learn, to make the most of this exciting opportunity to gain experience across a wide range of IT support functions and technologies and to develop new skills within post.
The IT Systems Assistant will support the day-to-day setup and maintenance of their IT systems and devices. You will support the IT requirements of staff and other stakeholders, including their commercial and events functions on-site, and will help your colleagues get the most out of the IT systems and services that they provide. Alongside the wider team, you will be on hand to resolve and restore services as quickly as possible when issues arise. All of this must be done in a secure and controlled way.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide both remote and onsite support for staff and other site users
Provide first-line Helpdesk support
Undertake hardware set-up and maintenance, including desktops, laptops, printers/photocopiers, video-conferencing, mobiles and landline telephony
Support the IT team to undertake user account management, including the creation and amendment of user accounts, setting up files and folders and amending permissions and the creation and maintenance of email distribution groups
Investigate and troubleshoot software, hardware, security and network issues
Ensure network, hardware & software security is maintained at all times, and raise to the Head of IT or another member of the Management team any seen/known breaches
Install and upgrade antivirus, operating system, network and firewall software
Support IT equipment for room bookings, remote meetings and other IT facilities
Develop new skills and build your system and network support and maintenance expertise
Maintain excellent relationships with all internal customers, including key stakeholders in IT leadership and other key stakeholders
Deliver approachable, quick and effective customer service, building rapport and trust with all users
Contribute to team planning sessions, suggesting approaches and raising points for consideration.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity – Individual Giving and Legacy Assistant
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £24,131 – £28,633. Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week (Flexible Working). Reporting to: Individual Giving and Legacy Manager. Location: Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool (Hybrid).
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children’s Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 330,000 patients and families they care for every year.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a developing team for a key fundraising area within the charity. The postholder will work closely with the Individual Giving (IG) and Legacy Manager and wider charity team in supporting the efficient and successful delivery of the Individual Giving and Legacy income.
Areas of support include campaigns, regular giving programme, gifts in wills marketing and administration, as well as in memory giving.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £22,500.00. Hours per week: 40 hours. Reporting to: Laurence Fenlon. Location: The Florence Institute (The Florrie) Mill Street, L8 4RF.
Employer Bio
The Florrie has been at the heart of its community for over 130 years. Their stunning, Grade II listed, Victorian community arts & heritage venue is a social, educational & charitable hub for the people of south Liverpool.
Job Details
The Florrie is looking for an energetic, creative, and organised Events & Venue Coordinator to plan and oversee event operations. In this role, you are required to coordinate and manage the logistics of their own and 3rd party events, meetings, conferences & weddings whilst regularly liaising with clients and orchestrating staff, artists, audiences, 3rd party hirers and the local community.
You will play a pivotal role working alongside their Events team and Commercial Manager in the planning and delivery of The Florrie’s fundraising events and will be responsible for delivering a high level of service and standards to all users.
LCR Cares – Digital Inclusion Fund | Now Open for Applications
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority with the VS6 Partnership has launched the LCR Cares Digital Inclusion Fund to support community and voluntary organisations who are able to provide digital support and skills development for local residents who face additional social and economic barriers. The aim of the fund is to provide grants that either support practical digital skills engagement or capacity building for staff/volunteers to support provision (or a combination of both).
This fund aims to support specific disadvantaged beneficiary groups and to be eligible you must be working with one of the following:
Young Care Leavers
Asylum seekers/refugees
Victims of domestic abuse.
Some examples (not exhaustive) of what the fund can consider:
Community venues that offer access to digital skills projects breaking down important issues such as using online financial and housing services
Projects that help to improve awareness of cyber crime
Training/accreditation for staff or volunteers to help them deliver digital inclusion courses.
Who can apply?
Registered charities and constituted voluntary, community and faith organisations who are permanently based within the Liverpool City Region and have been operating for at least 12 months.
How much is available?
Grants of up to £6000. Please note that the total budget for this fund is £140,000 and they will be awarding grants in all six boroughs of the Liverpool City Region.
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service – Crisis and Recovery Support Worker
Posts available: 2. (1 x Southport role & 1 x Crosby role). Contract: Fixed Term – March 2024 (in the first instance). Term: Part-time. Salary: £ 11,902 – £19,836 pro rata. Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Crisis and Recovery Café Manager. Location: Southport & Crosby.
Employer Bio
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity with a borough-wide brief to assist and support voluntary community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Job Details
To provide support to the café during operational hours (Friday to Sunday – 5 to 11 PM) and to support clients outside these hours as needed. The purpose of the Crisis Café is to provide an alternative access point for people requiring out of hours support when experiencing negative symptoms of mental illness which may result in crisis if support is not received. The café should work as a safety net so that people do not have to access A and E with the focus being on reducing crisis occurring by early intervention techniques and adequate support provisions
Interviews will take place on 2 June 2023 for the Southport role and w/c 5 June for the Crosby role.
Contact Details: recruitment@seftoncvs.org.uk.
Savera UK – Administrative Assistant
Posts available: 1. Contract: 2 year fixed term contract, possibly 3 years subject to funding. Term: Part-time (4 days a week). Salary: £20,000 per annum (pro rata). Hours per week: 30 hours. Reporting to: CEO’s PA & Head of Administration. Location: Based in Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Savera UK is a registered charity (No. 1145464). Savera UK is working to end ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and all harmful practices, through direct intervention and safeguarding, advocacy, education, engagement, awareness-raising and campaigning for policy, attitude and behaviour change.
Job Description
They are looking for an efficient, experienced, motivated and highly competent Administrative Assistant. The Administrative Assistant will work to assist and support the CEO’s PA & Head of Administration and the Savera UK team with the day-to-day running of the office, including programmes and management.
An occupational requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 is that the post holder must be female under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 Part 7, to meet the needs of the majority of their service users.
Interviews: If you are shortlisted, interviews will take place on Monday 12 June 2023.
Contact Details: For any enquiries, please contact: reihana@saverauk.co.uk.
Big Give | The Christmas Challenge
The Christmas Challenge is the UK’s biggest digital match-funding campaign and it is now open for applications for 2023.
The Christmas Challenge gives your donors the chance to double their donations as you raise vital funds for your work. This year it will run from midday Tuesday 28 November to midday Tuesday 5 December 2023. Last year, the Christmas Challenge raised a record-breaking £28.6m for over 1000 charities!
Up to £25,000 of match funding is available per charity. There are millions of pounds of match funding available for a wide range of charities and causes.
As well as accessing Champion funds, evidence shows that donors are more likely to give and to give more in match funding campaigns. The Big Give also offers a free suite of resources, training and guidance for all participating charities.
Applications for this year’s campaign opened on Monday 15 May and close on Friday 7 July 2023.
They strongly encourage charities to submit their applications as early as possible and not to leave it to the last minute. For more information, the eligibility criteria, and to apply, visit the Christmas Challenge pageon the Big Give website.
Read their blog to get some insider tips for starting your application.
FAQ
We are going to find it difficult to secure pledges – can we just be allocated Champion funding without securing pledges?
Champions like to see that charities are able to raise pledges to sit alongside Champion funding – and so although they hope to be able to be more flexible this year around how much pledge funding charities will need to raise, it’s likely that you’ll have a better chance of getting Champion funding if you can raise pledges.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – APP Link Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £25,408. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Health Programme Manager. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
Job Description
General practice teams in Primary Care Networks across England now have access to dedicated Link Workers to provide the following functions:
To support patients with long term conditions to access non-clinical support in their communities with a view to reducing loneliness and increasing wellbeing activities
To support the clinical staff within the PCN to understand what services are available in their communities and how to access them.
The successful Link Worker candidates will work within Citizens Advice on Prescription Liverpool service to provide allocated GP teams and a variety of statutory and non-statutory partner agencies with access to a person-focused service that will be delivered in health centres, community health settings and in peoples’ homes.
Survey | The abuse of women who run: perceptions, fear and experiences
The people behind this survey are a research team from the University of Manchester, working with two North-West police forces, to conduct a study into the experiences, perceptions and fear of abuse of women who run or jog. This can include verbal abuse, cat-calling, being followed or flashed at, as well as physical and sexual assaults. They are also interested in responses to incidents that are perceived as abusive (for example, telling friends, reporting to the police). They aim to increase knowledge and understanding about women’s experiences and concerns, where and when most incidents take place, and what can be done to enhance social and police responses.
If you are willing to share your experiences with them, the survey link below provides further information about what taking part involves, and enables you to complete the survey.
The survey is completely anonymous, and you can withdraw at any time by closing your browser. If you have any questions, please email Dr Caroline Miles (caroline.miles@manchester.ac.uk) or Dr Rose Broad (rosemary.broad@manchester.ac.uk).
Positive Futures – Project Development & Sustainability Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term until March 2026. Term: Part Time. Salary: £27,514 pa pro rota. Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Positive Futures Line Manager and VOSS Financial members. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, Unit B1, Tetlow Way, Langham Street Industrial Estate, L4 4QS.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Details
Voluntary Outreach Support Service (VOSS) is a unique consortium of youth providers, collaborating and working together with partners, sharing their resources and intelligence. VOSS provides high quality and timely support for young people and wider communities of North Liverpool.
The Project Co-ordinator is the person responsible for making this partnership work through maintaining trust and transparency as well as keeping VOSS members focused on their objectives.
Some duties will include:
Oversee the implementation, expansion, and succession of the VOSS project
Ensure the smooth running of the project and accountability to the Lottery through effective monitoring and evaluation
Ensure effective partnership working and influence with key stakeholders in the community
Ensure the development of good practice within youth provision and within partnership working more generally (both statutory and community sector).
Benefits:
Excellent salary
Staff Health Cash Plan
33 days holiday
Expenses paid
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £29,260 PA. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: Hours be worked flexibly over 7 days to meet the requirements of evening and weekend meeting room hire bookings. Reporting to: Head of Comms & Fundraising. Location: Norton Street, Liverpool L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Description
They are really pleased to say that The Brain Charity is growing year on year. They are now looking to expand their fundraising team.
The overall purpose of the role of Senior Fundraiser is to bring about tangible and positive change to the lives of people with neurological conditions by raising funds to support the charity’s work. This includes:
Identifying key opportunities for corporate fundraising, marketing the charity and its work to a wide variety of potential corporate donors, supporters and fundraising and stewarding new and existing corporates through a unique calendar of engagement to make a meaningful difference
Promoting legacy fundraising opportunities, stewarding the families of legacy donors and assisting with the management of estates where the charity is named as a beneficiary
Generating and maximising charitable income from trusts and foundations by researching funding opportunities, writing compelling funding applications and promoting the charity’s work to a wide range of potential funders.
Whether you are an ambitious fundraiser seeking the next opportunity or have a host of transferable skills from a different industry and are looking to make a move into the third sector, they would be keen to hear from you.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £28,350 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, Unit B1, Tetlow Way, Langham Street Industrial Estate, L4 4QS.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Details
To provide support to young people on a wide variety of issues. Working closely with teachers, colleagues, social workers and other agencies to help understand children’s needs and provide a high-quality service in supporting them.
Some duties will include
To plan, deliver and offer support sessions on a one-to-one basis, e.g. using CBT, Art Therapy etc.
To provide a range of interventions alongside colleagues which will improve the well-being of young people
To engage and build good working relationships with parents, children and colleagues working in schools and other agencies
To work effectively and cooperatively with partner agencies using common processes including Early Help Assessment, Team Around the Family (TAF) and Lead Professional (LP) roles
To provide relevant information about, and access to appropriate support services and opportunities that enable young people to improve their skills
To work holistically and effectively with parents/carers in ways that will improve their children’s well-being
To work closely with relevant health professionals to support parents/carers in meeting the needs of their children
To undertake home visits as and when required
To promote the safeguarding of children in accordance with the framework for the care and protection of children
To be proactive in providing information on support services to young people.
Benefits
Excellent salary
Staff Health Cash Plan
33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
Expenses payable upon receipt
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
LCVS VCFSE Stakeholder Consultation | LCVS’ place in working to eradicate poverty in Liverpool
Calling all Liverpool-based VCFSE organisations, LCVS needs your input to inform the future work of our organisation.
Since 1909, LCVS has been working with Liverpool’s voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector to help it to grow and thrive. In that time, Liverpool has undergone extensive changes.
However, a challenge that still persists today is poverty (in all its forms).
This is evident as Liverpool is the third most deprived area in England in terms of health and disability, the fourth most deprived in terms of income, and the fifth most deprived in terms of living environment.
At LCVS, we are examining our role in the challenge to eradicate poverty in Liverpool, and we would like the local organisations that we work with to share their views.
We have a clear purpose, but now it requires nuance, guiding principles, and clearly delineated areas for practice.
We have commissioned Dr. Matthew Barber-Rowell (Founder of Spaces of Hope, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Liverpool Hope University, and a resident of Liverpool) to take us through the process of engagement with our stakeholders so that the resulting movement for change is rooted in views and experiences from across LCVS and its partners.
So, what are we asking of you? We want your time and perspective. If you would like to come along with us on this journey, please join us in one of the events below:
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £28,350. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, Unit B1, Tetlow Way, Langham Street Industrial Estate, L4 4QS.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Details
To develop and deliver centre & street-based activities for groups/individuals, school programmes and services that will be delivered in a specified area of the community to meet the personal and social development needs of young people in Liverpool.
It is essential that you work regular evenings and weekends.
Some duties will include:
To plan, organise, and deliver effectively, a range of personal development programmes that improve outcomes for young people. This will include Crime and ASB, Informal Education, Mental Health, and Personal Development
To work at ‘grass roots’ level, on the streets, in parks and centres, on a significant number of evenings and weekends providing open & accessible activities to local children & young people
Develop relationships and work in partnership with Schools, Social Care Services, Targeted Support Services and Early Help etc.
To maintain accurate records for monitoring and reporting purposes including verbal and written information on progress, issues, futures plans and to maintain accurate supporting financial records.
Benefits:
Excellent salary
Staff Health Cash Plan
33 days holiday
Expenses paid
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
Salary Scale – £11 per hour (£20,020 pro rata). Hours – Minimum of 30 hours per week, on a flexible basis including some weekend work (more hours may be considered). Accountable to: Director of Finance & Resources. Main working contacts: Policy Partnership and Programme Lead. Voluntary and community groups including members of the public. Members of LCVS and associated networks and LCVS staff. Representatives of funding boards/panels & networks.
MyClubmoor is looking for an engaging, confident and excellent communicator, with the skill and ability to engage and empower people of all ages with a diversity of backgrounds and experiences. A creative, dynamic and organised person, passionate about working to help raise the aspirations for people in the ward of Clubmoor. Someone who is a strong relationship builder and most importantly someone that lives in Clubmoor.
The main role and responsibilities of this post will be to manage projects in the centre and outreach projects across the ward. This role may also include managing small funding pots, submitting bids, and completing monitoring/reports that come with these bids helping to meet the aims and objectives of Myclubmoor. Please note this list is not exhaustive and we will continue to review this as the dynamics of the organisation changes.
Purpose & Objectives:
To develop and deliver the MyClubmoor plan by listening and engaging with local residents and community organisations, feeding back to the board, and creating activities and priorities for the local area. Representing MyClubmoor and being a point of contact in the community.
Specific Objectives include:
Engaging local residents to be involved with MyClubmoor
Support the partnership board in community engagement
Develop a plan for engagement activities & monitor progress against this plan
Create and develop a network of contacts that they will continue to update. This will enable them to inform and be informed.
Specific Responsibilities & Accountabilities:
To find innovative ways that include those ‘harder to reach’ in the community so that they can participate in and influence the development of MyClubmoor activities and annual plan
To ensure that the community engagement activities support the objectives of MyClubmoor contributing to the principle and objectives of the Big Local Trust project.
Role Profile:
To work with partner organisations, including existing community groups, Torus, Cobalt, local schools in the Clubmoor area, community services (police, fire department, etc.), and Liverpool City Council, to join in engagement activities
To promote engagement through formal and informal methods by organising events and activities; providing publicity, consultation, presentations, and marketing, via social media, posters, and direct contact – taking on the role of lead organiser for specific events as designated by the MyC Partnership Board
To set a standard of following ‘best practice’ and continue to monitor performance and training for community engagement and to continue to review engagement methods
Ensure that the community engagement activities meet equality and diversity requirements and reflect the wider community
To represent MyC at public meetings, ensuring MyC has effective liaison opportunities with external bodies – including evening meetings and occasional weekend work
To update a central database of publicity, promotions, consultations, surveys, methods, meeting minutes, training, and formal contact with outside agencies
To provide evidence and feedback on the MyC social media and continue to review regularly
To undertake training, including through Big Local Trust, to ensure best practices in community engagement
To manage budgets delegated by the MyC board ensuring compliance with MyC policies, and retaining evidence of expenditure.
To effectively and efficiently use MyC IT systems, specifically Microsoft Office 365
To carry out such other duties and responsibilities as are consistent with the role.
Equal Opportunities
LCVS is committed to equal opportunities, anti-discrimination and anti-oppressive policy and practice. No one we have contact with may be discriminated against either directly or indirectly on the grounds of gender, race, nationality, religion, cultural group, marital status, sexual orientation, age, or impairment. The policies apply to job applicants, employees, volunteers and users of our services.
Job Description
This job description is a guide to the work you will be required to undertake and represents a range of responsibilities commensurate with the grade for the post. All jobs are subject to change from time to time and this job description will be reviewed regularly.
For more information and to apply, please email Rachel Lindsay at rachel.lindsay@lcvs.org.uk.
Deadline: 9 June 2023.
Foyle Foundation’s Small Grants Scheme
The Foyle Foundation’s Small Grants Scheme is designed to support charities registered and operating in the United Kingdom, especially those working at grass roots and local community level, in any field, across a wide range of activities.
Charities can apply for between £2,000 and £10,000. Please note that if successful, the Trustees may award less than the amount requested.
Online applications can be accepted from charities that have an annual turnover of less than £150,000 per annum. Larger or national charities will normally not be considered under this scheme. They take into consideration your latest complete financial year, however, if you expect your turnover to exceed £150,000 in your current financial year, you are unlikely to be supported.
Please note, they are not able to support individuals. School PTAs and Friend groups are not eligible to apply. They are also unlikely to support newly set up charities without a track record.
Competition is intense as they receive many more applications than they are able to fund.
There are no deadlines – online applications can be submitted at any time. Once received, it will take up to four months, occasionally longer, to receive a decision from Trustees.
The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust | Get £500 – £6000 in Grants
The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust funds United Kingdom Registered Charities operating in the UK in the fields of the advancement of the arts, health and medical welfare and environmental protection or improvement (these are their funding priorities for the next 3 years from February 2023).
The Trust makes grants which are usually in the range £500 – £6,000 and there are three grant-making meetings held annually which take place in March, July, and November. The majority of the Trust’s grants are single grants over a one-year period.
The Trustees will consider applications for core costs or projectsand are very conscious of the work involved in applying for a grant and encourage charities to consider whether their work aligns with the Trust’s priorities for the next three years before submitting an application. You can learn more about their funding priorities via the link below.
The next grant making meeting will be on 12 July 2023 and the final closing date for the submission of online applications for this meeting is on 7 June 2023.
The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust was established in 1972 by Dame Bridget D’Oyly Carte to support her personal interests (other than The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company). Since Dame Bridget’s death in 1985 the Trustees have continued to uphold the aims, interests, and values of Dame Bridget whilst adapting to the changing needs of the modern charitable world.
Youth Music | Catalyser Fund
The Youth Music Catalyser Fund offers grants between £30,001 and £300,000 to organisations in England who want to sustain work, scale-up delivery, or create change in sector practice. The project must support children and young people who face barriers to make, learn or earn in music, and aims to make music activity more inclusive so everyone can access it.
Movement for Good Awards | Nominate a charity for £1000
At the Benefact Group, charitable giving is at the heart of what they do – and has been for over 135 years. They are an international family of specialist financial services companies that give all available profits to charity and good causes.
The Movement for Good Awards is their annual programme of giving. This year they’ll be giving over £1million to charities and good causes – with your help.
You can nominate as many charities as you like for a £1,000 award – it’s one nomination per charity, per person.
Simply fill in the short form in the link below to get them into the draw. You can nominate a registered charity, not-for-profit organisation or community interest company in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
The more nominations a charity gets, the greater their chances of winning, so spread the word!
Nominations made from January 1 2023 – December 17 2023 will be entered into the 2023 draws. Nominations from previous years do not roll over.
Breckfield & North Everton Neighbourhood Council – Welfare Rights Support Worker
Hours per week – 35 hours. Salary: £27,000 / 3 year contract. Place of work: The Breckfield Centre and community outreach locations.
Purpose of role
The Welfare Rights Support Worker will be part of a wider team working with individuals and communities in Anfield & Everton to enable them to take greater control of their social and economic circumstances through a better understanding of debt, poverty, managing their money, affordable healthy eating, mental well being and digital technology.
The ‘Welfare Rights Support Worker will
Organise and deliver advice & support sessions in-house and outreach locations accessible to people needing help with particular benefit debt, housing, employment and other money issues
Work with community groups to raise awareness of the government’s welfare agenda, including the introduction of Universal Credit, ensuring that local people know how their personal changes will affect them and understand their rights and responsibilities
Work with community groups to engage and deliver informal money management workshops that meet the needs of disadvantaged people struggling to budget and avoid debt
Identify issues of concern in the local area, for example loan shark activities, proliferation of pawn shops, payday lenders etc and work with individuals to raise awareness of pitfalls and promote positive alternatives
Work with local Credit Unions to promote the advantages of savings and community-based finance initiatives, and help to develop locals schemes that encourage membership
Raise awareness of fuel poverty issues and promote schemes which cut costs and improve energy efficiency
Make sure that welfare reform and money management information reaches the widest possible audience by organising mobile street-level activities throughout the area
Help support and train local people to assist in the delivery of the programme and to act as ‘sign-posters’ for further sources of help
Work closely with the project’s ‘ Kick Start 2 Health -Health and Well-Being ’ worker to assist people in budgeting to shop healthily
Work closely with the project’s IT team to empower people to manage their money online, making safe informed choices which mean they pay less for goods and services, while avoiding scams
Support BNENC’s on going anti poverty programmes ie: Uniform Connect, Food Voucher scheme, emergency food bank, & the feeding Liverpool programme.
Person Specification
The person appointed will
Have substantial experience of proving rights-based advice in disadvantaged communities
Have a thorough practical knowledge of the welfare benefits system, in particular the support available to low income families and disabled people
Have a sound knowledge of ‘welfare reform’ issues and their current and potential impact on low income communities
Understand the relevance of financial capability interventions and money management advice for people living on a low income
Be a confident IT user with a good knowledge and understanding of how online resources can help meet advice needs, and have the ability and commitment to share this knowledge
Have excellent communication skills and the ability to relate to people from a variety of backgrounds and community organisations
Be literate and numerate to the level required, for example case recording, benefit calculations etc
Understand the relationship between advice work with individuals and social policy/campaigning work
Have the confidence and self-management skills to work unsupervised in community outreach locations
Be a responsible team member, willing and able to share their own skills and expertise and to learn from the skills and expertise of colleagues within the wider partnership
Have a flexible attitude, embracing a multi-channel approach to advice delivery and prepared to work with and from a range of different community locations.
Deadline: Unknown. Please note that this vacancy was first published in May 2023 and have closed for applications since then.
For more information and the application pack, please contact bob.blanchard@thebreckfieldcentre.com.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – General Adviser
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £25,408 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Advice Service Supervisor. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave pay.
Job Description
Citizens Advice Liverpool’s General Advice Team covers a range of different projects, giving advice over the phone, virtually, face-to-face or in outreach locations. The post holder will need to be self-motivated, organised and flexible, delivering generalist level advice and information.
The role involves advising on all areas of general advice, assisting with the completion of paper and digital forms and making referrals to internal or external services. The post holder will need to be digitally aware and be able to record all client contact and outcomes as well as make referrals electronically.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Money Advice Projects Supervisor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £28,090. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Head of Money Advice and Financial Inclusion Services. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to people who live and work in the city. They depend on a workforce of paid staff and over 70 trained volunteers. They give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. They are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool and have helped clients with over 106,000 issues in 2022/2023.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to:
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave pay.
Job Description
Citizens Advice Liverpool are looking for a Money Advice Projects Supervisor to support the Head of Money Advice and Financial Inclusion Services to enable them to focus on project management and service development. The post-holder will specifically supervise their specialist Energy team and their Financial Keyworker support team (9 staff), providing line management as well as technical supervision and answering day to day queries from staff and project teams.
The post-holder will also support the delivery of services by:
Line management of staff and completion of regular Support and Supervision and Training Plans for these project staff
Ensure project staff meet their performance and (Energy) quality service delivery targets
Completion of some Energy Casework to enable full organisational targets to be met
Assisting with Fuel Voucher issues, liaising with the Fuelbank Foundation, where clients have non-standard identification or are struggling to redeem vouchers
Collating Energy Advice Project and Energy Outreach Project case data to assist with target achievement for these contracts
Some attendance at funder and project meetings to represent Citizens Advice Liverpool
Completion of project reports, case studies and feedback to funders to comply with contractual requirements.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £21,000. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Director. Location: Liverpool Arab Arts Festival office, Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX.
Employer Bio
Founded in 1998, Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) is the UK’s longest-running annual Arab arts and culture festival, platforming the best UK and international Arab artists. The festival creates a dynamic between traditional and contemporary Arab artforms, encouraging informed debate that explores, and increases, appreciation of Arab people and their rich cultures.
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival’s work continues throughout the year, with a wide range of events and participatory projects that bring together artists and diverse communities. LAAF builds connections that help more people to encounter and experience Arab culture in Liverpool and beyond.
Job Description
Key Duties include:
Administration Be the main point of contact for external enquiries via email, phone and post, directing key information to relevant staff.
Artistic administration Issuing of agreed contracts for artists, suppliers and freelancers
Collate and record artists/performers and freelance workers equal opportunities data.
Finance Work closely with senior staff to maintain accurate records of monthly financial activities, and contribute to reports.
HR Maintain staff and volunteer files, including: collation of timesheets, recording annual leave and sickness and ensuring personal information is reviewed and updated.
Other Contribute to updating core social media platforms and website.
Collate press cuttings, reviews, quotes, pictures, video clips and recordings for publication on website and elsewhere.
Introducing Family Active – FREE activities to improve child and family health & wellbeing in Liverpool
Mamafit are proud to announce the launch of their exciting new Family Active project designed to improve family health and support children to get active, improve mental wellbeing and achieve a healthy weight.
Their innovative programme will be delivered in partnership with Alder Hey NHS Foundation Trust and Liverpool City Council – Public Health as part of their healthy weight programme.
The programme includes FREE exercise & lifestyle courses, family walks & workouts for pregnant women, expectant parents, mums, dads, carers & their children, delivered in the Anfield & Princes Park wards.
They would like your support to help them reach as many families & children as possible, especially those most in need; those who are inactive, of a high BMI/overweight, experiencing mild/moderate mental health issues and families living in the Anfield/Princes Park wards.
FREE activities for families
FREE Parent-to-be courses – 6 week exercise & lifestyle courses for pregnant women & their partners, running at:
Anfield Children’s Centre, L4 Starting Tuesday 9 May 2023 at 5 PM: LINK.
Granby Children’s Centre, L8 Starting Wednesday 10 May 2023 at 4 PM: LINK.
FREE Parent & Pre-schooler courses – 6 week exercise & lifestyle courses for parents & pre-schooler age children (aged 2-5), running at:
Anfield Children’s Centre, L4 Starting Friday 12 May at 9:15 AM: LINK.
Granby Children’s Centre, L8 Starting Tuesday 9 May 2023 at 9:15 AM: LINK.
FREE Family Active: Walk & Talk – weekly walks for all the family in local parks, running at:
Stanley Park, L4 Starting Wednesday 10 May 2023 at 1 PM: LINK.
Princes Park, L8 Starting Tuesday 9 May 2023 at 1:15 PM: LINK.
FREE Family Active: Workouts – weekend workouts for mums, dads, expectant parents & children, running at:
Stanley Park, L4 Starting Sunday 14 May 2023 at 11:15 AM: LINK.
Princes Park, L8 Starting Sunday 14 May 2023 at 9 AM: LINK.
Once you have registered you can book a FREE Family Active activities by clicking here
Find your activity and click the ‘Find out more’ button
To complete booking click ‘Complete Pre Course Questionnaire’ or ‘Complete Registration’ button, complete the form and click ‘Save and confirm booking’ once complete
Once the form is complete and saved, your place will be booked and confirmed by dashboard notification and email.
Questions & Support
If anyone has any questions or needs support please contact Hello@MamafitUK.com.
To learn more, please visit their Family Active page by clicking here.
Summer Youth Diversion Fund to run for second year to keep young people safe
Community groups which can provide safe and engaging activities for young people during the school summer holidays are being invited to bid for a share of £110,000 from Merseyside’s Police Commissioner’s Youth Diversion Fund.
This is the second time Emily Spurrell has run the Fund during the summer holidays, with the focus on giving young people from struggling families more opportunities and helping to ease holiday hardship.
The money will be used to provide safe, engaging, positive activities, with the aim of helping to reduce crime and ASB which often spikes when the schools close, while also providing meals to ensure young people are not going without during the six-week break.
A total of £110,000 is available from the fund, which uses money raised through from the sale of unclaimed stolen goods or property recovered by the police which cannot be returned to its owners diverted into worthwhile causes.
Organisations, charities and community groups which are best placed to provide support for young people across the region can apply for a vital one-off cash boost of up to £5,000.
“I’m delighted to be able to, once again, open up my Youth Diversion Fund for bids of up to £5,000 to organisations which are working to make their communities safer and better places to live by engaging with young people over the summer holidays.
“Sadly, there can often be a spike in crime and ASB during the six week’s break when young people are not in school and there are long light nights with little for them to do. Coupled with that we have seen the cost-of-living crisis putting extra financial pressure on families and for those who are struggling to make ends meet, expensive holiday clubs and classes are simply not an option.
“The vast majority of young people want to do something positive with their time and my Youth Diversion Fund is entirely focused on provided those opportunities during the school holidays.”
Thanks to the Youth Diversion Fund, last year nearly 9,000 young people were able to enjoy fun, engaging activities delivered by 49 grassroots organisations during the six-week school break and the autumn half term in every area of Merseyside.
Emily added:
“We saw and heard first-hand last year how projects delivered through my Youth Diversion Fund helped to ease that pressure and provide a lifeline to these young people – from boxing and football sessions to cooking, dance and martial arts classes. I want to give young people the same chance this year to gain new skills and experience, increase their confidence and broaden their horizons.
“These projects are focused in areas where we know, sadly, there can often be a spike in crime and ASB during the long summer break and the more we can offer exciting opportunities for young people which keep them occupied and engaged, the less chance there is they will get involved in any activity which could become anti-social or criminal, meaning fewer victims and safer communities.
“This gives young people a brighter future, while helping to create nicer, better places to live, and reducing the burden on the police during a particularly busy time of the year.
“Local people know their communities best. They know what works when engaging with their young people and I am looking forward to reviewing their ideas and initiatives for ensuring everyone can have a safe and fun summer.”
Taylor* was one of the young people who was able to take advantage of the activities offered by Park Farm ACYP Centre during the last round of Youth Diversion Fund in autumn 2022.
After being consulted about what the project should offer, the 14-year-old, who is autistic and non-binary, got involved in helping to coordinate a ‘scare night’ event.
He said:
“Life was rough for me, and in some ways still is as a teenager, but since coming to the youth club I’ve found the support to help me through those challenges. I never thought I would be planning an event and to see it work so well and to help put so many smiles on faces is fantastic. I feel more a part of my community now. I’ll also put this on my CV.”
The Youth Diversion Fund is administered by the Community Foundation for Merseyside, (CFM) on behalf of the Commissioner. CFM holds funds from individuals and organisations as donors who wish to support deserving causes in Merseyside.
CFM’s Programmes Director James Proctor said:
“The Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner’s Youth Diversion Fund is a fantastic funding opportunity to support our local grassroots community organisations and their engagement work with young people. It is so important to recognise the valuable community projects on offer over the summer school holidays which allow young people to get involved in sporting, cultural, educational and crucially, fun activities which keeps them safe and helps to reduce instances of anti-social behaviour”
All applications must be submitted online via the Community Foundation for Merseyside by the deadline.
Design For All Support Programme | Get free experts time up to the value of £30k for building related projects
The Design For All support programme has been set up to provide 2 to 4 small charities and community organisations with professional expertise to get their building projects off the ground.
The support programme provides expert advice for building related projects which are in early development. This is often the hardest part of the project to find funding for. The support programme is available to charities, community groups and other organisations that make positive contributions to their community and believe in good design. It is available to all England based charities and community organisations with a turnover of less than £1 million.
What does the Support Programme provide?
Professional expertise from a range of disciplines and reasonable travel expenses
A share of £30,000 (based on £100/hr) worth of time split across 2 to 4 recipients
The support programme does not provided capital or cash.
Who is it for?
Small charities and community organisations (< £1 million turnover)
England based
Organisations with a specific building project in mind
Organisations with clear plan of future funding for capital costs.
About the team behind Design For All:
They are a team of built environment professionals including: architects, structural engineers, planning consultants, quantity surveyors, project managers and sustainability consultants. They believe in power of good design and that great spaces can facilitate communities. They see this in their projects and many other great spaces across the UK. They have often provided pro-bono work for organisations that don’t have the resources or need some initial help to access funding. However, this always comes through their contacts and they want to make this more equitable and available to everyone.
The deadline for initial applications is Friday 26 May 2023.
Smallwood Trust | Women’s Urgent Support Fund Round 1 – Now Open
The Women’s Urgent Support Fund is supported by over £3.2 million of National Lottery funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK, to respond to the cost-of-living crisis. Thanks to National Lottery players, £3 million will be awarded in grants to 60 small, local community organisations led by and serving women, enabling 20,000 women to access vital specialist support services over five years.
Over two rounds of funding they aim to commit 50% of the grants to projects that support women experiencing racial inequality and/or women with disabilities.
In Round 1, they aim to award c.20 grants from a total funding pot of £1,000,000 to be spent over three years.
Funding amount: Between £15k-60k to be spent over three years
Length of grant: Three years.
Your organisation can apply if you:
Are delivering frontline services led by, for and/or serving women
Are responding to identified need and demand as a result of the cost-of-living crisis
Are based in England, with a turnover of less than £1,000,000.
The Charity Commission is calling on charities to check their internal financial controls with the help of its redesigned guidance
The Charity Commission is calling on charities to check their financial controls to protect against risks, including those from newer technology such as cryptoassets, with the help of its redesigned guidance.
Published on Wednesday 26 April 2023, the updated guidance (known as ‘CC8’) explains the role strong internal financial controls play in ensuring trustees can safeguard their charity’s resources. The restructured guidance is now more concise, clearer and covers issues that were not in existence or widely relevant to the sector when first drafted.
The guidance also includes an updated checklist to help the charity sector–which generates an income of £80 billion a year in England and Wales – put it into practice.
Last week, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology published research which reported that 24% of charities experienced a cyber-attack in the last 12 months. New sections of the regulator’s guidance cover issues including using mobile payments systems, such as Google Pay and Apple Pay; and considering donations of cryptoassets, such as cryptocurrency and NFTs.
Risks from cryptoassets highlighted include vulnerability to theft by hackers; potential sudden changes in value; difficulty in tracing donors, and a lack of protection from agencies such as the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) or the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) if something goes wrong.
The regulator has also refreshed existing advice on more traditional risks, such as when fundraising and holding public collections; making payments to related parties; and operating internationally; and added a section on accepting hospitality.
Comics Youth | Safe Spaces Reclaiming Community Spaces: Applications Open for June – August 2023
Comics Youth are looking for 15 young LGBTQIA+ creatives aged 14-25 to work with a £2,500 budget to plan, host and market a legacy event for your community.
A ‘legacy event’ is a one-off event that builds space for community to thrive, as well as opening up opportunities of change for marginalised people to continue long after the event has finished. Think of activism meeting party planning!
You will have access to a £100 bursary to be paid for your creative outputs around the event AND have the opportunity to be a paid Peer Evaluator of your project.
Whatever event you have in mind to promote community and inclusion within the arts, as well as supporting LGBTQIA+ mental health, they want to have you on board!
If any of your young people are:
Aged 14-25
LGBTQIA+
Interested in hosting an event for other young people in Liverpool
Interested in developing skills in event planning, budgeting, marketing and community building
Then Safe Spaces Reclaiming Community Spaces is the perfect project to sign up for!
The project will run from June – August 2023, with 12 weekly sessions hosted at Make CIC, Birkenhead (travel costs can be reimbursed). With a budget of £2,500, together the group will create a community event for marginalised young people in Liverpool – no previous experience necessary!
Posts available: 1. Contract: 1 year with the intention to make permanent after that. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £30,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Casework Coordinator. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Established in 2001, Asylum Link Merseyside is based in St Anne’s presbytery next to St Anne’s Church in Overbury Street, Wavertree. It is a safe space for Asylum Seekers and Refugees, to meet, relax and find out about the community they have been dropped into.
They offer a wide range of services which are centred on the principles of Friendship and Welcome. These include access to other agencies delivering refugee services on site, the Merseyside Refugee Support Network (MRSN), and the Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU).
Job Details
Specific complex casework related to vulnerable clients, especially the destitute or those at risk of destitution. To assist asylum seekers to access asylum support, as well as support from social/health care providers and other statutory bodies.
Reporting to: Regional Manager. Location: Speke. Contract: Permanent. Hours: 35 hours. Salary: £19,838 per annum.
Employer Bio
FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, they take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to nearly 9,500 frontline charities and community groups.
The food they redistribute is nutritious and good to eat. It reaches charities across the UK, including school breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch clubs, homeless shelters, and community cafes. Every week they provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.
Every year, more than three million tones of food go to waste in the UK, enough for 7 billion meals. Meanwhile, the cost of living crisis is driving millions in to food insecurity. FareShare has a plan to help tackle the cost of living crisis using England’s surplus food.
They are fortunate to benefit from the support of major retailers, the media, sports ambassadors and a groundswell of public engagement. As a result, there has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness.
Job Details
This role is about more than just driving: it’s about sharing the FareShare Merseyside mission that” no good food should go to waste”.
As a collection & delivery driver for FareShare Merseyside you will collect food from their food partners across the region. You will be the face of FareShare Merseyside, being a regular point of contact with our local food partners, as well as their diverse range of member charities receiving food. In addition, you may also act as a host for volunteers who may join as van assistants.
Essential Criteria:
Driver must be aged 21 years
Have held a full UK Driving License
Eligible to Work in the UK
Commitment to gain Level 2 Food Safety Qualification.
UPDATED: For a chance to win £100, complete the Cheshire and Merseyside State of the Sector Survey today!
Tuesday 11 April 2023 was the launch of the Cheshire & Merseyside VCFSE State of the Sector Survey as part of a collaboration with the VS6 Partnership, Cheshire and Warrington Infrastructure Partnership (CWIP) and Voluntary Sector North West (VSNW). If you are a voluntary, community, faith or social enterprise organisation operating in Cheshire and Merseyside, they invite you to be part of this exciting research project!
The survey is a crucial part of a wider State of the Sector project designed to develop a deeper understanding of the VCFSE sector across Cheshire and Merseyside in order to improve their knowledge of the size and scope of the sector, understand needs and challenges, and develop data and insights that can be used at a regional and place level with commissioners, funders and to influence policy and decision making.
The VCFSE sector is facing many challenges including the aftermath of COVID-19, Brexit and the current cost of living crisis therefore it is essential that they develop a thorough understanding of the current state of the sector so they can plan for achieving a sustainability and resilience in Cheshire and Merseyside moving forward. Alongside this survey, they will also be producing several case studies across the region to elevate and ground this work.
As a thank you from LCVS for your time, we will enter all Liverpool survey respondents into a prize draw for £100.
This survey will ask questions on topic areas such as finance and funding, physical assets, workforce, and organisational development as well as general questions about your organisation type and areas of work.
The survey should take no longer than 15-20 minutes to complete. If you have any questions, please contact Laura Tilston at laura.tilston@vsnw.org.uk.
All information provided through this survey will be held electronically by Voluntary Sector North West (VSNW) who are facilitating the collection, analysis and write-up of this data. All data will remain anonymous within any publicly available documents that are produced. Data obtained from each Cheshire and Merseyside borough will also be shared with the corresponding local CVS for use in future place-based work.
Positive Futures – Youth Development Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £28,350. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Positive Futures, North Liverpool, Unit B1, Tetlow Way, Langham Street Industrial Estate, L4 4QS.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Details
Objective of Post
To develop and deliver centre & street-based activities for groups/individuals, school programmes and services that will be delivered in a specified area of the community to meet the personal and social development needs of young people in Liverpool.
It is essential that you work regular evenings and weekends.
Some duties will include:
To plan, organise, and deliver effectively, a range of personal development programmes that improve outcomes for young people. This will include Crime and ASB, Informal Education, Mental Health, and Personal Development.
To work at ‘grass roots’ level, on the streets, in parks and centres, on a significant number of evenings and weekends providing open & accessible activities to local children & young people.
Develop relationships and work in partnership with Schools, Social Care Services, Targeted Support Services and Early Help etc.
To maintain accurate records for monitoring and reporting purposes including verbal and written information on progress, issues, futures plans and to maintain accurate supporting financial records.
Benefits:
Excellent salary
Staff Health Cash Plan
33 days holiday
Expenses paid
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
WEA is launching its next round of funding for the Multiply Community Grants programme 2023/24 through a contract with Liverpool City Region Combined Authority for organisations with residents of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral. They opened for applications on Wednesday 26 April 2023.
Grants of between £10k and £25k will be made to eligible VCSE organisations to support residents with numeracy skills needs for project delivery up to 29 February 2024.
The Multiply programme has been launched as part of the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) programme, by the DfE. The programme is for 19+ adults who live and/or work in the application area who do not have a GSCE at Grade 4 (or equivalent). Successful projects will measurably improve adult functional numeracy skills and help to, for example:
Manage household finances
Support children with homework
Understand facts in the media
Improve employability / job prospects
Deliver courses designed to increase confidence with numbers as the first step towards a qualification
Deliver programmes together with employers
Provide guidance and support that puts maths into every day, relatable context in daily life, home, and work
Improve labour market outcomes as a result of numeracy support
Reduce numeracy skills gaps reported by employers.
It is intended that Multiply Community Grants will offer a range of (non-substantial) guidance, referral and support projects such as engagement activity to enable reluctant learners to take the first step, 1-to-1 support and referral into formal education, initial assessment of numeracy needs, capacity building of volunteers to act as numeracy advocates and short taster flexible courses including a numeracy element that fit around people’s lives and are tailored to specific needs, circumstances, sectors and industries.
Multiply activities will be supported by the rollout of a national e-learning platform and should complement both this and existing numeracy skills provision in the local area, such as that funded by the Adult Education Budget.
For further information, please contact Lisa Smalley (LCR Multiply Community Grants Project Organiser) at lsmalley@wea.ac.uk or 07500 813542.
Deadline: Tuesday 16 May 2023 at 12 PM.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Welfare Rights and Advice Caseworker (Terminally Ill People)
Posts available: 1. Contract: The post is initially until 03/06/2024, additional future funding is being sought. Term: Full Time. Salary: £22,183 – £29,439 p.a. +5% Pension. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Senior Solicitor. Location: Vauxhall, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre has been providing free independent, expert legal advice in the community since 1973. They provide access to justice to our community on a range of social welfare issues, they offer welfare benefit, debt and housing advice as well as a bereavement advice service.
They are based locally in Vauxhall, Liverpool and provide advice across the Liverpool City Region. They are a small community-based law centre.
Job Details
The postholder will assist in providing an efficient and effective advice service providing support and practical advice in relation to welfare benefits, debt and housing particularly for people who are terminally ill. You will work as part of a team to ensure that their clients are receiving the best support available to help them. You will be required to provide advice through various service delivery points, including outreach locations, home visits and working with public service partners such as the NHS and community groups with a focus on people living in North Liverpool communities.
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service – Heritage Development Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term 24 Months (in the first instance). Term: Full-time. Salary: £26,000. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Group Development Team. Location: Based at Sefton CVS Burlington House, Waterloo L22 0LG.
Employer Bio
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity with a borough-wide brief to assist and support voluntary community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Job Details
Hearts of Gold – Sefton at 50’ is a new Sefton CVS project to engage, involve and celebrate Sefton’s people and places funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The project will use Sefton’s golden anniversary in 2024 as the focus for a programme of activity designed to raise heritage awareness and establish a platform for continued community development. The Heritage Development Officer will drive voluntary, community and faith group participation and co-ordinate this project, including five core project areas.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £29,260 PA. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: Monday to Friday from 9 AM – 5 PM. Reporting to: Head of Comms & Fundraising. Location: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, Liverpool L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Details
They are really pleased to say that The Brain Charity is growing year on year. They are now looking to expand their fundraising team.
The overall purpose of the role of Fundraising Specialist (Grants, Trusts, Corporates and Legacies) is to bring about tangible and positive change to the lives of people with neurological conditions by raising funds to support the charity’s work.
This includes:
Generating and maximising charitable income from trusts and foundations by researching funding opportunities, writing compelling funding applications and promoting the charity’s work to a wide range of potential funders.
Identifying key opportunities for corporate fundraising, marketing the charity and its work to a wide variety of potential corporate donors, supporters and fundraising and stewarding new and existing corporates through a unique calendar of engagement to make a meaningful difference.
Promoting legacy fundraising opportunities, stewarding the families of legacy donors and assisting with the management of estates where the charity is named as a beneficiary.
Interviews: Week commencing Wednesday 31 May 2023.
The Brain Charity – Communications & Campaigns Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £27,170 PA. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 9 AM – 5 PM from Monday to Friday. Reporting to: Head of Comms & Fundraising. Location: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, Liverpool L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Details
They are really pleased to say that The Brain Charity is growing year on year. They are now looking to expand their communications team.
The overall purpose of the role of Communications & Campaigns Officer is to bring about tangible and positive change to the lives of people with neurological conditions by:
Raising awareness of their work via a variety of communications methods, which is vital in order to maximise donations and fundraising to fund their vital front-line services, and so their clients know what support they can access.
Identifying key areas for campaigning, creating strategies and designing and delivering campaigns to deliver equality for people with neurological conditions.
Assisting with the coordination of The Brain Charity’s neurodiversity training, which supports organisations to understand what neurodiversity is and how to support neurodivergent staff in the workplace.
Interviews: Week commencing Wednesday 31 May 2023.
World Immunisation Week | The Big MMR Catch Up
With one in ten children in England not up to date with their vaccinations and at risk of becoming seriously unwell, this World Immunisation Week (24 – 30 April 2023) the NHS are encouraging people to make sure they are up to date with their routine vaccinations at all life stages.
In particular, they are asking all parents to check if their children are up to date with their MMR vaccines to protect them against measles, mumps and rubella. To become fully protected children need two doses, the first at age one year and the second at 3 years 4 months.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) have predicted a rise in measles cases across Europe in 2023, making it is more important than ever to make sure that your child is fully protected. Measles can make a child seriously unwell and can lead to pneumonia with rare long-lasting conditions such as blindness and brain damage.
To make sure your children are up to date check your child’s red book or GP records and make an appointment to catch up any missed doses.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £22,468 PA. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: Hours per week to be worked flexibly over 7 days to meet the requirements of evening and weekend meeting room hire bookings. Reporting to: Head of Business Operations. Location: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, Liverpool L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Details
They are really pleased to say that The Brain Charity is growing year on year and that their Café is busier than ever.
The Café Assistant will assist in the coordination and day to day running of the café, ensuring all areas are well organised and stocked with the necessary resources to ensure an excellent customer experience for all visitors to the centre.
The role will support the room hire team in the organisation and preparation of servicing all internal and external room hire bookings.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary – 9 months maternity cover. Term: Full-time. Salary: £28,090. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Head of Business Support. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims to:
provide the advice people need for the problems they face,
improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
Job Description
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking for an experienced HR Officer to join their team for 9 months maternity cover. Reporting to the Head of Business Support the HR Officer will be responsible for supporting the organisation on a range of HR Activity. The successful post holder will support & assist management with all HR related matters, including strategic HR projects and development. They will also handle more complex HR issues including disciplinary and grievance hearings alongside their professional HR Partner.
You should be CIPD qualified, or if working towards.
Funds for Clubs & Groups to crackdown on gangs in Liverpool & Knowsley
Clubs and groups with initiatives that could support areas of Liverpool and Knowsley are being invited to apply for up to £5,000 in funding out of a total £100,000 as part of a participatory budget scheme to crackdown on serious and organised crime in the area.
The scheme, ‘Live Now’, is being run by Liverpool City Council, Knowsley Borough Council, Mersey Care, One Knowsley and Merseyside Police and is intended to strengthen community resilience by boosting funding to local clubs and groups, which in turn helps to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour and support vulnerable members of the community.
The event is one of many initiatives taking place in the Dovecot, Longview, Yew Tree and Huyton areas following the launch of the EVOLVE project to disrupt and deter gangs from operating and to make the areas places people love to live, work and visit.
It forms part of the Hold and Build phases of EVOLVE and is a way of ensuring that residents decide how the money is spent via community cafes or workshops in the lead up to the event, where residents come together to identify what it is missing from their area and how the community could benefit.
Sergeant Nicola Parsons from the EVOLVE policing team said:
“The participatory budget fund aims to support local groups to provide activities and resources which will ultimately assist in reducing and preventing crime and anti-social behaviour, tackling County Lines and protecting vulnerable people within our communities.
“The idea behind the scheme is that community groups apply for funding and residents make decisions together about how the funds will be spent to best help improve where they live.
“Community groups can receive funding to further develop existing projects or start new ones and bid for a sum of money, which is usually delivered in a fun Dragon’s Den style where the community get to vote on who they want the funds to go to.
“Not only does this ensure that funding is going towards what the community really needs but it also builds strong links between groups who continue to work together long after the event, providing longevity in projects and shared resources which benefits the community.”
The first of four community cafés will be taking place at The Gate Community Centre, 600 Princess Drive, Huyton, L14 9NQ on Thursday April 27 2023, between 9 AM and 1 PM.
The second community café will be at Court Hey Park, L16 3NA on Tuesday 9 May 2023 from 9 AM until 12 PM.
Sgt Parsons added:
“Members of the community and potential applicants are invited to come along and have a cup of tea and chat with the team, get advice on how to fill in the application and discuss ideas about what the community needs.
“We are all looking forward to hearing ideas about projects for the area and would urge anyone who thinks they’ve got an initiative underway that would benefit from some extra funding, to get involved!
“We’re also keen to speak to anyone who may wish to get involved in helping us decide on where the funding should go.”
The £100,000 funding pot has been contributed to by Mersey Care, Liverpool City Council, Knowsley Borough Council, One Knowsley and Merseyside Police’s Community Cashback Fund which helps fund community projects across Merseyside using cash seized from criminals under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
Those applying for the fund can be from either a voluntary or community group and can be based elsewhere but must benefit or be accessible to residents in the Dovecot, Longview, Yew Tree, Huyton and immediate surrounding areas.
They must also ensure their bid has a connection to at least one of the following:
Reducing or addressing crime and anti-social behaviour
Protecting vulnerable people from becoming victims of crime and anti-social behaviour
Supporting victims of crime or anti-social behaviour
Tackling County Lines
Successful applicants will be invited to attend the Live Now final participatory budget event on Saturday June 24 2023 where they will pitch their bid in a two-minute presentation to the local community group who will allocate funds for the projects they believe will have the biggest impact in their community.
Austin Smith Small Grants Fund: Round 1 (2022-2023)
Introduction
In its tenth successful year the Austin Smith Small Grants Fund continues to provide local people with funding to empower their communities. The Passionist Congregation and Liverpool City Council continue to have a unique partnership in supporting non for profit organisations and their neighbourhood.
This initiative started with L8 Law Centre wanting to honour the memory of Father Austin Smith who died in March 2011. Austin was a member of the Passionist Congregation and dedicated more than forty years of his life to the people in the City of Liverpool.
Grants will be awarded across Princes Park, Riverside and Picton wards to deliver a diverse variety of projects.
Amount available:
You will be able to apply for a grant up to £500. They only accept one application per organisation per round.
Who can apply:
Small, not for profit community groups whose beneficiaries are predominantly from Riverside, Princes Park and Picton wards. Previous grant applicants can apply however priority will be given to new applicants.
What they can fund:
To start new projects and activities
Increase levels of active citizenship, community pride and community activity
Contribute towards running an event, festival or community occasion
Intergenerational activities
Activities which may reduce isolation
Projects that will develop stronger communities
People working together to tackle issues in their neighbourhood
Upon completing of the application form, please email it to Austin Smith Small Grants Fund at austin.grants@liverpool.gov.uk.
If you need any further information, please contact Cheryl Moorhead on 07395847746 or email austin.grants@liverpool.gov.uk.
Deadline: Friday 5 May 2023 at 12 PM.
BAME Hub-UK is looking for a space in Liverpool
BAME Hub-UK have received funding for their Youth Investment project, the project aims to empower and support young people from ethnic minority groups. To this end, they are looking to acquire a property to base themselves in within Liverpool.
If any organisation or body have a property or properties available with an option for a minimum of a 10 year lease, BAME Hub-UK would love to hear from you on alicem@bamehubuk.org.
BAME Hub-UK have faced difficulties and challenges in identifying a suitable premise and this is affecting their delivery timeline. In light of this, any assistance that anyone can offer in securing or identifying a property would be gratefully appreciated. They are committed to empowering young people from ethnic minority groups and preventing them being exposed to those issues associated with disempowerment. The delivery of this project will make a positive difference to young people.
Positive Futures – Project Development & Sustainability Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £27,514 pro rata. Hours per week: 21 hours. Responsible to: Positive Futures Line Manager and VOSS Financial members. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, Unit B1, Tetlow Way, Langham Street Industrial Estate, L4 4QS.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Description
Voluntary Outreach Support Service (VOSS) is a unique consortium of youth providers, collaborating and working together with partners, sharing their resources and intelligence. VOSS provides high quality and timely support for young people and wider communities of North Liverpool.
The Project Co-ordinator is the person responsible for making this partnership work through maintaining trust and transparency as well as keeping VOSS members focused on their objectives.
Some duties will include:
Oversee the implementation, expansion, and succession of the VOSS project
Ensure the smooth running of the project and accountability to the Lottery through effective monitoring and evaluation
Ensure effective partnership working and influence with key stakeholders in the community
Ensure the development of good practice within youth provision and within partnership working more generally (both statutory and community sector).
Benefits
Excellent salary
Staff Health Cash Plan
33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
Expenses payable upon receipt
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £30,000. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Finance Manager. Location: Blackburne House, Blackburne Place, Liverpool L8 7PE.
Employer Bio
Blackburne House Group is a training led organisation, which delivers high quality training and education services. They’re based in a beautiful Grade II listed building, situated in Liverpool’s famous Hope Street quarter, close to the city centre. Attracting thousands of visitors each year, their facilities include an education centre for women, the School for Social Entrepreneurs North West, a thriving bistro, a women’s wellness centre, excellent conference facilities and a 30 place nursery. From the beginning, these highly acclaimed and flourishing social enterprises have supported their educational aims and provide tangible examples of how new markets can be used to serve local communities.
Job Description
They are currently looking for a Management Accountant to support the Finance Manager and Executive Leadership Team in delivering an effective financial service across Blackburne House and Women’s Technology Training Ltd. You will be responsible for all aspects of the finance operations: overseeing and ensuring effective processes and budget management, providing management information (MI) and contributing information to inform and develop financial strategies and long-term plans.
The Hargreaves Foundation is a grant-making charitable foundation set up in 2020 by Peter Hargreaves and his family. The Foundation’s objectives are underpinned by the desire to give those under the age of 18, and living with a mental health problem, physical disability, or growing up in poverty, the opportunity to fulfil their potential, improving wellbeing, self-esteem and independence.
It is the intention of the Trustees to distribute the annual income available to The Foundation, likely to be in the region of £2,000,000 per annum.
The Foundation can fund clearly defined projects, initiatives or the purchase of specific items that support one or more of the following:
Enables individuals to experience the mental and physical health benefits of participatory sport
Ensures participatory sport is accessible
Provides sporting or educational activities that foster life skills
Aims to improve academic engagement and attainment
Encourages the development of skills and personal attributes to aid future employability
It is the intention of the Trustees to consider a targeted approach to funding and seek out opportunities which provide scope to ‘materially change the life of an individual’.
This is open to Registered Charities, CIOs, Schools & Further Education Colleges, and NHS Trusts. There is no minimum or maximum grant size.
Deadline: Ongoing. Please note that this funding opportunity was first published in April 2023 and it may have now closed.
Live ImpACT Program | A 10-week virtual global collaboration program
QS ImpACT is a charity recognising young people for their positive impact on society. You have the power to influence lives by supporting young people to create social impact through the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. They are now looking for participants for their Live ImpACT Program.
The 10-week virtual global collaboration program brings together young people with one of their councils to learn, create and implement an innovative solution through a hands-on project in DRC, Niger, Pakistan or Uganda.
The Live ImpACT Program immerses young people in tackling issues in local communities such as lack of basic education, poverty, pollution, or health issues. Through collaboration and teamwork, young people will gain project management, problem-solving and critical thinking skills as well as sustainability literacy resulting in creating a measurable solution.
They will be globally recognised by creating a QS ImpACT Report and will receive a certificate for their CV.
They are seeking socially-driven organisations to nominate youth groups of 10 participants aged between 16-30 years to participate in the program this summer.
Express your interest in participating as an organisation by contacting Aashna@qsimpact.org.
To learn more, please see the informational posters below:
Nineveh Charitable Trust Grants
The Nineveh Charitable Trust supports a broad range of UK-based projects and activities of benefit to the General Public, with an emphasis on promoting a better understanding of the countryside.
They promote:
The health, welfare and education of the general public
The study and appreciation of agriculture, silviculture, ecology and land management
The study and appreciation of land and estate management that encourages conservation of the countryside.
The Trustees will endeavour to support proposals that meet these aims and that are for the benefit of the public or relevant charitable bodies.
Whilst the Trust does not specify a minimum or maximum grant amount that can be applied for, an analysis of previous grants would suggest a maximum of £5,000 per year for up to three years. They prefer to pay grants to UK registered charities or Community Interest Companies, but individual applicants may be considered if the outcome benefits are clearly defined.
Deadline: Unknown. Please note that this funding opportunity was first published in April 2023 and it may have now closed.
COVID-19 Spring Booster
Covid is still around and making thousands of people ill every week in England. Protection against Covid (either from catching the virus or from a previous vaccination) fades over time.
So, this spring, the NHS is offering a further vaccination to those at highest risk of severe illness from Covid.
Those who can get a spring vaccination include people aged 75 and over (by 30 June 2023), people aged 5 and over with a weakened immune system, and residents of care homes for older adults. Vaccination in care homes has already started.
You can also book on the NHS App or call 119 for free. You can also click here to visit this webpage, to check if there is a convenient walk-in vaccination site.
Missed out on your 1st or 2nd Covid vaccine?
It is not too late – you can still book a vaccine to protect yourself up until 30 June 2023.
Species Recovery Programme Capital Grant scheme
Natural England is launching a new capital grant scheme – the Species Recovery Programme Capital Grant Scheme (SRPCGS) which complements and builds upon the existing Species Recovery Programme.
The grant scheme will run over two financial years (23/24 and 24/25) and funding is entirely capital. All works, reporting and claims will need to be completed by March 2025.
To be eligible for capital grant funding, projects need to include the enhancement or creation of heritage assets (i.e. an area of land supporting wildlife habitats) which benefit species recovery; and/or conservation translocations of target species that enhance habitats to enable them to function effectively.
Who can apply?
Partnerships, individual organisations and business who are formally constituted; and who are readily able to deliver species recovery objectives. Those not registered may work in partnership with a lead organisation that is registered or formally constituted. The grant is not available for central government departments, their executive agencies; non-departmental public bodies or unregistered organisations. Government bodies may, however, contribute to projects if a third-party grant recipient leads the work and has formal ‘management control’ agreed. Private individuals cannot apply; however, an individual as a consultant could be a partner (or sub-contractor) in a bid led by an eligible body.
Deadline: The two-year grant scheme is opened for applications on 3 April 2023, and will remain open for a period of six weeks.
Open Eye Gallery & dot-art launch TreeStory.me
Trees are the perfect vehicle through which to tell a story of the region. Open Eye Gallery and dot-art started inviting the public to create a history of Liverpool through its trees, using personal stories and photography, during the pandemic in 2020, as we all began to value our local green spaces more than ever. Now they are developing the project further and looking for new TreeStories to collect with a specially dedicated website – TreeStory.me.
This has been funded through a generous grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, which saw the team engage schools (Rainhill High School, LIPA Primary, Egremont Primary, Northwood Primary and Wirral Hospitals’ School), community groups (Growing Sudley, Faiths4Change, Rimrose Valley Friends and The Spider Project) and the general public across the Liverpool City Region over the last 12 months, exploring natural heritage by investigating, documenting and celebrating locally and personally significant trees, as well as planting new ones in partnership with the Mersey Forest. This work has led to a series of fantastic free activity books for families, schools and community groups to download, full of activities and ideas to inspire and stimulate creativity in people of all ages!
Everyone is now invited to celebrate trees that are significant to them, pinning images and stories to a specially commissioned interactive online map.
There’s an easy How To Guide to help:
take some images of the tree, write or record the story (a history, a poem or just a personal memory)
use the map to locate the tree and submit your entry
the team will review it and publish.
There’s also a video guide and FAQs on their website. Get inspired by the existing TreeStories, study the history of Liverpool through its trees and submit your own #TreeStory!
Uploading your TreeStory is a fantastic way of connecting to your neighbourhood and community, of creating your own personal history and of sharing your love and gratitude to nature in the urban areas. It’s also a great opportunity for an early career photographer / writer or photography / creative writing student to get their work seen by not just the general public but also Open Eye Gallery and dot-art.
LCVS currently has an opportunity for a skilled individual to join our team as a Caretaker.
As a caretaker at LCVS, you will have a crucial role in maintaining the safety and functionality of our premises. You will be responsible for ensuring that our facilities and equipment are well-maintained and in good working order, providing a safe and comfortable environment for our staff, volunteers, and visitors.
DofE’s new Access Without Limits Fund for community organisations
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) has an exciting new initiative – their new Access Without Limits Fund for community organisations. Through support from the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust, they are able to give support and a grant of up to £10,250 to a limited number of eligible voluntary sector organisations over the next 3 years in the Liverpool City Region. The funding is to enable organisations to licence and deliver the DofE, with the aim of enabling more young people to access the award.
The DofE is the world’s leading youth achievement award, currently being delivered in over 130 countries, with the purpose of developing young people for adult life. The programme they offer has transformed the lives of millions of young people for over 60 years. Their vision is to reach more young people from marginalised backgrounds and to provide opportunities for personal development and recognition of personal achievements.
Through this new Access Without Limits funding, their ambition is to build new links with voluntary and community organisations that work with young people outside of formal education settings, to extend opportunities for marginalised young people to access the DofE.
Should you wish to be involved in this project, they can support a limited number of eligible organisations to help establish the DofE and link their programme to the existing activities you provide your young people. This support package would include funding for equipment and training, a greatly reduced licence fee, and direct assistance from a DofE Operations Officer.
After 3 years of close support, they anticipate you will have developed a wealth of experience to enable your continued delivery of the DofE and to provide further opportunities for your young people to develop and grow in their journey towards adulthood.
Qualifying Criteria
Must be incorporated.
Supporting YP in the target areas – Liverpool, Knowsley, Halton or St Helens
Not for profit
At least a year old
Not been licensed with DofE Award for at least 6 months
Have at least two signatories
Have a dissolution clause
Have two unrelated people on the board
Have an established and engaged group of young people between the ages of 14-25
Commitment to become a direct delivery centre for DofE Award and continue beyond the period of funding (3 years).
If this opportunity is of interest to you and you would like to find out more, please click here to see the attached information booklet for further details about the grant, eligibility and how to apply.
Should you wish to discuss the funding or have any further queries, please contact sean.atkins@dofe.org.
Salary: £22,000 pro rata (£14,000 per year).
Hours: 22.5 hours – Monday to Friday / Usually 8:30 AM – 1 PM, other times by arrangement. Occasional weekend working. Accountable to: Director of Finance and Resources. Main working: Property Management Company, Contractors, contacts tenants, visitors and LCVS staff.
Main Purpose of Post:
Under the general direction of the Property Management Company, to be responsible for: Routine maintenance, health and safety checks, liaison with contractors and tenants to ensure that the fabric of the building is maintained to a high standard.
Occasional cover on reception during periods of holiday, sickness and high demand.
Supporting the conference and meeting facility by assisting with setting up furniture for events and keeping the facilities and decor in good order.
Duties
Supervision of and liaison with service contractors
Carry out daily inspection of building and deal with any issues / problems arising
Carry out weekly fire alarm tests and act as Fire Marshall for the building, arrange fire drills and ensure adherence to fire regulations
Carry out monthly testing of the emergency lights and updating the database
Input and maintenance of database records for all repair / maintenance issues and tracking progress with repairs
Responsibility for the key cupboard and control of keys held for the common parts of the building
Maintenance of all building services, health and safety manuals etc. in relation to the building
Liaise with Property Management Company and security staff on matters relating to building and tenants issues
Taking monthly readings of all utility meters and sub-meters and maintaining database recording readings
Liaise with security contractors in relation to opening/closing of building and intruder alarm etc. Act as a key-holder registered with the alarm monitoring centre
Liaise with tenants on matters related to the building
Stock control and maintenance of toiletries etc. and ordering supplies as and when necessary
Perform a wide variety of general building maintenance repairs and services. This may include replacing light bulbs, minor painting, basic repairs, maintenance, and DIY tasks, (this list not being exclusive)
Overseeing Portable Appliance Testing of LCVS / communal building equipment
Responsible for alerting the Property Management Company of any unusual occurrence and/or damage that have taken place or that may occur
When required – supporting reception staff to deliver high quality customer service to a wide range of callers and visitors
Assist with preparation of meeting rooms when necessary
Checking on any losses and damage caused by users and reporting as necessary.
General
To work as part of the team with other staff at LCVS
To implement and follow LCVS policies and procedures
To maintain accurate records of in the various media specified for your areas of responsibility
To undertake any training necessary and participate in the organisation’s supervision and appraisal system, and identify further training and personal development needs
The post holder is expected to be flexible in the performance of duties and to undertake any other duties identified as appropriate to the post.
If you are interested in applying, please send your CV to info@lcvs.org.uk.
Big Heritage CIC – Volunteer Co-ordinator
Posts available: 1. Hours per week: 16 hours. Location: Birkenhead.
Employer Bio
Big Heritage CIC manages and creates museum tourist attractions as well as community heritage-based projects within the Liverpool region as well as Chester.
The company is quickly expanding and will continue to do so over the next few years and needs to increase its team and the expertise within it and therefore has new roles available.
Job Details
The volunteer co-ordinator role will be to help manage an existing volunteer team and put in place systems and roles within the team to encourage and engage the volunteers in a productive way for the short and long term
The person will need to create a volunteer charter, recruitment process and management system to work with the volunteers and ensure Big Heritage is able to support the volunteers
Projects and roles for key volunteers will need creating and the existing team will need to be engaged with and encouraged in adopting a new system
More volunteer opportunities will need to be identified and a safe environment created for volunteers will be vital
Recruitment of new volunteers will be a crucial part of the role and this will involve engaging with community groups
Experience of working within the voluntary sector is vital.
For the full job details and to apply, please contact georgia@bigheritage.co.uk.
Deadline: No formal closing date. Please note that this position was first posted in April 2023 and may have been filled by then.
The Roots & Wings Leadership Programme 2023(led by Taking Shape & Mandela8) is about to start, and they would like to invite you to share this opportunity to young people you know.
During this 12-week programme young people will be guided through sessions which incorporate elements of disciplines such as martial arts, drama & self-development – to foster skills in discipline, teamwork, respect and both personal & societal responsibility.
A range of specialist tutors will be dedicated to enriching participants’ experience throughout, providing support and guidance to match their needs. Whilst each session is fun packed, they will also have a solid foundation of self-exploration, which they deem as paramount for personal growth.
Sessions will take place each Thursday evening from 20 April 2023, at the Everyman Theatre, L1 9BH & Liverpool Arts Bar, L1 9BY. It will include motivational talks as well as an excursion focused on Liverpool’s rich history. It will provide a well-rounded and multi-factorial approach.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term – March 2025. Term: Full-time. Salary: £21,840. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Healthwatch Knowsley Manager. Location: Huyton, Knowsley.
Employer Bio
Healthwatch is the independent community champion created to gather and represent the views of the public on Health and Adult Social Care. They play a part at both a local and national level to make sure that peoples experiences of Health and Adult Social Care are taken into account by both service providers and commissioners.
Job Details
To work with and support the Outreach Officer in facilitating the development of Healthwatch Knowsley through outreach activities to the communities of Knowsley
The Outreach Worker will support the Outreach Officer, enabling Healthwatch Knowsley to engage with the widest range of local people, particularly the most disadvantaged
To contribute to Healthwatch Knowsley’s outreach activities, engaging with local residents in community settings such as hospitals, care homes and other public places to gather feedback from users of health and social care services
To help facilitate community forums such as Primary Care Networks, Positive Mental Health Coffee Mornings and focus groups to gather additional service user insight
As part of the Outreach Team, to provide a first point of contact for telephone enquirers, offering the signposting and representation roles of Healthwatch Knowsley
To prepare basic written and verbal reports in relation to the work of Healthwatch Knowsley.
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service – Crisis and Recovery Support Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term – March 2024 (in the first instance). Term: Part-time. Salary: £ 11,902 – 21 hours per week (£19,836 pro rata). Reporting to: Crisis and Recovery Café Manager. Location: Southport.
Employer Bio
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity with a borough-wide brief to assist and support the voluntary, community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Job Description
To provide support to the café during operational hours (Friday to Sunday – 5 to 11 PM) and to support clients outside these hours as needed. The purpose of the Crisis Café is to provide an alternative access point for people requiring out of hours support when experiencing negative symptoms of mental illness which may result in crisis if support is not received. The café should work as a safety net so that people do not have to access A&E, with the focus being on reducing crisis occurring by early intervention techniques and adequate support provisions.
Interviews will take place on Friday 28 April 2023.
Contact Details: recruitment@seftoncvs.org.uk.
Christian Gold House Ministry – Project Manager
Posts available: 1. Term: Part-time. Salary: Fixed-term salary: £18144. Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Samuel Sarpong Location: Kensington, Liverpool L7 2RJ.
Christian Gold House Chapel (CGHC) urgently needs the services of a part time Project Manager. Located in Kensington, Liverpool CGHC will be running a one year oral history project about the role the church has played in the lives of people who have attended services here.
The 150 year old church building was for many decades an Anglican Church place of worship but since 2009, two African Pentecostal churches have taken over the premises and now provide church services to mainly African migrants in the locality. The project will record the stories of the important role the church played in the lives of the Anglican Christians to the African Pentecostal church congregation, this will include the baptisms, christenings marriages and other events.
The Pentecostal services include community events like christenings, baptisms, child dedications, running a food bank, organising community BBQs and music concerts.
The job will require you to:
Coordinate and record the video oral histories of 25 participants who will be interviewed during the project
Manage Project volunteers’ recruitment and training
Update social media and the website of the church with project related pictures and blogs
Ensure project is delivered to scope and budget
Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress
Create and maintain project documentation
Organise and coordinate all project related events
Carry out any other essential project related tasks.
If you are interested, please email a letter of motivation to cghmin7@gmail.com. Explain how you qualify for the position and why you are the best person to do the job. You can also ring Pastor Samuel Sarpong on 07962665090.
The National Lottery Community Fund: Climate Action Fund – Energy and Climate
This funding aims to inspire and support communities across the UK to address the energy and climate crisis. They’re looking for projects that show how communities can address climate change while tackling the energy challenges through community-led climate action.
They want to fund projects that:
encourage communities to use energy in an environmentally friendly way
bring communities together so that they can explore ways to promote energy efficiency
enable communities to understand and engage with opportunities for clean energy generation, which do not use fossil fuels.
All projects should consider how everyone in the community can get involved with climate action. They must also address any reasons why some people might be left out.
They’re looking for projects that will bring a range of benefits to communities, including:
improving health and well-being
creating local ’green’ jobs, such as jobs providing low-carbon heat for homes, community energy champions and energy advisors
reducing carbon emissions
supporting communities to be more resilient.
They want to fund projects that aim for long term change. And projects that have the potential to have a positive impact beyond the communities they’re directly working with.
The Reader – Director of the Calderstones Mansion House Community Interest Company (CIC)
This is a voluntary trustee role.
Posts available: Up to 3. Location: Liverpool (hybrid / remote working will be considered).
Employer Bio
The Reader is an award-winning national charity and Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation. Having just recently reopened their headquarters at the beautiful Grade II listed Mansion House in Liverpool’s Calderstones Park and as they emerge from a period of challenge and innovation following Covid-19, they are at a key period in their growth.
Job Description
Could you help The Reader further its mission and build its social enterprises? They are looking for up to three new Independent Directors of the Calderstones Mansion House Community Interest Company, and are particularly interested to hear from people with expertise in the hospitality sector. Appointees do not need to live locally to Calderstones Mansion House in Liverpool and travel expenses will be provided. The roles are unremunerated and require a three year commitment in the first instance.
The Calderstones CIC has three goals:
To provide services that are valued in the community and contribute to the mission of The Reader Charity
To provide meaningful opportunities for employment and skills, particularly for those who need it most
To provide a sustainable unrestricted source of income to support The Reader’s primary purpose.
Income is currently generated through The Reader Ice Cream Parlour, The Reader Café and The Reader Restaurant alongside events at the Mansion House.
Directors of the CIC Board are required to ensure that their social enterprises have a strong strategic approach which preserves its unique identity; ensuring that arrangements are in place for it to continue to flourish whilst being highly effective in achieving the aims as set out in the CIC 5 year Business Plan. Operational decisions at TR are delegated to The Managing Director, Jemma Guerrier, the Director of Social Enterprise Anton Clarke and the Directors Group.
BHA for Equality – Community Engagement and Development Sessional Worker
Hours: Up to 14 hours per week worked flexibly. Hourly rate: £13.46. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
BHA is a leading health and social care charity that works to challenge health inequalities and support individuals, families & communities to improve their health & well-being. They are seeking a passionate, motivated, and committed person to work up to 14 hours per week. The role will engage with racialised communities in Liverpool both online and in-person to increase awareness and uptake of sexual health services including testing for HIV and STI’s.
Job Description
BHA for Equality is looking for a Community Engagement and Development Sessional Worker to join their sexual health team in Liverpool.
Overview of the area of work:
Develop and deliver community engagement initiatives and sexual health promotion
Raise awareness of sexual and reproductive health issues (via digital and community-based engagement)
Ensure people from all communities can access HIV testing and other prevention tools so that no-one is left behind
Provide culturally appropriate information and advice suitable and accessible for a wide range of communities with complex needs aimed at improving knowledge, confidence and influencing behaviour.
Experience in working with marginalised communities and an understanding of inequalities facing Minority Ethnic communities is essential.
The delivery of their work takes a blended approach (digital and community-based) so strong interpersonal and digital skills are essential.
They are taking positive action to encourage applications from men from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, and trans and non-binary people to improve the representation of colleagues from these communities in their staff team.
To request a full application pack with a job description and person specification please email recruitment@thebha.org.uk.
Deadline: Midnight on 19 April 2023 (Please note late applications will not be accepted).
Interviews: 26 April 2023.
If you would like to discuss this role, please contact Elisabete Miranda (Programme Lead) at elisabete@thebha.org.uk to arrange an informal telephone discussion.
Other information:
Please note CVs will not be accepted
Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK
Due to the nature of this post, Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service will be conducted on the successful applicant.
The Reader – Business Development Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £29,000 (pro rata). Hours per week: 28 hours. Days per week: 4 days. Reporting to: Head of Development. Location: Liverpool (hybrid / remote working will be considered).
Employer Bio
The Reader is an award-winning national charity and Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation. Having just recently reopened their headquarters at the beautiful Grade II listed Mansion House in Liverpool’s Calderstones Park and as they emerge from a period of challenge and innovation following Covid-19, they are at a key period in their growth.
Job Description
The Reader is looking for a new Business Development Manager with experience of nurturing relationships, launching new products and generating income from corporate markets as they enter a new, exciting phase of their three-year business plan. You will join a small, high performing team and will work in close collaboration across all departments and levels of the organisation.
As an inclusive employer, they use their values to ensure The Reader is a thoughtful, supportive, creative work environment. All employees at The Reader benefit from:
Flexible working options including home working or varied hours where required
Generous holiday entitlement of 30 days p/a plus bank holidays
Regular opportunity to participate in Shared Reading, connecting with their core work and experiencing the personal benefits it brings
Access to personal development, including their flagship ‘Read to Lead’ training programme.
They believe literature’s unique power has the potential to connect us, to help us feel better and to rebuild lost social bonds. Their vision is for one humanity in which everyone has an opportunity to thrive. From their Shared Reading movement in prisons, schools and community spaces across the UK and beyond, to their programme of arts, heritage and wellbeing activity at their Calderstones Park home – The Reader builds lively communities that bring people together and books to life.
As Business Development Manager with responsibility for generating income from corporate markets – be they large-scale employers to private health-care providers, in the UK and internationally – you will play a pivotal role in working with teams to sell their ideas, shape them into compelling proposals, whilst managing a range of relationships with their fantastic family of funders and partners. Working alongside the Head of Development, the Director of Development and Partnerships and the wider Director’s Group, you will also contribute to future planning as they enter their next strategy period.
Halton & St Helens Voluntary Community Action are looking for new team members for a variety of roles working in one or both of their boroughs. They are passionate about encouraging local people to make changes for good in their communities and helping them find the right support or service that can improve their lives for the better or helping develop a new solution.
Our communities are still recovering from the effects of the pandemic with local organisations helping people through the cost of living crisis and other issues or crisis that are preventing them from living better lives.
Working in the voluntary sector with amazing people doing amazing things is so very rewarding and being part of their team gives you the opportunity to make a difference to lots of different causes, services and activities.
If this is the first time you’ve thought about working in the community and are interested in one or more of the vacancies, then please do get in touch to find out more. Your skills, knowledge or experience could be what they are looking for.
Community Connector
St Helens
18 hours a week
£12,879 per annum
In this role you will be part of a wider team supporting local communities and organisations across their Town Centre, South, West and Central areas. With a passion for making a difference in local neighbourhoods, you will be helping local people and organisations to create and develop services and activities to benefit their local areas.
Mental Health Care Navigator
St Helens
36 hours a week
£24,657 per annum
In this role you will be helping people who have needed support from inpatient and community mental health services to access groups and activities in the community. Working closely with the Mental Health Alliance Worker and the wider VCA team, you will support individuals in their journey to good mental health.
Mental Health Alliance Link Worker
St Helens
36 hours a week
£24,657 per annum
You will be working with and supporting their existing Mental Health Alliance – enabling groups to be accessible and sustainable. You will also have a role in helping identify gaps and supporting the development of new services of mental Health Support providers within the VCSE sector.
Mental Health Alliance Link Worker
Halton
36 hours a week
£24,657 per annum
You will be working with and supporting our existing Mental Health Alliance – enabling groups to be accessible and sustainable. You will also have a role in helping identify gaps and supporting the development of new services of mental Health Support providers within the VCSE sector.
Social Action Lead (Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance)
28 hours a week
£20,034 per annum
With full training and support, you will be expected to support and advise VCSE groups in Halton & St Helens to deliver engagement and activities to raise awareness of cancer in targeted communities and to encourage early detection and diagnosis of cancer. You will also be involved in helping to build and maintain a bank of good practice guides and tools designed to support organisations. They are not necessarily looking for an experienced development worker. They are looking for someone who cares about the voluntary sector and supporting people and who is conscientious, passionate, has a positive attitude and is ready to learn.
How to Apply
If you would like further information about any of the posts, please contact either:
Interviews will take place in the week of 8 May 2023.
Halton & St Helens VCA aims to ensure that comparison between applicants for posts is thorough, fair and in line with their equal opportunities policy. It is therefore essential that you complete the application form fully as it will be used to assess whether or not you are shortlisted for an interview.
New £6M Energy Support Programme launched to help clubs & organisations become more energy-efficient
The Premier League, The FA and Government’s Football Foundation has launched the Energy Support Programme to help clubs and organisations become more energy-efficient to ensure financial and environmental sustainability.
With the rising costs of energy and an ongoing responsibility to protect our environment, it’s never been more important for clubs and organisations to be environmentally and financially sustainable.
That’s why they’ve launched the Energy Support Programme – to help facilities become more energy efficient to save money and look after the environment. The Programme is broken down into two Funds:
The Energy Fund
The Energy Fund will be targeted at energy-saving measures for clubhouses and pavilions. All eligible football clubs, charities and community organisations operating affiliated football on their sites are invited to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for this Fund. This EOI process will help us better understand the need across the country so we can best support the grassroots football community.
You can apply if you’re:
A not-for-profit football club or voluntary group
A County FA
A Professional Club Community Organisation
A registered charity
A not-for-profit company
A community interest company (CIC) or other social enterprise
A company limited by guarantee.
The Foundation will award a grant of 75% of the total project costs of the recommended energy-saving measures, up to a maximum value of £25,000.
Eligible clubs and organisations are invited to complete an EOI via their website (see link below). This form will help establish the support you need to improve your energy efficiency. Those who’re successful will be given further information on next steps in supplying a report from an independent energy-saving consultant.
The deadline to submit an EOI is Thursday 13 April 2023.
For their other fund – the Floodlight Fund, only affiliated football clubs, charities and community organisations that have received funding from the Foundation for floodlit 3G FTPs are eligible for this Fund, they will be invited directly via email to submit an EOI for the Fund. You can find more information about this fund via the link below.
Health Equalities Group (HEG) is a public health charity started in 2005 under the original name ‘Heart of Mersey’. The charity’s objective is the prevention of non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancers) and reduction of health inequalities in Cheshire and Merseyside (and beyond).
Their influence and impact over the last 17 years has been significant. HEG was the lead agency to advocate for an introduction of smoke-free policies in Liverpool ahead of national legislation in 2007 and was formative in bringing about the UK Government’s ‘Sugar Tax’ in 2018. HEG currently leads the North West’s healthy weight programme (Food Active) and delivers contracts for both NHS Cheshire and Merseyside and the Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance to prevent ill health. Their award-winning Healthy Stadia programme works with professional sports clubs across the UK and continental Europe to promote good health and wellbeing, whilst they have long standing research partnerships with University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, and Chester University.
Role Description
They are continuing a period of significant growth as they aim to further increase their social impact at regional and national levels. Their Board of Trustees currently includes leading figures from epidemiology, finance, marketing, the higher education sector, human resources and legal services.
They are now seeking a new trustee from an accountancy / finance background to become Treasurer for the charity owing to the current Treasurer stepping down in May 2023 after over 6 years in the post. They would particularly value the following skills and experience:
A qualified finance professional with significant post-qualification experience
Experience of scrutinising management accounts and end of year audit accounts
Experience of managing finance committees or sub-groups
Experience of working with public sector clients or organisations from the Voluntary, Community, Faith & Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector.
What can they offer you?
This is an exciting and potentially very rewarding role. You will be supporting an organisation that is recognised at both regional and national levels for their work on tackling health inequalities. You will be part of an ambitious, growing organisation that is delivering public benefit through their research, health interventions, campaigns and advocacy activities. You would also, if you wished, be able to act as an ‘Ambassador’ for the group at selected events and ceremonies during the year.
They can thus offer to facilitate your own professional development. In addition to gaining experience as a trustee of a very successful and effective third sector charity, you will have opportunities to develop further expertise at both local and national levels.
The role is well assisted by NWHS Business Support, who provide the charity’s financial and management accounting support services. The role includes attendance at four evening-based Trustee meetings per year (currently online) with Finance Committee meetings arranged beforehand. As a registered charity, they would be able to reimburse reasonable expenses.
If you are interested in applying for a trustee position with Health Equalities Group, please send a brief CV and a one page letter of application illustrating why you are interested in the role, how your skills and experience are aligned to the areas of expertise they require, any previous experience of acting as a trustee, and how you will add overall value to the Board. Please send CV and brief letter of application to: info@hegroup.org.uk.
Deadline: Friday 21 April 2023.
Interviews: Early May 2023.
For any initial enquiries or an informal chat about these roles, please contact HEG Executive Director, Matthew Philpott on 07826533013.
Community Ownership Fund: Round 2 – Now Open for Applications
The £150 million Community Ownership Fund is for communities across the United Kingdom. It has been set up to help communities take ownership of assets at risk of closure. It will run for 4 years until 2024/25. Voluntary and community organisations can bid for match funding. Funding may support the purchase and/or renovation costs of community assets.
Applications are subject to the eligibility requirements outlined in the prospectus (link below). The Fund will support a range of proposals that enable people and communities across the UK to thrive.
Proposals will need to prove the value of the asset to local people and that the asset can run sustainably for the long-term benefit of the community.
UPDATED: Health survey launches for LGBTQ+ communities
Liverpool City Council is working with local charity Sahir House and a range of partners to undertake a health needs assessment with LGBTQ+ communities to better understand their experiences and the health inequalities they face.
To coincide with LGBTQ+ history month, Liverpool is launching its first dedicated health needs assessment (survey) for local LGBTQ+ people.
National evidence shows that LGBTQ+ people (lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning and ace) face inequalities relating to health and wellbeing throughout their lives – including barriers to accessing healthcare services.
A 2018 Stonewall survey also found that half of LGBTQ+ people had experienced depression in the previous year, and that a quarter of people had witnessed discrimination by healthcare staff.
The survey, which is the first for Liverpool will incorporate information from a range of sources, including national level evidence and data from the 2021 census.
The key findings will be used to design focus groups and explore the key issues identified in more depth.
It will also support Liverpool’s commitment to the UNICEF Child Friendly City Programme and champion the needs of LGBTQ+ children.
Cabinet Member for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Councillor Pam Thomas said
“We’ve launched at the end of LGBTQ+ history month to remind everyone of the discrimination and inequalities LGBTQ+ people faced under Section 28 legislation. Every February, as part of a month-long celebration, the UK marks the abolition of the laws that prohibited the “promotion of homosexuality” by local authorities and schools.
“The Liverpool City Council Plan for 2022-2025 sets out the city’s commitment to equality and inclusion. Through this survey and a series of listening sessions recommended to us by the Navajo Merseyside Charter Mark, the Council will be supported in achieving these aims.”
Director of Public Health for Liverpool, Professor Matthew Ashton said
“Research has shown that LGBTQ+ communities have a greater risk of poor mental and physical health and that there is a lack of adequate knowledge and support for them within the healthcare system.
“Through this health needs assessment, we will better understand how well we engage and provide for this population and gain crucial insight into their experiences of services and the barriers they face in accessing good health care.”
Sahir House CEO, Ant Hopkinson said
“The focus here is to ensure that nobody within our LGBTQ+ community faces any discrimination or stigma when accessing services and that we place equity and reducing inequalities at the heart of the partnership work on this agenda.
“The more people who come forward to complete our survey, the more chance we have of ensuring fully inclusive offers across the city.
“Sahir House will also assist with the next phase of detailed engagement, which will incorporate focus groups and interviews with our LGBTQ+ community to authentically engage and understand how we can remove some of the barriers they face”.
All of the information gathered will be used to make recommendations for the Council, partners and stakeholders in order to improve services across the city. LGBTQ+ people aged 16 and over are encouraged to take part.
Mary Seacole House – Independent Mental Health Advocate
Term: Permanent subject to funding. Hours of employment: 35 hours per week. Salary: £20,812 – £24,620 per annum. Location: Based at Mary Seacole House – attending Secure residential units. Reports to: Advocacy Training and Development Manager.
Mary Seacole House is a mental health charity and resource service based in Toxteth Liverpool. They are a diverse and culturally sensitive organisation seeking to recruit an Independent Mental Health Advocate.
Mary Seacole House will be providing Independent Patient Advocacy Services and Independent Mental Health Advocacy to patients residing at secure sites supporting individuals as necessary and specifically in relation to Care Programme Approach (CPA) meetings transition planning, Care & Treatment Reviews (CTR) and for patient/service users who lack capacity and are unable to instruct an advocate (a non-instructed service will be provided to ensure appropriate support). In addition to undertaking the role of an Appropriate / Responsible Adult for patients when required. Ensuring all service users are actively supported in accessing information regarding advocacy services. Advocates will need to be willing to work on Secure residential units.
Does the following resonate with you:
Mental health
Diverse cultural needs
Primarily Black Asian Minority Ethnic Refugee communities.
Are you:
Qualified with an Advocacy Qualification and to be able to demonstrate considerable experience and ability in the skills listed above with a minimum 2 years’ experience
Willing to work towards relevant qualifications essential towards development in the post
Knowledgeable of non-Instructed advocacy
Experienced working with individuals with mental health conditions in a paid, voluntary, or personal capacity
Comfortable in a social and flexible environment
Able to demonstrate a strong track record in maintaining accurate and comprehensive records.
If you would like to apply for this post, please email: info@maryseacolehouse.com.
An information pack containing a job description, including salary and person specification, will then be sent to you. Please note that they do not accept CV applications.
Please note that a Disclosure & Barring Service check (DBS) will be required for this post.
Deadline: 4 PM on Friday 14 April 2023.
Millions released from dormant accounts to support vulnerable people with cost of living
£76 million tied up in forgotten accounts is to be used to support people to get out of debt and assist social enterprises with innovative energy saving solutions.
Dormant Assets Scheme redirects money from forgotten accounts to good causes
£76 million will go to those struggling with the cost of living, including through no-interest loans
In England, the scheme is being expanded to include community wealth funds, pots of money that will allow local residents to improve their communities
The most vulnerable people in society will be given additional support to deal with the cost of living, as £76 million tied up in forgotten accounts is unlocked.
The cash will support people to get out of debt and assist social enterprises with innovative energy saving solutions.
Beneficiaries include no-interest loans for 69,000 individuals struggling with finances via a £45 million grant distributed by Fair4All Finance, and hundreds of charities and social enterprises which will receive support from a pot of £31 million, distributed by social investors Access and Big Society Capital. This will be used to retrofit premises with cleaner, greener, and more efficient energy systems, such as new boilers or heat pumps, solar panels, and new lighting.
More details to follow as programme gets rolled out over coming months.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £28,350 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, Unit B1, Tetlow Way, Langham Street Industrial Estate, L4 4QS.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Description
Purpose of Role:
To provide support to young people on a wide variety of issues. Working closely with teachers, colleagues, social workers and other agencies to help understand children’s needs and provide a high-quality service in supporting them.
Some duties will include
To plan, deliver and offer support sessions on a one-to-one basis, e.g. using CBT, Art Therapy etc.
To provide a range of interventions alongside colleagues which will improve the well-being of young people
To engage and build good working relationships with parents, children and colleagues working in schools and other agencies
To work effectively and cooperatively with partner agencies using common processes including Early Help Assessment, Team Around the Family (TAF) and Lead Professional (LP) roles
To provide relevant information about, and access to appropriate support services and opportunities that enable young people to improve their skills
To work holistically and effectively with parents/carers in ways that will improve their children’s well-being
To work closely with relevant health professionals to support parents/carers in meeting the needs of their children
To undertake home visits as and when required
To promote the safe guarding of children in accordance with the framework for the care and protection of children
To be proactive in providing information on support services to young people.
Benefits
Excellent salary
Staff Health Cash Plan
33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
Expenses payable upon receipt
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
Youth Endowment Fund | Agency Collaboration Fund – A supportive home
The Youth Endowment Fund know that many children and young people at risk of becoming involved in violence are known to local agencies. Yet this knowledge is often fragmented across multiple organisations, with different people holding different pieces of the puzzle. Opportunities where agencies could and should work together are missed.
To help understand where those opportunities are, they’re investing in their Agency Collaboration Fund. They want to find out how agencies can better share data, power and information to prevent children from becoming involved in violence.
For the second grant round of their Agency Collaboration Fund, they’ve partnered with BBC Children in Need and The Hunter Foundation to launch A supportive home.
A supportive home will test specialist multi-agency and multi-disciplinary teams located in neighbourhoods to support children, young people and their families/carers who arevulnerable to – or experiencing – violence or criminal exploitation outside the home.
They will fund and evaluate up to five local authority area partnerships in England and/or Wales.
Each successful partnership application will test a multi-agency team approach in two different neighbourhoods/localities within one local authority area.
They seek applications from local authority area partnerships where the lead partner is the local authority.
As a minimum, partnerships must include:
Local authority – inclusive of early help; children’s social care; Youth Offending Team; education; youth work (where delivered by the local authority); relevant services to support young adults
Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) delivery partners – these may be large specialist organisations and/or local specialist grassroot organisations who are known and trusted by the communities
The police
Probation
Mental health professionals for both children and young adults
Education, (if not part of the local authority) including schools.
In addition, there’s an expectation that partnerships will place a strong emphasis on involving children and young people and their parents/carers as partners in the service design, delivery and review.
Deadline: Applications close 5 PM on Tuesday 16 May 2023.
UK’s first Kinship Carers Charter is launched in Liverpool
Liverpool has become the first area in the country to launch a charter setting out how it will support kinship carers.
The Kinship Charter Liverpool has been written by Kinship Carers Liverpool in partnership with Liverpool City Council with both carers, children and young people sharing their experiences to develop the framework.
What are kinship carers?
Kinship carers look after a child or young person for another family member or a family friend; it is sometimes also known as family and friends care, connected care, relative care or kincare. It is estimated that there are about 180,000 children in the UK being looked after in a kinship family.
Liverpool has taken a human rights-based approach to supporting kinship carers, and this forms the basis of the new charter.
The charter states that kinship families need:
Greater information
Legal advice and representation
To be listened to and to be included in the decision-making process
Support
Resources
Professionals to recognise kinship carers’ unique needs.
The charter was signed on behalf of the council by Cllr Frazer Lake, Liverpool’s Deputy Mayor and cabinet member for children’s social care, at an official launch event on Friday 17 March 2023. West Derby MP Ian Byrne, a member of the cross-party parliamentary taskforce on kinship care, also attended the event.
Buttle UK offers individually tailored grants of up to £2,400 for children and young people who have experienced a crisis that has recently had a significant and enduring impact on their wellbeing and educational engagement.
They fund items and activities to help improve children and young people’s wellbeing and increase their capacity to engage in education and learning.
Who can make an application to Buttle UK?
They only accept applications from frontline professionals working for a registered charity, housing association or public sector organisation who:
are working directly with the children/young person
have made a full assessment of the child’s or young person’s needs
have carried out at least one home visit (optional for schools and colleges)
If successful, the professional will need to manage the funds, upload receipts within 8 weeks of receiving the grant, and complete an evaluation survey.
Deadline: Unknown. Please note that this funding opportunity was first published in March 2023 and it may have now closed.
Liverpool Parenting Newsletter: March – May 2023
Liverpool’s Parent Network has produced the Spring edition of the Liverpool Parenting Newsletter with information on services available for you and your family across the city.
The newsletter includes information on services, events and courses that support parents around:
Ante Natal Services
Children Centres
Childcare
Debt Advice
Domestic Abuse
Education
Employment Support
Foodbanks
Fostering in Liverpool
HAF Half Term Activities
Mental Health
Money Management
Parenting Programmes
SEND
Parental Mental Health
Support for Fathers.
If you have any questions, please contact parenting@liverpool.gov.uk.
Royal Voluntary Service | Coronation Champions Awards launched for Volunteers
In honour of Their Majesties’ service to the country, Royal Voluntary Service has launched the Coronation Champions Awards for volunteers, an official Coronation project.
Together with Her Majesty The Queen Consort, the awards celebrate extraordinary volunteers across the country who have been contributing to their communities.
“I am delighted to be launching the Coronation Champions Awards with the Royal Voluntary Service, to shine a light on the herculean efforts of our nation’s volunteers. Up and down the country, millions of unsung heroes are contributing to their local communities, giving generously of their time and their talents to enhance the lives of others.
“If you know a volunteer who is making a difference, please be sure to share their story. We would love to hear about them!”
– Her Majesty, The Queen Consort
A total of 500 volunteers will be chosen as Coronation Champions and will receive a specially designed, official Coronation Champions pin and a signed certificate from His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort.
Successful Coronation Champions and their nominators will be informed no later than 28 April and will be publicised on this website by 5 May 2023 ahead of the Coronation Weekend when there will be opportunities for some of the Coronation Champions volunteers to attend one of the official Coronation celebrations, such as the Windsor Castle Coronation Concert or a Coronation Garden Party.
The Coronation Big Lunch (organised by the Eden Project Communities Team) will bring your neighbours and communities together to share friendship, food and fun!
This May you can be part of history and join millions across the UK, and further afield, with a Coronation Big Lunch (6 – 8 May 2023).
Stuck for ideas? Their free Coronation Big Lunch packs are full of ideas, inspiration, top tips and the practical bits to help get your Coronation celebration started.
JAZZ™ Apple Foundation | Get up to £500 in Funding
JAZZ™ Apple launched the ‘JAZZ™ Apple Foundation’ on 1 June 2014 with the simple aim of offering monetary support to people, groups and charitable endeavours that are important to you and share their beliefs.
What they believe:
They believe in the importance of nourishing and supporting the next generation of young Brits
They believe in encouraging the consumption of an apple a day (JAZZ™ of course!) and a healthy, balanced diet
They believe that sport and physical exercise is vital for a healthy body, mind and soul.
Since its formation, the Foundation has helped over 1,000 people and handed out over £20,000 in awards to a range of great causes ranging from junior football teams to dance and ballet clubs.
Every month the Jazz Apples Team will select the lucky award winners. Awards of up to £500 available.
To mark His Majesty The King’s Coronation thousands of organisations across the country are getting together to give us all the chance to help out in our own local communities.
Starting on Monday 8 May 2023, there will be opportunities for everyone to join in. No matter what you are good at, there’ll be something to suit helping hands of all shapes and sizes! From checking in on someone who’d like a bit of company or volunteering for a charity, the more of us who join in, the bigger help we will be.
Individuals, Organisations and Businesses can all get involved.
If you can spare an hour…fantastic. The day?…amazing. If it becomes a regular thing, so much the better. If we all do a bit, it will really help a lot.
Help us to do something amazing. Join in, Lend a hand. Make a change.
The Big Help Out is a campaign to showcase how volunteering benefits both communities and the people who take part. The long-term aim is to get more people volunteering who traditionally don’t consider it.
The campaign will encourage a national day of volunteering on Monday 8 May 2023, the bank holiday of the coronation weekend.
Iranian Liverpool is looking for a space in Liverpool to hold Sports Activities
Iranian Liverpool is looking for a space in or near the Liverpool City Centre to hold Sport England funded Women’s Sports Courses.
Frequency of use: One day session a week over 12 weeks. They prefer either Tuesday, Thursday or Friday.
Capacity of meeting space: 1 single medium to large room. About 30 people will be in the class.
Time of day needed: 11 AM – 7 PM
Able to pay: Yes.
Additional Information:
A changing room and bathroom would be needed
There will be 3 classes in total for each session
In terms of people, there will be 30 people across all 3 classes and within each class there will be 15 to 20 people maximum.
For full information, please contact David at iranianliverpool2@gmail.com or call 07308006602.
Funding from the Britford Bridge Trust | Grants of up to £50k | Now Open for Applications
The Britford Bridge Trust is a family foundation that give grants to support a variety of causes.
The primary charitable purposes of the Trust are the prevention or relief of poverty; the advancement of education; the advancement of health or the saving of lives; and the advancement of the arts, culture, heritage, or science.
The secondary charitable purposes of the Trust are the advancement of citizenship or community development; the advancement of amateur sport; the advancement of environmental protection or improvement; and the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship, or other disadvantage.
The Trustees typically make grants of between £10,000 to £50,000. Larger amounts may be available in exceptional circumstances.
Applications are invited from any UK registered charity.
Deadlines: Applications to the trust are reviewed quarterly. Quarterly cut offs are 30 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December each year.
Energy for Tomorrow | Grants of up to £100k | Now Open for Applications
Energy for Tomorrow, Centrica’s social impact grant fund are looking for game-changing energy ideas that will benefit the North West.
They fund and support charities, non-profits, organisations & social enterprises with the energy solutions that make a difference.
They are now seeking projects that are making a difference in the community, whether it’s £20,000 to install an EV (electric vehicle) charging point or £100,000 to fund a transformative new energy tool, they want to support you.
Do you think your idea will support your community’s energy journey?
Improved health and wellbeing was included as an explicit goal in the Liverpool City Region (LCR) Plan for Prosperity, and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) has become the first governmental body in the world to join the Wellbeing Economy Alliance.
The Economies for Healthier Lives survey aims to gather information about the experiences and/or perceptions of health barriers individuals may have, or have had, when trying to find work. As well as the experiences and perceptions of using health services (for example, GP, Practice Nurse, Community Mental Health team, NHS Direct) and/or employment services (for example, Jobcentre Plus, Ways to Work, Talent Match).
Anyone is welcome to take part in this short 7 minute survey. Whether, you are someone with physical or mental health conditions or illness lasting or expected to last 12 months or more, or you have a shorter term condition or illness, or if you are a loved one or caring for someone, they want to hear from you.
Energy Bills Support extended for an extra three months
The Energy Price Guarantee, which is protecting households by capping typical energy bills at £2,500, will be maintained at the same level for a further three months over April, May, and June, worth £160 in total for a typical household.
The Chancellor announced the extension (on 15 March 2023) as part of his Spring Budget. Government support has already cut the typical family energy bill by over £1,300 since October, stopping the average household energy bill hitting £4,279 a year this winter.
The Chancellor’s three-month extension of the Energy Price Guarantee at £2,500 means households won’t feel the full force of Ofgem’s Price Cap between April and June – which stands at £3,280 – helping to bridge consumers into the summer.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £55,000 – £65,000 PA. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 9:00 – 5:00 Monday to Friday (Some evening and weekend work required). Reporting to: The Brain Charity Board of Trustees Location: Norton Street, Liverpool L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
Life for anyone can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever. There are many different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, epilepsy and many rarer conditions. The Brain Charity are here to support every single one.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers. They are also champions of the neurodiversity movement raising awareness and challenging discrimination through their campaigning activity
Job Description
This is a significant leadership role at the heart of an organisation dedicated to delivering high quality and vital services to individuals with neurological conditions, their family, friends and carers.
You will be responsible for leading and developing the work of The Brain Charity, fulfilling the purpose of the organisation in line with its constitution and securing its successful and sustainable future.
This role is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced leader to bring significant expertise of working strategically in an organisation whereby the voices of their service users continue to be heard and form the basis of the organisation’s strategic decision making.
Success in this role will come from combining the strengths of the leadership team whilst drawing on your own significant experience to strengthen the organisational structure and prepare the charity for growth by:
Developing new services to expand the existing portfolio in line with the needs of the service users.
Creating an environment where all colleagues thrive and are engaged, productive an innovative.
Ensuring the equality of opportunity for the charity, addressing inequality effectively and transparently.
Ensuring all estates owned and occupied by The Brain Charity are well maintained, providing a safe and welcoming environment for service-users, volunteers, visitors and staff.
Acting as principal advisor to the Board of Trustees on all matters relating to their legal obligations and charity law and produce regular written reports as required by the Trustee Board, funders and other relevant parties.
Building relationships and meaningful alliances with existing and potential funders, commissioners and all other key stakeholders.
Operating strong financial control of all resources, ensuring that budgets and pressures are managed, financial forecasts are accurate, and efficiencies are encouraged to ensure maximum use of income for vital services.
Deliver at pace against challenging requirements and being a visible, inspiring and empowering leader for the charity.
First stage interview for successful applicants will take place on Monday 24 April 2023
Second stage interview for successful applicants will take place on Friday 5 May 2023.
Contact Details: jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk.
Fundraising amid the ongoing cost of living crisis | easyfundraising Survey
How is the cost-of-living crisis affecting your voluntary organisation, charity, or CIC?
Tech for good platform easyfundraising is inviting all third sector organisations in our area to take part in a short survey to discover the impact on fundraising in 2023.
As a thank you for taking the time, anyone who completes the survey will enter their organisation into a draw to win a £250 donation.
Liverpool Partnership Project – VCSE Micro Commissioning Funding
The Liverpool Partnership Project has identified funding that it would like to use to commission voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) activity, to help address areas of need that it has identified through its core work in Liverpool.
The main aim of this micro-commissioning is to reduce suicide rates across the Liverpool City Council area. It has been agreed that the £150k funding will be used to target suicide prevention activity with particular emphasis around helping to support at risk groups in Liverpool Place.
The VCSE organisations applying for the funding should be able to demonstrate that they are able to support suicide prevention in terms of:
Domestic Abuse
Physical Health / Long Term conditions
Substance Misuse
Cost of Living
Students
Females.
The project will seek to commission several VCSE organisations through this process. No one organisation can apply for more than £20,000 per submission. The funding will be for a 12-month fixed term period from 1 June 2023 to 31 May 2024.
The service must be delivered within the Liverpool City Council area, for Liverpool City residents.
Deadline: Organisations who are interested in applying and have the appropriate governance and assurance policies in place, should email a completed application before 5pm on Friday 21April 2023.
EuroGrant Funding | Now Open for Applications
In partnership with The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF), Culture Liverpool is offering grants of up to £2,000, available to schools, community groups and local grassroots organisations. Culture Liverpool and NHLF want to spread the Eurovision magic across the City Region. The Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) and Spirit of 2012 are also supporting the schools programme.
They want communities across the Liverpool City Region to get into the Eurovision spirit by hosting workshops and activities, events, street parties and shindigs that celebrate the competition itself, the relationship with our friends in Ukraine and the wider European heritage, communities and culture in Liverpool.
This is a unique opportunity within a limited timeframe, all activity must be delivered during May and June 2023.
Deadline: Applications close at 5 PM on Wednesday 29 March 2023.
Successful applicants will be informed by Thursday 6 April 2023.
Help shape the Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership Strategy
Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership have launched a survey to seek the views of their partners, people, and communities on the priorities within their interim strategy.
The development of Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to combine our efforts and collective resources to make real improvements to the lives our people and communities.
They want to hear your thoughts on their priorities and experience of living and accessing services in Cheshire and Merseyside.
They will review and use your feedback to finalise their strategy and develop a more detailed delivery plan (they call it a Joint Forward Plan) by the end of June 2023.
Please help them to spread the word and gather as many views as possible by sharing widely within your organisation, networks, and communities.
The Skelton Charity | Now Open for Applications
The Skelton Charity is a charitable trust empowered to make grants only to legally constituted charities established in Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside, including the unitary authorities of Blackpool, Blackburn, Warrington and Halton. They are now open for applications.
Although the Trustees enjoy complete discretion when considering applications, they are inclined to favour applications for:
Equipment; from organisations supporting the elderly, people with disability and from youth groups
Small specific capital projects of proven viability from community groups.
The Trustees do not usually fund:
Large building appeals
Revenue expenditure
and do not make grants to individuals.
It is their policy to make relatively modest grants to a wide number of applicants, which tend to be in the range of £500 – £3,000 but can be, exceptionally, as high as £5,000. The total annual income at their disposal is approximately £100,000.
Deadline: Completed applications must be received by 5 PM on Friday 12 May 2023.
HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) Programme for Easter 2023
The Easter HAF programme starts on 3 April 2023 and there are lots of great activities happening over the school holidays.
Children and young people, who are eligible for benefits related free school meals, will be able to access hundreds of activities throughout the Easter break including specific provision available for children with SEND or additional needs, at no cost to you.
There’s a great range of activities across the city including boxing, trampolining, football, music, dance, cycling, cooking, climbing, films, bowling, arts and crafts, drama, a make up course, trips out, Eurovision themed activities and much more! Every day there will be a meal available for every child that attends.
When you have chosen an activity, you will need to contact that organisation to book a place.
Each organisation will have either a telephone number, email address or online booking system. If your child has any additional needs or dietary requirements then please discuss this with the organisation when you book. There is no central booking system so please read the details of the programmes on the website and ring the providers directly.
Liverpool City Council is working with the local schools, voluntary and community organisations, and childcare providers to provide the HAF programme. The programme is funded by the Department for Education.
Funding from the British and Foreign School Society
Looking for funding for an education project? The British and Foreign School Society (BFSS) has two funding streams for organisations in the UK.
Main Fund
The BFSS supports charitable organisations running UK and International projects to improve access to education or the quality of education for children and young people under the age of 25.
They award approximately £900,000 in new grants every year through 2 grant rounds.
BFSS will only consider applications that are specifically targeted towards either Young Carers or Care Experienced Young People in the UK. Projects must be new and innovative interventions to improve their educational outcomes and life chances.
The £1 million Displacement Education Fund addresses the specific challenges that children and young people who have been displaced by conflict face in accessing quality education.
They support work which aims to improve access to educational opportunity (including further education or employment opportunities for those aged 16-25), or reduce barriers to achievement, for children and young people living in the UK who are refugees or asylum seekers, unaccompanied children or children of undocumented migrants.
Funding is available for up to two years.
Grants will be available for UK registered charities, not for profit, community based organisations and schools, academies, colleges and other educational establishments.
Deadline: Applications will be received and reviewed on a rolling basis.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for children and young people across the Liverpool City Region to participate within a new Youth Bank project.
The Alder Hey Youth Forum has teamed up with the NSPCC and Youth Bank International to run a new Youth-Led initiative in which young people will become commissioners of a pot of funding that they will distribute to local groups of young people to empower them to tackle issues related to safety.
They are recruiting a small panel of young people aged between 12-18 years of age to undertake a training programme to equip them with the skills, knowledge and confidence to become young leaders who are knowledgeable around all aspects of funding governance.
The Youth Bank panel will meet weekly in the Liverpool City Centre to engage in a fun and informative training programme.
Young people can learn more about Youth Bank and express an interest in joining the panel by either scanning the QR code on the attached poster, or alternatively they can access the expression of interest form directly by clicking here.
Charities have until 5 April to find estimated £564mn in unclaimed Gift Aid
Charities have until 5 April to search for any unclaimed Gift Aid for this tax year – an amount HMRChas estimated is as much as £564mn.
While Gift Aid declarations for this tax year can be collected after this date, it then becomes a more complicated process.
Swiftaid has launched the ‘Great Gift Aid Hunt‘ to encourage charities to make sure they don’t miss out. It offers a quick way for charities to check against over 5 million UK taxpayers to find missed Gift Aid. By sending in donation information from the current tax year, Swiftaid can match it with millions of UK taxpayers, and if a match is found, 25% more Gift Aid is added.
The platform is ISO-accredited and works closely with HMRC and the Charity Tax Group to maximise Gift Aid. It is also compliant with GDPR requirements.
“With the cost of living continuing to rise, it’s important that charities can increase their income without putting additional financial strain on their donors. Think of what a much-needed boost of 25% income could do for your charity. Through a simple upload of donation data, this converts to extra income without costing extra to donors. Swiftaid acts on behalf of over 5 million UK taxpayers. Charities can now simply check against these individuals for Gift Aid that was previously missed.”
It estimates every year, around £564 million is missed, which could pay for:
Emergency food packages for over 11.2 million families
Nappies and wipes for just under 113 million babies and toddlers for a week
Health checks for over 22.5 million people
Essential lab equipment for 56.4 million cancer researchers
Two weeks’ medical support costs for over 9.5 million survivors at a women’s shelter
A meal for 2,256,000 billion people
Bedding and a safe place to sleep for over 22.5 million young people.
Voluntary organisations in our area have just received a share of £1.2m in easyfundraising donations
Congratulations to all the organisations in our area that have just received a share of £1.2m in easyfundraising donations!
Through easyfundraising, 7,000 online brands will donate money to your organisation when your volunteers, supporters, trustees and staff shop with them. It doesn’t cost the shopper anything extra as the free funding comes directly from brands like Tesco, eBay, Amazon, John Lewis, Booking.com, Sainsbury’s. Wilko, Asda, Just Eat, trainline and thousands more. It’s the brand’s way of giving back to local groups and communities.
Funds raised through easyfundraising are helping third-sector organisations to fund exciting projects, maintain facilities, pay for day-to-day running costs, and more. As it’s unrestricted funding, you have the ease and flexibility to spend your funds on whatever your organisation sees fit.
To receive funds in the next payout, register your organisation with easyfundraising – it’s quick and easy to get started. You can even book a call with the easyfundraising team for advice and tips to get you off to a great start.
UPDATED: UK Emergency Alerts Test Day & its impact on survivors of Domestic Abuse
On Sunday 19 March 2023, the UK government announced that the new Emergency Alerts system is now live. The system will enable people to be contacted via their mobile phone when lives are in danger. On Sunday 23 April 2023 at 3 PM there will be a national test which will be received on compatible mobile phone handsets.
The test alert will see people receive a message on the home screen of their mobile phone, along with a sound and vibration for up to ten seconds.
The message will say:
This is a test of Emergency Alerts, a new UK government service that will warn you if there’s a life-threatening emergency nearby.
In a real emergency, follow the instructions in the alert to keep yourself and others safe.
This is a test. You do not need to take any action.
For the test, the public does not need to take any action – the sound and vibration will stop automatically after ten seconds. All people need to do is swipe away the message or click ‘OK’ on their phone’s home screen – just like for a ‘low battery’ warning or notification – and continue to use their phone as normal.
Emergency Alerts will be used to warn you in the event of emergencies, such as severe flooding. It will be sent to all compatible mobile phones within an area of risk. They don’t track your location, need your phone number, or collect personal data.
Only the government and the emergency services will be able to send them. If you don’t have a mobile phone, you’ll still be kept informed through other channels.
If you get an Emergency Alert on your phone, you’ll hear a loud, siren-like sound. A message on your screen will tell you about the emergency and how best to respond. You’ll be able to check if an alert is genuine by going on the UK government website (link below).
If you receive an alert, read the alert carefully and follow the instructions.
You have the option to opt out of receiving emergency alerts, for more information on how to opt out please click on the click below.
As the alert test will make a sound on all compatible devices. This could impact survivors of domestic abuse who have another phone or are hiding their phone from the perpetrator.
National charity Refuge have created a useful video to let survivors know how to turn the alert off on both Android phones and iPhones.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: 12 months. Salary: £36,345 pro rata. Hours per week: 28 hours. Reporting to: Trustee. Location: Liverpool / Bristol.
Employer Bio
Movema connects people and communities, helping nurture a safer and more understanding and tolerant world. Using dance and arts they give value and support to people who are often overlooked or marginalised in society.
Initially established in Liverpool, and then expanding to Bristol in 2013, Movema has used dance to strengthen many communities, providing people with meaningful connections and life changing experiences.
Job Description
Movema is seeking an applicant to cover maternity leave for their CEO. This role will lead Movema in developing its pioneering role in championing the power of world dance to celebrate diversity, to heal and to unite communities.
The CEO will work with the Executive Team and Board to deliver their vision through the business plan achieving strategic, creative, financial, and operational ambitions, developing and implementing strategies which support Movema’s financial sustainability, its partnerships and its relevance to artists, participants, and audiences.
The interim CEO will continue the vital role of leading the business to sustain and build on current successes, embed effective structures and systems, whilst ensuring that the organisation grows its profile, reach, income and users to secure future growth and success in achieving its mission and goals working within their values, ethos, and objectives.
The CEO and the Co-Directors make up the Executive Team who work within an ethos of collaboration, with a strongly democratic approach to key strategic and operational decision-making. The CEO will lead the Executive team and support Directors in the delivery of their specialist areas.
Do you want to be part of the EuroFest celebrations in Liverpool? Do you want to be part of the cast in a mass participation film? Are you available on the 1 May 2023?
If so, you can be part of a large scale community project: a mass movement film to welcome the world to Liverpool in the run up to Eurovision.
This powerful spectacle will be led by Mass Movement Director Jeanefer Jean-Charles MBE with local choreographers Lisi Perry and Grace Goulding. It will be filmed by Northern Town production company.
This opportunity is open to individuals aged 18+, and to community groups of all ages from 11+.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term. Term: Full Time. Salary: £30,000 pro rata. Hours per week: 30-37.5 hours per week (subject to negotiation). Evening/weekend work will be involved, dependent on the needs of each project. Reporting to: Feeding Liverpool Director. Location: Feeding Liverpool’s office: 16 Lady Chapel Close, Liverpool, L1 7BZ.
Employer Bio
Feeding Liverpool is the city of Liverpool’s food alliance, connecting and equipping people and organisations to work towards good food for all.
Building on their work since 2015 tackling hunger and food insecurity, Feeding Liverpool are developing and driving forward Liverpool’s Good Food Plan in partnership with communities and organisations across the city.
Their aims:
Create arenas for practitioners to share and shape good practice in relation to Good Food for All
Draw on skills, expertise and experience from communities and people on the ground to contribute to and influence policy debates locally and nationally
Raise awareness and develop greater public understanding of food systems, policy and related issues.
Their key activities:
Equipping and supporting people and projects to work towards good food for all
Telling the stories of people who have experiences of food insecurity and campaigning with local and national partners to tackle the root causes of poverty
Connecting communities through their programme of events and network gatherings.
Job Description
You will be passionate about learning from and supporting communities to grow and connect, working towards their vision of building a city where everyone can eat good food. You will have tangible experience in project delivery including managing programmes of work to a timeline and budget. This will be coupled with strong organisational and communication skills to enable you to work effectively in partnership with others.
Main purposes of job
Manage the delivery of Feeding Liverpool’s varied projects
Undertake operational tasks to deliver Feeding Liverpool projects
Supervise and manage Feeding Liverpool’s Network Coordinator, and relevant short-term project workers
Support the development of new projects and programmes of work
Support the delivery of Liverpool’s Good Food Plan.
Key responsibilities
To manage Feeding Liverpool’s projects, ensuring they are delivered in an efficient, effective and timely manner, on time and within budget (see project list via the link below)
To manage their engagement with project partners and engage with relevant stakeholders
To undertake operational tasks leading to the delivery of Feeding Liverpool projects
To provide effective line management for Feeding Liverpool’s Network Coordinator (3 days per week) and for relevant short-term project workers (e.g. Creative Engagement Officer – 1 day per week) to support the delivery of their responsibilities and ensure these are carried out efficiently and effectively (see organisational via the link below – noting that additional line management responsibilities may be included once established in post)
To work alongside the Programme Director to identify, stimulate and encourage the emergence of projects and programmes, supporting the organisation’s funding applications as and where required
To ensure that adequate contracting, monitoring and reporting systems are in place and maintained for Feeding Liverpool’s projects.
General responsibilities
To line manage the direct reporting staff members
To work collaboratively with team members and trustees, reporting regularly back to the Director and when appropriate to the trustees
To promote the ethos of Feeding Liverpool
To encourage the development of staff members and volunteers
To maintain confidentiality at all times in respect of Feeding Liverpool matters and prevent disclosure of confidential or sensitive in formation.
Do you have the skills and experience to become Healthwatch Liverpool’s next Chair? The role attracts an honorarium of £5000 p.a. in recognition of your time commitment.
Purpose of the role
As Chair you will play a leading role in guiding the strategic direction of Healthwatch Liverpool, leading and ensuring the service lives up to its shared vision, aims, and values. In addition to attending and leading formal board meetings, the Chair will ensure that the service’s strategic direction is clearly communicated and provide support and advice to the staff and management team.
The Chair will:
Be a board member and chair of Laridae CIC which delivers the Healthwatch contract in Liverpool
Chair the Community Engagement Board which provides community guidance and oversight of the work of Healthwatch Liverpool
Be a key spokesperson for Healthwatch Liverpool and must have the necessary knowledge, skills and experience to be perceived by partners and the public as a credible figurehead for a professional, responsive and evidence-based organisation
Work with the Healthwatch Liverpool leadership in helping to shape the strategic direction of Healthwatch Liverpool, in line with the contract, service specification, legislation and guidance from Department of Health and Healthwatch England, through good governance and effective strategic planning.
Commitment and remuneration
They anticipate the time commitment will be approximately two–three days per month. An honorarium of £5,000 pa for the role will be paid in recognition of the time commitment. All remuneration is taxable and subject to Class 1 NI contributions but it is not pensionable. Reasonable expenses will also be reimbursed in line with organisational policy.
Garston Adventure Playground – Art & Craft Playworker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed term, 2 years. Term: Part-time. Salary: £11.43 per hour. Hours per week: 22 hours (possibility to increase during school holidays). Reporting to: Project Manager. Location: Garston Adventure Playground, Liverpool L19 1QP.
Employer Bio
Garston Adventure Playground started out as a Summer Holiday playscheme which was run by local parents and residents at Garston Park. Having recognised the need for a permanent place for children and young people to play in the area, they set about finding the ideal site and funding. With the help of funding from central government and a lot of hard work, work on Garston Adventure Playground began in 1978. In 1980, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh officially opened the playground.
Job Description
To work directly with children to assist them to avail themselves to the widest possible range of play opportunities.
To develop, plan and prepare play opportunities that will help children and young people develop skills, have fresh experiences and make new relationships, where appropriate using community-based facilities.
To provide a fun, safe, caring and stimulating play environment for all children and young people aged 5-15 years.
To enable their social, physical, intellectual, creative and emotional development.
To take responsibility for the playground’s art & craft program, assisting other workers to organise structured play sessions, trips out, residential holidays etc.
Working with children and young people producing individual action plans.
To read the full job description and to apply, please email garstonap@btinternet.com. Alternatively, you can call in.
Deadline: 20 March 2023.
Interviews: Week beginning 27 March 2023.
Youth Hostel Association Breaks programme
The Youth Hostel Association (YHA) Breaks programme aim to reach young people and families with the most challenging lives and provide them with life-changing experiences.
They understand the power of travel and adventure to transform a child’s view of the world and their potential to succeed in it, to provide respite and improve health, education and wellbeing. They believe all young people should have the chance to have big adventures, make new friends, try new things and learn vital life skills.
Today, young people face many challenges. Financial hardship, homelessness, disability, long-term illness, bereavement, caring for a parent and other circumstances all limit children’s opportunities. They are here to reach and create new opportunities for those in the greatest need.
They are taking enquiries from charities & community groups who are seeking support for a residential stay with YHA. Enquiries can be made for groups of young people and groups of families.
Giz a Job community heritage project seeks volunteers to help tell story of the 1981 People’s March for Jobs
Are you passionate about the history of Liverpool? Do you want to gain experience in the heritage sector? If so, become a volunteer for the Giz a Job project!
Project organisers are seeking to recruit a team of 16 participants (aged 18+), who will receive training in archival research, oral history interviewing and exhibition design.
All training and travel expenses will be paid for by the generous National Lottery Heritage Fund grant. Food and drink will also be provided at each volunteer event.
Prospective trainees aren’t required to possess any experience of volunteering or working in the heritage or arts sectors. As long as they are eager to learn about Merseyside’s labour history, they will be welcome!
Greig Campbell is also looking to speak to potential interviewees, so if you or someone you know took part in or supported the 1981 People’s March for Jobs, please contact him at info@thepeoplesmarch.co.uk / 07585 669 833.
Background
The Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre has been awarded a £70,000 grant by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to deliver Giz a Job, a ground-breaking community oral history project that seeks to tell the story of the 1981 People’s March for Jobs.
The Project:
Working out of Liverpool’s north end, Giz a Job will support a group of volunteers to produce an intimate ‘people’s history’ of the March and the wider right to work movement.
The scheme will be delivered in three distinct stages:
Volunteers will receive free training in transferable heritage skills (archival research, oral history interviewing and exhibition design) provided by Liverpool Archives, the Oral History Society and the Museum of Liverpool
Utilising these newly acquired research skills, participants will explore relevant documentary archive material housed in various archives across the North West; whilst gathering oral testimonies from key witnesses to the March. Meanwhile, several free public events (heritage walks, reminiscence sessions and a historical talk) will be organised
Volunteers will work alongside local creatives to produce an exhibition, educational booklet, public artwork and website, which will be launched to the public early next year.
The Heritage of the March:
Giz a Job will provide an intimate account of the first People’s March for Jobs, which culminated in May 1981 when approximately 500 protestors arrived in London having undertaken a 200-mile trek from Liverpool. Over the preceding 4 weeks, the group, which was largely spearheaded by jobless young adults from Merseyside, passed through 25 towns experiencing mass redundancies.
At each location, the Marchers collaborated with civic leaders and community activists to organise rallies highlighting issues surrounding unemployment, race, disability and gender inequality. The March concluded with a huge music festival in Brockwell Park and a 150,000-strong demonstration in Trafalgar Square.
This evocative act of popular protest not only galvanised the labour movement, but also awakened the public’s conscience to the plight of mass unemployment.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Trusteeships run for a 3-year term for a maximum of two terms. Hours: Approximately 100 hours per year. Reporting to: Chair of the Board and CEO of FACT Liverpool. Location: Mostly remote working, with occasional in-person attendance at Board meetings at FACT Liverpool, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ.
Employer Bio
FACT Liverpool is the UK’s leading organisation for the support and exhibition of art and film that explores new media and digital culture. The award-winning FACT centre opened in 2003 in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool, a hub for independent shops, restaurants, bars, nightlife and galleries. The FACT centre houses three art galleries, four cinema screens, a lab for learning and experimentation, a cafe, and a bar. Each year they welcome 250,000 visitors to their building, and collaborate with over 10,000 adults and young people through their Learning Programme, which they deliver in partnership with schools and community organisations across the Liverpool City Region.
Job Description
FACT Liverpool is looking to appoint a voluntary trustee (unpaid) with experience in finance to provide advice, scrutiny and support to the charity. They seek someone who can demonstrate a wholehearted commitment to the values and mission of FACT Liverpool and who will bring sound independent financial judgement, strategic vision, and a familiarity with charity accounting to their Board. You will join the Board of Trustees during an exciting phase of development and artistic vision, as they work towards the proposed integration of the whole building as one organisation by 2028.
You will help to ensure that the Board fulfils its financial duties and responsibilities for the proper governance of FACT Liverpool, in compliance with charity and company law and any other relevant legislation.
A campaign to increase women’s safety, particularly around the transport network, is being rolled out across the whole of Merseyside.
Following on from the success of the first phase of the project in Liverpool city centre last year, the Safer Streets campaign is now being expanded to increase efforts to tackle Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) and improve women’s feelings of safety across the region.
The campaign was developed following a survey, run by Merseyside’s Police and Commissioner (PCC), Emily Spurrell, which showed 54% of women felt unsafe using public transport in Merseyside at night and nearly 42% had concerns about using it in the day.
Following a second successful bid for £576,000 of Home Office funding by the PCC and Liverpool City Council, Safer Streets Merseyside will be scaled up, with key aspects of the campaign being taken region-wide. It will deliver:
The development of a ‘guardian project’, with LJMU student volunteers trained to provide support to those who need it in Liverpool’s night-time economy, such as helping people get home or providing emotional support
Enhanced high visibility CCTV coverage along key bus routes used by students and other young people to head into and out of the city centre at night
Travel centres at each of the bus stations, creating ‘safe spaces’ for anyone who feels vulnerable within travel centres at each of the bus stations
An increased uniformed police presence in transport hubs and along Liverpool’s dedicated student bus routes and into the night-time economy at peak times on Friday and Saturday nights, as well as dedicated student event nights
Educational training extended to reach more than 130 primary schools across the region raising awareness of staying safe online, sexual harassment and misogyny
A new adult education programme looking to challenge misogynistic language and attitudes using a creative resource and digital activity which is anticipated to reach up to 53,000 employees across the region.
Safer Streets Merseyside launching on 27 February 2023, it will be promoted through a powerful visual communications campaign targeted at potential perpetrators and highlighting there is no excuse for behaviours such as catcalling and unwanted sexual comments, groping and uninvited touching.
The campaign was developed following extensive consultation with stakeholders, those using public transport, student groups and young people, all of which highlighted how fears around using public transport increased after the tragic murder of Sarah Everard.
It has been supported by a wide range of partners including Merseyside Police, RASA Merseyside, the Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Liverpool John Moores University and Culture Liverpool, as well as the region’s four other local authorities.
“It’s totally unacceptable that many women and girls still don’t feel safe using public transport or out about in our region, particularly at night.
“There is No Excuse for sexual violence. Through Safer Streets Merseyside, we are taking a multi-faceted approach to tackling it – not just challenging perpetrators and unacceptable behaviour but also looking to change attitudes, while taking practical steps to make sure women feel safer and give them the confidence to report incidents and seek support.
“This campaign will build on the hard work from last year and is an essential part of our ongoing commitment to bring about change for thousands of women across our region now, and into the future.”
Mayor of Liverpool Joanne Anderson:
“This is an important project which will make a huge difference to the safety of women and girls in our city.
“It is vital that we don’t just challenge behaviour but also seek to change it, which is why the education element of Safer Streets is equally important.
“It is an integral part of my recently launched VAWG strategy, which committed to working with partners to tackle these issues and deliver a new normal of respect and safety for women.”
“Merseyside Police and partners continue to work together to make our streets safer for women and girls. I welcome the expansion of the Safer Streets campaign to cover the whole of Merseyside and build on the work that was carried out last year in Liverpool, which addressed some priority issues to improve the safety of women and girls and looked to challenge unacceptable behaviours.
“No woman or girl should feel unsafe in her community, and I hope that the measures put in place as part of the campaign help to improve their feelings of safety and demonstrate that there is no excuse for sexual violence and harassment in Merseyside.”
Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, said:
“Far too often, women in our society feel unsafe to do simple things that men so often take for granted. In 2023, I wish everyone could feel safe travelling on their own yet, sadly, we know this isn’t the case.
“In the Liverpool City Region, we’re investing in better CCTV at bus stops and have secured the role of a second safety critical person on all our new £500m publicly owned trains, which are fitted with real time CCTV that is monitored by a dedicated incident room. We’re making great progress – but there’s still more work to be done.
“This next phase of Safer Streets Merseyside will have a big part to play in engaging with the next generation and ensure that we’re starting conversations in the classroom that amplify the voices of young women and help to encourage long-term behaviour change, so that every person feels comfortable travelling on our public transport network.”
Launched in March 2022, the first phase of the campaign delivered:
Enhanced CCTV coverage at city centre bus stations in Liverpool One, Queens Square and Sir Thomas Street
New ‘help points’ connected to the CityWatch control room and better links with emergency services
‘Bystander training’ for bus drivers and frontline bus station staff to help them better understand and know how to prevent sexual violence. The training will equip them to act as ‘guardians’, to make passengers feel safer
Educational training for up to 70 schools across Liverpool raising awareness of sexual harassment and misogyny
A text message service enabling women and girls to report unwanted attention or sexual harassment while travelling by bus by texting SAFER to 65007.
NCVO/SCVO Webinar: How to manage rising energy costs – what next for charities?
In the face of rising energy costs, charities are finding it increasingly difficult to manage their finances effectively. To address this issue, the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) and the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) recently hosted a webinar titled “How to manage rising energy costs – what next for charities?” The webinar covers topics such as EBDS, Market Updates, Cost Recovery and Reducing on site consumption.
Flourishing Families Service – Young Persons Advisory Service (YPAS) MVRP Pilot Programme
YPAS has secured MVRP funding to provide a ‘Whole Family Evidence Based Therapeutic Intervention Service. Entitled Flourishing Families, the 15-month pilot will be delivered during the period of 10/01/23 – 31/03/24, reaching a population of 209 Liverpool families.
Flourishing Families is an early intervention and prevention service aimed at families whose family system consists of children and/or young people aged 5-25 years and are identified as having been exposed to trauma and/or adversity impacted by violence. The targeted service is underpinned by trauma informed evidence based therapeutic approaches.
Families will be triaged for assessment at the point of referral in accordance with eligibility criteria and threshold. Referrals will be received through YPAS’s referral pathways expected to be received from children and adult services across health, education, CAMHS, AMHS, social care and ‘youth justice prevention services.
Due to the short-term nature of the Flourishing Families pilot and to avoid capacity outweighing demand. YPAS will manage the expectations of the service by ensuring referrals are received via cross sector delivery partnerships and eligibility criteria.
As a prevention service, they encourage voluntary community organisations working with families where children have been exposed to trauma and/or adversity to contact them prior to making a referral.
Flourishing Families / MVRP Outcomes:
Improve behaviour management/regulation
Improve social and emotional wellbeing
Reduce vulnerability and victimisation (bullying, criminality, violence)
Voluntary groups in Woolton are being urged to apply for charitable funds which aim to improve recreational and educational opportunities in the area.
The Woolton Educational and Recreational Charity was set up following the sale of the Woolton Village Club in 2000. The club was sold for £300,000 and the Charity uses the interest on the proceeds of the sale to fund local projects aimed at improving the quality of life for everyone. Since its inception the charity has given approximately £15,000 annually to support such projects.
In 2022 a host of great causes local to the Woolton area benefited from the charity. These included the Friends of Reynolds Park who received £2,000 to install new play equipment; Old Xaverians Cricket Club which benefitted from £5,000 to help finance a practice facility; and Woolton High School which received £2,000 to fund new musical equipment.
Local groups and organisations have until 31 March 2023 to submit a bid for funding.
How to apply:
Application forms are available from Mr Robin Thomaides, Liverpool City Council, Cunard Building, Pier Head, Liverpool L3 1DS. Telephone 0151 351 1108. Email: robin.thomaides@liverpool.gov.uk.
Councillor Malcolm Kelly, the Chair of The Woolton Educational and Recreational Charity, said:
“The village hall was gifted to the people of the village by William Dodge James in 1896.
“Since its sale, we have used the proceeds to invest in the local community and support many fantastic initiatives from local groups.
“The application process is open to anyone in the Woolton area who wants to use the funding to help improve recreation and education in the area. We look forward to receiving your bids.”
Energy Projects Plus – Energy Adviser (Telephone)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time but could be job share. Salary: £22,500. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Project Manager. Location: Flexible – office in Wallasey.
Employer Bio
Energy Projects Plus is an independent registered environmental charity, formed in 1995. They provide advice, information, and support in keeping warm at home, managing fuel bills, improving energy efficiency and sustainable energy alongside working to address the climate emergency. They deliver programmes across Merseyside and Cheshire, managing grants, attending community events, delivering home visits and providing telephone advice.
Job Description
This role provides an opportunity to join Energy Projects Plus at a vital time. The current cost of living and energy crisis means that their services are in high demand.
As telephone advisers provide the first point of contact for clients it is essential that their telephone and personal manner is friendly, enthusiastic and efficient. They are looking for the right person to provide telephone advice and will provide all training in the advice subjects.
Their telephone advisers provide accurate advice and support to clients who engage with Energy Projects Plus either electronically or by telephone. They advise on solutions and the availability of funding and other support to address energy efficiency, sustainability, bills and fuel debt, income maximisation, and (through referral to external partner agencies) general debt. They assess clients’ eligibility for support, provide energy efficiency and tariff advice to assist clients to achieve affordable warmth, help clients navigate the relevant financial support schemes available at any time, and advise on the potential for sustainable energy measures. Use external and internal on-line and off-line software to make applications and capture all aspects of client engagement.
Big Give have opened applications for their new match-funding campaign: Mental Health Match Fund 2023.
78% of people say the cost of living crisis is impacting mental health – worse for those with existing mental health problems.
The Mental Health Match Fund is designed specifically for charities improving mental health as part of their work. The Mental Health Match Fund 2023 will run from Monday 15 May until Monday 22 May 2023.
This an opportunity for charities to come together and shine a light on their work as part of this match funding campaign taking place over Mental Health Awareness Week.
Charities can apply for three tiers of match funding – £2,500, £5,000, or £10,000.
For full details on the eligibility criteria and further information on the campaign and how to apply, please visit the Mental Health Match Fund page.
Applications Deadline: 5 PM on Friday 24 March 2023.
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time but could be job share. Salary: £23,148. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Project Manager. Location: Flexible – office in Wallasey and home plus at venues across Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Energy Projects Plus is an independent registered environmental charity, formed in 1995. They provide advice, information, and support in keeping warm at home, managing fuel bills, improving energy efficiency and sustainable energy alongside working to address the climate emergency. They deliver programmes across Liverpool City Region and Cheshire, managing grants, attending community events, delivering home visits and telephone advice.
Job Description
This role provides an opportunity to join Energy Projects Plus at a vital time. The current cost of living and energy crisis means that their services are in high demand.
You will meet with people in their home or at events, or speak by telephone to, residents and provide accurate advice in a friendly and reassuring way in regard to fuel bills, fuel debt, and energy efficiency. This will include providing advice on solutions, and the availability of funding and other support to address energy efficiency, sustainability, bills and fuel debt, income maximisation, and (through referral to external partner agencies) general debt.
You will also assess Clients’ eligibility for support, make applications to British Gas Energy Trust and other funding providers to remove/reduce arrears on fuel bills and other needs, provide energy efficiency and tariff advice to assist Clients to achieve affordable warmth, help Clients navigate the relevant financial support schemes available at any time, and advise on the potential for sustainable energy measures.
The Whitechapel Centre – Supported Accommodation Project Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £26,845 – £29,439 pa. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Project Manager. Location: Everton.
Employer Bio
The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic, tailored support so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.
Job Description
This is a new service providing 24 hour housing support and housing management to single people and couples who are homeless in Liverpool. With a background in a related homelessness, housing or support setting, you will have a proven track record of delivering multifaceted services to people with a wide range of differing and complex needs.
Energetic and with a ‘can do’ attitude, you will be passionate about delivering positive outcomes for clients, ensuring appropriate move on and working to reduce levels of repeat homelessness in the city via effective multi-agency working.
Ideally you will have experience of discharging individualised resettlement/support plans and providing advice and support to people about benefits maximisation, substance misuse problems, domestic abuse, care and mental health services.
Deadline: Please note that there is no formal closing date for this vacancy. They are advertising via a range of channels and reserve the right to review applications each Friday and close the vacancy as soon as their shortlisting requirements are met.
To apply, please download an application form from their website or request a form from humanresources@whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 0151 207 8624.
The Whitechapel Centre – Waking Night Project Worker
Posts available: 3. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full time. Salary: £25,583 – £27,017 pa. Hours per week: 42 hours. Reporting to: Senior. Location: Everton.
Employer Bio
The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic, tailored support so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.
Job Description
This is a new service providing 24 hour housing support and housing management to single people and couples who are homeless in Liverpool. Your role will be to work as part of a small team to engage with clients and to supervise their conduct, health, safety and welfare during the night-time.
Able to get alongside people and to motivate change, you will have experience of working with people who are homeless or have complex needs.
Deadline: Please note that there is no formal closing date for this vacancy. They are advertising via a range of channels and reserve the right to review applications each Friday and close the vacancy as soon as their shortlisting requirements are met.
To apply, please download an application form from their website or request a form from humanresources@whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 0151 207 8624.
£165,000 fund launched to help community groups reduce, reuse and recycle
A share of £165,000 is up for grabs to help community groups make the Liverpool City Region a cleaner and greener place.
The funding – made available via the Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority and Veolia Community Fund 2023/24 – is for community and voluntary groups, schools and not-for-profit organisations, who can reduce household waste, encourage recycling and resource reuse and prevent carbon emissions.
There is up to £30,000 for projects which cover a minimum of three City Region districts, and between £1000 and £8,000 available for projects which work solely at one local authority level.
Chairperson of Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority (MRWA), Councillor Tony Concepcion, said:
“Giving groups the opportunity to get involved in looking after their environment brings benefits to all and can help us appreciate items as valuable resources rather than something which otherwise might be just thrown away.
“We’ve seen that previous projects have continued to deliver benefits beyond the first year, through their legacy and ongoing impact on behavioural change, and in many cases through new or continuing activities.”
Bids must tackle one or more of the four priority household waste materials which have been identified by MRWA as key, namely WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment), Food, Textiles and Furniture. An analysis of waste in the region highlighted that a greater amount of these materials could be re-used or recycled. Projects can also include other household waste materials, for example paper, plastic or metals.
Previous Community Fund projects have included local recycling guidebooks, cookery clubs to support healthy eating and reduce food waste, fruit and veg gleaning, restoring old furniture to sell for charity and refurbishing unwanted rugs for resale. In January one project held a climate change conference with secondary schoolchildren from across Liverpool City Region to help highlight wasted clothes and textiles.
Another organisation to have previously received funding was the British Dietetic Association, who have been running the Waste Warriors food waste reduction and cookery skills programme, thanks to £20,000 from the MRWA Community Fund.
Suzanne Mitchell, Let’s Get Cooking lead, said:
“The opportunity to support a local community with our funding was a really powerful idea. We hope we’ve inspired households to think about new ways to save money by reducing the amount of food they throw away and growing their own produce using a community garden.”
Deadline for submissions is 11:59 PM on Sunday 26 March 2023.
If groups aren’t sure whether their project is appropriate for consideration then they can submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) via email to MRWA (Community.fund@merseysidewda.gov.uk) before 5 March 2023.
Successful projects should receive the funding by mid May 2023 and will have to deliver their schemes by March 2024.
The Whitechapel Centre – Recovery Coach (Activity Worker)
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent. Term: Fixed Term (One year in the first instance). Salary: £24,054 – £26,845. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Based in Everton.
Employer Bio
The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic, tailored support so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.
Job Description
They have just been awarded funding which will enable them to enrich their Pathways service for people experiencing multiple disadvantage and social exclusion by offering targeted learning and development opportunities which help people improve their wellbeing and self-esteem and achieve their personal goals.
Carrying a small caseload, you will work closely with Support and Treatment Workers to deliver and broker learning and development activities and support services which help people connect with the wider community and make the transition out of homelessness services.
Well-organised, and with the energy and commitment to make a real difference, you will have a keen understanding of the needs of people experiencing multiple disadvantage and social exclusion in relation to learning and enablement activities along with practical experience of designing and delivering group learning sessions.
They are particularly interested to receive applications from people with lived experience of homelessness and/or substance misuse
Due to the nature of the role, you will need to have the flexibility to work at weekends and outside of normal office hours by arrangement. Car use will be desirable.
Deadline: Please note that there is no formal closing date for this vacancy. They are advertising via a range of channels and reserve the right to review applications each Friday and close the vacancy as soon as their shortlisting requirements are met.
To apply, please download an application form from their website or request a form from humanresources@whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 0151 207 8624.
Energy Bills Support Scheme: Prepayment Meter Vouchers
Many households are on traditional prepayment meter and are missing out on the government discount being delivered under the Energy Bills Support Scheme.
Prepayment meter customers are being sent vouchers each month by their supplier. The value was £66 in October and November, and £67 from November to March, totalling £400. Vouchers expire after 90 days but the customer can ask their supplier to reissue them if lost, not received or expired.
The Whitechapel Centre – Young Persons’ Housing Advice & Homeless Resolution Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Fixed Term. Salary: £24,054 – £26,845. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Based in Everton.
Employer Bio
The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic, tailored support so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.
Job Description
They are pleased to invite applications against a new opportunity to enhance the services they offer to young people.
Your role will involve providing high quality housing advice, advocacy and assistance to help resolve or prevent homelessness and housing need.
They are looking for someone with first class communication skills and experience of working in partnership with other professionals, agencies and stakeholders, ideally in a homelessness, housing or welfare advice setting. Experience of providing advice and support to young people about housing, substance misuse problems, care and mental health services would be a distinct advantage.
In return they offer a supportive work environment, good pension and health benefits.
Deadline: Please note that there is no formal closing date for this vacancy. They are advertising via a range of channels and reserve the right to review applications each Friday and close the vacancy as soon as their shortlisting requirements are met.
To apply, please download an application form from their website or request a form from humanresources@whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 0151 207 8624.
Meeting Rooms Wanted to Deliver Free Hate Crime Awareness Sessions
Are you able to offer the free use of a meeting room to run free hate crime awareness sessions?
An inquirer would like to deliver eight sessions in total, including 2 specifically for housing provider contact centre staff, in March and April, so any room that you could make available to them would be greatly appreciated.
They will of course be able to offer the free sessions for your staff, as well as offering to other housing providers operating in the Liverpool area.
The sessions will run for approximately 2 ½ hours, so they would be looking for a room for 3 hours.
For more information and if you can help, please contact Debbie Jones at jonesd7@sky.com.
Torus Foundation’s Getting Social | Wellbeing Programme for Young People
Torus Foundation’s Getting Social Programme, funded by NHS Charities Together and in partnership with Alder Hey and Positive Futures, is a supportive, young person-centred programme, that is designed to improve the mental wellbeing of young people.
Organised by targeted youth workers, the programme offers 10 weeks of social activities, one to one sessions and peer support to young people aged 11 – 18 years old.
Dedicated youth workers will facilitate young people’s access to Sports, Digital, Creative Arts and/or Outdoor activities.
The primary aim is to reduce the number of young people needing NHS interventions, by offering Getting Social as either an interim, supportive, or alternative form of support. One of the ways they hope to do this is through early intervention, which is where you come in!
If you are supporting or working with young people that are struggling with their mental wellbeing, it may be worth considering a referral to Getting Social!
Participants must live in Liverpool to be eligible for a referral and will be supported at either Fire Fit Hub (South Liverpool) or Positive Futures (North Liverpool), depending on the ward that they live.
You can refer any young person within the age range that is struggling with their wellbeing and they particularly encourage those working within BAME communities to consider referring.
If you have any questions or would like to make a referral, please email ypsupport@torusfoundation.org.uk.
Citysafe Grant for Community Cohesion
Citysafe, Liverpool’s Community Safety Partnership, would like to invite partners to express an interest in applying for a small pot of funding which has been made available to be spent before 31 March 2023.
They have just over £35,000 available to:
Support refugees, people seeking asylum and vulnerable migrants to feel safe in the wake of the Knowsley Suites attack on Friday 10 February 2023
Myth bust and challenge harmful rhetoric/misinformation regarding refugees, people seeking asylum and vulnerable migrants, which may be circulating amongst communities in Liverpool
Support refugees, people seeking asylum and vulnerable migrants to settle into life in Liverpool and to understand culture and life in the UK.
Methods of delivering these outcomes may include:
Education/Awareness raising
Engagement with parents/carers
Campaigning (namely social media and print – please consider accessibility as well as methods of widening reach such as use of appropriate influencers)
Wellbeing support for those living in hotels
Personal safety resources.
They anticipate receiving multiple proposals up to around £5,000 each. However, if you have an idea which can be fully spent by 31 March 2023 which is more than £5,000, please contact susan.cowell2@liverpool.gov.uk to discuss.
To submit your expression of interest, please complete this funding template. Please ensure you complete the sections highlighted yellow. Again, return this to susan.cowell2@liverpool.gov.uk by 4 pm on 28 February 2023.
Deadline for Submissions: 4 pm on Tuesday 28 February 2023.
Award of funding will be notified by close of play Wednesday 1 March 2023.
Please note:
The primary purpose of this grant funding is to cut and prevent crime, reduce re-offending and contribute to community safety. Due to the tight timeframe, please do not apply to cover salary or volunteer expenses. However, if staff time is required to deliver, please quote a one-off fee as part of ‘other’ on the project costs section of the funding form.
Payment will be made in arrears following 31 March upon completion of a short monitoring statement. Please note, payment to external agencies from Liverpool City Council take 30 days from receipt of invoice. By submitting a funding template as an expression of interest, you agree that you are able to deliver on your proposal before payment is received. Eligible expenditure is net of VAT recoverable by the Recipient from HM Revenue & Customs and gross of irrecoverable VAT. On agreement of funding, a full contract will be sent to you for you to sign agreeing to grant terms and conditions.
Stick ‘n’ Step – Administrator
Posts available: 1. Contract: 1 year permanent contract. Term: Part-time. Salary: £10.42 per hour (National Living Wage). Hours per week: 20 hours. Reporting to: Mark Lewis. Location: Wallasey, Wirral.
Employer Bio
Stick ‘n’ Step provide free conductive education sessions to children with cerebral palsy. Their support improves mobility, independence, and boosts self-confidence, enabling each child to reach their personal potential.
Conductive education is about active learning. Stick ‘n’ Step sessions incorporate play, exercise routines and songs to develop functional skills. Children and young people are motivated by working alongside their peers in a positive environment and are empowered to achieve realistic goals that are specific and relevant to them.
Stick ‘n’ Step currently provide vital support to over 100 children and their families from their centres in Wallasey and Runcorn. This is an exciting time to join Stick ‘n’ Step and they are looking for someone who has the passion and motivation to contribute to the organisation.
Job Description
This role is pivotal to their organisation. The Administrator will integrate all office-based activities and support the staff team who provide their core services. The post holder is expected to be self-motivated and show initiative and flexibility.
This role would suit someone with a good foundation of administrative skills, who has an organised and proactive approach to tasks.
Level 6 Integrated Youth Worker Degree Apprenticeship Research
In an effort to support the roll out of the new Level 6 Integrated Youth Worker Degree Apprenticeship, NYA (National Youth Agency) are conducting research to establish demand for the qualification in areas which are currently underserved in professional Youth Work Training.
The results will be shared with local training providers to enable them to make informed decisions about whether to run the Level 6 Integrated Youth Worker Degree Apprenticeship.
The survey should take less than 5 minutes, and your responses will directly affect the development of Youth Work training in your area.
Deadline: Please note that this survey was published in February 2023 and may have closed since.
Job Vacancies at Netherley Youth & Community Initiative
Mini Bus Driver
Hours per week: 16 hours.
Days per week: Monday to Friday.
Salary: £12.00 per hour.
Role: To support Breakfast club and afterschool provision at NY&CI.
For the application form, job description and job specification, please email admin@nyci.co.uk.
Deadline: Applications needs to be submitted no later than 13 March 2023.
Short Listing: 28 March 2023.
Childrens Services Co-ordinator
Term: Full time.
Contract: Permanent (Subject to funding).
Hours per week: 35 hours.
Salary Range: £24995 – £27995.
For the application form, job description and job specification, please email admin@nyci.co.uk.
Experience essential with Early Years Foundation Stage / Ofsted Childcare Standards.
Deadline: Closing date for applications are on 12 April 2023 at 5 PM.
Interviews: 17/20 April 2023.
Premises and Site Services Co-ordinator
Term: Full time.
Contract: Permanent (Subject to funding).
Hours per week: 35 hours.
Salary Range: Range £24995 – £27995.
For the application form, job description and job specification, please email admin@nyci.co.uk.
Deadline: Closing date for applications are on 12 April 2023 at 5 PM.
Interviews: 17/20 April 2023.
Youth and Play Coordinator
Term: Full time.
Contract: Permanent (Subject to funding).
Hours per week: 35 hours.
Salary Range: Range £24995 – £27995.
Responsible to: Project Manager.
Responsible for: Staff who deliver/are responsible for the Youth and Play services at NYCI.
For the application form, job description and job specification, please email admin@nyci.co.uk.
Deadline: Closing date for applications are on 12 April 2023 at 5 PM.
Interviews: 17/20 April 2023.
A completed application form and an up-to-date CV should be sent to Chair of Trustees Mr. M Ord (Chair of NY&CI) Netherley Youth & Community Initiative, 41 Damson Road, Netherley, Liverpool L27 8XR or admin@nyci.co.uk by the deadline date. The Chair is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
UK Youth | Adventures Away from Home Fund
In the face of the current economic climate, together with the lingering effects of the pandemic and challenges such as a youth mental health crisis, UK Youth believes that outdoor learning can play a vital role in supporting a young person to develop by offering opportunities to experience, learn and develop in the great outdoors. The outdoor environment is an essential tool to support a young person’s personal, social, and educational development, improve health, wellbeing and environmental awareness.
In response to this UK Youth, in partnership with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, has launched the £470k Adventures Away From Home Bursary fund for outdoor learning providers to work with disadvantaged young people in England.
The fund offers fully funded ‘Adventures Away from Home’ places for disadvantaged young people aged 11-18, opportunities to engage in outdoor learning experiences that positively affect key areas of development through connections with others and nature.
Applicants must be outdoor learning centres based in England and organisations must hold external quality assurance certification, such as Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) quality badge, AALA or AHOEC Gold standard.
LCVS | Community Sector – Statutory Referral Workload Review 2023
Many of our local health & wellbeing organisations have made us aware of the fact that they are facing additional pressures, due to an increase in the number of referrals they are receiving from statutory services, and the complex nature of these referrals. This may also be through the process known as “social prescribing” but it is not restricted to this mechanism.
LCVS are starting a piece of work to further explore these pressures and the impact they are having on local organisations and service delivery. We will be beginning this work with a sector-wide survey to gather initial information about the scale of the issues you are facing, as well as identify any organisations who may be interested in having follow-up discussions and/or forming a discussion group.
The aim of this work is to gather evidence which can then be shared with local decision-making/commissioning bodies and put forward recommendations on how to improve referral mechanisms.
The deadline for completing the survey is Tuesday 7 March 2023.
If you have any queries, please email us at grants@lcvs.org.uk.
Missed out on the ballot? Run for the Red Cross in this year’s, AJ Bell Great North Run!
Fancy taking on the world’s biggest half marathon but missed out on this year’s ballot? It’s not too late. The British Red Cross still have some places available to join #TeamRedCross at this year’s, AJ Bell Great North Run on Sunday 10 September 2023.
This world-class, famous half marathon brings together people from across the country and is a real celebration of Newcastle. The 13.1-mile route takes you through Newcastle city centre, across the iconic Tyne Bridge to reach the finish line in South Shields where you can enjoy stunning sea views and refreshments and a massive well done in the Red Cross tent! With 60,000 runners taking part and joyous crowds lining the streets along the way, it truly is a day to remember.
Becky Lynes, Challenge Events Officer for the British Red Cross, said:
“All #TeamRedCross runners will be raising vital funds to help support people in crisis both here in the UK and around the world. Whether it be helping deliver food parcels and medicine overseas following a natural disaster, providing shelter after a house fire or being a friendly voice on the phone for someone experiencing loneliness.
Whatever the need, YOUR fundraising will allow the Red Cross to be there as the world’s emergency responders.”
Their dedicated challenge events team will support you every step of the way. They will provide:
1-2-1 fundraising support to help you smash your sponsorship target
A Red Cross Running Vest
Huge cheers and support from their Events Team on event day.
Next Steps
So don’t miss out! They have a limited number of places remaining to run as part of #TeamRedCross. Registration is currently HALF-PRICE at just £14.50, with options available to fundraise or buy your place outright with no sponsorship required. Click here to sign up now on their website to secure your place.
For more information, please contact their Challenge Events team at challenges@redcross.org.uk or call 07708 295488.
FACT Liverpool – Digital Content & Marketing Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £20,000 – £23,000 per annum depending upon experience. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Marketing & Communications Manager. Location: Mostly remote working, with occasional in-person attendance at Board meetings at FACT Liverpool, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ.
Employer Bio
FACT Liverpool is the UK’s leading organisation for the support and exhibition of art and film that explores new media and digital culture. The award-winning FACT centre opened in 2003 in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool, a hub for independent shops, restaurants, bars, nightlife and galleries. The FACT centre houses three art galleries, four cinema screens, a lab for learning and experimentation, a cafe, and a bar. Each year they welcome 250,000 visitors to their building, and collaborate with over 10,000 adults and young people through their Learning Programme, which they deliver in partnership with schools and community organisations across the Liverpool City Region.
Job Description
FACT Liverpool is looking for a creative storyteller to lead their digital content, social media and support their marketing campaigns.
The purpose of this role is to work with the Marketing & Communications team to increase the profile of FACT Liverpool and communicate their artistic programme to local, national and international audiences, both online and offline.
This is a creative role and collaborative role, working closely with other teams across the organisation alongside artists, curators and partners.
A consultation is under way aimed at gaining a wider understanding of how safe women and girls feel in the areas they live, work and socialise.
Last year Merseyside Police set out a strategy, which reaffirmed a commitment to keeping women and girls safe. In it they pledged to take action to:
Engage and involve women and girls in their work to tackle violence and intimidation they face, help men understand the part they have to play in eliminating violence against women and girls, address feelings of safety
Work with partners to ensure a co-ordinated and effective response to prevent and tackle violence against women and girls
Improve the internal culture of their force to respond effectively to address sexism, misogyny and any breaches of the standard of professional behaviour.
The survey, which has been compiled in consultation with partners including Liverpool City Council, will further develop and build on the work to engage with women and girls to tackle violence against them.
It follows the launch of Mayor Joanne Anderson’s violence against women and girls strategy last month.
Liverpool City Council Proposed Budgets for 2023 – 2024
The proposed budget changes for the Benefits Maximisation Service; Discretionary Housing Payment; and Liverpool Citizens Support Scheme are being discussed at the Liverpool City Council Cabinet meeting on 24 February 2023, before going to the full council Budget meeting on 1 March at 5 pm.
The Cabinet meeting agenda should be available a week before the meeting, and Cabinet meetings can usually be viewed on live stream.
Mission in the Economy (MitE) – Lead Chaplain / Regional Volunteer Co-Ordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part time. Salary: £15.15 per hour. Hours per week: 18 hours. Reporting to: Executive Director. Location: St Helens and Warrington.
Employer Bio
Mission in the Economy (MitE) is an ecumenical provider of workplace chaplaincy across the Merseyside region. Their Chaplains go alongside people in businesses, shopping centres and more, providing a friendly listening ear to people of all faiths and none. As an independent presence in the workplace, MitE’s Chaplains are ideally placed to provide a confidential and safe space to enable those they meet to flourish in their work life, wellbeing and spirituality. MitE is looking to appoint a part-time Lead Chaplain / Regional Vounteer Co-Ordinator for the St Helens and Warrington areas to work alongside volunteer Chaplains from all denominations. The ideal person to join the team will be passionate about enabling people to be the best that they can be.
Job Description
Oversee MitE’s voluntary chaplaincy provision in St Helens & Warrington
Act as a line manager to the existing team of volunteers in St Helens & Warrington
Recruit new volunteers to work in St Helens & Warrington
Develop new and existing relationships with local churches, local charities, and other relevant associations
Work closely with other MitE chaplains in St Helens & Warrington to recruit, support and develop their volunteers
Represent MitE on selected Boards and at Meetings, to include representing MitE on the Board of Trustees of St Helens Street Pastors
Provide chaplaincy training to new volunteers as well as to other churches & chaplaincy projects around the region using MitE’s training resources
Work with the Executive Director to identify, initiate and establish new voluntary chaplaincy opportunities in St Helens & Warrington, as well as engaging in opportunities to promote the work of MitE around the region by utilising contacts in the local community by organising, participating in and running projects in consultation with MitE
Manage the MitE St Helens & Warrington Social Media presence (Twitter, Facebook etc)
You will also be responsible for offering personal, practical and spiritual (if required) support to any person regardless of their faith/or beliefs. They will respect the faith/belief of all contacts and the diverse backgrounds from which they come and respond to individual need accordingly
You will also not seek to proselytise or evangelise
You will be required to provide written reports, including an annual report, as required to MitE
Ensure records are correctly maintained and collect and report statistics and anecdotal evidence.
Do you want to be part of an organisation that provides support, advice and training for organisations across Liverpool? Are you passionate about strengthening communities, and about improving wellbeing? Do you want to be part of a movement that brings people, organisations and resources together? If so, we would love to hear from you!
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a talented individual to join the LCVS Team as a Development and Grants Officer!
As our Development and Grants Officer, you will assist the Policy, Partnership and Programme Lead in their support and advocacy of the VCFS sector in Liverpool both through administrative duties and by liaising directly with voluntary and community groups, associated networks and funding boards/panels.
Do you want to be part of an organisation that provides support, advice and training for organisations across Liverpool? Are you passionate about strengthening communities, and about improving wellbeing? Do you want to be part of a movement that brings people, organisations and resources together? If so, we would love to hear from you!
LCVS has an exciting opportunity for you to join Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) in a capacity that will allow you to impact the voluntary sector across this wonderful city! Charity Horizons are delighted to be supporting our organisation in our search for a Development and Grant Officer to support with the provision of LCVS grant making, monitoring and evaluation processes.
The Role
As Development and Grants Officer you will assist the Policy, Partnership and Programme Lead in their support and advocacy of the VCFS sector in Liverpool both through administrative duties and by liaising directly with voluntary and community groups, associated networks and funding boards/panels.
Duties will include:
Networking with the VCF and public sector and supporting local VCF groups in identifying and developing partnership working
Providing strategic support for local programmes to strengthen health outcomes across the city
Acing as a key point of contact for grants queries, reviewing applications and assessing grant applications
Preparing papers for grant reviews by the Funding Award Panels
Providing administrative support to specific charities and associations
Undertaking specific research and development projects as required.
The Person
To be considered for this role you should come to us with excellent administrative skills, exceptional attention to detail and an ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately. You should possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills, be able to build relationships with ease and articulate yourself confidently to a range of individuals, organisation and partners. A knowledge of the voluntary sector landscape and of the grant making process would certainly be advantageous but a willingness to learn and absorb the health and social care sector is a must! We are looking for a compassionate person who is passionate about the work of this organisation and someone who wants to launch themselves into a role where they will learn and up-skill themselves while supporting the voluntary sector across Liverpool!
This is a truly unique and exciting opportunity to join a flexible organisation who puts the wellbeing of its staff at the core. The role will be a blend of homeworking, office-working and travel across the region. By joining LCVS as Development and Grant Officer you will form part of a small but ambitious team and play a role achieving long-term systemic improvements for the charity.
Please note: If you would like to submit an application or express your interest in an alternative format, such as audio or video upload, please contact either Charlie or Leanne who will be happy to advise on this.
Please also be aware that Charity Horizons use anonymous recruitment methods when submitting shortlists for all their roles and they only work with organisations that are happy to engage with them in this way.
Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. They welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.
Deadline: Monday 13 March 2023.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Advice on Prescription Adviser
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £25,408. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Advice on Prescription Coordinator. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims to:
Provide the advice people need for the problems they face,
Improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
Job Description
The successful candidate will provide social welfare support to patients referred by front-line health staff across the primary and secondary care systems. They will work to maximise the incomes of the most vulnerable by offering a comprehensive package of information, advice and support in relation to welfare benefits, debt management advice, employment and housing.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Eurovision Funding Opportunity – The National Lottery Community Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund: National Lottery Awards for All England have grants of £300 – £10,000 available for voluntary or community-led organisations, and they are particularly interested in helping communities celebrate The Eurovision Song Contest.
You can apply for funding to deliver a new or existing activity or to support your organisation to change and adapt to new and future challenges.
The National Lottery Community Fund aims to fund projects that:
build strong relationships in and across communities
improve the places and spaces that matter to communities
help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage
support people, communities and organisations that are facing increased demands and challenges as a direct result of the cost-of-living crisis.
Application deadline: Ongoing. Apply at least 12 weeks before you want to start the activities or spend any of the money.
St Andrew’s Community Network – Debt Advisor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time but would consider part-time for the right candidate. Salary: £24-27k pa (dependent on experience). Hours per week: 22.5 – 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Money Team Leader. Location: Clubmoor, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
St Andrew’s Community Network is seeking a highly motivated and passionate individual to support the delivery of high-quality debt and money advice as part of their experienced and dedicated team.
They have been delivering both debt advice and money education in North Liverpool for the best part of 15 years. They have a network of satellite centres all offering the same high standard of free, confidential advice including a range of insolvency options.
They hold the Advice Quality Standard for their work and are overseen by both Community Money Advice and the Financial Conduct Authority.
Job Description
They are seeking an experienced and qualified Debt Advisor, ideally someone who holds Debt Relief Order Approved Intermediary status though they would consider applications from experienced debt advisors who are willing to work towards this.
The role offers flexibility around home working and how the hours are spread out through the week.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £26,250 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, Unit B1, Tetlow Way, Langham Street Industrial Estate, L4 4QS.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Job Description
Purpose of Role:
To provide support to young people on a wide variety of issues. Working closely with teachers, colleagues, social workers and other agencies to help understand children’s needs and provide a high-quality service in supporting them.
Some duties will include:
To plan, deliver and offer support sessions on a one-to-one basis, e.g. using CBT, Art Therapy etc.
To provide a range of interventions alongside colleagues which will improve the well-being of young people
To engage and build good working relationships with parents, children and colleagues working in schools and other agencies
To work effectively and cooperatively with partner agencies using common processes including Early Help Assessment, Team Around the Family (TAF) and Lead Professional (LP) roles
To provide relevant information about, and access to appropriate support services and opportunities that enable young people to improve their skills
To work holistically and effectively with parents/carers in ways that will improve their children’s well-being
To work closely with relevant health professionals to support parents/carers in meeting the needs of their children
To undertake home visits as and when required
To promote the safe guarding of children in accordance with the framework for the care and protection of children
To be proactive in providing information on support services to young people.
Benefits
Excellent salary
Staff Health Cash Plan
33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
Expenses payable upon receipt
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
Ever wondered whether it’s cheaper to run a gas or electric oven? Or how about an electric blanket for 3 hours versus turning the heating on for 30 minutes? Well now you can find out.
At GoCompare, they have developed an interactive energy cost calculator tool to find out how much something costs to run. Use the calculator via the link below to pick the appliances you want to compare and select how long they’ll be in use for.
This tool could come in handy as it’s gotten more expensive for providers to buy energy, which has led to it costing more for us to power our homes and businesses.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £30,450 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Head of Governance and Information. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Job Description
As a Business Support Manager you will take the lead on ensuring that all administrative, purchasing, procurement, IT and health and safety functions are implemented and maintained to the highest standards, providing value for money and excellent customer service; also supporting Head of Governance & Information in ensuring that robust governance/information governance processes are implemented and adhered to. The post will involve line management of a small team of Business Support Officers who will deliver front-line services to internal and external customers. In coordinating the health and safety arrangements within Imagine, the role is also central to ensuring that those working in and/or using Imagines’ services are kept safe and that the organisation complies with all relevant legislation.
Contact Details: recruitment@imagineindependence.org.uk / Kim McGlinchey at 07887 748 117.
The Brain Charity – Employment Officer/Coach
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract to 31 December 2023 with potential for extension. Term: Full-time / Job Share. Salary: £27,170 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 9:00 – 5:00 Monday to Friday. Reporting to: Head of Employment & Welfare Projects. Location: The Brain Charity, Liverpool L3 8LR.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Description
They are really pleased to say The Brain Charity is growing year on year. They are now seeking an individual to deliver employability workshops and one-to-one support to young people affected by a (or many) neurological condition(s), and also support their wider employment and welfare department that deliver a range of services and projects to help people affected by a condition move into employment or closer to the job market.
New Youth Funding Opportunity for organisations with under £500,000 income
The cost-of-living crisis is having a profound and devastating effect on young people and the youth organisations they depend on as they struggle to keep up with the rising cost of inflation.
Already youth organisations are having to cut back on delivery or staff costs and in some cases, are closing their doors. This will result in a vital part of the youth ecosystem falling apart, unable to provide critical support to young people and impacting the key stages of young people’s lives.
This new fund is a three-year unrestricted grant programme aimed at mitigating the devastating impact the cost of living crisis is having on the youth sector.
The UK Youth Fund in partnership with Pears Foundation will provide targeted funding to youth organisations delivering high quality youth work to ensure doors stay open, bills get paid and youth workers receive the salaries they deserve. This will help to ensure young people continue to be supported at this most difficult of times by the youth organisations and youth workers on whom they’ve come to depend.
The Cost of Living grant programme is open to youth organisations based and delivering high quality youthwork in the UK, with an annual turnover of £500,000 or less.
The application process is now open – and will stay open whilst funds remain to be distributed.
Deadline: Please note that this funding opportunity was first published in February 2023, it may have closed since then.
The Brain Charity – Information & Advice Officer
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £27,170. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 9:00 – 5:00 Monday to Friday. Reporting to: Information and Advice Supervisor. Location: Wirral, Cheshire.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Description
They are really pleased to say that The Brain Charity is growing year on year. They are now looking to recruit an emotionally intelligent and resourceful individual with a strong background in a related area such as social care, welfare, health or housing, etc. to join this vital team.
Receiving practical help in important areas such as welfare benefits, legal advice and social care is a key part of The Brain Charity’s work and they are extremely proud to be able to offer this to individuals when they need it most.
As one of their Information and Advice Officers, you will work at the very heart of their services delivering this essential support to individuals whose lives are often in crisis.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract to February 2024. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £27,170 – £29,260 per annum DOE (£10,865 – £11,704 pro rata). Hours per week: 15 hours. Days per week: 9:00 – 5:00 Monday to Friday (with some flexibility to work outside the normal hours when required). Reporting to: Head of Services. Location: Merseyside Area.
Employer Bio
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Description
They are really pleased to say The Brain Charity is growing year on year. They are now seeking an individual to help them deliver comprehensive support for people living with neurological conditions who would like to improve their media literacy.
Over the past few years they have seen increasing numbers of vulnerable clients go to them with problems relating to understanding digital communications and media. A stroke or a brain injury can cause difficulties with processing information, those with ADHD may face impulsivity and people with dementia can struggle with discerning between misinformation and the truth. The neurological community is also disproportionately susceptible to online scams – meaning media literacy interventions will help our community financially.
In your role, you will be responsible for providing free face-to-face media literacy training to carers and support staff in adult social care settings such as care homes and community facilities across Merseyside. You will also develop an online digital version of this training aimed at carers across the UK.
The content of these training courses will have an increased emphasis on keeping clients safe, and being aware of the best ways in which they can assist the people they support on a daily basis. This will empower care and support staff to not only be informed themselves, but also able to provide lasting support to a very vulnerable demographic, and reaching more individuals who need support.
The trainer will also develop an online version of this training aimed at carers across the UK. This digital content will be informed by learnings from delivering in person sessions and providing one-to-one support. This training will be made online to share UK wide—enabling them to help upskill carers and enable them to better support people with neurological conditions.
A series of devastating earthquakes have hit southern Turkey (now known as Türkiye) and north-west Syria killing over 35,000 people and injuring many more.
The first deadly earthquake struck while people were inside their homes, asleep in their beds, with no warning signs. Thousands of buildings, including hospitals and schools, have collapsed and infrastructure has been badly damaged. Local responders are desperately searching through the rubble for survivors.
People have been left without shelter in freezing winter conditions and desperately need blankets, emergency shelter, food and clean water.
You can help people affected by the crisis by making a donation and helping to raise money for the DEC (Disasters Emergency Committee) appeal. This will allow DEC charities and their local partners to scale up their response and reach more people.
By donating to the Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal, you’ll help DEC charities provide vital medical care, emergency shelter, food and clean water.
The DEC (Disasters Emergency Committee) brings together 15 leading UK aid charities, raising funds to quickly and effectively respond to overseas disasters.
RNIB – Eye Care Liaison Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £16,444 per year (£27,715 full time equivalent). Hours per week: 21.3 hours. Reporting to: ECSS Service Manager. Location: Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) are there for everyone affected by sight loss. Working for them means working for one of the UK’s biggest charities, supporting almost two million people living with sight loss in the UK.
Job Description
RNIB Eye Clinic Support Service want to announce this exciting opportunity to join their North West team as an Eye Care Liaison Officer (ECLO).
In this role, you will be a vital member of the team working directly with children & young people who have sight loss and their families. You will provide critical emotional support, information and advice within the Eye Clinic at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. You will support children & young people with sight loss and their families by identifying their needs then signpost or refer children & young people, carers and family members to other support services across the UK.
Candidates should have experience of working with people with sight loss or a recent experience of working in a similar role, or other related health/social care role – this is essential.
Make your voice heard and contribute to making the sector a better place for everyone by completing the Charity Excellence annual sector wellbeing survey, including adding any comments or ideas you wish to.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity – Database Support Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £22,506 – £27,008. Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week (flexible working). Reporting to: Digital & Data Manager. Location: Alder Hey, Liverpool (hybrid).
Employer Bio
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children’s Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 330,000 patients and families they care for every year. At Alder Hey Children’s Charity, their values guide the way in which they work. By being courageous, working together, being passionate about their work, and making sure that they are creative in what they do, they are able to deliver the support necessary so that their Hospital can continue to deliver the very best care for their young patients and their families. Their values are: Courage, Together, Passion and Magic.
Job Description
This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of the Charity operations. This role will support the Digital & Data Manager with ensuring data is processed in the best possible way across the organisation.
If you are interested in complex problems, can understand different systems and processes, and enjoy working with data then this role is for you. It is important to have excellent Microsoft Excel skills and the desire to work with large sets of data. You must be able to present complex information with the end user in mind.
easyfundraising | Additional funding through the cost of living crisis
As we all continue to feel the financial pinch, introducing fundraising ideas that are free and easy to maintain are a must. That’s why we encourage our voluntary groups, charities, and CICs to join easyfundraising.
easyfundraising is passionate about local groups and communities accessing vital funds, which is why they partner with over 7,000 online retail brands that want to give back. It’s simple – when someone shops online, a small percentage of what they spend transforms into a monetary donation for your organisation. It’s free for your organisation and the online shopper – the retailer donates the money, not the shopper.
Anything from a weekly grocery shop to a family holiday can generate a free donation because over 7,000 retailers are involved, including Amazon, eBay, John Lewis, Sainsbury’s, M&S, Screwfix, Waitrose, Argos, Moonpig, Tesco, Boots, trainline and more.
With 24% of people shopping online twice a week these days – and everyone watching how they spend their pennies – this is a way you can ask for support without needing to ask for money.
For example, a weekly online food shop at ASDA raises £1 for your organisation. 5 people shopping weekly = £5 a week in donations and over £250 in a year.
All you need to do to start receiving these donations is to register your organisation.
Priority Youth Project – Family Link Support Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: March 2026. Term: Fixed / Part Time. Salary: £12.71 per hour. Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Designated Line Manager. Location: Liverpool East(West Derby, Old Swan, Knotty Ash Yew Tree wards).
Employer Bio
Priority Youth Project works with children and young people aged 8-19 years across Liverpool East providing life changing opportunities through offering a series of centre based, detached and mobile youth provision and 1-1 counselling. Their charity provides support, education and leisure activities to develop young people’s skills and improve opportunities, enabling them to advance positively into mature responsible individuals.
Job Description
The post holder will work within the staff team to develop relationships with family’s parents/carers children & young people in the community. The post holder will work in partnership with schools and other relevant services who have identified children and young people who need additional support.
The post holder will develop effective relationships with parents and carers via a whole family approach, ensuring positive partnerships between parents/carers, pupils and schools are fostered and developed.
The Family Link Worker will provide direct support to children and their families facing a range of difficulties. With the family and partner agencies you will develop individual targeted plans of intervention in accordance with the needs of the child/young person and family.
You will advise, assist and support parents to take responsibility for their child’s attendance, behaviour and health needs by building on the strengths of the family in addition to offering practical support where required.
For an application pack and further information please email: louise@priorityouth.co.uk
Deadline: Tuesday 28 February 2023.
Priority Youth Project – Level 3 Youth & Play Worker
Priority Youth Project is seeking to recruit a Level 3 Youth & Play Worker.
Salary: £12.71 per hour.
Hours: 6-10 hours per week. Tuesday to Friday. Working afternoons/evenings.
The above post is subject to enhanced DBS Checks.
For an application pack and further information please email: louise@priorityouth.co.uk.
Deadline: Tuesday 28 February 2023.
Priority Youth Project – Level 2 Youth and Play Worker
Priority Youth Project is seeking to recruit a Level 2 Youth and Play Worker.
Salary: £10.98 per hour.
Hours: 6 – 10 hours per week. Tuesday to Friday. Working afternoons/evenings.
The above post is subject to enhanced DBS Checks
For an application pack and further information please email louise@priorityouth.co.uk.
Deadline: Tuesday 28 February 2023.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Data and ICT Support Assistant
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £21,200 per annum (pro rata). Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Data and ICT Coordinator. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims to:
Provide the advice people need for the problems they face,
Improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
Job Description
This is an exciting opportunity to join the ICT team at Citizens Advice Liverpool (CAL).
CAL are looking for a Data & IT Support Assistant to produce data reports for monitoring and evaluating their work and to provide first line IT Helpdesk support to users. You will work within a small, dedicated team of IT support staff who work to ensure a smooth and efficient ICT service for users across all CAL sites and CAL staff who work from home.
You will use Excel and be part of introducing Power BI and other systems to collate data and produce reports. You will need an understanding of GDPR, Data Protection and Cyber Security. With a good eye for detail and accuracy, you will support the teams with quality of data recording.
You will need excellent IT skills using Microsoft Office/365 and an ability to troubleshoot to get to the root cause of a problem. You will need to be able to support individuals with different levels of IT skills and be able to communicate solutions in non-technical language.
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has doubled the prize fund for its prestigious small charity awards which honour the best grassroots poverty-fighting charities and social enterprises across Britain.
Award winners in 2023 will each receive £20,000, together with a national platform to showcase their work to senior politicians, journalists and philanthropists.
The CSJ Awards is a unique opportunity for small and medium sized charities to increase their social impact and have the opportunity to connect with senior politicians, philanthropists and business and charity leaders committed to achieving social justice. Established in 2005, the CSJ Awards is an annual award that celebrates the best grassroots, poverty-fighting charities and social enterprises across the UK. Over that time, it has honoured more than 100 small frontline organisations awarding over £1m in prize money.
The Awards is open to all UK-based poverty-fighting charities with under £2m turnover. They’re looking for exceptional organisations doing vital frontline work using innovative and impactful methods to address deep-rooted social problems. If that’s you (or someone you know), follow the link below to find out more!
Liverpool Law Society is moving out of their premises and has a number of used furniture items going spare, including tables, desks, chairs and free-standing shelves, etc.
For more information, please email Sarah Poblete on sarahpoblete@liverpoollawsociety.org.uk.
The Life Rooms | New Digital Club at Liverpool Central Library
The Life Rooms Community Inclusion Team have a new digital club at Liverpool Central Library where you will be supported with all things digital!
When & Where: Every Tuesday at Liverpool Central Library from 9:30 – 11:30 am.
In the first hour, the session will be a general digital drop which will give people the opportunity to expand their digital skills by getting support in learning.
In the second hour, there will be a SIM drop in for those who are 18+ and from a low income who can be provided with a free phone SIM card loaded with data, minutes and calls.
If this is something you are interested in, please call them on 0151 472 4099 or e-mail us at liferooms.learning@merseycare.nhs.uk.
Sefton CVS – Social Prescribing Link Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: Part-time. Salary: £26,484 pro rate (£11,350 actual). Hours per week: 15 hours. Reporting to: Sefton CVS Line Manager/Sefton Long Covid Team Leader. Location: Southport.
Employer Bio
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity with a borough-wide brief to assist and support voluntary community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Job Description
The Social Prescribing Link Worker will be employed by Sefton CVS but will be placed within Sefton’s Long COVID Service covering patients from across the Sefton area.
The Link Worker will work holistically to support individuals to take control of their health and wellbeing based on a ‘what matters to me’ approach by connecting people to a broad range of community groups and services. The Link Worker will support people to increase their resilience and reduce the impact of health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health such as debt, poverty, poor housing, unemployment etc.
The Link Worker will also support existing VCF sector groups to be sustainable; identify gaps in services, and work with the Sefton CVS Group Development Team to develop new initiatives to meet local needs.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Volunteer Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: 12 months with future funding being sought. Term: Full-Time. Salary: LA Payscale 5/6 £24,439 – £29,439 p.a. +5% Pension Contribution. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Senior Solicitor. Location: Office based working in Vauxhall, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre provides access to justice on a range of social welfare issues. Established in 1973, they support sick and disabled people, those affected by the cut to Universal Credit including people working in the gig economy and on a zero hours contract. They are an inclusive and non-discriminatory organisation. They work with and advocate for members of the community that face injustice, irrespective of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, disability or immigration status. They take a strong stance against all forms of bigotry and work to challenge prejudice and injustice wherever they find it.
Job Description
They are seeking an experienced volunteer coordinator to recruit, manage and maintain relationships with a wide range of volunteers at Vauxhall Law Centre. You will provide regular engagement with volunteers to assist with developing long-term partnerships. You will work as part of a team to develop volunteer roles and opportunities to assist with the organisation’s development and ongoing work. You will manage volunteers in existing and new projects undertaken by Vauxhall Law Centre. You will be based in their office working closely alongside their office manager and development team. You will liaise closely with their partners.
Contact Details: recruitment@vauxhalllawcentre.org.uk or 0151 360 7777.
Irish Community Care – Digital Inclusion Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £23,870 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours per week. Reporting to: Business Development Lead. Location: 151 Dale Street, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Irish Community Care (ICC) is a charitable company whose aim is to ensure well informed, empowered, and vibrant Irish communities in the Northwest. They are recruiting dynamic individuals with a track record of leadership and innovation to join their forward-thinking team.
ICC offer a competitive salary, flexible working, generous annual leave, birthday leave, an additional bank holiday, a good pension, Medicash, and an Employee Assistance Programme.
Irish Community Care is an equal opportunities employer. They welcome all applications from people who identify as belonging to a minority group.
Job Description
The postholder will deliver a Digital Inclusion Programme to increase digital knowledge and confidence; enabling community members to become digitally connected to widen opportunities, help overcome loneliness and isolation whilst enhancing knowledge, skills and independence.
To read the full job description, please click here. To apply, please email admin@irishcc.net.
Deadline: 19 February 2023.
Interviews: 27 and 28 February 2023.
Contact Details: 0151 237 3987.
Irish Community Care – Volunteer Co-ordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £28,000 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours per week. Reporting to: Director. Location: 151 Dale Street, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Irish Community Care (ICC) is a charitable company whose aim is to ensure well informed, empowered, and vibrant Irish communities in the Northwest. They are recruiting dynamic individuals with a track record of leadership and innovation to join their forward-thinking team.
ICC offer a competitive salary, flexible working, generous annual leave, birthday leave, an additional bank holiday, a good pension, Medicash, and an Employee Assistance Programme.
Irish Community Care is an equal opportunities employer. They welcome all applications from people who identify as belonging to a minority group.
Job Description
This is an exciting opportunity to lead the Volunteer Programme at ICC. The postholder will manage an existing group of volunteers and recruit, train, induct, and support new volunteers to deliver a range of activities.
To read the full job description, please click here. To apply, please email admin@irishcc.net.
Deadline: 19 February 2023.
Interviews: 27 and 28 February 2023.
Contact Details: 0151 237 3987.
Irish Community Care – Community Connector and Health Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £23,870 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours per week. Reporting to: Business Development Lead. Location: 151 Dale Street, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Irish Community Care (ICC) is a charitable company whose aim is to ensure well informed, empowered, and vibrant Irish communities in the Northwest. They are recruiting dynamic individuals with a track record of leadership and innovation to join their forward-thinking team.
ICC offer a competitive salary, flexible working, generous annual leave, birthday leave, an additional bank holiday, a good pension, Medicash, and an Employee Assistance Programme.
Irish Community Care is an equal opportunities employer. They welcome all applications from people who identify as belonging to a minority group.
Job Description
The postholder will champion the health needs of communities in Wirral, in particular the Irish, Irish Travellers, and people of Irish Heritage. The aim is to reduce the ongoing impact of COVID-19 and ensure fair and appropriate access to all health and wellbeing services.
To read the full job description, please click here. To apply, please email admin@irishcc.net.
Deadline: 19 February 2023.
Interviews: 27 and 28 February 2023.
Contact Details: 0151 237 3987.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Energy Advice Caseworker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary – 12 months. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £25,408 per annum (increasing to £27,030 on completion of NVQ). Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Project Lead. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims to:
Provide the advice people need for the problems they face,
Improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
Job Description
The Energy Advice Programme provides:
advice appointments to fuel poor and vulnerable consumers who are struggling to pay their bills or require better deals on energy
those who need guidance on the most appropriate payment methods or information on how to access help from energy suppliers and the Government
Information about Smart Meters
Information about protecting yourself from Carbon Monoxide.
The successful candidate will provide a generalist and energy casework service in a wide range of enquiry areas such as benefits, housing and employment. NVQ level 3 training will be provided and costs covered by CAL.
You will have excellent communication skills, be confident, motivated and willing to try new things. They’re not looking for the finished article, if you have the right attitude then they can help to develop your skills.
As well as a competitive salary CAL also provides access to
Peer Action Collective (PAC Merseyside) have launched a new short survey to gather information from children and young people about their feelings & attitudes to weapons amnesty bins across Merseyside.
The anonymous data will then be shared with MVRP & Merseyside Police as they continue to consider amnesty bins in Merseyside.
They are really keen to hear and amplify the voices of children and young people that don’t always feel heard so if you’re able to support a child or young person to complete this survey as a trusted adult that would be greatly appreciated!
If you have any questions, please contact Luise.Watson@ypas.org.uk.
Deadline: 28 February 2023.
Movema – Administrator & Bookkeeper
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: 12 months, Part-Time. Salary: £21767 – £23660 pro rata. Hours per week: 28 hours. Reporting to: Movema Directors. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Movema is an award-winning charity based in Liverpool and Bristol. The charity brings about change through world dance via inclusive artistic and participatory work to celebrate diversity, tackle inequalities, support healing and unite communities in the Northwest and Southwest.
Specialising in world dance, it runs an annual programme of classes, performances and events founded by four female artists from diverse cultural backgrounds. Since its inception in 2009, Movema have created the acclaimed schools resource World in a Box, featured on various CBBC programmes, and performed locally, nationally and internationally at key cultural events. Current commissions include Arts Council England, Merseycare NHS Trust, National Lottery, Garfield Weston and Liverpool and Bristol City Council.
Movema is a diverse led organisation who lead from the root of the community. They come from a place of understanding and lived experience of racism, discrimination, trauma, and displacement.
Movema acknowledges the need for change. Consulting and listening to the needs of our communities to develop a deeper understanding of how Movema can utilise their skills, resources, and power to remove the barriers of inequalities.
They feel they have a responsibility as ambassadors to speak out for equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Job Description
To realise their vision, Movema is seeking an enthusiastic Administrator and Bookkeeper to support the team and help to develop their growing activities. They will manage the office administrative processes and financial records, working individually and as part of a team. The Administrator and Bookkeeper will need to be a highly organised and focused individual, with knowledge and experience of running an organisation’s administration functions.
Local Solutions: Liverpool Carers Centre – Social Prescriber – Unpaid Carers
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Would consider 1 full time person or 2 part time. Salary: £23,316 for full time post. Hours per week: 40 hours or 2 x 20 hours – Monday – Friday. Reporting to: Operational Manager. Location: Liverpool Carers Centre, 99 Edge Lane, L7 8PE.
Employer Bio
Local Solutions is a charity that, since 1974 has been generating and delivering services to support individuals, families, and communities with a primary focus on those experiencing disadvantage, exclusion, and vulnerability.
As part of Local Solutions,Liverpool Carers Centre delivers a city-wide community-based programme of activities and training that ensures a range of support is available to unpaid carers in Liverpool. This focuses on helping to reduce the negative impact of the caring role and promotes carers’ health and wellbeing, as well as undertaking carers assessments, their Carers Centre also offers a flexible support service that provides impartial advice & information.
They work closely with other organisations and services to help achieve this.
They offer a range weekly and monthly activities and training throughout the year at the Carers Centre or at one of their community-based outreach hubs.
Job Description
To work with GP practices across the city to raise awareness of carers known to them
To set up a pathway to receive referrals from GP surgeries re carers
To support carers to access the relevant support dependant on their need
To give presentations, attend meetings and provide information to GP practice staff
To ensure that carers identified by GP practices are supported
To set up a process to support GP practices to identify carers
To be part of the health and wellbeing team within the carers centre and take part in events and activities that will offer support to carers
To use a variety of social media platforms to help raise awareness
To provide monthly KPIs and reports as required
To take on other roles that will support this piece of work
Experience of working in health or social care
Experience of supporting unpaid carers or working with people
Experience of working as part of a team but the ability to prioritise own workload, managing own diary, building relationships with both carers and professionals, management databases, taking referrals from and inputting information
Attendance at occasional evening or weekend
Technical expertise should include ability to use Microsoft office, including spreadsheets
The successful candidate will require an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Check and undertake mandatory safeguarding training as appropriate for the role
Travel is required so a car owner/driver is required as this is a city-wide post working both in the office and in the community.
Deadline: No formal closing date. Please note that this vacancy was published in February 2023 and may have expired since then.
Contact Details: info@localsolutions.org.uk.
February Half Term Holiday Programme “Eat to Meet 2” starts on 13 February
The February “Eat to Meet 2” Half Term Holiday Programme starts on Monday 13 February 2023 and there are lots of great activities happening!
Children and young people, from reception to age 16, who are eligible for benefits related free school meals, will be able to access hundreds of activities throughout the half term holidays including specific provision available for children with SEND or additional needs, at no cost.
There’s a great range of activities across the city including boxing, football, music, dance, cycling, cooking, discos, films, bowling, arts and crafts, drama, a make up course, trips out and much more! Every day there will be a range of fabulous meals available with many schemes holding family events as well.
There is a downloadable list of providers and a map that has the information about each provider and where the provision is taking place. You can also find the information via the Mersey Play Action Council App which is free to download for both Apple and Android phones.
General Information
Parents/guardians/carers will just need to choose an activity, then contact that organisation to book a place. If the child has any additional needs or dietary requirements then they can discuss this with the organisation when they book
Each organisation will have either a telephone number, email address or online booking system. There is no central booking system so they will need to contact the providers directly
If you want to know how to register or how to check if your child is eligible for free school meals then please click here
You will need your national insurance number or an asylum seekers support number
If you are struggling with the cost of living then please click here
If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk. Click here to find out how to register.
The Easter Holiday Activities and Food programme will start on 3April 2023 and more details will be available on the Merseyplay website by 6 March 2023.
Liverpool City Council is working with Mersey Play Action Council, Sutton Croft, local schools, voluntary and community organisations, and childcare providers to provide the HAF programme. The programme is funded by the Department for Education.
The Family Information and SEND Directory also provides a wealth of useful information and support for families, to access the webpage, please click here.
Positive Futures – Education Support Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: Fixed Term until 31 March 2024. Salary: £26,250 per annum pro rata. Hours per week: Up to 35 hours per week. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Positive Futures North Liverpool, Unit B1, Tetlow Way, Langham Street Industrial Estate, L4 4QS.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in Liverpool. They believe in empowering young people to achieve their potential – and their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively, support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Objective of Post
Positive Futures provides a number of services such as Targeted Support and a Transitions service. Transitions is a provision working with young people with complex social and emotional needs, behavioural challenges and long term disrupted education, providing one to one support in the community and informal education to facilitate the removal of barriers to accessing school, overcoming stigmatisation, reducing criminality, and increasing the opportunities for young people to engage with education and improve their life chances.
Some duties will include
To provide 1-2-1 support and group tutorials around school curriculum lessons, formal and informal education sessions, groupwork programmes and activities for young people in the process of socialisation to re-entering education
To manage a caseload effectively and maintain accurate records for monitoring and reporting purposes including verbal and written information on progress, issues, futures plans and to maintain accurate supporting financial records
To work within safeguarding processes and apply a clear and distinct approach to reporting, recording, and communicating concerns for children and young people.
Benefits
Excellent salary
Staff Health Cash Plan
33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
Expenses payable upon receipt
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
UKSPF ‘Digital connectivity for local community facilities’ grants programme – Round 1 Now Open
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s (LCR CA’s) local investment plan for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) programme – the UK’s successor to EU Structural funds – includes a grants programme focused on Digital Connectivity for Local Community Facilities.
The application process for Round 1 of this grants programme is now open!
The grants programme is being managed by VOLA Consortium.
The application forms and supporting documents can also be requested by emailing ukspfgrants@volamerseyside.org.uk.
Deadline for submission of completed applications and supporting documents is at 5 pm on Monday 13 February 2023. Any applications received after this deadline will not be considered.
In addition to the application form itself, other documents included to support applicants include:
Application Guidance
FAQs
Ward Digital Inclusion Data
Link to LCR Digital Connectivity Map
Link to Workshop (1) Video
‘Technical Tips’ workshop slides:
Note: the ‘process and eligibility’ slide deck from the workshops has been superseded by the FAQs document and Application Guidance Notes
Everything potential applicants need to know should be included in the above documents (which can be accessed on the VOLA website, linked above).
If you have any further questions, including queries about your eligibility to apply, please email ukspfgrants@volamerseyside.org.uk by 5 pm Friday 3 February 2023. VOLA will aim to respond to any questions within 3 working days. Questions received after this date may not be answered.
Background Information
The Digital Connectivity for Local Community Facilities grants programme is open to grass roots, not-for-profit, Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector organisations with an operational (public access) base in the Liverpool City Region and with an annual turnover not exceeding £1.5 million. See FAQs for definition of eligible and ineligible organisations and further guidance regarding the turnover threshold.
The overall purpose of the fund is to support VCFSE sector organisations to:
Improve public-facing IT (i.e. computer drop-in) facilities
Create new facilities in priority (digitally excluded and deprived) areas where there is currently no, or sparse digital inclusion provision.
The overall aim of the fund is to:
Upgrade outdated and/or poor quality digital kit (computer devices) and/or improve broadband connectivity, where current kit and/or connections can be evidenced as being poor.
Increase capacity: purchase more digital devices, where current facilities are insufficient to meet evidenced demand.
Target neighbourhoods, where there is currently a lack of community-based digital facilities, to help local community-based organisations to set up new drop-in facilities.
It is not about improving organisations’ general IT infrastructure, or providing funding to deliver digital skills training or any other activities.
Grants of between £2,500 and £10,000 will be made to successful applicants.
Awards will be made to organisations based in all six boroughs of the city region – Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral.
This is the first in a series of grant rounds, with further application rounds to take place during 2023 and 2024.
Introducing Rainbow Trust to Liverpool
We are thrilled to extend a warm welcome to the Rainbow Trust charity to Liverpool. They are a charity that supports families who have a child aged 0-18 years with a life-threatening or terminal illness.
What type of work they do:
There are an estimated 86,625* children in England with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. This number has trebled over the last 17 years and is rising. Thousands of families have to face the very real possibility that their child may die and struggle to cope on a day to day basis. Their Family Support Workers provide a lifeline to these families and children. When a child has a serious illness, family life is turned upside down and time becomes more precious than ever. Rainbow Trust pairs each family with an expert Family Support Worker who enables them to make the most of their time together, giving them practical and emotional support, whenever they need it, for as long as it is needed.
They support the whole family including parents, carers, the unwell child, brothers, sisters and grandparents. Support is hugely varied and depends on the needs of the family.
It can include:
listening to a family’s fears and anxieties
helping to explain illnesses, diagnoses and treatments
keeping a seriously ill child company during hospital stays
driving families to medical appointments to help save time and money
organising fun activities to help sick children, their brothers and sisters
support through bereavement and grief.
Rainbow Trust is based at:
Merseyside Play Action Council
Room 206
1-27 Bridport Street
Liverpool
L3 5QF
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed-term, 2 years with scope to extend. Term: Full-time. Salary: £26,500 – 30,000 dependant on experience. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Director. Location: Hybrid working with office in Liverpool City Centre.
Employer Bio
Health Equalities Group (HEG) is a public health charity started in 2005 serving the populations of North West England and beyond. The charity’s primary areas of work concern upstream, population-level approaches to the prevention of non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancers) and reducing of health inequalities within populations, with a strong focus on addressing the wider determinants of health.
Their influence and impact over the last 18 years has been significant. HEG was the lead agency to advocate for an introduction of smoke-free policies in Liverpool ahead of national legislation in 2007 and was formative in bringing about the UK Government’s ‘Sugar Tax’ in 2018. HEG currently leads the North West’s healthy weight programme (Food Active) and delivers contracts for a host of national and regional organisations, including: local authorities, NHS Trusts, Integrated Care Boards, Department for Health and Social Care, Cancer Alliances, VCFSE organisations, and, the National Institute for Health Research. Their pioneering Healthy Stadia programme works with professional sports clubs across the UK and continental Europe to promote good health and wellbeing, whilst they have long standing research partnerships with University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, and Chester University.
Job Description
Owing to a sustained period of growth for the charity, an exciting opportunity has arisen to work within a small, yet dynamic and influential team to support the HEG’s expanding portfolio of public health projects. The role will involve working with a range of partners across local authorities and NHS organisations, but also VCFSE colleagues and research institutions.
They are seeking an enthusiastic and ambitious project manager who has experience of public health and/or wider prevention work, who can bring excellent organisational and communication skills to this role. The successful applicant will be responsible for management and budgeting of both regional and local level projects, including liaison and reporting to commissioning organisations, and internally with HEG staff and trustees. The job will be supported by a wider team of staff with expertise in the areas of public health nutrition, physical activity, social and commercial determinants of health, public health policy and advocacy.
Help boost foodbank parcels across Liverpool this winter with fresh fruit and vegetables, supporting the health of families in a crisis.
It isn’t right that anyone needs to use a foodbank. Sadly many in our city do, with five of our largest foodbanks giving out over 480 foodbank parcels each week. Feeding Liverpool and many other organisations across the city continue to campaign to end the root causes of poverty whilst ensuring people have good food at points of crisis.
Through the Winter Boost project, Feeding Liverpool have partnered with five of Liverpool’s largest foodbank networks to raise £2000 to boost every food parcel with fresh fruit and vegetables.
With Feeding Liverpool, St Andrew’s Community Network, South Liverpool Foodbank, Micah Liverpool, New Beginnings Improving Lives CIC, and L6 Community Association and your help, they can boost foodbank parcels for four to six weeks over Winter.
A donation of £5 will boost two foodbank parcels with fresh fruit and vegetables
A donation of £10 will boost four parcels with fresh fruit and vegetables
A donation of £15 will boost six parcels with fresh fruit and vegetables
If you are a business or organisation and would like to donate, please get in touch with Dr Naomi Maynard on naomi@feedingliverpool.org.
Liverpool Community Transport is looking for Part-Time Drivers to join their team.
Job Details
Special Educational Needs – Home to School contracts
Must have a D1 category on driving licence
15 hours per week
Split shift AM & PM
Term-time only – 39 weeks per year
National living wage
Accrued holiday pay.
For more information, please call Lauren or Tommy on 0151 207 5400.
Deadline: No formal closing date. Please note that this vacancy was first published in January 2023 and may have expired since then.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic – Development Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £21,216. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Head of Fundraising. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic are central to Liverpool’s cultural offering, being the largest music organisation and one of the largest cultural organisations in the city, employing over 240 people. As well as their work in Liverpool, their Orchestra represent the city with performances and broadcasts across the UK and around the world.
The city’s young people are a central focus of their work. Their In Harmony programme provides an intensive, daily music-making programme for over 1500 children in Everton and Anfield, North Liverpool, and they run more than 5,000 workshops and events in community settings for all ages across the city. The Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Company provides a range of opportunities for music making for young people, including the Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir, Children’s Choirs, and Rushworth Young Composers programme.
They work in partnership with the Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust delivering programmes which support people in the Liverpool city region living with a range of mental health needs.
Job Description
The Development Officer is part of Liverpool Philharmonic’s fundraising team, providing an excellent service to their supporters and raising income from Corporate Partners, Trusts and Foundations. They’re looking for someone who is energetic and well-organised with a passion for excellent customer service. You’ll enjoy organising and delivering exceptional events for their corporate clients, building relationships, and hosting guests at concerts.
You will work closely with their Trusts and Foundations Manager to draft fundraising applications and reports that are persuasive, engaging and concise. You’ll have a keen eye for detail, managing ticket bookings, delivering contractual requirements to funders, maintaining accurate financial records and managing their database.
Deadline: Applications are due by 12 noon on Friday 3 February 2023. No applications will be accepted after this time.
Interviews: Short-listed candidates will be invited to attend an interview which will be held in Liverpool on Thursday 9 February 2023.
Contact Details: recruitment@liverpoolphil.com.
Get up to £5,000 match funding for the warm spaces in your community this winter
Co-op and Crowdfunder have teamed up to help community organisations navigate the cost of living crisis to provide vital services this winter with the Co-op Warm Spaces Funding Boost.
Charities and community groups who are already offering a warm space, wanting to increase opening times or extend existing services or activities this winter can apply for the £1million match funding – up to £5,000 per project.
Your project must be a community organisation that welcomes people into a community space in your local area to provide support and needs urgent help this winter to:
Maintain vital existing services in the face of rising energy costs
Make the community space that you operate from more welcoming
Increase opening times and/or extend services.
To be eligible for match funding your organisation must:
Be based and have a bank account based in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland
Be a not-for-profit constituted organisation, including community groups, schools, registered charities and social enterprises
Have a bank account in the name of the organisation
Run a crowdfunding campaign this winter, delivered by 31 March 2023
Be raising funds for revenue costs only (capital costs such as building refurbishment are not eligible).
Eligible community groups could get up to £5,000 to continue or extend vital services.
This fund will be distributed on a first come first serve basis and applications will close on 28 February 2023.
If you need more information, please contact Sharon Williams’ (Project Manager) office at 0151 487 6421 / 07732 793 664 / sharon@nyci.co.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm on Monday 13 March 2023.
YPAS – Trustees
Employer Bio
Established in 1966; YPAS is a charity that supports children, young people and families to understand and manage their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties. They offer a comprehensive range of wellbeing, therapeutic and parenting services for children, young people and their families from 5 – 25 years across Merseyside.
The delivery of their services includes: primary schools, secondary schools and across 3 community hubs situated in north, central and south Liverpool. Although well established, YPAS is a dynamic, growing charity developing innovative ways of supporting children, young people and their families every day.
They are seeking to complement their existing Trustee Board with individuals with proven experience in the following:
Finance and accountancy
Property, estates management
Social care, primary or public healthcare or education management.
Previous experience at trustee/board level is not essential.
The Life Rooms Social Model of Health is delivered in Liverpool through a 3-pillar offer around learning, social prescribing, and community.
The Life Rooms has identified funding that it would like to use to commission VCSE activity to help address areas of need that it has identified through its core work in Liverpool.
Areas of identified need
It has been agreed that the £400k funding will be used to target the cost-of-living crisis with particular emphasis around helping to support:
Those who are unemployed or employed on precarious short-term contracts
Families (including working families)
Single parents or carers (this could include grandparents caring for vulnerable children, and those caring for relatives)
Elderly, isolated people.
The VCSE organisations applying for the funding should be able to demonstrate that they are able to support one of the above categories (1-4) in terms of:
Food poverty
Fuel poverty
Accommodation (to include the support of those who are or about to become homeless)
Employment.
The Life Rooms will be looking to commission 10 VCSE organisations through this process; this would equate to approximately £40,000 per submission. The funding would be for a 12-month fixed term period from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.
They welcome interest from organisations who can mobilise immediately and have the appropriate governance and safety in place for anyone engaging in activities.
Qualifying criteria
Organisations who are interested in applying and have the appropriate governance and assurance policies in place should email an expression of interest using the attached proforma to LiferoomsCommission@merseycare.nhs.uk.
The closing date for receiving expressions of interest is 5 pm on 20 February 2023.
Contracts will be awarded in early March, and finance will be allocated by 31 March 2023 with an expectation of an April 2023 mobilisation.
You will be expected to provide the following documentation at the contracting stage should your application be successful.
Evidence of appropriate Indemnity Arrangements
Safeguarding Policy
Incidents Requiring Reporting Procedure
DBS.
For further information, please contact jane.holland@merseycare.nhs.uk.
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Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £26,250. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Liverpool L4.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in North Liverpool.
Their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this though their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively support the young people and their families of Liverpool every year.
Objective of Post
To provide support to young people on a wide variety of issues. Working closely with teachers, colleagues, social workers and other agencies to help understand children’s needs and provide a high-quality service in supporting them.
Some duties will include
To plan, deliver and offer support sessions on a one-to-one basis, e.g. using CBT, Art Therapy etc.
To provide a range of interventions alongside colleagues which will improve the well-being of young people.
To engage and build good working relationships with parents, children and colleagues working in schools and other agencies.
To work effectively and cooperatively with partner agencies using common processes including Early Help Assessment, Team Around the Family (TAF) and Lead Professional (LP) roles.
To provide relevant information about, and access to appropriate support services and opportunities that enable young people to improve their skills.
To work holistically and effectively with parents/carers in ways that will improve their children’s well-being.
To work closely with relevant health professionals to support parents/carers in meeting the needs of their children.
Why apply?
Excellent salary
Staff Health Cash Plan
33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
Expenses payable upon receipt
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
Are you a Senior Accountant with a passion for social welfare seeking a new role, or keen to embark on the next exciting phase of your career? Do you want to be part of an organisation that is passionate about strengthening communities, and about improving wellbeing? Do you want to apply your expertise to a movement that brings people, organisations and resources together? If so, we would love to hear from you!
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a talented individual to join the LCVS Team as a Senior Accountant.
Salary: £35,000. Contract: Full Time / Permanent. Location: Liverpool (hybrid).
Are you a Senior Accountant with a passion for social welfare seeking a new role, or keen to embark on the next exciting phase of your career? Do you want to be part of an organisation that is passionate about strengthening communities, and about improving wellbeing? Do you want to apply your expertise to a movement that brings people, organisations and resources together? We would love to hear from you!
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Accountant to join us (Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services [LCVS]), the organisation that positively impacts the voluntary sector across the city of Liverpool!
The Role
Reporting to the Director of Finance and Resources, the role will focus on supporting and delivering general accountancy services and business advice to diverse community accountancy clients, particularly at board level. Duties will include:
Leading, managing, and developing all aspects of the community accountancy function with an emphasis on the quality of accounts preparation, review of independent examination files and advice / support on matters of taxation as they affect community accountancy clients
Scheduling the work of the community accountancy team and preparing accounts and undertaking independent examination fieldwork for charities and other organizations
Delivering training, assisting with the strategic development of the community accountancy service, and maintaining and developing the quality of control procedures and processes in the service
The Person
To be considered for this role, you must hold a recognised professional qualification (CCAB) or equivalent and have maintained CPD requirements for qualification. You should have a proven record of production of budgets, management accounts, financial reports and forecasting and ideally have an understanding and practical experience of the current requirements of charity accounting and law (although this is not a necessity). We need someone who is committed to the values and work of voluntary and community organisations and someone who will lead and manage their team with integrity, tact, creativity, and confidence.
This is a truly unique and exciting opportunity to join a flexible organisation who puts the wellbeing of its staff at the core. The role will offer a blend of homeworking, office-working and travel across the region. By joining LCVS as Senior Accountant you will form part of a small but ambitious team and play a role in achieving long-term systemic improvements for the charity.
To register your interest please send a copy of your CV to jobs@charityhorizons.co.uk, or for more information contact Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons:
Charlie – 07799521685 / charlie@charityhorizons.co.uk
Please note: If you would like to submit an application or express your interest in an alternative format, such as audio or video upload, please contact either Charlie or Leanne who will be happy to advise on this. Also, please let them know if you require any adaptations for your initial engagement with us.
Please also be aware that Charity Horizons use anonymous recruitment methods when submitting shortlists for all their roles and they only work with organisations that are happy to engage with them in this way.
Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. They welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.
Deadline: Thursday 9 February 2023.
South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services – Director
Posts available: 1 or 2 if job share. Contract: 1 year Contract Initially. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £34,723 – £40,478 depending on experience. Hours per week: 37 hours. Reporting to: Board of Trustees. Location: Liverpool 19.
Employer Bio
As an independent charity, SLDAS offers free and accessible support to women who experience domestic violence or abuse in South and South-Central Liverpool. SLDAS is run by a group of volunteer Trustees, alongside staff and volunteers who deliver their services. As a community-based organisation, SLDAS is committed to recruiting local women into the organisation. Their aim is to maintain an organisation run ‘by local women for local women’.
Job Description
South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services (SLDAS) is recruiting for a Director to lead their small and passionate organisation. The new Director will work with the Board of Trustees to create and deliver an ambitious strategy to develop their services and the organisation’s financial sustainability. The Director will manage a small staff team of experts and will support them, alongside their volunteers, to provide high quality services to women who are affected by domestic abuse in South and South-Central Liverpool.
Young people in Liverpool spread awareness on consent and healthy relationships in the digital world
The LSCP Young Advisors were commissioned by NSPCC in 2021 to plan a campaign and develop supporting resources (posters and videos). This has now been completed and gone live.
The campaign is for ages 11+ and focuses on:
Unhealthy relationships
Consent
Sexual Abuse
Sexting.
It will also signpost young people where to go for support.
Young people and safeguarding groups in Liverpool have launched a campaign to increase awareness of healthy relationships and sexual abuse in teenagers across the city.
The NSPCC, Liverpool Safeguarding Children Partnership (LSCP) and Liverpool Young Advisors, have worked together on the project.
Following months of consultation with young people across Liverpool, the Young Advisors, which consists of a group of teenagers from the city, prepared a series of posters and videos to raise awareness on issues surrounding consent, sexting, healthy relationships, and sexual abuse.
The group aims to share the material with young people in Liverpool schools, youth clubs and other organisations, via the safeguarding partnership and hope to reach as many young people in the city as possible.
Using simple explainers, graphics and examples of good practice, the posters and videos share important messages and advice on what consent looks like, moving on from negative relationships and experiences, and learning to listen to your body.
Aimee Hadwin, one of the young people leading the project, said:“These lessons are so important, and we want to do our bit to make sure messages about consent and what healthy relationships look like are seen by as many of our peers as possible.
“In the digital age, knowing this is especially vital. We want to hear from young people across the region and feel the material we have created gets the information across in a clear and concise manner.”
With the help of the NSPCC and Liverpool Safeguarding Partnership, the team are getting the resources into schools across Liverpool, and the material will also be available on the Liverpool Safeguarding Children Partnership website.
Mubashar Khaliq, NSPCC Campaigns Manager for the North West, said:“The work these young people have done is truly incredible.
“To see how they communicated such sensitive subject matters was an inspiration. These are such important conversations to be having with young people.
“It is vital that young people understand what a healthy relationship is, what is meant by consent and their right to say no and where to turn if something happens that makes them feel uncomfortable.”
The Young Advisors who designed the posters and videos will get feedback from school pupils to find out what works – and what could be changed – in the material.
They are also interested in knowing what the young people already knew about consent, sexual abuse and healthy relationships before seeing the messaging.
END
About the Liverpool Safeguarding Children Partnership (LSCP)
Liverpool SCP is made up of a Strategic and Decision Making Group and a number of Sub Groups responsible for undertaking and overseeing work streams of the Board with membership representing the breadth of agencies working with children and young people.
About the NSPCC
The NSPCC is the leading children’s charity fighting to end child abuse in the UK and Channel Islands. Using voluntary donations, which make up around 90 per cent of their funding, they help children who’ve been abused to rebuild their lives, they protect children at risk, and they find the best ways of preventing child abuse from ever happening. When a child needs a helping hand, they’ll be there. When parents are finding it tough, they’ll help. When laws need to change, or governments need to do more, they won’t give up until things improve.
Their free NSPCC helpline provides adults with a place they can get advice and support, share their concerns about a child or get general information about child protection. Adults can contact the helpline 365 days a year.
Their Childline service provides a safe, confidential place for children with no one else to turn to, whatever their worry, whenever they need help. Children can contact Childline 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Young people can contact Childline on 0800 1111 or via 1-2-1 chat on the Childline website.
Childline also has a huge online community where children can get support from their peers on message-boards and use expert resources to help them through any issue they are concerned about. If adults are worried about children they can get advice from NSPCC practitioners on 0808 800 5000 or help@nspcc.org.uk.
Children can also visit Childline’s Calm Zone which been a great source of support for children and young people during the pandemic.
Perinatal Mental Health Survey for Parents
The Northwest Coast Clinical Network for Perinatal Mental Health have devised a very short survey for parents to complete regarding their experiences of their emotional and physical wellbeing during pregnancy and the first two years after having a baby.
The learning from this study will be used to develop training resources for healthcare professionals. This work is being led by the North West Coast Clinical Network for Perinatal Mental Health. The information that is shared as part of this survey will be kept anonymous and will only be shared with members of the Clinical Network and researchers working on this project.
Please take 5 minutes to share your experiences and opinions in this short online survey.
2023 LCVS Training Programme launches with 20+ Training Courses
As we welcome in the new year, we would also like to welcome you to our new 2023 training programme.
At LCVS, we are committed to helping organisations thrive during what is an increasingly challenging period.
A key part of this support is providing a range of high quality, affordable training courses in subject areas that we feel are critical to the success of all charities, social enterprises and other forms of community groups.
So whether you are starting out, or are an experienced trustee or staff member in a not for profit organisation, we have a training course for you.
This programme is delivered by an experienced team that supported over 240 local community organisations in 2022, helping them to be well governed and managed. The team also helped local good causes raise over £3m in grant funding to deliver their activities.
Currently, we have 22 courses (with some running multiple times throughout the year bringing the total to 30 sessions) with more to be confirmed later this year.
Introduction to Grant Fundraising and other sources of funds
Start Up Workshop
Community and Event Fundraising
Roles and Responsibilities of Board Members/Trustees
Minute Taking
Measuring Your Impact
Developing and maintaining relationships with funders
Reviewing Your Governance
Liverpool City Region: local funders who may support you
Recruiting and Managing Volunteers
Big Lottery Reaching Communities
Henry Smith Funding Workshop
Awards for All – How to Apply
Finding a Trustee, Appointing and Induction
Garfield Weston Funding Workshop
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation – How to apply successfully
Getting the best from your Board
Heritage Lottery Funding Workshop
Social Media for Community Projects
Writing with a Hook: How to catch the funder’s attention
Corporate Fundraising
Planning a Community Project
We are sure you’ll find something that meets your needs in this programme, but if you can’t see the help that you are looking for, feel free to contact us on (0151) 227 5177 or via our website.
Turtle Song | Free music project for people living with dementia & caregivers returns to Liverpool
Turtle Song is a a free singing and song writing project. It has been held regularly since 2008, bringing music, song writing, movement and singing to people living with dementia and their companions and carers. They are returning to Liverpool this year and are hoping to start their project on 30 January 2023. They are now looking for participants to join their project.
About the Project
This joyful project has been running in different areas around the country for 15 years and is a collaboration between Turtle Key Arts, English Touring Opera and Royal College of Music. Young musicians join the project to create a truly intergenerational experience of high quality music and a real Turtle family experience.
For 2023, the participants will meet once a week for nine weeks, and with the help of professional musicians and music students, write the lyrics and compose the music for their own song cycle, ending in a live performance for friends and family which is recorded as a DVD.
Liverpool City Council | Discretionary Council Tax Relief for Foster Carers Consultation
Liverpool City Council would like to hear your views on a budget proposal in regards to the Discretionary Council Tax Relief for Foster Carers. The council is looking to achieve savings of £480,000 from this scheme.
What is the Discretionary Council Tax Relief for Foster Carers?
Currently, foster carers registered with Liverpool City Council and residing in Liverpool receive a 100% discount on their council tax bill. Foster carers registered with Liverpool City Council but residing in other local authority areas receive a payment equivalent to 100% of their annual council tax bill in that area.
This discretionary support for foster carers was introduced as an incentive as part of a wider carer recruitment and retention strategy. This discretionary support costs about £480,000 per year.
What are is the Liverpool City Council consulting on?
They are consulting on a proposal to stop providing the 100% council tax discretionary relief for foster carers registered with Liverpool City Council.
Liverpool City Council is facing unprecedented budget pressures which means that it has to find savings of £73M in 2023/2024 and further savings in the two following years.
The Women’s Organisation – Facilities Administrator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £21,000 to £26,000 (dependent on experience). Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 5 days (with regular evenings and occasional weekends). Reporting to: Head of Facilities. Location: L1 0AB.
Employer Bio
The Women’s Organisation is a social enterprise that has for over a quarter of a century been driving the transformation of the business support eco system, to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, wider UK and across the globe. They are continually developing an innovative portfolio of professional business advice, learning, seminars, workshops, accredited training, incubation, and consultancy services to help their clients meet their business ambitions in a rapidly changing world.
Their people are their greatest asset. They are expanding their diverse team of creative, ambitious, and talented people with a range of skills, knowledge, and aptitude to meet their clients’ needs, both culturally and commercially. Come and join a social business on a mission to build a more diverse, inclusive, and sustainable economy and world.
Job Description
Key Aspects
Undertake daily front of house meet and greet activities by directing building visitors where to go, answering general queries, and providing friendly and professional assistance to anyone enquiring
Answer the phone calls, be able to screen and forward to relevant person or teams and take messages
To contribute to effective record keeping and communication including management of diaries on Outlook, database and booking systems
Provide basic administrative support to ensure the smooth running of the office, by handling daily post, keep up with stationery orders, printing, and scanning
Prepare meeting rooms, resources and refreshments for training, meeting, or other events
Support the rest of Facilities Team in the smooth running of the office by being familiar and confident with in house Health and Safety procedures, such as locking up and opening of the building, fire alarm test, etc
To plan and book building engineers when issue arises, or keep track of planned preventative maintenance schedule; sometimes researching and getting different quotes for service provision will be required
To work in a flexible manner and approach as part of a team (including evening and weekends as needed)
This position requires full time work from the office at 54 St James Street and so will entail complying with Covid-19 guidance of working safely in offices.
Deadline: Monday 6 February 2023 at 12 pm, however they may close early depending on volume of applications.
Contact Details: recruitment@thewo.org.uk.
Liverpool City Council | Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) Funding Reduction Consultation
Liverpool City Council would like to hear your views on a budget proposal to change the Discretionary Housing Payment Scheme. The council is looking to make savings of £1M from this scheme.
What is Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP)?
DHP provide financial support to low income and vulnerable households. DHPs help meet shortfalls in state benefits by providing extra help with the cost of rent, preventing rent arrears, protecting the tenancy and reducing the risk of homelessness.
DHP is funded by the Department for Work and Pensions and local authorities receive an annual allocation every April. In 2021/22 the Government provided an allocation of £1.65M. In recent years Liverpool has added an extra £1M, each year, from its own budgets to top up the funding.
What are is the Liverpool City Council consulting on?
Due to budget pressures, the council needs to make overall savings of £73 million in 2023/24. They are consulting on a proposal to stop providing an extra £1M funding to the DHP scheme. This will mean that the DHP budget will be based on the Government annual allocation only. If agreed, the change will take place on 1 April 2023.
If this proposal is not agreed, the council may have to find £1M savings elsewhere which may result in other services being stopped or reduced.
Liverpool Parenting Newsletter: January – March 2023
Liverpool’s Parent Network has produced the Winter edition of the Liverpool Parenting Newsletter with information on services available for you and your family across the city.
The newsletter includes information on services, events and courses that support parents around:
Antenatal Services
Children Centres
Childcare
Parenting Programmes
Support for Fathers
SEND
Debt Advice and Money Management
Foodbanks
Education
Employment Support
Fostering in Liverpool
Physical and Mental Health
Domestic Abuse
Sexual Abuse.
If you have any questions, please contact parenting@liverpool.gov.uk.
Posts available: 1. Contract: 12 months with possible extension subject to further funding being secured and satisfactory outputs being met. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £24000 PA. Hours per week: 40 hours. Reporting to: Community Hub Co-Ordinator. Location: The Florrie, 377 Mill St, L8 4RF.
Employer Bio
The Florrie has been at the heart of the L8 community for over 130 years. Their stunning, Grade II listed, Victorian community arts & heritage venue is a social, cultural, educational & charitable hub for the people of South Liverpool.
Job Description
Building on an existing fundraising programme you will help deliver The Florrie’s fundraising strategy that seeks to maximise their income generation towards supporting the charities core running costs and specific project based funding. The successful candidate will manage and develop fundraising initiatives and events hosted by the charity and volunteers against set income targets.
Key Responsibilities
Organise and deliver a regular calendar of fundraising initiatives on behalf of the charity with members of the public and volunteers
Increase levels of donations to The Florrie by organising fundraising initiatives. This can be anything from bag packing to sponsored events – they want you to be creative
Work alongside their Events Manager and Community Hub Co-ordinator to maximise income generated activities
Recruit fundraising volunteers to clearly defined roles with the appropriate support, guidance and information to enable them to raise funds on behalf of the charity.
Essential Skills and Experience
A proven track record of developing and delivering creative and fun fundraising activities/events
Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
A ‘can do’ attitude to work
Ability to manage own workload and work to tight deadlines
Experience of working towards set income targets
An understanding of the social and economic issues and barriers affecting people who use their services.
Deadline: 5 pm on Friday 27 January 2023.
Contact Details: Bev@theflorrie.org.
Comics Youth CIC’s ‘Turn the Page’ Social Prescription Project for young people aged 16-25
Comic Youth CIC’s ‘Turn the Page’ Comics project aims to provide a person-centred package of proactive and reactive support for young people aged 16-25 who have symptoms and/or experiences of anxiety/depression within the Merseyside area.
The project will provide an array of creative comic book and zine-based opportunities for young adults to experience the narrative benefits of comics and art via:
1-2-1 Comics based autobiographical narrative sessions (delivered over 6-8 weeks face-to-face or virtual via Microsoft Teams
x2 Zinester Cohorts, 8 week issue based and zine making workshops within community venues.
Catchment area: Open to referrals across the Liverpool City Region from 15 January to 30 November 2023.
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Comics Youth CIC is a youth led organisation focused on delivering comics-based literacy, publishing, and wellbeing projects to children and young people aged 8 – 25 who are subject to extreme marginalisation. Their mission is to provide creative opportunities for marginalised young people to speak truth to power and have their voices heard by creating a variety of digital and physical publications about salient community and lived experience issues.
Grassroots Movements Fund – Now Open
The Grassroots Movements Fund is a new area of work at the grantmaking organisation The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. It is a pilot fund, to resource movements on the frontlines of social and environmental injustice, and who are striving for transformative change – a vision in which the systems of discrimination and domination of the present no longer exist.
The Grassroots Movements Fund has around £1 million which it will aim to redistribute over two funding rounds in 2023.
The fund will make grants of between £10k and £70k to every successful application. Grants can cover up to a two-year period.
To apply for the Fund groups must meet these five criteria:
Be based in the UK with work primarily focused in the UK
Be a not-for-profit organisation
Have systems for making decisions and managing money
Be able to demonstrate they are part of a grassroots movement
Be able to demonstrate they are working towards transformative change.
Faiths4Change (F4C) is a dynamic environmental charity active at local and strategic level across the Liverpool City Region and beyond; working in partnership to co-create climate action and resilience projects, education and positive change.
Their work is deeply rooted in values and beliefs of actively caring for the Earth and communities as an integrated whole. They are not a religious organisation but draw on their multi-faith roots for inspiration, engagement and action.
Their mission is to actively work together to achieve a truly just, thriving Earth home for all.
They’re recruiting a creative, proactive Project Worker to support the delivery of an exciting and diverse portfolio of practical projects with faith and community partners on climate change, including carbon net zero.
They are a registered Living Wage Employer, offer 31 days annual leave (FTE), an annual pay review, flexible working and a truly supportive Team environment.
Liverpool City Council | Liverpool Citizens Support Scheme Budget Consultation
Liverpool City Council would like to hear your views on a budget proposal to make changes to the savings options related to the Liverpool Citizens Support Scheme. The council is looking to make savings of £1.1M from this scheme.
What is the Liverpool Citizens Support Scheme?
It is a discretionary Local Welfare Provision Scheme provided by the council.
The scheme provides assistance for Liverpool residents who find themselves in an emergency or crisis. There are two types of award; emergency cash assistance to help residents with food and fuel, and replacement of domestic appliances and furniture to support people to move into a new home or to remain in a home.
What is the Liverpool City Council consulting on?
They are consulting on a saving to reduce the Liverpool Citizens Support Scheme budget allocation by £1.1M per year. This would be achieved by removing or replacing some of the items and services currently available through the scheme.
If these proposals are not taken forward the council may have to find £1.1M savings somewhere else and this may result in some other services being stopped or reduced.
This survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete.
Deadline: 27 January 2023.
BlackFest – Trustee
This is a voluntary role.
Posts available: Flexible. Hours: Equivalent to 2 and a half days per month. Reporting to: BlackFest Chair. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
BlackFest is an annual grassroots homegrown combined Black arts festival founded in 2018 which platforms and develops work by Black creatives and communities in established arts venues and community spaces, bridging the gap between institutions and marginalised communities. The festival answers a crucial need in Liverpool’s cultural offer: celebrating Black arts. BlackFest is committed to presenting a diverse and innovative programme of new writing which speaks to and reflects British contemporary society and changing the status quo.
Job Description
Liverpool’s grassroots black arts organisation, BlackFest is recruiting new Board members to join the team ahead of their flagship 2023 festival. The time commitment involved is usually equivalent to 2 and a half days per month. You will be required from time to time to deliver some aspects of the business. This comprises of quarterly Board meetings per year, plus other sub-committee meetings, an annual general meeting, time to study papers, festival events, actively fundraising, representing BlackFest nationally, office administration support and other events.
Interviews: Week Commencing Monday 27 February 2023.
Contact Details: jubeda@blackfest.co.uk.
Online map of Digital Inclusion services in the Liverpool City Region – Now Available
For the first time, a comprehensive map of the places people can go to ‘get online’, or access digital skills training has been published by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
The map is completely open access for use by the general public, but obviously, if people aren’t already online, they may struggle to access it themselves! So, of equal, if not more importance, is that staff and volunteers from front-line service providers across voluntary/community/faith and public sectors are aware of and can access the map, so that they can advise their service users about local places they can go to get online or access IT training.
For all too many people, digital inequalities in terms of a lack of skills, access to a computer, the internet and digital poverty in general remain key barriers to inclusion; which have arguably been exacerbated by the current cost of living crisis. Digital exclusion limits people’s ability to do so many things that more fortunate people take for granted, like access online public services (health, local authority, housing providers, etc.); shop and make savings online; search and apply for jobs; connect with friends and family; and pursue personal interests.
Conversations about these kinds of issues often arise across all kinds of service areas, but staff/volunteers don’t always know where to direct people to. By accessing this map, now they will!
Please share this with colleagues across your organisation and networks to help spread the word.
The map has been produced in partnership with VOLA Consortium, as part of a research project into community-based digital inclusion services that VOLA recently undertook on behalf of the Combined Authority. They know things change, so it will be regularly reviewed and updated to keep it as accurate as possible, rather than a one-off thing that soon becomes outdated. The research report will be circulated to organisations that participated in the research and other key strategic bodies, but if you would like a copy of it, please email stuart.mcgrory@volamerseyside.org.uk.
The map currently contains community-based provision including Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise sector organisations, local libraries, Local Authority Adult and Community Learning departments, Further Education colleges and Merseycare Life Rooms. Digital skills provision offered by independent training providers will be added to the map in the next phase.
Not on the map and think you should be?
Please email andrew.coulson@volamerseyside.org.uk and let them know. Although as part of their research, VOLA endeavoured to capture as many Digital Inclusion service providers as possible, they know that there are likely to be others that did not hear about or were otherwise unable to respond to the survey. So if you know of other places you think should be included on the map, get in touch and let us know.
BlackFest – Creative Producer
Posts available: 1. Contract: 12 months fixed term contract. Term: Full-time. Salary: £494 per week. Hours per week: 40 hours. Reporting to: BlackFest Co-Directors. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
BlackFest is an annual grassroots homegrown combined Black arts festival founded in 2018 which platforms and develops work by Black creatives and communities in established arts venues and community spaces, bridging the gap between institutions and marginalised communities. The festival answers a crucial need in Liverpool’s cultural offer: celebrating Black arts. BlackFest is committed to presenting a diverse and innovative programme of new writing which speaks to and reflects British contemporary society and changing the status quo.
Job Description
The duties and responsibilities highlighted in this Job Description are indicative and may vary over time. Post holders are expected to undertake other duties and responsibilities relevant to the nature, level and scope of the post, which has been established on this basis.
Producing
The general day to day running and delivery of projects, including BlackFest’s annual festival, and accompanying administrative tasks
Manage community projects, and development of new work
Support, organise, manage touring and production for BlackFest artists development programme
Maintaining contact with and overseeing the development and management of project participants.
Audience Development and Marketing
Support freelance audience engagement and marketing specialists to identify target audiences and to devise ambitious and inclusive campaigns
Lead on developing inventive and dynamic comms initiatives for individual projects and the festival as required
Cultivate a care-led approach to audience engagement, working with the Director and wider team to develop new approaches to engaging with and supporting audiences
Contribute to and champion the development of audience access approaches and initiatives.
Fundraising
Strong demonstrable experience in fundraising and bid writing minimum 2 years.
Support the development of the organisation’s fundraising plan, led by the Director
Ensure audience, artist and participant information is consistently gathered in an efficient and ethical way
Lead on evaluation for projects and support and contribute to wider organisational and programme evaluation i.e. annual reports and individual project and event report.
General Responsibilities
Foster and maintain supportive and trusting relationships with artists, creative people and partners
Champion inclusive practices, access, well-being, mentoring and training
Keep up to date with developments in the performing arts sector locally, nationally and internationally
Ensure the company’s producing activity conforms to all financial, legal, statutory and contractual requirements.
Interviews: Week Commencing Monday 27 February 2023.
Contact Details: jubeda@blackfest.co.uk.
Liverpool City Council | Benefits Maximisation Budget Savings Consultation
Liverpool City Council would like to hear your views on savings options that are currently being considered in relation to the Benefits Maximisation Team.
What is the Liverpool Citizens Support Scheme?
The Benefits Maximisation Team consists of specialist advisors that provide advice and support to Liverpool residents. The team helps people to claim benefit, and wider support, and can provide assistance with representation at benefit tribunals.
What is the Liverpool City Council consulting on?
Liverpool City Council is facing unprecedented budget pressures which means that it has to find savings of £73M in 2023/2024 and further savings in the two following years. The council has recently proposed a range of savings options which it believes will help with this budget gap. One of the savings options relates to the council’s Benefits Maximisation Team.
This survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete.
Deadline: 27 January 2023.
BlackFest – Chair
This is a voluntary role.
Posts available: 1. Hours: Equivalent to 2 and a half days per month. Reporting to: BlackFest Board. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
BlackFest is an annual grassroots homegrown combined Black arts festival founded in 2018 which platforms and develops work by Black creatives and communities in established arts venues and community spaces, bridging the gap between institutions and marginalised communities. The festival answers a crucial need in Liverpool’s cultural offer: celebrating Black arts. BlackFest is committed to presenting a diverse and innovative programme of new writing which speaks to and reflects British contemporary society and changing the status quo.
Job Description
BlackFest is seeking an inspiring and dynamic individual to join their team of committed and proactive directors and passionate team of freelance staff as Chair of the company. The position is unpaid, although reasonable travel and other expenses will be reimbursed.
They welcome all applicants who are willing to commit their time, energy, and experience to provide strategic support to the organisation. Furthermore, they are particularly interested in people who would bring an understanding of one or more of the following fields:
Finance and accounting
Legal services
Sustainability and environmental concerns
Learning and Communities
Fundraising
Role Purpose
Lead the Board and organisation through areas of development, expansion and artistic vision
Ensure trustees fulfil their responsibilities to allow smooth Governance of BlackFest LTD
Support the Artistic Director in working collaboratively with the board.
Interviews: Week Commencing Monday 27 February 2023.
Contact Details: jubeda@blackfest.co.uk.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Money Advice Caseworker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £24,327 per annum / Fully Trained: £27,030 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Project Lead. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims to:
Provide the advice people need for the problems they face,
Improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
Job Description
The purpose of this role is to provide an effective supported Money Advice debt casework service that is compliant against quality standards including The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) quality of advice framework; ensuring that clients receive their full entitlement to all benefits, receive appropriate financial capability support and experience a positive customer experience from Citizens Advice Liverpool.
To be successful in this role, you will need to be confident, motivated and willing to try new things, have excellent communication skills with an ability to work under pressure to achieve targets and outcomes with minimum supervision.
To be appointed as a Money Advice Caseworker, you will need to have knowledge and experience of complex debt casework, covering priority and non-priority debt advice, options and insolvency solutions.
To be appointed as a Trainee Money Advice Caseworker, you will need to have knowledge of advice areas and money advice issues and have experience of giving advice. Te’re not looking for the finished article, if you have the right attitude then they can help to develop your skills.
TLC is offering FREE wellbeing support for your staff
Background
The last few years have undeniably taken their toll on people’s well-being.
Between worries over the fallout of Brexit, the ongoing uncertainty of the pandemic, and now the rising cost of living, stress levels have steadily been on the increase, with 71% of UK employees experiencing moderate to high levels of stress.
TLC are here to help with their new NHS-funded programme to provide well-being at work support.
Fostering employee well-being in the workplace is good for people and employers.
It’s no secret that happy people work better. Advocating for your staff’s well-being and making it a priority helps to reduce stress, creates a positive working environment, and increases employee engagement.
Transform Lives Company has received funding from the NHS to provide FREE well-being support for people in Liverpool.
What’s Involved?
At TLC, their years of combined experience mean they have the knowledge and expertise to provide the well-being training you need.
Under this programme, they’ll deliver their tried-and-tested well-being support for your staff at no cost to your organisation,at a time and place that suits you.
Just some of the things covered are:
Understanding how mindset affects how we deal with challenges – your emotional overdraft!
Understanding the science of how stress affects the body
The 4-step resilience-building formula
How to keep your resilience battery charged
How to keep it together when it feels like things are spinning out of control.
To express your interest, just give them a call on 07483 427816 or email teamtlc@transform-lives.org.
Spaces are extremely limited for this programme and are likely to fill up quickly, so get in touch quickly to avoid disappointment!
MPAC – Partnership and Engagement Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: unknown. Term: unknown. Salary: 29k pa Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: To be confirmed. Location: Liverpool City Centre.
Employer Bio
MPAC is the infrastructure body in Liverpool for Children’s Play and currently runs the DfE funded Holiday Activities and Food Programme. We provide training and support for local VCF organisations who work in or who support children’s play in the local community.
Job Description
To develop and lead on MPAC’s engagement and partnership work both within the HAF and Half Term programme and across MPACS wider areas of work. Utilising a Community of Practice model as a vehicle for engagement with a wide range of stakeholders, the postholder will focus on the key elements of the HAF programme (Food, Signposting, Enrichment Activities etc) in order to ensure that the voices of children and young people, parents, providers and other partners are heard and able to influence planning and development.
For a copy of the job description please contact anne.hughes@merseyplay.com
Deadline: 5pm, 16 January 2023.
Interviews: Early February.
Contact Details: Anne.hughes@merseyplay.com.
One simple way to boost your funds in 2023
What are your fundraising goals this year? A new project? Improved facilities? Core costs? Volunteer training? Whatever you need funding for, make sure fundraising platform easyfundraising is a part of your strategy. easyfundraising enables voluntary and third sector organisations to benefit from cashback donations when their supporters shop online.
easyfundraising has been helping good causes benefit from free funding from online shopping since 2007. Over £43m has been raised for good causes and charities across the UK, and your organisation can be a part of it too.
easyfundraising partners with 7,300 online retailers that will donate a percentage of what a shopper spends with them back to your organisation at no extra cost to anyone. Retailers include everyday favourites like Amazon, eBay, Boots, and Argos, department stores like John Lewis, M&S, Debenhams, and House of Fraser, supermarkets including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons, home improvement retailers such as B&Q, Dunelm, Wickes and Homebase, fashion brands like ASOS, Very, H&M, Boden and Clarks – and many more.
Space Youth Services have raised over £650 so far and say easyfundraising is the helping hand that allows them to fundraise easily for their essential needs:
“It’s useful to be able to raise unrestricted donations. We would definitely recommend it to other charities as a simple, straightforward way of raising additional funds that requires little in the way of input and maintenance.”
Free to register and use, signing up to easyfundraising is a great way to create a continuous stream of income, which complements your existing activities to make 2022 your best fundraising year yet. Click here to find out more.
LCVS Winter Break
Today marks the end of a busy and productive year for the LCVS team, and we are looking forward to taking some well-deserved time off to relax and recharge during our winter break. Starting tomorrow (23 December), LCVS will be closed and we will return to the office on Tuesday 3 January 2023, ready to tackle the new year with renewed energy and enthusiasm. We hope that you have a wonderful festive season and that you get to spend some quality time with those you care about.
151 Dale Street will be closed on 25 & 26 December plus 1 January. If you are accessing services from one of our tenant organisations, please contact them direct for their opening hours.
Food Support in Liverpool (Household Support Fund Allocation Survey)
Feeding Liverpool has been allocated a proportion of the Household Support Fund to support the food supplies of emergency food providers and community food spaces over the next few months. This is to enable these organisations to continue to support households experiencing food insecurity.
To receive a proportion of this fund, emergency food providers and community food spaces must:
Fulfil all the criteria on the ‘eligibility criteria’ page of the survey
Complete the survey in full
Agree to provide monitoring data on how this resource has been spent.
The survey link is provided further down the page.
To enable Feeding Liverpool to make a fair allocation of funds, you will be asked how many people you provided regular food support for during the week Monday 14 November – Sunday 20 November 2022.
You will also be asked which age category the people you provided regular food support to fall into (0 – 17, 18 – 64 and 65+).
You will have the opportunity to provide details about any of the following types of regular food support your organisation provides:
Emergency food parcels
Community food spaces (e.g. food pantries, food union, community market, community shop)
Community meals / meals which are included as part of an activity your organisation offers
Any other regular food support your organisation offers
Other Information
This funding cannot be used to support food-related activities which are aimed solely at people aged under 18 (e.g. a primary school breakfast club or after school club).
The funding period will be between January and the end of March 2023. The full terms of any allocation of funding will be set out in a partnership agreement with Feeding Liverpool.
As an extra level of support Feeding Liverpool are offering a one-off £500 energy grant for each organisation who is eligible for this fund to go towards their organisation’s energy bills.
Unfortunately, without exception, any organisation whose survey response is received after the deadline of 11.59 pm on Thursday 5 January 2023 will not be eligible for this fund.
Do you know of a group of young people or individual working to make communities in your county safer? If so, National Crimebeat want to hear about them. Each March, National Crimebeat organises a prestigious awards ceremony to give recognition to the most successful crime prevention projects carried out by young people. The projects can be submitted from any organisation in England and Wales.
National Crimebeat is the youth crime prevention charity of the High Sheriffs’ Association. It is to recognise crime prevention projects carried out by young people aged between 5 and 25 years of age, that are already having an impact in the community.
First Prize: £1500
Second Prize: £1250
Third Prize: £1000
Plus three Highly Commended with each receiving £500.
There are 2 categories of award, Youth Led and Adult Led:
Youth Led is for groups/individuals where the project ideas came from the member/s of the group, and where they are also responsible for running the project
Adult Led is for groups where the project was developed by others (often adults) but where the young people have a significant role in the management and delivery of the project.
The closing date to receive all nominations and supporting evidence is Monday 9 January 2023.
The Winter Holiday Activities and Food Programme starts on 23 December 2022
The Winter Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF) programme starts on 23 December 2022. Children and young people will be able to access hundreds of activities throughout the winter break including specific provision available for children with SEND.
There’s a great range of activities across the city including music tuition, puppet making, circus workshops, football, podcasting, dance, Christmas parties and grottos, cooking, climbing, films, bowling, arts and crafts, drama, trips out, mindfulness and much more! Every day there will be a meal available for every child that attends.
On the MPAC website, there is a downloadable list of providers and a map that has the information about each provider and where the provision is taking place.
Parents/guardians/carers will just need to choose an activity, then contact that organisation to book a place. If the child has any additional needs or dietary requirements then they can discuss this with the organisation when they book.
Each organisation will have either a telephone number, email address or online booking system. There is no central booking system so they will need to contact the providers directly.
Around 110 programmes have been funded across the city.
If you would like to visit one of the providers then please contact them directly to make the arrangements.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Welfare Rights and Advice Caseworker
Posts available: 1. Contract: The post is initially until 9 January 2024, additional future funding is being sought. Term: Part-Time. Salary: LA Payscale 5/6 £22,183 – £26,511 p.a. +5% Pension Contribution. Hours per week: 18 hours. Reporting to: Senior Solicitor. Location: Maghull Hub in Maghull Town Square and some office based working at Vauxhall Law Centre.
Employer Bio
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre provides access to justice on a range of social welfare issues. Established in 1973, they support sick and disabled people, those affected by the cut to Universal Credit including people working in the gig economy and on a zero hours contract. They are an inclusive and non-discriminatory organisation. They work with and advocate for members of the community that face injustice, irrespective of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, disability or immigration status. They take a strong stance against all forms of bigotry and work to challenge prejudice and injustice wherever they find it.
Job Description
To assist in providing an efficient and effective advice service providing support, practical advice and signposting when appropriate in relation to welfare benefits, disability and housing. You will work as part of a team to ensure that their clients are receiving the best support available to help them. You will be required to provide advice through various service delivery points, including outreach locations but mainly from the Maghull Hub at Maghull Town Square, home visits and working with partners such as Maghull Town Council (who fund this post), NHS and community groups.
Contact Details: recruitment@vauxhalllawcentre.org.uk or 0151 360 7777.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Housing & Social Welfare Solicitor
Posts available: 1. Term: Full-time, part-time and job shares considered. Salary: SCP25 £30,095 to SCP27 £31,895. Hours per week: Up to 35 hours. Reporting to: Housing Supervising Solicitor. Location: Hybrid working at office based in Vauxhall, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre provides access to justice on a range of social welfare issues. Established in 1973, they support sick and disabled people, those affected by the cut to Universal Credit including people working in the gig economy and on a zero hours contract. They are an inclusive and non-discriminatory organisation. They work with and advocate for members of the community that face injustice, irrespective of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, disability or immigration status. They take a strong stance against all forms of bigotry and work to challenge prejudice and injustice wherever they find it.
Job Description
The postholder will support Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre advice service, particularly in respect of Housing and related matters to enable Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre to deliver a high-quality community-based advice service. What matters to them is finding someone who is passionate about this area of law and ready to work with their supervising solicitor and wider Law Centre family to grow the department, secure a Legal Aid contract and to campaign on the issues impacting their clients.
Contact Details: recruitment@vauxhalllawcentre.org.uk or 0151 360 7777.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Help to Claim Adviser
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary – end date 31 March 2023. Term: Part-time. Salary: £24,327 per annum (pro rata). Hours per week: 14 hours. Reporting to: Help to Claim Supervisor. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims to:
Provide the advice people need for the problems they face,
Improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
Job Description
Universal Credit (UC) is the fastest growing advice issue for the Citizens Advice service and improving the support available to people making a claim is vital. The Help to Claim service guides people through the claims process – this will include identifying suitability, helping clients to start their claim and providing support to their first payment.
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking to recruit Help to Claim advisers with knowledge and experience of welfare benefits to join their team.
The successful candidates will provide end to end telephone, web chat and video support for Universal Credit claimants. Your understanding of legacy benefits will enable you to check whether a client would be better off on Universal Credit, and you will be confident in your ICT skills to support clients in making their claim.
You’ll have the ability to interview clients using sensitive listening and questioning skills to get to the root of the issues and empower clients, whilst maintaining structure and control of meetings, as well as a commitment to the aims and principles of the Citizens Advice Service.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Learning and Development Assistant
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £21,200 per annum (pro rata). Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: HR Officer. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool are the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims to:
Provide the advice people need for the problems they face,
Improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
Job Description
Joining the Finance and HR Team, the Learning & Development Assistant will focus on providing a quality learning and development service to Citizens Advice Liverpool (CAL) as well as supporting the HR function.
The role holder will be responsible for managing a central training email account, responding to queries from staff at CAL, updating staff training records and ensuring all compulsory training has been completed. In addition to this, working closely with the HR Officer and Head of Business Support, this role will aim to continuously improve CAL’s learning and development to enable them to offer the best possible service to clients.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £45,000. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: CEO. Location: The appointee will have the choice to work remotely, from the London or Manchester office, or a hybrid of both.
Award-winning mentoring and network support charity Arts Emergency is looking for a Director of Programmes.
This is a new role that will involve making ambitious plans for the future direction and development of Arts Emergency’s programmes, projects and delivery partnerships while ensuring high quality, person focussed, asset-based and sustainable services for young people. Experience of running programmes, managing teams and being a creative thinker are required skills.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £26,250 pro-rata. Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Head of Fundraising and Marketing. Location: The appointee will have the choice to work remotely, from the London or Manchester office, or a hybrid of both.
Award-winning mentoring and network support charity Arts Emergency is looking for a Fundraising Officer to join the team!
This rewarding role focuses on looking after a large network of donors, updating the fundraising database, thanking donors and conducting research into new funding opportunities.
The successful candidate will be familiar with Institute of Fundraising codes of practice, UK tax law and data protection legislation. As well as having strong IT and writing skills, they should have one year experience working in a fundraising environment, experience of donor stewardship and fundraising, and experience of event coordination.
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £26,250. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Liverpool L4.
Employer Bio
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in North Liverpool.
Their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively support the young people and their families of Liverpool every year.
Job Description
To develop and deliver centre & street-based activities for groups/individuals, school programmes and services that will be delivered in a specified area of the community to meet the personal and social development needs of young people in Liverpool.
It is essential that you work regular evenings and weekends.
Some duties will include
To plan, organise, and deliver effectively, a range of personal development programmes that improve outcomes for young people. This will include Crime and ASB, Informal Education, Mental Health, and Personal Development.
To work at ‘grass roots’ level, on the streets, in parks and centres, on a significant number of evenings and weekends providing open & accessible activities to local children & young people.
To maintain accurate records for monitoring and reporting purposes including verbal and written information on progress, issues, futures plans and to maintain accurate supporting financial records.
Benefits
Excellent salary
Staff Health Cash Plan
33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
Expenses payable upon receipt
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
As the year comes to a close, LCVS’s CEO Clare White would like to take a moment to reflect on the incredible work that has been achieved at LCVS as well as the voluntary sector as a whole this year.
This year has continued to be challenging for all of us as we navigated the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and adapted to delivering services in our ‘new normal’. But as we picked ourselves back up, we were faced with a new challenge – the Cost of Living Crisis which is stretching all of us at a time when emotional, financial and mental resources are thin.
For me, what keeps me going is the unwavering dedication of my colleagues both at LCVS and within the wider VCFSE sector in the city and the sharp focus on working towards making things better in whatever way we can.
Undoubtedly 2023 will be challenging for us all and LCVS will continue to do our utmost to support the sector to continue to do what it does best – support those most vulnerable in our communities.
In the meantime may I wish you all the good tidings of the holiday season and all the best for the new year.
Clare White
CEO
Alder Hey NHS Foundation Trust – Healthy Weight: VCF Sector Grant Award Programme Funding Workshop Replay
If you missed our funding workshop about the Alder Hey NHS Foundation Trust – Healthy Weight: VCF Sector Grant Award Programme you can now watch a replay of it online.
Working with Liverpool Public Health, Alder Hey NHS Foundation have created the ‘Healthy Weight’ grant programme for the VCF sector in Liverpool. LCVS will be administering the grant on behalf of Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
Faiths4Change (F4C) is a dynamic environmental charity active at a local and strategic level across the Liverpool City Region and beyond; working in partnership to co-create climate action and resilience projects, education, and positive change.
Their work is deeply rooted in values and beliefs of actively caring for the Earth and communities as an integrated whole. They are not a religious organisation but draw on their multi-faith roots for inspiration, engagement, and action.
Their mission is to actively work together to achieve a truly just, thriving Earth home for all.
They are a registered Living Wage Employer, they offer 31 days annual leave (FTE), an annual pay review, flexible working, and a truly supportive Team environment.
They are now recruiting a creative, proactive Project Worker to support the delivery of an exciting and diverse portfolio of practical projects with faith and community partners on climate change, including carbon net zero.
NCS will be awarding grants to local organisations delivering community-based experiences at a grassroots level
From 2023, NCS will be awarding grants to local organisations delivering community-based experiences at a grassroots level, for the first time.
Supported by the National Youth Agency and Street Games, the grants will reflect their commitment to providing young people with the skills to live independently, progress into employment, and bring about positive social change in their communities.
They are inviting youth organisations who may be interested in applying for a grant to attend a Market Engagement event (this will be in-person events set to take place in January 2023, dates TBA). The events will cover their grant criteria, the application process, and share more information about their two types of grant funding; Open to All and Targeted Grants.
NCS offers a range of personal, social, and professional development services focused on young people in England, supporting their transition to adulthood. They exist to ensure that young people become world-ready and work-ready, and are at the heart of a more cohesive society, bridging social divides. Their vision remains relevant and resonant: A country of connected, confident, and caring citizens where everyone feels at home.
BME Youth | The Together Fund
BME Youth is inviting clubs, groups, associations, and organisations to apply for the Together Fund to deliver sports and physical activities to culturally diverse communities, disabled people, lower socioeconomic groups, and people with long-term health conditions to improve their health and well-being.
You can apply for up to £10,000.
The Together Fund is a Sport England initiative that supports voluntary community organisations to recover and emerge from the long-term impacts of COVID-19.
It was previously known as the ‘Tackling Inequalities Fund’.
Deadline: 31 March 2023. Applications are invited on a first come first serve basis and they will close once all funds have been allocated.
Imagine Independence – Support Worker – Merseyside
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £18,572.50 per annum (plus additional sleep in payments, including weekends on a rota basis). Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Service Manager. Location: Merseyside.
Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays, employer’s contributory pension scheme, generous sickness absence pay, and other benefits.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Every day, Imagines’ staff and volunteers generously share their experience, knowledge, and talents with the people they support. Through their focused dedication to Imagines’ mission, and the courage to challenge the status quo, people feel valued. They know they are making both the ‘everyday’ and the ‘extraordinary’ become possible for everyone. They walk alongside the people they have the privilege to serve, helping to transform lives, one day at a time. And they never give up.
Job Description
Do you want to become part of this amazing organisation? As a Support Worker, you will help to promote the health and wellbeing of those you support. This will include making sure people access the health services they need; have as healthy a diet as possible, and live in a home environment that supports their wellbeing. It is an interesting and rewarding role, where no two days are ever the same. This service needs people committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred support. Previous experience is desirable but not essential.
A good communicator, who can build valued relationships with others, you will be able to use your judgement and common sense to get the best possible results for each person you support. Your focus will always be on the person you are supporting, promoting their dignity, and ensuring the highest standards of confidentiality are maintained.
For an initial chat, please contact Mark Doherty on 07436 106 764.
Posts available: 1. Term: 2 years. Location: Remote with occasional travel services.
Employer Bio
Nugent is a charity, started by Father Nugent in 1881. They employ over 600 people, and over 150 volunteers and are the largest education, health, and social care charity in Liverpool.
Their Vision is to be a totally outstanding and dignified organisation and their mission is to care, educate, protect, and inspire those in need.
For 140 years they have been providing support to children, young people, adults, and families who are vulnerable or at risk across the North West through our schools, care homes, community and social work services.
Job Description
They are now recruiting for a Lead Trustee for Safeguarding.
You will undertake a highly influential voluntary position within the organisation and they are expecting you to be a champion of diversity and inclusion and an individual with ambition, emotional intelligence, sharp intellect, resilience, and the ability to be agile for the benefit of the charity. You are a person who ‘gets things done’.
As an experienced and committed individual, you will provide support to your peers and leadership to the executive team. You will promote a commercially astute culture across the organisation as they drive towards their vision of being entirely dignified and outstanding.
This role is ideal for you as a conscientious and driven individual who is prepared to support, advise and actively engage in the achievement of the vision.
To read the full job description and to apply, please click here. Please click on the “Vacancies” box and scroll down until you see this vacancy.
Deadline: 31 January 2023.
Contact Details: HR@wearenugent.org.
LCVS is hiring!
Are you a finance expert with a passion for social welfare? Do you want to be part of an organisation that is passionate about strengthening communities, and about improving wellbeing? Do you want to apply your expertise to a movement that brings people, organisations and resources together? If so, we would love to hear from you!
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a talented individual to join the LCVS Team as the Director of Finance and Corporate Resources in a capacity that will allow them to impact the voluntary sector across this city.
LCVS – Director of Finance and Corporate Resources
£50,000 – £60,000
Full-time / Permanent
Liverpool (office and home working)
Are you a finance expert with a passion for social welfare? Do you want to be part of an organisation that is passionate about strengthening communities, and about improving wellbeing? Do you want to apply your expertise to a movement that brings people, organisations and resources together? If so, we would love to hear from you!
We have an exciting opportunity for a Director of Finance & Corporate Resources to join Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS), the organisation that positively impacts the voluntary sector across the city of Liverpool!
The Role
The main purpose of this role is to manage, direct and oversee the financial resources of LCVS, including Trust accounts, Charity Services, Community Accountancy and IT Services and the organisation’s building. The role will also hold leadership and management responsibilities and require you to play an integral role in the governance of the organisation. Duties will span across accounting policies, the filing of company accounts, the maintaining of records of building tenancies, the provision of technical support and advice to the community accountancy team and effective liaison with external auditors. This is a hugely exciting time to be joining the executive team and in this role you will have real scope to shape and influence the department moving forwards.
The Person
To be considered for this role, you must hold a recognised professional qualification (CCAB) or equivalent and have maintained CPD requirements for qualification. You should have a proven record of production of budgets, management accounts and Annual Reports and ideally have an understanding and practical experience of the current requirements of charity accounting and law (although this is not a necessity). We need someone who is committed to the values and work of voluntary and community organisations and someone who will lead and govern their team with integrity, tact, creativity and confidence.
This is a truly unique and exciting opportunity to join a flexible organisation who puts the wellbeing of its staff at the core. The role will be a blend of homeworking, office-working and travel across the region. By joining LCVS as Director of Finance & Corporate Resources you will form part of a small but ambitious team and play a role achieving long-term systemic improvements for the charity.
To register your interest please send a copy of your CV to jobs@charityhorizons.co.uk, or for more information contact Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons:
Charlie – 07799521685 / charlie@charityhorizons.co.uk Leanne – 07799465697 / leanne@charityhorizons.co.uk
Please note: If you would like to submit an application or express your interest in an alternative format, such as audio or video upload, please contact either Charlie or Leanne who will be happy to advise on this.
Please also be aware that Charity Horizons use anonymous recruitment methods when submitting shortlists for all our roles and we only work with organisations that are happy to engage with us in this way.
Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. They welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.
Deadline: Monday 19 December 2022.
LCVS Energy Costs Support Webinar Replay & Resources
Please note: This has some outdated information since it was published in 2022.
If you missed our webinar about the rising cost of energy for community sector organisations you can now watch a replay of it online. You can also access the resources featured in the event which includes presentations and a list of funders that may be useful for those seeking assistance to cover increased energy costs.
The session was delivered in partnership with Citizen’s Advice Liverpool, Utility Aid, and Kuumba Imani.
The session covered:
Information regarding support schemes in place to help local groups
Real life experiences on negotiating with an energy provider
Advice on seeking funding to cover energy costs
Help to secure new contracts at the lowest possible cost.
You can now download the documents featured in the event:
Now Open for Applications – Alder Hey NHS Foundation Trust – Healthy Weight: VCF Sector Grant Award Programme
Working with Liverpool Public Health, Alder Hey NHS Foundation have created the ‘Healthy Weight’ grant programme for the VCF sector in Liverpool. LCVS will be administering the grant on behalf of Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
The Healthy Weight programme aims to increase impact on outcomes related to health weight, mental health and emotional wellbeing amongst children and families.
The key outcomes of focus for this programme are reduction in excess weight and improved mental health, wellbeing and resilience amongst children and families. This will be achieved by directly influencing:
The application of specialist paediatric expertise within prevention programmes
Building community capacity and skill
Enhancing protective factors (e.g. good mental health, physical activity, leisure, access to green spaces, access to healthy food, breastfeeding, developing skills, enhancing parenting, forming positive relationships)
Reduction in key modifiable risk factors (e.g. poor mental health, problems with finances, employment, relationships, exposure to food with high calorific and low nutritional value)
Collaborative working between organisations to meet needs holistically and for whole families
Increased volunteering opportunities and community participation
Enhancing accessibility for families facing additional barriers, particularly families who are materially disadvantaged, from Black and Minority Ethnic Background and families of children with SEND.
Projects will be 12 months in duration. Applications can be for between £50,000 and £100,000. Successful applications will be paid in 2 instalments (50% on receipt of signed offer letter and 50% on receipt of satisfactory quarter 2 monitoring data).
This grant is aimed at the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise Sector in Liverpool.
In December, a funding workshop will be held online for the Alder Hey NHS Foundation Trust – Healthy Weight: VCF Sector Grant Award Programme. Click here to learn more.
Deadline: 16 January 2023.
Foodbank Fund | Julia and Hans Rausing Trust
Julia and Hans Rausing Trust have launched a £3.5million fund, open to all foodbanks in the UK.
The Foodbank Fund has been established in response to the cost of living crisis and evidence that many foodbanks are facing the combined challenges of increasing need, escalating running costs, and food donations failing to keep up with demand.
The Fund will help food banks meet the rising demand across the UK as well as to assist with the well documented rising running costs.
Deadline: Applications will close on 6 December 2022.
However, recognising the state of the immediate need, funding will be made available before the deadline date with grants starting from £500.
A service or resource that is not relevant to the Cost of Living Crisis
A service or resource that is not relevant to the upcoming Christmas/New Year period
A service or resource that is not based in or useful to those in the Liverpool area.
What to send us:
A Liverpool-based service or resource that is relevant to the Cost of Living Crisis
A Liverpool-based service or resource that is relevant to the upcoming Christmas/New Year period.
Please include in your email:
A few sentences about what the service is and who it is aimed at
Service duration/opening times/location
Twitter or Other Social Link
Contact information and a link for more information about the service.
FAQ
Sending in all the information correctly (as stated in the “What to send us” section will greatly improve your chances of the resource being featured
Emailing your item to us does not guarantee that it will be published
We are not able to publish everything due to the sheer volume of information that is sent to us
LCVS will always edit everything before it is published
Copying and pasting large amounts of information and sending us items in an inaccessible format will mean your item will not be considered or published.
Priority Services Register for Household Utilities
Public Health services are urging service delivery organisations to encourage and, where necessary, support vulnerable households they work with to register themselves with utility companies, so they can be targeted should there by an emergency or disruption to energy supplies.
This is especially important over the winter when families will be feeling the impact of the rising cost of living. Utility companies keep a list of vulnerable people who they can target in emergencies such as disruption to water supplies and power outages.
Criteria for being able to be included on the Priority Services Register include:
Being of pensionable age
Disabled or having a long term condition
Recovering from injury
Having a hearing or sight condition
Having a mental health condition
Pregnant or having small children
Using medical equipment that requires a power source
Poor or no sense of smell
Would struggle to answer the door or get help if needed.
Note: other vulnerabilities may also apply.
The links to Ofgem and United Utilities – the North West water supplier, are given below:
‘Multiply’ Numeracy Champions – National Numeracy are looking for people to train to become Numeracy Champions
Do you think you could be good at supporting people with their numeracy skills, without having to teach maths? Could you support positive conversations about numbers by talking positively with others who may feel anxious about maths, inspire them to share their experiences and support them to have a more positive approach towards numbers?
If so, this could be for you! Or if you know anyone else that you think might be interested, please tell them about it!
The Multiply programme has been launched as part of the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) programme, by the Dept. for Education. LCR’s Multiply programme is for adults aged 19+ who live and/or work in the city region who do not have a GSCE at Grade 4 (the old grade C, or equivalent).
As part of LCR’s Multiply programme, the LCR Combined Authority are working with an organisation called National Numeracy who will be training Numeracy Champions across the region who can empower adults to get on with numbers so they can fulfil their potential at work and at home. They are looking for people to become Numeracy Champions – these could either be in the workplace to encourage and support colleagues and/or in the community.
Numeracy Champions don’t teach maths, they act as mentors to build confidence, support positive attitudes, change mindsets and introduce resources to support skills learning. They are empowered to help change the conversation around maths across their organisations and client groups and encourage adult learners to re-engage with everyday maths learning using an online learning resource “The National Numeracy Challenge.”
You don’t need to be a maths whizz… far from it! Often, people who may have previously struggled (or may even still struggle) with numbers but have worked to improve and/or are currently trying to improve their numeracy skills can become the best champions, coming from a position of understanding and experience.
The training programme is fully funded by the Multiply project, so if you are involved in supporting adults across the region and would like to take advantage of this opportunity, they would love you to join them on the programme. The training takes place online and doesn’t take long (just 2 x 3 hour sessions).
Some of you will have recently applied to the WEA’s Multiply Community Grants programme and/or may be working with your Local Authority to delivery numeracy interventions as part of the Multiply programme. You may have even proposed to recruit Numeracy Champions as part of your proposal, in which case this training would fit perfectly with that. Even if you have applied to deliver different things, it would still align nicely and equally stands alone as something for employers to get on board with, or organisations working with adults across the city region – it could supplement the services you provide and conversations you have with people.
Community Commissioning Opportunity – Digital Exclusion, Green Bus Routes Project
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) wishes to commission community/voluntary organisations to engage with digitally excluded citizens along the 10A bus corridor in Liverpool, Knowsley and St Helens, providing support to specific individuals and small groups (in particular people either aged 55+, or disabled), enabling them to view and then comment on proposals for LCRCA’s Green Bus Routes project.
The engagement is scheduled to take place for 4 weeks from mid-January to February 2023 with opportunities to bid to enable as little as 20, and up to 180 survey completions during this time.
If you feel this is something you could deliver, a briefing document (containing expected objectives, outputs, budget breakdown and timescales), together with a proposal application form can both be viewed here).
Deadline: 9 am on 7 December 2022.
If you’ve any questions prior to submitting, please email LCRListens@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk.
North West England Hong Kong BN(O) Welcome Hub VCFSE Grant Programme – Now Open for Applications
Applications for the North West England Hong Kong BN(O) Welcome Hub VCFSE Grant Programme is now open for organisations to submit their bids for funding.
Organisations will be able to bid for one of two grants. Grant 1; of up to £5,000, or Grant 2; of up to £10,000. The application form and guidance can be downloaded in the link below.
From January 2021, Hong Kong British Nationals (Overseas) status holders and their dependants can apply for a new immigration route, enabling them and their dependents to come to the UK. Applicants and their family members will be able to live, work and study in the UK but will not have access to public funds. 12 Welcome Hubs have been funded to ensure that newly arriving BN(O) status holders are able to access information to help their integration into the UK.
Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) organisations play an important role in delivering local support services to newly arrived migrant communities. As part of their programme of support in the North West the Regional Strategic Migration Partnership will be funding a number of organisations to welcome Hong Kong BN(O) visa holders and help and assist them as they seek to make North West England their new home. Through this grant programme VCFSE organisations can apply for funds to deliver programmes, projects, events, workshops or other services to support the welcome, integration and wellbeing of BN(O) visa holders.
Deadline: The application window will close at 11:59 pm on Tuesday 3 January 2023.
HOBY UK – Executive Director
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: Part-time. Salary: up to £8K (=£40K FTE). Hours per week: 7.5 (Flexible). Reporting to: Board of Trustees. Location: Merseyside-based.
Employer Bio
HOBY UK is a highly successful small charity, led by young volunteers. It has an excellent record delivering leadership training to teenagers through one-day workshops and an annual residential seminar.
Job Description
If you believe passionately in the potential of young people and you have the skills and experience to lead a small charity, they’d love to hear from you.
This is initially a 0.2 part-time post (salary up to £8K), but if further funding is secured, the role could be expanded and extended. You will be home-based with some ‘in-the-field’ working. You will need to live within easy reach of Liverpool, Warrington, Manchester, or Oldham, where their volunteers and schools are currently located.
They are looking for a proven track-record of leadership in the following areas:
Strategic Planning
Working with volunteers
An understanding of schools and youth organisations
Finance and funding
Governance.
Safeguarding is of paramount importance to HOBY UK. If you are shortlisted, they will request an enhanced DBS check.
Deadline: There is no formal closing date, but shortlisting will take place in the weeks beginning 12 December 2022 and 9 January 2023.
Contact Details: jsharples@hoby.org.uk.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Energy Caseworker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary – 12 months (potential extension subject to continued funding). Term: Full-time. Salary: £25,408 per annum (increasing to £27,030 on completion of NVQ). Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Project Lead. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool is the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims:
To provide the advice that people need for the problems they face,
To improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
Job Description
The Energy Advice Programme provides:
advice appointments to fuel poor and vulnerable consumers who are struggling to pay their bills or require better deals on energy
those who need guidance on the most appropriate payment methods or information on how to access help from energy suppliers and the Government
Information about Smart Meters
Information about protecting yourself from Carbon Monoxide.
The successful candidate will provide a generalist and energy casework service in a wide range of enquiry areas such as benefits, housing and employment.
You will have excellent communication skills, be confident, motivated and willing to try new things. They’re not looking for the finished article, if you have the right attitude then they can help to develop your skills.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Specialist Energy Adviser
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary 12 months (potential extension subject to continued funding). Term: Full-time. Salary: £27,030. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Project Manager. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool is the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims:
To provide the advice that people need for the problems they face,
To improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
Job Description
This role is part of a brand-new service which is being delivered across the North West of England and will provide dedicated energy and welfare support to individuals who are vulnerable and in or at risk of fuel poverty.
The service will deliver a range of services offering energy advice to people in and at risk of fuel poverty. This includes:
Telephone and Digital Energy Contact Centre
Energy Advice Casework Service
Energy Champions Community Engagement Programme.
As Specialist Energy Adviser, you will have responsibility for developing and maintaining relationships with other organisations and agencies and developing referral pathways into the energy team.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £27,000 (pro rata). Hours per week: 40 hours. Reporting to: Head of Events and Commercial. Location: Liverpool City Centre.
Employer Bio
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and/or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
Job Description
This individual will be responsible for Front of House team delivery at Mount Pleasant. This is a fast-paced role that requires excellent time management, work rate, and organisational skills. Staff management is a huge part of this role and the embodiment of the Ethos and Values of the organization is vital.
They are looking for a front of house professional who has previous proven experience within a fast-paced, food service environment who is comfortable working with a wide variety of demands. You will be joining a dynamic team and will give them your full support.
Working closely with the Executive Chef you will be responsible for delivering exceptional service within this exciting new venture, leading from the front and being a constant, positive role model for the team. You will ensure all quality standards are met and that daily operations, staff training and standards are fully integrated into the teams.
This new role will be based at their new city centre location, however as a member of their wider team you will be required to work at their Head Office in Calderstones Park.
Hours: 37.5 hours/week – Monday to Friday. Reporting to: CEO. Location: Rotunda Ltd, Great Mersey Street, Liverpool.
Rotunda Ltd are a well-established and highly regarded North Liverpool based Charity, providing education, training and community services to people from across the Liverpool City Region.
They are now looking for an experienced, results-driven trust fundraiser to join Rotunda at an exciting time in their development for the future and to support their programme to secure funding from private and statutory grant-making organisations. The Trusts & Foundations Fundraiser will develop and have responsibility for their grants fundraising programme, driving their strategic approach to the evolving UK funding environment to support the continued growth of their amazing Charity.
For an application pack, please contact Jobs@therotunda.org.uk or call 0151 207 2176.
Deadline: Unknown. Please note that this vacancy was first published in November 2022 and may have expired since then.
Health Equalities Group – Trustee
This is a voluntary role.
Posts available: 1. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Health Equalities Group (HEG) is a public health charity started in 2005 under the original name ‘Heart of Mersey’. The charity’s objective is the prevention of non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancers) and reduction of health inequalities in Cheshire and Merseyside (and beyond).
Their influence and impact over the last 17 years has been significant. HEG was the lead agency to advocate for an introduction of smoke-free policies in Liverpool ahead of national legislation in 2007 and was formative in bringing about the UK Government’s ‘Sugar Tax’ in 2018. HEG currently leads the North West’s healthy weight programme (Food Active) and delivers contracts for both NHS Cheshire and Merseyside and the Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance to prevent ill health. Their award-winning Healthy Stadia programme works with professional sports clubs across the UK and continental Europe to promote good health and wellbeing, whilst they have long standing research partnerships with University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, and Chester University.
Job Description
They are continuing a period of significant growth as they aim to increase their social impact at regional and national levels. Their Board of Trustees currently includes preeminent figures from epidemiology, finance, public health, marketing, the higher education sector, human resources and legal services.
As part of their plans for growth they are seeking a new trustee from a corporate communications and/or public relations background to play an advisory role for the charity.
They would particularly value the following skills and experience:
Communications: They are keen to secure new trustees from a communications background, with a specific focus on corporate communications, public relations and media relations. HEG currently delivers life changing programmes at both regional and national level, and they need to strengthen awareness of their work and the issues they are tackling through engagement of the mass media and through targeted stakeholder relations. Experience of public relations and/or public affairs, and a strong track record of engaging both regional and national media would be hugely beneficial for this role.
What can they offer you?
In return for attending four evening-based Trustee meetings per year (currently online), and occasional sub-committee meetings, you will be part of an ambitious, growing organisation that is delivering public benefit through their research, health interventions, campaigns and advocacy activities. You will be joining and supporting an organisation that is recognised at both regional and national level for their work on tackling health inequalities. You will also be able to act as an ‘Ambassador’ for the group at events and ceremonies throughout the year.
They will also, where possible, offer you professional development opportunities and the opportunity to be included in any publicity of their work.
Please note that as a registered charity, they are unable to pay Trustees. Reasonable expenses will however be reimbursed.
If you are interested in applying for a trustee position with Health Equalities Group, please send a brief CV and a one page letter of application illustrating why you are interested in the role, how your skills and experience are aligned to the areas of expertise they require, any previous experience of acting as a trustee, and how you will add overall value to the Board. Please send CV and brief letter of application to: info@hegroup.org.uk.
Deadline: Friday 16 December 2022.
They will be interviewing for new trustees in early January 2023.
For any initial enquiries or an informal chat about these roles, please contact HEG Executive Director, Matthew Philpott on 07826533013.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Project Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Freelance. Term: Part-Time. Salary: Freelance fee of £31,200.00 (£17.14 per hour @ 4 days each week x 65 weeks)*7 hours each working day. Hours per week: 28 hours. Reporting to: Senior Solicitor. Location: Hybrid working: on site at the Centre, at home and at external locations.
Employer Bio
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre provides access to justice on a range of social welfare issues. Established in 1973, they support sick and disabled people, those affected by the cut to Universal Credit including people working in the gig economy and on a zero hours contract. They are an inclusive and non-discriminatory organisation. They work with and advocate for members of the community that face injustice, irrespective of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, disability or immigration status. They take a strong stance against all forms of bigotry and work to challenge prejudice and injustice wherever they find it.
Job Description
This is a self employed, freelance contract to oversee the coordination and delivery of National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) project Giz a Job: A History of the 1981 People’s March for Jobs.
The scheme will see a cohort of intergenerational participants receive training in a range of heritage skills, before collecting pre-existing documentary material relating to the March via on-site visits to various regional archives and museums. Meanwhile, a participant-led oral history phase will collect testimonies from surviving witnesses both in person and remotely. The successful candidate will not only facilitate the training and research elements, but also an exciting programme of public events such as a public talk, heritage talks, reminiscence sessions and a public launch event for project outputs. These will include a website with digital archive, a public artwork, touring exhibition and educational booklet.
The Officer will be expected to work closely with a network of project supporters including Liverpool Archives, the Museum of Liverpool, the People’s March for Jobs, Liverpool Libraries, amongst others). They will be accountable to the Senior Solicitor and a project Steering Committee, which will meet at least six times throughout its delivery. They will also work closely with the cohort of volunteers, who will meet regularly. Day to day management and support for the project will come from the Centre‘s Development Team. Throughout the scheme, the Project Officer will liaise with an independent external evaluator who will write a formal report on the overall success of the project at conclusion.
Contact Details: recruitment@vauxhalllawcentre.org.uk or 0151 360 7777.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Welfare Rights and Advice Caseworker
Posts available: 1. Contract: The post is initially until 31/12/2023, additional future funding is being sought. Term: Full-Time. Salary: LA Payscale 5/6 £22,183 – £26,511 p.a. +5% Pension Contribution. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Senior Solicitor. Location: Hybrid; some homeworking and office based working in Vauxhall, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre provides access to justice on a range of social welfare issues. Established in 1973, they support sick and disabled people, those affected by the cut to Universal Credit including people working in the gig economy and on a zero hours contract. They are an inclusive and non-discriminatory organisation. They work with and advocate for members of the community that face injustice, irrespective of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, disability or immigration status. They take a strong stance against all forms of bigotry and work to challenge prejudice and injustice wherever they find it.
Job Description
To assist in providing an efficient and effective advice service providing support and practical advice in relation to welfare benefits, housing and debt, particularly, but not exclusively, for people who are terminally ill. You will work as part of a team to ensure that their clients are receiving the best support available to help them. You will be required to provide advice through various service delivery points, including outreach locations, home visits and working with public service partners such as the NHS and community groups.
Contact Details: recruitment@vauxhalllawcentre.org.uk or 0151 360 7777.
The David Lewis Association – Trustees
The David Lewis Association is a small donating charity that exists to offer the youth of Liverpool the chance to flourish. The help remove financial barriers by offering small grants to young people aged 14-25 as a first step towards grabbing life’s opportunities.
They are seeking to appoint enthusiastic, innovative and passionate individuals with knowledge or expertise in the youth sector who will help them reach the young people who really need their help. As they embark on an ambitious new programme of
opportunity grants, this is an exciting chance for you to specialise in the areas that most interest you, as well as being able to give something back to the young people of Liverpool.
To find out more, or to let them know that you are interested, please drop them a line: Rachel.Lindsay@lcvs.org.uk or mark@davidlewisassociation.com.
Deadline: No formal closing date. Please note that this vacancy was first published in November 2022 and may have expired since then.
Skelton Charity – Trustees
Could you help us support charities across the North West to improve their communities?
For over 90 years the Skelton Trust has distributed funds to volunteer-led charities to enable them to help more people. Their trustees are now looking to strengthen their membership by recruiting two additional members. They welcome applications from everyone who is able to serve as a charity trustee. They are particularly interested in applicants who have digital communication skills, and those who can help them build more inclusive communities. They also welcome applicants for whom this would be their first trustee role.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £26,250. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Liverpool L4.
Job Description
Objective of Post
To provide support to young people on a wide variety of issues. Working closely with teachers, colleagues, social workers, and other agencies to help understand children’s needs and provide a high-quality service in supporting them.
Some duties will include
To plan, deliver, and offer support sessions on a one-to-one basis, e.g. using CBT, Art Therapy etc.
To provide a range of interventions alongside colleagues which will improve the well-being of young people.
To engage and build good working relationships with parents, children and colleagues working in schools and other agencies.
To work effectively and cooperatively with partner agencies using common processes including Early Help Assessment, Team Around the Family (TAF) and Lead Professional (LP) roles.
To provide relevant information about, and access to appropriate support services and opportunities that enable young people to improve their skills.
To work holistically and effectively with parents/carers in ways that will improve their children’s well-being.
To work closely with relevant health professionals to support parents/carers in meeting the needs of their children.
Why apply?
Excellent salary
Staff Health Cash Plan
33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
Expenses payable upon receipt
An extensive training program to ensure their staff is the best in their field.
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with
Senior Development Officer (Halton) | Full-time | £28,398 per annum
Senior Development Officer (St Helens) | Full-time | £28,393 per annum
Widnes Community Connector | Part-time | 18hours | £12,879 per annum
St Helens Community Connector – North & East | 18 hours | £12,879 per annum
Runcorn Community Connector | 18 hours | £12,879 per annum
St Helens Community Connector – South West & Central | 18 hours | £12,879 per annum
They welcome applications from those with direct experience of Halton or St Helens and their unique neighbourhoods and towns, with the skills that can support organisations and individuals working collaboratively to deliver change. As part of this new team, you will have a unique opportunity to understand, influence, and support neighbourhoods and communities in Halton and St Helens. If you’re looking for a challenging yet rewarding role that helps to improve the lives of local people – one of these vacancies could be the role for you.
The Society of Musculoskeletal Medicine – Trustees
This is a voluntary role.
Posts available: 1 – 3. Reporting to: Elaine Atkins (Chair of Council) & Yvonne Hughes (Society Manager). Location: Liverpool HQ however, meetings may also take place nationwide and via Zoom.
Employer Bio
The Society was formed in 1979 to continue to develop and integrate the approach into musculoskeletal practice through its educational courses – and ultimately to benefit patients.
They provide a complete pathway of postgraduate courses for physiotherapists and medical practitioners that run primarily throughout the UK. Invitations from further afield are always considered though and in recent years they have been invited to run courses in Ireland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Malta, Saudi Arabia, and Hong Kong.
The Society has a committed team of tutors who have many years of experience practising musculoskeletal medicine in many different arenas – NHS, sport, private practice, and the armed forces. This brings diversity and interest to the courses and ensures a stimulating and varied learning experience.
Their course programme is continually developed and advanced in the light of new evidence and research by their committed and highly experienced team of tutors and researchers.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Ensuring that the charity has a clear vision, mission, and strategic direction and is focused on achieving these;
Being responsible for the performance of the charity and for its “corporate” behaviour;
Ensuring that the charity complies with all legal and regulatory requirements;
Acting as guardians of the charity’s assets, both tangible and intangible, taking all due care over their security, deployment, and proper application; ensuring that the charity’s governance is of the highest possible standard.
To be available to attend all scheduled Council meetings.
They are looking for Trustees with experience within the legal, HR, and accountant sectors. All other applicants will also be considered.
Deadline: No formal closing date. Please note that this vacancy was first published in November 2022 and may have expired since then.
The Society of Musculoskeletal Medicine – Finance Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £20,454.13 pro rata. Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Yvonne Hughes. Location: 151 Dale Steet, Liverpool, L2 2AH.
Employer Bio
The Society of Musculoskeletal Medicine provides a comprehensive programme of postgraduate courses, from standalone courses to a full Master’s Degree validated by Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh. Their courses are aimed at physiotherapists, GPs, consultants, podiatrists, osteopaths, and other healthcare registered professionals – UK & overseas.
The Society is a leading provider of musculoskeletal therapy and training. Set up in 1979 to carry on the pioneering work of Dr James Cyriax, The Society is focused on advancing study in the field and opening the door for new practitioners and therapists.
The Society’s Foundation syllabus is divided into three units that include the principles of assessment, clinical diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal conditions affecting the ten areas of the body: Cervical Spine, Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist/Hand, Lumbar Spine, Hip, Knee, Ankle/Foot, Thoracic Spine, and the Sacroiliac Joint. The Advanced Modules build on the foundation principles to enhance skills in Injection Therapy and Advancing Clinical Practice.
In recent years, they’ve run courses across Ireland, Italy, Spain, Norway, Arabia and Hong Kong and they’re always looking to expand the future of musculoskeletal medicine.
Job Purpose
Providing financial support to The Society Manager and treasurer in all financial aspects that enable him/her to provide accurate reports and information to the SOMM Council.
Key responsibilities:
The complete operational control of accounting package including, purchases sales, journals, cash book, nominal ledger
The complete preparation of the month end accounts, including profit & loss account and balance sheet
Credit control encompassing, monitoring payments, chasing payments producing statements as required
The maintenance of the bank account and month end reconciliations
Liaise with SOMM’s nominated Accountants in respect of payroll when necessary
Support Society Manager and Treasurer with the preparation and review of the SOMM Budget
Preparation and review of any Management Reports that may be required
Provide support as required by SOMM’s Independent Examiner in order to finalise annual accounts by way of, collated information and figures for SOFA, Income and Expenditure statement, Balance sheet
Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements as relating Company and Charity law including, submission of annual returns to Companies House and Charity Commission when required
Providing a high standard of customer service, both written and verbal, by resolving all queries promptly and effectively
Ensure that all paperwork is filed appropriately and in a timely manner
To be an active member of the SOMM staff team through, attending relevant training to improve competence, confidence and performance
Providing office cover during colleagues’ absences
Proactively contributing to the future strategic direction of SOMM and raise profile
This is not an exhaustive list of tasks but indicates the main responsibilities required from you. The Company reserves the right to require employees to perform other duties from time to time.
Person Specification
Relevant experience
Xero (accounting software) extensive experience is essential
Excellent communication skills.
Self-motivated but can equally function as part of a team
Possess initiative and excellent problem solving
Excellent time management skills, working to deadlines, and possessing the ability to prioritise tasks and to multi-task
General IT literacy (Microsoft Office & accounting software)
Ability to meet and achieve tight internal and external deadlines
Able to receive direction and deliver against direction.
Transforming Choice – Admin and Finance Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Term: Permanent. Salary: £25,000. Hours per week: 37 hours. Reporting to: Director of Development. Location: Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Transforming Choice is an addiction charity providing services for people seeking to overcome addictions to alcohol and other substances. They offer a variety of services and support including a residential alcohol detox and rehabilitation service, supportive housing, trauma therapies, and community-based activities.
Job Description
Transforming Choice is recruiting for an Admin and Finance Coordinator to oversee the running of the office, provide administrative support to the wider team, manage rental income, and take responsibility for day-to-day financial transactions.
They are seeking an enthusiastic, efficient, and friendly person to undertake the role of Admin and Finance Coordinator. The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience in a similar role and will share their passion and enthusiasm for ensuring that people with addictions are treated fairly, and respectfully and that the services and support provided is meaningful.
This is an exciting time to join Transforming Choice as they deliver their 2030 plan to grow the charity and continue to lead the way in the delivery of addiction services. There is plenty of opportunity to progress and grow alongside the organisation and play a central role in creating spaces in which people can turn their lives around. It is their mission to provide support for everybody struggling with, or seeking to overcome addiction, no matter what stage of the journey they are at.
To read the full job description and to apply, please contact laura@transforminghoice.org.uk.
Deadline: No formal closing date. Please note that this vacancy was first published in November 2022 and may have expired since then.
Positive Futures – Youth Development Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £26,250. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Team Manager. Location: Liverpool L4.
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in North Liverpool.
Their team is committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work, and personal development interventions which collectively support the young people and their families of Liverpool every year.
Objective of Post
To develop and deliver centre & street-based activities for groups/individuals, school programmes and services that will be delivered in a specified area of the community to meet the personal and social development needs of young people in Liverpool.
Some duties will include
Planning, organising, and delivering effectively, a range of personal development programmes that improve outcomes for young people. This will include Crime and ASB, Informal Education, Mental Health and Personal Development.
Working at ‘grass roots’ level, on the streets, in parks and centres, on a significant number of evenings and weekends providing open & accessible activities to local children & young people.
Developing relationships and work in partnership with Schools, Social Care Services, Targeted Support Services and Early Help etc.
It is essential that you are flexible and can work regular evenings and weekends.
Please click on the links above to view each location’s addresses, phone numbers, and other information.
Home-Start Knowsley – Administrator
Posts available: 1. Contract: 1 year initially, continuation subject to funding. Salary: NJC SCP 6 – 10 £21,968- £23,620 pro rata. Hours per week: 30 hours. Reporting to: Scheme Manager. Location: Home-Start Knowsley, 55 Rupert Road, Huyton, L36 9TB.
Home-Start Knowsley is a voluntary organisation committed to promoting the emotional and physical health and wellbeing of local families with young children.
They now have an exciting opportunity to join their team as an Office Administrator. Your role will be working closely with their small friendly team of the Scheme Manager, team of Organisers/Co-ordinators, and Perinatal Support Worker, offering administrative support, collation of data using a data management system to provide timely accurate reports to management, Trustee Board, and funders.
The role entails a broad spectrum of tasks including administrative support to the organisation. You will be the initial point of contact for the organisation engaging with people in person, online, and via telephone to process queries, handle referrals, and provide support to volunteers. You will also be involved with fundraising, assist with recruitment & training, and the general promotion of the scheme and events through a variety of outlets including social media platforms. You will need to have excellent interpersonal skills and be familiar with Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
The role requires a positive attitude with a strong team work ethic, developing working relationships both internally and externally. You must also have the ability to work on your own when required, always demonstrating initiative and attention to detail.
If this sounds like your type of challenge, they would be delighted to hear from you.
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity with a borough-wide brief to assist and support voluntary community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Job Description
To support the delivery of the Living Well Sefton programme, developing relationships with external partners. To coordinate and develop training for internal and external staff and support the Social Prescribing programme.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
To support and deputise for the Programme Manager
To support the delivery of person-centred activity and solution-focused approaches and coordinate user engagement
Attend relevant strategic meetings and events, contributing to performance monitoring and reporting
Support all communications on behalf of the programme
To support the programme offer from all partners and enable connectivity to the wider community and voluntary sector
In conjunction with the Programme Manager, oversee the programme budgets and grants programme
To coordinate the Make Every Contact Count (MECC) training offer across Sefton with key partners and stakeholders
To coordinate a ‘train the trainer’ approach to support the training offer delivery and develop appropriate mechanisms to ensure the relevant support is offered and the training is of high quality
To identify, deliver and source relevant training for the Living Well Sefton Programme and key partners
Support the management of the Community Connector programme
Undertake additional duties as may be reasonably required, within the general terms of the job description.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £21,200. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Administration Team Supervisor. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential, and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality, and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool is the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims to:
Provide the advice people need for the problems they face
Improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
Job Description
Working within the Administration Team at Citizens Advice Liverpool (CAL), the role holder will provide administrative support across the organisation with the aim of directly and indirectly supporting the delivery of free, confidential, and impartial advice services. Adhering to the agreed service levels and following the agreed procedures, the administration team plays an integral part in the strength of Citizens Advice Liverpool.
Utilising bespoke and off-the-shelf software systems including a Windows-based PC and Microsoft Office, the role holder will maintain accurate and timely records to support the smooth and efficient delivery of Citizens Advice Liverpool services. The role holder will make and receive telephone calls, liaise with clients, arrange appointments, send emails and letters, update records, and complete other administrative tasks whilst working collectively as a team to achieve the agreed outcomes.
As well as being a team player with excellent customer service skills and the ability to manage your time and make full use of computer systems, you will be adaptable to the needs of the organisation. You will receive full training for the role, and work within a supportive team with a friendly and open culture, continually striving to improve and develop the service.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £24,327. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Advice Service Supervisor. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
Employer Bio
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential, and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality, and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool is the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims to:
Provide the advice people need for the problems they face
Improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
Job Description
Citizens Advice Liverpool’s General Advice Team covers a range of different projects, giving advice over the phone, virtually, face-to-face, or in outreach locations. The post holder will need to be self-motivated, organised, and flexible, delivering generalist level advice and information.
The role involves advising on all areas of general advice, assisting with the completion of paper and digital forms, and making referrals to internal or external services. The post holder will need to be digitally aware and be able to record all client contact and outcomes as well as make referrals electronically.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £25,408. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Advice on Prescription Coordinator. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential, and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality, and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool is the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims to:
Provide the advice people need for the problems they face
Improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
This is an exciting opportunity to work with the most vulnerable in our community, maximising incomes by offering a comprehensive package of information, advice, and support in relation to welfare benefits, debt management advice, employment, and housing.
Salary: £16,444 per annum (£27,715 full-time equivalent). Hours per week: 21 hours. Location: North West England.
About The Role
RNIB Eye Clinic Support Service want to announce this exciting opportunity to join their North West team as an Eye Care Liaison Officer (ECLO), at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.
In this role, you will be a vital member of the team working directly with children & young people who have sight loss and their families. You will provide critical emotional support, information, and advice within a hospital setting at the Eye Clinic at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. You will support children & young people with sight loss by identifying their needs and then signpost or refer children & young people, carers, and families to other support services across the UK.
For more information on what it’s like to be an ECLO, please follow the links below:
You will have significant experience of delivering health or social care support services. Key to this role will be your excellent communication and relationship-building skills with patients, clinicians, and a wide range of cross-sector partners.
You must be able to work on your own initiative, have excellent organisational skills and be a confident user of multiple IT systems.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: Circa £26,000 (+3% Employer Pension Contribution). Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer. Location: Hybrid (Liverpool office/home working).
Employer Bio
Sahir House is a vibrant Merseyside-based charity with a big heart. Their organisation serves a unique dual purpose – they advocate for and support the needs of LGBTQ+ people and they promote better sexual health for all. Since their formation, the needs of people living with HIV has been core to their purpose.
They’re a bold and empowered community of LGBTQ+ people and allies engaged in creating a brighter shared future. They are there for people when they need them most. They do this through their 1:1 support services, their counselling, their peer support groups, their online community, their community engagement and outreach programmes, their partnerships, and more.
Job Description
This is a unique opportunity for a passionate and community-minded person to continue to develop their skills within their evolving regional charity as an LGBTQ+ Community Engagement Worker. They are looking for someone with ideas and enthusiasm. Their ideal candidate will already possess a relevant qualification (such as an NVQ Level 3 or above in social work, health, education) or equivalent experience and evidence of a commitment to continuing learning and professional development.
They are looking for someone with strong people skills (working with staff, volunteers, and service users) and excellent organisational skills. You will create and coordinate a variety of groups and outreach initiatives.
This position will require work outside of standard office hours – including some evenings and weekends.
They welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.
Appointment is subject to a 3-month probationary period, satisfactory references, and a DBS check.
Please visit their website to download an application pack, alternatively please email gillian.clotworthy@sahir.uk.com. If you would like further information or would like to request an informal chat about the role please contact anthony.hopkinson@sahir.uk.com.
Deadline: Monday 28 November 2022.
Imagine Independence – Vocational Bridge Builder
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: Full-time. Salary: £20,145.14 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: IPS Team Leader Sefton. Location: Sefton, Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third-sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge them to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Job Description
Every day, Imagine’s staff and volunteers generously share their experience, knowledge, and talents with the people they support. Through their focused dedication to Imagine’s mission, and the courage to challenge the status quo, people feel valued. They know they are making both the ‘everyday’ and the ‘extraordinary’ become possible for everyone. They walk alongside the people they have the privilege to serve, helping to transform lives, one day at a time. And they never give up.
Do you want to become part of this amazing organisation? This is a great time to join, as they continue to expand their services across the north-west of England and beyond. If you are caring, supportive, as well as professional, who wants to make a real difference for others, every day of your working life, then get in touch.
For an initial chat, please call Eileen Burke at 07909 255 702.
Merseyside Sports Partnership – Sport England Together Fund
Merseyside Sports Partnership (MSP) is currently responsible for taking forward and co-ordinating the Sport England Together Fund in Merseyside. Together Fund is designed to support community, voluntary and third-sector organisations and constituted groups who are in a position to engage local communities to be physically active.
Focused on four priority audiences – who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 – the purpose of the fund is to address the inequalities and challenges which have been further exacerbated by the pandemic and are continuing to widen in respect of impacting on opportunities to be active.
The four priority audiences are:
People from culturally diverse communities
People with a disability
People with long-term health conditions
People from lower socio-economic groups.
Previous phases of Together Fund have led to Sport England investing £340,000 in 92 organisations and groups to support local communities across Merseyside to be active.
MSP has recently issued an expression of interest inviting community, voluntary and third-sector organisations and groups – who are in a position to reach these priority audiences – to outline projects which could potentially be supported by Sport England.
Deadline: Submit expressions of interest by Friday 25 November 2022 at 9 am.
Shaftesbury Youth Club Pavilion/3G Appeal
Shaftesbury Youth Club (SYC) has been providing services to local young people & their families for over 130 years. It is the second oldest Youth Club in England, and its mission is to inspire young people to achieve their potential.
It is a purpose-built youth and community centre, open 7 days a week, that provides community and education programmes based around the following themes: sports participation, youth and community engagement, social education, health, and well-being, including emotional well-being. It sits on 14 acres of playing fields and in the main building, there are 3 classrooms, a media suite, a multi-purpose youth club area, a dance studio, a gymnasium with a boulder climbing wall and an art room.
Over the last 3 years, SYC has raised £300K to refurbish Sports Pavilion, this work has just started and is planned to open in March 2023 approx. As well as this, Football Foundation has agreed to install and fund a £750K fantastic new All Weather 3G Sports Pitch with Floodlights.
However, they have now started a CrowdFunder page, as project costs have increased and they need to raise another £20K to cover increased material costs. This has to be raised by the end of December 2022!
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: Up to £46,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Regional Leader. Location: Kensington, Liverpool.
L’Arche UK is part of a global network of communities where people with and without learning disabilities share in community life together, working for a world where we all belong.
Are you a leader who can:
Inspire and lead a diverse and talented community of 200 people with and without learning disabilities?
Successfully lead and develop their range of supported living and day services and their community hub (budget £3.2million)?
Balance strategic thinking and decision making with an attentiveness to the person-centred needs of community members?
Demonstrate good emotional intelligence and self-reflective skills?
Build and nurture strong relationships and collaborative teams?
L’Arche Liverpool seeks to be an inclusive Community based upon their Christian roots, welcoming people of all faiths and none. The ideal candidate will have extensive leadership experience, combined with enthusiasm for the values of L’Arche and for the model of community they are seeking to build.
Contact Details: Email info@larche.org.uk with the subject: Community Leader Liverpool.
Halton & St Helens VCA – Coordinator & Driver/Pantry Assistant
Halton & St Helens VCA is looking to recruit a Coordinator and also a Driver/Pantry Assistant to continue the development of their new and exciting Mobile Community Food Pantry Project working alongside existing community food provision, connecting together with organisations who have a vision of people being able to access and eat good food.
Coordinator
Full-time / 36 hours
Salary: £24,000-£25,760 (dependent on experience)
26 days holiday plus bank holidays.
The role is to ensure the smooth, effective and regular delivery of affordable food to the identified community by the St Helens Mobile Food Pantry. Manage volunteers and facilitate the setup and clear up of Pantry at each of the locations. Manage the project budget, keeping accurate financial records of income and expenditure.
Driver/Pantry Assistant
Part-time / 30 hours
Salary: £15,774-£17,534 (dependent on experience)
26 days holiday plus bank holidays.
To work with food storage facility and Mobile Pantry Coordinator to collect and deliver food as required. Be qualified (Cat C1) and competent with the relevant licence and certificates to drive the mobile pantry bus (max 7.5ton). Be responsible for the undertaking or organising of any relevant safety/maintenance checks of the vehicle.
Initial funding has been secured for 1 year through Faith New Deal Funding part of the levelling up agenda with DLUHC (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) with future funding to be secured for a minimum of 3 years.
Community Managed Libraries National Peer Network – Regional Network Co-ordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: 3 years initial term. Term: Part-time. Salary: £18,000 pro-rata p/a (Full-time: £30,000). Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Network Manager. Location: North & North-Midlands (Remote).
Employer Bio
The Community Managed Libraries National Peer Network helps community managed libraries (CMLs) to run effectively and successfully by sharing ideas, learning, experiences and inspiration.
No one understands community managed libraries better than the people and communities who fought to retain their local libraries and related services their communities want and need. The Network is made up of such people! They are from the full spectrum of CMLs including independently funded to those who receive local authority support. Their primary members are trustees or people who work in community managed libraries but can also include those wishing to form a trust or community groups exploring the possibilities of CMLs.
The Role
Your responsibilities will include to draw up & implement a plan to build & support regional networks of Community Managed Libraries, build relationships, capture insights & to help develop and grow the work of the Network.
The State of the Social Sector Survey launched earlier this week on 7 November 2022.
This is a moment of rapid change for the sector, as the cost of living bites and energy prices rise. Government needs to understand what charities, community groups and voluntary organisations are experiencing right now.
Backed by all the major membership bodies, and carried out by the independent experts at Pro Bono Economics and Nottingham Trent University’s National VCSE Data and Insights Observatory, this survey is essential to understanding the challenges faced by organisations right now, and the scale of support that’s needed. And by completing the survey, you’ll be making sure government takes account of your organisation’s situation as it reviews which sectors will keep getting help with their energy bills in the new year.
The survey will take about 10 minutes to complete. It contains questions about your organisation’s finances, demand, volunteering and staff, as well as questions about energy costs. You might want to have your latest accounts and energy bill (if relevant) available. If you’re unsure on any answer, please do seek input from your colleagues if you have them, and if you’re not the right person to fill it in at your organisation, please do ensure someone else fills it out by the deadline.
Deadline: Monday 21 November 2022.
Croxteth Gems wins donation from easyfundraising
LCVS would like to congratulate Croxteth Gems who have recently won a £100 donation from easyfundraising!
The donation was part of easyfundraising’s SPIN TO WIN autumn competition.
Croxteth Gems Spokesperson Jean said:
“We are delighted we have won and it’s a good start to our easyfundraising account. We will use the prize towards projects for children within our centre.”
Croxteth Gems established in 1980, has been at the heart of the community to this present day, running as a registered charity providing projects and a safe place for the community.
Liverpool World Centre is looking for trustees to join them
Liverpool World Centre (LWC) is on the lookout for new trustees to join their enthusiastic board! They are a small organisation with a wide reach, aiming to be a catalyst for positive social change through their work with schools, universities, local communities, and national and international networks.
There will be an opportunity for interested parties to go and meet the LWC team and Trustees and find out more about the organisation and the opportunities available as a Trustee. This will take place on Wednesday 23 November 2022 at 5.30pm.
Anyone who would like to go along should email Andrea at Andrea@liverpoolworldcentre.org and Karen at Karen@liverpoolworldcentre.org.
It’s Trustees’ Week!
LCVS is fortunate to have such brilliant trustees on our board and we would like to take a moment to celebrate them. Our trustees have been vital to our development and supporting our organisation as it navigates difficult times, especially during the pandemic and now in the cost of living crisis.
We wouldn’t be LCVS without the knowledge and guidance from our trustees.
I’ve been asked to be a trustee. What do I do next?
Being a charity trustee is a very important role and if you are active in your community, particularly at this time of year, you may well have been asked to join a charity as a trustee. But what does being a trustee entail and what questions should you ask before deciding to take the plunge?
To celebrate Trustees’ Week 2022, LCVS wanted to provide top tips for people who are thinking about becoming a charity trustee.
1. Do your research into the charity
Speak to the organisation before deciding to take the plunge.
Speak to staff, other trustees and, if possible, people who have used the services delivered by the charity. Get to know them as well as you can. Review the Register of Charities, where you can find the charity’s financial and compliance histories. This can give you a heads up about potential problems with the charity, problems they have in reporting and can show financial issues that might be difficult to spot.
2. Make sure you know about personal financial liability matters
Always make sure that you understand the structure of the charity that you are interested in. Different charities have different approaches when it comes to the risk of personal financial liability. Whilst there are many thousands of charities, most charities fall into one of four structures.
Of these, the Charitable Incorporated Organisation (“CIO”) and the Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee are the corporate structures where trustees and members have additional protection from liability when things go wrong financially.
Trustees of Unincorporated Charitable Associations and Charitable Trusts are potentially exposed to a higher risk of personal financially liability for what their charity does.
Trustees can protect themselves from some liability by securing insurance and many charities offer this insurance to trustees to encourage them to get involved. Ask about this if you are exploring the idea of becoming a charity trustee. Please note, you cannot insure against liability for a charity’s debts if it runs out of money.
3. Always ask about an induction pack and process.
Ideally, new charity trustees should receive a pack that provides critical information about the charity, including:
a copy of the Governing Document or Constitution
the Strategic Plan
the latest Annual Report and Accounts
the current budget and management accounts
the names, home addresses and details of all your fellow trustees
minutes of at least the last three trustee meetings
the risk register
These are all important documents that should be maintained.
You should also be provided with an induction process. This should include a timetable for meeting senior staff, being able to ask probing questions about the organisation’s finances, review and discuss the risks identified in the risk register and to get a feel for the strategic objectives of the organisation and the projects they deliver to achieve them.
4. Be prepared for collective responsibility
Once you are a trustee, you are part of a group that need to act as a team.
Individual trustees cannot, unless given specific powers to do so, act on behalf of the charity and make decisions for it. If you do, you may be liable to repay any costs that the charity incurs because of your actions.
The key lesson here is to act collectively.
When you make decisions as a group of trustees, the most important decision is the decision that is taken collectively.
So, if you disagree with the decision of the board, remember that you are all bound by that decision. There may come a day when your view is the majority view. In that case, the other trustees in the minority must abide by the decision.
Always try to reach a consensus. If one cannot be reached, check your governing document to see what voting arrangements are in place for making decisions. These rules are binding so you must follow them.
If you find yourself disagreeing very strongly with a decision of the board, there may come a point where the only course of action is for you to agree to disagree and for you to step down as a trustee. This happens fairly regularly and is not a sign of failure, but a sign of responsible trusteeship. Sometimes, it just happens.
5. Trusteeship involves work
Go into trusteeship with your eyes open. Trusteeship should not just involve attending a few trustee meetings a year. A good trustee should be expected to spend time:
Reading through papers sent in advance
Attending all trustee meetings
Reviewing email/written updates and reports
Attending occasional events on behalf of the charity
Taking part in planning meetings e.g. annual planning events
Attending other organisational meetings e.g. AGMS
Voting on matters as and when required
Ensuring the organisation has the right policies and procedures in place
Understanding the organisation’s financial position
Ask the organisation for an estimate of how many hours per month you would be expected to do work on behalf of the charity, so you can make an informed decision about the role.
Trusteeship is a privilege and a very valuable role, but be prepared for getting involved in some tough decisions and for occasional late nights when you are reading through papers or attending meetings.
But it can be an exciting and worthwhile way of giving back to your community. You’ll meet interesting and inspiring people, and you will make a real difference to people’s lives and the wider community.
LCVS can also provide advice, training and information for charity trustees and can support trustees once they are in post. We can also help charities to develop a process for inducting a trustee to make sure they hit the ground running. LCVS also lets you volunteer as a trustee through its volunteer hub. If you are an organisation looking for a trustee, you can also use the hub to promote your vacancy. For more information, contact LCVS.
23 Foundation – Fund Open for Applications
The 23 Foundation seeks to provide the youth of Merseyside with the means to make a difference in society by giving them an outlet through sport and education. It aims to fund projects that tackle the cause of youth disadvantage and provide information, education, and skills to empower young people to go on to further education or employment. The fund will also support projects that improve children and young people’s health. Additionally, the fund will support groups that are directly working to support people who are experiencing homelessness and facing real poverty.
How much is available
The maximum grant available is £2500.
Who can apply
Voluntary or community groups with a governing document, constitution, or set of rules in the group’s name.
Which areas are covered
Merseyside with priority given to Sefton. For this round, they also encourage applications from groups supporting disadvantaged young people in Norris Green, Fazakerley, and Walton.
Examples of the sorts of projects that may be funded
Equipment for youth club
Coaching sessions
Sports equipment
Training for young people
Skills development
Mentoring projects
Sports activities
Foodbanks
Support for rough sleepers
Projects aimed at helping the homeless to make a better life for themselves.
Deadline: Monday 12 December 2022 | The fund may close earlier if sufficient applications are received.
Jamie Carragher, Liverpool FC’s number 23 set up the 23 Foundation with the Community Foundation for Merseyside at the beginning of 2009 with the proceeds from his charitable Testimonial match and matched funds secured from the Government.
Imagine Independence – Support Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £18,572.50 per annum (plus additional sleep-in payments, including weekends on a rota basis). Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Service Manager. Location: Merseyside.
Employer Bio
Imagine Independence is a leading third-sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge them to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Job Description
Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays, employer’s contributory pension scheme, generous sickness absence pay, and other benefits.
Do you want to become part of this amazing organisation? As a Support Worker, you will help to promote the health and wellbeing of those you support. This will include making sure people access the health services they need; have as healthy a diet as much as possible, and live in a home environment that supports their wellbeing. It is an interesting and rewarding role, where no two days are ever the same. This service needs people committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred support. Previous experience is desirable but not essential.
A good communicator, who can build valued relationships with others, you will be able to use your judgement and common sense to get the best possible results for each person you support. Your focus will always be on the person you are supporting, promoting their dignity, and ensuring the highest standards of confidentiality are maintained.
For an initial chat, please contact Mark Doherty at 07436 106 764.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £35,000 – £40,000. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Director of Education. Location: Blackburne House, Blackburne Place L8 7PE.
Employer Bio
Blackburne House Group is a training-led organisation, which delivers high-quality training and education services. They’re based in a beautiful Grade II listed building, situated in Liverpool’s famous Hope Street quarter, close to the city centre. Attracting thousands of visitors each year, their facilities include an education centre for women, the School for Social Entrepreneurs North West, a thriving bistro, a women’s wellness centre, excellent conference facilities and a 30-place nursery. From the beginning, these highly acclaimed and flourishing social enterprises have supported their educational aims and provide tangible examples of how new markets can be used to serve local communities.
Job Description
The Quality Manager will lead the team to evaluate and develop the quality of education across their AEB provision. They are looking for a leader with the skills to secure continuous improvements to their education provision, supporting the development of their tutors to provide their learners with an inspirational learning experience. The Quality Manager will play a key role in improving the quality of delivery to ensure that Blackburne House meets the requirements of external regulators. They will ensure that Blackburne House is always OFSTED-ready.
WHISC (Women’s Health Information and Support Centre) – Service Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £30,095. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer. Location: Liverpool City Centre.
Employer Bio
Established in 1984, the Women’s Health and Information Support Centre (WHISC) is a charity with a mission to empower women in the Liverpool City Region with knowledge and person-centred support to become the best version of themselves.
Everything they do at WHISC is about helping women to thrive, through a range of one-to-one and group services aimed at empowering and supporting women. As well as delivering outreach across the city, many of WHISC’s services are delivered from their busy, central community resource centre. They offer a safe, welcoming and inclusive space where women can seek support, learn new skills and find the information they need to help them to get back on their feet.
Job Description
They are looking for a dedicated Service Manager to join WHISC, to lead and develop the range of services on offer to increase their reach and impact on the women of Liverpool City Region. The Services Manager will oversee the operational management of WHISC services, including the volunteer programme. With a focus on delivering high-quality services, where women’s needs are central, the Services Manager will work closely with the Chief Executive Officer to identify opportunities for service development and improvement.
With overall responsibility for the Volunteer Programme, the Service Manager will identify opportunities where volunteers can support and enhance their services; ensuring they have the training, development and support to make a positive impact.
The Services Manager will provide leadership to the team on issues relating to safeguarding and risk; utilising their specialist skills and experience to ensure women are supported safely and effectively in partnership with other agencies.
For further information and questions, please contact Karen Downing, Manager at women@whisc.org.uk.
Deadline: Shortlisting is planned for 11 November 2022, so apply before then.
Liverpool City Region Multiply Community Grants Programme
WEA is launching its Multiply Community Grants programme for 2022/23 through a contract with Liverpool City Region Combined Authority for organisations with residents of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral.
Grants of between £10k and £25k will be made to eligible VCSE organisations to support residents with numeracy skills needs for an initial period up until 31 March 2023. Further funding and continuation may be available for further years subject to performance.
The Multiply programme has been launched as part of the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) programme, by the DfE. The programme is for 19+ adults who live and/or work in the application area who do not have a GSCE at Grade 4 (or equivalent). Successful projects will measurably improve adult functional numeracy skills and help to, for example:
Manage household finances
Support children with homework
Understand facts in the media
Improve employability/job prospects
Deliver courses designed to increase confidence with numbers as the first step towards a qualification
Deliver programmes together with employers
Provide guidance and support that puts maths into every day, relatable context in daily life, home, and work
Improve labour market outcomes as a result of numeracy support
Increase the number of adults participating in adult numeracy qualifications up to and including Level 2
Reduce numeracy skills gaps reported by employers.
It is intended that Multiply Community Grants will offer a range of (non-substantial) guidance, referral and support projects such as engagement activity to enable reluctant learners to take the first step, 1-to-1 support and referral into formal education, initial assessment of numeracy needs, capacity building of volunteers to act as numeracy advocates and short taster flexible courses including a numeracy element that fit around people’s lives and are tailored to specific needs, circumstances, sectors and industries.
Multiply activities will be supported by the rollout of a national e-learning platform and should complement both this and existing numeracy skills provision in the local area, such as that funded by the Adult Education Budget.
The Sustainable Warmth Fund is a government scheme that the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has secured for local residents to make homes greener and warmer. It is also known as the Green Homes Grant.
What is the fund for?
The grant is available to help 700 households across Liverpool. It can be used to install a number of insulation and energy measures to residential homes. Some of these measures may include cavity wall insulation, loft insulation, under floor insulation, air source heat pumps, solar panels, and replacement windows and doors.
Who can apply?
You will need to meet the eligibility criteria listed below.
the gross household income must be below £30,000 per year
a property Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rated at E, F or G. Check your property Energy Performance Certificate rating. If your property does not have an EPC, you can still apply. If its found your EPC is A,B,C or D, you application will be cancelled.
This funding opportunity was first published in November 2022, as the deadline is not known, the fund may have closed since then.
Consultation on Overweight and Obesity in Cheshire & Merseyside
The survey is intended to collect the opinions and ideas of adults (18+) about the subject of obesity and the extent to which this is an issue for the region. They are looking for responses from people who are currently living in Cheshire and Merseyside, i.e. people in the following local authority areas:
Cheshire East
Cheshire West and Chester
Halton
Knowsley
Liverpool
Sefton
St Helens
Warrington
Wirral.
This survey has been developed by the Food Active programme which is part of the charity Health Equalities Group (Charity number: 1110067). The survey is part of a wider project funded by the Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance.
The survey should take less than 10 minutes to complete.
None of the data collected will be made publicly available and will remain anonymous.
Big Help Project – Bid Writing Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: Big Help Project – Band 3 (£20,475 – £22,295). Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Joseph Goulding. Location: Boaler Street, L6 6AE.
Employer Bio
The Big Help Project is a leading charity addressing financial insecurity, food hardship, and homelessness across the Liverpool City Region and beyond. People go to them with all sorts of issues; they may have money, benefit, housing, or employment problems and may be facing a crisis, or just wishing to consider their options. Their goal is to help everyone find a way forward and empower people to find a way out of financial hardship.
Throughout the pandemic demand for their services has increased to previously unimaginable levels, with the Big Help Project feeding upwards of 2000 per week at the height of the pandemic and supporting countless more with housing, welfare benefits advocacy, employability support, and Debt Advice. Throughout Covid-19 they have actively explored grant funding opportunities to sustain their heightened service delivery and to support that aim they are now looking to grow their Bid Writing team by employing an additional member of staff to research, design, write and submit detailed applications for capital and revenue funds to relevant grant-making bodies, local authorities and national government to support the ongoing delivery of their charitable services. This will be an exceptional opportunity for a gifted and driven individual to build new networks and develop new funding streams for the charity.
Job Description
This will be a wide-ranging role with significant opportunities working closely with Big Help’s lead Bid Writer and other key members of the Senior Management Team to research potential funders whether individuals, grant-giving bodies, corporates, or other organisations.
Building on the success that the Big Help Project has already achieved, you will:
Lead on bid writing and applications in line with operational and organisational requirements; ensuring deadlines for new applications and reporting are met.
Building a detailed understanding of all Big Help Project service delivery streams to identify projects and activities of interest to funders.
Maintaining and strengthening relationships with existing and potential funders through regular correspondence and careful database management where appropriate.
Maintaining and strengthening relationships with existing and potential partner organisations. Developing a keen understanding for the nature of the relationship between the Big Help Project and a host of external third sector, community, and private-sector organisations and understanding how these organisations contribute to and further the work of the Big Help Project.
On occasion, and with prior authorisation from line manager and relevant stakeholders, complete funding applications on behalf, or in partnership with, relevant external organisations to support joint service delivery.
Undertake research as required to compile available funding lists and produce project briefs. Completing applications in a timely manner to meet both internal and external deadlines.
Securely store all relevant files, bank statements, and proof of payments (defrayment) to ensure you meet monitoring and grant reporting deadlines.
Provide grant administration support for grants received from a range of funders including Trusts and Foundations, the Big Lottery Fund, and central and local government.
Coordinate with their Accountant and Finance Teams to ensure that Big Help Project grant funds and donations received are recorded accordingly and on the in-house financial system.
Ensure all grant makers are promptly thanked within standards set for response times.
Maintain up-to-date and accurate paper and electronic files on funders and prospects.
Account manage and build relationships with relevant funders ensuring all donors are canvassed in a relevant way, and provide monitoring, evaluating, and reporting as necessary.
Keep up to date with project development and communicate progress to funding bodies where required, including via email communication, phone calls, teams/zoom meetings, and in-person events.
Where relevant, arrange for prospects and donors to visit the work of the charity.
When asked, ensure accurate and appropriate filings are reported to Charity Commission and/or Companies House to enable Big Help to put its best foot forward with grant applications.
Receive regular supervision and attend training as agreed with the Line Manager.
Any other duties reasonably asked of you by the Line Manager.
Learning and development
Identify and implement your own learning and development needs.
Organise learning for fundraising and development activities in conjunction, as appropriate, with the chief officer and/or training supervisor.
Other duties and responsibilities
Promote the aims, policies, and ethos of The Big Help Project.
Carry out any other tasks that may be within the scope of the post to ensure the effective delivery and development of Big Help Project service delivery.
Abide by health and safety guidelines and share responsibility for own safety and that of colleagues.
Big Help Project welcomes applications from everyone. If you have got the talent, the potential, the drive, and determination there is a place for you at Big Help Project. They want to reach everyone, and they know if they do their organisation will be better for it.
Please view the job description and person specification and email your CV to careers@bighelpproject.com. Please quote the job title in the subject line. Please note they do not accept approaches from recruitment agencies.
Deadline: No formal closing date. Please note that this vacancy was posted in October 2022 and may have expired since then.
Successful Projects from the Liverpool VCFSE Health and Wellbeing Fund
In August 2022, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside launched their Health and Wellbeing Fund for Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Organisations in Liverpool. The fund aims to provide support for individuals in Liverpool communities who experience health inequalities and to improve how the NHS and VCFSE sector collaborate to support health and wellbeing.
The fund is part of the city’s health strategy, One Liverpool.
The following organisations were successful in securing funds for their projects:
Asylum Link Merseyside
Bridge Community Centre
Chinese Wellbeing
Daisy Inclusive UK
Jigsaw Coaching
Liverpool Arabic Centre
Liverpool Bereavement Service
Liverpool Community Advice
Liverpool Lighthouse
Merseyside Polonia
Norris Green Community Alliance
Our House Walton
Porchfield Community Association
Sanctuary Family Support
Squash Liverpool CIC
This Is My Story Ltd
Valley Community Theatre
Women’s Health Information and Support Centre (WHISC).
Liverpool Parenting Newsletter (November – December 2022)
Liverpool’s Parent Network has produced a new edition of Liverpool’s Parenting Newsletter with information on services available for you and your family across the city. Your council and partners have services to support families in all areas and hope that you find the information you need in the newsletter.
Liverpool has a wealth of information and services from partners across the city. In this edition, you will find information on a wide range of services including;
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £26,000. Hours per week: 28 hours. Reporting to: Finance Manager. Location: Waterloo.
Sefton CVS’s Charity and Community Accountant will deliver a high-quality community accountancy and payroll service; supporting and strengthening financial management and practice in the VCF Sector (Voluntary Community & Faith organisations).
Deadline: No formal closing date. Please note that this vacancy was posted in October 2022 and may have expired since then.
Contact Details: recruitment@seftoncvs.org.uk.
Feeding Liverpool – Development Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term, funded initially for 26 months. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £26,000 – £28,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Good Food Programme Director. Location: 16 Lady Chapel Close, Liverpool, L1 7BZ as well as regular travel to local areas.
Employer Bio
Feeding Liverpool is the city of Liverpool’s food alliance, connecting and equipping people and organisations to work towards good food for all.
Their work has centred on bringing together those concerned with hunger and food insecurity in Liverpool.
They have been part of the City’s Food Insecurity taskforce, responding to the pandemic and working towards the first stages of Liverpool’s Good Food Plan.
In 2022 and beyond, Feeding Liverpool will develop and drive forward the Good Food Plan in partnership with people and organisations across the city.
Job Description
Feeding Liverpool is looking to recruit a Development Officer to continue the growth and development of its existing network, connecting together organisations concerned with good food for all.
Working with and often through existing community, faith, and non-statutory organisations, the Development Officer will develop and support mechanisms for communities to shape the future of their local food environments.
Building on their work in this area over the last few years, through facilitating processes of coproduction the Development Officer will support local people of all ages, and abilities including those with experience of food insecurity, to develop local influencing strategies and campaign for change, as together they seek to create a city where everyone can eat good food.
Interviews will take place the week beginning 15 November 2022.
Contact Details: Please address any queries to Naomi either by email naomi@feedingliverpool.org or telephone 07835 947583 (after 30 October 2022).
Onward Community Fund – Helping community projects to succeed
Got a great idea for a community project, but need a little help to get it off the ground?
The Onward Community Fund aims to support local groups and projects.
Underpinned by their mission ‘To make a positive difference in the communities we serve’ groups can bid for up to £2,500 for their neighbourhood. Examples could include: IT training, youth projects or community events.
Projects should aim to address one or more of the following:
Theme 1: WORK – supporting community-based employment, training, volunteering and enterprise opportunities
Theme 2: FOOD – supporting food resilience in communities during a challenging economic period
Theme 3: GREEN – improving access to and use of greenspace in communities to improve wellbeing
Theme 4: DIGITAL – providing a digital skills and support offer.
For Round 3 & 4 of this year’s fund, they are looking for projects that aim to support people and communities that are facing increased challenges as a direct result of the cost-of-living crisis.
Application process
There is a two-stage process starting with an expression of interest form which must be completed online. A member of the Social Investment Team will contact you to discuss your project in more detail and check your eligibility to the fund. If Onward Homes decide to take your application forward, an application form will be emailed to you to complete.
Energy Bill Relief Scheme: help for businesses and other non-domestic customers
This scheme will provide energy bill relief for non-domestic customers in Great Britain. Discounts will be applied to energy usage initially between 1 October 2022 and 31 March 2023.
Eligibility
The scheme will be available to everyone on a non-domestic contract including:
businesses
voluntary sector organisations, such as charities
public sector organisations such as schools, hospitals and care homes
who are:
on existing fixed price contracts that were agreed on or after 1 April 2022
signing new fixed price contracts
on deemed / out of contract or variable tariffs
on flexible purchase or similar contracts
Exclusions
The scheme is intended to be of broad application but there may be very limited exclusions, for example businesses that use gas or electricity for the purpose of generating power they are selling back into the grid, such as power stations, pumped hydro or grid-level battery storage.
Non-domestic suppliers and consumers must not profit from the scheme other than for its intended purpose of providing relief on necessary energy bills. Any such activity will result in support being refundable to government and may be liable to further penalties.
The amount your bills will be reduced
The government will provide a discount on your gas and electricity unit prices. To calculate your discount, the estimated wholesale portion of the unit price you would be paying this winter will be compared to a baseline ‘government supported price’ which is lower than currently expected wholesale prices this winter.
For all non-domestic energy users in Great Britain this government-supported price has been set at:
£211 per megawatt-hour (MWh) for electricity
£75 per MWh for gas
A comparable rate will be set shortly for Northern Ireland.
For comparison, wholesale costs in England, Scotland and Wales for this winter are currently expected to be around:
£600 per MWh for electricity
£180 per MWh for gas
The designs of the GB scheme and the separate Northern Ireland scheme will be consistent, and will offer an equivalent level of support, but the impact on users will vary in Northern Ireland in particular since there are only limited numbers of fixed price contracts in the market.
To ensure consistency between the domestic and non-domestic schemes, the government supported price is based on the implied wholesale element of the Energy Price Guarantee for domestic customers. It will not be the same as the final per unit price paid by non-domestic customers, which will also reflect other costs such as network charges and operating costs, plus the impact of competition between suppliers.
Big Help Group Community Impact Fund (Winter 2022)
Big Help Group’s Community Impact Fund will be open for applications on 1 November 2022.
They’re encouraging people and organisations based within the Liverpool City Region, who have innovative ideas for projects which will support their area, to apply for funding. Applicants are eligible to apply for Community Impact Funding of up to £2,500.
Who can apply:
Individuals, groups, and organisations based within the Liverpool City Region; including Knowsley, Sefton, Halton, St Helens, Liverpool, and Wirral who operate their own existing projects or have innovative new ideas that will support their local community are eligible to apply for funding. Applicants who have been previously unsuccessful in the last funding round will be eligible to reapply for funding. They’ll support projects that:
Supports local community needs
Supports marginalised or excluded groups
Adapting services to meet new conditions
Funding to keep services running.
Your projects must also:
Take place within Liverpool City Region, Knowsley, Sefton, Halton, St Helens, or Wirral
Benefit your local community
Not be a specific religious or political cause
Funding must be spent within 12 months of receipt.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £20,000 (pro rata). Hours per week: 21 hours / 0.6 FTE. Reporting to: Storybarn Manager. Location: The Storybarn, Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB.
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked-after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and/or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction, and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
The Storybarn is a creative, interactive environment in which children can feel thoroughly alive and creative in the company of quality literature. With Shared Reading at the heart of all that they do, they believe that books offer children a way to understand the world in which they live and the worlds inside themselves. The Reader exists to provide book routes into this inner space and to develop shared understandings of both it, and the outer world.
The Storybarn Coordinator (Creative and Training) will guide and inspire the Storybarn delivery team, take responsibility for consistent quality of delivery, and ensure excellent customer experiences.
Key Responsibilities:
The ability to take the lead of a creative team including contributing ideas and practical suggestions for the formalising of new session plans, whether virtual or physical
An awareness of and active commitment to upholding their safeguarding policies and procedures
Experience in devising, developing, and scheduling creative content on social media platforms
The ability to provide engaging and informative contributions to magazine articles that will promote the work of the Storybarn
Experience in delivering reading, play, and activities to children in a Storybarn or similar environment and able to teach and guide others to deliver to a high standard
Responsible for setting the standards of a quality story barn delivery by leading a substantial amount of delivery for the team to observe and learn from
Take a lead role in the performance and development of Storyhunters, including delivering training (content and delivery) and conducting shared reflections in conjunction with the organisation’s Quality team
Day-to-day coordination of a vibrant team of Storyhunters, including acting as their point of contact; delivering daily briefings, preparing, assigning and communicating a programme of start and end tasks
To support the ongoing development of the Storybarn Strategy including whole site developments and links with the Mansion House, evaluation, marketing etc.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Children & Young People’s Mental Health Promotion Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract to 31 December 2023. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £23,938 p.a. – £27,304 p.a. – MYA Grade 5 – Pt. 17-20. Hours per week: 35 hours (Will Include Evening and Weekend Work). Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 3DY.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA) is a people focused organisation. This means they put their children and young people at the centre of everything they do. Alongside this, they are a supportive, adaptable employer, that seeks to listen to its staff team and remain flexible in its approach meeting their needs.
MYA is seeking an innovative and creative Mental Health Promotion Worker to be responsible for delivering a programme of works to support a whole school approach to mental health and emotional wellbeing.
The post holder will be responsible for supporting the development and delivery of training programmes, initiating peer programmes for children and young people, for developing mental health and resilience resources for children, young people, parents, and professionals and support the implementation of the marketing and communication strategy.
The main aim of this is to make mental health everybody’s business in Liverpool/Nationally.
The postholder must hold relevant qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in related subject.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Detached Youth Worker
Posts available: 3. Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31 January 2024 (With the Potential to be Extended to 31 January 2026). Term: Part-Time. Salary: £20,576 – £22,829 p.a. (Pro Rata) – MYA Grade 4 Pt. 13-16. Hours per week:
20 hours per week x 2 Posts
12 hours per week x 1 Post
Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: Knowsley.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA) is a people focused organisation. This means they put their children and young people at the centre of everything they do. Alongside this, they are a supportive, adaptable employer, that seeks to listen to its staff team and remain flexible in its approach meeting their needs.
MYA requires an experienced, committed, and innovative Detached Youth Worker who brings creativity, energy and strong youth engagement skills to supporting young people’s development.
The post holder will engage and build respectful, honest, challenging, and supportive relationships with young people including those who may previously have had little contact with services and may be hard to reach. The successful applicant will be able to co-design programmes with and for young people who present with complex issues and behaviours which may include anti-social behaviour, substance misuse, offending and significant risk-taking. The Detached Youth Work Team will deliver innovative programmes of detached and outreach youth work and will meet the needs of children, young people and families, facilitating the development of physical health, and emotional well-being, supporting educational attainment, and preventing/reducing youth crime.
The post holder must hold relevant qualification to at least NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in a related subject.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract to 31 March 2023 – With the Potential for Further Funding (A Secondment will be Considered). Term: Full-Time. Salary: £23,938 p.a. – £27,304 p.a. – MYA Grade 5 – Pt. 17-20. Hours per week: 35 hours – May Include Evening and Weekend Work. Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: Alder Hey, Royal Liverpool, and Aintree Hospitals.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA) is a people focused organisation. This means they put their children and young people at the centre of everything they do. Alongside this, they are a supportive, adaptable employer, that seeks to listen to its staff team and remain flexible in its approach meeting their needs.
MYA is seeking to appoint one proactive, resilient, and inspiring person to support the delivery of a hospital-based intervention service. The service is aimed at vulnerable 10-25-year-olds who attend Alder Hey, Royal Liverpool, or Aintree Hospitals and are experiencing or are at risk of violence.
The post holder will be part of a small team of case workers working alongside hospital staff to proactively identify vulnerable young people and help them to access and engage the support they need to prevent any potential escalation of violence and reduce the risk of repeat victimisation or exploitation. The post holder will be based within the hospital sites to identify any relevant young people and then offer support to ‘navigate’ their way away from violence, criminal activity, or other harms (whether they are a victim, perpetrator, or both).
The post holder will be embedded into the hospital, coordinating support for those young people admitted to hospital, right through to their discharge back into the community. The successful candidate will have experience of working with ‘high-risk,’ vulnerable young people, be part of a multidisciplinary team, and have a flexible, empathetic approach to the work.
Successful candidates will hold a Level 3 qualification in a related subject, have substantial experience of working with vulnerable young people, and have the ability to operate within principles of contextual safeguarding, trauma-informed, and evidence-based interventions and demonstrate how they will actively maintain professional boundaries.
Candidates do not need previous hospital-based working experience for this role.
St Andrew’s Community Network – Fully Qualified or Trainee Debt Advisor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: Qualified – £12.73 per hour / Trainee – £10.90 per hour. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Money Team Leader. Location: Clubmoor Liverpool.
Employer Bio
St Andrew’s Community Network is seeking a highly motivated and passionate individual to support the delivery of high-quality debt and money advice as part of their experienced and dedicated team.
They have been delivering both debt advice and money education in North Liverpool for the best part of 15 years. They have a network of satellite centres all offering the same high standard of free, confidential advice including a range of insolvency options.
They hold the Advice Quality Standard for their work and are overseen by both Community Money Advice and the Financial Conduct Authority.
Job Description
Unusually, they are advertising for one role but offering two ways into this role.
Firstly, they are seeking a fully qualified Debt Advisor who holds Debt Relief Order Approved Intermediary status, but they are also inviting applications from unqualified individuals who would be interested in a trainee role.
Posts available: Up to three. Term: Trustees are usually appointed for a term of up to four years. Trustees may also be re-appointed at the end of their term of office, but no Trustee may serve more than 10 years. Reporting to: Chair of Trustees. Location: Meetings at office/home or a mix of the two (office is at Alder Hey, Liverpool).
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is the busiest children’s hospital in the UK caring for over 330,000 young patients every year. Alder Hey is a Centre of Excellence for children with cancer, heart, spinal and brain disease and a National Centre for head and facial surgery, they are one of only four centres nationally to provide epilepsy surgery and one of two accredited major trauma units for children in the North West.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises funds to support the pioneering work at their brand new hospital, Alder Hey in the Park, and aims to improve the quality of life for not only the young people they see each year, but through innovations and research into childhood diseases, the quality of life for children across the world.
Job Description
This is a new and exciting opportunity for new Trustees to join the Board of Alder Hey Children’s Charity. Their Board of Trustees are responsible for providing oversight and leadership of the Charity, ensuring good governance and effective probity. The Trustees ensure there is a clear strategic direction in line with its charitable purpose. Just as importantly, they support and challenge the Chief Executive and Senior Management Team to enable the charity to grow and thrive.
To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to hrcharity@alderhey.nhs.uk explaining why you are interested in the role and how you believe you can help the charity.
To arrange an informal chat about the role, please contact Sarah Fletcher (Director of Finance & Operations) at sarah.fletcher@alderhey.nhs.uk.
Deadline: Midnight on Sunday 13 November 2022.
Interviews: Wednesday 23 November 2022.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Referral Engagement Lead
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary – 1 year fixed term. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £27,450 (pro rata). Hours per week: 28 hours. Reporting to: Network Development Coordinator. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential, and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality, and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool is the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims to:
Provide the advice people need for the problems they face,
Improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
Job Description
Working with the Network Development Coordinator, the post holder will work to foster high levels of engagement and participation. This role will help to develop a single, robust, inter-agency referral and self-referral process in Liverpool that is fit for purpose and meets the current, foreseeable, and strategic needs of the LATAN members.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Network Development Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £30000 per annum (pro rata). Hours per week: 24.5 hours. Reporting to: Projects & Partnerships Lead. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential, and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality, and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool is the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims to:
Provide the advice people need for the problems they face,
Improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
Job Description
The post holder will consolidate the achievements of the Liverpool Access to Advice Network (LATAN), firmly establishing it as a thriving and sustainable network of organisations, providing high-quality, timely legal advice to the population of Liverpool. Facilitating the network to improve inter-agency referrals and coordinate proactive social policy and campaigns. The post holder will have experience in change management, social policy work, and fundraising.
Barnardo’s Independent Child Trafficking Guardianship Service – Regional Practice Coordinator
Contract Type: Permanent. Hours: 37 pw. Salary: £27,000 (fte) plus £312 Office at Home Allowance. Location: Home-based with the potential for travel across their North Region: Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire – They are looking for candidates that live within 30 mins drive of the regions available.
Regional Practice Coordinators’ (RPC) offer indirect support to children and young people by providing specialist advice and guidance to professionals who are working with the child or young person directly.
The Regional Practice Co-ordinator supports professionals working with children who have been trafficked so that the professionals can help and support children to navigate the complex systems of social care and criminal justice.
The role involves raising awareness of trafficking and exploitation indicators to enable professionals to identify potential trafficking, particularly at early stages, enabling the voices of children who have experienced trafficking to be heard, and encouraging and informing best practice and strategy development.
DTM Legal would like to help plant trees to support the Queen’s Green Canopy across Liverpool and Merseyside
DTM Legal is a law firm based in Liverpool and Chester. They work closely with clients to become their trusted partner and provide expert legal advice.
As they have an ESG (environmental, social, and governance) commitment, they are eager to support the local environment and community. To facilitate this, DTM Legal is looking to support current projects (in relation to the Queen’s Green Canopy) in Liverpool’s voluntary sector.
Support Through Court is looking for Service Volunteers
Support Through Court is looking for Service Volunteers to provide practical and emotional support to litigants in person (i.e. people representing themselves) in the Liverpool Family and Civil Court.
Support Through Court is an award-winning charity with nearly 500 dedicated volunteers, they operate from 17 courts across England and Wales, as well as running a National Helpline. Despite the growing need for their work, they remain the only organisation providing this service. Their incredible service is only possible because of the time, dedication and varied experience of life that volunteers utilise when helping their clients.
Volunteers support clients by:
explaining how the court works
helping to fill in court forms and organise court papers
helping clients plan what they want to say in court
going into court hearings with them.
Benefits of volunteering
training and support for working with clients
reimbursement of travel expenses
experience of the court system
a feeling of satisfaction from helping people in difficult situations.
Who can volunteer?
applicants will need to be over 18
experience of working with people and good command of spoken and written English are essential
initiative, resourcefulness and problem-solving skills will help with some of the challenges you might face while volunteering
common sense, compassion and reliability
must be available a minimum of two days per month for a minimum of a year
must not be a practising lawyer/barrister.
Legal knowledge is not necessary, although some familiarity with the legal environment is helpful. Current legal professionals are not eligible.
How to become a Service Volunteer
If you can spare at least two days per month volunteering in the Family and Civil Court in Liverpool, then Support Through Court would like to hear from you.
Please complete an online expression of interest and the relevant service location will send you further details and a comprehensive application form. If successful you will then be required to have an interview with the relevant service.
Please contact the Liverpool Service Manager by email at Liverpool@supportthroughcourt.org if:
you need a reasonable adjustment for a disability or significant health problem
you wish to apply but are currently, or have recently been, involved in court proceedings.
Support Through Court will ask for and check references, including information on any criminal record and suitability to work with vulnerable people.
October Eat to Meet Half-Term Activities Programme
The October Eat to Meet Half-Term Activities Programme is from 24 – 30 October 2022.
The programme is aimed at children and young people, aged from reception to 16 years old, who are eligible for benefits related free school meals. They will be able to access hundreds of activities throughout the week including specific provision available for children with SEND or additional needs, at no cost.
There’s a great range of activities across the city including boxing, football, music, dance, cycling, cooking, discos, films, bowling, arts and crafts, drama, a make up course, trips out and much more! Every day there will be a range of fabulous meals available with many schemes holding family events as well.
Octopus Energy are giving free electric blankets over the winter to vulnerable at-risk customers.
The definition of vulnerable and at-risk customers isn’t given but likely to be people who are over state pension age, have a long term health condition, disability etc.
On display at the Museum of Liverpool | 18 May 2021 – February 2024
The story of how Liverpool’s Black community supported the anti-apartheid campaign in the 1980s.
Nelson Mandela’s importance to Liverpool is huge. In Toxteth, Liverpool 8, Mandela remains a highly significant role model to the community. In the 1980s Liverpool 8 was tireless in its support of the anti-apartheid struggle through demos, product boycotts, park runs and the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign.
Apartheid (apartness) was a brutal system of racial segregation and white supremacy in South Africa. The worldwide anti-apartheid movement grew throughout the ’60s ’70s and ’80s in its support for Black South Africans and other minority groups living under this oppressive system. This support was inspired by figures like Nelson Mandela, whose eventual rise from political prisoner to the first Black President of South Africa, turned him into a global icon for freedom and equality.
Through this display, you can discover some of the strong connections between the city’s Black community, Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid movement.
This display is part of the Museum of Liverpool’s Our City, Our Stories programme, a partnership programme which enables local people to represent their own interpretation of the museum’s themes and objects. This display was created in partnership with the Mandela8 group.
YPAS is seeking to employ a Primary school counsellor/therapist(s) to offer creative therapies for children based across Liverpool Primary schools on the National Award-winning Seedlings Service.
The post holder will provide Creative Therapies to primary school children (aged 5-11) who have difficulties with their mental health and emotional well-being.
Foundation Years Trust (FYT) works with children between 0 – 5 years and their parents, supporting parents to nurture their children’s early development through playing, chatting and reading together. It is during the early years that the trajectory for the future is established. But many children, particularly those growing up in poverty, start school at age 5 already behind their wealthier peers.
However, there is strong evidence that shows the powerful influence parents/carers have on their child’s early development, and this influence cuts across social and economic divides. By supporting parents to improve the home learning environment, they can address this imbalance in attainment at the earliest stages, when it has the greatest impact on a child’s life chances. They are based in Wirral in the North West, with strong links across the Liverpool City Region.
What are they looking for in their Trustees?
FYT is at a turning point in their journey. Since they were established in 2012, they have learned a lot and tested various approaches and they have an amazing programme that fills a unique gap and complements their partner’s work.
Emerging from the shadow of Covid, there are new opportunities to enhance and extend their work, and to work more effectively with families of young children. It’s an exciting time to join them and to help shape the next 10 years of their work.
Their full Board meets 3 times every year and at least one of these meetings is in person. They also have a smaller Executive Committee that meets every 4 – 6 weeks online, to ensure more regular contact with the CEO.
Their Trustees help to guide the strategic direction and to ensure that they are meeting all of their governance requirements. They are also there in an individual capacity to help the team out occasionally on specific issues, sharing their expertise with the team.
What can they offer you?
They will make sure that your induction helps you learn your way around the programme and charity governance. They will also make sure that you get good training on the home learning environment and on the early years from their team, so you are completely familiar with their objectives. You can go and visit their groups and see the team in action.
It’s an opportunity to work with a great team and Board of Trustees and to support a small but very ambitious charity.
Their current trustees live all over the country, and you don’t have to be in the immediate area. If you have a local connection or knowledge, great, but it’s not critical.
Please contact them on info@foundationyearstrust.org.uk for a Trustee information pack or to schedule an informal call with the Charity Director, Anne-Louise van der Merwe.
Deadline: 30 November 2022.
Interviews with the Board of Trustees will be on a rolling basis through November and December.
Everton in the Community – Stock Assistant – Community Food Pantry
Posts available: 1. Contract: 12-month fixed term. Term: Part-time (Wednesdays). Salary: TBC. Hours per week: 7 hours. Reporting to: Blue Family Coordinator: Ryan O’Hanlon. Location: The Blue Base, Salop Street, L4 4BZ.
Employer Bio
Everton in the Community is one of the UK’s top sporting charities and is firmly established on the world stage of community sports development. As the Blues’ official charity, it is considered one of the Premier League’s leading community schemes due to the quality and reach of its various programmes. Since 1988, Everton in the Community has been at the forefront of social intervention across Merseyside, not afraid to tackle issues which others shied away from. The charity offers more than 40 programmes covering a range of social issues including health, employability, anti-social behaviour, crime, education, dementia, poverty, youth engagement, youth justice and disability.
Job Description
They now have an opportunity for a part-time Stock Assistant to join the team supporting with their fantastic Everton in the Community Food Pantry. This role will act as a key support function to their weekly Blue Base Community Pantry. Their Stock Assistant will ensure that their food storage container is well stocked and organised each week by receiving, unpacking, and organising food deliveries; collecting surplus food from a variety of supermarkets and external partners; and ensuring that the storage container is well-organised for the Pantry.
Lastly, this role will work alongside their Blue Family Coordinator to support crisis referrals received by external organisations. This support will include, but will not be limited to completing, and delivering essential food shops and other essential items (i.e., furniture) to families living in crisis across Merseyside.
Other key responsibilities will include:
Recording weekly stock levels of each item and informing the Blue Family Coordinator.
Ensuring that stock is regularly rotated, with the earliest use-by dates at the front.
Removing any goods from the container that are past their sell-by date.
Demonstrating high levels of food hygiene at all times.
Be able to travel independently across the Liverpool City Region.
Who they are looking for:
Essentially, they are looking for an individual who has a friendly and helpful manner and who is committed to making a positive difference to people’s lives. Their successful candidate will also have the ability to show compassion and empathy to other people’s situations.
Other key Knowledge and Skills will include:
Good interpersonal skills to build relationships with existing staff members, participants, and key external partners
Be physically capable of heavy lifting
Clean, full UK driving license
Level 2 Food Hygiene (or willingness to work towards)
Manual Handling Certificate (or willingness to work towards)
Relevant Health & Safety Qualification (or willingness to work towards).
Posts available: 1. Contract: Freelance consultancy contract. Term: Part-time. Salary: Requesting applicants to quote their daily fee rates. Days per week: 1 – 1.5 days per month. Reporting to: Head of Business & Operations. Location: Mostly remote working, with occasional office days when required (FACT Liverpool, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ).
Employer Bio
FACT Liverpool is the UK’s leading organisation for the support and exhibition of art and film that explores new media and digital culture. The award-winning FACT centre opened in 2003 in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool, a hub for independent shops, restaurants, bars, nightlife and galleries. The FACT centre houses three art galleries, four cinema screens, a lab for learning and experimentation, a cafe, and a bar. Each year they welcome 250,000 visitors to their building and collaborate with over 10,000 adults and young people through their Learning Programme, which they deliver in partnership with schools and community organisations across the Liverpool City Region.
Job Description
FACT Liverpool looking for a Finance Director to provide consultancy on a freelance basis. As Finance Director, you would be responsible for ensuring that their financial function is effective and efficient, whilst providing strategic and financial guidance.
Their Financial Manager works three days a week and is responsible for all day-to-day financial functions: Xero, payments, preparation of management accounts, VAT, payroll and pension processing and budget profiling throughout the year.
The Finance Director will work with the Chief Executive Officer, the Head of Business and Operations and the Finance Manager.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time but could be job share. Salary: £22,500. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Project Manager. Location: Flexible – office in Wallasey.
Employer Bio
Energy Projects Plus is an independent registered environmental charity, formed in 1995. They provide advice, information, and support in keeping warm at home, managing fuel bills, improving energy efficiency and sustainable energy alongside working to address the climate emergency. They deliver programmes across Liverpool City Region and Cheshire, managing grants, attending community events, delivering home visits and telephone advice.
Job Description
This role provides an opportunity to join Energy Projects Plus at a vital time. The current cost of living and energy crisis means that their services are in high demand.
As telephone advisors provide the first point of contact for callers it is essential that their telephone and personal manner is friendly, enthusiastic and efficient.
To provide accurate advice and support to clients who engage with Energy Projects Plus either electronically or by telephone. To advise on solutions and the availability of funding and other support to address energy efficiency, sustainability, bills and fuel debt, income maximisation, and (through referral to external partner agencies) general debt. To assess clients’ eligibility for support, provide energy efficiency and tariff advice to assist clients to achieve affordable warmth, help clients navigate the relevant financial support schemes available at any time, and advise on the potential for sustainable energy measures. Use external and internal on-line and off-line software to make applications and capture all aspects of client engagement.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time but could be job share. Salary: £21,000. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Project Manager. Location: Flexible – office in Wallasey.
Employer Bio
Energy Projects Plus is an independent registered environmental charity, formed in 1995. They provide advice, information, and support in keeping warm at home, managing fuel bills, improving energy efficiency and sustainable energy alongside working to address the climate emergency. They deliver programmes across Liverpool City Region and Cheshire, managing grants, attending community events, delivering home visits and telephone advice.
Job Description
This role provides an opportunity to join Energy Projects Plus at a vital time. The current cost of living and energy crisis means that their services are in high demand.
Their charity has a wide range of referral partners who refer clients to them for support from the variety of projects delivered at any one time. They also refer clients to other projects (internal and other external agencies) for support. The Referrals Co-ordinator will manage this activity alongside providing administration support where required to team members including arranging appointments, speaking with clients in regard to their casework, monitoring progress of clients’ referrals or grant applications to ensure satisfactory completion, and supporting the advice team in responding to enquiries into their service. The service provides support to clients electronically, by telephone or face-to-face as appropriate to the client’s needs. The role includes using external and internal on-line and off-line software to make applications and capture all aspects of client engagement.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time but could be job share. Salary: £32,000. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Chief Executive. Location: Flexible – office in Wallasey and home plus at venues across Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Energy Projects Plus is an independent registered environmental charity, formed in 1995. They provide advice, information, and support in keeping warm at home, managing fuel bills, improving energy efficiency and sustainable energy alongside working to address the climate emergency. They deliver programmes across Liverpool City Region and Cheshire, managing grants, attending community events, delivering home visits and telephone advice.
Job Description
This role provides a challenging opportunity to join Energy Projects Plus at a vital time. The current cost of living and energy crisis means that their services are in high demand. Providing management of their flagship projects, you will have the opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of vulnerable people across Liverpool City Region and Cheshire.
This role will include the flexibility to manage two key projects – LEAP and Warm & Well. You will join the strategic management team, lead project teams, liaise with partners and funders, manage project budgets, provide project reporting and monitoring, ensure targets are met and standards are maintained. You will also contribute to advice and marketing provision should need arise and as a means to keep up to date on emerging Client and project needs.
Posts available: 3. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time but could be job share. Salary: £23,148. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Project Manager. Location: Flexible – office in Wallasey and home plus at venues across Liverpool.
Employer Bio
Energy Projects Plus is an independent registered environmental charity, formed in 1995. They provide advice, information, and support in keeping warm at home, managing fuel bills, improving energy efficiency and sustainable energy alongside working to address the climate emergency. They deliver programmes across Liverpool City Region and Cheshire, managing grants, attending community events, delivering home visits and telephone advice.
Job Description
This role provides an opportunity to join Energy Projects Plus at a vital time. The current cost of living and energy crisis means that their services are in high demand.
You will meet with, or speak by telephone to, residents and provide accurate advice in a friendly and reassuring way in regard to fuel bills, fuel debt, and energy efficiency. This will include providing advice on solutions, and the availability of funding and other support to address energy efficiency, sustainability, bills and fuel debt, income maximisation, and (through referral to external partner agencies) general debt.
You will also assess Clients’ eligibility for support, make applications to British Gas Energy Trust and other funding providers to remove/reduce arrears on fuel bills and other needs, provide energy efficiency and tariff advice to assist Clients to achieve affordable warmth, help Clients navigate the relevant financial support schemes available at any time, and advise on the potential for sustainable energy measures.
Posts available: 1. Contract: 1-year fixed term. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £26,446. Hours per week: 37 hours. Reporting to: Pam Bowes. Location: Cheshire and Merseyside.
Home-Start Knowsley recruits and trains volunteers to support families in their own homes.
Due to the success of Dad Matters programme across Greater Manchester, they are working in partnership with Home-Start Knowsley to develop the work further in the Cheshire and Merseyside areas.
They are looking for a Dad Matters Co-ordinator to join their team and develop local, universal and targeted interventions for dads in the perinatal period. The successful candidate will work closely with colleagues from the Maternal Mental Health Service (Silver birch Hubs) and with colleagues from Perinatal Mental Health Services, Parent Infant Mental Health Services, Maternity, Health Visiting, Children’s Services and other NHS and VCSE services and with a wide range of dads and dads-to-be.
They will develop their Dad Matters volunteering opportunities in both areas, they will facilitate and co-facilitate sessions with dads and will develop links with other VCSE and community groups.
An understanding of the risks of developing poor mental health in the perinatal period for dads and of the impact of supporting a partner with perinatal mental health issues is essential, as is a flexible approach to work and the ability to travel across Cheshire and Merseyside.
Nominations for the 2023 Culture & Creativity Awards are OPEN!
Nominations for the Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards are now open. The awards are now in their fourth year and serve to recognise and celebrate the incredible contribution that culture and creativity make to our city region. They know that people in the Liverpool City Region are creative and so they want to shine a spotlight on the fantastic work that is making such a difference to people’s lives.
A number of the award categories are particularly relevant to the important work that community organisations do. Nominations are not just restricted to work done by professionals but can include creative activity that brings people together, in real life or virtually, so this can involve volunteers and community activity too!
To find out more and to submit your nomination, please visit the LCR CA website.
The deadline for nominations is 5 pm on Friday 4 November 2022.
Volunteer for Spooky Welly Walk!
The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation is looking for enthusiastic, helpful and supportive people to volunteer their time at Spooky Welly Walk this year – could this be you?
Their famed Spooky Welly Walk has become a flagship event in Liverpool, with thousands of families attending each year to experience a spooktakcular walk around Sefton Park.
On the day they’ll be entertaining their young supporters with activity stations including Creepy Crafts, Menacing Mask Making and Zombie Fitness Zone – all of which you could help with.
Every child will also receive a medal for their hard work, why not lend a helping hand and join in the celebrations!
Date: Saturday 22 October 2022.
Location: Sefton Park, Liverpool.
Volunteering Hours: 9.30 am – 4.30 pm.
Roles: Marshalling the route and assisting with activity stations.
Volunteers are vital to their events, ensuring they run smoothly on the day and making the very best experience for all those taking part.
It’s a fantastic experience to meet the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation Team as well as fellow volunteers. Whether you come alone or volunteer with friends and family, we’d love to have you on board.
Can you spare a day to help support their Spooky Welly Walk?
Combined Authority seeks equality champions to help combat discrimination, injustice and inequality
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is looking for equality champions to help the region’s political leaders and policymakers tackle the discrimination and disadvantage that cause injustice and inequality in society.
As part of its commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, the Combined Authority is setting up four Equality Panels, covering disability; race; gender; and sexuality.
It is now looking for people with experience of championing equality, particularly for these four protected characteristics, to help put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of decision-making for the Combined Authority.
These panels will shape and influence all areas of work in the city region, from employment and skills, to transport and the environment, and will build on the ground-breaking work of the Combined Authority Fairness and Social Justice Advisory Panel.
These Equality Panels will play a key role in supporting the Combined Authority’s Equality, Diversion and Inclusion portfolio, created last year by Mayor Steve Rotheram, and led by Mayor Joanne Anderson as Portfolio Holder.
Mayor Joanne Anderson, Portfolio Holder for Education, Skills, Equality and Diversity, said:
“We are building on the work of the Fairness and Social Justice Advisory Board, which has been a great critical friend to Mayor Steve Rotheram and the Combined Authority, scrutinising issues of fairness and equality, but I want to strengthen this challenge.
“That’s why I am introducing four new panels covering disability, gender, race, and sexuality. The evidence tells us this is where we have the most work to do and can have the biggest impact.
“I am looking for volunteers with the skills and experience of campaigning in these areas, as well as genuine links back into their communities to join me in my mission to embed equality, diversity and inclusion into everything the Combined Authority does.”
Each panel will have up to ten members, appointed for a three-year term. Members of each panel will elect a chair, with no more than two from each of the city region’s six boroughs. Panel members will be appointed for a period of three years, with chairs for each panel to be elected from within the panels yearly.
There will be an open recruitment process for all panel members and volunteers can apply to serve on more than one panel.
This further commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion follows the launch earlier this year of the Combined Authority’s Equality Strategy. Developed in partnership with employees, trade union representatives, residents, advisory panels and local authority partners, the Equality Strategy set out how the Combined Authority will prioritise those left behind, disadvantaged, or experiencing discrimination, and reduce inequality by enhancing how public services are delivered.
Specifically, it sets out how it will make sure that people with the protected characteristics set out in the Act, as well as those disadvantaged by their socio-economic status, are not discriminated against in employment, when seeking employment, or when engaged in occupations or activities related to work.
The new Equality Strategy, which will be reviewed every year, also sets out more than 40 specific actions the Combined Authority will take in its three main areas of activity: as a major employer with nearly 1000 staff; as a funder and investor, spending more than £100 million each year, and as a civic leader, with a powerful convening role through the Metro Mayor.
First Meeting of the Cost of Living Crisis Sector Response Group
Leading on from discussions from the last Health and Wellbeing Organisations Network Meeting, a Cost of Living Crisis Sector Response Group is being created.
The Network is seeking a collective and strategic response from the local sector.
This first meeting will gauge interest and look at setting some initial terms and aims.
Memories are made in Liverpool’s parks – Fields in Trust calls on residents to support the protection of the city’s parks
4 September 2022
Green space charity Fields in Trust is calling on residents to support work with Liverpool City Council to protect the city’s parks forever. A new campaign, launched on 3 October 2022, showcases the role of green spaces in making lifelong memories and their value to communities. A series of short films shot in parks across Liverpool share heart-warming and inspiring stories of the memories which are made in our green spaces. Four films – featuring memories made in Calderstones Park, Otterspool Park, Sefton Park and Walton Hall Park are now available on the Fields in Trust website. Local people are urged to get involved with the campaign, share their park memories and support Fields in Trust’s work to protect their parks forever.
Liverpool City Council has made a first-of-its-kind commitment to protect all their parks and green spaces forever with Fields in Trust. This will ensure that 100 parks, covering over 1,000 hectares, will always be there for the city’s residents to enjoy. The first phase of green space protections will include local community parks, as well as all ten of the city’s major parks. Once phase one is complete, 64% of Liverpudlians will live within a ten-minute walk of a legally protected green space which can never be built on or sold off; this includes 85% of residents in areas identified as having the highest strategic need.
Liverpool City Council’s commitment ensures the positive health and well-being benefits of green spaces will always be available for the city’s residents. But this is a joint effort; the Liverpool Park Friends Forum were instrumental in bringing about the initiative and continue to support its implementation. Now Fields in Trust is inviting local businesses and the wider community to support this ambitious programme.
Fields in Trust Chief Executive Helen Griffiths said:“We all have memories in our local parks. Whether it is spending time with friends, teaching a child or grandchild to ride their bike, or just relaxing with a picnic. Parks are where we all make life-long memories. Over recent years we have seen a major shift in the way people talk about, visit and value their local parks. Our parks provided a lifeline throughout lockdown and now, we can all play our part to make sure local green spaces will remain a healthy part of the local environment forever. We are working with the city council to ensure all Liverpool parks will be protected and available for the whole community, for future generations. As a charity we need support from the communities and businesses in Liverpool to help turn the Council’s pioneering vision into a reality.”
The campaign will raise awareness of the vital role that parks play in communities across Liverpool and Fields in Trust is calling on park users to get involved. As a charity, Fields in Trust needs to raise the funds required to put in place the legal protection for each and every park and green space in Liverpool.
By supporting the campaign, sharing their own memories of local parks and making a donation, residents can play their part in bringing about a fundamental change by future-proofing Liverpool’s much-loved parks – securing green spaces for good.
Mental Health Campaign to shine a “light through dark times”
A new campaign is launching to support the well-being of Liverpool residents.
Co-created by members of the public and Liverpool City Council’s Public Health team, the new campaign will help people to strengthen their mental health.
Developed in response to increasing mental health needs post-pandemic, it acknowledges the varying levels of support required – including help for those who may not even realise they need it.
Launching at the start of October to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week (3 – 10 October) and World Mental Health Day (10 October) the campaign will offer support for issues that significantly influence mental health such as money problems, housing and employment.
The visuals for the campaign show positive messages as light installations – portraying the idea of “light through dark times.”
The campaign will also provide support for other life challenges that can impact on well-being such as loneliness, relationship issues, bereavement, domestic violence, substance and alcohol misuse.
Alongside signposting to local services, the campaign will also focus on self-care and the practical actions people can take to improve their mental health.
The campaign is supported by Samaritans Liverpool and Merseyside, a charity which provides emotional support to anybody struggling to cope.
Cabinet Member for Social Care and Health, Cllr Frazer Lake said:
“People have a lot on their minds at the moment, so this campaign has been designed to help them recognise if and when extra help is needed.
It will support people to access the right support for them, promote how to look after their mental health and act as a reminder that it’s always ok to share how they’re feeling – even when struggling.”
Director of Public Health for Liverpool, Professor Matthew Ashton said
“Positive mental wellbeing is essential for good health, but due to the pandemic and the ongoing cost of living crisis, Liverpool residents are experiencing varying degrees of mental distress.
Worry, fatigue and depleted resilience are an ordinary response to stressful situations, but if they continue over a long period of time and are left unaddressed, they can escalate into more serious and complex conditions – so prevention is critical.”
Samaritans Development Manager Rachel Howley said:
“Life is increasingly hard for so many of us at the moment and, at Samaritans, we know the difference it can often make just to have somebody to talk to in confidence when you’re going through a difficult time.
Whether it’s the rising cost of living, feeling isolated or anything else that’s troubling you, we are always available for you to talk about what’s on your mind.
“Every call for help is answered by a trained volunteer and talking to us is always free and confidential.”
Samaritans listeners can also be contacted 24/7 on freephone 116 123. You can also email Jo@samaritans.org.
Expressions of Interest sought for the CYP transformation programme
Beyond: the Cheshire and Merseyside Children and Young People’s Transformation Programme was established during 2021/2022. The aim of the programme is to: Give every Child and Young Person the best possible start in life, maximising opportunities to reach their potential; listen to their voices, respond to their needs and transform their services, outcomes and life chances through integrated work across the Partnership. The programme is focused on a population health approach, with a “shift left” in delivery towards early intervention and prevention.
Expressions of interest are now being sought from organisations to deliver projects in support of the Beyond Programme’s objectives to deliver transformational change through integration and early intervention across six workstreams:
Healthy Weight and Obesity
Learning Disability, Difficulty and Autism
Diabetes
Epilepsy
Respiratory and Asthma
Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health.
Bids are sought from single organisations or partnerships to fund either the piloting of new projects to test proof of concept or to implement a project that has already been delivered either elsewhere in Cheshire and Merseyside or beyond where there is already a body of evidence to demonstrate impact. They are keen to see how any projects would address health inequalities in local communities and work with the third sector.
They are particularly interested in projects that are aligned to the Healthy Weight and Obesity and Learning Disability, Difficulty and Autism workstreams as these are areas where there has been less programme investment. In annexe, one provides details of specific projects they are keen to explore.
Each EOI can be up to £50,000, with the expectation of delivery over a 12-month period. All funding will be paid 2022/23 and any delivery that goes beyond the end of the financial year must be managed by the bidding organisations.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity – Philanthropy Events and Research Lead
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £25,846 – £33,223. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: Monday to Friday. Reporting to: Head of Philanthropy. Location: Mix of home working and office based (office is at Alder Hey, Liverpool).
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children’s Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 330,000 patients and families they care for
every year.
The charity helps to fund a range of activities and projects that are designed to enhance and improve the lives of their amazing young patients. This includes the funding of specialist medical equipment to ensure their brilliant surgeons and clinical staff have the most up-to-date and cutting-edge technology available and funding hi-tech distraction equipment designed and proven to reduce pain and anxiety in their patients. They also fund a range of programmes and special projects such as their ward musicians, their on-site magician and the play specialists they have on every ward.
Job Description
They are recruiting for a Philanthropy Events and Research Lead to work within the Philanthropy team at Alder Hey, the UK’s busiest Children’s Hospital. The Philanthropy team raises vital income from major donors, charitable trusts, foundations and other funders. This is a key role to support the team and help implement the Philanthropy strategy to reach new audiences and grow sustainable income. They’re looking for a proactive team player who loves organising events and has a structured approach to research, data and administration. Charity experience is desirable but not essential, they’re open to candidates from other sectors who have transferable skills. You’ll also be self-motivated and an excellent collaborator. If you’re excited by the sound of this, they’d love to hear from you!
Additional information is included within the Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions about the role please contact Tracey Wilson, Head of Philanthropy at tracey.wilson@alderhey.nhs.uk or via hrcharity@alderhey.nhs.uk.
Deadline: 17:00 on Sunday 30 October 2022.
Telephone interviews: Week beginning Monday 7 November 2022.
Second interviews: Week beginning Monday 14 November 2022.
Job Vacancies at Halton and St Helens VCA
Halton and St Helens are recruiting for a Full-time Core 20 Plus 5 Coordinator and Full-time Healthwatch St Helens Engagement and Community Officer.
Core 20 Plus 5 Coordinator
Full Time 36 hours Salary: £26,657 26 days holiday plus bank holidays
Halton & St Helens VCA are looking for a new team member to engage, support and encourage residents in Halton with lived experience of specific health conditions to tell us what needs to change to make things better.
You will be responsible for recruiting, training and working with a small group of Volunteer Connectors who will help others in their communities explore the barriers that they have faced using unique ways of capturing those journeys.
Full Job Description and Person Specification are available to download here.
Healthwatch St Helens Engagement & Communications Officer
Full Time 36 hours Salary: £25,286 26 days holiday plus bank holidays
Healthwatch St Helens are looking for a new team member to support our engagement and communication work with local people, patients and partners.
You will be responsible for our ongoing social media channels on our work priorities and be pivotal in organising, promoting and running events in our communities to listen to the views of local people on health and social care issues.
Halton & St Helens VCA is an equal opportunities employer and complies with the Equality Act 2010.
Registered charity number: 1106001
Exclusive £1,000 giveaway for the third sector
4 September 2022
To help ease the hardship the third sector is facing, our partner easyfundraising, is giving away £500 to one organisation and £100 to five organisations.
To be in with the chance of winning, register with easyfundraising by 23:59 on 31 October 2022. If your organisation is signed up already, you can still enter by raising three donations between 1 and 31 October 2022.
easyfundraising is committed to helping our sector flourish, especially as we go through challenging times. Their approach to fundraising is simple; they turn everyday online purchases into free, unrestricted funding we can use to support ourselves and the wider community.
They and over 7,000 brands want to give back to local groups and communities, so when someone shops at one of the brands, easyfundraising shares a percentage of what they’ve spent with your organisation for free. For example, if a volunteer did their food shop at Sainsbury’s, their first home delivery shop would generate £6 for your organisation. After that, every weekly shop would generate £2. So in a year, your organisation would receive £108 – for free.
There are huge benefits of joining easyfundraising;
It provides a continuous, free, and unrestricted funding source for all third-sector organisations
An easy and inclusive way for people to give without it coming directly out of their pockets
It requires little time and effort to manage so you can carry on with what’s really important.
We don’t want our organisations to miss out. Be sure to enter the giveaway by 23:59 on 31 October 2022 and start making use of this fantastic fundraising option. Particularly as we head into the busiest shopping period of the year – it’s a great way to top up your funds.
Sahir House – Trustee
This is a voluntary role.
Posts available: Multiple. Hours: They currently meet every six weeks, generally on weekday evenings. Reporting to: Chair of the Board. Location: Hybrid (Face-to-face/Online).
Trustees are also expected to attend occasional public or private events. Trustees must be able to commit two to three days a quarter, on average, in order to read papers, attend meetings and events, and contribute between meetings by emails and calls, as required.
Sahir House is a vibrant Merseyside-based charity with a big heart. Their organisation serves a unique dual purpose – they promote better sexual health and wellness for all and they support the needs of LGBTQ+ people across the region. Since their formation, at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, the needs of people living with HIV have been fundamental to their development and core to their purpose.
What will you be doing?
Trustees play a vital role in making sure that Sahir House achieves its core purpose. They ensure that Sahir House has a clear strategy and that their work and goals are in line with their vision. Just as importantly, they support and challenge the CEO to ensure that Sahir House continues to grow and thrive.
What are they looking for?
They hope to attract new trustees to bolster their work during a time of real growth and renewal within the charity. They are particularly, but not exclusively, interested in hearing from people with experience in:
Fundraising and/or Business Development
Organisational Development
Immigration & Asylum Law
Health & Social Care.
They particularly encourage applications from people of colour, those with disabilities or protected characteristics (including LGBTQ+) and they would very much like people who have previously accessed their services to consider applying.
What difference will you make?
This is a unique opportunity to make a real difference in the local community and to support people, particularly, who are finding life challenging. Their programmes are greatly valued by their service users and their communities. They are always seeking to develop their provision to address and meet local needs.
For more information and to apply, in the first instance, please contact Gill Clotworthy at gillian.clotworthy@sahir.uk.com who can arrange to send you a copy of their trustee role description. They can also arrange for you to have an informal conversation with one of their current trustees.
Deadline: Friday 14 October 2022.
Liverpool Community Impact Awards
The Be Free Campaign has seen the impact that change-makers and innovators can have on the community. There is a need to recognise people who are making an impact – regardless of their background or area of interest. There is no better place to start than at the heart of Liverpool.
Whilst the charity started in Birmingham, the Be Free Campaign saw its real growth in the rich culture of Liverpool. The inaugural awards will take place in Liverpool and are designed to ensure that people are recognised for their impact on their community.
The Community Impact Awards recognise inspiring people, organisations and groups. They want to recognise all fields and causes as well as a special award for mental health. Nominations are open now to the general public and will be interviewed and examined by a member of their awards team.
Following this, a judging panel will assess all nominations against certain criteria for each field. The awards ceremony will take place in the heart of Liverpool and organisations or individuals must have a postcode within the Merseyside region.
Panel Member for High Sheriff and Merseyside Police Charitable Fund
This is a voluntary role.
Positions available: 2.
Background
The High Sheriff and Merseyside Police Charitable Fund has been managed by the Community Foundation for Merseyside since 2009. Since the fund began, a total of £391,850 has been awarded to 226 groups across Merseyside.
At a local level in our communities, incredible work is taking place to support young people, offering them alternatives to and education about becoming involved in gangs, crime and anti-social behaviour. This work is very often led by local community groups and grassroots charities who are an essential link in their work to create safe, thriving communities, underpinning the crime prevention work of Merseyside Police. If our young people and communities thrive then so will we all. Through the High Sheriff and Merseyside Police Charitable Fund, they are able to strategically direct charitable donations to support those local groups and organisations.
The High Sheriff and Merseyside Police Charitable Fund aim to promote a safer and increased quality of life through the prevention of crime and the protection of people and property from harm or fear of harm, and/or criminal acts for the benefit of the public in and around Merseyside. The fund also seeks to support and raise awareness to help communities be and feel safe and to increase the provision of diversionary activities and facilities that engage children and young people and which create long-term impact in preventing and reducing their vulnerability to crime and in engaging in anti-social behaviour.
The fund is open to applications from voluntary and community groups from Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, Wirral and St Helens. Depending on the amount of funding available the fund is open once or twice a year to receive applications and groups can apply for up to £2500 to fund a particular project and to help with their work. Decisions on the applications are made by a panel comprising representatives from the Police, the current High Sheriff and previous High Sheriffs and relevant experts in crime prevention.
Role
To be a member of the panel for the High Sheriff and Merseyside Police Charitable Fund, and to bring your expertise to help make decisions about applications for funding from charitable groups
To prepare for decision meetings by reading and considering grant applications which seek to make a contribution to crime prevention in Merseyside
To add your voice and lived experience to assist the panel in their decisions and strategy
The panel member role will be of interest to anyone who is interested in learning about grant making, or who may be interested in a future career in fundraising
A panel member can be any age over 18.
Time Commitment
Around 4 meetings a year that can last approximately 90 minutes. At least one of these meetings, and possibly two, will involve making decisions about which grant applications to fund.
Before the decision meeting, a commitment to spend time reading between 25 – 40 grant applications during the week leading up to this.
Our Community Impact Fund helps voluntary sector organisations and registered charities do even more to build stronger communities across Liverpool and Merseyside.
How does it work?
Eligible organisations can apply for grants of up to £3,000 for projects that meet one or more of our four main priority areas:
Health
Education
Income stability
Arts and Culture
Applications will be assessed on the impact that the project will have on the lives of those who benefit. We’re looking for projects that help make a change for those most in need. For this round, we are particularly interested in funding projects that support people and communities to combat the problems caused by the current cost of living crisis.
How much can I apply for?
The maximum amount an organisation can apply for is £3,000.
Who can apply?
Organisations must be registered charities or have charitable aims as part of their governing document and must be able to register with the Charity Commission if their income exceeds £5,000.
In addition, organisations must have:
At least two cheque signatories
An adopted Constitution or set of rules and have a bank account in the name of the organisation or group
Child/Vulnerable Adults Safeguarding Policy where applicable and evidence that staff and volunteers are DBS checked.
Community Interest Companies
A Community Interest Company is a specific legal model registered with both Companies House and the CIC Regulator. Community Interest Companies can apply for funding, as long as they satisfy the following criteria:
The CIC must have at least 3 directors and be able to demonstrate how they have engaged with local people to identify the need.
The application is to fund charitable activity*
*Charitable activity means activity that supports a charitable purpose, as defined by the Charity Commission, and that meets the public benefit requirement as detailed in the Charities Act 2011.
The closing date for applications to this round of funding is 21 October 2022.
Leading on from discussions in yesterday’s Health and Wellbeing Organisations Network Meeting, a Cost of Living Crisis Sector Response Group is being created.
The Network is seeking a collective and strategic response from the local sector.
This first meeting will gauge interest and look at setting some initial terms and aims.
If you are interested, please indicate all the times that you are available in this poll, and we will schedule a meeting for the most popular time.
Due to the time sensitivity of this issue, if you are interested, please submit your responses by Friday 30 September 2022.
If you have any questions, please contact imogen.winter@lcvs.org.uk.
Arts Emergency Mentor Recruitment 2023
Applications for the 2023 mentoring programme are now open for mentors and mentees in Merseyside. Social justice charity Arts Emergency is pairing hundreds of creative experts with young people struggling to break into the industry as part of their 2023 mentoring programme.
If you are reading this, then like Arts Emergency you are passionate about making pathways into the creative and cultural industries fair, inclusive, and accessible. Arts Emergency is a charity supporting creative young people who don’t have the connections or wealth necessary to enter the creative and cultural industries.
Arts Emergency engages a network of over 8,000 volunteers to offer underrepresented 16-25-year-olds the mentoring, opportunities, and connections they need to break into higher
education and the creative industries.
Join the Arts Emergency community and help them change the future of the creative and cultural worlds.
For questions about mentoring, please email mentoring@arts-emergency.org.
For general questions about Arts Emergency, please email info@arts-emergency.org.
Deadline: 31 October 2022.
Rosa | Voices from the Frontline Fund – Now Open
Rosa’s Voices from the Frontline fund offers one-year grants of between £500 and £7,000 to support campaigning and influencing work that enables women and girls to use their voice to achieve change.
With the rising cost of living and global pandemic worsening inequalities and threatening to push back women’s and girls’ rights, we need collective action now more than ever.
There is a critical need for funding for women’s and girls’ organisations to deliver activism and campaigning, particularly at the grassroots, and to raise awareness of the issues they face. This enables learning, awareness-raising, momentum-building, and campaigning all rooted in the strength of collective action.
Deadline for applications – 4 pm on Thursday 3 November 2022.
Peer Action Collective (PAC) Project are looking for Change Makers to join them!
The Peer Action Collective (PAC) is a ground-breaking network of young people, who are designing and conducting research about young people’s experiences of violence.
They’ll then be supported to turn what they’ve learned into action. From campaigning to improve local mental health services, setting up a youth centre or supporting young people into employment – the PAC will create opportunities for young people to make their community a safer, fairer place. The PAC is working across England and Wales. YPAS is the lead organisation in the North West.
The PAC will see 120 peer researchers (aged 16-25) design their own research questions and work with around 5,000 other young people (aged 10–20) to find out about young people’s experiences of violence and their views on how they can help make their communities better places to live and work.
The findings will be used by a group of CHANGE MAKERS, made up of 1,500 10-20-years-olds, who will take what the researchers learn and turn it into action.
They are now looking for Change Makers to join them! They looking for young people aged 10-20 to get involved in the Peer Action Collective Project to make a difference in your community!
#BrainSurvey | The Brain Charity’s Early Diagnosis Survey
The Brain Charity’s #BrainSurvey will help them understand how to improve the diagnosis issues people with neurological conditions face.
They know that for far too many people with neurological conditions, getting a diagnosis can be a lengthy and deeply frustrating process. That’s not good enough, and they’re determined to change it.
To do that, The Brain Charity is launching a brand new survey to help them get a better understanding of the difficulties people are facing and to try and understand how and where improvements can be made.
HMPPS Grants Programme for Ethnic Minority Groups – Now Open
The first Probation Grants programme has been launched on 21 September 2022 and relates to services for people on probation from Ethnic Minority Groups. Grants within this theme can be for a value between £8,000 – £250,000 per year for a period of up to 3 years per grant award. This value may be increased in the future if there is an identified need.
All non-profit making organisations may register an interest in probation services grants. You will be required to provide some basic contact details, including the legal structure of your organisation, plus declare any organisational convictions/offences.
How to apply
Any organisation interested in these upcoming grants (or future grant opportunities) should register their interest on the Probation Grants Applications Portal which can be accessed using this link.
Registration may take a few days to process so interested parties should register as soon as possible.
Once registered, further information and documentation will be available at the competition launch on 21 September 2022.
Objectives
The objectives of the Grant scheme is to achieve the following:
to improve people’s engagement in, and experience of, probation and other rehabilitative activities;
to support an individual’s rehabilitation and desistance journey;
to improve HMPPS’ knowledge of which activities work to support people and to encourage rehabilitation and desistance
Supporting information
A step-by-step guide on how to access and use the grant portal plus other FAQ’s can be found on this link.
The deadline for application submissions is 2 November 2022 with an expected date for service commencement of 20 April 2023 (all dates subject to change).
High Sheriff and Merseyside Police Charitable Fund – Now Open
The High Sheriff and Merseyside Police Charitable Fund is now open for applications. The fund aims to work with voluntary bodies and community groups in Merseyside to support community safety, crime prevention and security initiatives in their locality.
What is the focus of the fund:
All applications must meet the following objectives of the fund:
To promote a safer and increased quality of life through the prevention of crime and the protection of people and property from harm or fear of harm, and/or criminal acts for the benefit of the public in and around Merseyside.
To support and raise awareness to help communities be and feel safe
To increase provision of diversionary activities and facilities that engage children and young people, and which create long-term impact in preventing and reducing their vulnerability to crime and in engaging in anti-social behaviour.
Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the fund will consider core costs to enable groups to continue to carry out activities that meet the fund’s focus. The fund will also consider projects that aim to reduce and prevent crime-related issues that have been exacerbated by COVID-19:
Increase in domestic abuse
Increase in violent crime
Increase in public order offences
Increase in cybercrime and online fraud
Above average hospital admissions for alcohol specific conditions (under 18s) and for substance misuse (15-24 years)
Increase in vulnerabilities associated with child criminal exploitation
Increases in police recorded hate crimes
The fund’s criteria are reviewed and revised in line with the latest available guidance and evidence, from relevant research, and expert advice. To ensure the activities in your grant application reflect current best practice, and is therefore more likely to have a better chance of success, you may find the following toolkits useful: the College of Policing and Youth Endowment Fund.
How much is available:
Grants will normally range from £500 to £2500 and may be less than the figure applied for. In exceptional circumstances, grants of higher value may be considered.
Which areas are covered
Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St. Helens and Wirral.
Deadline: 24 October 2022 but due to a limited budget the fund may close earlier when sufficient applications are received.
The Reader – Chef
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £10 per hour. Hours per week: Up to 35 hours on a rota basis (Monday – Sunday) / 1 FTE. Reporting to: Kitchen Manager. Location: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB.
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and/or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
Job Description
The Chef will be flexible and hands-on in all areas providing a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with the Reader’s ethos and vision, generating revenue and supporting their wider activity.
Their ideal candidate would have experience within a commercial kitchen/cafe environment with a keen interest and passion for food. You will be self-disciplined and able to produce food to a high standard with attention to detail. Experience in baking would be an advantage.
It is expected that you will have responsibility for the overall daily operation of the café’s kitchen and catering processes being mindful of industry cost margins. You will need the practical skills to execute an interesting but simple menu and be capable of working alongside the Catering manager contributing to the development of innovative seasonal menus.
Current and relevant health and safety/food hygiene certificates are essential. You will work closely with the Social Enterprise team.
Deadline: No formal closing date. Please note that this vacancy was first published in September 2022 and may have expired since then.
Contact Details: laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Network Development Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £30,000 per annum (pro rata). Hours per week: 24.5 hours. Reporting to: Projects and Partnerships Manager. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool is the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims:
To provide the advice that people need for the problems they face,
To improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
Job Description
The purpose of the role is to consolidate the achievements of the Liverpool Access to Advice Network (LATAN), firmly establishing it as a thriving and sustainable network of organisations, providing high-quality, timely legal advice to the population of Liverpool. The post holder will facilitate the network to improve inter-agency referrals and coordinate proactive social policy and campaigns. The post holder will have experience in change management, social policy work and fundraising.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Financial Wellbeing Advice Keyworker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £25,408. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: APP Supervisor. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool is the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims:
To provide the advice that people need for the problems they face,
To improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
Job Description
Citizens Advice Liverpool’s Health Programme is looking for an experienced, well-organised Adviser to co-ordinate access to advice for allocated clients who are at higher risk of disengaging from advice services. Remaining in contact with them throughout their advice journey to remove barriers and support them achieve better outcomes. You will work closely with Health Programme colleagues and other Citizens Advice Liverpool teams to support ongoing client engagement.
You will improve the financial well-being of the client through checking clients are in receipt of the correct welfare benefits, identifying and making grant & trust fund applications, and advising on other income maximisation options. You will help clients prepare a basic household budget and support them in gathering up-to-date financial information in preparation for debt appointments.
Speke/Garston Minibus Agency – Community Transport Operational Support Worker
Posts Available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £22,995 – 25,000 per annum. Hours per week: 37 hours. Reporting to: Transport Manager.
Speke/Garston Minibus Agency (Charity number: 1088911) is a Limited Company/registered charity that was established in 1997.
They have a fleet of minibuses that provide community transport to a variety of projects and contracts with LCC, they also provide transport for school runs in south Liverpool.
They currently have 2 full-time paid numbers of staff and volunteers who drive and act as support staff on the buses. The minibus agency also facilitates MIDAS minibus training for individuals, statuary and voluntary agencies.
They are now looking for a Community Transport Operational Support Worker to join their team.
To apply, please email johnsonanastasia9@gmail.com or call0151 254 1156.
Deadline: Friday 7 October 2022.
Interviews: Week beginning 10 October 2022.
Home-Start Knowsley – Scheme Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: NJC SCP 29 – 32 £33,486 – £36,371. Hours per week: 37 hours. Reporting to: Pam Bowes. Location: Office-based at Home-Start Knowsley.
Home-Start Knowsley is a voluntary organisation committed to promoting the emotional and physical health and well-being of local families with young children. Qualified and experienced staff and well-trained volunteers support families to find solutions to overcome their difficulties and instigate life-long change.
Trustees wish to appoint a Scheme Manager with the following skills:
Ability to secure funding to ensure the sustainability of the Scheme
Take responsibility for providing leadership and management to the team
Manage financial budgets and statistical data
Be responsible for reporting to Trustees and funders.
Essential to the role is:
Successful track record of managing a similar-minded organisation or network
Knowledge of the voluntary sector/management committees
Ability to secure funding and experience of budgeting, planning, and financial systems
Ability to lead a team and develop networks and partnerships
Understand the needs of families with children
Knowledge of legislation and policy relating to children and families and safeguarding protocols.
Posts available: At least 3. Contract: 1 year in the first instance. Term: 1 meeting per month. Location: Collingwood Dock, Regent Rd, Liverpool L3 0AN.
The Docklands Trail is a docklands heritage centre that is situated on the dock quay overlooking the River Mersey. The heritage centre exhibits the history and activity of the north Liverpool and Bootle docks. They aim to educate and improve the aspiration of the youth of adjacent communities. The heritage centre provides a unique tourist attraction to benefit the local economy and help in the regeneration of the adjacent areas as well as provide work experience for local youth and permanent employment.
They are now looking for Trustees to join their organisation.
To learn more about this organisation and to apply, please contact the Chairman at 07831 483088 or email them at les.ellis45@outlook.com.
Deadline: No formal closing date. Please note that this vacancy was first published in September 2022 and may have expired since then.
The Docklands Trail is looking for volunteers
The Docklands Trail is looking to extend its opening hours. They are currently looking for volunteers to join them with a minimum of three volunteers per opening occasion.
They are especially looking for volunteers who have had previous experience as dockers or seafarers and anybody who is interested in the Liverpool docks. It could be that there is a permanent member with two volunteers.
To learn more, please contact Canon Neville Black MBE – nevilleblack55a@me.com or call him at 07970235817.
What is The Docklands Trail?
The Docklands Trail is a docklands heritage centre that is situated on the dock quay overlooking the River Mersey. The heritage centre exhibits the history and activity of the north Liverpool and Bootle docks. They aim to educate and improve the aspiration of the youth of adjacent communities. The heritage centre provides a unique tourist attraction to benefit the local economy and help in the regeneration of the adjacent areas as well as provide work experience for local youth and permanent employment.
PaSH in Liverpool – George House Trust – HIV Support Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £25,419. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Services Director. Location: Liverpool/agile.
The PaSH Partnership is a collaboration between BHA for Equality, George House Trust, and LGBT Foundation.
The PaSH Partnership is looking forward to rolling out a comprehensive programme of interventions to meet the changing needs of people newly diagnosed with HIV, living longer term with HIV or at the greatest risk of acquiring HIV.
The programme will include HIV testing, access to free condoms and lube, a dedicated sexual health website, HIV outreach, and support for adults and children newly diagnosed with HIV or living with HIV longer term.
Job Description
To deliver a range of support interventions for people living with HIV including:
one-to-one advice, information and advocacy services
a comprehensive group work programme of sessions, courses and events
other relevant services which improve the well-being of people living with HIV in Liverpool.
Contact Details: joshua@ght.org.uk or 0330 174 4433.
PaSH in Liverpool – LGBT Foundation – Sexual Health Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent, subject to funding. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £26,808 pro rata. Hours per week: 18.5 hours. Reporting to: Head of Sexual Health. Location: Liverpool.
The PaSH Partnership is a collaboration between BHA for Equality, George House Trust, and LGBT Foundation.
The PaSH Partnership is looking forward to rolling out a comprehensive programme of interventions to meet the changing needs of people newly diagnosed with HIV, living longer term with HIV or at the greatest risk of acquiring HIV.
The programme will include HIV testing, access to free condoms and lube, a dedicated sexual health website, HIV outreach, and support for adults and children newly diagnosed with HIV or living with HIV longer term.
Job Description
The Sexual Health Coordinator will be responsible for developing and coordinating the delivery of a comprehensive range of sexual health testing, workshops, training sessions, and interactive activities. This will include a focus on prevention tools (PrEP, PEP, U=U, condoms and lube and regular testing), pleasure (masturbation, sex toys and intimate touch) and healthy relationships (consent, boundaries and negotiation).
You will play an integral role in the writing, delivery and ongoing maintenance of the LGBT Foundation’s Sexual Health community asset mapping strategy for Liverpool. This will include developing activities to support individuals and their communities to determine, mobilise and develop their assets. As part of the strategy, you will recruit, train and support community assets across Liverpool.
The Sexual Health Coordinator will line manage the Sexual Health Officer to ensure that testing, workshops and information stalls are delivered, meeting targets as outlined in their funding agreements.
The Sexual Health Coordinator will represent LGBT Foundation’s Sexual Health team at LGBT partnership and sexual health meetings across Liverpool, forming and maintaining partnerships with local social and support groups, influencers and venues.
You will work closely with the Communications Team and PaSH Partnership colleagues to develop and promote campaigns that highlight the sexual health and well-being needs of LGBT communities. This includes being responsive to localised data and facilitating the co-production of resources and materials that reflect the needs of all LGBT people across Liverpool.
PaSH in Liverpool – BHA for Equality – Community Engagement and Development Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent subject to funding. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £22,571 – £27,514. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Programme Lead. Location: Liverpool/hybrid.
The PaSH Partnership is a collaboration between BHA for Equality, George House Trust, and LGBT Foundation.
The PaSH Partnership is looking forward to rolling out a comprehensive programme of interventions to meet the changing needs of people newly diagnosed with HIV, living longer term with HIV or at the greatest risk of acquiring HIV.
The programme will include HIV testing, access to free condoms and lube, a dedicated sexual health website, HIV outreach, and support for adults and children newly diagnosed with HIV or living with HIV longer term.
Job Description
Develop and deliver community engagement initiatives and sexual health promotion
Raise awareness of sexual and reproductive health issues (via digital and community-based engagement)
Ensure people from all communities can access HIV testing and other prevention tools so that no one is left behind
Provide culturally appropriate information and advice suitable and accessible for a wide range of communities with complex needs aimed at improving knowledge, confidence and influencing behaviour.
PaSH in Liverpool – LGBT Foundation – Sexual Health Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent subject to funding. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £21,538 pro rata. Hours per week: 18.5 hours. Reporting to: Sexual Health Coordinator. Location: Liverpool/Hybrid.
The PaSH Partnership is a collaboration between BHA for Equality, George House Trust, and LGBT Foundation.
The PaSH Partnership is looking forward to rolling out a comprehensive programme of interventions to meet the changing needs of people newly diagnosed with HIV, living longer term with HIV or at the greatest risk of acquiring HIV.
The programme will include HIV testing, access to free condoms and lube, a dedicated sexual health website, HIV outreach, and support for adults and children newly diagnosed with HIV or living with HIV longer term.
Job Description
The Sexual Health Officer will support with the delivery of targeted sexual health and wellbeing services, working towards key quality, performance and activity targets. You will help reduce stigma by increasing awareness of sexual and reproductive health and related issues including STIs and HIV, contraception, preventative tools, and sexual health screening.
You will deliver a range of targeted sexual health interventions (including workshops, brief interventions and one-to-one support) in a wide variety of settings across Liverpool with intersectional LGBT people. You will ensure that all activity, performance and monitoring data is kept up to date on their central management system (CMS), producing reports as and when requested.
You will lead on the recruitment, training and ongoing management of a flexible and diverse team of volunteers who will deliver sexual health interventions. As part of this role, you will be expected to travel within the region and occasionally to LGBT Foundation sites.
Bronte Youth & Community Centre – Sessional Youth/Play Worker
Posts available: 1. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £10.15 – £12.50 per week. Hours per week: 12 hours, 4 evenings 5 – 8 pm (flexible adjustments may be required). Reporting to: Laura Cain (Centre Manager). Location: Bronte Youth & Community Centre, Trowbridge Street, L3 5NB.
This is an exciting opportunity to work at The Bronte, a local Youth and Community Centre, situated within the St Andrews area of Liverpool close to the City Centre. It was established in the 1960s delivering all aspects of youth and play work to children and young people whilst initiating support programs and opportunities for the local community.
They are looking for a youth/play support worker with a positive attitude, a confident personality, a flexible/adaptable working approach and an ability to demonstrate previous youth/play work experience – this a core requirement.
The ideal candidate will have the ability to motivate and inspire young people and children to develop their personal skills that will help them to broaden their horizons, improve/enrich their life chances, have fun and make a positive contribution within their own, and wider communities. You will also be able to create a positive rapport and develop professional relationships with children and young people, the local community, and all relevant partners and stakeholders.
The work will include direct contact with children and young people over four evenings per week during three-hour sessions. There will also be a requirement for flexible adjustments to these periods, to ensure delivery of specific day-time programs that reflect the school holidays. The work may also include occasional weekends along with outreach support and engagement/activities with the local community.
To read the full job description and to apply, please contact bronte.ycc@gmail.com.
Deadline: No formal closing date. Please note that this vacancy was first published in September 2022 and may have expired since then.
For more information, please call 0151 709 3616 / 07870977627.
Culture and Arts Investment Programme (CAIP) – Now Open
The Culture and Arts Investment Programme (CAIP) supports a range of creative arts activities across the city, including film and video screenings, festivals and carnivals, combined and multi-disciplinary arts, creative crafts, dance, drama and literature. It also supports visual, public and digital art, and theatre, comedy and music.
They are now accepting stage one applications for CAIP funding for 3 years funding for 2023/24 to 2025/26 from organisations that meet the eligibility criteria.
Who can apply?
They will accept applications from organisations that are based and operate in the Liverpool local authority area, which provide significant cultural activities.
They cannot accept applications from individual artists, informally constituted collectives, formal educational establishments (schools, colleges, universities etc) or informal networks.
Joint applications may be submitted by a lead partner who will solely be accountable for the delivery of the programme and comply with the terms and conditions of the grant.
CAIP Revenue funding will support annual core costs of organisations that deliver multiyear programmes, rather than one off events or projects. The total amount of funding available is £2.212m.
Funding must not be used for activities beyond the Liverpool local authority area and all projects must be completed by March 2026, subject to further approval by the council.
The deadline for Stage 1 Applications is 9 am on Tuesday 11 October 2022.
To attend a CAIP Briefing, please email caip@liverpool.gov.uk.
The briefing will be held on two occasions:
11 am – 12 noon, Monday 26 September 2022, Online
11.30 am on Tuesday 27 September 2022, Cunard room, 6th floor, Cunard building
Funding Available for Growing Projects in Liverpool City Region
The Liverpool Food Growers Network wants to hear your volunteer stories!
Growing projects and community gardens in Liverpool City Region are invited to apply for small grants of £500 from the Liverpool Food Growers Network.
The funding is for hosting an open event at your community garden, growing space or an associated venue to highlight stories and achievements of your volunteers. It can be used to cover the preparations and hosting of the event.
They would like your event to show them:
Why your volunteers get involved
What the volunteers have achieved in the growing space
What kind of activities the volunteers do
How you organise volunteer activities at the growing space
The events must:
Be open to the public
Feature your volunteer stories (this could be in the form of spoken presentations, displays, a tour of the growing space, etc.)
If you need the form in another format, please get in touch with the Liverpool Food Growers Network at liverpoolfoodgrowers@gmail.com.
The LCVS office will be closed this Bank Holiday
Due to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s State Funeral on Monday 19 September, there will be a national bank holiday.
The LCVS office will be closed on that day. Our normal hours will resume on Tuesday 21 September 2022.
LCVS is looking to hire a Funding Advisor!
Do you want to be part of an organisation that provides support, advice and training for organisations across Liverpool? Are you passionate about strengthening communities, and about improving wellbeing? Do you want to be part of a movement that brings people, organisations and resources together? If so, we would love to hear from you!
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) in a capacity that will allow you to impact the voluntary sector across this wonderful city!
Charity Horizons is delighted to be supporting the LCVS in our search for a Funding Advisor who will deliver advice, training and consultancy support to voluntary community and faith sector groups on a range of funding opportunities.
£25,000-£28,000.
Full Time / Permanent,
Liverpool (hybrid).
Do you want to be part of an organisation that provides support, advice and training for organisations across Liverpool? Are you passionate about strengthening communities, and about improving wellbeing? Do you want to be part of a movement that brings people, organisations and resources together? We would love to hear from you!
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) in a capacity that will allow you to impact the voluntary sector across this wonderful city!
The Role
Charity Horizons is delighted to be supporting the LCVS in our search for a Funding Advisor who will deliver advice, training and consultancy support to voluntary community and faith sector groups on a range of funding opportunities. Duties will include:
Offering regular support and guidance sessions to provide information, advice and practical support (including bid writing) to voluntary and community groups
Providing technical assistance to voluntary, community and faith sector organisations in identifying gaps/weaknesses in funding submissions
Preparing funding applications and tenders on behalf of client organisations and to secure additional funding opportunities and provide advice around diversifying income
Making and sustaining effective working relationships with funding agencies, and to raise issues on behalf of community and voluntary sector organisations on matters relating to relevant funds.
The Person
To be considered for this role you should come to us with experience working in, or with, the non-profit sector and have a demonstrable track record of writing and submitting successful bids. You should be able to develop and steward relationships with an active list of organisations and be able to support charities in developing their funding strategies. You should therefore be knowledgeable of, and have experience with, local and national grant funders, but also have expertise across other areas of fundraising.
This is a truly unique and exciting opportunity to join a flexible organisation who puts the wellbeing of its staff at the core. The role will be a blend of homeworking, office-working and travel across the region. By joining LCVS as Funding Advisor you will form part of a small but ambitious team and play a role achieving long-term systemic improvements for the charity.
To register your interest please send a copy of your CV to jobs@charityhorizons.co.uk, or for more information contact Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons:
Charlie – 07799521685 / charlie@charityhorizons.co.uk
Please note: If you would like to submit an application or express your interest in an alternative format, such as audio or video upload, please contact either Charlie or Leanne who will be happy to advise on this. Please also be aware that Charity Horizons use anonymous recruitment methods when submitting shortlists for all our roles and we only work with organisations that are happy to engage with us in this way.
Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.
Deadline: Friday 7 October 2022.
HM Queen Elizabeth II has died
HM The Queen was the longest reigning monarch in British history. Since 1952 when she first took the throne, she has been a single constant in a fast-evolving world. She will be missed. Our thoughts are with her loved ones at this moment.
YPAS – Young Person Therapist
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: NJC: Scale SCP 23 (£27,741.00). Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: YIACS Development Manager. Location: Central Hub – 36 Bolton Street, Liverpool L3 5LX.
YPAS offers a wide range of support, well-being and therapeutic service for children, young people and families in Merseyside. Established in 1966; YPAS is a charity that supports children, young people, and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Job Description
To identify and assess the therapeutic needs of children and young people who are experiencing difficulties with their mental health and emotional well-being.
To manage and maintain a caseload of working within a 1+8 therapeutic delivery model under the YPAS Clinical Management system.
To liaise with the clinical administration team regarding referrals and allocation.
To develop and maintain sound working relationships with external agencies to enable appropriate support for additional needs of children and young people.
To work in collaboration with cross-sector agencies to support the needs of children and young people.
To work peripatetically in relation to the needs of the child or young person.
To initiate and support the EHAT (Early Help Assessment Tool) process in response to the levels of need for families and multi-agency working.
To attend safeguarding, EHAT and multi-agency meetings as and when required.
To record activity data onto YPAS’s centralised data system in accordance with YPAS’ record-keeping policy.
To actively promote and encourage participation and service user engagement.
To contribute to YPAS service developments.
To be committed to value-based and anti-discriminatory practice.
To participate and consult within YPAS’s policy review system.
To share knowledge and skills through training as and when requested.
To engage with all internal YPAS services to ensure any additional needs of children, young people and families are met.
To produce monthly activity reports based on your work undertaken.
To undertake any additional duties consistent with the nature of this position as agreed through the management structure.
To utilise Routine Outcome Measures collaboratively within practice to assess, monitor, evaluate and demonstrate intervention impact.
To actively participate in the quality assurance of the service via appropriate systems underpinned by ISO9001.
To work peripatetically in relation to the needs of children, young people and families.
To adhere to the data security and information governance compliance requirements in accordance with GDPR.
To safeguard children, young people and families by adhering to the protocols of YPAS and the LSCP (Liverpool Safeguarding Children Partnership).
To identify and access appropriate training and personal development opportunities.
To read the full job description and to apply please request an application pack from recruitment@ypas.org.uk.
Deadline: 19 September 2022.
Interviews: Circa 22 September 2022.
YPAS – Well Being Team Lead – Central Hub
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: NJC: Scale SO 2 SCP 25-27 (£30,095.00 – £31,895.00). Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: YIACS Development Manager. Location: Central Hub – 36 Bolton Street, Liverpool L3 5LX.
YPAS offers a wide range of support, well-being and therapeutic service for children, young people and families in Merseyside. Established in 1966; YPAS is a charity that supports children, young people, and families to address their mental health and emotional well-being difficulties.
Job Description
To work collaboratively with the South hub and North Hub Team Leads to ensure seamless access to early intervention, prevention wellbeing services and alternative crisis services across 3 mental health hubs.
To ensure the quality and consistency in working practice and clarity of work-related tasks and targets across teams.
To support the multi-disciplinary team of wellbeing practitioners.
Team Lead Duties and Responsibilities:
Work as part of a service leadership team
To provide six weekly operational supervision to support (maximum of 10 staff members)
Ensure staff adhere to the relevant policies and procedures
To act as the communication conduit between wellbeing team and management
To provide clinical leadership to the Wellbeing team
To ensure the staff team feel heard, supported and motivated
To ensure staff members are working towards the strategic goals of the organisation as guided by management and CEO
To ensure staff members understand the purpose of routine outcome and embed them in their practice
To enable the ongoing professional development and reflective practice of staff
To work closely with the Senior Management Team to ensure commissioned services are delivered in relation to funding specification
To consider creative methods to address gaps in provision
To ensure the Wellbeing team record and enter data in accordance with YPAS’s patient management system (IAPTUS)
To foster positive working relationships with partner agencies
To ensure the wellbeing team follow the clinical management process
To coordinate and schedule team meetings and development days.
To read the full job description and to apply please request an application pack from recruitment@ypas.org.uk.
Deadline: 19 September 2022.
Interviews: Circa 22 September 2022.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Finance Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £22,260-£25,408 per annum (dependent on experience). Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Finance and HR Manager. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool is the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims:
To provide the advice people need for the problems they face,
To improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
Job Description
To provide a full finance administration support service to the Finance and HR Department of Citizens Advice Liverpool working closely with the Finance and HR Manager. To ensure that accurate and timely financial information is recorded and processed using the Quickbooks accounts system. To assist in the provision of the organisation’s financial management service to ensure Citizens Advice Liverpool operates effectively and is compliant with all legal and sector requirements.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Advice Service Supervisor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £26,489 – £28,620 (Salary dependent on experience/paid staff line management responsibility). Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Advice Services Manager. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool is the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims:
To provide the advice people need for the problems they face,
To improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
Job Description
The aim of the Advice Service Supervisor is to maintain a consistent quality of advice and help for clients by providing support, guidance and feedback on a day-to-day basis. There are 3 main areas:
ensuring quality – actively supporting the quality of advice by guiding the team to information sources, checking that all aspects of a client’s situation have been considered, checking that follow-up work is progressed, and that research and campaigns issues are identified
providing support – actively supporting each team member to develop their skills and competences, by explaining, guiding, demonstrating, encouraging, suggesting, coaching, giving constructive feedback and challenging appropriately – adapting the level of support to individual competence and need, and taking account of the team as a whole
managing the practicalities – overseeing and managing all practical issues relating to the session – allocating the team to face-to-face work or other communication methods, checking waiting times or interview lengths, and if necessary, dealing with client or Citizens Advice emergencies.
Live series of conversations with not-for-profit-sector podcasters launches
Grab The MIC: Live is brand-new series of live-streamed conversations with MIC Media founder and podcast expert Vic Elizabeth Turnbull and podcasters from across the not-for-profit sector. It will spotlight the good egg podcasters who are doing brilliant things in our corner of the world. And to show you the huge and exciting possibilities when it comes to podcasts in the Third Sector.
The series, which is being streamed live on LinkedIn from 13 September 2022, will inspire you to Grab the MIC and start your own podcast or perhaps give you some helpful hints and tips to boost or reinvigorate the one that you already have!
MIC media, who are a podcast production social enterprise that specialises in working with social impact organisations, and believes that charities, CICs, Social Enterprises or any other not-for-profit can create engaging great-quality podcasts. They don’t have to be expensive to make or boring and run-of-the-mill!
For example, they speak to those that are using podcasts to give a voice to their beneficiaries, organisations who are showing off their incredible outcomes, or those that have answered an immediate need in their communities. Already confirmed are national educational charity Children’s University, legacy fundraising consultant Sanita Guddu, theatre organisation Made by Mortals CIC and female empowerment CIC, Inspire Oldham.
The First Grab The MIC: Live
On 13 September 2022, they will chat with Helen O’Donnell and Liam Nolan from the forward-thinking educational charity, Children’s University. The CEO and Head of Communications will sit down with them to talk about how they Grabbed the MIC and created their podcast Children’s University: Live!
The podcast, which originally started life as a way to replay key talks from their annual conference, has developed into the mouthpiece for current issues around social mobility and education. This is set to be a fascinating insight into how an education charity has Grabbed the MIC to bolster its voice of authority in social mobility and educational issues.
Grab The MIC: Live is streamed live on MIC media’s LinkedIn page.
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Tues 13 Sept – “A mouthpiece for your cause and making your events go further” with Helen O’Donnell and Liam Nolan from Children’s University: Live! Podcast RSVP: Here
Tues 20 Sept – “Positioning yourself as a trusted voice of authority in your specialism” with Sanita Guddu from Legacy Fundraising Chat podcast. RSVP: Here
Tues 18 Oct – “When answering a need turns into global recognition” with Andy Smith, from Made by Mortals / Armchair Adventures podcast. RSVP: coming soon
Tues 8 Nov – “Giving your beneficiaries a voice” with Sally Bonnie from Inspire Women Oldham, That Inspire Feeling podcast. RSVP: coming soon
Can’t make it live?
Grab The MIC: Live’s will be recorded and uploaded onto MIC’s YouTube channel in the weeks after the conversation. You can only ask a question if you come to the live streams.
Fancy a chat about your podcast?
MIC media will be doing Grab The MIC: Live at least once a month. If you’re a podcaster in the not-for-profit world and are doing something innovative or interesting, get in touch and tell them more about it and they could feature you and your podcast in a future Grab The MIC: Live. Simply email MIC at: hey@MICmedia.co.uk.
National Lottery Grants for Heritage Application Support
The National Lottery Heritage Fund wants to encourage community and voluntary organisations to develop their own heritage projects. Exploring heritage can provide opportunities to unlock wider benefits for individuals and communities, particularly as we look for ways to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.
National Lottery Grants for Heritage is their open programme for all types of heritage projects in the UK and awards range from £3k – £5 Million. Heritage can be anything from the past that people value and want to pass on to future generations.
Organisations can access advice and support from the Heritage Fund’s Engagement Team in the North whatever the level of funding they wish to apply for.
Free online session offering a step-by-step guide to what they are looking for in applications are available to all groups looking to apply for a small grant (between £3k – £10k) or a medium grant (between £10k – £250k) – Spaces are available to book here.
Applicants looking to apply for a medium grant can also submit a Project Enquiry via their application portal. They will be contacted by an Engagement Manager within 10 days who can offer bespoke advice and guidance. This does not form part of the formal application process.
For large grants of between £250k – £5m you are asked to submit an Expression of Interest via their application portal. This is a compulsory competitive step, looking to assess if your project is well thought through, meets one or more of their priority outcomes and responds to need and demand, particularly from a wider range of people.
Police Commissioner launches £50,000 Youth Diversion Fund for projects over autumn half term
Community groups which will offer safe and engaging activities for young people are being invited to bid for grants for projects running during the autumn half-term, thanks to Merseyside’s Police Commissioner.
Emily Spurrell has announced that she is releasing the funding from her Youth Diversion Fund, using money raised through the Police Property Act which sees money from the sale of unclaimed stolen goods or property recovered by the police which cannot be returned to be diverted into worthwhile causes.
The Commissioner is encouraging community organisations, charities and groups to apply for a vital cash boost of up to £3,000 grants for grassroots initiatives which are working to divert young people away from anti-social behaviour and crime during a time when this traditionally spikes.
A total of £50,000 is available from the fund for one-off grants for organisations which are committed to improving community safety, reducing crime or supporting victims.
The Commissioner said: “I’m delighted to be able to open up my Youth Diversion Fund for the third time for bids of up to £3,000 to organisations which are working to make their communities safer and better places to live by engaging with young people, particularly over the autumn half term.
“Many communities across Merseyside traditionally see a rise in criminal and anti-social behaviour around Bonfire and Mischief Night. Historically, it is also a particularly busy time for the police and the fire service. Through these grants, I want to help alleviate these issues and provide safe and engaging activities for young people to make sure they don’t become involved in anti-social or criminal behaviour.
“I want to see these grants used to support projects that complement the excellent diversionary work carried out by Merseyside Police and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, ensuring that young people can enjoy the autumn festivities in a safe and enjoyable way which is properly supervised.”
Emily added: “Local people know their communities best. They know what works when engaging with their young people and I am looking forward to reviewing their ideas and initiatives for ensuring everyone can have a safe and fun Halloween.”
The Youth Diversion Fund is administered by the Community Foundation for Merseyside, (CFM) on behalf of the Commissioner. CFM holds funds from individuals and organisations as donors who wish to support deserving causes in Merseyside.
All applications must be submitted online via the Community Foundation for Merseyside by 4 pm on 23 September 2022.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: Part-time. Salary: £125 per day. Hours per week: 1-2 days per week (22 days in total). Reporting to: Youth Empowerment Director. Location: Liverpool.
Comics Youth CIC is an innovative non-profit that delivers comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects for disadvantaged children and young people aged 8-25 within Merseyside and the wider Knowsley Borough. The overall ethos of the organisation is to break down participation barriers for marginalised groups including looked after children, LGBTQIA young people, care leavers, young carers and young people experiencing complex mental ill health within the Liverpool City Region to make, create and publish comic books about salient community issues. Sessions are delivered within safe, inclusive, and indiscriminate community venues.
The Safe Spaces Coordinator (Freelance) will deliver workshops to LGBTQIA children and young people aged 10-18, with the aim of supporting them to develop a ‘reclaiming community spaces’ social action project within Liverpool City Centre. The ideal candidate will have experience working with children and young people and a good understanding of developing social action campaigns, event management and record keeping. They will be able to effectively deliver workshops, develop session plans, work to deadlines, and have excellent attention to detail.
Aim of the project:
To support LGBTQIA youth and marginalised youth to access community spaces.
To increase community cohesion through the establishment of social action projects to reclaim Community Spaces within Liverpool.
To increase awareness about LGBTQIA and mental health issues within the Liverpool City Region.
After 5 years at LCVS as our Funding Advisor, John McCormack is moving on to pastures new.
John’s last day will be on Friday 23 September 2022.
During his time with us at LCVS, both in his role as a Funding Advisor and during a previous period with us in our Grants Team, John has worked with a high degree of skill and dedication and a huge level of personal commitment, for which we will always be grateful.
He has helped to raise more than £15m for good local causes in his time with us as Funding Advisor.
John also played a vital role as part of the wider LCVS response to Covid-19, which ensured that the local not-for-profit sector could effectively respond to community need during a time of crisis.
John will be missed as a colleague, though hopefully not as a friend and we will miss his wit, dedication, and incomparable knowledge of 1980s action cinema.
We also wanted to confirm that we are already hard at work in the process of recruiting John’s successor and will continue to offer fundraising support in the meantime.
If your organisation requires funding support, please contact LCVS through the usual channels, including (0151) 227 5177 and via this link.
Thank you, John & good luck!
Reminder to apply for the DCMS Youth Investment Fund Phase 2 grant
The Youth Investment fund (YIF) aims to create, expand and improve local youth facilities and their services, to drive positive outcomes for young people, including improved mental and physical wellbeing, and skills for life and work.
This comprises an allocation of £288m towards capital grants and up to £80m revenue grants and is funded by the UK Government. This second phase will support projects in selected eligible areas in England to level up youth provision, assessing and distributing grants so that local youth facilities and services can be the best they can be.
By 2024/25, Phase 2 will deliver grants for the construction/redevelopment of up to 300 youth facilities that:
represent positive value for money,
are environmentally sustainable,
and enable positive activities for young people aged 11 to 18 (up to 25 for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities)
This funding will drive value-for-money facilities that youth organisations can afford to sustain. Using modern methods of construction (MMC) and other innovative construction techniques, as well as supporting redevelopment projects that expand youth service provision, the YIF will achieve savings on facility running costs, so that resources can focus on activities that enrich young people’s lives.
There are no set deadlines for expressions of interest, but grants will start to be made from October/November this year. Projects can be at any stage of development so from early stage planning to those where work can begin very soon after a grant is made. As a result, we are encouraging organisations who are interested in this opportunity to submit their expressions and get engaged in the process as soon as possible.
LCVS Cost of Living Crisis VCF Organisational Support Survey
The Cost of Living Crisis could have a significant impact on the entire voluntary, community and faith sectors here in Liverpool. At LCVS and the Community Foundation for Merseyside, we recognise that the needs of the sector may have changed in recent months, or that additional support may be needed to minimise the impact of this crisis and to help the sector through the next few months.
As such, it is critical that we hear from you.
Your feedback will allow us to lobby on the sector’s behalf to help meet the needs of your organisation and the people you serve. The information we collect will allow us to make a case for further investment into the sector to make sure resources and support are targeted where they are needed most.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £27,170 PA. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: Flexible between 9:00 – 5:00, Monday to Friday. Reporting to: Information & Advice Supervisor. Location: Central Liverpool.
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Description
They are pleased to say The Brain Charity is growing year on year. They are now seeking an individual with a strong background in finance to deliver key elements of their corporate strategy and help take their organisation to the next level.
Receiving practical help in important areas such as welfare benefits, legal advice and social care is a key part of The Brain Charity’s work and they are extremely proud to be able to offer this to individuals when they need it most.
As one of their Information and Advice Officers, you will work at the very heart of their services delivering this essential support to individuals whose lives are often in crisis.
They are seeking an emotionally intelligent and resourceful individual with a strong background in a related area such as social care, welfare, health or housing, etc. to join this vital team.
Their Information and advice officers offer high-quality practical help, information and emotional support to individuals via face-to-face, e-mail and telephone support services.
The role involves working with individuals with a wide range of conditions and also offers support to their families, friends and carers. The key areas of support include money, housing, employment, relationships and support navigating health, welfare, and social care services.
Interviews: Week commencing Monday 26 September 2022.
Contact Details: Jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk.
Merseyside Society for Deaf People – Trustee
This is a voluntary role.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Location: West Derby.
Merseyside Society for Deaf People (MSDP) was established in 1864 to address the many barriers and inequalities experienced by Deaf people. The charity seeks to help Deaf people to achieve a full, active and influencing role in mainstream society. The charity’s objectives have since widened and now also include people who are Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing.
They are now looking for a new trustee.
As a Trustee, you will be expected to:
Act in the Charity’s best interest
Manage the Charity’s resources responsibly
Deal with conflicts of interest
Implement appropriate financial controls
Manage risk
Act with reasonable care and skill
Attend regular board meetings
Help formulate strategic, business and corporate partnership plans
Guide and consult on matters of strategy, governance and finance
Ensure annual reviews and reports are processed on time
Ongoing assessment of the charity’s legal integrity
Become an active ambassador of Merseyside Society for Deaf People; Promoting the charity’s work and reputation amongst contacts
Seek to secure financial support for the charity i.e. corporate partnerships, high profile donors.
Deadline: No formal closing date. Please note that this vacancy was first published in August 2022 and may have expired since then
Merseyside Police | Have your say on the Police Race Action Plan
The Police Race Action Plan released by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and the College of Policing sets out the commitment of Chief Constables in England and Wales to become an anti-racist police service, address significantly lower levels of trust and confidence among some Black people and explain or reform race disparities.
The plan, which was launched in May, is currently open to independent scrutiny from the public, police officers and staff and other stakeholders, who are invited to share their views in a survey.
All feedback will be considered before the plan is finalised in December 2022.
Their commitments in the plan include:
Zero tolerance of racism in policing
Adopting an ‘explain or reform’ approach to address the negative impact and outcomes experienced by Black people
Increasing the awareness and understanding of every officer and member of staff of racism; anti-racism and Black history and its connection to policing, through training for all
Better enabling Black people to have their voices heard, by asking for input from local communities and Black police officers and staff
Increasing the involvement of Black communities in their work and improving the support to Black victims of crime.
For more information and to read the full Police Race Action Plan, please click here.
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Diverse Active C.I.C – Mums SOCIAL – Project Activator
Posts available: 1-2. Contract: Freelance. Term: Part-time & Full-Time Opportunities. Salary: £10.00 – £20.00 per hour. Hours per week: 10 – 35 hours. Reporting to: Project Manager. Location: Liverpool City Region.
Main purpose of role:
To deliver buggy walks, social engagement events and activities for pregnant women and mums with babies/young children living in St Helens, Knowsley & Liverpool, helping to bring communities together and combat social isolation.
Main responsibilities:
Coordinate and facilitate weekly social events and activities across St Helens, Knowsley & Liverpool.
Engage local people and successfully communicate with project attendees.
Work alongside and support volunteers to develop the project.
Public outreach and promotion within the local community.
Liaise with and establish working relationships with local services and organisations.
Maintain accurate records and complete general administrative tasks; including populating spreadsheets, compiling monitoring reports and producing & providing information for project attendees.
Support, communicate with and take responsibility for all project attendees.
Support the Project Manager and the directors to grow and develop the Mums SOCIAL project and Mamafit programme.
Posts available: 1-2. Contract: Freelance. Term: Part-time & Full-Time Opportunities. Salary: £10.00 – £20.00 per hour. Hours per week: 10 – 35 hours. Reporting to: Project Manager. Location: Liverpool City Region.
Main purpose of role:
To deliver exercise & lifestyle courses, fitness classes and buggy walks for pregnant women, mums with babies/young children and families.
Main responsibilities:
Delivery of exercise & lifestyle courses and fitness classes; Indoor, outdoor and online.
Leading buggy walks in local green spaces.
Activity management, including; coordination of activities, communication with attendees during and following activities, ensuring all relevant admin is completed, monitoring attendance and completing course reports.
Public outreach and promotion within the local community and online.
Maintaining accurate records and completing general administrative tasks; including writing reports, producing blogs/videos & providing information to attendees.
Support, communicate with and take responsibility for all attendees.
Support the Project Manager and the directors to grow and develop the Mamafit and Mums SOCIAL programmes.
Liverpool Quaker Meeting House – Meeting House Assistant
Posts available: 1. Contract: Casual. Term: Flexible Hours. Salary: £9.90 per hour. Hours per week: Variable including evening and Saturdays. Reporting to: General Manager. Location: Liverpool Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BT.
Liverpool Quaker Meeting House is the Quakers Place of Worship, they also provide room hire.
Position Overview:
Working as part of a team to service meetings at the Liverpool QMH, being customer-focused at all times in order to operate the Meeting House as a hospitable and welcoming venue, ensure safety and security of the building’s users and ensure Meeting House is clean and presentable. Duties include cleaning and preparing rooms for customers. Customer and visitor welcome. Preparing and clearing hospitality as required. Reception duties include answering the phone and taking messages and bookings and other tasks consistent with the nature and scope of this role.
Requirements
Customer service, warm welcoming approach
Good communication skills (able to provide clear guidance and direction and respond to questions or requests appropriately)
Physically able to meet the requirements of the job which include moving and setting up the furniture (subject to Health and Safety Assessment) and cleaning.
Deadline: No formal closing date. Please note: this vacancy was first published in August 2022.
For more information and to apply, please contact manager@liverpoolquakers.org.uk.
Blackburne House Group – Teaching and Learning Lead Tutor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £27,711 per year. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Director of Education. Location: Blackburne House, Blackburne Place, Liverpool L8 7PE.
Blackburne House Group is a training-led organisation, which delivers high-quality training, and education services. They’re based in a beautiful Grade II listed building, situated in Liverpool’s famous Hope Street quarter, close to the city centre.
Attracting thousands of visitors each year, their facilities include an education centre for women, the School for Social Entrepreneurs North West, a thriving bistro, a women’s wellness centre, excellent conference facilities and a 30-place nursery. From the beginning, these highly acclaimed and flourishing social enterprises have supported their educational aims and provide tangible examples of how new markets can be used to serve local communities.
Job Description
Blackburne House is a Liverpool-based social enterprise that supports the development and education of local and often vulnerable women. Their Teaching and Learning Lead Tutor will support the development, design and delivery of training including Education and Training qualifications to learners.
They are looking for someone who is experienced in teaching adult learners in an FE sector or similar. You will be confident in working collaboratively as part of a busy Education team.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £27,711 per year. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Director of Education. Location: Blackburne House, Blackburne Place, Liverpool L8 7PE.
Blackburne House Group is a training-led organisation, which delivers high-quality training, and education services. They’re based in a beautiful Grade II listed building, situated in Liverpool’s famous Hope Street quarter, close to the city centre.
Attracting thousands of visitors each year, their facilities include an education centre for women, the School for Social Entrepreneurs North West, a thriving bistro, a women’s wellness centre, excellent conference facilities and a 30-place nursery. From the beginning, these highly acclaimed and flourishing social enterprises have supported their educational aims and provide tangible examples of how new markets can be used to serve local communities.
Job Description
Blackburne House is a Liverpool-based social enterprise that supports the development and education of local and often vulnerable women. They are seeking an experienced and passionate learner-focused ESOL Lead Tutor to join their team. As the ESOL Lead Tutor, you will take an active role in the delivery and assessment of ESOL courses to a high standard.
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary:Fully Trained: £27,030 / Trainee: £24,327. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Money Advice Supervisor. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool is the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims:
To provide the advice people need for the problems they face,
To improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
Job Description
You will advise clients struggling with debt, ensuring that clients receive their full entitlement to all benefits, receive appropriate financial capability support and experience a positive customer experience from Citizens Advice Liverpool. To be successful in this role, you will need to be confident, motivated and willing to try new things, have excellent communication skills with an ability to work under pressure to achieve targets and outcomes with minimum supervision.
Your work will make a difference in people’s lives empowering people in Liverpool to find a way forward.
Anti-Racism Training Consultation | Race Equality Learning and Development Project
Jane Eme-Power is a Human Resources consultant specialist with over 30 years of experience, working on change programmes, predominantly in the public and third sectors.
She has been commissioned by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to undertake research on hearing the voices of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic businesses, community groups and residents on:
Your experiences of racism, discrimination and harassment as a user of services provided by the LA’s (Local Authorities) including your wider experiences of racism, and
Secondly to hear your views on what you would expect to see in the design of a RE training programme for staff.
Click here to see the information page which will provide you with further details of the research.
Please note: To take part, you (or your organisation) must be within the Liverpool City Region.
If you are interested in taking part in an interview or focus group, or have any questions or need any further information, please contact Jane.Eme-Power@outlook.com
Open for Applications – North West Thriving Communities Learning Together Programme
Applications are now open for the FREE North West Thriving Communities Learning Together Programme – Autumn Winter 2022/23.
This regional programme is open to voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations across the North West region interested or involved in social prescribing.
Sefton Park Palm House Preservation Trust – Clerk to the Board of Trustees
Part-Time, 2 days per month (16 hours) £15.00 per hour Liverpool, L1 1AP
The Sefton Park Palm House Preservation Trust (SPPHPT) is a busy organization that has lots going on at all times and the Palm House is an award-winning wedding venue, historic visitor attraction & community space. They recently added a highly successful café and takeaway operation to the Palm House which in 2021 celebrated 125 years since its opening and 20 years since its restoration. The SPPPHT, in partnership with Liverpool City Council, have recently been awarded a £270,000 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to improve interpretation and engage with a wider & diverse audience, so there has never been a more exciting time to join their team.
Sefton Park Palm House Preservation Trust is a registered charity set up in 1996 to manage the Palm House, the Trust raises all its own income.
This covers the running costs, together with an annual contribution to Liverpool City Council towards the building maintenance of Sefton Park Palm House and supports an events programme that offers many more reasons to visit.
Summary of the Role
The Clerk will provide administrative support to the Board of Trustees of Sefton Park Palm House Preservation Trust in the preparation and execution of effective Board Meetings.
To apply, please contact Roy Boardman (Director) on 0151 726 9304 or roy.boardman@palmhouse.org.
Deadline: 31 August 2022.
Individual & Organisation Surveys | Take 5 minutes to help North West Cancer Research in the fight against cancer!
North West Cancer Research is a completely independent charity, dedicated to putting our region’s cancer needs first, funding life-saving research to tackle the cause, improve the care and find the cure for cancer.
They are currently looking to hear from organisations and providers in the community to hear about how they might be able to help you raise health awareness amongst the people that you support.
They are also looking to hear from different groups of people to see how much people know about cancer and to learn about how people might want to know more about how to keep healthy.
The answers they get from both surveys will help them design and fund services that they hope will have a real impact on how much people know about cancer and what they can do to keep themselves healthy.
Any personal information they collect will only be used for the purposes of their research and to share their overall findings. This survey is being managed by their partner Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS).
Applications now open for the Heritage Innovation Fund’s Explore phase
The Heritage Fund’s new pilot funding initiative, the Heritage Innovation Fund will support organisations to explore, test and grow ideas with the potential to shape the future of the heritage workforce.
How they work, who is part of the heritage workforce and what skills they need are essential considerations for meeting future demands and ambitions for the UK’s diverse heritage.
Through a combination of financial support, expert advice and cohort collaboration, their Heritage Innovation Fund will help organisations nurture experimental new ideas and solutions to these collective challenges.
The initiative is intended to involve three phases:
Explore: defining the problem and developing potential solutions.
Test: putting promising prototypes into practice and gathering evidence of what works.
Grow: implementing findings more widely within organisations and across the sector.
Applications are now open for the Explore phase only. Grants of up to £25,000 are available to cover your time and exploration activities for six months.
They want to hear from organisations that are committed to the innovation process, prepared to learn and experiment and willing to share their failures as well as their successes.
The pilot is open to not-for-profit and public sector organisations, local authorities, as well as private owners of heritage.
The fund closes for applications on 12 noon 27 September 2022.
Heritage Fund | Have your say on how they support the UK’s heritage
The Heritage Fund is working towards an ambitious new vision for the UK’s heritage and for what their investment will achieve. They want you to be part of shaping it.
Whether you work or volunteer in heritage, or simply have views about the future of heritage in the places you live, work and visit, they want to hear from you.
Eilish McGuinness, Chief Executive of The National Lottery Heritage Fund, says:“As the UK’s largest funder of heritage, it’s important that we understand and collaborate with you – those who know the sector and the people it serves – on how we continue to invest in heritage and ensure it is maintained and valued now and in the future.
“Help us shape how we’ll work together in the years ahead and the difference we can make for the UK’s rich and diverse heritage.”
Fill in their survey to share your opinions on the future of UK heritage.
If you have access requirements which mean you can’t complete the survey in this format, please contact the Heritage Fund.
Deadline: Midday on Monday 5 September 2022.
All Together NOW! is offering branding exposure for your organisation
Do you run a business or represent a charity that would benefit from branding exposure in front of All Together NOW!‘s 250,000 readers, and at the same time show your support for them?
Well, now you can!
For an annual donation of just £500, your organisation is invited to become a FRIEND OF ALL TOGETHER NOW!
Your logo will feature on their ‘FOATN’ (Friends of All Together Now) page in six consecutive issues, alongside their other supporters.
And at no extra cost, your logo and hyperlink will also be carried online, and on their newsletter!
This is an ideal opportunity if you are a business that would like to show support to your community, whilst benefitting from their audience.
This opportunity can also be utilised alongside your advertising campaign, strengthening your presence in their paper!
Volunteer Drivers Urgently Required by South Central Community Transport
Are you 25 years or older, and hold a clean driving licence with a D1 category?
South Central Community Transport is a small charity based in L8 and operating city-wide.
All their drivers are volunteers who are paid out-of-pocket expenses and have the opportunity to work as a team, build friendships, enhance career prospects, gain skills and experience, spend time seeing various cities & meeting people from all walks of life.
They support your contribution by providing any training necessary to complete your role.
They would require an enhanced DBS check which they would pay for.
If interested, please contact Tom on 0151 703 0007 or email scct03@aol.com.
Survey | For Liverpool’s emergency food providers and community food spaces
Feeding Liverpool has been asked to support Liverpool City Council’s distribution of the Household Support Fund to support people age 65 and over during the cost of living crisis.
Liverpool’s network of emergency food providers and community food spaces support thousands of households experiencing food insecurity. This includes households with people aged 65 and over, whose access to good food has been affected due to the cost of living crisis.
A proportion of the Household Support Fund will therefore be allocated to emergency food providers and community food spaces. This funding is to be spent on food stock for their organisation and used within their existing services that support this age group.
To receive a proportion of this allocation, emergency food providers and community food spaces must (i) fulfil all the eligibility criteria listed on the first page of this survey, (ii) complete the survey in full and (iii) agree to provide monitoring data on how this resource has been spent. The full terms of any allocation of funding will be set out in a partnership agreement with Feeding Liverpool.
Unfortunately, without exception, any organisation whose survey response is received after the deadline of 5 pm on Monday 5 September 2022 will not be eligible to participate.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £42k pro rata. Hours per week: 22.5 hours. Location: Eleanor Rathbone House, 24 Derby Road, Liverpool, L5 9PR.
PSS is a social enterprise that supports people to live happy, healthy and hopeful lives, whether they’re:
adults who have learning or physical disabilities, challenges with their mental health or difficulties as they’re getting older;
people in and around the criminal justice system; or
families who’ve been through unsteady times.
No matter who you are or where your life has taken you, PSS will listen, understand and find a way to help you reach your goals.
PSS was founded in 1919 by Eleanor Rathbone, a lady famous for tackling social injustices and over the last century, PSS founded Age UK, Riverside Housing and Legal aid and were there at the very start of the Citizens’ Advice Bureau. Today PSS offers 11 different services to help people get the most from their life, from health and wellbeing to social care services. PSS operates across England and Wales but their story began in Liverpool and this is where their head office calls home.
Job Description
Do you love seeing how great chances to learn can transform people? Are you a great people-person who can really get behind people and inspire them to make change? Do you love it when a plan comes together? Then go and join the PSS team! They’re on the hunt for a fab new head of learning and development to help their people be the best they can be.
As a social care charity, when you give people the chance to be brilliant and develop, it directly impacts the people they support, who benefit from having super-skilled people around them. Not only does having brilliant, knowledgeable people keep them compliant, but it means they’re able to provide people with the top-notch support they’re known for.
Along with your (superb) teammates David, Lauren and Saul who you’ll have the pleasure of managing, you’ll be the face of learning and development at PSS, so you’ll need a spring in your step, loads of creative spark and an infectious love for helping people progress; in their roles, their careers and as people.
Interested? To read the full job description and to apply, please click here.
Deadline: 30 August 2022.
Contact Details: recruitment@pss.org.uk.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Communications Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £25,000 – £27,000 depending on experience. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Projects and Partnerships Manager. Location: Various locations around Liverpool and from home.
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool (CAL) is the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims to:
Provide the advice people need for the problems they face
Improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
This is an exciting time to join Citizens Advice Liverpool, you will coordinate communications, working across multiple projects and teams to position CAL as the experts in advice provision. Initially, you will be working with the Senior Management Team and an external consultant to create a communications strategy that aligns with the new 3-year business plan. You will be responsible for delivering agreed objectives and developing a framework to monitor the effectiveness of communication strategies and inform future plans with lessons learnt.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Equalities Programme Co-ordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary – funded until October 2023. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £28,000 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Projects Manager. Location: CAL sites across Liverpool and Home Working.
The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. Citizens Advice Liverpool (CAL) is the leading provider of advice and advocacy services in Liverpool.
The service aims to:
Provide the advice people need for the problems they face
Improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives.
Role Purpose
To lead Citizens Advice Liverpool’s Equalities Programme, play a key role in volunteer recruitment, training and retention, partnership development and in the planning and delivery of CAL Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) goals. The post holder will also lead on the development and planning of projects closely aligned to the Equalities Programme outcomes.
Context
CAL Equalities programme aims to improve health and economic wellbeing for minoritised ethnic communities in Liverpool. You will support the development and delivery of a package of services that will improve access to services for clients, improve employability, health and wellbeing for volunteers and increase influence and participation in CAL activities.
Posts available: 1 – 4 people. Contract: Up to a maximum of three terms of three years, subject to election by the membership. Hours: This varies but, on average, about half a day a month. Reporting to: Chair of the Board. Location: Liverpool.
PSS is a social enterprise that supports people to live happy, healthy and hopeful lives, whether they’re:
adults who have learning or physical disabilities, challenges with their mental health or difficulties as they’re getting older;
people in and around the criminal justice system; or
families who’ve been through unsteady times.
No matter who you are or where your life has taken you, PSS will listen, understand and find a way to help you reach your goals.
PSS was founded in 1919 by Eleanor Rathbone, a lady famous for tackling social injustices and over the last century, PSS founded Age UK, Riverside Housing and Legal aid and were there at the very start of the Citizens’ Advice Bureau. Today PSS offers 11 different services to help people get the most from their life, from health and wellbeing to social care services. PSS operates across England and Wales but their story began in Liverpool and this is where their head office calls home.
Job Description
Ever seen the film Taken? Well, if you have, PSS is looking for the Liam Neesons of the world, people who have a very particular set of skills that they’ve acquired over the years (you don’t need to be a CIA agent, don’t worry). PSS are on the hunt for some awesome people with the following skills that will take their Board of trustees to the next level:
Social care
Digital technology
Communications and marketing
Human resources.
PSS is also looking to build a more diverse organisation. They have a younger-than-average Board because they recognise that people from all different backgrounds can offer something different to the organisation. However, they really want wider representation from ethnic minority groups so that the people making the big decisions reflect the faces, voices and cultures of people in the communities they serve. So, whatever your age, ethnicity or cultural background, PSS need people with the same passion for people that are rooted in the values of their current trustees, who can look at things with a fresh set of eyes and a different set of life experiences.
Trustees take ultimate responsibility for everything that PSS do, so it’s really important they get the right people on board (pun intended!) If you’re an expert in one or more of the above skill areas PSS are looking for and think you’ve got what it takes to help them reach new heights, they’d love to hear from you!
Contact Details: Mandy.howe@pss.org.uk – Mandy Howe, Executive Business Partner.
The Florrie – Project Development Support
Posts available: 1. Contract: 12 Month Contract. Term: Full-Time. Salary: 24,000 PA. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Anne Lundon. Location: The Florence Institute Trust, 377 Mill Street Liverpool, L8 4RF.
The Florrie is a charity at the heart of Liverpool 8. Their stunning, Grade II listed, Victorian community heritage venue is a social & educational hub for the people of south Liverpool.
Open Monday to Friday, they offer a wide variety of participatory activities for people of all ages, multi-purpose event spaces available for hire and fully inclusive workspaces for small local businesses & charities. They are also home to The Florrie Food Union a new initiative aimed at combating food poverty in South Liverpool.
If you are dedicated and ambitious, this role is an excellent opportunity to grow your career and be involved in some exciting developments at the Florrie. They are looking for an enthusiastic Project Development Support person to work directly alongside the CEO on new developments and opportunities across the charity. Current projects include; progressing the Florrie Community Land Trust plans, overseeing new areas of business such as training opportunities and supporting and contributing to funding applications for existing and new areas of work.
LCVS launches Phase II of their Training Courses for 2022
As part of its commitment to support the voluntary and community sector as it continues to emerge from Covid-19 and in addition to its advice and mentoring support services, LCVS has now released details of the remaining courses for community groups to access in 2022.
Richard Davies, LCVS Capacity Building Team Leader, said:
“The response to the first phase of courses delivered earlier in the year has been very encouraging. Community groups clearly see the importance of developing their skills so that they can provide high quality services. With that in mind, we’ve put together a second phase of training courses to round out 2022 that we feel really meets the needs of organisations as they seek to run themselves effectively and help in their sustainability.“
Our regular and popular start-up workshops. Is there a need in your community that nobody is addressing? Could it be time to do it yourself? This training session is for anyone thinking about starting a community project or organisation but has yet to take the leap. If you’re based in Liverpool, it’s free!
This course is aimed at board members and staff who want to know how to measure and report on the impact of the work of their organisation. With competition for funding on the increase, it’s more important than ever that your organisation can measure and prove its impact. It won’t be enough anymore to rely on good local reputation and links to make sure your group gets funded.
This course is aimed at anyone who has already been involved in writing applications to small/medium charitable trusts but is now looking to develop revenue bids focused under the Garfield Weston Foundation’s key priority areas.
This course is aimed at anyone who has already been involved in writing applications to small/medium charitable trusts but is now looking to develop project or revenue bids focused under the Henry Smith Charity’s key priority areas.
This course is aimed at anyone who has already been involved in writing applications to small/medium charitable trusts but is now looking to develop larger scale Arts focused bids.
During this session, you will discover how to plan the work of your organisation effectively and to scope an idea into an effective project. Turn your idea into a fundable one or turn your messy work schedule into a structured and effective work plan.
Our regular and popular start-up workshops. Is there a need in your community that nobody is addressing? Could it be time to do it yourself? This training session is for anyone thinking about starting a community project or organisation but has yet to take the leap. If you’re based in Liverpool, it’s free!
This course is ideal for anyone in a fundraising role who wants to learn how to plan and manage events and community fundraising in their organisation. It will also benefit fundraising managers and those with a strategic responsibility for fundraising, who want to develop or improve their community and events fundraising programme.
If you have any queries, please contact info@lcvs.org.uk.
Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership – Sports, Arts and Culture Fund
The Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership (MVRP) has been awarded funding from the Home Office to enable the partnership to continue its work to prevent serious violence. Part of the MVRP funding has been allocated via this grant programme in partnership with the Community Foundation for Merseyside and Merseyside Sports Partnership.
What is the fund?
The fund is targeted at sports, arts and culture-based activities that support young people aged under 25 years who may be more vulnerable to experiencing violence. This could be due to a lack of self-esteem, experiencing challenges at home, they may live in a community where drugs and alcohol are prevalent, or the community may lack infrastructure and accessible services. All these factors are recognised as increasing vulnerability to experiencing violence and/or exploitation.
The panel are looking to support organisations working with young people in either sports or arts and culture but applications can be considered for collaborations of both. The panel are also keen for organisations to include capacity-building costs of the organisation and would encourage consortium/partnership applications that will allow groups to work together. The primary focus of the fund is community provision and out-of-school hours engagement.
How much funding can organisations apply for?
They suggest that the minimum grant applied for is £5,000 and maximum grant is £50,000 although larger grants can be considered for partnership proposals that involve multiple delivery partners. Please note that the total fund is approximately £460,000 and they expect to receive a range of applications from individual groups and consortium/partnerships. The grants panel will award grants that are proportionate to the turnover of the organisation(s) applying.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £28, 226. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer. Location: Liverpool City Centre.
Established in 1984, Women’s Health and Information Support Centre (WHISC) is a charity with a mission to empower women in the Liverpool City Region with knowledge and person-centred support to become the best version of themselves.
Everything they do at WHISC is about helping women to thrive, through a range of one-to-one and group services aimed at empowering and supporting women. As well as delivering outreach across the city, many of WHISC’s services are delivered from their busy, central community resource centre. They offer a safe, welcoming and inclusive space where women can seek support, learn new skills and find the information they need to help them to get back on their feet.
They are looking for a dedicated Service Manager to join WHISC, to lead and develop the range of services on offer to increase their reach and impact on the women of the Liverpool City Region. The Services Manager will oversee the operational management of WHISC services, including the volunteer programme. With a focus on delivering high-quality services, where women’s needs are central, the Services Manager will work closely with the Chief Executive Officer to identify opportunities for service development and improvement.
With overall responsibility for the Volunteer Programme, the Service Manager will identify opportunities where volunteers can support and enhance their services; ensuring they have the training, development and support to make a positive impact.
The Services Manager will provide leadership to the team on issues relating to safeguarding and risk; utilising their specialist skills and experience to ensure women are supported safely and effectively in partnership with other agencies.
For further information and questions, please contact Karen Downing, Manager – women@whisc.org.uk.
Deadline: 31 August 2022.
Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton – Director of Operations
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £40,000 to £45,000 (DOE). Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer. Location: The Frances Suite, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool.
Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton (ACLS) is a charity dedicated to protecting and promoting the wellbeing of people aged 50+. Established in 1928, they provide a range of direct services which make life better for local older people.
Job Description
Do you love the type of easy job where you can kick off your shoes, sit back and relax?
If so, then this job certainly isn’t for you! However, if you are the type of professional who embraces a challenge, has high standards and loves juggling excellence between different services then please continue reading as they would like to get to know you a little better.
At ACLS, they are going from strength to strength and as their Director of Operations, you will also deputise for the CEO, and will play a part in helping to shape their future. You will be responsible for ensuring the effective and efficient operation of the organisation under the strategic direction of the CEO.
There is a heavy operational element to this role, with the post-holder being responsible for the day-to-day practical operations including acting as the Responsible Individual for their nursing home. The role may suit someone with established operational excellence who aspires to gain exposure to additional executive responsibility.
This position requires excellent people skills, business acumen and exemplary work ethics and will direct and support staff as agreed by the CEO. Other key attributes include:
Proactive and engaging leadership style
Commitment to delivering services within ethical boundaries and considerations
Previous experience of delivering multiple operational services is essential
Previous experience of HR, Health & Safety and other areas of compliance
Knowledge of CQC and Integrated Care Boards (or similar)
Commitment to safeguarding responsibilities
Flexibility in terms of working hours when required
Whilst previous third sector experience would be beneficial it is not essential and applicants who demonstrate the right competencies from other industries will be welcomed.
If this sounds like the role you are looking for, please apply today, including your CV and cover letter (no applications will be considered without a covering letter explaining your suitability for the role).
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Flexible. Salary: £40,000 pro rata. Hours per week: Flexible. Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer. Location: Blackburne House, Blackburne Place, Liverpool L8 7PE.
Blackburne House Group is a training-led organisation, which delivers high-quality training, and education services. They’re based in a beautiful Grade II listed building, situated in Liverpool’s famous Hope Street quarter, close to the city centre.
Attracting thousands of visitors each year, their facilities include an education centre for women, the School for Social Entrepreneurs North West, a thriving bistro, a women’s wellness centre, excellent conference facilities and a 30-place nursery. From the beginning, these highly acclaimed and flourishing social enterprises have supported their educational aims and provide tangible examples of how new markets can be used to serve local communities.
Job Description
Blackburne House is a Liverpool-based social enterprise that supports the development and education of local and often vulnerable women. The role of the Financial Controller is to provide high-quality financial information, working closely with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and support the executive leadership team (ELT) and the Board of Directors.
Their Financial Controller will be accountable for robust management of all financial and accounting activities including risk, financial compliance, and regulatory obligations. They will oversee the finance team in day-to-day operations.
Blackburne House Group – Head of Quality & Compliance
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: Up to £40,000 per year. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Director of Education. Location: Blackburne House, Blackburne Place, Liverpool L8 7PE.
Blackburne House Group is a training-led organisation, which delivers high-quality training, and education services. They’re based in a beautiful Grade II listed building, situated in Liverpool’s famous Hope Street quarter, close to the city centre.
Attracting thousands of visitors each year, their facilities include an education centre for women, the School for Social Entrepreneurs North West, a thriving bistro, a women’s wellness centre, excellent conference facilities and a 30-place nursery. From the beginning, these highly acclaimed and flourishing social enterprises have supported their educational aims and provide tangible examples of how new markets can be used to serve local communities.
Job Description
Blackburne House is a Liverpool-based social enterprise that supports the development and education of local and often vulnerable women.
Their Head of Quality and Compliance will have the skills to secure continuous improvements to their education provision to ensure they provide their learners with an inspirational learning experience.
They will lead the team to evaluate and develop the quality of education across their provision ensuring they are always compliant with external regulators including OFSTED, Awarding Organisations, The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and ESFA.
Their Head of Quality and Compliance will work as part of their management team supporting the vision and values of educating and upskilling women through Inspiration, Transformation, Equality, Independence, and Social Values.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time (0.6 FTE). Salary: £20,600 pro rata / £12,360 for 0.60 FTE. Hours per week: Part-time (21 hours per week / 0.6 FTE) with the possibility to rise to full-time. Days per week: Monday to Friday, with flexible options. Reporting to: Head of Development. Location: FACT Liverpool, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ.
FACT Liverpool is the UK’s leading organisation for the support and exhibition of art and film that explores new media and digital culture. The award-winning FACT centre opened in 2003 in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool, a hub for independent shops, restaurants, bars, nightlife and galleries. The FACT centre houses three art galleries, four cinema screens, a lab for learning and experimentation, a cafe, and a bar. Each year they welcome 250,000 visitors to their building and collaborate with over 10,000 adults and young people through their Learning Programme, which they deliver in partnership with schools and community organisations across the Liverpool City Region.
FACT Liverpool is looking for a Development Officer to help research, cultivate and manage funding for projects and activities across FACT Liverpool’s artistic programme, including exhibitions, commissions, learning projects, talent development activities and other strategic priorities.
The purpose of the role is to help research, cultivate and manage funding for projects and activities across FACT Liverpool’s artistic programme, including exhibitions, commissions, learning projects, talent development activities and other strategic priorities.
The Development Officer will also ensure that they accurately report back their outputs and outcomes. This will involve administrative and practical support, including research, application and bid writing, preparation of reports, and supporting the Head of Development in the coordination of fundraising initiatives.
The post holder will work collaboratively with teams across the organisation and will maintain the CRM for the Development team.
Run with the British Red Cross for the Liverpool Tunnel 10K this September!
Team Red Cross is taking part in the much-loved, annual Mersey Tunnel 10k run on Sunday 11 September 2022 which provides the only chance to go through the Mersey Tunnel on foot!
They still have some charity spaces available for runners of all abilities to fill, they are looking for a team of volunteers who would be interested in filling these spaces as a team or individually.
If teams of 4+ signup, they are happy to offer no registration fees and reduce the minimum sponsorship target to £800 (£200 rather than £250 per person).
Why run with the British Red Cross?
The British Red Cross helps millions of people in the UK, including right here in Merseyside, and around the world get the support they need if crisis strikes. Whether it is a local flood or house fire, a famine overseas or dealing with the aftermath of a terror attack right here at home, their team will be there to provide front-line help and support. They’re part of the global Red Cross and Red Crescent movement. Every step you take and every pound you raise for the Mersey Tunnel 10k will help fund this work.
What you will receive?
Becky Lynes will be on hand to provide dedicated fundraising and training advice from signup to post-race. You will also receive:
Red Cross cheer support on the day (from volunteers, staff and Becky herself!)
A comprehensive fundraising pack with tips and advice to help you reach your sponsorship target
A British Red Cross vest once each signup has raised £100
Updates on the work of the British Red Cross in the UK and overseas
An unforgettable and great experience!
For more information, please contact Becky Lynes at beckylynes@redcross.org.uk / 07711 189085 or visit the British Red Cross website.
See the poster below for more information.
Read Easy Merseyside wants to help adults who struggle to read
Read Easy Merseyside is a new voluntary group that has been established to offer support to adults who struggle to read. Within Liverpool, 10% of people (over 25,000 people) struggle to read in a way that impacts every aspect of their life such as attending appointments and supporting their children in their education. Difficulties with reading can also have an impact on job opportunities and mental wellbeing. Learning to read can be a real boost for someone’s self-confidence and self-image, enabling them to manage everyday tasks and activities and to live a fuller life.
Read Easy Merseyside provides reading support to adults on a one-to-one basis by matching them with an individual reading coach. The reader and coach meet twice a week utilising reading materials that have been specifically written for adults and which are provided free of charge. Once a coach and reader have been matched, their co-ordinator keeps in regular contact to provide any support or guidance that might be required.
They have now successfully matched their first 5 reading pairs and they would like to do much more.
To make this happen they are seeking more volunteers to:
work with their readers by becoming a reading coach; or
provide support to their reading pairs by becoming a co-ordinator.
They provide training to all their volunteers and you are supported by a local management team as well as having access to central Read Easy resources.
To find out more about Read Easy and how you can be involved, please contact Frances Bell at merseysiderecruiter@readeasy.org.uk.
Launch of Youth Investment Fund Phase 2 and invitation to online briefing event
The Youth Investment fund (YIF) aims to create, expand and improve local youth facilities and their services, to drive positive outcomes for young people, including improved mental and physical wellbeing, and skills for life and work.
Further to our recent information event, Phase 2 of the YIF has now launched.
This comprises an allocation of £288m towards capital grants and up to £80m revenue grants and is funded by the UK Government. This second phase will support projects in selected eligible areas in England to level up youth provision, assessing and distributing grants so that local youth facilities and services can be the best they can be.
By 2024/25, Phase 2 will deliver grants for the construction/redevelopment of up to 300 youth facilities that:
represent positive value for money,
are environmentally sustainable,
and enable positive activities for young people aged 11 to 18 (up to 25 for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities)
This funding will drive value-for-money facilities that youth organisations can afford to sustain. Using modern methods of construction (MMC) and other innovative construction techniques, as well as supporting redevelopment projects that expand youth service provision, the YIF will achieve savings on facility running costs, so that resources can focus on activities that enrich young people’s lives.
Places are limited to one person per organisation.
Joining instructions will be provided in advance of this online (Zoom) Briefing Event.
A reserve list will be in operation and the event will be recorded for those who cannot attend on the day.
MPAC – Development and Sustainability Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: 29k pa. Hours per week: 35 hours. Location: Liverpool City Centre.
MPAC is the infrastructure body in Liverpool for Children’s Play and currently runs the DfE funded Holiday Activities and Food Programme. They provide training and support for local VCF organisations who work in or who support children’s play in the local community.
Job Description
The post holder will have two main areas of work.
Firstly, supporting the development and sustainability of MPAC through bid writing and working with the team on programme development ideas.
Secondly, working with their 120 HAF providers across the city to support their development and sustainability.
In addition, the post holder will work with the team and their partners on the wider concept of developing children’s play across the city.
To read the full job description, please contact anne.hughes@merseyplay.com.
Deadline: 5 pm on 11 August 2022.
Interviews: 18 August 2022.
The Reader – Operations and Events Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £22,000 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours / 1 FTE. Days per week: Across 7 days on a rota basis, Monday – Sunday. Reporting to: Site Operations Manager. Location: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB.
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and/or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
This is an exciting opportunity for a positive and practically minded individual with an aptitude for maintaining high standards to join their Operations team at Calderstones Park. The Reader’s Calderstones site is a large multi-purpose community setting for their Shared Reading mission, with a focus on social enterprise activity to support the charity’s wider work across the UK. As a member of their Operations team, you will be responsible for overseeing the safe running of activity on site.
As Operations and Events Coordinator, you will also have the responsibility of overseeing the successful delivery of a number of their internal programmed events and private hire events at Calderstones Mansion House.
New Children’s Residential home gears up its team and partners with UCLan
Newly launched Children’s Residential project, We Are Juno CIC has partnered up with the University of Central Lancashire [UCLan] as it builds its teams and service – with their first home due to open in late 2022/early 2023.
Following on their recent investments from Wirral Council, The National Lottery Fund, KPMG Foundation and Segelman Trust (see Changing Children’s Homes for GOOD), We Are Juno CIC has now announced UCLan as their appointed Evaluation Partners.
Lowis Charfe, Senior Lecturer for the MA in Social Pedagogy Leadership and Professor Cath Larkins, Co-Director of the Centre for Children and Young People’s Participation at UCLan, will work alongside Juno’s Young Leaders and the staff team to evaluate the effectiveness of the project in its first year.
Lowis and Cath are committed to supporting positive changes in care experienced children and young people’s lives and bring a great deal of skill, care, imagination and experience; we’re delighted to welcome them as part of the Juno family.
In addition to appointing their Evaluation Partner, Juno has recently appointed a new Director of Care to help lead and shape their homes, together with the support of Juno founders – public services redesign agency, Capacity. Now, Juno are looking to bring more great people into their team who are passionate about redefining better children’s care for the future.
Juno are now on the lookout for:
A Registered Manager, to manage and develop their first home in the Wirral.
A diverse team of caring people who will enrich the lives of the young people they are supporting every day.
A team of Young Leaders- care experienced young people who will voice and shape the development of all of Juno’s homes, making sure that the care model really works for those who need it most – children and young people.
Sophie Clarke, Children’s Director at Capacity said:
“We’re deeply committed to creating a new and incredible service for young people growing up in children’s homes in Liverpool City Region. Of course, it’s no surprise (especially after the news of the recent care review) that how we deliver care for our most vulnerable young people and children locally and across the nation is in the need of a desperate shake up. We believe we are starting to build something truly special with the work we are doing for We Are Juno CIC and to keep this momentum up, we need great people on our team.
“We’re delighted to have partnered with UCLan and we look forward to building the rest of the team. We can’t stress enough that we don’t want this just to be ‘fresh-look’ masking an old hat approach. We want to be different, challenge ourselves and make the biggest difference we can, listening closely to what young people are telling us most needs to change. If there are people out there who want to be part of this movement and campaign for real change, then we want them as part of the Juno team!”
Lowis Charfe, from the School of Social Work, Care and Community at UCLan, said:
“We are really pleased to be partnering up with the Juno team and utilising our expertise and vast experience of children’s participation and social pedagogy to working alongside care experienced young people to co-create the evaluation of their project. We are excited to see how the innovative approach Juno is taking of using social pedagogy to underpin residential care and their commitment to children’s participation, will support the children and young people they care for and their staff team, to flourish”
Over the next five years, Juno plans to open ten local homes for children, starting with their first home in Wirral to open in late 2022/early 2023. To find out more and see their latest opportunities, visit the Juno website.
Survey | Access to non-NHS MS Services in Liverpool, Halton, Knowsley and South Sefton
MS Society is trying to get an overview of what informal and local services (non-NHS services) people affected by MS are using and would benefit from in the future. If you are affected by MS then please complete this survey.
They will also be holding a conference for people affected by MS and organisations who provide services, there is a section in the survey where you can tell them if you would like to know more about this.
The survey will take approximately 4 minutes to complete and is anonymous.
The Volunteering Coordinator helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by attracting and onboarding sufficient volunteers to support and grow their services and income. You will support your local team to deliver a positive volunteering experience and to attract and retain experienced volunteers.
Key Responsibilities
You will work to develop and deliver a volunteer recruitment plan, that meets the business need of the local team.
You will oversee the smooth and efficient recruitment of volunteers by advising and supporting volunteer managers through this process.
You will support the development and delivery of organisational diversity plans to broaden their volunteer base. You will work with your local team to identify and coordinate training needs for volunteers, supporting in the planning and delivery of agreed training programmes as appropriate. There may also be occasions such as Driver Training where the role will lead on delivery of training.
You will coordinate and facilitate face-to-face and virtual induction sessions for new volunteers, as required in the region.
As a subject matter expert, you will advise on relevant volunteering policies and procedures.
You will be responsible for managing volunteers to support you and your local team.
You will champion award and recognition of volunteers within your local team, including the organisation of recognition events.
With the support of the Regional Volunteering Advisor, you will use data and insight to maintain compliance and best practice whilst continually improve the volunteering experience.
You will advise and support your local team to fulfil their responsibilities for data management in relation to volunteering.
Interviews: 23 August 2022 at Guide Dogs North West Regional Centre Atherton.
Healthwatch Liverpool – Engagement and Project Officer (Learning Disability and Autism focus)
Posts available: 1. Contract: This post is being re-advertised with funding for a two-year period. Term: Full-time. Salary: £23,880. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Operations Manager. Location: Liverpool City Centre (due to Covid-19, work is largely home-based at present).
Healthwatch Liverpool is the independent champion for people using health and social care services in Liverpool. They listen to what people like about services and what could be improved and share these views with those with the power to make change happen. People can also speak to them to find information about health and wellbeing services and activities available locally.
Job Description
Your focus in this post will be on health and social care issues as they impact on people with a learning disability and people with autism.
As a key member of the Engagement Team, your focus will be on developing forums and Partnership Boards to allow key groups of the public to have their experiences and views heard and acted on by service providers, commissioners and public bodies in health, social care and other key services.
Two forums / Partnership Boards will be established. One will be for people with Learning Disabilities, and the second will be for autistic people.
You will also help ensure that all Healthwatch Liverpool activity is inclusive and reflective of these groups.
This role encompasses office-based and community-based activities and may require frequent attendance at meetings with health & social care providers, commissioners and diverse patient and service user groups.
Deadline: 11:59 pm on Sunday 21 August 2022 by email.
Feeding Liverpool’s Community Food Spaces
Feeding Liverpool is the city of Liverpool’s food alliance, connecting and equipping people and organisations to work towards good food for all.
Community Food Spaces is a directory of places put together by Feeding Liverpool where local people can access good food with many places also connecting with activities or services beyond food.
If you are you a Community Food Space, such as a food club, pantry, community market, community cafe, food union, community shop or pay-as-you-feel food project and don’t feature on the map above, then please complete this survey and the team will add you to the map.
As we are living through a cost-of-living crisis, please share this information widely, you never know who could find it useful.
The Stroke Association is looking for volunteers in the Liverpool area
The Stroke Association believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after a stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there. They provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.
They are now looking for two Communication Service Supporters (volunteers) who are over the age of 18 years old to join them.
Role Details:
They will be based at Vienna Court, Durban Road, Liverpool L13 5SY
They will be volunteering in blocks of 6 weeks, every Wednesday from 10.30 am to 12 pm
The first block will run between 14 September and 19 October 2022. The next block will start in February the following year
This role will require recurring commitment
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required for this role
This role would be suitable for speech and language students or applicants to get some practice in a non-clinical therapeutic group setting, but anyone (including retired people/working people etc) can volunteer if they are available during what will be term times throughout the year (they will try to avoid academic holidays when running the group).
The volunteers will:
Assist stroke survivors in developing their communication skills in small groups
Assist stroke survivors in developing their communication skills on a one-to-one basis in their homes or out in their local community so that they can access activities and services
Adapt to the specific needs of the person they are working with in order to support them in the most appropriate way
Need to be willing to learn and use the technique, called ‘supported conversation’, which is used to support people with communication difficulties (they will provide training).
If would like further information, please contact Emmalene Brunes, Stroke Support Coordinator, on 0151 305 0022/ 07739 745 212 or Emmalene.brunes@stroke.org.uk.
L8 A Better Place: Activism and Mental Health Questionnaire
The Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre’s community development team, L8 A Better Place is concerned that there seems to be a relatively high proportion of people who are active in the community who experience poor mental health.
This could be due to many reasons, such as:
working or volunteering in the community where they live
being an activist/volunteer in their spare time (and the additional “workload” this creates)
putting pressure on themselves to support the community or develop community projects
facing criticism or even anger from other community members.
They would like you to complete this questionnaire to:
find out whether it is an issue
see what experiences people have had
find out what ideas they have to resolve the problem(s) and/or improve their mental health
inform any future work L8 A Better Place delivers to support activists in the area.
Comics Youth is recruiting new Junior Members for their FREE Children’s Comic Book Workshops
Do you know someone aged 8 – 13 who loves all things comics/graphic novels and wants to be creative?
Or who loves to read anime and manga?
Who wants access to a space to be themselves and nerd out?
Every Saturday morning at the Tempest Building, L2 2DT from 11 am – 12:30 pm, Comics Youth hosts sessions led by industry professionals and super-skilled artists.
They will teach the group how to make the coolest comics, learn art styles, how to make a storyboard, create stories together and become the coolest kids around!
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £23,000 pa. pro rata (+3% pension). Hours per week: 21 hours per week. Reporting to: Office Manager/Chief Executive Officer. Location: Hybrid (Liverpool office/home working).
Sahir House is a vibrant and inclusive Merseyside-based charity with a big heart. The organisation serves a unique dual purpose – they promote better sexual health and wellness for all and they support the needs of lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning and intersex people across our region.
Since their formation, at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, the needs of people living with HIV have been fundamental to their development and core to their purpose.
Sahir House is currently restructuring to become a leaner, more focused organisation. As part of this exercise, they have committed to investing in the provision of specialist outreach and support services for lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning and intersex people across Merseyside.
Their charity proves what their community can achieve together – they were, and remain, a Merseyside success story.
Job Description
They are looking to recruit a suitably experienced Impact and Monitoring Worker to help support the reporting and monitoring requirements of the charity through its next stage of development.
In particular, they are inviting applicants with the relevant skills and experience to perform the following;
To collate, analyse and report monitoring information for Sahir House management and funders
To collaborate and support staff in the development of systems and processes for the monitoring and evaluation of their work, including case management
To maintain and develop the Sahir House database to comply with the monitoring requirements of funders both present and future
To maintain and develop the outcomes framework, ensuring staff are continuously updated on any new monitoring requirements
To set up, establish and monitor quality assurance systems according to the requirements of the kite mark awarding bodies
Work closely with fundraising staff on funding applications to develop output, outcomes and impact measurements that can be added to the CRM system.
Sahir House is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. They especially welcome applications from groups that reflect Sahir House service user groups – HIV-positive people (and other disabled people); people from Black and Minority Ethnic groups; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people and refugee communities.
Appointment is subject to a 3-month probationary period, satisfactory references and DBS check.
The full job description, person specification, application form and equal opportunities link can be downloaded from the Charity Jobs website. Alternatively, please email gillian.clotworthy@sahir.uk.com for an application pack.
Deadline: Monday 15 August 2022 at 5 pm.
Interviews: w/c 22 August 2022.
Rotunda – Cook
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: Competitive. Hours per week: 28.5 hours, 8 am – 2 pm, Monday – Friday. Reporting to: Business Development Manager. Location: Rotunda Nursery, 109 Great Mersey Street, Liverpool, L5 2PL.
Rotunda is based in Kirkdale, North Liverpool. They have been working with the local community and helping them to make positive life choices and changes for 38 years. They work with some of the most vulnerable people in the community.
Rotunda’s mission is to ‘To provide inspiration through quality assured and tailored education and training opportunities to young people and adults that invoke passion and vocational aspiration fit for a lifetime of success’.
Rotunda was formed in 1989 and is a registered charity (number 518951) and a company limited by guarantee (number 2050507).
Job Description
Are you looking for a new opportunity?
This is an exciting opportunity to provide a valuable service for a broad range of people from local business people to young people on courses at Rotunda. The café serves breakfast and lunches between the hours of 8 am – 2 pm and holds special events and activities on evenings and weekends.
The Cafe has the potential to bring a vital revenue stream. It is essential that the post holder is reliable, actively supports the profitability of the catering offer and is passionate about providing well-presented and good-quality food.
For an informal chat please ring 0151 207 2176 or email: jobs@therotunda.org.uk for an application pack.
Deadline: Monday 8 August 2022.
Interviews: Week Commencing 15 August 2022.
Rotunda – Deputy Nursery Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £21,500. Hours per week: 37.5 hours, flexible between 8 am – 6 pm. Reporting to: Nursery Manager. Location: Rotunda Nursery, 109 Great Mersey Street, Liverpool, L5 2PL.
Rotunda is based in Kirkdale, North Liverpool. They have been working with the local community and helping them to make positive life choices and changes for 38 years. They work with some of the most vulnerable people in the community.
Rotunda’s mission is to ‘To provide inspiration through quality assured and tailored education and training opportunities to young people and adults that invoke passion and vocational aspiration fit for a lifetime of success’.
Rotunda was formed in 1989 and is a registered charity (number 518951) and a company limited by guarantee (number 2050507).
Job Description
Are you looking for a new opportunity?
Rotunda has an exciting opportunity as they look for a new management team to take the ambitious steps of moving their Nursery, Preschool and Forrest School provision into a 52-week offer.
Responsibilities
To work under the direction of the Nursery Manager and deputise for him/her as and when required
To ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety are promoted.
To support the aims and objectives of the nursery and assist the manager in the organisation of a high-quality establishment from 1 – 5 years
To provide high standards of care and early learning – to include the monitoring and review of provision, this includes providing a safe, caring environment to enable the personal, emotional, social and educational development of children, through individual attention and group activities
To support the team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learn and develop
To direct and support staff as agreed by the Manager.
For an informal chat please ring 0151 207 2176 or email: jobs@therotunda.org.uk for an application pack.
Deadline: Monday 8 August 2022.
Interviews: W/C 15 August 2022.
Rotunda – Nursery Practitioner (Level 3)
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £17,374. Hours per week: 37.5 hours, flexible between 8 am – 6 pm. Reporting to: Nursery Manager. Location: Rotunda Nursery, 109 Great Mersey Street, Liverpool, L5 2PL.
Rotunda is based in Kirkdale, North Liverpool. They have been working with the local community and helping them to make positive life choices and changes for 38 years. They work with some of the most vulnerable people in the community.
Rotunda’s mission is to ‘To provide inspiration through quality assured and tailored education and training opportunities to young people and adults that invoke passion and vocational aspiration fit for a lifetime of success’.
Rotunda was formed in 1989 and is a registered charity (number 518951) and a company limited by guarantee (number 2050507).
Job Description
Are you looking for a new opportunity?
Rotunda has an exciting opportunity as they look for a new management team to take the ambitious steps of moving their Nursery, Preschool and Forrest School provision into a 52-week offer and 2 L3 Nursery Practitioners.
Responsibilities will include providing a high-quality standard of physical, emotional, social, and intellectual care for children in the nursery. To support the development of all children through the Early Years Statuary Framework.
For an informal chat please ring 0151 207 2176 or email: jobs@therotunda.org.uk for an application pack.
Deadline: Monday 8 August 2022.
Interviews: W/C 15 August 2022.
Rotunda – Nursery Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £27,500. Hours per week: 37.5 hours, flexible between 8 am – 6 pm. Reporting to: CEO. Location: Rotunda Nursery, 109 Great Mersey Street, Liverpool, L5 2PL.
Rotunda is based in Kirkdale, North Liverpool. They have been working with the local community and helping them to make positive life choices and changes for 38 years. They work with some of the most vulnerable people in the community.
Rotunda’s mission is to ‘To provide inspiration through quality assured and tailored education and training opportunities to young people and adults that invoke passion and vocational aspiration fit for a lifetime of success’.
Rotunda was formed in 1989 and is a registered charity (number 518951) and a company limited by guarantee (number 2050507).
Job Description
Are you an innovator, creative and community focused, looking for a new challenge or step up in your career?
Rotunda has an exciting opportunity as they look for a new management team to take the ambitious steps of moving their Nursery, Preschool and Forrest School provision into a 52-week offer.
You will be responsible for ensuring a high standard of physical, personal, emotional, social and intellectual education and care for all children in the Rotunda Nursery and Preschool.
Other responsibilities:
To ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety are promoted
Supervision of and give support to the team members within the Rotunda Nursery, thereby implementing high standards of quality practices
The day-to-day management of the Rotunda Nursery including quality improvement, marketing, and administration.
For an informal chat please ring 0151 207 2176 or email: jobs@therotunda.org.uk for an application pack.
Deadline: Monday 8 August 2022.
Interviews: W/C 15 August 2022.
Rotunda – Community Café and Volunteer Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £21,500. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Business Development Manager. Location: Rotunda.
Rotunda is based in Kirkdale, North Liverpool. They have been working with the local community and helping them to make positive life choices and changes for 38 years. They work with some of the most vulnerable people in the community.
Rotunda’s mission is to ‘To provide inspiration through quality assured and tailored education and training opportunities to young people and adults that invoke passion and vocational aspiration fit for a lifetime of success’.
Rotunda was formed in 1989 and is a registered charity (number 518951) and a company limited by guarantee (number 2050507).
Their Community Café is at the Heart of Rotunda and from there they run important projects, events, and clubs, which are vital in supporting the local community. In this lead role, you will assist with overseeing the café team and their high-quality food and beverage service to local individuals and groups. In addition, you will have responsibility for the recruitment and retention of the volunteers. Some areas of this role may require light lifting and some manual handling.
To read the full job description and to apply, please contact Rotunda on 0151 207 2176/07711133284.
Deadline: Monday 8 August 2022.
Interviews: W/C 16 August 2022.
UK-Shared Prosperity Fund update from the VS6 Partnership
Following on from the VS6 “UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Making the case for Liverpool City Region’s VCFSE Sector” event held in May, the VS6 Partnership have continued to strive to work with the Combined Authority to shape the Liverpool City Region’s UK-SPF investment plan. Place based VCFSE leaders from their CVSs have also been working with local authority colleagues to advocate for the sector at a local level.
To expand more upon the work of the VS6 Partnership and provide an update on the current position, as well as the Combined Authorities draft investment plan, they have produced a briefing for the VCFSE sector. The briefing goes into more detail of the progress made, challenges faced and next steps once the Combined Authority investment plan is finalised.
Please access the VS6 UK-SPF Update Briefing by clicking here.
Additionally, you can also access the Combined Authority Draft investment Plan by clicking here.
Please keep an eye on the VS6 website and Twitter (@vs6news) for further updates on the UK-SPF and the VCFSE sector. For any further questions, please contact Laura Tilston, VS6 Policy and Research Officer at laura.tilston@vsnw.org.uk.
RNIB wants to hear from you!
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) wants to know more about the experiences of people living with a vision impairment in the UK today, and how those experiences affect their quality of life. They want to understand what’s most important to people – what’s difficult, easy, what’s missing from everyday life and what brings people joy.
RNIB will be able to use the information gathered from the survey to work out where they can have the greatest impact on people’s lives, ensuring people have the kind of support they need and helping people to achieve their goals.
To register your interest, call 0800 009 6066 for free, or follow this link.
All surveys are kept anonymous and confidential.
Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is the leading British Charity in supporting people with sight loss.
Shielded In The Community is looking for participants
Shielded In The Community is a disabled-led project run in partnership with DaDa Fest and funded by Liverpool City Council.
They aim for their work to be on public display for the International Day of Disabled Persons on 1 December 2022.
They invite people to participate in this project by responding artistically to their shielding experience – whatever their shielding status.
MSc role emerging placements at University of Liverpool 2023 – Occupational Therapy
In 2023, the occupational therapy team at the University of Liverpool are very excited to embark on role emerging placements for their MSc occupational therapy students.
They would welcome an opportunity to speak with you and your service to perhaps explore this possibility.
They are seeking these placements on a yearly basis in order to prepare students for contemporary practice in dynamic environments.
Is there a small project you have always wished to pilot? Are there any groups, audits or services in your area which may benefit from this input?
This placement would take place next year in May 2023 for 6 weeks and they are proposing that their MSc students would ideally attend the placement in pairs. Students will be supervised by external occupational therapists.
At this stage they are developing relationships with interested people, groups and services in the area to discuss this model.
If you are interested to know more, they will be holding a meeting in mid-August 2022. If you want to attend, then please contact Edwina.Rushe@liverpool.ac.uk.
2023 GSK IMPACT Awards – Core funding and training for health charities – Now Open for Applications
The GSK IMPACT Awards provide core funding and free training for charities doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing. Organisations must be at least three years old, working in a health-related field in the UK, with income between £120,000 and £3 million. Up to 15 awards will be made, ranging from £4,000 to £50,000, plus free training and development valued at a further £9,500. Organisations will also have a film made and receive help with press and publicity.
The GSK IMPACT Awards are funded by GSK and managed in partnership with The King’s Fund. They are judged by a prestigious panel of judges and provide national recognition for the winning organisations. They also give organisations access to a free leadership programme, designed specifically for health charities, provided by The King’s Fund. After taking part in the training, organisations can then join our network of health charities which supports ongoing service and organisational development.
The Cheshire & Merseyside Smoking in Pregnancy Project is being led by the Women’s Health and Maternity Programme (part of the Cheshire & Merseyside Local Maternity and Neonatal System).
The aims of the project are to:
Increase the quit rates of women smoking in pregnancy and at time of birth. This will be achieved through developing innovative, effective smoke free pregnancy pathways and interventions that are co-produced with women and professionals.
Reduce health inequalities; acknowledging that rates of smoking in pregnancy have a strong social and age gradient, with younger women from deprivation areas much more likely to smoke in pregnancy.
To help inform the pathways and interventions needed to support women to stop smoking during pregnancy, they have developed an insight survey, to be targeted at those who have smoked/are currently smoking during pregnancy and those that have successfully given up smoking during pregnancy.
The insight survey will provide them with a valuable understanding of the barriers women face with regards to accessing stop smoking support, as well as the help that they need to quit.
For anyone who completes the survey, they can choose to be entered into a prize draw to win a £50 shopping voucher. In addition, for anyone who would like to share their experiences in more detail via an informal chat with us, they are offering a £10 shopping voucher.
VCSE Health and Wellbeing Fund 2022 to 2025 now open for applications
Applications are now open for funding grants of between £200,000 and £600,000 for the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector who specialise in women’s wellbeing services.
Women experiencing the menopause, fertility problems, miscarriage and pregnancy loss, menstrual health and gynaecological conditions in the workplace will be supported to remain in or return to the workplace by a multi-million-pound funding boost to VCSE organisations.
Grants of between £200,000 to £600,000 per applicant will be available over the next 3 years to expand and develop projects or programmes in these areas.
The funding will support projects and programmes working with communities to provide training for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) where internal support in the workplace is unlikely to be available and supporting individuals by signposting to clinical services, and helping them to address personal and workplace barriers to improve their wellbeing.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed term. Term: 6 months. Salary: In line with IPSA payscales. Hours per week: 15 hours. Reporting to: Senior Caseworker. Location: Liverpool L4.
Role purpose:
The post holder will provide advice, help and support to constituents living in Liverpool Walton on a wide range of issues. Applicants should have experience providing advice in areas including: housing, welfare and benefits, immigration, employment as well as other matters which affect our constituents.
Personal attributes:
Applicants should have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to adapt their approach to meet the complex needs of each constituent. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, responsible and able to work under their own direction and as part of a small team.
Key responsibilities
Manage and progress casework appropriately
Respond to routine correspondence and enquiries from constituents, local stakeholders and pressure groups
Gather relevant information to resolve or progress cases
Liaise with members of the public by email, telephone, at surgeries, face to face etc.
Liaise with Liverpool City Council, Government agencies, the voluntary sector and others to resolve constituents issues
Ensure all cases are logged; monitor progress and ensure all identified actions are taken
Ensure records are kept and information managed confidentially and in line with GDPR
Attend surgeries and meetings as appropriate
Develop knowledge in specialist areas
Research local, regional or national issues to support the work of the office
Analyse, evaluate and interpret data to ensure Dan Carden MP is accurately informed on key issues and aware of trends affecting the Liverpool Walton constituency
Provide briefings for Dan Carden on matters affecting constituents to inform parliamentary contributions.
Person Specification
The following criteria will be assessed on your application, at interview or in a test at interview. It is important that you address how you meet all points in this person specification in your application.
Knowledge and experience
Essential (E)
Desirable (D)
Have at least 3 years experience in an advice service role handling cases involving the UK benefits system and issues including but not limited to housing, immigration, employment (E)
Experience of working with clients with complex needs and sensitive information – engaging with clients professionally, confidentially, and with care and integrity. (E)
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with colleagues, clients and external agencies (E)
Experience of advocating for and representing clients’ interests to third party organisations. (E)
A strong understanding of the local area and relevant referral organisations (D)
Ability to prioritise cases and work to urgent timescales, working effectively under pressure (E)
Ability to work independently and as part of a small team (E)
Effective use of IT, including Microsoft Office packages. (E)
Experience using case management or client relationship management databases (D)
A willingness to participate in opportunities for professional and personal development (E)
Ability to identify trends and develop campaigns on social policy issues (D)
To apply, please send CV and covering letter to dan.carden.mp@parliament.uk by the deadline below.
Deadline: 12 pm on Friday 22 July 2022.
Healthiness Ltd – Sessional Instructor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Sessional. Salary: £17.50-£22.5 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications. Hours per week: 5+ Reporting to: Andy Ireland. Location: Toxteth Town Hall, Liverpool L8 8DX.
Healthiness is a not-for-profit organisation based in Merseyside that offers community-based holistic physical activity and health education sessions to older adults, carers and adults experiencing mental ill health such as dementia. They deliver sessions across the Merseyside area in a variety of community settings with an objective to reduce barriers to exercise participation for these beneficiaries, through the provision of sessions in their local communities.
Healthiness Ltd is in the process of expanding its programmes of exercise delivery within the community for adults over 50. They are seeking to recruit a sessional instructor to their team for programme delivery within the nursing home, residential homes and community setting.
The sessional instructor will deliver a wide range of classes including ESCAPE Pain, Functional Fitness, Chair Fitness, and community group exercise classes. The sessional instructor will be required to have specialist qualifications and experience working with the older adult population, and an understanding of the multiple complexities around delivery of exercise to specialist population groups.
Skills
Level 3 Personal Trainer (Essential)
Level 3 G.P. Referral Instructor (Essential)
ESCAPE- Pain Qualification (Healthiness will subsidise training if you do not already hold this qualification)
Chair Based Exercise certification (Essential)
Level 2 Exercise to Music (Desirable)
Level 3 Older Adults and Exercise specialist (Desirable)
Level 3 OTAGO Chair Based Falls Management Instructor. (Desirable)
Deadline: No formal closing date. Please note that this vacancy was first published in July 2022 and may have expired since then.
Interviews will take place periodically as suitable candidates apply.
Sefton CVS – Volunteering Development Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: FT. Salary: £21-£23k. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Volunteering Development Coordinator. Location: Sefton – hybrid working.
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity with a borough-wide brief to assist and support voluntary, community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Their vision is to develop a vibrant voluntary, community and faith sector that encourages and supports independent, resilient and sustainable communities.
Job Description
To support individuals and voluntary, community and faith organisations (VCF) sector organisations in developing informal and formal volunteering opportunities responding to the needs of local areas and residents within the borough of Sefton.
To provide a range of support and development interventions through Volunteer Centre Sefton to capacity-build VCF sector organisations in recruiting, deploying and retaining volunteers working to national best practice standards.
To promote and generate (money, time, resources) in supporting the Sefton4Good philanthropy initiative amongst the community, businesses and partners, to generate resources and in ‘kind’ support for local good causes and initiatives.
Sefton CVS – Strand By Me – Community Wellbeing Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £24-£26k. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: CEO. Location: The Strand Shopping Centre, Bootle.
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity with a borough-wide brief to assist and support voluntary, community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Their vision is to develop a vibrant voluntary, community and faith sector that encourages and supports independent, resilient and sustainable communities.
Job Description
To provide overall day-to-day management of a friendly, inclusive and accessible community health and wellbeing information shop delivered from Strand by Me based in the Strand Shopping precinct, Bootle. The project will enable local residents to gain access to information, be signposted to and referred into local health and wellbeing services.
The role will have a particular focus in supporting residents who have been disproportionately impacted by the impacts of Covid-19 including those experiencing financial insecurity, reduced mental health, increased loneliness, etc.
The role will develop activities, provide signposting and referral, promote wellbeing through information, drop in’s, “shop pop up’s”, health campaigns and appointments that are targeted to address health inequalities and early intervention and prevention.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent contract. Term: Accepting part-time or full-time applications. Salary: £32,000 to £34,000 per annum (pro rata if part-time), depending on experience. Hours: 21 – 35 hours per week (0.6 – 1.0 FTE). Reporting to: Director/CEO. Location: FACT Liverpool, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ.
FACT Liverpool is the UK’s leading organisation for the support and exhibition of art and film that explores new media and digital culture. The award-winning FACT centre opened in 2003 in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool, a hub for independent shops, restaurants, bars, nightlife and galleries. The FACT centre houses three art galleries, four cinema screens, a lab for learning and experimentation, a cafe, and a bar. Each year they welcome 250,000 visitors to their building, and collaborate with over 10,000 adults and young people through their Learning Programme, which they deliver in partnership with schools and community organisations across the Liverpool City Region.
Working closely with the Director/CEO, the Head of Development will provide strategic and operational leadership of FACT Liverpool’s fundraising.
This key role is focused on developing and implementing a fundraising strategy to maximise fundraising from statutory funders, trusts and foundations, individuals and businesses, including for capital developments. The postholder will be responsible for nurturing and managing stakeholders including Arts Council England, local government and other public funding distributors, trusts and foundations, European Commission, and other international bodies, businesses, and research and consortium partners.
The Head of Development will coordinate and manage all bid writing and fundraising across the organisation, working with key staff. They will work closely with the leadership team to develop, implement and manage initiatives to maximise both contributed and earned income from a range of sources.
Interviews: Week commencing Monday 16 August 2022.
Contact Details: recruitment@fact.co.uk.
Fact Liverpool – Casual Gallery and Event Team
Posts available: 1. Contract: Casual permanent contract. Hours: Casual ad hoc hours. Salary: £9.50 per hour. Days per week: Variable, but weekend and evening work as standard. Reporting to: Visitor Services Manager. Location: FACT Liverpool, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ.
FACT Liverpool is the UK’s leading organisation for the support and exhibition of art and film that explores new media and digital culture. The award-winning FACT centre opened in 2003 in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool, a hub for independent shops, restaurants, bars, nightlife and galleries. The FACT centre houses three art galleries, four cinema screens, a lab for learning and experimentation, a cafe, and a bar. Each year they welcome 250,000 visitors to their building, and collaborate with over 10,000 adults and young people through their Learning Programme, which they deliver in partnership with schools and community organisations across the Liverpool City Region.
FACT Liverpool is looking for a casual gallery and events team to provide vital help across all departments at FACT Liverpool. The purpose of this role is to provide vital help across all departments at FACT Liverpool. The role of their casual staff is varied and can involve any of the following key responsibilities and duties.
You should be ready to put their visitors and clients first, offering an excellent level of customer service at all times, and communicating the importance of their support in achieving FACT’s aim of enriching lives and shaping the future through film, art and creative technology.
Some duties will require heavy lifting of equipment and furniture for the setup of events both at FACT and off-site venues. Full training and equipment will be provided for this lifting and they welcome applications from persons able to perform heavy lifting and those who aren’t.
Mandela Week | Family of revolutionary leader return to Liverpool
The family of revolutionary leader Nelson Mandela is getting ready to return to Liverpool. Both the former President’s eldest daughter Dr. Makaziwe “Maki” Mandela and his granddaughter Tukwini Mandela are visiting the city to make their mark on artwork that will form part of the city’s permanent Nelson Mandela memorial at Princes Park.
A “Freedom Bridge,” a pavilion, and 32 cylindrical stone works inscribed with motivational Mandela quotes will be part of the finished memorial. These pedestals represent the oil drums used to grow an allotment on the rooftop of Pollsmoor Prison where Mandela was held for part of his prison sentence. During their six-day trip, the family will visit Crosby Memorials to personally inscribe one of the stone drums.
The day before the Mandela family’s arrival, Liverpool will officially mark Mandela Day (18 July).
They will also take part in a series of celebratory and commemorative events organised by the local charity Mandela8 including:
Civic Reception – Wednesday 20 July
A private, invitation-only civic reception at the Town Hall hosted by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool Councillor Roy Gladden.
An Audience With The Mandelas – Thursday 21 July
A special ‘An Audience With’ event at St George’s Hall with the Mandela family in conversation with the anti-apartheid activist Lord Peter Hain. It will be hosted by author Marcus Ryde MBE.
Gala Dinner – Friday 22 July
A black-tie gala dinner at the Hilton Hotel for an evening of live entertainment and fundraising. Tickets are £35 (+booking fee).
Freedom Festival – FREE ENTRY – Saturday 23 July
A Freedom Festival in Princes Park with live music performances and community workshops in Princes Park.
Bite Back 2030 is looking for young people to join their Liverpool Youth Board
Bite Back 2030 is a youth-led movement that wants healthy, nutritious food to be an option for every family — at home, on the high street and at school. Because health comes first.
They are led by a National Youth Board of incredible teenagers likeChristinaand Dev, who in the last two years alone have won campaigns to ensure free school meals are available during the holidays, and junk food advertising will be ended online.
Young people that engage with Bite Back 2030 will have the opportunity to use their creative skills, expertise in social media, and knowledge of their local area to influence major political and business decision-makers to change food systems.
They’ll develop skills in leadership, advocacy and campaigning, public speaking, content creation, and teamwork. They also have an all-expenses-paid summer residential in August for all the Youth Board members to meet for the first time.
Applications are now open to join their Liverpool Youth Board.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary until March 2025. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £26,250. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Operations Manager. Location: Liverpool L4.
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in North Liverpool.
Their team are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively support the young people and their families of Liverpool every year.
Job Description
To provide support to families on a wide variety of issues. Working closely with teachers, colleagues and other agencies to help understand children’s needs as well as those of parents/carers. Providing high-quality services to support children and their families.
Some duties will include
To engage and build good working relationships with parents, children and colleagues working in schools and other agencies.
To work holistically and effectively with parents/carers in ways that will improve their children’s well-being.
To work effectively and cooperatively with partner agencies using common processes including Early Help Assessment, Team Around the Family (TAF) and Lead Professional (LP) roles.
To provide relevant information about, and access to appropriate support services and opportunities that enable parents/carers to improve their skills.
LCR Combined Authority Digital Inclusion Mapping Survey
Do you deliver Digital Inclusion activities across the Liverpool city region? This could include the provision of IT drop-in facilities for people to get online, delivery of digital skills training, equipment loan schemes (or similar), or volunteer Digital Champion (Guide/ Buddy) schemes to help people to use a computer and get online. Or you may do something else a little bit different.
If you do any one or more of these types of activities, please complete VOLA Consortium’s online Digital Inclusion survey by Friday 29 July 2022.
It would be really helpful if each organisation provided one response only, so please liaise with your colleagues (some of which may have also been notified of, or otherwise heard about this survey), to save potential duplication of effort.
They have sent an invitation to organisations they know of that deliver Digital Inclusion work, but they know there will be others out there who they are not familiar with, so they want to get the message around to ensure everyone has the opportunity to tell them about what they do.
What is the purpose of this survey?
VOLA has been commissioned by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCR CA) to undertake some research and mapping into current Digital Inclusion activities that are happening on the ground in local communities across the city region, so that the overall picture at a city region level can be brought up to date.
This will also hopefully identify areas of good or promising practice and innovation in the community, as well as places where there may be gaps that need to be addressed; and will ultimately help to inform future LCR CA strategy around Digital inclusion, an area of work that is high on their list of priorities.
They intend to publish some of the data in a simple format on an online map that can be used by individuals and service providers to help people to find out where they can go to get online, access training, etc. The survey will not request any personal or commercially sensitive information, rather, quite simply they want to know what you do, where you do it, who you do it with, the scale of your provision and your views on usage and capacity.
In addition to the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, who have commissioned this work and the University of Liverpool, who they are working with to undertake this research, information gathered through this survey may be shared with Local Authorities across the LCR and the Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership (NHS), who all equally have a keen interest in Digital Inclusion and would benefit from an up-to-date picture of DI activity in their respective areas.
They won’t share any personal information without people’s consent, (name, email address, and phone number are the only personal info requested).
The Brain Charity – Community Fundraising Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £26,000 PA. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: Flexible between 9:00 – 5:00 Monday to Friday. Reporting to: Head of Communications & Fundraising. Location: Norton Street, Liverpool L3 8LR.
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Description
The Brain Charity’s Community Fundraising Officer is responsible for generating and maximising income from their supporters in the community – including challenge fundraisers, individual donors and events attendees.
Most people who financially support The Brain Charity, whether by donating, taking on a fundraising challenge or attending one of their events, have a strong personal connection to their cause – many may have been bereaved or faced their own experience of how neurological conditions can impact lives.
You will be responsible for nurturing their relationship with their fundraisers and donors by taking them through a seamless, personalised and integrated journey so they feel valued by the organisation and are more likely to support them again in future.
You will also project manage and deliver two major fundraising events each year.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary – 12-month FTC. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £26,000 PA. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: Flexible between 9:00 – 5:00 Monday to Friday. Reporting to: Head of Communications & Fundraising. Location: Norton Street, Liverpool L3 8LR.
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Job Description
One of the biggest barriers that stands between disabled individuals and their ability to work is a lack of confidence. The Brain Charity has recently been awarded funding from Mersey Care Life Rooms to deliver a new project, The Value Of You, which will aim to improve and increase self-confidence, esteem and independence amongst their client group.
Working as part of the Employment and Welfare Team, the Confidence Coach will deliver both one-on-one sessions and group workshops with clients to build and develop confidence using a range of coaching techniques to develop trust, motivate and empower.
Interviews: Week commencing Monday 15 August 2022.
Contact Details: Jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk.
The Reader – Facilities Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £22,000. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Facilities Manager. Location: Calderstones Park, L18 3JB.
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well.
They are looking for a Facilities Coordinator to be a key part of The Reader and their site team. The successful candidate will need to be flexible and willing to work with the whole team and organisation to solve problems they encounter as they grow.
The Facilities Coordinator will need to have a good level of physical aptitude for maintenance tasks and be able to demonstrate adaptability and willingness to learn.
Following the VS6 Sustainable and Affordable Food event on 16 June 2022, VS6 are currently in the process of finalising the Community Food Mapping exercise that was presented at the event.
Community Food Mapping aims to visually map as many organisations as possible across the Liverpool City Region that work to improve the offer of and access to affordable food, whether this be a food bank, social supermarket, community café, community farms or anything else.
The mapping will inform a report along with recommendations for the Combined Authority to inform the development of a Liverpool City Region Food Poverty Reduction Strategy.
If your organisation is involved in supporting communities to access food and you have not already provided details to the mapping exercise, please complete the following short survey to provide your details to VS6 for inclusion within the mapping.
The deadline for the survey is Friday 22 July 2022.
If you have any questions, please contact Laura Tilston, VS6 Policy and Research Officer: laura.tilston@vsnw.org.uk.
The Joseph Lappin Centre – Hospitality Co-Ordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term till February 2023. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £16k. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: JLP Manager. Location: The Joseph Lappin Centre.
The Joseph Lappin Centre is a community hub based in Old Swan, providing holistic services to their local community and surrounding neighbourhoods. JLC aims to provide opportunities for residents of all ages to reach their full potential and fulfil their ambitions. They are home to numerous organisations including Deaf Active, Out of this World Kids Club, Merseyside Expanding Horizons and Duke of Lancaster Army Cadets. They deliver employability programmes, health and fitness, dementia services and a weekly social supermarket/food pantry.
Job Description
To lead a programme to strengthen activities and services available in and around the cafe. To work with other agencies and individuals and maximise the quality of lives and the communities, using the venue to train and encourage those looking for a career within the hospitality sector.
To identify and develop a strategy to fully utilise the kitchen facilities. To improve access to healthy eating and promote ‘cooking from scratch’. To further develop their food pantry/social supermarket.
Introduce new activities and events bringing the community together whilst supporting existing programmes currently being delivered.
For more information and to apply, please contact thejosephlappincentre@gmail.com.
Deadline: 20 July 2022.
Interviews: Week beginning 25 July 2022.
Contact Details: Kate McCormick: 01512223507.
YMCA Together – Night Support Assistants
Posts available: 10. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time working 4 on 4 off 12-hour shifts. Salary: £10.35ph. Hours per week: 38.6 hours. Reporting to: Night Team Leader, Service Manager or On-Call Manager. Location: They have posts across Liverpool: L8, L7, L3 and L10.
YMCA Together was established to be a place of hope, of light and unquestioning support to people in our communities who needed them most and 175 years later they are still working to make sure that everyone has a home of their own, support from people who understand them and the skills they need for a better future.
YMCA Together is the Best Companies number 1 charity to work for in the UK (Q1 and Q2 2022). They really value their team and provide a range of employee benefits alongside ensuring that employees are offered excellent terms and conditions.
If you work for them, they can guarantee you a transparent, kind and caring workplace where the well-being of their teams is really important to them.
Staff can expect good terms and conditions including:
33 days annual leave including bank holidays
Refer a Friend Cash Scheme
A day’s leave for birthday
A day’s leave so that you can work at a charity of choice
Accreditation with Living Wage Foundation
Company Pension Scheme
Company Contribution to Medicash
Competitive pay
Continued Professional Development
Happy, supportive, trusting workplace
3 star Best Companies to work for and awarded number one charity to work for in the UK (Q1 and Q2 2022)
Their Night Support Assistants underpin respectful, high-quality support services to vulnerable, homeless adults with the aim of strengthening independent living.
In your role as Night Support, you will be alongside their service users engaging in activities with them, such as; key working sessions, group discussions, attend meetings and other activities that help empower their residents.
You will be able to build a professional and therapeutic rapport with their residents and help remove barriers using humility.
Deadline: No formal closing date. Please note that this vacancy was first published in July 2022 and may have expired since then.
Interviews: Through July and August 2022.
Contact Details: recruitment@ymcatogether.org.uk, Laura Anderton Acting HR Director.
Short plays wanted for New Writing showcase
Valley Theatre in Liverpool is looking for short, original dramas by local writers for an event they are putting on for this year’s Liverpool Fringe.
The show is called Une, Deux, Trois and will feature short plays for one, two or three actors – monologues, duologues and triologues.
There are two categories: Category one is for plays that have a cast already and are ready to be performed. Category two is for writers who may not have a cast but would still like to submit the play for consideration.
Plays should be approximately 15-30 minutes long.
Writers have till 8 August 2022 to submit their plays. The event will take place on October 1, 2 and 3 during Liverpool Fringe week.
For more details please contact info@valleytheatre.co.uk which is also the email address to submit your script.
Participants Needed for Research into Radicalisation
The European project (DRIVE) aims to understand how young people (18-25) become attracted to ideas/beliefs which may be considered ‘radical’.
They are now recruiting research participants and are excited to hear the experiences and opinions of young people (aged 18-25) who have strong opinions on issues like religion, politics, culture, identity and inequality.
The research interviews can be face-to-face, over the phone or online. The results will be anonymised and stored securely. Participants will be offered a £20 voucher for their time. Please see the attached participant information sheet for more details.
Participants have to be at least 18 yrs old, be fluent English speakers and in reasonable health e.g. not undergoing any treatment for a mental health condition.
To inquire about taking part, or to ask questions, please contact Anne-Marie on WhatsApp: +447495564959 by phone 07496 48 42 88 or by email at DRIVERESEARCH@liverpool.ac.uk.
Altru Drama CIC – Operations Administrator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary – Maternity Cover (9 months, with possible 3-month extension). Term: Either 4 or 5 days per week considered. Salary: £18,000 – £20,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: General Manager. Location: Altru Drama, 6 Seddon Road, Garston, Liverpool, L19 2LJ.
Altru Drama CIC is a non-profit organisation, specialising in drama performances and workshops for children and young people. They work with creative professionals to plan and deliver work in schools and youth settings which makes a difference to young people’s lives through developing confidence and self-esteem, exploring issues and building communication and problem-solving skills.
Each year they work with hundreds of schools and thousands of young people delivering performances and workshops linked to the curriculum and to PSHE themes.
They are looking for a highly organised individual who will become an integral part of the operations at Altru and who has a broad skill base with a can-do attitude. This is an exciting opportunity to join a small, friendly and busy team, working across education and the arts.
The Operations Administrator will be responsible for the day-to-day administration of all Altru projects including:
Ensuring all company administration is completed to a high standard and by agreed deadlines, working to and maintaining Altru systems, identifying and implementing improvements as necessary.
Managing the booking system for clients, ensuring systems are followed and reporting to the General Manager.
Working closely with the CEO and General Manager to support their work and ensure all projects run smoothly and are well resourced.
Booking accommodation and travel for members of the team.
Managing the upkeep of the Altru building.
Developing strong relationships with associate staff and clients.
Representing the company both in person and on the phone.
EXTENDED DEADLINE for the Big Give’s Christmas Challenge 2022
The Big Give has extended the deadline for charity applications to Friday 15 July 2022 for the Christmas Challenge 2022.
A number of charity partners have contacted the Big Give about the challenging fundraising climate and requested extensions. They are therefore pleased to announce an additional two weeks for all charities to submit their first-round application.
Secondly, they’re pleased to announce their first cohort of confirmed Champion funders. With more Champions due to confirm their commitment in the coming weeks, their 2022 campaign looks set to have the largest amount of Champion funding ever disbursed to charities! Their Champions are interested in supporting a wide range of charities. Confirmed Champions include long-term partners like the Reed Foundation, The Childhood Trust, Candis and many others. They’re also pleased to welcome new Champion partners, like DCMS, who are funding women and girls charities across England and Scotland.
Three reasons why your organisation should consider taking part in the Christmas Challenge:
Match funding incentivises more people to give and people to give more! Last year, 75% of charities received more donations and 66% bigger donations vs comparable fundraising.
Taking part in a well-established national campaign can help you reach new supporters. Last year, 94% of charities reported donations from new supporters. On average, 33% of donations were estimated to be from new supporters.
Benefit from a free programme of skills training, coaching and resources. Their new-look fundraising training for 2022 campaign will help build your organisation’s skills. Last year, 86% of charities reported increased confidence in digital fundraising.
Check out the full list of the first cohort of confirmed Champion funders and more details on how to apply at their Christmas Challenge information page.
Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton – Interim Chief Executive Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: 12-month Fixed Term Contract. Term: Full Time. Salary: £50,000 to £55,000. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: The Board of Trustees. Location: The Frances Suite, 1st Floor, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2JH.
Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton is a charity dedicated to protecting and promoting the wellbeing of people aged 50+. Established in 1928, they provide a range of direct services which make life better for local older people.
Do you have the skills and motivation to lead an established charity through the next level of excellence? Are you a people influencer who embraces a challenge?
If the answer to the above is yes, then we may have an exciting opportunity for you. Over the last couple of years, Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton has embarked on quite a journey. As a charity which focuses on supporting older people in the local community they have faced and overcome several challenges. As well as providing befriending, activities and support they also operate a specialist Nursing Home.
Over the last 12 months, ACLS has been led by a talented and motivated CEO. Circumstances now mean that she is moving on and whilst they are saddened by this, they are extremely grateful for everything that she has achieved during her time leading the charity including the development of a new three-year strategy. The board have decided to now offer this role on an interim basis to allow an opportunity to assess whether they can offer the best support to older people in the community in their current form or in partnerships. As a board, they firmly believe that ACLS has an exciting future, and they now need to find that exceptional person to help them achieve that.
They are looking for a high calibre candidate who will work with the board to ensure the sustained strategic direction and sustainability of the charity and help them define their future whether in their current form or in partnerships. They will also be responsible for overseeing efficient operations, as delivered by their fantastic Director of Operations. This includes responsibility for the financial planning and to act as its representative as appropriate within the City of Liverpool and the Northwest.
The Interim CEO will ensure that resources are allocated to priorities, monitoring performance, managing risk, and ensuring that the appropriate ways of working, processes and productivity tools are in place to help them deliver their goals to agreed budgets.
Liverpool VCFSE Health and Wellbeing Fund Information Event Replay
NHS Liverpool CCG’s Health and Wellbeing Fund for Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Organisations in Liverpool opened for applications on 30 June 2022.
The fund aims to provide support for individuals in Liverpool communities who experience health inequalities and to improve how the NHS and VCSE collaborate to support health and wellbeing. The fund is part of the city’s health strategy, One Liverpool.
A Zoom Q&A was held on Monday 4 July 2022. You can now view a recording of the event below.
LCVS is looking to hire a Development and Grant Officer
LCVS is currently seeking a Development and Grants Officer to join our team, they will assist the Policy, Partnership and Programme Lead in their support and advocacy of the VCFS sector in Liverpool both through administrative duties and by liaising directly with voluntary and community groups, associated networks and funding boards/panels.
This fund opened for applications on Monday 4 July 2022.
Introduction
In its tenth successful year, the Austin Smith Small Grants Fund continues to provide local people with funding to empower their communities. The Passionist Congregation and Liverpool City Council continue to have a unique partnership in supporting non for profit organisations and their neighbourhood.
This initiative started with L8 Law Centre wanting to honour the memory of Father Austin Smith who died in March 2011. Austin was a member of the Passionist Congregation and dedicated more than forty years of his life to the people in the City of Liverpool.
Grants will be awarded across Princes Park, Riverside and Picton wards to deliver a diverse variety of projects.
Guidance
Amount available:
You will be able to apply for a grant up to £500. They only accept one application per organisation per round.
Who can apply:
Small not for profit community groups whose beneficiaries are predominantly from Riverside, Princes Park and Picton wards. Previous grant applicants can apply however priority will be given to new applicants.
What will you need to apply:
A governing document
A bank account in the name of the organisation with 2 unrelated signatories.
What they can fund:
To start new projects and activities
Increase levels of active citizenship, community pride and community activity
Contribute towards running an event, festival or community occasion
Intergenerational activities
Activities which may reduce isolation
Projects that will develop stronger communities
People working together to tackle issues in their neighbourhood
Please email your completed application form to Austin Grants austin.grants@liverpool.gov.uk.
If you need any further information, please contact Cheryl Moorhead on 07395847746 or email austin.grants@liverpool.gov.uk.
Deadline: 12 pm on Monday 18 July 2022.
HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) Programme for Summer 2022
The HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) Programme for Summer 2022 starts soon and there are lots of great activities happening over the school holidays for children, from reception to 16 years old, who are eligible for benefits related free school meals.
They will be able to access hundreds of activities throughout the Summer break including specific provision available for children with SEND or additional needs. There’s a great range of activities across the city including boxing, trampolining, football, music, dance, cycling, cooking, climbing, films, bowling, arts and crafts, drama, Jubilee activities, trips out and much more! Every day there will be a meal available for every child that attends.
Parents/guardians/carers will just need to choose an activity, and then contact that organisation to book a place. If the child has any additional needs or dietary requirements then they can discuss this with the organisation when they book.
Each organisation will have either a telephone number, email address or online booking system. There is no central booking system so they will need to contact the providers directly.
Around 100 programmes have been funded across the city and many of them are taking part in Liverpool’s growing project which will provide organisations with the tools to develop or enhance a community growing project in order to teach the young people about growing their own fruit and veg.
If you would like to visit one of the Summer providers then please contact them directly to make the arrangements.
If you have any queries please contact sally.dobbing@liverpool.gov.uk.
Shaping Our Lives has launched their new tool – the My Involvement Profile
Earlier this year, Shaping Our Lives published the Tickboxes and Tokenism: Service user involvement report 2022 – exploring deaf and disabled people’s experiences of being involved in planning and delivering services such as health and social care.
As a result of the survey findings, Shaping Our Lives has launched a new tool to help people who want to share their lived experience.
The My Involvement Profile is a resource where people can record their skills, lived experience knowledge and experience of engagement, involvement, co-production and research. Crucially it will also support people to explain their access requirements in advance.
Shaping Our Lives can support individuals to complete their My Involvement Profile. Find out more about the My Involvement Profile on their website.
Arriva Road Transport Services is looking for organisations in Liverpool to work with
Arriva Road Transport Services is looking for small to medium enterprises and VCSE (voluntary, community & social enterprise) organisations to work with in the Liverpool area.
This is so they can assist your organisation with in-house expertise that they offer such as CV advice workshops, interview skills workshops, Carbon Zero Advice, Business support including Finance advice, Community Engagement, Legal, HSE, Operational efficiency, Tactical Transport Advice, Tactical resourcing and Customer experience.
It may be for instance that a community centre or recruitment company are looking to set up a CV workshop, for this to happen, Arriva Road Transport Services would attend and run the workshop for them at no extra charge. They will work with the organisation directly to arrange how it is best to deliver the services that they are offering.
There will be no cost involved for this as this will be met by Arriva Road Transport Services’ social value commitments.
Their social value commitments are part of a contract award and the values will be delivered over a 4 year period, so they will be doing this for some time.
For more information and to express your interest, please contact Richard Stabler, Community Engagement Manager on email at stablerr@arriva.co.uk or on mobile at 07773124713.
Arriva Road Transport Services is a specialist provider of road transport for things such as Railway Replacement, large and small events, and special events. They provide through their network of operators, vehicles which match their customer’s needs.
St Andrew’s Community Network – Chief Executive Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time (part-time applicants will be considered). Salary: £55,000 to £60,000 FTE. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Board of Trustees. Location: Clubmoor, Liverpool.
St Andrew’s Community Network is an independent registered charity, founded by St Andrew’s Church, Clubmoor, Liverpool. Since opening in 2002 it has improved the lives of thousands, delivering support to the most vulnerable in the community in three main areas: Money Management; Food Poverty; and Community Wellbeing. The Network retains its intrinsic links with St Andrew’s Church and the local community but has also become a trusted partner to other organisations throughout Liverpool.
Job Description
The CEO will be responsible to the Board of Trustees for the overall leadership and management of the organisation, and will seek to position the Network as a key influencer of local, and where possible national policy around food poverty and financial hardship.
Contact Details: Base Recruitment – 0161 359 4222, info@baserecruitment.com.
Senior Research Associate (PHIRST)
Contract Type: Permanent. Salary: £35,326 to £40,927. Hours: Full Time, Part Time. Location: Lancaster.
Applications are invited for the post of Senior Research Associate as part of the Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Teams (PHIRST) initiative. PHIRST links up academic teams with local authorities to evaluate work that is happening in local government across the UK with potential to improve health and reduce inequalities.
Day to day, your main responsibilities will include conducting and analysing qualitative fieldwork and supporting participatory research activities. You will undertake rapid literature reviews to inform evaluation planning and complete ethical and/or governance approvals. The role will also involve on-going collaboration with colleagues at Lancaster and Liverpool universities, members of the public and local authority staff in order to plan and deliver responsive evaluations. With a background in an area of relevance to public health, you will have experience of conducting research in local government or community settings.
Parent/Carer Survey: Improving access to mental health services for minority communities
This survey has been developed to help understand how parents and carers from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds (BAME) in Liverpool feel about support for children and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing.
The survey is anonymous and closes on 15 July 2022.
Young Person’s Survey: Improving access for minority communities to mental health services
This survey has been developed to help understand how children and young people in Liverpool from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds (BAME) feel about support for their mental health and emotional wellbeing.
The survey is anonymous and closes on 15 July 2022.
Are you passionate about tackling domestic abuse and supporting victims/survivors in Liverpool?
Liverpool City Council are recruiting for a new domestic abuse strategic lead for the Council, to work with partners to deliver and learn from Domestic Homicide Reviews, to oversee the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences and develop and implement strategies and systems to prevent and tackle domestic abuse across Liverpool. You will be working closely with statutory and voluntary sector partners and have a victim focus and expertise in the field of domestic abuse. You will be a member of the Safer and Stronger Communities Service and have a team of 6 committed and innovative people to support the work.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity supports Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, which is the busiest children’s hospital in the UK caring for over 330,000 young patients every year. Alder Hey is also a Centre of Excellence for children with cancer, heart, spinal and brain disease and a National Centre for head and facial surgery, they are one of only four centres nationally to provide epilepsy surgery and one of two accredited major trauma units for children in the North West.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises funds to support the pioneering work at their brand new hospital, Alder Hey in the Park, and aims to improve the quality of life for not only the young people they see each year, but through innovations and research into childhood diseases & the quality of life for children across the world.
Job Description
This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of the charity operations. This role will support the Database Manager with ensuring data is processed in the best possible way across the organisation.
If you are interested in complex problems, can understand difference systems and processes, and enjoy working with data then this role is for you. It is important to have excellent Microsoft Excel skills and the desire to work with large sets of data. You must be able to present complex information with the end user in mind.
NHS Liverpool CCG’s Health and Wellbeing Fund opens this week
This fund will open for applications on 30 June 2022.
NHS Liverpool CCG have created a Health and Wellbeing Fund for Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Organisations in Liverpool.
The fund aims to provide support for individuals in Liverpool communities who experience health inequalities and to improve how the NHS and VCSE collaborate to support health and wellbeing. The fund is part of the city’s health strategy, One Liverpool.
Cheryl Lowes GP lead for social inclusion said: “We know how vital voluntary and community organisations are in supporting health and wellbeing in our communities. We are delighted to announce this fund and to make this opportunity to work more closely together to support people in our city who are facing difficult times”.
Projects will be 18 months in duration and must take place between September 2022 and March 2024. Applications can be for between £3,000 and £30,000. Successful applications will be paid in 4 instalments (25% on receipt of signed offer letter, 25% on receipt of a satisfactory interim progress report, 25% on receipt of a second satisfactory interim progress report and 25% on receipt of final evaluation report).
£470,000 is available and applications are sought for supporting people in the highest areas of deprivation and one or more of the following groups:-
Ethnic minority / traveller communities
People who have a disability
Pregnant women and / or children aged 0-5 and their families
People referred by GP practices in Liverpool
A Zoom Q&A will be held 10.30 am – 12 pm Monday 4 July 2022. Please email imogen.winter@lcvs.org.uk to register for the event.
LCVS is administering the scheme on behalf of the Liverpool area of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside (from 1 July 2022, NHS Liverpool CCG will become part of the Cheshire and Mersey Integrated Care Board, you can find out more about this here.)
Details of the scheme and how to apply will be available on the LCVS website from Wednesday 29 June 2022.
Application Deadline: 25 July 2022.
Blackburne House Group – Data Compliance Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £19,000 to £21,000 dependent upon experience. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Head of Quality and Compliance. Location: Blackburne House, Blackburne Place, Liverpool L8 7PE.
Blackburne House Group is a training-led organisation, which delivers high-quality training, and education services. They’re based in a beautiful Grade II listed building, situated in Liverpool’s famous Hope Street quarter, close to the city centre.
Attracting thousands of visitors each year, their facilities include an education centre for women, the School for Social Entrepreneurs North West, a thriving bistro, a women’s wellness centre, excellent conference facilities and a 30-place nursery. From the beginning, these highly acclaimed and flourishing social enterprises have supported their educational aims and provide tangible examples of how new markets can be used to serve local communities.
Their Data and Compliance Officer will work independently as well as collaboratively with colleagues to develop, implement, maintain, and improve compliance in accordance with funding rules.
A proactive approach is required to ensure that all tasks are completed on time and any issues are addressed and escalated. The Data and Compliance Officer needs to ensure that data is accurate, complete, and current at all times. Their Data and Compliance Officer will work as part of a team, supporting the vision and values of educating and upskilling women through Inspiration, Transformation, Equality, Independence, and Social Values.
Blackburne House Group – Education Operations Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £40,000 per year. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Director of Education. Location: Blackburne House, Blackburne Place, Liverpool L8 7PE.
Blackburne House Group is a training-led organisation, which delivers high-quality training, and education services. They’re based in a beautiful Grade II listed building, situated in Liverpool’s famous Hope Street quarter, close to the city centre.
Attracting thousands of visitors each year, their facilities include an education centre for women, the School for Social Entrepreneurs North West, a thriving bistro, a women’s wellness centre, excellent conference facilities and a 30-place nursery. From the beginning, these highly acclaimed and flourishing social enterprises have supported their educational aims and provide tangible examples of how new markets can be used to serve local communities.
Job Description
Their Operations Manager is responsible for effectively working alongside their Director of Education to manage Blackburne House’s education contracts delivery to the standards required by the LCRCA, ESFA and Ofsted.
They will develop and implement processes to ensure all programmes are delivered effectively, to a high standard, and maximise contract targets.
They will ensure that staff are utilised to meet student attainment and financial performance targets, setting KPIs for direct reports and monitoring performance. They will hold accountability as a safeguarding officer.
Their Operations Manager will work as part of their management team supporting the vision and values of educating and upskilling women through their values of Inspiration, Transformation, Equality, and Independence.
Everton in the Community – Everton Cares Coordinator – CEV
Full-time.
This role will be offered on a 12 Month Fixed Term basis.
Everton in the Community is one of the UK’s top sporting charities and is firmly established on the world stage of community sports development. They are considered one of the Premier League’s leading community schemes due to the quality and reach of its various programmes.
Since 1988, Everton in the Community has been at the forefront of social intervention across Merseyside, not afraid to tackle issues which others shied away from. They use the power of sport to motivate, educate and inspire people in our local communities to improve their life chances. If you would like to be part of a fantastic team, that really strives to make a difference in thousands of lives, then please get in touch today to find out more about their careers.
They are looking for an individual to join their expanding Everton in the Community Team as their new Everton Cares Coordinator, delivering their ‘Everton Cares’ programme across the Liverpool City Region.
The focus of the programme is to support those who are clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) in various groups of people across Liverpool City Region. The programme is in collaboration with Edge Hill University and Everton in the Community’s GP, local hospitals, and specialist voluntary organisations.
The five aspects of the programme will include 1) Raising awareness 2) Completing Health Checks 3) Delivery of a social inclusion & Physical Activity Programme 4) Encouraging Peer to peer support 5) Monitoring and evaluation.
Survey | Liverpool’s submission for APPG on ending the need for foodbanks
An All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has launched an inquiry into ending the need for foodbanks. This will explore effective ways to deliver crisis support. Feeding Liverpool are coordinating a city submission as part of their role leading Liverpool’s Good Food Plan. It is important for Liverpool to respond to this enquiry and ensure our voice, experiences and thinking on this issue is heard.
If your organisation is involved in any aspect of crisis support, please complete this survey, which should take approximately 10 minutes.
Learning through Landscapes is looking for groups in Liverpool to take part in their project: My School, My Planet
Learning through Landscapes is looking for voluntary and community groups in Liverpool to take part in a project focusing on schools, community and climate change.
Learning through Landscapes (LtL) is the UK’s national school grounds charity. They have run similar projects previously and now want to focus on Liverpool!
The project is called My School, My Planet. It brings schools and community groups together to learn about climate change and its impact in the UK and around the world. It also includes planning and making physical changes to school grounds and community spaces in response – it is about doing as well as learning. It is free to all taking part.
They are looking for any type of community group to participate, but you will need to have access to an outside space that can be changed (it can be very small) and a willingness to work with a local school.
Previously, they have added planters to a supermarket car park, improved the raised beds in community gardens, worked with faith groups and helped people make changes in their own gardens, window boxes and balconies.
They would like people to get in touch as soon as they can if they want to know more and if they want to talk face-to-face or show someone their space. Mary Jackson from LtL is in Liverpool on Monday 27 June 2022. To arrange a time, please contact Mary Jackson at mjackson@ltl.org.uk or contact Hannah Stewart at hstewart@ltl.org.uk.
To complete their expression of interest, please click here, they will need this by 8 July 2022.
Liverpool Parent Carer Voice SEND Survey
The purpose of the LivPaC PCF Survey is to gain an understanding of the lived experiences and views of parent carers within Liverpool. To ascertain what they believe is working well in the Local Area, the areas or services that they feel need improving, and to identify gaps that need development.
LivPaC PCF parent representatives will use the data and comments from the SEND Survey to direct their work on specific projects, to highlight gaps in services and needed changes, and to make recommendations for improvement.
The data and comments from parents are presented to the Local Area Senior Management to inform and help shape improvements to services.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £22,000 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours / 1 FTE. Days per week: Across 7 days on a rota basis, Monday – Sunday. Reporting to: Facilities Manager. Location: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB.
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and/or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
The Facilities Coordinator is a key part of The Reader’s sites team. You will have held a similar role in the commercial, social enterprise or charitable sector and be able to demonstrate how this experience will translate to this new role. You will need to be flexible and willing to work with the whole team to solve problems they encounter as they grow. You will have a good level of physical aptitude for maintenance tasks. You’ll be able to demonstrate your adaptability and willingness to learn.
Key Responsibilities
Knowledge and Skills
Bring a sound knowledge and understanding of The Reader’s work
Broad knowledge of maintenance matters, methods, tools and materials, and a desire to learn more
Represent the organization as a point of contact for external contractors, including critically assessing approaches to work and assessing quality
Provide a strong aptitude for creative thinking and solo and group problem solving
Provide an excellent eye for re-use opportunities and good environmental consciousness
High level of flexibility and the resilience to be pulled in different directions at short notice.
Provide response in emergencies, such as unplanned escape of water, including outside of normal business hours, working with other colleagues from across the site teams. This may include contributing to an on-call rota.
Support the organisation’s compliance with legislation and guidelines relevant to how they run their site, taking ownership of processes where required by the team.
Person Specification:
Trustworthy, honest, hard-working and reliable
A team player – able to maintain own morale and support others to do the same in difficult circumstances
Flexible, and able to change focus rapidly
Well organised with an ability to work under pressure
Experience in record keeping and development
Experience in supervising others in their work
Experience of working at height
Experience of working in confined spaces
Experience of working with hazardous material
Experience of working with power tools
Excellent attention to detail and ability to problem solve
St Andrew’s Community Network – Money Team Administrator
Posts available: 1. Contract: 12 months. Term: Part-time. Salary: £10.30 ph. Hours per week: 22.5 hours. Reporting to: The Money Team Leader. Location: Clubmoor.
St Andrew’s Community Network is a registered charity, founded by St Andrew’s Church, Clubmoor, Liverpool. Since opening in 2002 it has improved the lives of thousands, delivering support to the most vulnerable in the community in three main areas: Money Management; Food Poverty; and Community Wellbeing.
Are you passionate about making a difference to those who are struggling to manage their finances in North Liverpool today? St Andrew’s Community Network is looking to bolster its Money Advice team by recruiting an Admin Officer to support the day-to-day operations and help with compliance for their quality standards.
After reading both, to apply, please send a CV along with a covering letter which sets out, in detail, how you meet the requirements of the role to julie-anne@standrewslive.org.uk.
Deadline: 4 July 2022.
Fact Liverpool – Chair to the Board of Trustees
This is a voluntary role.
Posts available: 1. Contract: A maximum of two terms (one term is 3 years). Term: Approximately 100 hours per year. Salary: Unremunerated (agreed travel and expenses reimbursed). Reporting to: Chief Executive and Trustees. Location: Fact Liverpool, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ.
The Board meets four times a year, plus an AGM and an annual Board Away Day. It is important that the Chair is able to visit the organisation in Liverpool, and can be available to the Chief Executive on a regular basis (usually electronically or by telephone).
FACT Liverpool stands for Film, Art and Creative Technology. Imagined and made in Liverpool, they make internationally exceptional art, science and technology projects that radically explore society and its most pressing issues. Each year they welcome 250,000 visitors to their building, and collaborate with over 10,000 adults and young people through their Learning Programme, which they deliver in partnership with schools and community organisations across the Liverpool City Region. Their award-winning building on Wood Street, which opened in 2003, has two large art galleries, three cinemas, a media and events space, a lab for learning and experimentation, a café, bakery and bar.
They are looking for a Chair to lead and direct the Board of Trustees during an exciting phase of development and artistic vision, leading towards the integration of the whole building as one organisation in 2028.
At FACT, their mission is to enrich lives and shape the future through Film, Art and Creative Technology. Key to this mission is their role as an international centre for artistic excellence and a hub for the local community.
The purpose of this role is to ensure the Board fulfils its duties and responsibilities for the proper governance of FACT Liverpool, in compliance with charity and company law and any other relevant legislation, and to support the Chief Executive of FACT Liverpool and ensure the Board works in partnership with staff to achieve the aims of the organisation.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time (1.00 FTE). Salary: £20,600 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours over 5 days. Reporting to: Learning Manager. Location: Fact Liverpool, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ.
FACT Liverpool stands for Film, Art and Creative Technology. Imagined and made in Liverpool, they make internationally exceptional art, science and technology projects that radically explore society and its most pressing issues. Each year they welcome 250,000 visitors to their building, and collaborate with over 10,000 adults and young people through their Learning Programme, which they deliver in partnership with schools and community organisations across the Liverpool City Region. Their award-winning building on Wood Street, which opened in 2003, has two large art galleries, three cinemas, a media and events space, a lab for learning and experimentation, a café, bakery and bar.
They are looking for a Learning Facilitator to join their team. At FACT, their mission is to enrich lives and shape the future through Film, Art and Creative Technology. Key to this mission is their role as an international centre for artistic excellence and a hub for the local community.
This role will aid the design, production and delivery of FACT’s Learning & participatory art commissions and engagement programme. This post combines direct work with participants with production of artworks with artists.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time (1.00 FTE). Salary: £20,260 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours over 5 days. Reporting to: Marketing and Communications Manager. Location: Fact Liverpool, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ.
FACT Liverpool stands for Film, Art and Creative Technology. Imagined and made in Liverpool, they make internationally exceptional art, science and technology projects that radically explore society and its most pressing issues. Each year they welcome 250,000 visitors to their building, and collaborate with over 10,000 adults and young people through their Learning Programme, which they deliver in partnership with schools and community organisations across the Liverpool City Region. Their award-winning building on Wood Street, which opened in 2003, has two large art galleries, three cinemas, a media and events space, a lab for learning and experimentation, a café, bakery and bar.
They are looking for a Communications Officer to join their team. At FACT, their mission is to enrich lives and shape the future through Film, Art and Creative Technology. Key to this mission is their role as an international centre for artistic excellence and a hub for the local community.
As Communications Officer, you will work with the Marketing & Communications team to increase the profile of FACT Liverpool. This role is instrumental in the delivery of marketing campaigns and communicating their artistic programme to local, national and international audiences, both online and offline. This is a collaborative role, working closely with all of the teams at FACT as well as artists, curators, press, media and external stakeholders.
Charity Banking Challenges: Briefing No.1 has been published
Banking is a fundamental requirement for the voluntary sector, yet a growing number of charities are struggling to find banking services that meet their needs. Over 1200 voluntary organisations responded to a survey commissioned by the Civil Society Group between March and May 2022. The results have produced a wealth of detailed information about the issues charities are facing.
The Charity Banking Challenges: Briefing No.1 is the first in a series that will cover the wide range of issues identified.
The report has been prepared by NCVO, NAVCA, ACRE, WCVA and CFG.
For more information and to download the briefing, please click here.
The Big Help Group’s Community Impact Fund – Summer 2022 is now open for applications
The Big Help Group is encouraging people and organisations based within the Liverpool City Region who have innovative ideas for a project which will support your area to apply for funding. Applicants are eligible to apply for Community Impact Funding of between £500 up to £2500.
Who can apply:
Individuals, groups, and organisations based within the Liverpool City Region; including Knowsley, Sefton, Halton, St Helens, Liverpool and Wirral who operate their own existing project or have innovative new ideas that will support your local community are eligible to apply for funding. Applicants who have been previously unsuccessful in the last funding round will be eligible to reapply for funding.
They will support projects that:
Supports local community needs
Supports marginalised or excluded groups
Adapting services to meet new conditions
Funding to keep services running
They will particularly welcome applications from projects that focus specifically on: women’s safety, environmental projects, refugee support, LGBTQIA+ led organisations, BAME led organisations and women-led organisations.
Your projects must also:
Take place within Liverpool City Region, Knowsley, Sefton, Halton, St Helens or Wirral
Benefit your local community
Not be a specific religious or political cause
Funding must be spent within 12 months of receipt.
The fund opened on 1June 2022 and will remain open and accept applications until 31 July 2022.
Merseyside Police would like to invite bids for funding from community groups
Merseyside Police, funded by Project Medusa would like to invite bids for funding from community groups that serve the people of Old Swan.
The cash is to support local groups to assist in reducing and preventing crime and support victims.
All applications must have a connection to:
Reducing/addressing crime and anti-social behaviour
Protecting/supporting vulnerable people from becoming victims of crime or anti-social behaviour
Serve the people or area of Old Swan.
Please see this document for full eligibility criteria.
The closing date is 5 pm on 27 June 2022.
If you would like to apply, please complete the attached application form and return it to OldSwan@merseyside.police.uk.
If you are unable to email the application please hand-deliver it to the reception at The Old Library, Green Lane, L13 7EB marked for the attention of Sgt 7658 Bullivant.
Participants needed for Young Homotopia Summer Social
This summer, from Monday 25 – Saturday 30 July, Homotopia in collaboration with GYRO will be running a 6-day creative project for young LGBTQIA individuals, aged 16 – 25.
Workshops and rehearsals will run from 10 am – 6 pm through the week, with a performance at the Unity taking place on Friday 29 and at LCR Pride on Saturday 30 July 2022.
They are looking for singers, dancers, and actors to help make and perform a dynamic, activist, and fabulous piece of theatre which will be performed at the Unity Theatre in July.
These sessions are run by associate artist Ashleigh Owen (HIP HIP I’M GAY, ROYAL COURT), and the team at GYRO YPAS.
DCMS Youth Investment Fund Phase 2 – LCVS Information Update Briefing Replay
Earlier this week, LCVS held an information update briefing regarding the upcoming DCMS Youth Investment Fund Phase 2 grant programme. This online briefing event was an interim update and was intended to inform interested organisations about our current understanding of this funding opportunity.
For those who missed it, a recording of the event is now online.
Paper Cup Project – Treasurer (Trustee)
This is a voluntary role.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: 3 years. Hours: 8 meetings per year. Reporting to: Chair. Location: Liverpool.
Paper Cup Project is a Liverpool-based charity which offers support to people experiencing homelessness across Liverpool, via outreach services. Their charity works hard to tackle the stigmas and root causes of homelessness, in a bid to tackle the issue. In 2022 they opened Paper Cup Coffee, a city centre coffee shop which will train and support people who have experienced homelessness and assist them back into the workplace. An opportunity has arisen for a new treasurer to join their board during this exciting time.
As a Treasurer you will:
Join the existing Trustees to support the Chair in delivering the charity’s vision
In addition to normal governance roles and responsibilities, use your proven financial management skills to maintain an overview of the organisation’s affairs, ensuring its financial viability and ensuring that proper financial records and procedures are maintained, and set and maintain annual budgets
Possess sound negotiation skills and a ‘can do’ attitude
Be committed to dedicating the required time and energy to steer the charity to the next phase in its future
Be an ambassador for the charity, with a great book of contacts.
Tenure for Trustee positions is a minimum of three years. The Treasurer is an officer of their Trustee Board and is a voluntary position. The Treasurer’s role is to ensure that all the finances and the supporting financial control systems are kept in order, and will be responsible for end of year accounts. The Treasurer is not the bookkeeper. The Treasurer will delegate day-to-day financial management to the CEO.
The Ideal Candidate Would Have the Following Skills:
financial qualifications or experience
knowledge or experience of charity finances, fundraising, financial consequences and setting budgets and forecasts
be non-judgmental and respect views, values and cultures that are different to your own
have good listening, verbal, and written communication skills
be able to exercise good independent judgment and if necessary, to make difficult recommendations
excellent numeracy skills to understand accounts
Ability to create and present financial reports for board meetings, as well as heading up a finance sub group of trustees
be able to explain financial information at board meetings in a user-friendly way
enthusiasm and passion to tackle the issue of homelessness, and a desire to make meaningful change.
No formal closing date. Please note that this vacancy was first published in June 2022 and may have expired since then.
The NSPCC is currently recruiting Childline Counsellors (volunteers).
Time commitment:
4 hrs per week, plus initial training and a minimum commitment of one year.
What they’re looking for:
Someone who wants to make a difference to children’s lives by being there to listen when they feel they have no one else to turn to. As a Childline counsellor, you’ll be
there for young people and listen to them as they open up about whatever is worrying them, whether it’s bullying, abuse, self-harm or family relationships – you’ll be there to support them.
What you’ll do:
You’ll volunteer in your local Childline base, offering counselling support to children and young people over the phone or through their 1-2-1 online chat. Your supervisor will help you develop and evaluate your counselling skills. After your initial training, you will be able to help young people as well as identify when a child or young person may be at risk, but don’t worry a supervisor will be on hand to give you plenty of support.
What you’ll get:
You’ll receive training sessions over 11 weeks to prepare you for the role. When you start your regular shifts, a supervisor will be around at all times to support you. Every shift includes a briefing and debriefing alongside other volunteers. Supervisors will also give you regular one-to-one support and group supervisions.
What they’ll need from you:
Signing up to be a Childline counsellor is a big commitment and requires lots of training so, they do ask people to stay in the role for a minimum of one year.
They’ll also need to do some routine safeguarding checks, including an enhanced criminal record check and at least two satisfactory references with at least one covering a period of five years or more with no gaps. It’s nothing to worry about, and they can answer any questions you have about this.
Who’s right for the role?
While they think this role is suitable for a whole range of people, they are particularly looking for those with the following qualities and experience.
Passionate about helping young people and children
Great communication skills
Empathetic and perceptive
Able to think on your feet
Works well within a team
Emotional resilience.
Interested in getting involved? Volunteer today and join their fight for every childhood.
Writing on the Wall’s What’s Your Story? is now live for applications!
Writing on the Wall has just opened up two creative writing programmes for applications. One is for people who are part of the Enhanced Protection Programme (previously named Clinically Extremely Vulnerable) and one is for Frontline Workers.
It’s a chance for people to share their stories, meet new people, get creative and have their writing published.
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted how important community is and the benefits of connecting with others and sharing our stories.
What’s Your Story? is a creative writing course where the group is just as important as the individual. Through regular writing sessions, they will capture your stories and this moment in time.
To apply, you must be living under the Liverpool City Council ward.
Irish Community Care has five exciting positions available
Irish Community Care is a leading participant in the provision of support, information & guidance for all Irish, Irish Traveller and Gypsy Traveller communities.
Their aim is to ensure well-informed, empowered and vibrant Irish communities across the North West of England.
Their team is growing, and they have five exciting positions available. They are a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation that offers fantastic employee benefits, including generous annual leave, an employee assistance programme, ongoing training and professional development, flexible hybrid working and much more!
Governance & Quality Assurance Lead (FT £36,000)
Community Health Champion Liverpool (FT, £23,175)
Administrator (PT 21 Hours, £18,000 – £20,000 Pro Rata)
Community Engagement Worker Cheshire East (PT 22.5H, £23,175 Pro Rata)
Marketing & Communications Lead (PT 17.5h, £25,000 – £28,000 Pro Rata)
To request an application pack or to find out more, contact their Administration Team: P: 0151 237 3987 / E: admin@irishcc.net
You can also find their application pack online on Indeed by searching for ‘Irish Community Care’.
If you would like an informal discussion about any of the roles, please contact Breege McDaid or Kate Daly on 01512373987.
Deadline: Wednesday 22 June 2022.
UK Shared Prosperity Fund Webinars: Hosted by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority would like to invite you to a series of webinars on UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Government recently announced allocations of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, replacing the previous European Structural Investment Funds. It is a significant component of funding that supports people and places across the UK. The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has been allocated £52.8m for the period 2022-2025 (£17.6m per year). The total allocation includes a ‘Multiply’ component of £8.4m (Multiply is the Government programme for increasing adult numeracy).
To unlock the funding Liverpool City Region needs to submit an investment plan to Government by the end of July, setting out our priorities and interventions. These informative events will give you an overview of our emerging investment plan.
Details of the webinars are as follows:
Liverpool City Region UKSPF Plan – (People and Skills focus): 20 June, 2pm – 3pm. To register CLICK HERE.
Liverpool City Region UKSPF Plan – (Supporting Local Business focus): 21 June, 9am – 10am. To register CLICK HERE.
Liverpool City Region UKSPF Plan – (Communities and Place focus): 23 June, 2pm – 3pm. To register CLICK HERE.
Please feel free to circulate details of these events to other parties that may be interested.
At our recent VS6 “UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Making the case for Liverpool City Region’s VCFSE Sector” event, the VS6 partnership shared with attendees our plans for ensuring that the VCFSE sector in LCR is engaged within the UK-SPF planning both at a regional and borough level.
At this event, our Combined Authority colleagues presented the current planning and work happening to prepare an LCR Local Investment Plan submission for the UK-SPF, including the development of a Local Partnership Group. The Local Partnership Group (LPG) will consist of representatives from across the City Region from various sectors and organisations to consult on the UK-SPF investment plan. Representatives currently sat on the LPG include Local Authority reps, public health reps, Chamber of Commerce reps (from each borough), Further and Higher Education reps, Local Enterprise Partnership and many more.
We are pleased to state that alongside Dr Ellen Loudon, the identified representative for the LCR VCFSE sector (and VS6 Chair), that we have been able to secure representation on the LPG from each borough’s CVS. In summary, VCFSE representation on the LCR CA’s UK-SPF Local Partnership Group includes:
Rev Canon Dr Ellen Loudon, VS6 Chair and Diocese of Liverpool
Our VCFSE representatives attended the first meeting of the Local Partnership Group on Monday 13th June and provided insights and input on behalf of the VCFSE sector on the draft Investment Plan and indicative allocations.
To engage with this agenda, please contact your local CVS as stated above. Additionally, the LCR CA has arranged three workshops focused on the three priorities within the UK-SPF Investment Plan, the details of which are above:
These workshops are open to all, so please do get involved to find out more and help shape the UK-SPF Investment Plan for a strong VCFSE sector.
For further information, please find links below to recent presentations from VS6 and the Combined Authority:
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £42,000 PA. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: Flexible between 9:00 – 5:00, Monday to Friday. Reporting to: CEO. Location: Norton Street, Liverpool L3 8LR.
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
They are pleased to say that their charity is growing year on year, and they are now seeking an individual with a strong background in social care, health or a related field to drive their services and projects forward and take their organisation to the next level.
With overall responsibility for their client-facing services and projects, you will manage, motivate, and lead a team of dedicated staff and volunteers to maintain high levels of quality and deliver innovative new initiatives which enhance the lives of people with neurological conditions and their family, friends and carers.
They are seeking a caring and dedicated individual with a strong track record in operational management to work at the very heart of their team, enabling their organisation to achieve even more for those they are here to support.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Intensive Mentor (LDD) (Previous Applicants Need Not Apply)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract to 31 December 2023. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £23,938 p.a. – £27,304 p.a. – MYA Grade 5 – Pt. 17-20. Hours per week: 35 hours – (May include some evening and weekend work). Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: 65-67 Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 3DY.
The candidate will be required to deliver effective personalised pathways towards employment for young people aged 16 – 29yrs who have not been in education, training, or work for over 12 months and present Learning Difficulties or Disabilities (LDD/SEN) and have acute and complex needs.
You will provide extensive mentoring to young people on the programme, through their co-designed Your Way Routeway, as part of the LDD Team, managing a caseload of approximately 15 young people with LDD/SEN.
The successful candidate must have a recognised qualification at least to NVQ Level 3 in a subject related to young people.
To read the full job description and to apply, contactrecruitment@mya.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm on Friday 24 June 2022.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Youth Participation Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract to 31 January 2024. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £23,938 p.a. – £27,304 p.a. – MYA Grade 5 – Pt. 17-20. Hours per week: 35 hours – (May include some evening and weekend work). Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: Huyton, Kirkby & Whiston.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA) requires an experienced, committed, and innovative Participation Worker who brings creativity, energy and strong youth engagement skills to supporting young people’s development.
Working with young people who are aged 11 – 19yrs (up to 25 with SEND), including those who are underrepresented and hard to reach, the post holder will ensure that Youth Voice is at the forefront of Knowsley’s integrated youth offer and underpins everything that it does.
The post holder will lead the co-design, development and delivery of an innovative participation strategy which includes voice, platform, and action. The role will also include the co-facilitation of the Knowsley Youth Cabinet, development of Youth Ambassador Programmes, and promotion of Social Action Projects. Working closely with existing youth voice platforms and leaders in Knowsley, the Youth Participation Worker will ensure that young people are able to influence decision-making within their communities.
The post holder must hold relevant qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a related subject.
To read the full job description and to apply, contactrecruitment@mya.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm on Friday 24 June 2022.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Young Person’s Intensive Mentor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract to 31 January 2024. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £23,938 p.a. – £27,304 p.a. – MYA Grade 5 – Pt. 17-20. Hours per week: 35 hours – (May include some evening and weekend work). Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: Huyton, Kirkby & Whiston.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA) requires an experienced and dedicated Intensive Mentor to deliver effective personalised pathways of support for young people aged 11 – 18yrs (25 with SEND) who present with a range of complex needs and vulnerabilities including mental health and wellbeing, exclusion from school, isolation, poor aspirations, deprivation, and risk-taking behaviours.
The successful candidates will be able to provide thematic leadership in either Health, Education and Families, Equalities and SEND or Youth Justice.
The role will include the identification and recruitment of young people who are experiencing significant challenges such as homelessness, substance misuse, teenage parenthood and youth offending. The post holder will provide 1-1 intensive mentoring and act as the lead professional for young people, working closely with local services including Children’s Social Care, Early Help, Crime and Communities, Education settings and other areas of the Knowsley Youth Offer.
The post holder must hold relevant qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a related subject.
To read the full job description and to apply, contactrecruitment@mya.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm on Friday 24 June 2022.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Youth Support Worker – Disability
Posts available: Multiple. Contract: Fixed Term Contract to 31 March 2025. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £20,579 p.a. – £22,829 p.a. (Pro Rata) – MYA Grade 4 – Pt. 13-16. Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: Huyton, Kirkby & Whiston.
Contract 1 (multiple posts available)
7 hours per week (1 weekend session) increasing to 28 hours (4 days) during 10 weeks of the school holidays.
Contract 2 (multiple posts available)
28 hours per week (4 days) during 10 weeks of the school holidays.
The post holder will work within a staff team to engage with disabled children and young people, to deliver short breaks provision and youth-led activities.
The post holder will assist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of short breaks provision, issue-based youth work and life skills programmes for disabled young people in line with funder requirements and service user needs.
The post holder will work as part of a team, which provides support to disabled children and young people and assists them to participate in a full range of activities.
The post holder must hold qualification to at least NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent in a subject relevant to the requirements of the position.
To read the full job description and to apply, contactrecruitment@mya.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm on Friday 24 June 2022.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Disabled Children & Young People’s Team Leader
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract to 31 March 2025. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £23,938 p.a. – £27,304 p.a. (Pro Rata) – MYA Scale 5 – Pt. 17-20. Hours per week: 10 hours x 38 weeks, increasing to 28 per week during 10 weeks of the School Holidays (May include some evening and weekend work). Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: Huyton, Kirkby & Whiston.
The post holder will lead a team of sessional disability youth workers, to engage disabled children and young people aged 4-18 years through a short breaks service across Knowsley.
The post holder will assist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of short breaks provision, issue based youth work and life skills programmes for disabled young people in line with funder requirements and service user needs. The post holder will work as part of a team, which provides support to disabled children and young people and assists them to participate in a full range of activities.
The post holder must hold a qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a subject relevant to the requirements of the position.
To read the full job description and to apply, contactrecruitment@mya.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm on Friday 24 June 2022.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Data Analyst & Impact Administrator (Previous Applicants Need Not Apply)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract to 31 December 2023. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £20,576 p.a. – £22,829 p.a. – MYA Grade 4 – Pt. 13-16. Hours per week: 35 hours – (May include some evening and weekend work). Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: 65-67 Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 3DY.
They are looking to recruit an innovative and proactive Data Analyst & Impact Administrator to continue to develop their approach to data, evaluations, outcomes, and impact. The successful candidate will have excellent data management skills and work closely with their evaluator to analyse, evaluate and report on Talent match Liverpool City Region outcomes and performance indicators.
The postholder will be key in managing the Talent Match data measurement system and developing Talent Match data processes to ensure organisational effectiveness.
The successful candidate must hold a recognised Data Analyst qualification.
To read the full job description and to apply, contactrecruitment@mya.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm on Friday 24 June 2022.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Intensive Mentor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract to 31 December 2023. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £23,938 p.a. – £27,304 p.a. – MYA Grade 5 – Pt. 17-20. Hours per week: 35 hours – (May include some evening and weekend work). Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: 65-67 Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 3DY.
The candidate will deliver an effective personalised pathway to employment for young people aged 16-29yrs who have not been in education, training or work for over 12 months and have complex needs.
You will provide intensive mentoring to young people on the programme, managing a caseload of approximately 15 young people. To support recruitment, undertake initial assessments and to develop a personalised pathway utilising personal development tools designed for the programme.
The successful candidate must have a recognised qualification at least to NVQ Level 3 in a subject related to young people.
To read the full job description and to apply, contactrecruitment@mya.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm on Friday 24 June 2022.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Employment Support Coach
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract to 31 December 2023. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £23,938 p.a. – £27,304 p.a. – MYA Grade 5 – Pt. 17-20. Hours per week: 35 hours – (May include some evening and weekend work). Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: 65-67 Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 3DY.
The candidate will deliver an effective personalised pathway to employment for young people aged 16-29yrs who have not been in education, training or work for over 12 months and have complex needs.
You will provide intensive mentoring to young people on the programme, managing a caseload of approximately 15 young people. To support recruitment, undertake initial assessments and to develop a personalised pathway utilising personal development tools designed for the programme.
The successful candidate must have a recognised qualification at least to NVQ Level 3 in a subject related to young people.
To read the full job description and to apply, contactrecruitment@mya.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm on Friday 24 June 2022.
The Whitechapel Centre – Waking Night Project Worker
Posts available: 4. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £23,889.39 – £25,352 pa based on a 42.12 hr working week. Hours per week: 42.12 hours. Days per week: 4 on 4 off working pattern. Reporting to: Senior Worker. Location: Liverpool.
Serving the Liverpool City Region, The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic, tailored support so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.
Job Details
All posts are based at a new service providing 24-hour housing support and housing management to single people and couples who are homeless.
Your role will be to work as part of a small team to engage with clients and to supervise their conduct, health, safety and welfare during the nighttime.
Able to get alongside people and to motivate change, you will have extensive experience of working with people who are homeless or have complex needs.
No formal closing date. Please note that this vacancy was first published in June 2022 and may have expired since then.
The Whitechapel Centre – Supported Accommodation Project Worker
Posts available: 4. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £25,418 – £28,064 pa. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 3 or 4 on a rota basis. Reporting to: Project Manager. Location: Liverpool.
Serving the Liverpool City Region, The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic, tailored support so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.
Job Details
All posts are based at a new service providing 24-hour housing support and housing management to single people and couples who are homeless.
With a background in a related homelessness, housing or support setting, you will have a proven track record of delivering multifaceted services to people with a wide range of differing and complex needs.
Energetic and with a ‘can do’ attitude, you will be passionate about delivering positive outcomes for clients, ensuring appropriate move on and working to reduce levels of repeat homelessness in the city via effective multi-agency working.
Ideally, you will have experience of discharging individualised resettlement/support plans and providing advice and support to people about benefits maximisation, substance misuse problems, domestic abuse, care and mental health services.
No formal closing date. Please note that this vacancy was first published in June 2022 and may have expired since then.
Re-engage – Voluntary Group Coordinator (Lunch Clubs Crosby)
This is a voluntary role.
Posts available: 1-4. Contract: Minimum 6 months commitment. Hours: Approx 6 hours a month. Reporting to: Re-engage Volunteer team. Location: Waterloo Church, 16 Crosby Road North, Waterloo, L22 0LQ.
Re-engage exists to provide social connections for older people at a time in their lives when their social circles are diminishing.
Their Wednesday lunch club in Crosby provides a chance for older people to come together over lunch for regular companionship. The group provides a vital link with the outside world from which older people have become isolated. Their lunch club group coordinators play a vital role, heading up a team of Re-engage lunch club volunteers, including drivers.
Coordinating the lunch clubs every week, on a Wednesday, may seem like a big role, so if you’d like to coordinate one week every month then that’s fine. They just need to be sure that somebody is there to coordinate each week.
This is an administrative role that requires planning and scheduling, you must be comfortable organising weekly events, socialising, communicating with people and resolving issues that might arise.
Job Details
Welcoming new volunteers.
Planning and scheduling weekly lunch clubs, on a Wednesday.
Reporting lunch club activity to Re-engage via their feedback form.
Responding to any issues and queries from the volunteers and older guests in your club.
Following all guidance in your coordinator training to ensure that the lunch clubs are enjoyable, appropriate, and in line with their charitable aims.
Reporting any safeguarding issues that may arise or have been brought to your attention to the Re-engage safeguarding point of contact.
Organising the weekly event, ensuring that lunch club volunteers have all the information they need.
Being part of the team of coordinators that together makes sure the lunch clubs go ahead.
There is no formal deadline for this vacancy. Please note that this was first published in June 2022 and may have expired since then.
The Reader – Events Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £27,000 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours / 1 FTE. Days per week: Across 7 days on a rota basis, Monday – Sunday. Reporting to: Head of Events and Commercial. Location: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB.
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and/or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
This role will have responsibility for event delivery on-site at Calderstones Mansion House facilitating a smooth front-of-house service for all their beneficiaries, customers and staff. You will work closely with the Head of Commercial and Events to ensure the success of their businesses at Calderstones.
Key Responsibilities
Knowledge and Skills
Detailed industry knowledge of sales and events
Significant experience in events delivery to provide a professional and profitable service
Bar experience, delivering great customer service at all events
Understanding of project margins to feed into decision making
Financial awareness of the industry and where profits are needed
This post will be a key holder for the entire Calderstones Site and will have the responsibility for opening and closing the site.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
Significant experience in events delivery
Skilled Negotiator
Superb Customer Service
Excellent Communications Skills
Excellent Organisational Skills
Emotionally intelligent and resilient
Strong Leadership skills
Ambitious and willing to learn
Experience in delivering weddings and similar events
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £30,000 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours / 1 FTE. Days per week: Monday – Friday (flexible working will be considered). Reporting to: Head of Development. Location: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB.
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and/or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
The Development Manager sits in the Development Team, which is responsible for delivering income to sustain and grow The Reader’s work and developing relationships that can help make that work happen. The Manager will work to generate funds from Trusts and Foundations and Statutory organisations. The post holder will input into the strategic overview of the department and the development of the annual fundraising strategy. The role will work collaboratively across the organisation to identify and develop funding opportunities and will build relationships externally with existing and prospective funders. Partnership and project working will be instrumental in the role.
Key Responsibilities
To maintain a solid understanding of the external funding environment, and keep up to date with funding trends and developments in the sector
To write high-quality and compelling bids, proposals and applications in order to secure funding from a wide range of Trusts and Foundations and statutory organisations
To write high-quality and well-informed funder reports, using information drawn from across the organisation and including both qualitative and quantitative data
To put together draft project-specific budgets for sign-off where appropriate or required. This might be helping to shape discreet project budgets for new areas of activity or working together with their Finance team to pull together larger budgets that reflect key strands of their core work.
Person Specification
At least 3 years’ experience working in either a fundraising, account management, business development or marketing/sales role
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to understand, interpret, and present complex information in a persuasive and accurate way for a range of audiences both internally and externally
A proven track record of delivering to targets with the ability to work under pressure and manage conflicting priorities
Demonstrable experience of successful bid writing, resulting in secured income
The ability to think and plan strategically, shape projects and deliver to agreed timelines
An effective influencer and negotiator with a demonstrable ability to sell concepts in a clear and engaging way
A self-motivated, proactive and collaborative individual with a proven ability of networking and developing new partnerships from scratch
A team player with a positive and flexible attitude with a willingness and ability to work collaboratively with colleagues
Confident in dealing with budgets and costings in order to be able to present them accurately within funding bids
Be able to demonstrate an understanding of, and passion for, the mission and work of The Reader and its values
Experience of using a CRM system
Experience of working in or understanding of the voluntary, charity, health and social care or Arts sector.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity – Fundraising & HR Support Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £19,500 – £22,795. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Kim Platt, Operations Manager. Location: Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity supports Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, which is the busiest children’s hospital in the UK caring for over 330,000 young patients every year. Alder Hey is also a Centre of Excellence for children with cancer, heart, spinal and brain disease and a National Centre for head and facial surgery, they are one of only four centres nationally to provide epilepsy surgery and one of two accredited major trauma units for children in the North West.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises funds to support the pioneering work at their brand new hospital, Alder Hey in the Park, and aims to improve the quality of life for not only the young people they see each year but through innovations and research into childhood diseases & the quality of life for children across the world.
This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of charity operations. This role is the first point of contact for supporters and requires outstanding customer care/ donor stewardship skills. The post holder is expected to foster excellent working relationships with all members of the charity team, donors – both existing and potential – and Trust staff. This role will provide support to the fundraising team and with HR processing for the charity, whilst also supporting with their hospital and online shop.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity will make every endeavour to make any reasonable adjustments for applicants who require assistance in carrying out their duties due to a disability.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity is committed to equal opportunities and positively welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Alder Hey Children’s Charity is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. The post holder may be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure check.
Applications must include your CV and a covering letter which explains how you meet the requirements of the role. Additional information is included within the Job Description and Person Specification (this is available in the link above).
If you have any questions about the role, please contact Sarah Fletcher, Director of Finance & Operations (details available on the charity website).
Deadline: Sunday 26 June 2022.
Interviews: Friday 1 July 2022.
Rosa’s Stand With Us Fund is now open for applications
Rosa’s Stand With Us fund has been set up to support the many organisations run by and for women who stand up and take action every single day to address violence against women and girls (VAWG).
The Stand With Us fund aims to empower and strengthen frontline VAWG organisations to build safer futures for women and girls.Through this fund, one-year grants of up to £25,000 will be offered to fund organisational development work.
The funding is available to organisations with an average annual income over the last three years of between £100,000 and £500,000.
With the funding they have raised to date, they expect to be able to support between 20 and 25 organisations across the four UK nations.
They have now extended the deadline to 4 pm onFriday 24 June 2022.
New member-run food pantry at The Blue Base
Everton in the Community, in partnership with Fans Supporting Foodbanks, is welcoming individuals and families to its new member-run food pantry, available for everybody to access in the local community.
Please see the leaflet below for more information. You can open them onto a new tab to view them more clearly.
There are three ways to register your interest and sign up:
Call: 0151 319 4018
Email: bluefamilyprogramme@evertonfc.com
In-person: Attend the pantry on any Thursday morning between 10 am – 12 noon and sign up on the day.
They encourage you to register in advance to avoid disappointment!
Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton – PA/Administration Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £28,000. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer. Location: 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2JH.
Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton is a charity that helps older people. Its mission is to improve the lives of older people in Liverpool & Sefton.
They are currently looking for an Administration Manager to assist the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Operations in carrying out their roles, providing efficient and effective secretarial and administration support together with the management of the admin function across the organisation.
They are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to work as part of a team, with the ability to sensitively support older people.
Experience with Microsoft 365 is essential and a working knowledge of the voluntary sector is desirable.
Halton & St Helens VCA is looking for people who are passionate about making a difference to the lives of others, are confident in meeting people and want to be part of a team that help each other in their common goal.
Their vision is to have a strong voluntary and community sector that is dynamic, responsive, diverse and improves the quality of life for local people and communities.
Senior Development Worker x 2 (1 – St Helens; 1 – Halton), Salary: £26,657
Halton & St Helens have a vibrant Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise Sector providing direct services to their local people. Working with their wider team, you will be making strategic links and connections with their partners, facilitating networks and supporting the development of the sector to engage with the strategic direction of their two boroughs. You will help to develop and manage localities/place-based support networks for the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector of Halton/St Helens which will allow people to influence the delivery of public services and feed issues into the Local Strategic Partnership.
Finance & Payroll Assistant – Based in St Helens (Part-time 25 hours), Salary: £12,350
Their St Helens based finance team provides payroll services for a variety of local groups and organisations across Halton & St Helens as well as keeping their internal day to day finances running smoothly. You will be supporting their Finance officer with data entry in both excel spreadsheets and their accounting software – helping to deliver their payroll service. You will help to provide administrative and book-keeping support and contribute towards the smooth and effective operation of the finance and admin core team.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £10.16 per hour. Days per week: Monday – Sunday on a rota basis. Reporting to: Storybarn Manager. Location: The Storybarn, Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB.
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and/or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
The Storybarn is a creative, interactive environment in which children can feel thoroughly alive and creative in the company of quality literature. With Shared Reading at the heart of all that they do, they believe that books offer children a way to understand the world in which they live and the worlds inside themselves. The Reader exists to provide book-routes into this inner space and to develop shared understandings of both it, and the outer world. The role of Storyhunter is to animate the Storybarn space and provide high quality shared reading experiences to children & families.
Key Responsibilities:
Knowledge and Skills:
A confident reader with the ability to inspire young people to love reading and to feel confident and relaxed in the company of books
A lively, engaging, enthusiastic personality with the ability to deliver all aspects of Storybarn programming and able to build a rapport with the children to encourage them to engage as fully as possible with the experience
An ability to create an exciting, stimulating environment, whether in and around the Storybarn, or virtually, to encourage children to make meaningful connections with books and stories. Experience of using props such as puppets, musical instruments and other items to stimulate creative play
An understanding of the curriculum and able to deliver curriculum based workshops for school groups
Leading delivery of a varied programme of sessions and events for babies, children and families across The Storybarn, The Mansion House, Calderstones Park and online using streaming technology
Bringing energy, warmth and enthusiasm as the host of Storybarn birthday parties, whether this is a virtual or physical party experience
An awareness of and active commitment to upholding their safeguarding policies and procedures.
Essential Criteria:
A genuine willingness to work as part of a lively team to help the Storybarn project evolve and develop in the most exciting and positive ways
Able to adapt and change delivery in response to audience, unsupervised and self-motivated including the flexibility to work weekends on a rota basis
Committed to providing excellent customer service
Experience of working/volunteering with children
Excellent at reading aloud
Confident in dealing with the sometimes challenging behaviours of children
A flexible, playful and caring approach to working with children
Self-motivated with the ability to work unsupervised
Able to engage with parents, carers and teachers in a relaxed, open and non-judgemental manner
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Excellent time keeping skills and the ability to remain calm under pressure
Proficient in the use of MS office and willing to learn other IT systems and software as they look to further develop their virtual offer (E.g. Zoom).
Desirable Criteria:
Personal knowledge of the need for Shared Reading
A background in children’s books/ performing arts/music
Posts available: 1. Contract: March 2024 in the first instance. Term: Full-time. Salary: £26,484. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Senior Social Prescriber. Location: Southport and Formby.
Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) is an independent registered charity with a borough-wide brief to assist and support voluntary, community and faith sector (VCF) activity across Sefton, Merseyside.
Job Purpose
The Social Prescribing Link Worker will be employed by Brighter Living Partnership, the role is part of their Social Prescribing team working across the Southport and Formby Primary Care Network area. The team is aligned to the Living Well Sefton (LWS) model which is co-ordinated by Sefton CVS.
The Link Worker will work holistically to support individuals to take control of their health and wellbeing based on a ‘what matters to me’ approach by connecting people to a broad range of community groups and services. The Link Worker will support people to increase their resilience and reduce the impact of health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health such as debt, poor housing etc.
The Link Worker will also support existing VCF sector groups to be sustainable; identify gaps in services, and work with the Sefton CVS Group Development Team to develop new initiatives to meet local needs.
The National Lottery Community Fund wants to hear from you
As part of their commitment to putting communities first, The National Lottery Community Fund is renewing their UK-wide strategy – and they want you to get involved. Communities across the UK are facing fresh challenges and opportunities and have new hopes and aspirations. They want you to help them better understand what these are and how they might support them.
This is an exciting and inspiring time to shape the future of how they invest in communities. They intend to do this by learning, exploring and building big ideas.
Thanks to National Lottery players, their grant holders and partners, they’ve made a significant difference to communities, including through the pandemic.
Now they need your help. They want to ensure that they are using all of their resources to be the best they can be. They want to ensure that they remain relevant, responsive and supportive to the communities they serve.
They want you to connect them with your networks and communities, so they can directly listen and learn about what communities want. Share your insights to help them, and the support they provide, remain fit and future-focused.
Free one-to-one and group Cycle Skills lessons for adults who live, work or study in Merseyside are now available from BikeRight! They offer tailored training at a level which suits your needs which are all based on the National Cycle Training Standards.
England Swims – share your views and experiences around swimming
England Swims is a Swim England campaign which is appealing for those from ethnically diverse communities to give their views and experiences – with the aim of helping to make water-based activity more accessible and enjoyable for everyone.
This includes those who can swim but may choose not to, those who cannot swim, those who have tried but have not had positive experiences and those that already enjoy the water.
We all deserve a place in the water. By completing the survey you can help your local community, improve access to pools and be a part of a positive change in the water.
Share your experience and help them make a difference.
The Liverpool Parenting Newsletter for April – June 2022 is now online. It includes information on services available to support parents across the city.
If you have any questions please contact parenting@liverpool.gov.uk.
The Life Rooms VCSE Micro-Commissioning Programme: Employability
The Life Rooms VCSE Micro-Commissioning Programme aims to support and improve the health and wellbeing of local Liverpool residents by commissioning opportunities and activities with local VCSE organisations to address the health needs of their communities focusing.
They currently have a Commission call-out focusing on employability, and they are keen to see innovative, preventative and integrated approaches and for submissions to see people in the context of their families, their communities and their neighbourhoods, not as problems to be solved, but as assets to be invested in.
They have £120,000 available for the micro commission Employability services from the VCSE organisations for the 12-month pilot. Funding will be in the form of a direct award which will be granted in one overall amount at the start of each project. It is anticipated that funding parameters will be between £30,00- £60,000 per project.
Completed Applications to be received by 14 June at 5 pm
Successful Awardees to be notified w/b 20 June
Commencement of all activity to take place on 4 July 2022.
For further queries, please email LiferoomsCommission@merseycare.nhs.uk.
“Inspirations” line-up to champion girls’ new cup
A striking squad of influential Merseyside women have teamed-up to support a brand-new football tournament to give girls hope and aspiration for the future.
Everyone from champion boxer Tasha Jonas to Everton player Danielle “Dan” Turner, are encouraging girls to take part in She Inspires, where they can make the most of their sporting abilities on the pitch, whilst also completing recognised qualifications.
The competition is the creation of Merseyside’s first woman Chief Constable Serena Kennedy and Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner, Emily Spurrell.
The Chief Constable said: “I’m incredibly excited for the start of the ‘She Inspires’ tournament and looking forward to seeing the progress these talented young women make on and off the pitch. I’m proud to be able to support initiatives like this one that give more opportunities to young people in our communities.’
Merseyside’s Police Commissioner Emily Spurrell said: “I’m thrilled this fantastic initiative designed to engage and inspire hundreds of young women in communities right across Merseyside is about to kick-off. Our goal is to give them a brilliant sporting opportunity, while also helping them to develop vital life skills and gain qualifications which will help them progress in life and reach their full potential.”
Detective Superintendent Siobhan Gainer, Head of the Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership added: “Women’s football is at the height of its popularity now and it is great to see that it is now the leading participation sport for women with 2.5 million registered players (1). Most people in this city, and Merseyside as a whole, have grown up with football and have a passion that is unrivalled. It’s this passion for the game that will help us to work with young girls from disadvantaged areas and provide them with hope and aspirations, which they may not have had previously.”
The competition has plenty of kudos thanks to the involvement of the LFC Foundation and Everton in the Community.
Sue Gregory, Everton in the Community’s Director of Youth Engagement, Employability and Sports Development commented: “Providing easy access routes and opportunities for women to take part in sport is vital in continuing to break down those barriers which have previously thwarted girls in taking part in sport in the past.
“We’re delighted to join forces with a number of key figures in Merseyside to deliver ‘She Inspires’ to collaborate and unite in one common goal – to inspire the next generation of females in our region.
“As well as helping to alleviate mental and physical health risk factors, sport can play a starring role in helping us to develop important life skills such as teamwork, resilience and leadership, all of which we can take into our everyday lives.”
Matt Parish, chief executive, Liverpool FC Foundation, said: “The LFC Foundation is proud to be supporting the ‘She Inspires’ initiative, which will provide local young women with the opportunity to take part in a fun and competitive football tournament with other likeminded youngsters as well as chance to gain qualifications or progress on to further education.
“In collaboration with the Chief Constable, the PCC, the Violence Reduction Partnership, Liverpool County FA, and Everton in the Community, we will deliver tailored football sessions at 12 community sites across Merseyside. These accessible sessions will combine practical on the pitch skills with fully funded educational courses in refereeing and coaching, as well as presenting pathway routes into further education.
“It’s really important that local young women who aspire to have a career in sport, have access to a range of opportunities that will help them to develop and equip them with the skills they need progress into education, participation and employment.”
Training on the pitch leading to accredited FA qualifications will be matched by the chance to gain better qualifications off it, due to the involvement of the Fowler Education & Football Academy.
The premier She Inspires supporters also includes the Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service and the Liverpool City Football Association and of course, has instrumental role models from business, the emergency services, politics, and public life behind it. Aside from playing skills, there will also be an accredited refereeing course for those passionate about officiating.
The She Inspires programme begins on Monday 2 May across Merseyside locations.
The final will be staged on Sunday 3 July at the Jeffrey Humble Playing Fields in Aintree.
To register for the tournament, email Anna.Farrell@liverpoolfa.com.
The Big Help Project is looking for individuals to take part in events for Windrush 2022
The Big Help Project would like to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the Empire Windrush arrival. Through a series of events, they will remember, recognise and celebrate the cultural, political, social and economic impact on our communities.
They’d greatly welcome input from; speakers, poets, musicians, artists and other community figures to help capture the stories, insights and perspectives on the impact of HMS Windrush’s arrival and the history surrounding it.
Events will run between 27 June and 1 July at venues across L6 and L8.
Expenses will be reimbursed!
For more information, please email jordan.moussavi@bighelpproject.com.
The Women’s Organisation – Engagement & Client Relationship Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Full-time. Term: Permanent. Salary: £20,000 – £22,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 5 days per week (Monday – Friday). Reporting to: Engagement & Client Relationships Co-ordinator. Location: Liverpool, L1 0AB.
The Women’s Organisation is a social enterprise that has for over a quarter of a century been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem, to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are continually developing an innovative portfolio of professional business advice, learning, seminars, workshops, accredited training, incubation, and consultancy services to help their clients meet their business ambitions in a rapidly changing world.
The power behind The Women’s Organisation is the people who work for it. They are expanding their diverse team of creative, ambitious, and talented people with a range of skills, knowledge, and aptitudes to meet their clients’ needs, both culturally and commercially. Come join a social business on a mission to build a more diverse, inclusive, and sustainable economy and world.
Is this you?
Are you an enthusiastic and friendly person who can build relationships and communicate with their clients, gathering information but also making them feel welcome?
Are you able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with people from all walks of life, over the phone or online?
Are you good at multitasking and juggling several tasks on the go in a vibrant and active environment?
Do you like being a part of the Engagement and Client Relationships team dealing with administration and information gathering to make any event a success?
If the answer is yes, you may be a match.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and have an approachable and friendly personality, attention to detail, IT skills (Microsoft Office, Outlook emails and calendar), and organisational and administrative skills.
They are looking for a new team member who can work in a positive and professional manner with their clients and express a good understanding of building rapport and creating a welcoming access point to their advice, training, and events.
You will be one of the team to connect with their customer while also making and answering the calls daily. You will be speaking to customers on what they need to provide to register and access advice, training and events.
You will also be providing administrative and team support to the wider Engagement and Client Relationship team, where excellent IT is required, such as working with Outlook emails and calendars, printing and scanning facilities, and typing or inputting on spreadsheets. As well as clerical skills such as record-keeping, and maintaining existing systems.
The Women’s Organisation – Partner Support Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Full-time. Term: Permanent. Salary: £22,000 – £26,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 5 days per week (Monday – Friday). Reporting to: Operations Manager. Location: Liverpool, L1 0AB.
The Women’s Organisation is a social enterprise that has for over a quarter of a century been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem, to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are continually developing an innovative portfolio of professional business advice, learning, seminars, workshops, accredited training, incubation, and consultancy services to help their clients meet their business ambitions in a rapidly changing world.
The power behind The Women’s Organisation is the people who work for it. They are expanding their diverse team of creative, ambitious, and talented people with a range of skills, knowledge, and aptitudes to meet their clients’ needs, both culturally and commercially. Come join a social business on a mission to build a more diverse, inclusive, and sustainable economy and world.
Is this you?
Can you produce accurate work to deadlines, supporting existing and new partners to deliver their projects in a compliant way?
Do you know your stuff and how to share it so others can understand stuff too?
Can you support partner team members to be confident and capable to meet their project objectives?
Are you able to communicate effectively, verbally and through your written work, with stakeholders at all levels?
If the answer is yes, you may be a match.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate great communication skills, excellent IT, organisational, and administration skills and attention to detail. They are looking for a new team member who can work in a positive and constructive way with partner team members, project clients and key stakeholders at all levels, and bring a well-developed understanding of audit, compliance, supplier and partnership liaison.
You will be the key contact for multiple partners across a range of projects undertaking monthly audit and partner checks, particularly in relation to ESIF (European Structural and Investment Funds) and other funded programmes; compliance support and assist in capacity building support for individual partners and consortiums.
You will work with partners to review project delivery quality and assist the sharing of good practice across partnerships and added value for clients. Ensuring the partnership is delivering to meet both the client and the commissioner’s needs.
You will report regularly on partner and project performance to the Partner Co-Ordinator via regular reports and internal project meetings to enable effective partner and project management; partner performance in relation activity and claims in line with their projected profile.
The Women’s Organisation – Positive Action Engagement Adviser
Posts available: 1. Contract: Full-time. Term: Permanent. Salary: £20,000 – £22,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 5 days per week (Monday – Friday). Reporting to: Engagement & Client Relationships Co-ordinator. Location: Liverpool, L1 0AB.
The Women’s Organisation is a social enterprise that has for over a quarter of a century been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem, to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are continually developing an innovative portfolio of professional business advice, learning, seminars, workshops, accredited training, incubation, and consultancy services to help their clients meet their business ambitions in a rapidly changing world.
The power behind The Women’s Organisation is the people who work for it. They are expanding their diverse team of creative, ambitious, and talented people with a range of skills, knowledge, and aptitudes to meet their clients’ needs, both culturally and commercially. Come join a social business on a mission to build a more diverse, inclusive, and sustainable economy and world.
Is this you?
They are seeking a colleague for this new role that will care as much as they do about their client’s journey and experience. You will have started to gain some skills and experience perhaps in a customer service or community relationships environment and will be ready to soak in learning to take the next step in your career.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with an understanding or experience of the impact of racism, gender inequality or the medical model of disability to make a positive impact in our region.
You will learn how to be the welcoming front door of The Women’s Organisation for women contacting them looking for help. You will have natural empathy and be able to retain a vast range of information well. They will help you to hone these skills to learn how to offer a diagnostic of needs and the ability to signpost women into the right support for them.
They are hoping to find someone passionate about making a difference who will help them to develop fresh approaches to reach out and engage with their clients, ensuring that women from all backgrounds and communities have the opportunity to connect with them.
You will need to be a proactive individual with excellent verbal, written, listening, and information analysis skills.
They are particularly (but not exclusively) interested in hearing from those who have working knowledge of the Halton community (though happy to hear from those willing to get to know the area). Maybe you live in Halton or have previously worked there and so have an understanding of the community, the challenges and opportunities there.
They know that creating a diverse workforce builds a stronger business and gives them a better opportunity to reach all women in our community. With that in mind, they would especially like to invite those from a Black, Asian or Ethnic Minority background or those with a disability to put themselves forward for this opportunity to improve representation within their engagement team.
The project “Wheel Meet Again” is looking for a Volunteer Arts & Crafts Tutor
‘Wheel Meet Again’ is a project for those over 50, which promotes active ageing through a range of activities. They are now looking for a Volunteer Arts & Crafts Tutor for Friday mornings from 10 am until 12 noon.
They are happy to supply materials and pay out of pocket expenses. They will also pay for the postholder’s DBS check and is happy for them to be included in any training that they do. They have a refresher First Aid course on 8 June 2022 and all volunteers are given the opportunity of joining.
If you need any further information, please contact Lynn Richardson at scct.generalmanager@outlook.com.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity – Grants Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary – maternity cover. Term: Part-time. Salary: £31,980 -£42,869 (pro rata for 22.5 hours per week £19,188 – £25,721). Hours per week: 22.5 (FTE 37.5). Days per week: 3 days. Reporting to: Sarah Fletcher, Director of Finance & Operations. Location: Homeworking or office-based or a mix of the two (office is at Alder Hey, Liverpool).
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is the busiest children’s hospital in the UK, caring for over 330,000 young patients every year. Alder Hey is a Centre of Excellence for children with cancer, heart, spinal and brain disease and a National Centre for head and facial surgery, they are one of only four centres nationally to provide epilepsy surgery and one of two accredited major trauma units for children in the North West.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises funds to support the pioneering work at their brand new hospital, Alder Hey in the Park, and aims to improve the quality of life for not only the young people they see each year but through innovations and research into childhood diseases, the quality of life for children across the world.
This is an exciting opportunity to join them as the charity’s Grants Manager to embed some newly developed grant awarding processes within the charity whilst the current Grant Manager is off on maternity leave. As a senior member of the operations team, the post holder will lead Alder Hey Children’s Charity’s grant awarding process, liaising with key members of Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust on their grant applications and reporting on outcomes.
This role will play a key role in ensuring that the fundraising teams have the information they need to raise funds for specific projects and report back to funders and donors on impact and how their donations have made a vital difference. This role will also manage Alder Hey Children’s Charity’s commitments as regional Lead Charity for NHS Charities Together Stage 2 Funding Programme for the next two years.
Applications must include a CV and a covering letter which explains how you meet the requirements of the role, you must send that to hrcharity@alderhey.nhs.uk.
Additional information is included within the Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions about the role please contact hrcharity@alderhey.nhs.uk.
Deadline: Sunday 19 June 2022.
Interviews: Wednesday 29 June 2022.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity will make every endeavour to make any reasonable adjustments for applicants who require assistance in carrying out their duties due to a disability. Alder Hey Children’s Charity is committed to equal opportunities and positively welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Alder Hey Children’s Charity is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. The post holder may be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure check.
Feeding Liverpool is looking for a partner for their Culturally Appropriate Food project
As part of Liverpool’s Good Food Plan, Feeding Liverpool is looking to partner with an organisation or consultant/self-employed individual to support a listening project around Culturally Appropriate Food in Liverpool.
They are looking for the project partner to lead on the design and delivery of 2-3 stakeholder sessions in late June – early September, which could be supplemented by key stakeholder interviews, exploring where access to culturally appropriate food could be improved and identifying actions that could achieve this.
There is up to £4800 (plus VAT) available for a suitable partner.
Expressions of interest should be made by 5 pm on Friday 10 June 2022.
The Brain Charity – Executive Assistant to the CEO
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £21,500 – £26,000 PA, depending on experience. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: Flexible between 9:00 – 5:00, Monday to Friday. Reporting to: CEO. Location: Norton Street, Liverpool, L3 8LR.
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
The Executive Assistant to the CEO is a strategically important role within the organisation and imperative to the success of the charity.
A key objective of the role is to alleviate time pressure on the CEO.
The EA to the CEO not only fully understands the strategic objectives of the organisation, but they also proactively identify business needs and opportunities to ensure that those objectives are achieved.
The proactive nature of the role involves scouring the CEO’s activities and their own work patterns for any inefficiencies to maximise their time. And in turn, this helps the charity to maximise its return on its investment in the CEO.
The Executive Assistant to the CEO holds a unique and privileged position within the organisation, whereby the nature of their role means that they have detailed knowledge of, and productive working relationships within, all areas of the charity and with its external stakeholders.
Aiding positive communications is another vital role and the EA must always act as the eyes and ears of the CEO, which means being alert to potential issues, conflicts, or any other information that may be helpful. This close partnership with the CEO requires a high level of loyalty to the CEO and belief in the strategic aims.
The EA will also provide executive personal assistance to the CEO and secretarial support to the Chair of the Board of Trustees.
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine is looking for volunteers to participate in clinical trials
Are you 18-50 years old? Generally well? A non-smoker? The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) wants to learn about a bacteria called Pneumococcus which is the main cause of pneumonia. In the study, you may receive a pneumococcal vaccine, you will have a small amount of bacteria put into your nose and samples will be taken to learn about the immune response to the bacteria. This will help them develop better vaccines to prevent pneumonia (as well as sepsis and meningitis).
Volunteers will:
Have 1 injection (a licensed pneumonia vaccine or saline)
Have a few drops of the bacteria put into their nose, twice
Give blood, nose, throat and urine samples
Attend about 15 appointments over 8 months (10 – 90 mins each)
Be paid for their participation.
For more information, please call 07740 410 290 or email 2volresearch@lstmed.ac.uk or text 2VOL to 88802.
The Together Fund is now open for applications
Versus Arthritis is delighted to announce that they’ve teamed up with Sport England to help distribute grants from their ‘Together Fund’ (previously called Tackling Inequalities Fund) on behalf of the Richmond Group of Charities.
They’ve been successful in accessing £325,000 funding from Sport England’s Together Fund and this fund will be made available to organisations in England to help support people with long-term health conditions to get active.
Versus Arthritis is also investing £150,000 funding to make this opportunity UK wide.
Through the Let’s Move Together fund, they’re making £150,000 available to local organisations supporting people with arthritis and other long-term health conditions to get active in Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.
In previous rounds of the Tackling Inequalities Fund and the Let’s Move Together fund, they’ve awarded grants to 78 organisations. Supporting them to increase local exercise opportunities through activities such as rowing, climbing, yoga and walking.
Support, Attend, Fulfil, Exceed (SAFE) Young Person’s Safety Survey
As part of the SAFE Taskforce Strategic Needs Assessment, the SAFE Young Person’s Safety Survey is a way to get the voice of young people heard in the document to understand their feelings towards youth violence and how they feel youth violence could be prevented.
After the deadline, a child-friendly version of the document will be circulated, and the next steps will be highlighted. This is a starting point, and young people’s ideas will provide an important basis for the project moving forward.
The LCR Early Years Festival is looking for a Photographer!
A photographer is being sought to support the LCR Early Years Festival w/c 13 June 2022 who can also take and edit videos (with footage coming in from partners at the events – so some of it will be rough and ready).
The Foundation Years Trust has been working with VS6 to organise an LCR Early Years Festival focusing on supporting parents’ role in developing infant speech and language skills. This has been identified as a post-pandemic priority to seek to close what was already a worrying attainment gap in LCR.
It is hoped that the festival, with a lead partner and event in each constituent authority, will act as a springboard for establishing an LCR 3rd sector early years forum to share best practice and support the statutory sector going forward.
Made in Liverpool: This Land is Our Land – Feeding Liverpool
Kensington Fields Community Association (KFCA), alongside Feeding Liverpool, Church Action on Poverty in conjunction with the Guardian and local filmmakers have produced a short documentary ‘Made in Liverpool: This Land is Our Land’. This film focuses on Kensington Fields Community Association – telling the story of their community centre, food pantry, frustrations at the changes to their community, and the launch of Kensington Fields Community Land Trust.
You can make donations to Kensington Fields Community Association through their Just Giving page.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity – Charity Shop Retail Store Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £22,065. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: Rota basis including Saturdays. Reporting to: Amy Atherton, Retail Manager. Location: Old Swan Shop.
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is the busiest children’s hospital in the UK caring for over 330,000 young patients every year. Alder Hey is a Centre of Excellence for children with cancer, heart, spinal and brain disease and a National Centre for head and facial surgery, they are one of only four centres nationally to provide epilepsy surgery and one of two accredited major trauma units for children in the North West.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises funds to support the pioneering work at their brand new hospital, Alder Hey in the Park, and aims to improve the quality of life for not only the young people they see each year, but through innovations and research into childhood diseases, the quality of life for children across the world.
They are looking for an experienced, ambitious Charity Shop Manager to join their successful charity team to manage their charity shop in Old Swan.
Applications must include CV and a covering letter which explains how you meet the requirements of the role, you must send this to hrcharity@alderhey.nhs.uk.
Additional information is included within the Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions about the role please contact Cath Harding, Head of Community Fundraising at cath.harding@alderhey.nhs.uk.
Deadline: 12 noon on Wednesday 27 May 2022.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity will make every endeavour to make any reasonable adjustments for applicants who require assistance in carrying out their duties due to a disability. Alder Hey Children’s Charity is committed to equal opportunities and positively welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Alder Hey Children’s Charity is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. The post holder may be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure check.
Churches Together in the Merseyside Region – Voluntary Treasurer
This is a voluntary role.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time, approximately 3 hours/ month. Reporting to: Churches Together in the Merseyside Region Management Council and the Churches Together in the Merseyside Region Co-ordinator as appropriate. Location: Working from home.
Churches Together in the Merseyside Region is an umbrella body to serve the churches in Merseyside on working together.
For this role, duties include paying invoices, reconciling ledger with bank statements, liaising with CTMR accountants over payroll issues and preparing financial documentation for accountants to complete annual accounts. In addition, the treasurer attends meetings of the CTMR Management Council which currently meets for a couple of hours three times each year.
The treasurer is responsible for sending invoices to the eight contributing denominations/dioceses each year, preparing budgets for the Management Council and monitoring and recording income and expenditure.
Deadline: No formal closing date. Please note that this vacancy was first published in May 2022 and may have expired since then.
Blood Pressure UK is looking for groups in Merseyside to work with to get key information out
The charity Blood Pressure UK is working with the South Asian community to get key messages out about high blood pressure and if necessary, the steps needed to reduce it e.g. lifestyle changes and/or medication.
High blood pressure is a large cause of strokes and heart attacks with approximately 16 million people in the UK with high blood pressure and one in three unaware that their blood pressure is high.
People from the South Asian community have a higher risk of developing high blood pressure, due to this Blood Pressure UK is reaching out to charities/community groups in Merseyside to work with to get information out to the communities that they serve.
For more information, please go to the Blood Pressure UK website or contact info@bloodpressureuk.org if you want to get involved.
PSS – Wellbeing Practitioner
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent (unlimited). Term: 1 x Full-time, 1 x Part-time. Salary: £22,799. Per annum Pro-rata. This salary is equivalent to PSS Fixed point 29. Hours per week: 37 hours (Full-time) and 34 hours (part-time). Days per week: 5 days. Location: Liverpool, Across the 3 Wellbeing Centres:
111 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool L3 5TF
Dutch Barn Highbank Drive Garston L19 5PF
Lee Valley Millennium Centre Childwall Valley Road L25 2PR.
At PSS, they’ve got an important job to do; and that’s to help people make the most of their lives, no matter what life throws at them. Whether you’re working directly with the people who use their services, or behind the scenes in one of their offices, every day you’ll be helping to make other people feel happier, healthier and more supported.
They’re a social enterprise or, as they like to call it – a ‘business with a heart’. This means that all the money they make goes back into finding new ways to help people. Their aim is simple; they want to help people change their lives for the better – no matter what life throws at them. They’ve got offices across Merseyside, North Wales, Lincolnshire, Manchester, Norfolk and Suffolk and the Midlands, where they’re making their stamp. Their Wellbeing Centres service is based across Liverpool at 3 hubs in Belle Vale, Garston and the City Centre and online.
What are they looking for?
Amongst other things they are looking for someone who:
Has brilliant group work facilitation skills, and a knack for breaking down complicated theoretical concepts into simple, everyday language that everyone can understand.
Has a genuine, kind and down-to-earth approach which puts people at ease so they feel they can explore, learn and change.
Has some extra skills in areas that could make their current team even better, like the creative arts, mindfulness, or digital technology and online support.
Lives and breathes peer support and co-production.
You will be an authentic mentor to volunteer peer supporters (they’re people who have used their services and want to offer help and support to other people who have been through the same things) and have an openness to work as equal partners with experts by experience in all aspects of service planning and delivery.
Is a determined advocate who wants to help people live their lives in the way they want to. You’ll need to give practical (anti-poverty) support on matters such as welfare benefits, debt, housing, and employment, so you’ll need to be passionate about supporting people to navigate these systems by providing supporting letters, phone calls, emotional support or referring to other agencies.
Has a big heart, open mind, determination, a genuine nature and professionalism.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: Project to be completed by 31 December 2022. Salary: £250/day x 8 days. Hours per week: Flexible. Reporting to: Andy Kerr, Programme Manager. Location: Liverpool (based in Lee Valley Millennium Centre, Belle Vale.
Kindred Minds is a small, inclusive, peer-led mental health support service, which seeks to provide activities and groups for like-minded individuals in Merseyside. They offer friendly, welcoming spaces to relax and enjoy pastimes together and also support individuals with chaperones for appointments.
Job Description
Expressions of interest are being sought in a short term project to answer the following evaluation question:
Has Kindred Minds impacted positively on the mental health needs of its target group?
Although the primary focus will be on the activities associated with the Liverpool Community Mental Health Awards, it is expected that this will be considered within the context of the organisation’s work as a whole. This will include:
Has the programme of activities been delivered?
What is the added value of additional activities enabled by the grant?
Have the organisations structures of governance and management optimised delivery of the programme
Have the expected outcomes for service users been achieved? Are there any unexpected benefits
What are the recommendations for future development of the organisation
For more information and to apply, please contact andykindredmindsmerseyside@gmail.com.
Deadline: Expressions of interest are invited to reach Kindred Minds by 27 May 2022.
Interviews with candidates are planned to take place in the week commencing 6 June 2022.
FireFit Youth & Community Hub is offering free meeting space
Are you a local community group working with the L8 Community?
Free meeting space is available on Wednesday Mornings from 10 am to 12 noon at FireFit Youth & Community Hub.
If you’re working with the local community and not charging for your services and need space, get in touch for more information.
The findings from the MVRP’s spring survey are now available
Between 17 January and 4 March 2022, Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership (MVRP) opened an opportunity for young people aged 13-25 years and their parents/carers to share their perceptions, opinions, and ideas on some key issues playing out in our region. This included perceptions around crime and violence, opinions on sharing images of weapons seized, the impact of Covid-19 on family life, and experiences of mental health and access to support.
Both surveys have been analysed, with findings and links to further participation and support collated here:
The accessibility of the 13-to 25-year-olds document has been peer-reviewed by the Peer Action Collective (PAC) Researchers.
This consultation is just one level of participation that they have explored with Merseyside residents this year.
The findings from these surveys, along with insight from the more collaborative and child-led approaches they are developing with partners, will feed directly into their Strategic Needs Assessment. Which in turn will support violence reduction strategy, activities, and decisions on where resources are directed.
Throughout 2022-2023, the MVRP will continue to work with their partners, providing the appropriate space for meaningful participation with and for children, young people and communities to work together to reduce violence in Merseyside.
The Stop Loan Sharks Community Fund is now open for applications
The England Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) have launched the latest round of their Stop Loan Sharks Community Fund with a share of £160,000 funding up for grabs.
Charities, community groups, schools, and public, private and voluntary sector organisations are able to apply for proceeds of crime funding for projects that raise awareness of the dangers of loan sharks and help make communities safer.
Grants of up to £5,000 are being made available with collaborative bids between multiple agencies being considered. Projects must raise awareness of the dangers of loan sharks, help to reduce crime and disorder and have a positive impact on local communities.
The funding comes from money recovered from convicted loan sharks under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA).
For more information and to apply, please click here and here.
The closing date for applications is Thursday 30 June 2022.
Comics Youth CIC – Graphic Medicine Project Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: Fixed term. 12 months in the first instance (with the likelihood of extension). Salary: 20k pro-rata. Hours per week: 15 hours. Days per week: 2 days. Reporting to: Projects Manager. Location: Alder Hey Children’s Hospital/Tempest Building.
Comics Youth CIC is an innovative non-profit that delivers comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects for disadvantaged children and young people aged 8-25 within Merseyside and the wider Knowsley Borough. The overall ethos of the organisation is to break down participation barriers for marginalised groups including looked after children, LGBTQIA young people, care leavers, young carers and young people experiencing complex mental ill health within the Liverpool City Region to make, create and publish comic books about salient community issues. Sessions are delivered within safe, inclusive, and indiscriminate community venues.
The post of Graphic Medicine Project Worker is an exciting and dynamic position that is integral to the development of Comics Youth CIC’s core mission and objectives. The post-holder will provide an integrated package of proactive, reactive, and rehabilitative support for chronically and terminally ill young people aged 8-18 via the delivery of ward-based and online comic book creation as well as graphic narrative sessions in conjunction with patients. The role will require an aptitude for illustration and considerable energy, enthusiasm, passion, and empathy to inspire young people to have their voices heard. The post holder will develop resources for young people and deliver one-to-one workshops at bedside and via Microsoft teams in conjunction with project staff to capture patient voices. The project will culminate in publishing an anthology of young people’s patient stories. 50% of the role will entail direct Youth Work and 50% will entail illustration work.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Location: West Derby.
Merseyside Society for Deaf People (MSDP) was established in 1864 to address the many barriers and inequalities experienced by Deaf people. The charity seeks to help Deaf people to achieve a full, active and influencing role in mainstream society. The charity’s objectives have since widened and now also includes people who are Deaf Blind and Hard of Hearing.
They are now looking for a new trustee.
As a Trustee, you will be expected to:
Act in the Charity’s best interest
Manage the Charity’s resources responsibly
Deal with conflicts of interest
Implement appropriate financial controls
Manage risk
Act with reasonable care and skill
Attend regular board meetings
Help formulate strategic, business and corporate partnership plans
Guide and consult on matters of strategy, governance and finance
Ensure annual reviews and reports are processed on time
Ongoing assessment of the charity’s legal integrity
Become an active ambassador of Merseyside Society for Deaf People
Promoting the charity’s work and reputation amongst contacts
Seek to secure financial support for the charity i.e. corporate partnerships, high profile donors.
Deadline: No formal closing date. Please note that this vacancy was first published in May 2022 and may have expired since then.
Imagine Independence – Volunteer Peer Mentors
This is a voluntary role.
Posts available: 20. Hours per week: 1 – 2 hours. Days per week: Flexible. Reporting to: Steven Jackson, Peer Mentor Coordinator. Location: Liverpool.
Imagine Independence is a charity dedicated to helping people with mental and physical health issues live their lives as independently as possible. They believe helping people to cope independently is the best way to build self-esteem and enable them to live more fulfilled and productive lives. Working across the North West of England and London, they provide personalised support to approximately 2,000 people a year struggling with a wide range of issues – including multiple health issues, drug and alcohol issues as well as ex-offenders. They work with people who have experienced mental health issues, to encourage them to re-engage with their local community and all it has to offer.
Imagine Independence is currently looking for Volunteer Peer Mentors. Do you enjoy going out for a coffee, going to the gym, or joining in community activities? Do you feel you have a skill that you could share with others e.g. art, I.T.?
If so, you would be ideal to support people to regain their confidence and learn new skills such as the use of digital technology! You can make a real difference, helping people to overcome barriers and make positive lasting changes to their lives.
Contact Details: Steven Jackson – SJackson@ImagineIndependence.org.uk / 07917050123.
Deadline: No formal closing date. Please note this vacancy was first published in May 2022 and may have expired since then.
Coram Beanstalk is looking for Reading Helper Volunteers
Coram Beanstalk provides one-to-one literacy support to children across Liverpool and Sefton who struggle with their reading ability and confidence. Becoming a Coram Beanstalk reading helper is a great way to make a difference to a child’s life and enjoy a rewarding volunteering experience.
With Coram Beanstalk’s volunteer programmes, you’ll help three children on a one-to-one basis, twice a week, for at least 1 year (starting at any time in the year). With your support, you’ll help them improve their reading ability, confidence and help them learn to love reading.
This simple method helps to motivate and support a child to feel more positive about their own reading, as well as check and deepen the child’s comprehension and enable them to have fun with books in a way that enriches and enhances a child’s learning, giving them the skills to succeed in their education.
The vacancies are spread throughout the city, but with a particular focus on L24, L4, L13, L5, L11, L20, L21, L23.
There is no deadline as it is ongoing and they are looking for roughly 40 people across Liverpool currently.
For more information, please click here. If you have a specific question that’s not covered in that link you can give them a call on 0207 729 4087 (Monday to Thursday, 10 am to 4 pm) or email admin@corambeanstalk.org.uk.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity – Community Fundraising Assistant
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £22,065 – £26,478 per year. Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week (part-time and flexible working will be considered). Days per week: 5 days (Monday – Friday). Reporting to: Cath Harding, Head of Community. Location: Homeworking or office-based or a mix of the two (office is at Alder Hey, Liverpool).
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is the busiest children’s hospital in the UK caring for over 330,000 young patients every year. Alder Hey is a Centre of Excellence for children with cancer, heart, spinal and brain disease and a National Centre for head and facial surgery, they are one of only four centres nationally to provide epilepsy surgery and one of two accredited major trauma units for children in the North West.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises funds to support the pioneering work at their brand new hospital, Alder Hey in the Park, and aims to improve the quality of life for not only the young people they see each year but through innovations and research into childhood diseases, the quality of life for children across the world.
This is a new and exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic person to enter into community fundraising at Alder Hey Children’s Charity. This role calls for a highly-motivated and organised person who shares their values. The role will play a vital part in supporting the day to day activity of the Community Fundraising Team in undertaking a wide variety of fundraising activities.
The role will focus on supporting the Community Fundraising Team through administration, stewardship of donors and reporting.
Interviews will be scheduled for Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 May 2022.
For more information, please contact louise.ferguson@alderhey.nhs.uk.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity – Community Fundraiser
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £25,339 – £32,572 per year. Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week (part-time and flexible working will be considered). Days per week: 5 days (Monday – Friday). Reporting to: Cath Harding, Head of Community. Location: Homeworking or office-based or a mix of the two (office is at Alder Hey, Liverpool).
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is the busiest children’s hospital in the UK caring for over 330,000 young patients every year. Alder Hey is a Centre of Excellence for children with cancer, heart, spinal and brain disease and a National Centre for head and facial surgery, they are one of only four centres nationally to provide epilepsy surgery and one of two accredited major trauma units for children in the North West.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises funds to support the pioneering work at their brand new hospital, Alder Hey in the Park, and aims to improve the quality of life for not only the young people they see each year but through innovations and research into childhood diseases, the quality of life for children across the world.
This role calls for an enthusiastic, highly-motivated and dedicated person who shares their values and who will play a vital part in developing various Community Fundraising income streams.
They’re looking for someone that loves people and is passionate about fundraising, with experience building relationships with individuals or community groups. Charity fundraising experience is desirable but not essential, they’re open to candidates from other sectors who have transferable relationship management skills. You’ll also be self-motivated, proactive and an excellent collaborator. If you’re excited by the sound of this, they’d love to hear from you!
The role will focus on fundraising from community groups, Alder Hey trust staff engagement and their Charity Ambassador programme, to support the implementation of the Community Fundraising Team strategy.
Interviews will be scheduled for Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 May 2022.
For more information, please contact louise.ferguson@alderhey.nhs.uk.
Merseyside Charity Mentors – Business and Charities Skills Share
The CVS’s in Merseyside in Halton and St Helen’s, Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton and Wirral and the Community Foundation for Merseyside are working together with the Financial and Professional Services Advisory Board of the Local Enterprise Partnership, Liverpool City Region, to pilot a new scheme whereby a charitable organisation or staff team member can be matched with a mentor from the professional and business community in the Liverpool City Region.
This initiative has been inspired by The Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside Mr. Mark Blundell who commented “I am delighted to support the Merseyside Charity Mentors pilot initiative to connect business and charitable organisations across Merseyside to share knowledge, skills and expertise through a mentorship approach.”
How it works
As a charity/ community group, you may be looking to build skills in your team and see this as an opportunity to gain new insights, contacts and continue professional development
OR
As an organisation, you are working on an existing idea, planning a new project or wanting to think creatively or differently about a challenge or opportunity. Through the Financial and Professional Services Advisory Board, Liverpool, potential mentors will be made available to be matched with charities and community organisations brokered through the CVS in each borough of Merseyside.
Merseyside Charity Mentors has undertaken a first small scale pilot with excellent shared outcomes and they are now looking for 10 organisations across Merseyside (charities in Halton will be referred to Cheshire Connect) who would be interested in a business mentoring opportunity. Some of the specific areas of mentoring support available are in marketing, financial planning and project management, though not exclusively.
How do I express an interest?
As this is a pilot they are asking any charity or community group who is interested to contact your local CVS (email details below) providing brief details of your organisation, your proposal or project idea, challenge, opportunity or professional development aim and why you would value a business mentor.
The closing date for expressions of interest is Monday, 30 May 2022 at 12 noon.
They will then be in touch with you to discuss your mentorship proposal. If you have any further queries and to lodge your expression of interest please contact:
For groups in Liverpool contact: info@lcvs.org.uk
For groups in Knowsley contact: Racheal.Jones@OneKnowsley.org
For groups in Sefton contact: mcm@seftoncvs.org.uk
For groups in St Helen’s and Halton contact: Sally Yeoman syeoman@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk
For groups in Wirral contact: info@communityactionwirral.org.uk.
Residents and stakeholders in Liverpool are being asked for their views on how the city is governed from 2023
A letter has been sent to households in the city, with all residents – aged over 18 – being urged to answer the question: “How would you like Liverpool City Council to be run?”
The letters include a secure link, which will direct the residents to an online portal.
The options are the three forms of governance that are allowed by law:
A Mayor who is directly elected by voters every 4 years (current system)
A Leader who is an elected councillor, chosen by a vote of the other elected councillors
One or more Committees made up of elected councillors
Voting forms and ballot boxes have also been placed in the following locations:
Write to: Electoral Services, Liverpool City Council, Cunard Building, Water Street, Liverpool, L3 1AH.
If you are writing or emailing, please include your name, address and postcode – this is to ensure multiple responses are not received from a single person.
Deadline: Monday 20 June 2022.
Somewhere Else, the Bread Church – Community Engagement and Bread Making Facilitator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed-term. Term: Part-time. Salary: £7722 per annum. Hours per week: 15 hours. Days per week: Tuesdays and Thursdays. Reporting to: Heather Lovelady (One Programme Leadership Local Line Manager). Location: Liverpool City Centre Methodist Church, 2nd floor, 96 Bold Street, Liverpool, L1 4HY.
You must be aged 18-30.
Perhaps one of Liverpool’s best-kept secrets, this fragile Methodist church, community-based in the heart of the city centre has worked with the marginalised of Liverpool for more than twenty years. Gathering as a diverse community of all faiths and none around the making and sharing of bread, they extend ‘outrageous hospitality’ to anyone who crosses the threshold on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Listening as stories are shared while mixing, kneading and shaping the dough enables them all to explore their experiences. They have recently introduced ‘Alternatives to Bread’ (A2B), to include creative activities of all kinds, giving more opportunities for all to learn new skills and at the same time enjoy an ‘oasis’ of calm in the busy city. Their aim is for everyone to leave Somewhere Else feeling physically, emotionally and spiritually refreshed.
Job Description
As a young adult, this role is designed to develop your leadership skills and will allow you to help shape the ministry and missions of the church at a local, regional and national level
As a Breadmaking Facilitator, you will have the chance to interact with an incredible community that is made up, largely, of people on the margins of society
You will be supported to build on as well as seek, develop and implement new ways of actively encouraging the youth of Liverpool City Centre to engage with the Bread Church community
Your role will include building on recent face to face and/or online initiatives and developing creative new ones with the support of the team
You will be responsible for engaging with existing social media platforms (website and Facebook) and developing the Instagram platform.
To read the full job description and to apply, please visit the Methodist Church website.
Public Contact Details: info@somewhere-else.org.uk.
Irish Community Care – Community Engagement Worker (Cheshire East)
Term: Part-time. Hours: 22.5 hours per week. Contract: Fixed Term, 18 months initially. Salary: 23175 per annum, pro-rata.
Irish Community Care (ICC) is a charitable company whose aim is to ensure well informed, empowered and vibrant Irish communities in the Northwest. They are looking for a dynamic individual with a track record of community engagement to join their forward-thinking team.
This is a new post funded by NHS Charities Together. The postholder will be working with Cheshire Halton & Warrington Race & Equality Centre (CHAWREC) and Pathways to deliver a joint project called ‘Transforming community engagement with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities”. The project focuses on access to primary care for BAME communities in Cheshire East. It will encourage understanding of BAME communities who experience difficulties accessing primary care services, developing ways to assist them in overcoming any obstacles they encounter, enabling them to access wider NHS services. The postholder at ICC will engage particularly with Gypsy, Irish Traveller and other Traveller communities.
The post is ideally suited to candidates living in or near this area as daily travel in Cheshire East will be required.
For an informal discussion, please contact Breege McDaid or Win Lawlor on 0151 2373987.
For an application pack, please contact admin@irishcc.net.
All applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check.
Irish Community Care is an equal opportunities employer. They particularly welcome applications from people who identify as belonging to a minority group.
Deadline: Monday 16 May 2022.
LCVS is hiring!
Do you want to be part of an organisation that provides support, advice and training for organisations across Liverpool? Are you passionate about strengthening communities, and about improving wellbeing? Do you want to be part of a movement that brings people, organisations and resources together? If so, we would love to hear from you!
We currently have two exciting opportunities for two talented individuals to join the LCVS Team in a capacity that will allow them to impact the voluntary sector across this city.
These are truly unique and exciting opportunities to join a flexible organisation that puts the well-being of its staff at the core. The roles will be a blend of homeworking, office-working and travel across the region.
Deadline: Friday 22 April 2022.
Easter 2022 HAF (Holiday Activities & Food) providers in Liverpool
The Easter Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme starts on Monday 11 April 2022, it offers a great range of activities for children and young people aged 5-16 years old across the city. Activities include boxing, trampolining, football, music, dance, cycling, cooking, climbing, films, bowling, arts and crafts, drama, a make up course, trips out and much more.
Every day there will be a meal available for every child that attends.
The Easter HAF provision is aimed at children and young people living in Liverpool and receiving free school meals but places are available for other children too. Each provider will have a limited number of FREE places subject to availability/demand.
Please use the following list to find your nearest / most appropriate provider and contact them directly to register children and young people for activities over the Easter holidays.
Merseyside Police will be delivering aid for Ukrainian Refugees, they are looking for donations
The world has been horrified as a humanitarian disaster has unfolded in Ukraine.
In response to this human tragedy, Officers and staff from Merseyside Police will be delivering aid to a distribution point in Poland. The aim is to support some of the 3.2 million people, who have been displaced from their homes in Ukraine following the commencement of hostilities with Russia.
The trip supported by the Chief Constable, will aim to deliver aid donated from local businesses and organisations and will be themed around essential items that make an initial difference, namely;
Blankets
Shower gels, shampoos, hand gels etc.
Towels
Sanitary items
Diapers
Sleeping bags
Thermal blankets
Toothbrushes
Toothpastes
Cups (stainless steel)
First aid kits, plasters, bandages etc.
Crayons
Soft toys
Colouring books
School supplies
Any support or donations, you or your organisation are able to give would be hugely appreciated.
Salary: £28,000.
Full-time / Permanent. Location: Liverpool (home and office working).
Do you want to be part of an organisation that provides support, advice and training for organisations across Liverpool? Are you passionate about strengthening communities, and about improving wellbeing? Do you want to be part of a movement that brings people, organisations and resources together? If so, we would love to hear from you!
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join the LCVS Team in a capacity that will allow you to impact the voluntary sector across this city. We are currently looking for a Senior Administrator to provide knowledgeable support to the executive team and Board of LCVS.
The Role
This is a hugely exciting and unique opportunity to undertake a range of administrative tasks and projects in support of the executive team, and also assist with the administration for LCVS donor and trust clients. Duties will include:
Supporting the CEO and Director of Finance with administration of the LCVS Board including scheduling Trustee Board and Board subcommittee meetings, preparing papers, taking minutes and following up action points
Assisting the executive team with general diary management
Ensuring correspondence and other documents/data in relation to donors & Trusts are retained in appropriate format and in compliance with LCVS’s GDPR policy
Co-ordinating and supporting Trust management and administration including servicing and attending Trust meetings
Providing timely and accurate information to customers and trustees and support legal and accounting compliance.
The Person
To be considered for this role you should be a highly organised and motivated individual passionate about providing high-quality administrative support. You should have experience working in project management, or as a personal assistant, and be comfortable preparing reports and papers, producing meeting minutes and analysing company documents. Ideally, you will have experience working in, or with, the voluntary sector, or if not then a keen interest and knowledge of the charity and not-for-profit world.
This is a truly unique and exciting opportunity to join a flexible organisation that puts the well-being of its staff at the core. The role will be a blend of homeworking, office-working and travel across the region. By joining LCVS as Senior Administrator you will form part of a small but ambitious team and play a supportive role in ensuring the organisation can continue to support the charities of Liverpool in the invaluable way it does.
Salary: £28,000 – £31,000.
Full-time. Location: Liverpool (home and office working).
Do you want to be part of an organisation that provides support, advice and training for organisations across Liverpool? Are you passionate about strengthening communities, and about improving wellbeing? Do you want to be part of a movement that brings people, organisations and resources together? If so, we would love to hear from you!
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join the LCVS Team in a capacity that will allow you to impact the voluntary sector across this city. We are currently looking for a Policy Partnership & Programmes Lead who will co-lead the LCVS Policy, Partnership and Programmes team to undertake activities that support and develop opportunities for local VCOs, and ensure the sector is a full and active partner in delivering services locally.
The Role
The Policy Partnership & Programmes Lead will be responsible for representing LCVS in the city and building relationships with funders, public sector partners and VCFS organisations, with a particular focus on health and well-being. Duties will include:
Championing the work of the voluntary and community sector in Liverpool, and its role in delivering services and supporting communities
Working in collaboration with the CEO to identify opportunities for generating income through ‘charged-for’ services
Setting, monitoring and managing appropriate budgets and targets (along with the CEO and Director of Finance)
Managing the PPP team, providing support, development, and motivation for staff and ensuring accurate recording and monitoring for the team’s work and reports
Working with partners to identify and access relevant training and capacity building for VCO’s and to promote workforce development across the sector
Liaising with public bodies and community leaders to identify priority issues and engage relevant organisations in designing service solutions to meet the needs of the whole community
Developing meaningful partnership relationships with Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group, Health and Well-being Board, Public Health and health providers which are of benefit to local VCOs and can help address place-based health and wellbeing.
The Person
To be considered for this role you should come to us with experience working in, or with, the non-profit sector and ideally have a successful track record in building relationships with funders, public sector partners and VCFS organisations. You should have an understanding of how the health landscape in Liverpool operates and knowledge of how organisations like the NHS, CCGs, local authorities operate. You should be a self-motivated and collaborative team player experienced at leading and developing staff and excited by this new venture.
This is a truly unique and exciting opportunity to join a flexible organisation that puts the well-being of its staff at the core. The role will be a blend of homeworking, office-working and travel across the region. By joining LCVS as Policy Partnership & Programmes Lead you will form part of a small but ambitious team and play a role in achieving long-term systemic improvements for the charity.
YPAS is now recruiting schools to sign up for The Rainbow Flag Award
YPAS is proud to be delivering The Rainbow Flag Award to schools and colleges in Merseyside.
The Rainbow Flag Award is a national quality assurance framework for primary schools, secondary schools, SEND schools and colleges. The award focuses on positive LGBT+, (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, plus other related identities), inclusion and visibility.
Visibility is so important for children and young people because if you can’t see it, it’s hard to be it.
The Rainbow Flag Award encourages a whole school approach to LGBT+ inclusion, as well as developing strategies to effectively challenge and combat LGBTphobic* bullying.
YPAS started delivery to their first cohort of schools in September 2021. They are now recruiting schools to sign up for cohort three which will start at the end of April 2022.
Peer Action Collective (PAC) – Become and Change Maker!
Do you care about youth violence? Do you want to make a difference? Are you 10-25 years old? Do you want to get involved in PAC?
If so, you should apply to become a change maker / research participant!
What is PAC?
The Peer Action Collective (PAC) is a ground-breaking network of young people, who are designing and conducting research about young people’s experiences of violence. They’ll then be supported to turn what they’ve learned into action. From campaigning to improve local mental health services, setting up a youth centre or supporting young people into employment – the PAC will create opportunities for young people to make their community a safer, fairer place.
The PAC is working across England and Wales. YPAS is the lead organisation in the North West. The PAC will see 120 peer researchers (aged 16-25) design their own research questions and work with around 5,000 other young people (aged 10–20) to find out about young people’s experiences of violence and their views on how they can help make their communities better places to live and work.
For more information and to apply, please email YPAS at pacpeerresearchers@ypas.org.uk.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Outdoor Education Instructor (Primarily Water Based)
Posts available: Multiple Posts Available. Contract: Fixed Term funded to 31 January 2024 (With the Potential to be extended to 31 January 2026). Term: Full-Time and Part-Time. Salary: £20,576 – £22,829 p.a. – MYA Grade 4 Pt. 13-16. Hours per week: 35 and 20 hours per week posts available (May include Evening and Weekend Work). Location: Knowsley.
Based in their beautiful lakeside outdoor education centre, the post holder will play a vital role in the successful development of Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA’s) Water-Based Outdoor Education Centre. Working closely with MYA’s Outdoor Education Centre Manager, they will deliver a range of safe, fun and interactive activity sessions, whilst carefully managing risk and staying compliant with current Health and Safety standards.
The post holder will be a confident instructor, able to engage groups of children and young people who may not have accessed a water-based offer before and will participate in ongoing training and professional development activities, gaining the skills to deliver multiple water and land-based activities.
The post holder must hold at least one Instructor/Coaching Qualification in a water-based discipline.
For more details, please contact recruitment@mya.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm on Wednesday 13 April 2022.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Outdoor Education Centre Manager – The Dam
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term funded to 31 January 2024, (With the Potential to be extended to 31 January 2026). Term: Full-Time. Salary: £31,360 – £34,123 p.a. – MYA Grade 7 Pt. 25-28. Hours per week: 35 hours (May Include Evening and Weekend Work). Location: Knowsley.
Based in their beautiful lakeside outdoor education centre, the Outdoor Education Centre Manager will lead the overall direction and development of Merseyside Youth Association Ltd’s Water-Based Outdoor Education offer, demonstrating a forward-looking vision and an imaginative and innovative approach to engagement.
The post holder will be a confident instructor, able to engage groups of children and young people who may not have accessed a water-based offer before, as well as the development and delivery of more formal and structured water-based courses and accreditations.
The post holder must hold at least one Senior Instructor Qualification in a water-based discipline.
For more details, please contact recruitment@mya.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm on Wednesday 13 April 2022.
Sefton CVS – Hospital Discharge Service Support Workers
Posts available: 2. Salary: £26,484 per annum. Hours: Full time 35 hours per week. Contract: Fixed term for 12 months initially.
The Hospital Discharge Team are looking to recruit 2 dynamic and forward-thinking people to expand the current service, which helps Sefton residents settle back home following a stay in hospital, and to prevent readmission. The successful applicant must be passionate about tackling health inequalities and have a person-centred approach that encourages these adults to set up a supportive network of family, friends, and neighbours, as well as their wider community.
This is a rewarding role for anyone wishing to make a difference in the health and well-being of adults. You will liaise with local hospital wards, as well as the hospital social work teams, to ensure referrals are appropriate and made in a timely manner to ensure a suitable discharge service can be provided.
The post will require you to conduct home visits as a lone worker. Experience in this field of work is desirable, along with excellent listening and communication skills. Your negotiation and leadership skills will enable you to deal confidently with clients. You may be required to liaise with a team of Volunteers and need to ensure the discharges are evenly distributed between them based on their availability and locality. You should be comfortable working both independently and as part of a team in order to manage this specialist area and a varied caseload. Good planning and organisational skills are essential together with the ability to adapt quickly to meet the needs of different clients and daily discharges.
The ability to travel throughout the borough of Sefton in order to get the job done is important.
If you are interested in applying for this post, please complete the application form, including how you meet the criteria in the person specification. We look forward to hearing from you.
The post is initially funded for 12 months and is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
Sefton CVS – High Intensity Use Of Services – Outreach & Intervention Worker
Salary: £26,484 per annum. Hours: Full time 35 hours per week. Contract: Fixed term for 12 months initially.
Sefton CVS, South Sefton and Southport and Formby CCG’s are currently delivering a project to support high intensity use of emergency NHS services, known as ‘frequent attenders’.
They are excited to announce that this service is expanding and they are now seeking experienced, motivated individuals, with experience of home visits, lone working and supporting people with complex needs as well as working within a fast-paced environment, to join their rewarding service.
The successful candidates will work with a rolling cohort of patients and a varied caseload, who attend A&E and are admitted to hospital more than might be expected. They are looking for individuals whose excellent listening and communication skills, along with negotiating and leadership skills give them the ability to connect with patients, in order to change their behaviours. The post holders will seek to appropriately reduce the number of unscheduled care interactions, emergency contacts, hospital admissions and other care interactions across Sefton.
Reporting to the High Intensity Use of Services Co-ordinator, the Outreach and Intervention Worker will work with people to identify the real reasons for attendances, de-medicalise these reasons and focus on using a very human and 1:1 coaching approach to address those issues that are contributing to inappropriate care-seeking behaviours.
The ability to travel throughout the borough of Sefton in order to get the job done is important.
If you are interested in applying for this post, please complete the application form, including how you meet the criteria in the person specification. They look forward to hearing from you.
The post is initially funded for 12 months and is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
They are seeking to recruit an experienced Inclusion Officer to join their successful Community Development Service for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, (BAME), Communities in Sefton. The Inclusion Officer will be experienced in improving access to mainstream health and wellbeing services for BAME communities. They will be skilled and experienced in tackling the stigma associated with mental health issues by raising mental health literacy among residents and employees across the borough.
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Robert Brennan on 07912 243851
Background to the Service
The Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Community Development Service is dedicated to achieving inclusion and working to improve the quality of life for all of Sefton’s diverse communities.
Salary: £26,484.31 per annum. Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week. Contract: Fixed Term to 31 March 2024.
This post will contribute to tackling inequalities in cancer care through the offer of support and to access a Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA) for people in south Sefton who are living with or affected by cancer. The Community Cancer Navigator will support anyone living with or affected by cancer who is registered with a GP practice in south Sefton to identify clinical and non-clinical needs and/or concerns and provide the right support to meet these needs in order to promote self-management and independence.
The post holder will work alongside the Primary Care Networks (PCNs), particularly with GP Practices to establish a robust referral pathway as well as with the Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) and Lead Nurse in the Cancer Community Support Service (CCSS) at Aintree University Hospital (LUFT).
The Community Cancer Navigator will be a practical resource to help connect individuals into services at a local level to aid independent self–management of their treatment and improve their health and wellbeing following 4 overarching principles of the service:
Everyone registered with a south Sefton GP practice who is living with or affected by cancer can have support from a Community Cancer Navigator.
Everyone registered with a south Sefton GP practice who is living with cancer will have the opportunity to have a conversation about their needs and concerns, and get the support that’s right for them at a time that’s right for them.
Everyone registered with a south Sefton GP practice who is living with cancer will have their vital needs met by high quality services.
Everyone registered with a south Sefton GP practice who is living with cancer that is treatable but not curable will be supported to live life as fully as they can.
Liverpool Community Advice – Debt Advice Caseworker
Posts available: 1. Contract: 6 months fixed term. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £28,785 per annum pro rata – actual salary £14,804. Hours per week: 18 hours. Reporting to: Chief Executive. Location: Kensington Fields Community Association, 24 Hall Lane, Liverpool, L7 8TQ and Liverpool Community Advice, 1st Floor, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2JH.
Liverpool Community Advice provides free, independent and confidential advice and representation to the public on a range of legal and social welfare issues. They hold both the Advice Quality Standard (AQS) and the Specialist Quality Mark (SQM). They hold a 2018 Face-to-Face Civil Contract for Housing and a Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme contract. Their specialist caseworkers regularly advise clients on a range of legal issues e.g. defending possession proceedings and suspending eviction warrants, anti-social behaviour and complex disrepair. They also provide a specialist welfare rights service up to and including representation at First-tier Tribunal.
An opportunity has arisen for a Debt Advice Caseworker to join their project, funded by the United Utilities Trust Fund. This targeted project is a partnership between Liverpool Community Advice (LCA) and Kensington Fields Community Association (KFCA). This project is not funded by the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS). The project will provide debt advice to residents of Central and Kensington & Fairfield wards. You should have the relevant IMA accreditation, knowledge and experience in providing debt advice and the ability to deal with a complex range of money advice issues.
To read the full job description and to apply, please contact enquiries@liverpoolcommunityadvice.org.uk.
Interviews will be held within 2 weeks of the closing date.
The Reader is looking for volunteers
The Reader is looking for some community volunteers that would work with an artist facilitator to help them to dig deep into the maritime history of the Grade II listed Mansion House. Together, they will bring their research findings to life and create a visual story that will document the challenging connections between Calderstones and the transatlantic slave trade, resulting in a new, permanent display at the Reader HQ in Liverpool.
Priority Youth Project – Level 3 Play & Youth Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: 31 August 2023. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £12.65 per hour. Hours per week: 20 hours. Days per week: 20 hours per week covering times between Tuesday to Friday afternoon/evenings, this post may include occasional weekend work. Reporting to: Chief Executive. Location: Liverpool East.
Priority Youth Project delivers youth provision to children & young people aged 8-19 years in the Liverpool East area. They provide centre-based youth provision, detached provision, after school projects, 1-1 counselling and half-term & summer holiday provision.
The post holder will work within the staff team to develop the educational, leisure and recreational needs of children and young people aged 8-19 years in Liverpool East. This includes working as part of a detached team during evenings, planning and delivering a wide range of educational and health work programmes in centre-based provision. The candidate must have recognised qualification to at least Level 3 in a subject relating to young people and must have experience of working with children & young people. This role will also involve the candidates working closely within the community and support families ensuring that their needs are met.
For more information and to apply, please contact louise@priorityouth.co.uk.
Deadline: Friday 29 April 2022.
Interviews: Week commencing 16 May 2022.
Priority Youth Project – Level 2 Play & Youth Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: 31 August 2023. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £10.58 per hour. Hours per week: 10 hours. Days per week: 3 afternoon/evenings per week, may include occasional weekends. Reporting to: Chief Executive. Location: Liverpool East.
Priority Youth Project delivers youth provision to children & young people aged 8-19 years in the Liverpool East area. They provide centre-based youth provision, detached provision, after school projects, 1-1 counselling and half-term & summer holiday provision.
The post holder will work within the staff team to develop the educational, leisure and recreational needs of children and young people aged 8-19 years in Liverpool East. This includes working as part of a team, working in a number of settings including centre-based and as part of a detached team. The post holder will assist in the planning and delivering of educational and health work programmes. Preferably the candidate will have experience of working in a setting with children & young people.
For more information and to apply, please contact louise@priorityouth.co.uk.
Deadline: Friday 29 April 2022.
Interviews: Week commencing 16 May 2022.
How You Can Help Ukraine
LCVS stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine in this moment of immense pain and uncertainty. The world has reacted to the Russian invasion of Ukraine with shock and outrage. Most of us are scared, angry and confused and want to help.
LCVS has already engaged with statutory and community sector partners about how local organisations can be supported to help the people of Ukraine in the most effective way possible. Meanwhile, LCVS is encouraging organisations, businesses and individuals across the region to help however they can.
The DEC (Disasters Emergency Committee) brings together 15 leading aid charities at times of humanitarian crisis overseas. It includes Action Against Hunger, ActionAid, Age International, British Red Cross, CAFOD, CARE International, Christian Aid, Concern, International Rescue Committee, Islamic Relief, Oxfam, Plan International, Save the Children, Tearfund and World Vision.
tide (Together in Dementia Everyday) – Training Development and Delivery Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: 12 months. Salary: 25,000 – 28,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Training and Products Manager. Location: The tide Head office, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2AH. This post will require occasional travel to other regions and UK countries.
tide – together in dementia every day is the UK wide involvement network for carers and former carers of people living with dementia. The overall aim of the tide carer network is to improve their experiences as unpaid carers as well as the services available to those they care for.
They have dementia-specific training programmes that are delivered digitally across the United Kingdom to National Health Service (NHS), Health and Social Care professionals, and Care Homes providers. As the Training Development & Delivery Co-ordinator, you will be planning and delivering training for professionals working with people living with dementia and their carers. The ideal candidate will have previous experience delivering training of some capacity and service and/or clinical experience supporting varying progressions of dementia.
As Training Development & Delivery Co-ordinator, you will work with the Products and Training Team and be responsible for planning and delivering training in line with the strategy, projects, or programmes at tide. The ideal candidate must be able to meet deadlines and deliver training programmes to a high standard in order to ensure the organisation can continue to perform at the highest level.
Skills required for this role are:
Experience of planning and delivering training programmes
Effective communication skills and digital delivery
Experience working in services supporting people living with dementia.
Essential Criteria:
Previous experience working with People Living with Dementia and Carers
Experience working in services with Advanced Progression of dementia and associated Co-Morbidities
Co-ordinating complex and busy learning programmes
Working alongside stakeholders to achieve organisational learning goals
Group facilitation and helping others to work and learn together
Working in a similar role that includes working alongside people with particular needs to co-design development programmes.
For more information, please contact Rebecca@tidecarers.org.uk.
Deadline: Monday 18 April 2022.
Interviews: Week commencing 25 April 2022.
Get involved with the development of a Clinical and Care Leadership Framework
The future of the Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care System (ICS) is being shaped with the development of a Clinical and Care Leadership Framework. It will outline how clinical and care professionals will be involved in all aspects of ICS decision-making.
If you are a leader of a VCFS organisation in Cheshire and Merseyside that provides health and care services, your views are being sought to develop the framework.
This framework is being developed over the next few months using an interactive collaboration tool called Idea Drop. There will be a series of questions/challenges over the coming months where you can drop your ideas, view and comment on the ideas of others, and see how ideas move through a ‘pipeline’ as the framework develops.
Get involved
Sign up to Idea Drop here and an invitation will be emailed to you within one business day. You can download the Idea Drop app through your usual app store to get ready.
More information
NHS England has published a guidance document on what a good clinical and care leadership framework looks like, as well as five guiding principles for its development. All ICSs in England are required to submit a leadership framework to the NHS prior to 1 July 2022.
Share the word
Their goal in Cheshire & Merseyside is to have the most inclusive leadership framework possible. They want to engage all people from across the whole health and care community. They need everyone’s help to reach deep into their networks so they can hear voices that are often missed.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Welfare Rights and Advice Caseworker (Bereavement)
Posts available: 1. Contract: The post is initially for 12 months, additional future funding is being sought. Term: Full-Time. Salary: LA Payscale 5/6 £22,183 – £26,511 p.a. +5% Pension Contribution. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Senior Solicitor. Location: Vauxhall, Liverpool.
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre has been providing free independent, expert legal advice in the community since 1973. They provide access to justice to the community on a range of social welfare issues, they offer welfare benefits, debt and housing advice as well as a bereavement advice service. They are based locally in Vauxhall, Liverpool and provide advice across the Liverpool City Region. They are a small community-based law centre.
Job Description
To assist in providing an efficient and effective bereavement service providing bereavement support and practical advice in relation to welfare benefits, debt and housing. You will work as part of a team to ensure that clients are receiving the best support available to help them with any matters that arise out of bereavement. You will be required to provide advice through various service delivery points, including outreach locations working with public service partners such as the NHS and community groups.
For more information, please contact 0151 360 7777 or recruitment@vauxhalllawcentre.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm on Monday 4 April 2022.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Welfare Rights and Advice Caseworker (Terminally Ill People)
Posts available: 1. Contract: The post is initially for 12 months, additional future funding is being sought. Term: Full-Time. Salary: LA Payscale 5/6 £22,183 – £26,511 p.a. +5% Pension Contribution. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Senior Solicitor. Location: Vauxhall, Liverpool.
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre has been providing free independent, expert legal advice in the community since 1973. They provide access to justice to the community on a range of social welfare issues, they offer welfare benefits, debt and housing advice as well as a bereavement advice service. They are based locally in Vauxhall, Liverpool and provide advice across the Liverpool City Region. They are a small community-based law centre.
Job Description
To assist in providing an efficient and effective advice service providing support and practical advice in relation to welfare benefits, debt and housing, particularly for people who are terminally ill. You will work as part of a team to ensure that their clients are receiving the best support available to help them. You will be required to provide advice through various service delivery points, including outreach locations, home visits and working with public service partners such as the NHS and community groups with a focus on people living in North Liverpool communities.
For more information, please contact 0151 360 7777 or recruitment@vauxhalllawcentre.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm on Monday 4 April 2022.
Cycle of Life is recruiting instructors
Are you a qualified Cycle instructor based in the Liverpool City Region? Are you passionate about widening participation in bikeability and cycling generally? Cycle of Life is recruiting sessional instructors and a senior instructor. If interested, please email diane@col8.org or call 01512453910.
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Deadline: Unknown.
Please note this vacancy was published in March 2022 and may have expired since then.
Bradbury Fields is currently looking for volunteers
Bradbury Fields is a local charity that provides services for blind and visually impaired people in Liverpool. One of their key areas of focus is to host volunteers who support their service users throughout the community. They have around 50 active volunteers, many of whom are starting to return to volunteering after spending the last couple of years in isolation and are appreciating the many benefits of volunteering such as boosting your confidence or increasing your ability to mix with others, as well as giving you a great feeling of self-worth due to the valuable support you are assisting with.
Bradbury Fields would like to reach out to local people who are looking to volunteer in some way and they have several opportunities available. Whilst most of their volunteers are of an older age group, they are also keen to introduce a blend of younger volunteers of working-age alongside them and hopefully, be able to support them with skills that may enhance future employment opportunities. They are looking for volunteers to assist with their one to one support, social clubs and activities such as swimming, walking or gym visits and also to drive their minibuses to help people get out and about.
For more information, please contact Darren Holloran on 0151 221 0888 Ext 300 or dholloran@bradburyfields.org.uk.
Heart Valve Voice is looking for volunteers to help them with a stethoscope testing day this April
Heart Valve Voice is hosting a stethoscope testing day in Williamson Square, Liverpool on 1 April 2022 with Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Valve for Life. They’re inviting over 65s to attend the session to have their hearts listened to and learn more about the signs and symptoms of heart valve disease. They’re looking for volunteers to help them during the day to support their clinicians in providing these checks.
Heart Valve Voice is the UK’s dedicated heart valve disease charity. They work with patients and clinicians to help increase the awareness of heart valve disease in the UK and improve diagnosis and treatment. Heart valve disease affects over 1.5 million people over the age of 65 in the UK and while there have been many advancements in the treatment of this disease the unfortunate fact is that far too many people are not being diagnosed and treated early enough.
Interested? For more information, please contact Elske Simpson at elske@heartvalvevoice.com or 07398619216.
Nominations are now open for the first-ever BBC Radio Merseyside Make A Difference Awards
This year BBC Radio Merseyside wants to celebrate and say thank you to people across Merseyside who make where we live a better place. Every day we hear stories of people doing incredible things for each other and their communities.
Now it’s time to recognise them for all their hard work with the first-ever BBC Radio Merseyside Make A Difference Awards.
Whether it’s caring for someone in need, being a brilliant neighbour, or inspiring children in the classroom, if you know someone who is really making a difference, they can be nominated for an Award.
There are 8 categories:
Volunteer
Community Group
Fundraiser
Carer
Great Neighbour
Key Worker
Environment
Together award
You can nominate someone you know by clicking here, where you can also see full Terms and their Privacy Notice.
Nominations are now open and will close at 11 pm on 29 April 2022.
The winners will be announced at their Make a Difference Awards ceremony in September 2022 at the Palm House in Sefton Park.
Crisis is recruiting for their Experts by Experience Panel
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people operating in 12 locations in England, Scotland and Wales. They offer a wide range of services to support people out of homelessness for good. They are currently recruiting for their Experts by Experience panel. The Experts by Experience Panel is a two-year project with a group of people with lived experience of homelessness (both those who have used Crisis services and those who have not) who inform the work of Crisis and participate in their continued development to make sure they are providing the services that people want and need from them.
Experts by Experience have the opportunity to contribute to a wide range of projects across the organisation depending on their areas of interest. It’s their job to fully support people to get involved and they will provide training and ongoing support for people to have a meaningful experience as part of the panel.
They are also pleased to be able to offer remuneration for this opportunity at a rate of £15.00 per hour for people’s involvement.
Please contact anna.jones@crisis.org.uk or carey.hill@crisis.org.uk if you need any further information or would like to ask any questions.
If you are interested in becoming part of the Experts by Experience Panel please answer the following questions, on no more than 1 A4 page:
Why do you want to take part?
What skills and experience will you bring to the Experts by Experience panel?
What do you want to gain from your participation?
You can email your responses directly to either anna.jones@crisis.org.uk or carey.hill@crisis.org.uk by 29 March 2022.
Informal interviews will be held on 11 and 12 April 2022.
Please include your name, contact details and whether you are available on the above dates.
Call for Merseyside based volunteers – Migration Stories NW
Interested in local history? Want to develop research and archive experience? The Migration Stories NW project will research and document online 100 stories of migration to and from the Northwest of England since the Romans. Volunteer community researchers will work with them to uncover and document some of their local migration history.
The volunteer programme will include:
Monthly team meetings
Visits, walks and talks exploring local migration history
Weekly check-ins
Training on archiving and research (including online research), digital storytelling, historical perspectives and critical thinking, creative and historical writing
Independent or team research online or using local archives
People will commit around 3 hours per week, but this will be flexible and dependent on what people can offer.
The stories will be added to an interactive map that will act as a resource for schools and be used as a basis for the development of school workshops, and a touring artistic exhibition.
They would particularly love to work with people who have personal experience of migration.
Plant a Tree for the Jubilee | The Queen’s Green Canopy
The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) is a unique tree-planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 which invites people from across the United Kingdom to “Plant a Tree for the Jubilee”. Everyone from individuals to Scout and Girlguiding groups, villages, cities, counties, schools and corporates will be encouraged to play their part to enhance our environment by planting trees during the official planting season between October to March. Tree planting will commence again in October 2022, through to the end of the Jubilee year.
With a focus on planting sustainably, the QGC will encourage the planting of trees to create a legacy in honour of The Queen’s leadership of the Nation, which will benefit future generations.
As well as inviting the planting of new trees, The Queen’s Green Canopy will dedicate a network of 70 Ancient Woodlands across the United Kingdom and identify 70 Ancient Trees to celebrate Her Majesty’s 70 years of service.
Do you have a task GoodGym Liverpool’s volunteers can help you with?
GoodGym Liverpool is a community of volunteers who likes to combine getting fit and helping out in community groups/charities/social enterprises etc. They are the people power when you need something doing, whether it’s clearing up a space, shifting furniture, painting a room/fence/railings, sorting through charity donations, leafletting for a fabulous project, gardening, litter picking and whatever else you can think of, all tasks considered, indoors and out!
They are particularly looking for tasks for their Monday evening session within a 5k maximum radius of Hope Street (though they do have some limited capacity for other times and areas in Liverpool).
How It Works
Their team of volunteers meet on Hope Street for a warm-up and then run to the location of the task together. They usually arrive around 7 pm and get stuck straight into the task. They work hard and get a lot done in a short space of time, usually 30-45 minutes, and then they all run back to Hope Street. (They also have a walk option for those not wanting to run!)
They don’t come with any tools so all resources need to be provided by you, but they do come with energy, a willingness to roll their sleeves up and graft, and good cheer!
Have a look at their website to see what they’ve been up to around the city.
They also have some availability for their longer sessions (2 hours) which can happen on other evenings or weekends across Liverpool, so these are suitable if the task is beyond a 5k radius of Hope Street. They tend to have limited availability for these and they prioritise their core offer of the Monday evening sessions but do get in touch either way and they’ll do what they can to help out.
For more information, please contact their Liverpool Area Co-ordinator Ema Quinn: ema@goodgym.org.
Groundwork’s One Stop Scholarship Programme
Groundwork is pleased to be working alongside One Stop to support social mobility through the One Stop Scholarship programme for a second year. The One Stop Scholarship Programme will support young people, who are self-supporting or from low-income backgrounds, through University. Candidates will receive financial support and real-life work experience throughout their studies while working towards a graduate role at One Stop.
The One Stop scholarship programme brings together the following elements of support:
Financial Assistance
A bursary of £15,000 over three years. This will be paid via an upfront payment at the start of the University course to support with essential purchases, followed by monthly instalments during term time. This support is applied for annually and is subject to continued engagement with the programme.
Real work experience
Two paid internships during University summer holidays in areas of future business growth – including online, technology and sustainability – with the opportunity to work alongside One Stop colleagues.
Business Mentor
Hands-on mentoring and support from the One Stop Leadership team.
Irish Community Care – Community Health Link Worker (Cheshire East)
Hours per week: 10 hours (Part-Time). Contract: Fixed Term 1 year initially. Salary: 23175 per annum pro-rata.
Irish Community Care is a charitable company whose aim is to ensure well informed, empowered and vibrant Irish communities in the North West. They are recruiting dynamic individuals with a track record of leadership and innovation to join their forward-thinking team.
The postholder will provide a link for Gypsy, Irish Traveller and other Traveller communities to engage with health providers, sharing information and supporting improved communication. The aim is to improve the health and wellbeing of communities through improved relationships with health delivery partners in Cheshire East.
The post is ideally suited to candidates living in or near this area as daily travel in Cheshire will be required.
Irish Community Care is an equal opportunities employer. They particularly welcome applications from people who identify as belonging to a minority group.
To apply, please send your CV to admin@irishcc.net.
For an informal discussion, please contact Breege McDaid or Win Lawlor on 0151 2373987.
All applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check.
Deadline: Monday 4 April 2022.
Irish Community Care – Advice and Advocacy Worker (Cheshire West)
Hours per week: 35 hours (Full-Time). Contract: Fixed Term 1 year initially. Salary: 23175 per annum.
Irish Community Care is a charitable company whose aim is to ensure well informed, empowered and vibrant Irish communities in the North West. They are recruiting dynamic individuals with a track record of leadership and innovation to join their forward-thinking team.
The postholder will deliver one to one case work interventions; offer support to individuals and families to identify strengths and assets which help to resolve immediate and crisis situations and more enduring issues; make links with and refer to appropriate partner agencies; promote a multiagency approach.
The post is ideally suited to candidates living in or near this area as daily travel in Cheshire will be required.
Irish Community Care is an equal opportunities employer. They particularly welcome applications from people who identify as belonging to a minority group.
To apply, please send your CV to admin@irishcc.net.
For an informal discussion, please contact Breege McDaid or Win Lawlor on 0151 2373987.
All applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check.
Deadline: Monday 4 April 2022.
PurpleDoor, who is hoping to become the UK’s first free theatre is looking for space
PurpleDoor is an LCR based CIC hoping to become the UK’s first free theatre, with a community and cultural program that champions undiscovered talent and supports underserved local communities. With support from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Arts Council England and the Women’s Org, they believe they have an exciting proposition for the city region and its high streets, post-covid.
They are currently looking for partners who may be able to offer them space, who they can work with to provide an enhanced cultural and leisure opportunity for the local area. They are keen to explore temporary or ‘pop-up’ options, in the first instance, to establish market interest and to act as proof of concept. They are open to collaborations with other businesses or property owners who may have space to accommodate PurpleDoor.
They bring an extensive body of experience and market research to this proposition, with a comprehensive and costed business plan, which aims to reach a new audience and to foster a sense of community and engagement. Their board is highly skilled and they also run a community board made up of those who will eventually use PurpleDoor, to make sure that what they are proposing is what people want and need. Ideally, they want to be able to subsidise their cultural offer, to make it free at the point of entry, by providing a food and drinks option for their customers. They are open to possibilities around how they could bring life to an unloved space, or work alongside a current offering to establish a jointly provided vibrant entertainment scene. They would consider space in the region of 1000-2500sq ft, ideally with a plan to establish operations within the next 5-9 months.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Youth Participation Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31 January 2024 (With the Potential to be Extended to 31 January 2026). Term: Full-time. Salary: £23,469 – £26,769 p.a. – MYA Grade 5 Pt. 17-20. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: Knowsley.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA) requires an experienced, committed, and innovative Participation Worker who brings creativity, energy and strong youth engagement skills to supporting young people’s development.
Working with young people who are aged 11-19yrs (up to 25 with SEND), including those who are underrepresented and hard to reach, the post holder will ensure that Youth Voice is at the forefront of Knowsley’s integrated youth offer and underpins everything that it does. The post holder will lead the co-design, development and delivery of an innovative participation strategy which includes voice, platform, and action. The role will also include the co-facilitation of the Knowsley Youth Cabinet, development of Youth Ambassador Programmes, and promotion of Social Action Projects. Working closely with existing youth voice platforms and leaders in Knowsley, the Youth Participation Worker will ensure that young people are able to influence decision making within their communities.
The post holder must hold relevant qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a related subject.
For more information, please contact recruitment@mya.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm on Monday 28 March 2022.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Young Person’s Intensive Mentor
Posts available: 3. Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31 January 2024 (With the Potential to be Extended to 31 January 2026). Term: Full-time. Salary: £23,469 – £26,769 p.a. – MYA Grade 5 Pt. 17-20. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: Knowsley.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA) requires an experienced and dedicated Intensive Mentor to deliver effective personalised pathways of support for young people aged 11- 18yrs (25 with SEND) who present with a range of complex needs and vulnerabilities including mental health and wellbeing, exclusion from school, isolation, poor aspirations, deprivation, and risk-taking behaviours.
The successful candidates will be able to provide thematic leadership in either Health, Education and Families, Equalities and SEND or Youth Justice.
The role will include the identification and recruitment of young people who are experiencing significant challenges such as homelessness, substance misuse, teenage parenthood and youth offending. The post holder will provide 1-1 intensive mentoring and act as the lead professional for young people, working closely with local services including Children’s Social Care, Early Help, Crime and Communities, Education settings and other areas of the Knowsley Youth Offer.
The post holder must hold relevant qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a related subject.
Posts available: 2. Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31 January 2024 (With the Potential to be Extended to 31 January 2026). Term: Full-time. Salary: £23,469 – £26,769 p.a. – MYA Grade 5 Pt. 17-20. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: Knowsley.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA) requires an experienced, committed, and innovative Health Worker who brings creativity, and energy to the improvement of health outcomes for young people in Knowsley via the delivery of health education programmes utilising group work methods and one-to-one support. The successful candidate will be able to co-design, deliver and evaluate bespoke sessions, resources and programmes which are developmental, inclusive and fun.
The postholder will work within the THinK Team, taking a public health approach to developing young people’s awareness of healthy lifestyles, enhancing their skills, and encouraging them to make informed and empowered choices about their health. This role will include the design, delivery and evaluation of a health “curriculum” framework which includes:
Emotional Health/Wellbeing
Healthy Lifestyles (nutrition, physical activity, weight, living environment, smoking cessation)
Sexual Health/Relationships (including Under 18 conceptions and Chlamydia rates)
Substance Awareness – Alcohol, drugs & tobacco.
The post holder must hold relevant qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a related subject.
For more information, please contact recruitment@mya.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm on Monday 28 March 2022.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Detached Youth Worker
Posts available: Multiple. Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31 January 2024 (With the Potential to be Extended to 31 January 2026). Term: Part-time. Salary: £20,173 – £22,381 p.a. – MYA Grade 4 Pt. 13-16. Hours per week: 20 hours per week- multiple posts + 12 hours per week- multiple posts. Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: Knowsley.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA) requires an experienced, committed, and innovative Detached Youth Worker who brings creativity, energy and strong youth engagement skills to supporting young people’s development.
The post holder will engage and build respectful, honest, challenging, and supportive relationships with young people including those who may previously have had little contact with services and may be hard to reach. The successful applicant will be able to co-design programmes with and for young people who present with complex issues and behaviours which may include anti-social behaviour, substance misuse, offending and significant risk-taking. The Detached Youth Work Team will deliver innovative programmes of detached and outreach youth work and will meet the needs of children, young people and families, facilitating the development of physical health, emotional well-being, supporting educational attainment, and preventing/reducing youth crime.
The post holder must hold relevant qualification to at least NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in a related subject.
For more information, please contact recruitment@mya.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm on Monday 28 March 2022.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Detached Youth Work Team Leader
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Funded to 31 January 2024 (With the Potential to be Extended to 31st January 2026). Term: Full-time. Salary: £23,469 – £26,769 p.a. – MYA Grade 5 Pt. 17-20. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: Knowsley.
MYA requires an experienced, committed, and innovative Detached Youth Work Team Leader who brings creativity, energy, and strong youth engagement skills to supporting young people’s development.
The post holder will lead a small team of detached youth workers to engage and build respectful, honest, challenging, and supportive relationships with young people including those who may previously have had little contact with services and may be hard to reach. The role will include the co-ordination of planning for co-designed programmes developed with and for young people who present with complex issues and behaviours which may include anti-social behaviour, substance misuse, offending and significant risk-taking.
These innovative programmes of detached and outreach youth work will meet the needs of children, young people and families, facilitating the development of physical health, emotional well-being, supporting educational attainment, and preventing/reducing youth crime.
The post holder must hold relevant qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a related subject.
For more information, please contact recruitment@mya.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm on Monday 28 March 2022.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Youth Support Worker – Disability
Posts available: Multiple. Contract: Fixed Term Contract to 31 March 2025. Term: Part-time. Salary: £20,173 – £22,381 p.a. (Pro Rata) – MYA Grade 4 Pt. 13-16. Hours per week: 7 hours per week (1-weekend session) increasing to 28 hours (4 days) during 10 weeks of the school holidays. ALSO. 28 hours per week (4 days) during 10 weeks of the school holidays. Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: Knowsley-based.
The post holder will work within a staff team to engage with disabled children and young people, to deliver short breaks provision and youth-led activities. The post holder will assist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of short breaks provision, issue-based youth work and life skills programmes for disabled young people in line with funder requirements and service user needs. The post holder will work as part of a team, which provides support to disabled children and young people and assists them to participate in a full range of activities.
The post holder must hold qualification to at least NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent in a subject relevant to the requirements of the position.
For more information, please contact recruitment@mya.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm on Friday 25 March 2022.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Raise Team Administration Assistant
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Contract to 31 March 2023. Term: Part-time. Salary: £17,850 – £18,326 p.a. (Pro Rata) – MYA Grade 2 Pt. 7-8. Hours per week: 21 hours. Reporting to: Line Manager. Location: Hanover Street, Liverpool.
The Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Promotion Team RAISE – delivers workforce development to the children and young people’s workforce whilst also engaging with children, young people, parents and carers through school-based sessions including mentoring opportunities.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd is looking to recruit an experienced and highly effective Administration Assistant to support the team and ensure contract requirements are met. The successful candidate will be required to collate and input information using CRM and database systems to meet deadlines on a monthly basis and support the claims process in line with contract requirements and MYA’s Policies and Procedures.
Candidates must have experience with software packages i.e., Word, Excel Database, Publisher etc.
For more information, please contact recruitment@mya.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm on Friday 25 March 2022.
YMCA Together – Hostel Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £32,019 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Location: Princes Road, L8,
YMCA Together is a registered charity and company Limited by Guarantee. They were founded in 1846 and they are built on a long history of providing a place for people experiencing challenging times in their lives.
YMCA Together is a truly value-driven organisation.
Their vision is that everyone should feel safe, understood, empowered and positive for their future. They meet their vision by working within their values of Strength, Humility, Respect, Empathy and Kindness. These SHREK values run through all that they do from recruitment to how they work alongside people in their services to their partnership approach with other providers.
Their clear vision and values come together to help them in their mission to inspire and support people to change their lives by instilling hope, valuing the person and maximising potential.
The main purpose of Job Role
The Hostel Manager is responsible for the effective operational management of the Florence House service. The post holder will line manage the Support Staff. Working closely in a team with the Director of Homeless Services, and wider operational leadership and the post holder will provide day to day management and assist in the development of the services.
Hours of Work
The post holder will be working primarily between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm, with the occasional requirement to work flexible hours as appropriate to the post including some weekends and evenings as part of the 24/7 rota and to be on call out of hours.
Main Responsibilities
Ensure residents receive flexible, person-centred support informed by Cognitive Analytical Approach (CAT) and reflective practice
Manage the day to day running of the accommodation using a “Psychological informed Approach”
Maintain excellent communication with YMCA Management team
Maintain the quality standard of the buildings ensuring all Health & Safety compliance is in place and repairs and maintenance are completed
To supervise, support and direct your staff to make appropriate and informed decisions around clients support and accommodation.
For more information, please contact recruitment@ymcatogether.org.uk.
Deadline: 28 March 2022.
Interviews: 1 April 2022.
Everton in the Community – Senior Programme Manager (People’s Place)
Posts available: 1. Contract: 12-month fixed term. Term: Full-time. Salary: TBC. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Director of Health and Sport. Location: Liverpool (Everton in the Community, Community Hub, L4).
Everton in the Community is one of the UK`s top sporting charities and firmly established on the world stage of community sports development. They are considered one of the Premier League`s leading community schemes due to the quality and reach of its various programmes.
Since 1988, Everton in the Community has been at the forefront of social intervention across Merseyside, not afraid to tackle issues that others shied away from. They use the power of sport to motivate, educate and inspire people in their local communities to improve their life chances. If you would like to be part of a fantastic team, that really strives to make a difference in thousands of lives, then please get in touch today to find out more about their careers.
Within the role of Senior Programme Manager – People’s Place, you will lead on the final stages of the development of the People’s Place and subsequently to ensure effective management and performance of the facility once opened. The People’s Place will be a purpose-built Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub due to be opened in September 2022.
Knowledgeable in the area of mental health, the postholder will ensure the effective coordination of activities within the People’s Place to improve mental health of all visitors working alongside existing staff and key stakeholders externally.
This is a significant development for Everton in the Community and the first of its kind capital project aligned to a Premier League Football Club. This is an exciting and challenging role for an experienced manager who will also be passionate about developing staff, promoting sustainability and growth with an overarching focus on improving community health.
South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services – Projects & Engagement Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract & Term: Funded to June 2023. Salary: NJC Scale 5, points 14-17 depending on experience, £23080- £24491. Hours per week: 37 hours. Reporting to: Board of Trustees. Location: Venues in South Liverpool.
South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services is an independent charity offering free and accessible support to women who are experiencing, or have experienced, domestic abuse in South and South-Central Liverpool.
Job Details
Work with SLDAS Services Co-ordinators & trained volunteers to provide access to a full range of SLDAS services for women from marginalised communities, through the delivery of outreach sessions in discreet local venues.
Promote volunteering opportunities amongst potential volunteers, particularly amongst Black & minoritised women under-represented in the organisation, by working with partners and key women active in diverse communities.
Use creative and engaging methods with women from local communities concerned about the issues of domestic abuse and Violence Against Women & Girls for evaluation and development of SLDAS services and programmes.
For more information, please contact manager@sldas.co.uk or 0151 494 1777.
Deadline: 22 March 2022 at 12 am.
Interviews: Wednesday 30 March 2022, 11 am – 4 pm.
YMCA Together – Support Practitioner
Posts available: 1. Contract: Maternity cover – fixed term for 12 months. Term: Full-time. Salary: £25,177 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Location: Balliol Road, L20.
YMCA Together is a registered charity and company Limited by Guarantee. They were founded in 1846 and they are built on a long history of providing a place for people experiencing challenging times in their lives.
YMCA Together is a truly value-driven organisation.
Their vision is that everyone should feel safe, understood, empowered and positive for their future. They meet their vision by working within their values of Strength, Humility, Respect, Empathy and Kindness. These SHREK values run through all that they do from recruitment to how they work alongside people in their services to their partnership approach with other providers.
Their clear vision and values come together to help them in their mission to inspire and support people to change their lives by instilling hope, valuing the person and maximising potential.
Job Purpose
To provide stepped up, crisis care to people to prevent an initial hospital admission. YMCA Together are able to adapt and flex their current provision to enable a safe and therapeutically beneficial environment to support service users in crisis.
They provide crisis accommodation (stepped-up care) & delayed discharge accommodation (stepped-down care) within Stepping Stones and Drop In provision.
Duties and Responsibilities
To work as part of the daytime Support Team
To provide an accommodation based support service to people in a period of crisis within a psychologically informed environment that is underpinned with a Trauma Informed Care approach
To recognise that all people who access the service will be in a period of mental health crisis and will need a considered and planned response
To ensure each service user will receive personalised support taking into account their identified risks and personal needs
To provide a high level of therapeutic support to individuals in mental health crisis & professionally diagnosed complexities of needs
To provide a safe, welcoming environment with excellent standards and an ethos of service delivery that encourages all service users to engage with support on offer
To facilitate access to service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
To respond to emergency referrals and/or situations
To offer a safe space with a temporary 7 day stay of crisis support whilst alternative arrangements for support & safe return to own accommodation are put in place
To Support service users transitioning from Hospital Wards to achieve their goals and targets as defined/ agreed within the projects Multiple Needs Assessment Tool & Framework
To safely facilitate a return to the home for clients accepted into the crisis accommodation-based support
To implement practical, feasible &effective resettlement planning & support for clients accessing the delayed discharge accommodation-based service.
For more information, please contact recruitment@ymcatogether.org.uk.
Deadline: 25 March 2022.
YMCA Together – Night Link Worker
Posts available: 4. Contract: Permanent. Term: Both Full-time & Part-time available. Salary: £20,459 per annum. Hours per week: 38.6 hours, part-time available. Days per week: 4 on 4 off. Location: Field Lane, L10.
YMCA Together is a registered charity and company Limited by Guarantee. They were founded in 1846 and they are built on a long history of providing a place for people experiencing challenging times in their lives.
YMCA Together is a truly value-driven organisation.
Their vision is that everyone should feel safe, understood, empowered and positive for their future. They meet their vision by working within their values of Strength, Humility, Respect, Empathy and Kindness. These SHREK values run through all that they do from recruitment to how they work alongside people in their services to their partnership approach with other providers.
Their clear vision and values come together to help them in their mission to inspire and support people to change their lives by instilling hope, valuing the person and maximising potential.
Job Purpose
To be a supportive point of contact throughout the night to the people who use our services. To manage the safety of residents and the building providing harm reduction advice and compassionate care.
Duties and Responsibilities
To work as part of the Night Link Worker Team
To provide accommodation-based support to people within a psychologically informed environment that is underpinned with a Trauma Informed Care approach on waking night shifts
Assist with welfare & room checks and support residents in the management of their room and relationships with others and to report any health and safety issues
Assist the Support Worker with new resident welcomes as required into the service, which may include HB applications and risk assessments of residents
Motivate and support residents so they realise their goals
Encourage involvement and participation amongst residents in the running and shaping of the service
To conduct Mainstay assessments, if and where needed
To maintain and update residents’ electronic records and rent payments on YMCA internal Housing Management System (DAVE)
Provide clear and accurate information in respect of all residents in line with agreed procedures such as daily handovers ensuring that appropriate information is communicated with the support team
Coordinate the additional Sit Up beds as and when required.
For more information, please contact recruitment@ymcatogether.org.uk.
Deadline: 21 March 2022.
MSP is offering a range of FREE office stationary to anyone interested
MSP (Merseyside Sports Partnership) is currently in the process of moving offices and due to that, they have a range of stationery items leftover such as erasers, plastic wallets, staplers, files, paper trays and more that they are offering to anyone interested.
The items are free and you can see what sort of items they have below:
Interested? Then please get in touch with the contact below:
Name: Brendan McCrudden.
Phone Number: 07490211994.
Email Address: b.mccrudden@merseysidesport.com.
Collection Information
Collection days are from 15 – 21 March 2022 (weekdays only).
Office hours are from 9 am to 4 pm.
Address Unit 1 Dakota Business Park Skyhawk Avenue Garston L19 2QR.
WODIN Tafuta Project 2022 – an LCVS funded project
Women and Digital Inclusion (WODIN) is delighted to launch a unique Feasibility Study and Digital Inclusion program. WODIN is working to deliver this feasibility study and development program aimed at addressing and understanding WHY and HOW to bring systemic change to the underrepresentation of Black Immigrant Women experiencing racial inequalities within employment, and public life.
The aim of the project is to address the apparent deficit of Black Ethnic minority women, facing racial inequalities in all areas and at all levels of professional careers and employment.
The Tafuta Project 2022 is looking for 10 Black Immigrant Women over the age of 21 (with an emphasis on 25 – 70 years) who live or work in Liverpool or Merseyside. They are looking for women who want to share their lived experiences regarding career growth, employment opportunities. Whether they are in their chosen or preferred career, as well as gain an understanding of digital tools to create a digital profile that serves their goals, presents their message and story in a way that can propel them towards their desired career or even public life and make a positive contribution to their area and community.
Over 3 months, participants on the program will take part in a series of conversations and training sessions to gain an insight into digital branding, telling your value story, digital safety, and security.
The aim of the WODIN Tafuta program:
Is to deliver a feasibility study that can be a tool of reference for local authorities, employers, BAME Organisations, and civic leaders on the underrepresentation of Black Women in the Careers sector.
It is to connect participants with first-hand knowledge of Digital Branding to propel their career and job readiness.
To provide participants with the insight, skills, confidence, and practical knowledge to use unique digital skills to move into whichever sector they choose to.
It will also give local authorities and organisations the opportunity to gain a better understanding of the perspectives and experiences of Black Immigrants as a people facing racial inequality. And how this can improve their career chances and decision-making processes.
For further information, please contact WODIN at wodinliverpool@gmail.com or on 07879 053346.
TLC’s This Girl Can – Netwalks
TLC (Transform Lives Company) have launched a new project aimed at improving the mental, emotional and physical wellbeing of those who are experiencing the effects of hormonal changes due to menopause or peri-menopause, as well as those who are curious to learn more and meet other like-minded women.
They are looking for women working within organisations in Merseyside to step forward and help become Champions within their workplace to lead regular walks for female/non-binary colleagues, with support and advice on offer to help upskill Champions (see the below poster for further info).
TLC is also running some Open Netwalk sessions taking place across Liverpool (every Monday 12 – 1 pm at Newsham Park, Tuesday 12 – 1 pm at Pier Head and Friday 12 – 1 pm at Sefton Park) for anyone who identifies as female or non-binary to attend to meet new people, network and benefit from some gentle physical activity in the great outdoors.
For further information or to put yourself/a colleague forward to be a Champion, please contact the TLC team through Karen (karen@moreloveyoga.com) or Kaitlyne (admin@transform-lives.org).
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The Whitechapel Centre – Events & Community Fundraiser
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £22,182 – £27,581. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 5 days – Monday to Friday with occasional out of hours flexibility required. Reporting to: Fundraising Manager. Location: Everton, L3.
The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic, tailored support so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.
Job Description
To play a key role in the development of the Fundraising and Marketing functions of the charity, helping them to grow their supporter base and create sustainable voluntary income.
To plan and deliver excellent events, develop their community fundraising, provide excellent donor care, maximise donations to the charity and raise awareness of the organisation and homelessness.
To support internal and external marketing and communications functions.
Interviews are likely to take place in the first or second week of April 2022.
YMCA Together – Tenancy Support Practitioner
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £25,177 per annum. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Location: Leeds Street, L3.
YMCA Together is a registered charity and company Limited by Guarantee. They were founded in 1846 and they are built on a long history of providing a place for people experiencing challenging times in their lives.
YMCA Together is a truly value-driven organisation.
Their vision is that everyone should feel safe, understood, empowered and positive for their future. They meet their vision by working within their values of Strength, Humility, Respect, Empathy and Kindness. These SHREK values run through all that they do from recruitment to how they work alongside people in their services to their partnership approach with other providers.
Their clear vision and values come together to help them in their mission to inspire and support people to change their lives by instilling hope, valuing the person and maximising potential.
Job Purpose
Deliver a comprehensive time-bound outreach support service to tenants across YMCA Together’s Supported Living properties, enabling them to sustain their tenancy, maximise their potential, build social capital, self-efficacy and secure longer-term accommodation.
Hours of work
The post holder will be working based on the individual needs of the service and could include early, late or office hours type shifts. Monday to Friday including some bank holidays.
Duties and Responsibilities
To support YMCA Together Supported Living Tenants to sustain their existing tenancies through direct intervention providing an outreach support service to people who have experienced homelessness and are now living in their Supported Living Accommodation to further develop skills and assets to enable fully independent living in the future. To tenants with relevant advice, information and refer and signpost to appropriate external and internal support services, as required.
The post-holder will work with the Housing Services Manager and the Housing Officer to provide a service to tenants, assessing and coordinating internal and external services around them to meet their varied needs. This will be achieved by working in a way that shows a genuine commitment to enabling people to build social capital and secure long-term accommodation.
For more information, please contact recruitment@ymcatogether.org.uk.
Deadline: 18 March 2022.
Sefton CVS – Case Worker, Community Development Service for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities
Salary: £26,484 (£15,890 pro-rata). Location: Sefton CVS, Burlington House, Waterloo. Hours: 21 hours per week. Accountable to: Community Development Service Lead.
Sefton CVS is seeking to recruit an experienced Case Worker to join their successful Community Development Service for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, (BAME), Communities in Sefton. The Case Worker will be experienced in improving access to mainstream health and wellbeing services for BAME communities. They will be skilled and experienced in tackling the stigma associated with mental health issues by raising mental health literacy among residents and employees across the borough.
The Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Community Development Service is dedicated to achieving inclusion and working to improve the quality of life for all of Sefton’s diverse communities.
For an informal discussion about this role please contact Robert Brennan on 07912 243851.
Please note: Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.
Interviews are scheduled for Wednesday 16 March 2022.
Positive Futures – Targeted Support Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term Until March 2023 with a strong likelihood of extension after this time. Term: Full-time. Salary: £26,250. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Operations Manager. Location: Liverpool.
Positive Futures is a youth development charity supporting young people in North Liverpool. They believe that everyone deserves a chance – and their team, are committed to supporting every young person to achieve their potential. They do this through their open access, targeted support work and personal development interventions which collectively support thousands of young people in Liverpool every year.
Overall Purpose of Role:
To provide support to young people on a wide variety of issues. Working closely with teachers, colleagues, social workers and other agencies to help understand children’s needs and provide a high-quality service in supporting them.
Some duties will include:
To plan, deliver and offer support sessions on a one-to-one basis, e.g. using CBT, Art Therapy etc.
To provide a range of interventions alongside colleagues which will improve the well-being of young people.
To engage and build good working relationships with parents, children and colleagues working in schools and other agencies.
To work effectively and cooperatively with partner agencies using common processes including Early Help Assessment, Team Around the Family (TAF) and Lead Professional (LP) roles.
To provide relevant information about, and access to appropriate support services and opportunities that enable young people to improve their skills.
To work holistically and effectively with parents/carers in ways that will improve their children’s well-being.
To work closely with relevant health professionals to support parents/carers in meeting the needs of their children.
To undertake home visits as and when required.
To promote the safeguarding of children in accordance with the framework for the care and protection of children.
To be proactive in providing information on support services to young people.
For more information, please contact info@positivefutures.org.uk / 0151 207 6003.
Deadline: 12 pm on Monday 14 March 2022.
Interview date(s): 16 & 17 March 2022.
Big Help Project – Web Designer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £22,000 – 25,000 depending on experience. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Joseph Goulding, Head of Bid Writing and Governance. Location: Hope House, Big Help Project, 212 Boaler Street, L6 6AE.
The Big Help Project was established in 2011 with a clear purpose, to eradicate poverty in all its forms by not only combatting its symptoms but also effectively addressing its root causes. To achieve this purpose the Big Help Project has, from day one operated a holistic person-centred approach to poverty alleviation for all members of the community. At the Big Help Project, clients have access to a range of programmes, primarily including but not limited to; housing support & provision, emergency food provision, debt advice (FMA/CMA accredited), welfare advocacy, employability support, well-being services, baby basics and Big Help Information Point services. Through a long-curated network of third sector partners with decades of experience, the Big Help Project incorporates members of the community to offer comprehensive psychotherapeutic counselling, personal development, community events and day activities with an emphasis on personal choice to deliver all-encompassing wrap-around support and empowerment.
Key Responsibilities
Create and manage their websites keeping them fresh, engaging and relevant.
Adhere to brand guidelines whilst managing the design and layout of organisational websites according to specifications.
Coordinate with the marketing team in the development of online assets and website content.
Design and update email signatures as well as developing partner websites and maintain upkeep of websites.
Gather relevant information and discuss requirements from all departments on a regular basis and ensure all departments’ website pages are fully updated, and make proposals for solutions.
Manage Chatbots, digital assistants and virtual agents plus keeping FAQ updated.
Update their SharePoint sites.
Producing ad-hoc landing pages.
Support internal and external marketing campaigns.
Supporting social media platforms in line with the marketing plan.
Provide support in the design of assets for other online channels such as display advertising.
Technical knowledge required.
Working knowledge of both the creative and structural process of Website and UX Design.
HTML/CSS and JavaScript knowledge.
Squarespace, WordPress, Wix and Experience with Adobe Creative Suite.
Ability to use SharePoint, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint etc.
Provisionally interviews will be held week commencing 20 March 2022.
Faiths4Change – Honorary Treasurer
This is a voluntary role.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Hours per week: 0.5 (max). Reporting to: Chair of Trustees. Location: Liverpool – home working.
Faiths4Change is an environmental charity. Their work is rooted in the knowledge that the wellbeing of our planet and all inhabitants are interdependent – beliefs, teachings and practices held in common by all world faith communities and others.
Based in Merseyside, they work with people to develop, learn and share practical skills and knowledge. Together they co-create projects that enable them to take meaningful local action on climate change, creating just, flourishing community environments for all.
Financial matters are the responsibility of all trustees. However, it is often the honorary treasurer that the other trustees look to for advice, guidance and reassurance on all aspects of the charity’s financial management and reporting, control systems, solvency, investments, etc.
The honorary treasurer will maintain an overview of the charity’s financial activities, ensuring sustainable and effective use of resources to achieve the organisation’s aims.
For more information, please contact Phil Leigh, Chair of Trustees at phil.leigh@liverpool.anglican.org.
Deadline: No formal closing date.
Please note this vacancy was published in March 2022 and may have expired since then.
The Women’s Organisation – Partner Support Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Full-time. Term: Permanent. Salary: £22000 – £26000 pa. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 5 days (Monday – Friday). Reporting to: Operations Director. Location: Liverpool, L1 0AB.
The Women Organisation is a social enterprise that has for over a quarter of a century been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem, to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are continually developing an innovative portfolio of professional business advice, learning, seminars, workshops, accredited training, incubation, and consultancy services to help their clients meet their business ambitions in a rapidly changing world. The power behind The Women’s Organisation is the people who work for it. They are now expanding their diverse team.
Is this you?
Can you produce accurate work to deadlines, supporting existing and new partners deliver their projects in a compliant way?
Do you know your stuff and how to share it so others can understand stuff too?
Can you support partner team members to be confident and capable to meet their project objectives?
Are you able to communicate effectively, verbally and through your written work, with stakeholders at all levels?
If the answer is yes, you may be a match.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate great communication skills, excellent IT, organisational, administration skills and attention to detail. They are looking for a new team member who can work in a positive and constructive way with partner team members, project clients and key stakeholders at all levels, and bring a well-developed understanding of audit, compliance, supplier and partnership liaison.
You will be the key contact for multiple partners across a range of projects undertaking monthly audit and partner checks, particularly in relation to ESIF (European Structural and Investment Funds) and other funded Programmes; compliance support and assist capacity building support for individual partners and consortiums.
You will be to work with partners to review project delivery quality and assist in sharing of good practice across partnerships and added value for clients. Ensuring the partnership is delivering to meet both the client and the commissioner’s needs.
Reporting regularly on partner and project performance to the Partner Co-Ordinator via regular reports and internal project meetings to enable effective partner and project management; partner performance in relation activity and claims in line with their projected profile.
Key Aspects
Undertake monthly audits and partner checks, particularly in relation to ESIF (European Structural and Investment Funds) and other funded programmes including:
Preparing and collating information to present for funding claims.
Constructively feeding back to partners on claim issues; missing data / evidence and offering support and guidance.
Upload and submit claim via funders online portal and responding to queries as needed.
Planning, checking and responding to funders audit requirements including desk checks on specific audits by external funders.
Review, update and follow up Programme Management Tools after each claim period.
YPAS offers a range of wellbeing and therapeutic services for children aged 5 -15 years, young people aged 16-25 years and their families in Liverpool. Established in 1966 YPAS is a charitable sector organisation that supports children, young people and families with their mental health and emotional wellbeing difficulties. They deliver thier services in primary schools, secondary schools and 3 locality hubs across the city.
They are now seeking to recruit Wellbeing Practitioners.
Wellbeing Practitioners support children and young people with their mental health and wellbeing difficulties by providing a range of clinical interventions, psychosocial education and wrap-around support. Delivering across three community hubs, schools and clinical networks, wellbeing practitioners work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with cross-sector services within health, education and social care.
Requirements: Social work/ mental health/youth work or IAG qualification to degree level or equivalent is essential, as is post qualification experience Salary: NJC SCP: 20 – 22 (£25,991 – £27,041) Contract: 12 Months Fixed Term (possibility of permanent – pending funding) Hours: 35 hours per week
To request an application pack email recruitment@ypas.org.uk quoting ref # – WBP2022.
Deadline: Friday 25 March 2022 at 4 pm.
Interviews: Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 April 2022.
YPAS – Therapists (CYP)
YPAS offers a range of wellbeing and therapeutic services for children aged 5 -15 years, young people aged 16-25 years and their families in Liverpool. Established in 1966 YPAS is a charitable sector organisation that supports children, young people and families with their mental health and emotional wellbeing difficulties. They deliver thier services in primary schools, secondary schools and 3 locality hubs across the city.
They are now seeking to recruit Therapists.
Therapists provide a range of therapeutic interventions to children and young people whose lives are impacted by their mental health and emotional wellbeing difficulties. Delivering across three community hubs; Therapists work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with cross-sector services within health, education and social care.
Requirements: Psychotherapy qualification to degree level is essential, as is post qualification experience. Salary: NJC SCP: 23 – 25 (£27,741 – £29,577) Contract: 12 Months Fixed Term (possibility of permanent – pending funding) Hours: 35 hours per week
To request an application pack, please email recruitment@ypas.org.uk quoting ref # – TH12022.
Deadline: Friday 25 March 2022 at 4 pm.
Interviews: Friday 8 April 2022.
YMCA Together – Project Administrator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £10,704 per annum. Hours per week: 18 hours(including some bank holidays). Days per week: 3 days. Location: Leeds Street, L3.
YMCA Together is a registered charity and company Limited by Guarantee. They were founded in 1846 and they are built on a long history of providing a place for people experiencing challenging times in their lives.
YMCA Together is a truly value-driven organisation.
Their vision is that everyone should feel safe, understood, empowered and positive for their future. They meet their vision by working within their values of Strength, Humility, Respect, Empathy and Kindness. These SHREK values run through all that they do from recruitment to how they work alongside people in their services to their partnership approach with other providers.
Their clear vision and values come together to help them in their mission to inspire and support people to change their lives by instilling hope, valuing the person and maximising potential.
The successful applicant will provide administration support to the YMCA Together Leadership Team. Your role will require you to produce regular reports for the group, creation of documents and booking and arrangements for meeting and minute taking. Your role will also involve liaison with the Project Manager and lead partners to support the development of this Group its processes and pathways.
Main Responsibilities
To ensure administrative tasks are completed for the YMCA Leadership Team
To arrange and provide minute taking for meetings and events
To produce timely and accurate reports the YMCA Leadership Team
To support the development of the group by assisting with the creation of documents and administrative communication.
Specific Duties
Providing administration and project support
Working alongside the Project Manager, Lead providers and Analyst to extract and collate appropriate data to ensure compliance with funding obligations
Creation and compilation of reports for the YMCA Leadership team
Attending meetings with commissioners and services on behalf of YMCA
To take and disseminate meeting minutes as required. Preparing documentation needed for meetings and project
Work flexibly to meet the changing needs of the organisation
Undertake any other duties that may be reasonably requested
Liaising directly with local authorities and providers to support the development of the project and the work that the YMCA do.
Professional Practice and Development
Attend regular supervision sessions with the Line Manager in accordance with the supervision contract
Maintain good professional practice and ensure ongoing development, through use of supervision and training
Respect the confidentiality of service users using the service and be responsible for the security of personal and confidential information
Carry out all these duties within the organisation’s safety guidelines.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: Part-time. Salary: £22,573 pro-rata. Hours per week: 18 hours. Days per week: Mon – Thurs (but can be flexible). Reporting to: CEO. Location: 91 Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool, L8 7LB.
Mary Seacole House is a mental health charity and resource service that provides mental health and well-being support to meet the diverse cultural needs of the primarily Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee communities of Liverpool. The service focuses on delivering activities that maximise recovery for people who experience mental health problems, helping them to live, work, study, and access leisure alongside other members of the community.
They are looking for a new member of staff to help oversee the day to day running of the charity. The Admin and Finance Officer will support their CEO and trustees to develop and carry out financial and administrative processes. The main purpose of the job is to:
Ensure financial information [e.g., income and expenditure] is kept up-to-date and is accurate
Assist the CEO in creating annual organisation budgets and monitoring cash flow
Oversee short- and long-term financial reporting
Develop, maintain, and monitor all fundraising and accounting systems and recommend and implement improvements to systems.
The person will ensure the organisation’s finances are administered efficiently and correctly. The person will also provide general administrative support.
Please email info@maryseacolehouse.com for the full application pack.
Deadline: Sunday 13 March 2022.
Interviews will take place week commencing 21 March 2022.
£165,000 fund launched to help community groups reduce, reuse and recycle
A share of £165,000 is up for grabs to help community groups make the Liverpool City region a cleaner and greener place.
The funding – made available via the Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority and Veolia Community Fund 2022/23 – is for community and voluntary groups, schools and not-for-profit organisations, who can reduce household waste, encourage recycling and resource re-use and prevent carbon emissions. The projects will also have to demonstrate wider positive impacts on the environment, health and education.
Chairperson of Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority (MRWA), Councillor Tony Concepcion, said: “We know that there are a lot of communities concerned about climate change and sustainable living. Giving groups the opportunity to get involved in looking after their environment can only bring benefits to all and can help us appreciate items as valuable resources rather than something which otherwise might be just thrown away.
“We’ve seen that previous projects have continued to deliver benefits beyond the first year, through their legacy and ongoing impact on behavioural change, and in many cases through new or continuing activities.”
Successful applicants can be awarded up to £30,000 for schemes which operate across all six districts in Merseyside and Halton, and between £1000 and £8,000 for projects which work solely at one local authority level.
Bids must tackle one or more of the four priority household waste materials which have been identified by MRWA as key, namely Food, Plastics, Textiles and Furniture. An analysis of waste in the region highlighted that a greater amount of these materials could be re-used or recycled. Projects can also include other household waste materials, for example, paper, card, metals.
Previous Community Fund projects have included local recycling guidebooks, cookery clubs to improve people’s diet and reduce food waste, fruit and veg gleaning, restoring old furniture to sell for charity and refurbishing unwanted rugs for resale. In November last year one project held a mock COP26 climate change conference with schoolchildren from across Liverpool City Region to help highlight wasted clothes and textiles.
One group to have previously received funding was Bootle-based Regenerus, who were awarded £8000 in 2020 to deliver their Taking Root project. Visiting local farms and orchards, volunteers were able to pick fresh fruit and vegetables that would have otherwise been disposed of or left to rot, then learned about the different ways to preserve and cook the produce at food workshops.
Ruth Livesey, Business Development Manager at Regenerus, said: “The MRWA Community Fund helped us to deliver a project which stopped food being wasted and that food then got into the hands of those who needed it the most. We were able to rescue all sorts of fruit and veg, including cabbage, cauliflowers, onions and pumpkins. We took groups along to our gleaning expeditions, bringing back fresh food which was shared out at our community cook and eat events, as well being distributed to local residents with the help of South Sefton Foodbank.”
Interested groups can download the application form via the MRWA website. If groups aren’t sure whether their project is appropriate for consideration then they can submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) via email to MRWA before Sunday 27 February 2022.
Successful projects should receive the funding by mid-May 2022 and will have ten months to deliver their schemes by March 2023.
Organisations interested in this year’s Community Fund can:
Applications Submission Deadline: Sunday 20 March 2022 at 11:59 pm.
Merseyside Law Centre – Triage Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: 3 year funded stc. Term: Full-time. Salary: £23,000.00. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Law Centre Director. Location: Merseyside Law Centre, Liverpool.
Established in the 1970s as Merseyside Welfare Rights, they became Merseyside Law Centre (mlc) in 2016. Merseyside Law Centre is a legal advice service that combats poverty and homeless and provides access to justice. They support people with housing, welfare benefits, debt and asylum support matters.
The Triage Coordinator post is an opportunity to play a key role in re-establishing and delivering essential legal advice and support in the community. Along with being the first point of contact for their clients you will have a key role in training and supervising volunteers in administration and advice skills to support the delivery of mlc advice services. They are looking for a highly motivated individual who is passionate about social welfare law and empowering people to learn new skills. You will be experienced in working in an advice setting and working with volunteers. You will have excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to relate to and work with a large variety of different people.
For more information, please contact enquiries@merseysidelawcentre.co.uk.
Deadline: Friday 4 March 2022 at 5 pm.
YMCA Together – Service Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £32,499 to £32,986 on 1 April 2022. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Location: Croxteth Road, L8.
YMCA Together is a registered charity and company Limited by Guarantee. They were founded in 1846 and they are built on a long history of providing a place for people experiencing challenging times in their lives.
YMCA Together is a truly value-driven organisation.
Their vision is that everyone should feel safe, understood, empowered and positive for their future. They meet their vision by working within their values of Strength, Humility, Respect, Empathy and Kindness. These SHREK values run through all that they do from recruitment to how they work alongside people in their services to their partnership approach with other providers.
Their clear vision and values come together to help them in their mission to inspire and support people to change their lives by instilling hope, valuing the person and maximising potential.
Service
RISE – Recover, Inspire, Support, Empower is part of a recovery pathway for the city of Liverpool. They e work in partnership with New Start to deliver a female-only harm reduction service, rehab and step-down service. This role is Service Manager for the rehab element.
RISE is a 33-bed residential rehab for people wanting to become abstinent from drugs and/or alcohol. The service is rated outstanding by CQC.
The service offers a fully integrated model incorporating elements of pre-engagement, a treatment programme and ongoing support, in a supported housing setting, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and 365 days a year.
They ensure that every service they deliver is psychologically informed and underpinned by Cognitive Analytical Therapy offering a wide range of support and assistance that empowers and enables people to have a range of choices and create positive, sustainable futures for themselves.
Hours of work
The service will be staffed 24/7, the post holder will be working primarily between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm, with the requirement to be on call out of hours.
Duties and responsibilities
Manage the day to day running of the service
Ensuring Compliance to CQC regulations
Support and supervise the staff team
To support the Therapists and Practitioners to deliver their interventions in a genuine psychologically informed environment.
Maintain excellent communication with Operational and Strategic Leadership teams
The specific areas of responsibility are set out below. These are subject to regular review in order to meet the changing needs of the organisation and the environment in which it operates.
Managing service delivery and performance
Ensuring that the voices of service users are consistently sought and used to shape service delivery
Ensure implementation of their quality management system so that internal and external standards and reporting requirements are met and external quality marks are maintained
Acting as an expert ‘trouble-shooter’, providing expert guidance and leadership in relation to complex operational crisis and safeguarding situations involving potential operational, legal and reputational risk to survivors and to the organisation
Delivering required performance to all contracts ensuring adherence and positioning for successful retendering
Managing commissioner relationships including identifying risks, assessing and responding to changing requirements by effective negotiation and ensuring performance to contracts is met
Lead on the management of health, safety and security in operations
Acting as the expert lead for organisation on operational activities including where required acting as an advisor with external organisations, policy and focus groups
Contributing to the strategy of operations and YMCA including facilitating consultation with staff at the service to ensure effective business planning
Overseeing all activities through local engagement strategy liaising with development, fundraising and services and agreeing fundraising activities for operations
Overseeing budgets and advising Director of Finance of exceptions and remedial actions
Developing the expertise and skills of the workforce in alignment with new, evolving and existing models of provision.
For more information, please contact recruitment@ymcatogether.org.uk.
Deadline: Friday 4 March 2022.
Survey | The COREN needs your help!
We are working with COREN (Community Organisations Research & Engagement Network) to help develop an understanding of VCF organisations and the role they play in the community, to help build collaborations between service provision and research. The information gathered will help COREN better understand health inequalities and some of the local issues which may be a barrier to health & wellbeing.
To learn more and to complete the Neighbourhood Resilience survey from COREN, please click here.
Deadline: End of March 2022.
Liverpool’s Royal Court – Technical Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £28,000. Hours per week: 40 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Head of Technical and Production. Location: Liverpool.
Liverpool’s Royal Court became an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation in 2018 and as a consequence, has established itself as the major producing theatre in Liverpool City Region. The theatre has a loyal and large audience base (over 180,000 per year), which it serves by producing high quality, mainly comedy based drama and musicals, 12 months of the year in the 1,050 seats main auditorium.
A new studio space has recently been created as part of the £10.2m renovation of the theatre which started in 2011 and continues to date. The 150 seat studio can operate simultaneously with main house shows and runs a year-round programme focussing on developing new talent and providing a much-needed city-centre space for emerging theatre companies.
Theatre engagement at all levels is at the heart of all they do.
Programmes include a vibrant youth theatre for 11-25s and Later Life choir and amateur drama group all of which are free with no waiting lists or auditions.
They are looking for a Technical Manager to provide and manage the smooth and efficient delivery of technical services to the organisation, including the main stage, the Studio, community education projects and all other projects associated with Liverpool’s Royal Court. The successful candidate will also be charged with ensuring the organisation maintains excellent health and safety practices.
For more information, please contact Sean Gannon at sean@liverpoolsroyalcourt.com.
Are you a Voluntary and Community Organisation? Do you require research or a work-based learning project that will support the aims of your organisation? Are you a registered charity or not-for-profit group? Can you support a Student Community Researcher?
Interchange is a registered charity that connects Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) with voluntary and community organisations (VCOs) for the purpose of research and work-based learning projects. They are committed to enhancing student learning and being of public benefit to the local community.
Based in the University of Liverpool’s Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, their final-year students can gather evidence to assist you in areas such as:
Identifying a gap in knowledge
Reviewing policy
Impact evaluations
Business plans & annual reports
Funding applications
Improving services & sustainability.
There is no charge for this service, and VCOs will receive a copy of the report upon completion of the project, which will begin in September and run till either January or May 2023, depending on the type of project you require.
If you have a project idea, please contact Kevin & Robyn at interchange@liverpool.ac.uk to request the required forms. If you have any queries at all, email them or call 0151 795 8684 or 07856 728 502.
Looking for an event space in Liverpool? The Florrie may be able to help
Looking for a versatile venue in the Liverpool area? Unable to find a venue that caters to your every need? Then the Florrie may be able to help. If you’re looking to host small intimate meetings, team building and away days, music concerts, weddings and conferences, The Florrie has it all covered. For larger events that require breakout rooms and spaces, you can choose from a selection of meeting rooms, halls, and outdoor spaces to bring your event together. Their spaces can accommodate from 5 to 390 people. The Florrie has various event spaces to suit your every need.
Hiring The Florrie comes with a range of benefits.
This includes:
Flexible room setups (simply specify what room layout you require prior to the date of your event, and they will arrange it for you)
All rooms are fully AV equipped
Free parking and disabled access
Natural daylight in all rooms
Full administrative & technical support
Fast reliable Wi-Fi in every room
Special Florrie welcome & farewell
Fresh food & drinks to suit all dietary and food intolerance requirements available upon request
History tours.
Venue details:
The Florrie is located at 377 Mill Street, Liverpool, L8 4RF
It can be used Monday – Friday between 8 am and 6 pm
It is also available for Saturday and evening events
It can be used from a half-day timeframe to multiple days
It is not open on Sundays
Prices start at £90 and above.
Learn more about The Florrie by visiting their website.
Interested? Here’s how you can contact The Florrie:
Tickboxes and tokenism? Shaping Our Lives publishes a new report on involving people from marginalized communities
Shaping Our Lives has published the Tickboxes and Tokenism: Service user involvement report 2022 – exploring deaf and Disabled people’s experiences of being involved in planning and delivering services such as health and social care.
Service user engagement (also referred to as public participation) is increasingly seen as important for shaping and delivering public services, but those running involvement opportunities don’t always have the experience or knowledge to meaningfully and accessibly involve Disabled people.
The report explores some of the barriers people face when it comes to sharing their lived experience and contains recommendations for organisations to make sure the lived experience of deaf and Disabled people is heard and valued.
There are five key findings from the study:
92% of respondents said they would be interested in finding out about (more) involvement opportunities. 63% said they currently find it difficult to find involvement opportunities.
Only 39% currently have their access requirements recorded. Of those that didn’t, many thought this would be useful so that organisers could find the right people, plan ahead and make necessary adjustments.
They asked people what was important for them to be able to take part in involvement activities. 65% said that they needed their access and support requirements organised in advance. This rose to 100% amongst respondents to the British Sign Language (BSL) survey.
Besides meeting their access requirements and other practicalities, people said they needed to be listened to and for their input to have an impact. They want a meaningful experience and do not want their time wasted.
Over half (56%) of respondents have difficulty getting their access and support needs met (rising to 89% for the BSL survey).
Peter Beresford OBE, Co-Chair of Shaping Our Lives, Visiting Professor at the University of East Anglia, said: “There is a lot of talk about the importance of involving disabled people and social care service users. There is more and more recognition of making sure that involvement is inclusive; that is to say it should include everyone regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, impairment and so on.”
“But we see that too many people aren’t able to get involved with the access and support they need. Many more want to have a voice and be involved. The report offers recommendations and ways forward.”
As a result of the survey findings, Shaping Our Lives is launching a new tool to help people who want to share their lived experience.
The My Involvement Profile is a resource where people can record their skills, lived experience knowledge and experience of engagement, involvement, co-production and research. Crucially it will also support people to explain their access requirements in advance.
They asked in the survey if people had their access and support requirements, as well as their knowledge and skills, recorded so that they can be easily shared with organisers of involvement activities. The majority of people (61%) said that they didn’t. When asked if it would be helpful to have such a record, many people thought that it would be a great idea and would help organisers find the right people, plan ahead and make necessary adjustments.
Shaping Our Lives can support individuals to complete their My Involvement Profile. Find out more about the My Involvement Profile on their website.
About the study
The survey was promoted through the Shaping Our Lives network and beyond, using the website, ebulletins, social media, their members and their partners. It was interpreted into British Sign Language and promoted to Deaf organisations. They ran one workshop with people with learning disabilities and have been supported by People First England to disseminate the survey to their members.
They received 126 responses, with 9 from the British Sign Language community, and 12 people attended the workshop.
For more information, please contact Becki Meakin, Involvement Manager at becki@shapingourlives.org.uk or c07956 424511.
World Gymnastics Championships Liverpool 2022 is looking for volunteers
Volunteers will play an important role in the success of the World Gymnastics Championships Liverpool 2022. With up to 600 roles being created, their inclusive community of volunteers will represent the Championships and come together to create a global gymnastics event and unforgettable experience welcoming the world to the sport of Gymnastics and the City of Liverpool.
Applications are open until Midday on 13 March 2022.
Survey | MSP would like to hear from you about your knowledge and experience of social prescribing
Are you a provider of physical activity in Merseyside? You could be a sports club, an instructor, an organisation, a group of volunteers, a gym/leisure facility or a place where people meet to take part in physical activity or sport.
MSP (Merseyside Sports Partnership) would like to hear from you about your knowledge and experience of social prescribing – whether you know a lot, a little or nothing at all about it, and whether you have received referrals through social prescribing or not.
This survey will help to shape future support available to you, which could help you to attract more people and members to your sessions.
Please spare 10 minutes by helping to complete this survey by Wednesday 2 March 2022.
The Brain Charity – Campaigns Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: Part-time. Salary: £26,000 PA (£15,600 pro-rata). Hours per week: 22.5 hours. Days per week: Flexible between 9:00 – 5:00 (Monday to Friday). Reporting to: Head of Comms & Fundraising. Location: Remote, with travel to London and Liverpool required.
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever. The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers. There are hundreds of different neurological conditions, including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer conditions. They are there for every single one of them.
Poverty, discrimination, social isolation and lack of access to swift diagnosis and health services are just a few of the unjust issues individuals with neurological conditions can face, through no fault of their own. The Brain Charity’s mission is to fight together for an inclusive and just society: a world where stigma, hardship and isolation are replaced by compassion and understanding. They will strive each and every day until prejudice and lack of opportunity are removed from our society.
The pen is mightier than the sword: why they need you:
They believe equality for people with neurological conditions is within reach. Key to achieving this is campaigning for the rights of their clients to remove discrimination and lack of access to key health services.
These issues are a contributing factor to serious negative health outcomes, and also additional problems such as poverty and lack of self-confidence. Put simply; better access to early diagnosis, correct identification of symptoms and swift treatment for people with brain and neurological conditions will save lives.
To help them achieve this goal, they are looking for an individual with the intellect and political savviness needed to influence policy decisions and lobby medical professionals. You will create positive and tangible changes and give a voice to some of our society’s most vulnerable people.
They are seeking a unique individual who has a strong background in a relevant area, such as health, social care, campaigning, communications, politics or legal services.
You will know your way around state-run departments and infrastructure in a way that enables you to target limited resources to achieve maximum impact.
For more details, please contact Jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk.
Deadline: Friday 18 March 2022 at 5 pm.
Interviews: Week commencing Monday 21 March 2022.
Saha – Maintenance Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £18,525 per annum plus benefits. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: Flexible. Reporting to: Housing Management Manager. Location: Mildmay House, 6 Blackburne Place, Liverpool, L8 7PQ.
At Saha, they transform lives by providing accommodation and support for some of the most vulnerable members of our society, mainly people experiencing homelessness. Mildmay House works to enable the growth of people’s strengths and talents supporting them to develop their skills and resources to transform their lives overcoming barriers such as alcohol and drug dependencies and enable independent living.
They are a Registered Social Landlord and across the UK, they are one of the leading providers of supported housing, providing a wide range of supported accommodation options for vulnerable people including, young homeless people, care leavers, adult homeless, people with complex needs, young parents (and their children), survivors of domestic abuse, ex-offenders and those suffering from drug and alcohol problems and poor mental health.
Their teams work with people to build on their strengths, creating person-centred, individualised strategies and plans that transform lives, support recovery and enable positive behaviour.
The Maintenance Worker will help to make sure that their residential building, furniture and equipment is kept in good condition principally through planned maintenance and day to day repairs, including cleaning, decoration and plumbing.
At Saha, they are dedicated to providing comprehensive, good quality housing services, support and resettlement for people who have been homeless.
The Maintenance Worker will help ensure that all internal and external aspects of the scheme, including the fabric of the building, its furnishings and equipment are clean and well maintained to a high standard and will:
Detail and work with a planned maintenance programme
Identify and act on any repairs that are required
Ensure the completion of repairs and maintenance activity personally or via contractors
Collect and deliver items locally, including repair materials and furniture.
You will instinctively work in a manner that aligns fully with saha’s delivery values and behaviours, demonstrating energy and passion, along with a positive, can-do attitude in your daily contribution as a Maintenance Worker to transforming lives.
You will be confident and be able to communicate effectively with a diverse range of people. They need you to be able to:
Have empathy with their client group
Successfully complete a variety of low-level repair and maintenance activities both internally and externally
Safely use equipment that is supplied for repairs
Have good diagnostic skills
Manage a varied workload and show good time management skills.
To read the full job description and to apply, please visit the Saha website.
For more information, please email Peopleservices@saha.org.uk or call 01204 360506.
Deadline: 18 March 2022.
Saha – Waking Night Concierge
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £19,058.70 per annum plus benefits. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: Flexible. Reporting to: Housing Management Manager. Location: Mildmay House, 6 Blackburne Place, Liverpool, L8 7PQ.
At Saha, they transform lives by providing accommodation and support for some of the most vulnerable members of our society, mainly people experiencing homelessness. Mildmay House works to enable the growth of people’s strengths and talents supporting them to develop their skills and resources to transform their lives overcoming barriers such as alcohol and drug dependencies and enable independent living.
They are a Registered Social Landlord and across the UK, they are one of the leading providers of supported housing, providing a wide range of supported accommodation options for vulnerable people including, young homeless people, care leavers, adult homeless, people with complex needs, young parents (and their children), survivors of domestic abuse, ex-offenders and those suffering from drug and alcohol problems and poor mental health.
Their teams work with people to build on their strengths, creating person-centred, individualised strategies and plans that transform lives, support recovery and enable positive behaviour.
The Night Concierge will provide an overnight presence in Mildmay House, Liverpool making sure their residents are well and their building is secure.
At Saha, they are dedicated to providing comprehensive, good quality housing services, support and resettlement for people who have been homeless.
The Night Concierge will need to help ensure the safety of residents and the security of the building by being an overnight on-site presence and will:
Supervise people as they enter and exit the building
Monitor CCTV and conduct building checks
Engage with vulnerable people who live in the service for up to six months
Encourage residents to follow house rules and to avoid inappropriate behaviour
Maintain a security log.
You will instinctively work in a manner that aligns fully with saha’s delivery values and behaviours, demonstrating energy and passion, along with a positive, can do attitude in your daily contribution as a night concierge to transforming lives.
You will be confident and be able to communicate effectively with a diverse range of people including clients, staff, agencies and local neighbours. They need you to have:
Empathy with our client group
Strong interpersonal and influencing skills
The capacity to diffuse sometimes difficult situations in a calm manner
Good time management
A willingness to work night shift on a rota basis.
To read the full job description and to apply, please visit the Saha website.
For more information, please email Peopleservices@saha.org.uk or call 01204 360506.
Deadline: 18 March 2022.
tide (Together in Dementia Everyday) – Learning and Development Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: 12 months. Salary: £25,000 – 28,000. Hours per week: 21 hours. Days per week: 3 days. Reporting to: Training and Products Manager. Location: The tide Head office, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2AH. This post will require occasional travel to other regions and UK countries.
tide – together in dementia every day is the UK wide involvement network for carers and former carers of people living with dementia. The overall aim of the tide carer network is to improve their experiences as unpaid carers as well as the services available to those they care for.
As Learning and Development Co-ordinator, you will work with the team to deliver inspiring and exciting Dementia Professional Training Products featuring their On-Line learning sessions via digital platforms. You will work with the Products and Training Manager to co-ordinate and manage all aspects of training including; development and design of new content, scheduling, registration of participants, delivery of content, follow up and after care, promotion of products and the capturing of evidence of impact for Dementia Professionals and from carers participating, integrating into both their internal and external evaluation processes.
The post holder will be expected to undertake a broad range of responsibilities and duties. These include:
Working with current and former carers of people living with dementia in the tide network
Support a systematic process of engaging with carers and supporting them to participate in the Dementia Professionals Training
Engaging with carers and former carers to co-design and develop new content for the Dementia Professional Training that will meet the emerging needs of tide members;
Help to ensure that carers feel welcomed, valued and understand their role and commitment;
Co-ordinate and deliver our on-line learning sessions via digital platforms.
Promote the effective use of evaluation and feedback mechanisms so that we can ensure our development and training programme is relevant & of high quality;
Report any concerns regarding the potential vulnerability of current and former carers and people living with dementia to the Head of Tide Development in line with the organisation’s Safeguarding and Protection of Adults at Risk Policy.
For more information, please email Rebecca.Rezvany@tidecarers.org.uk.
Deadline: 23 February 2022.
Interviews: Week commencing 28 February 2022.
tide (Together in Dementia Everyday) – Impact Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: 12 months. Salary: £25,000-28,000. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Strategic Fundraising and Systems Manager. Location: The tide Head office, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2AH. This post will require occasional travel to other regions and UK countries.
tide – together in dementia every day is the UK wide involvement network for carers and former carers of people living with dementia. The overall aim of the tide carer network is to improve their experiences as unpaid carers as well as the services available to those they care for.
Are you skilled at developing ways of monitoring and tracking valued outcomes? The role has overall responsibility for capturing information that relates to monitoring performance, analysing impact and communicating results to stakeholders and funders. The postholder will ensure that the data captured and the tools implemented are aligned with the internal evaluation processes within the organisation as well as working closely with the contracted external evaluators to ensure an effective evaluation of the network is achieved. The role offers the chance to make a valued difference to the lives of carers of people living with dementia through showing how effective practice – rather than good intentions and good ideas – can change their lives.
Main duties and responsibilities:
Work with key internal colleagues to ensure that the organisation captures the impact of its existing services and provides vital information to improve future funding applications and project improvement;
Identify key performance indicators that will measure the impacts and outcomes of tide’s work;
Ensure that funding bids and grant applications demonstrate the positive outcomes and impact the organisation delivers to the wider community;
Devise practical approaches to collecting data to measure and demonstrate tide’s impact and keep up to date on the literature and research concerning social value and social impact;
Develop materials that best illustrate the impact of tide’s work and agree ways of securing wider dissemination;
Engage with a variety of stakeholders and partners for their ideas about measuring impact;
Oversee quality data capture and analysis;
Keep up to date concerning current issues affecting people living with dementia and their carers across services, sectors and devolved administrations;
Engage with and participate in both the internal and external evaluation processes of the organisation;
Ensure that our methods of measuring the impact of tide’s work meet the outcomes required by individual sectors;
Build a tide data portfolio of case studies;
Participate in regular supervision and appraisals with your line manager;
Participate in training and take personal responsibility for development in the role;
Pay due attention to health and safety at all times and where necessary risk assess venues prior to an engagement activity, with particular reference to tide carers as volunteers, in line with the organisation’s Volunteering Policy and Health and Safety Policy;
Undertake other tasks, duties or projects which may arise from time to time, which are commensurate with the general level of this post and as directed by your line manager.
For more information, please email Rebecca.Rezvany@tidecarers.org.uk.
Deadline: 23 February 2022.
Interviews: Week commencing 28 February 2022.
tide (Together in Dementia Everyday) – Research Project Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: 12 months. Salary: £28,500. Hours per week: 28 hours per week to be worked flexibly in accordance with business needs. This may include some evening and weekend work. Days per week: 4 days. Reporting to: Chief Officer. Location: The post-holder will work remotely, with visits to the tide Head office at 151 Dale Street Liverpool, L2 2AH when required and circumstances allow.
This post may require occasional travel across the UK. Some occasional international travel to conferences and learning events may be necessary.
tide – together in dementia every day is the UK wide involvement network for carers and former carers of people living with dementia. The overall aim of the tide carer network is to improve their experiences as unpaid carers as well as the services available to those they care for.
They are currently looking for a Research Project Manager.
Tailoring Carers’ Assessments to the needs of carers of people with dementia is a research project funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and managed by the University of Manchester. This post will contribute to the initial phase of the research and focus on:
An initial involvement exercise with carers and former carers to scope the research idea – what will it include, what are the questions to be answered, what are the best methods of enquiry to ensure maximum participation?
Delivery of modules on ‘Taking part in research’ and ‘Getting your point across’ from our Carers Development Programme; these can take place face to face if the circumstances allow, or via zoom
Workshops to develop specific topics
Assistance with recruiting carers and former carers to participate in the research and to join the research advisory group
Focus groups to explore specific research questions.
This research will form the substantive aspect of this post. There will also be a requirement to support smaller research projects as and when required.
The post-holder will have an understanding of how the health and social care sectors work in respect of the care of people with dementia and be familiar with the application of academic research to professional practice. They will be skilled in working with unpaid carers as equal partners and adept at networking with a range of external partners. They will have excellent communication and co-ordination skills.
The post holder will be expected to undertake a broad range of responsibilities and duties in the delivery of the project including working with carers, working with partners and project development.
For more information, please email Rebecca.Rezvany@tidecarers.org.uk.
Deadline: 23 February 2022.
Interviews: Week commencing 28 February 2022.
tide (Together in Dementia Everyday) – tide Development Officer (Dementia Dekh Bhaal Scotland Project)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: 12 months. Salary: 25,200 – 28,000. Hours per week: 21/35. Days per week: 3/5. Reporting to: Head of tide Service Delivery. Location: The post-holder will work remotely, with visits to the tide Head office at 151 Dale Street Liverpool, L2 2AH when required and circumstances allow. They may also need to travel more widely across Scotland and the UK.
tide – together in dementia every day is the UK wide involvement network for carers and former carers of people living with dementia. The overall aim of the tide carer network is to improve their experiences as unpaid carers as well as the services available to those they care for.
The tide Development Officer (Dementia Dekh Bhaal Scotland) will focus on developing a network of South Asian Carers of people with dementia in Scotland. The post holder will be required to work flexibly and with the ability to support the expansion and development of the overall tide carer network.
As well as responsibility for Dementia Dekh Bhaal Scotland, the Development Officer will also support the core activities of tide where appropriate or needed including connecting carers, facilitating core activity sessions and engaging with the professionals on our network including delivering introduction to tide and training sessions in addition to organising opportunities to connect and work together.
The post holder will contribute to the design, development and processes of data collection and dissemination in line with our outcomes and any evaluation process.
Main Roles and Responsibilities:
Plan, facilitate and monitor the progress of the Dementia Dekh Bhaal Scotland project ensuring all stipulated outcomes are achieved
Identify opportunities for current and former carers to participate fully in the specialist work, using their lived experiences to shape the outputs and outcomes stipulated as part of the project
Complete any required evaluation commitments of the specialist work/project and feed that into the overall impact and evaluation processes of the organisation
Contribute to the delivery of core activities for carers on the network including; Coffee Mornings or Meet Ups, Themed Groups, Carer Development Programme (CDP) and Web-based learning and education events such as Webinars as required
Provide current and former carers with support before and during activities and events connected to the specialist work/project, including preparation for the activity/event and feedback on their impact
Signpost current and former carers to any local or national resources, which may assist them when they highlight any issues or concerns regarding their day to day or previous caring role;
Report any concerns regarding the potential vulnerability of current/former carers and people living with dementia to the Head of Tide Development in line with the organisation’s Safeguarding and Protection of Adults Police
Prepare reports and update for SMT and Board as required (occasional attendance at SMT/Board meetings to present on achievements and progress)
Contribute to the development and maintenance of our Carer Participation Process with the Products and Services Team to ensure carers stories and experiences can be included in our core and commercial work, our marketing and promotion and our fundraising and sustainability
Engaging with carers from the network through our Facebook and Twitter platforms and establishing new ways to connect involve them in the specialist work/project
Contribute to and support the participation of carers in fundraising and sustainability opportunities for the organisation.
For more information, please email Rebecca.Rezvany@tidecarers.org.uk.
Deadline: 23 February 2022.
Interviews: Week commencing 28 February 2022.
LCVS – Community Accountancy Technician (18 months Fixed Term Contract)
Team: Community Accountancy. Salary: £18,000. Accountable to: Senior Community Accountant. Staff Responsible for: None. Main working contacts: Voluntary and community groups, other accountancy and finance team members, external advisors and funders.
Main Purpose of post: To deliver LCVS Community Accountancy Services, supporting and supported by other members of the team.
Main responsibilities
To prepare the accounts of charities and other voluntary and community organisations in line with relevant law and recommended practice and support other members of the team as appropriate
To maintain an up to date knowledge of charity accounting issues, best practice and sector awareness.
To participate in training and development as required.
To work closely with organisations in designing good accounting systems specific to these organisations.
To maintain the quality of all procedures and processes in the service.
To maintain confidentiality (subject to review and control procedures) of all information received from organisations.
General
To work as part of a team and with other staff at LCVS.
To implement and follow organisational policies and procedures.
To undertake necessary training and participate in the organisation’s supervision and appraisal system, and identify further training and personal development needs.
To represent LCVS and undertake other tasks in support of the organisation as required by your line manager.
The post holder is expected to be flexible in the performance of duties and to undertake any other duties identified as appropriate to the post.
Equal Opportunities
LCVS is committed to equal opportunities, anti-discrimination and anti-oppressive policy and practice. No one we have contact with may be discriminated against either directly or indirectly on the grounds of gender, race, nationality, religion, cultural group, marital status, sexual orientation, age, or impairment.
The policies apply to job applicants, employees, volunteers, and users of our services.
All jobs are subject to change from time to time and this job description will be reviewed regularly.
This job description is a guide to the work you will be required to undertake and represents a range of responsibilities commensurate with the grade for the post.
For more information and to apply, please contact Graham Wright at graham.wright@lcvs.org.uk.
Deadline: Friday 4 March 2022.
Kindred Minds – Programme Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: 18 hours per week until 31 December 2022. 14 hours for 12 months from appointment, with future extensions possible. Term: Part-time. Salary: £18.30 per hour. Hours per week: 18 hours. Days per week: 2.5 days. Reporting to: Board of Trustees. Location: Belle Vale.
Kindred Minds was established in 2012 and was born out of a need to provide a safe place where people with poor mental health could meet to offer each other support. In May 2015, they became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and in April 2020 they commenced their 5-year funding through the National Lottery Community Fund.
They are currently looking for a Programme Manager.
Are you looking for an exciting and flexible opportunity to help support the growth of a small mental health charity? Kindred Minds is a peer-led mental health support charity, providing activities to help assist people in their mental health wellness. In April 2020, they began their 5-year activity programme following funding from the National Lottery Community Fund. In that time, they have seen their service users increase as the need for mental health support has grown post-covid and they expect this to continue to increase.
They are a small, independent local charity. This highly rewarding role involves working closely with trustees, service users and a small core team of sessional workers, including their volunteer and activity co-ordinator and various tutors, e.g. yoga, tai chi, etc and professional advisors. You will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day programme delivery and development, including evaluation and monitoring, small funding bids, finance reporting and health & safety. Strategic support is provided to the charity by Denise Bernard from Momentum Expedite Consultancy Ltd.
This is a self-employed role, but insured by Kindred Minds. The core funding is 14 hours per week, however, due to an additional project, the hours are 18 hours per week until 31 December 2022. The role is flexible, with the ability to work hours of your choosing so long as average hours are worked per week. Due to the nature of the work, this is site-based in their office in Lee Valley Millenium Centre, L25 2PR.
There are no specific qualifications required, but evidence of relevant training and professional development to the role is desirable.
For more information, please contact kindredmindsliverpool@gmail.com.
Deadline: 10 am on Friday 25 February 2022.
Interview date: Tuesday 1 March 2022.
The Women’s Organisation – Marketing Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Full-time. Term: Permanent. Salary: £20300. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 5 days (Monday – Friday). Reporting to: Lead Marketing, Communications and PR. Location: Liverpool, L1 0AB.
The Women Organisation is a social enterprise that has for over a quarter of a century been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem, to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are continually developing an innovative portfolio of professional business advice, learning, seminars, workshops, accredited training, incubation, and consultancy services to help their clients meet their business ambitions in a rapidly changing world. They are now expanding their team.
The Marketing Officer will ensure that:
Women considering starting up and developing their own businesses across the Merseyside area are made fully aware of the enterprise support services provided by The Women’s Organisation.
Would be, and existing, businesswomen are encouraged to take up the high quality and flexible range of enterprise services offered by The Women’s Organisation to enable them to start, grow and sustain successful businesses.
Women from all communities have the opportunity to access and benefit from The Women’s Organisation enterprise and personal development services and in particular women from disadvantaged areas; black and minority ethnic women; disabled women; and lone-parent women.
Their full programme of training and development support packages are effectively promoted to individuals, small business and social enterprises.
Key tasks:
To ensure that women considering starting up and developing their own businesses from across the Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester area are made fully aware of and take up the innovative enterprise support and personal development services provided by The Women’s Organisation.
Specifically, this will be achieved by:
Working creatively as part of the Marketing Team to capture client success stories to build case studies for web marketing and press that will inspire others
Supporting with design and distribution of marketing materials
Developing creative and informative blog content around business and gender equality
Support the Lead for Marketing, Communications & PR to implement innovative social media marketing campaigns
Keeping up to date with the latest e-marketing trends
Amending the organisation’s CMS based website as and when required
Ensure that information and marketing materials about The Women’s Organisation’s services are widely distributed in the areas, especially to groups who find it difficult to access services
Supporting with event management including adding events to Eventbrite and creating marketing messages and social posts to promote
Contributing to effective record keeping and communication including tracking campaign impact across social media and recording online account stats
Representing The Women’s Organisation at community events as required
Identifying opportunities and creative ways of reaching out to and accessing women from diverse geographical, cultural, social and economic backgrounds and communities
Keeping up to date with The Women’s Organisation’s services, timetables and priorities
Working in a flexible manner and as part of a team
Demonstrating a commitment to equal opportunities and to promoting non-discriminatory practices in all aspects of work undertaken
Taking responsibility to ensure that your work complies with appropriate statutory requirements and to ensure that all work functions are undertaken in accordance with health and safety legislation, codes of practice, and The Women’s Organisation quality and ethics policies.
This job description is not intended to be either prescriptive or exhaustive; it is issued as a framework to outline the main areas of responsibility at the time of writing.
For more information, please contact recruitment@thewo.org.uk or 0151 706 8111.
Deadline: Monday 14 March 2022 at 12 pm.
Interviews will take place on Tuesday 22 March 2022.
The Women’s Organisation – Marketing and Events Co-ordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Full-time. Term: Permanent. Salary: £24000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 5 days (Monday – Friday). Reporting to: Lead Marketing, Communications and PR. Location: Liverpool, L1 0AB.
The Women Organisation is a social enterprise that has for over a quarter of a century been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem, to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are continually developing an innovative portfolio of professional business advice, learning, seminars, workshops, accredited training, incubation, and consultancy services to help their clients meet their business ambitions in a rapidly changing world. They are now expanding their team.
Is this you?
We are seeking a colleague for this role who has experience in marketing who can confidently and creatively help us to develop inspiring campaigns.
With a range of skills in all aspects of marketing and communications you will easily be able to turn your hand to design, content creation, creative writing and event promotion.
You will thrive on keeping your knowledge fresh in order to present ideas to drive innovation in our marketing practices.
You will need excellent verbal, written, listening, and information analysis skills. A strong background or qualification in marketing or a similar discipline would be an advantage.
Key Aspects
To ensure that women considering starting up and developing their own businesses from across the Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester area are made fully aware of and take up the innovative enterprise support and personal development services provided by The Women’s Organisation.
Supporting the development of marketing strategy, particularly leading on event-based marketing activity
Working as part of the marketing team to meet key objectives
Event coordination and promotion to maximise the opportunity for clients to engage with their services
Promotion of events including adding online sessions to Eventbrite, creating marketing messages, flyers, brochures, and social media campaigns
Attending in-person events and taking photos, capturing quotes and feedback
Supporting Lead for Marketing, Communications and PR to develop and maintain internal communications strategy
Design and distribution of marketing materials
Developing creative and informative blog content that will enhance marketing of their programme delivery and wider services
Capturing client feedback and success stories for marketing and press
Keeping up to date with the latest digital marketing trends
Amending the organisation’s CMS based websites as and when required
Identifying opportunities and creative ways of reaching out to and accessing women from diverse geographical, cultural, social and economic backgrounds and communities
Demonstrating a commitment to equal opportunities and to promoting non-discriminatory practices in all aspects of work undertaken.
This job description is not intended to be either prescriptive or exhaustive; it is issued as a framework to outline the main areas of responsibility at the time of writing.
For more information, please contact recruitment@thewo.org.uk or 0151 706 8111.
Deadline: Monday 14 March 2022 at 12 pm.
Interviews will take place on Tuesday 22 March 2022.
The Women’s Organisation – Marketing Co-ordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Full-time. Term: Permanent. Salary: £24000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 5 days (Monday – Friday). Reporting to: Lead Marketing, Communications and PR. Location: Liverpool, L1 0AB.
The Women Organisation is a social enterprise that has for over a quarter of a century been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem, to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are continually developing an innovative portfolio of professional business advice, learning, seminars, workshops, accredited training, incubation, and consultancy services to help their clients meet their business ambitions in a rapidly changing world. They are now expanding their team.
Is this you?
They are seeking a colleague for this role who has experience in marketing who can confidently and creatively help them to develop inspiring campaigns.
With a range of skills in all aspects of marketing and communications, you will easily be able to turn your hand to design, content creation, creative writing and event promotion.
You will thrive on keeping your knowledge fresh in order to present ideas to drive innovation in their marketing practices.
You will need excellent verbal, written, listening, and information analysis skills. A strong background or qualification in marketing or a similar discipline would be an advantage.
Key Aspects
To ensure that women considering starting up and developing their own businesses from across the Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester area are made fully aware of and take up the innovative enterprise support and personal development services provided by The Women’s Organisation.
Supporting the development of marketing strategy and the creation of engaging and impactful social media campaigns
Working as part of the marketing team to meet key objectives
Event promotion to maximise opportunity for clients to engage with their training and services, including adding online sessions to Eventbrite, creating marketing messages, flyers, brochures, and social media.
Attending in-person events and taking photos, capturing quotes and feedback
Supporting Lead for Marketing, Communications and PR to develop and maintain internal communications strategy
Design and distribution of marketing materials
Developing creative and informative blog content that will enhance marketing of their programme delivery and wider services
Capturing client feedback and success stories for marketing and press
Keeping up to date with latest digital marketing trends
Amending the organisation’s CMS based websites as and when required
Identifying opportunities and creative ways of reaching out to and accessing women from diverse geographical, cultural, social and economic backgrounds and communities
Demonstrating a commitment to equal opportunities and to promoting non-discriminatory practices in all aspects of work undertaken.
This job description is not intended to be either prescriptive or exhaustive; it is issued as a framework to outline the main areas of responsibility at the time of writing.
For more information, please contact recruitment@thewo.org.uk or 0151 706 8111.
Deadline: Monday 14 March 2022 at 12 pm.
Interviews will take place on Tuesday 22 March 2022.
Liverpool’s Royal Court – Head of Finance and Administration
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £35,000-£50,000. Hours per week: 40 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Chief Executive. Location: Liverpool.
Liverpool’s Royal Court became an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation in 2018 and as a consequence, has established itself as the major producing theatre in Liverpool City Region. The theatre has a loyal and large audience base (over 180,000 per year), which it serves by producing high quality, mainly comedy based drama and musicals, 12 months of the year in the 1,050 seats main auditorium.
A new studio space has recently been created as part of the £10.2m renovation of the theatre which started in 2011 and continues to date. The 150 seat studio can operate simultaneously with main house shows and runs a year-round programme focussing on developing new talent and providing a much-needed city-centre space for emerging theatre companies.
Theatre engagement at all levels is at the heart of all they do.
Programmes include a vibrant youth theatre for 11-25s and Later Life choir and amateur drama group all of which are free with no waiting lists or auditions.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the senior management team at Liverpool’s Royal Court at a critical time in the theatre’s evolution.
The Head of Finance and Administration will join the organisation at a time when it continues to develop a range of capital projects that will have a significant effect on the theatre ecology of the region and are in the pipeline ready to be actioned over the next few years.
If you are interested in the post there will be an online discussion with the Chief Executive on Tuesday 8 March at 11 am. Please email mary@liverpoolsroyalcourt.com for more details.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £26,000 PA. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: Flexible between 9:00 – 5:00 Monday to Friday. Reporting to: Information & Advice Supervisor. Location: Norton Street, Liverpool L3 8LR.
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever. There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too. The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
The Brain Charity is now seeking an individual with a strong background in finance to deliver key elements of their corporate strategy and help take their organisation to the next level. Receiving practical help in important areas such as welfare benefits, legal advice and social care is a key part of The Brain Charity’s work and they are extremely proud to be able to offer this to individuals when they need it most.
As one of their Information and Advice Officers, you will work at the very heart of their services delivering this essential support to individuals whose lives are often in crisis. They are seeking an emotionally intelligent and resourceful individual with a strong background in a related area such as social care, welfare, health or housing, etc. to join this vital team.
Their Information and advice officers offer high-quality practical help, information and emotional support to individuals via face-to-face, e-mail and telephone support services.
The role involves working with individuals with a wide range of conditions and also offers support to their families, friends and carers. The key areas of support include money, housing, employment, relationships and support navigating health, welfare, and social care services.
For more information, please contact Jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk.
Deadline: Tuesday 15 March 2022 at 5 pm.
Interviews: Week commencing Monday 21 March 2022.
The Florrie – Building Caretaker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Minimum 1 year. Term: 12-month contract. Salary: £15,600. Hours per week: 40hrs. Days per week: 5 days, but this job requires the post holder to work flexible hours according to business needs and includes some weekends & evenings. Reporting to: Anne Lundon. Location: The Florrie, 377 Mill Street, Liverpool L8 4RF.
The Florence Institute Trust Ltd is a charity that owns and manages The Florrie, a Grade 2 listed Victorian architectural gem built in 1889. The Florrie re-opened in 2012 following a full restoration and is now open all year round, offering a broad range of activities, services, facilities and events.
The Florrie is currently looking for an experienced Building Caretaker to join their team.
The Building Caretaker will:
Be responsible for implementing all health and safety and fire/evacuation procedures. Ensuring The Florrie is maintained as an accessible, secure, safe and clean environment for staff and visitors. Will work alongside the Building Supervisor to carry out daily/weekly inspections of the facilities to identify and resolve any small maintenance issues and work as part of the Events team, physically set up rooms for forthcoming events (tables and chairs, lights etc.) and take them down after the event.
For the full job description and to apply, please visit The Florrie website.
Closing date: Midnight 27 February 2022.
The Florrie – Building Supervisor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Minimum 1 year. Term: 12-month contract. Salary: £21,000 pa. Hours per/week: 40hrs. Days per/week: 5 days, but this job requires the post holder to work flexible hours according to business needs and includes some weekends & evenings. Reporting to: Anne Lundon. Location: The Florrie, 377 Mill Street, Liverpool L8 4RF.
The Florence Institute Trust Ltd is a charity that owns and manages The Florrie, a Grade 2 listed Victorian architectural gem built in 1889. The Florrie re-opened in 2012 following a full restoration and is now open all year round, offering a broad range of activities, services, facilities and events.
They are seeking to employ an experienced Building Supervisor to oversee the effective and efficient day to day safety, immediate and long term maintenance and management of their Grade II listed building.
The Building Supervisor will:
Have overall management of the day to day health and safety of the Florrie building, visitors and tenants, advising, evaluating options and making recommendations to ensure compliance across the charity. Help develop the culture of safe working practices across the charity. Be responsible for overseeing any general day to day building repairs and maintenance. Be responsible for the appointment of contractors and suppliers of services for larger maintenance works, ensuring they are competent, value for money and offer quality services on behalf of the charity.
For the full job description and to apply, please visit The Florrie website.
Closing date: Midnight 27 February 2022.
Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV) Community Grant 2022-23 – Now Open!
The new £1 million CEV Community Grant has been launched. Does your organisation deliver services for people who are clinically extremely vulnerable or have long term Covid in Liverpool? Find out more information and how to apply below.
What is the CEV Grant?
As part of the CEV Spending Plan, there is a new £1 million grant available. Voluntary Charity Sector (VCS) Organisations are invited to apply for funding to deliver services to support people with emotional and physical well-being in their neighbourhoods. The grant aims to benefit people who are Clinically Extremely Vulnerable and/or have long term Covid.
This is a one-year grant for the period of April 2022 to March 2023. It is important to acknowledge that this is non-recurrent funding. Applicants must be committed to having an exit plan, including the referral of beneficiaries into appropriate mainstream services if required.
How much is available?
There is £1 million available. The minimum amount each organisation can apply for is £30,000 and the maximum amount is £100,000.
They will only accept one application per organisation. Forms submitted after the closing date will not be considered.
Closing date: Friday 18 February 2022 at 12 pm.
Applicants will be informed of the funding decision in early March 2022.
If you have any queries about the CEV Grant please email the Grants and Performance Team at Corporate.Grants@liverpool.gov.uk or contact Samantha Chester on 07523 930 517 or Cheryl Moorhead on 07395 847 746.
Austin Smith Small Grants Fund: Round 2 – Now Open!
Date opened – Monday 14 February 2022.
Grants will be awarded across Princes Park, Riverside and Picton wards to deliver a diverse variety of projects.
In its ninth successful year, the Austin Smith Small Grants Fund continues to provide local people with funding to empower their communities. The Passionist Congregation and Liverpool City Council continue to have a unique partnership in supporting non for profit organisations and their neighbourhood.
This initiative started with L8 Law Centre wanting to honour the memory of Father Austin Smith who died in March 2011. Austin was a member of the Passionist Congregation and dedicated more than forty years of his life to the people in the City of Liverpool.
Guidance
Amount available: You will be able to apply for a grant of up to £350. They only accept one application per organisation per round.
Who can apply: Small not for profit community groups whose beneficiaries are predominantly from Riverside, Princes Park and Picton wards. Previous grant applicants can apply however priority will be given to new applicants.
What will you need to apply:
A governing document
A bank account in the name of the organisation with 2 unrelated signatories.
What they can fund:
To start new projects and activities
Increase levels of active citizenship, community pride and community activity
Contribute towards running an event, festival or community occasion
Intergenerational activities
Activities that may reduce isolation
Projects that will develop stronger communities
People working together to tackle issues in their neighbourhood
Projects that have long-lasting benefits
Improve health and wellbeing.
What they do not fund:
Applications from individuals
Projects which duplicate services
Staff salaries & management costs
Purchase of vehicles
General appeals/fundraising/overseas travel
Schools/registered social landlords
Purchase or consumption of alcohol.
For any queries, please contact Cheryl Moorhead Cheryl.moorhead@liverpool.gov.uk or Austin Grants austin.grants@liverpool.gov.uk.
Halton and St Helens VCA – Mental Health Care Navigator
The role will bring VCFSE organisations working in the field of Mental Health into closer contact with colleagues in the statutory sector. NHS Halton CCG recognises the role that VCFSE organisations can play with their early interventions work making it much less likely that patients will require emergency services in the future.
Working with local professionals in the VCFSE and statutory sector, the Mental Health Care Navigator will support patients to access the most relevant and appropriate service. You will build the capacity of VCFSE organisations so that they can deliver an appropriate level of support. Liaising with statutory agencies so that they understand the offer from VCFSE organisations and can refer patients into the correct services.
To find out more and to download an application form, full job description and person specification, click here.
Closing date for applications is midnight Sunday 6 March 2022.
Halton and St Helens VCA – Community Health Champion Coordinators
3 posts.
Community Health Champions are community members who volunteer to promote health and wellbeing or improve conditions in their local community. Champions use their social networks and life experience to address barriers to engagement and improve connections between services and disadvantaged communities.
The Community HC Coordinator’s role will be to develop, recruit and support a network of Community Health Champion Volunteers who will work in their local communities to promote positive health messages and dispel myths and false information in relation to health matters.
To find out more and to download an application form, full job description and person specification, click here.
Closing date for applications is midnight Sunday 6 March 2022.
Halton and St Helens VCA – Volunteering Coordinator WHHT
They are looking for someone who has a passion for volunteering to work with them in a development role supporting their successful partnership with Warrington & Halton Teaching Hospital NHS Trust. You will be joining them at a pivotal time where they have the ability to explore new and innovative ways that volunteers can add value to the patient journey.
You will be supporting the recruitment and onboarding of new volunteers to the Trust; assisting with restarting volunteering roles within the Trust, developing new roles and supporting staff in the supervision and management of volunteers; promoting volunteering; delivering training.
To find out more and to download an application form, full job description and person specification, click here.
Closing date for applications is midnight Sunday 6 March 2022.
Barnardo’s Action with Young Carers Liverpool: Supporting Young Adult Carers aged 18 – 25
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If you think you are a Young Adult Carer or want to learn more about Barnardo’s Action with Young Carers Liverpool, please visit the Barnardo’s website or call them at 0151 228 4455.
Barnardo’s Action with Young Carers Liverpool
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LCVS – Donor & Trust Support Executive
Department: Charity Services. Salary: £28K FTE (14 hours per week). Accountable to: Director of Finance & Resources. Staff Responsible for: None. Main working contacts: LCVS Finance Manager, Charity Services customers, and grant applicants, related governance committees, legal, investment and financial advisors.
Main Purpose of Post:
To be the main point of contact with donors and maintain and develop their relationship with LCVS.
To co-ordinate Trust management and support grants administration service.
To ensure that the risk and compliance requirements relating to Charity Services clients and the subsidiary payroll giving service are operated.
To develop products and services to meet the customer service requirements and aspirations.
Main Responsibilities
Administration
Reviewing, developing and maintaining the client administration systems for charitable trusts, client accounts and payroll giving.
Providing timely and accurate information to customers and trustees and ensuring legal and accounting compliance subject to scrutiny by the Finance Manager / Director of Finance and Resources.
Promoting prompt and efficient customer service through a range of communication channels to ensure efficient and accurate responses and to consolidate good practice through an effective quality control system.
Customer Service
Structuring services to meet the individual requirements of major clients.
Providing specialist charitable giving and grant making advice to donors.
Co-ordinating and supporting the Trust management service including servicing and attending Trust meetings.
Contributing to the development of appropriate information and publicity for marketing Services
Risk and Compliance
Maintaining knowledge on developments relating to charity, tax and trust law and to advise colleagues and Trustees on the impact these may have on Services.
Working with the Finance Manager to implement changes to working practices to conform to changes in legislation, regulation and guidance.
Working with the Finance Manager and Director of Finance and Resources to implement and operate risk management and compliance procedures.
General
To work as part of the team with other staff at LCVS.
To implement and follow LCVS policies and procedures.
To maintain accurate records of in the various media specified for your areas of responsibility.
To undertake any training necessary and participate in the organisation’s supervision and appraisal system, and identify further training and personal development needs.
To represent LCVS and undertake other tasks in support of the organisation as required by your line manager.
The post holder is expected to be flexible in the performance of duties and to undertake any other duties identified as appropriate to the post.
Equal Opportunities
LCVS is committed to equal opportunities, anti-discrimination and anti-oppressive policy and practice. No one we have contact with may be discriminated against either directly or indirectly on the grounds of gender, race, nationality, religion, cultural group, marital status, sexual orientation, age, or impairment. The policies apply to job applicants, employees, volunteers, users and beneficiaries of our services.
Job Description
All jobs are subject to change from time to time and this job description will be reviewed regularly.
This job description is a guide to the work you will be required to undertake and represents a range of responsibilities commensurate with the grade for the post.
For more information and to apply, please contact Graham Wright at graham.wright@lcvs.org.uk.
Deadline: 3 March 2022.
Dementia Action Liverpool – Project Manager – Liverpool Meeting Centres Partnership
This is a consultancy contract.
Posts available: Consultancy contract – individual or a team. Contract: Short term contract to be completed by 1 December 2022. Term: Flexible hours to fulfil the specification. Salary: Consultancy contract – contact them for more details. Hours per week: Flexible hours to fulfil the specification. Days per week: Flexible. Reporting to: Director of Dementia Action Liverpool. Location: Liverpool.
Dementia Action Liverpool (DAL) is a not for profit limited company set up to provide business support to the Liverpool Dementia Action Alliance, a collaboration of over 90 organisations working together to help Liverpool become a more dementia-inclusive city. They run conferences and other events to raise awareness of dementia and work with the city council and the local NHS to improve services. They are commissioning this work about Meeting Centres on a consultancy basis.
They are seeking to recruit a Project Manager on a consultancy basis to develop the model for Meeting Centres in Liverpool – community places where people living with dementia and their carers can meet together and through various activities understand more about the condition and how to adapt to the diagnosis. What happens in the Centres is determined by its members. The Project Manager will engage with existing groups of people with dementia and carers; research potential locations for a Meeting Centre; work with local businesses and community groups to raise awareness and encourage support for Meeting Centres; identify potential sources of funding for the running costs; and recommend a legal body and staffing structure for the first Centre(s).
The Project Manager will be skilled at working with people at all levels and from all sectors, most particularly people with dementia, carers and members of the public. They will have excellent communication skills, with the ability to facilitate and capture discussions and produce succinct and informative records.
For more information and to apply, please visit the Dementia Action Liverpool website or contact Ruth Eley, Director of DAL at lpoolmcproject@btinternet.com or 07786 979997.
Deadline: 12 pm on Wednesday 23 February 2022.
Interview date: Thursday 3 March 2022.
The Northwest Kurdish Community Centre is looking for a building to house a community hub
The Northwest Kurdish Community Centre is looking for a space to accommodate around 100 people. They are looking for a self-contained space which has a couple of classrooms, outdoor space, parking, a separate kitchen and toilets. Suitable locations would be in Edge Hill, Old Swan, Fairfield, Toxteth, Dingle, around the Liverpool City Centre, Edge Lane and Lodge Lane areas.
Type of space needed: Meeting/office/desk/storage/event.
Approximate space needed: Around 1000 sq. ft.
Frequency of use: Full-time/part-time.
Number of desks needed: 2.
Number of meeting rooms needed: 2.
Capacity of meeting space: 65 people.
Time of day needed: Daytime, evenings, weekends, mornings, afternoons, other.
Able to pay: Yes.
Contact name: Miraz Yolcu.
Contact email: northwestkcc@gmail.com.
Contact telephone: 07775836318.
2022 Opportunities from Prince’s Trust
Prince’s Trust is now recruiting for their next Explore group, the current group they have are now coming to an end, so they are looking for their next fantastic bunch to work with!
This is an amazing programme aimed to help young people with their confidence, communication skills, teamwork, confidence, managing feelings and employability skills. They do this through a range of activities such as: mountain walking, indoor climbing, team building sessions, employment workshops and water sports! The Yp’s don’t need any kit they provide it all, along with that they provide £3 towards their travel costs and their lunch! If they are travelling from afar, they can look at helping them more with travel costs.
Now, they can also offer some amazing opportunities for the young people at the end of the course! They have linked up with some fantastic companies who can provide Traineeships in the young person’s preferred area. Week one they start looking at what interests the young people have, then by week 4 they hope to have them enrolled onto their next programme, if they’re not work-ready then they can continue working with them too!
Also, they still have their development award scheme.
This is a pot of funding that they have for young people who are going into employment, education, or training. They don’t need to be on a programme with them to get this funding and they can go up to £500. If you or young person identify something that they need to go towards their employment, education, or training eg: a bike to get to work, a laptop to work from home, a kit for a beauty course, a birth certificate, new clothing for a job they are starting or specific course clothing.
Who is Eligible? UK residents: aged 16-30 – no longer in compulsory education if aged 16 to 17, unemployed if aged 18 to 30, working less than 16 hours per week or in education for less than 14 hours per week. They will also need evidence from company they are starting that states they have a confirmed place and are due to start.
Theatre in the Rough is looking for volunteers to join its Youth Advisory Board
Theatre in the Rough has been funded by the PH Holt Foundation to seek ways to develop and strengthen their organisation. An important part of this funding is to establish a new Youth Advisory Board.
The Youth Advisory Board will meet monthly, over Zoom, with their Board of Trustees to discuss the company’s plans, projects, and communication.
You will give feedback. You will offer ideas. And help to guide the direction of the organisation. You will also gain a set of skills and leadership experience that you can take with you to other areas of your creative and working life.
If you’re aged 17—25, and live or work in the Liverpool City Region, they want to hear from you. They’re able to offer a small fee of £100.00 for your contribution.
MVRP has launched a survey to help steer strategic prevention of the causes of violence across Merseyside
Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership (MVRP) would like to encourage the participation of young people from age 13-25 and parents/carers in a survey to help steer strategic prevention of the causes of violence across Merseyside.
They have also launched a version of the survey for parents/carers, which is available here.
The 13-to-25-year-olds survey has been reviewed and approved by peer researchers in the Merseyside Peer Action Collective (PAC) to ensure suitability of language, content and information for participants. They also hope that this survey will support the PAC to build a database of young research participants and changemakers with whom they can work throughout 2022.
Participation in these surveys will support the formation of ongoing violence prevention strategy by providing additional insight to be published in the MVRP Strategic Needs Assessment April 2022. A summary and recommendations for action from the surveys will be produced to feedback to participants in the following months. Here’s how they have previously used insight to support their work.
They appreciate that a survey is not always an ideal form of consultation to engage all voices. However, given the current climate and the plans for more youth-led opportunities for participation over 2022 with the Peer Action Collective, they feel that it is the most appropriate method for now. If, however, you work with children, young people, parents or carers who have expressed a wish to speak about these issues in a way that better meets their needs, please let them know and they can discuss the best way of facilitating this.
Participant information and consent are built into the surveys.
Both surveys will close on Friday 25 February 2022 at 12 noon.
Window Wanderland to Light up Liverpool
As neighbourhoods locked down through the pandemic, Window Wanderland crept in and created magic to keep communities connected. As galleries reluctantly closed their doors, artworks of all kinds found their way into the streets of the nation, lighting up neighbourhoods and bringing people together safely.
And now the innovative community organisation which has lifted the spirits of communities across the UK through the arts, is for the first time coming to Liverpool in 2022 and is looking for local people who want to get involved.
So what exactly is a Window Wanderland?
A not-for-profit organisation, Window Wanderland was born of a passion for social change – a project to help combat social isolation and bring communities together.
It is a magical outdoor art gallery. A chance for people to get creative and light up the windows of their homes, schools, business, and community spaces – indeed anywhere with a street-facing window – with whatever they choose to create. Together these window artworks form a delightful walking art trail.
For many, Window Wanderland creations combine stencils made from black card with multi-coloured tissue paper, but the only real limitation is the window. Painted windows, dioramas, mobiles, silhouette animations, light shows, theatre performances and music have all featured.
The power of the creative arts to improve mental health and to cultivate community connectedness is something that’s never far from our minds. It’s what inspired founder, Lucy Reeves-Khan, to set up Window Wanderland and it continues to be what drives the work of the Window Wanderland team.
“The idea for Window Wanderland came about due to my own experience of isolation during rehabilitation from an accident. I often went out after dark as I was embarrassed about how I walked. When I saw curtains open I felt less lonely. I thought to myself how nice it would be if people created artworks in their windows to make me smile” says Lucy.
A Window Wanderland event is an excellent way to achieve plenty of public engagement. It’s such an inclusive activity, accessible to all ages and abilities.
“People often start off worrying that they’re not artistic enough but, given the right opportunity, I think everyone is capable of remarkable things. I love how Window Wanderland brings out the creativity in people.”
Or if you are from the wider Liverpool area working as part of a community organisation, or simply an individual or voluntary group who wants to see their community come to life you can register as an organiser and get the ball rolling for your area!
They’ll help you to put on a Window Wanderland to remember. Their toolkits, promotional tools and support make it so much easier for you to promote your event, support participants, and give your wonderful windows the limelight they deserve.
Sign up and they’ll literally put you on the Window Wanderland map – as well as provide you with your own web page, gallery and listing. What’s more, you can opt to have an online map of your participants’ artworks, making it easy for visitors to explore your Window Wanderland trail.
Feeding Liverpool is recruiting new trustees as they look to expand and diversify their Board of Trustees at this exciting time for their growing charity.
They are particularly looking for new trustees with knowledge or expertise in the following areas:
Finance: they are looking for a trustee to take on the role of treasurer
Hospitality or Food Retail: they are looking for a trustee with an understanding of one or both of these sectors and the ability to connect the food alliance with relevant networks
Digital/social media communications
Food growing and sustainability
They would also like to expand their spheres of influence, and the diversity of the Board. They are under-represented by minority groups and those with first-hand experience of emergency food systems. They would particularly welcome applications from anyone in those groups.
To find out more about Feeding Liverpool, what being a trustee entails and how to apply, please download their Trustee Recruitment Pack.
Applications need to be sent to their co-chair of trustees – Dr Hilary Russell.
For an informal chat please contact Hilary on hilaryerussell@gmail.com or 07811 950213
Deadline: 28 February 2022.
Relate Cheshire & Merseyside incorporating Greater Manchester – Trustee/Treasurer
Would you like to support a vital charity while also developing your strategic leadership and governance skills? Relate Cheshire & Merseyside (incorporating Relate Greater Manchester) is seeking to appoint a new Trustee to its Board who will assume the role of Treasurer in late 2022.
Relationships with family, partners, friends and colleagues play a big part in how happy we are, and when our relationships aren’t healthy, we suffer. That’s why Relate is here to provide relationship support – for everyone. They develop and support healthy relationships particularly by helping couples, families and individuals to make their relationships work better.
The impact of the pandemic means that their support is more needed than ever, and they have worked hard to adapt to the changing circumstances. They are currently working entirely remotely and delivering counselling online to couples, families and young people across Cheshire, Merseyside & Greater Manchester. Part of the national federation of Relate, they are a local charity with a turnover of around £450,000 and around 30 employees. The Board meets 4 times a year, with optional monthly informal catch-up meetings inbetween, all of which are held online in the late afternoon / early evening. Prior to each Board meeting the Treasurer has a pre meet with the CEO and Finance Officer and is available for advice in between Board meetings.
They are seeking a committed and capable person to help lead the charity into its next phase of development. The role of Treasurer is a pivotal one leading on the financial health of the charity.
Job Description
To ensure the fulfilment of the Charity’s purposes
To set the direction for the Charity
To have ultimate responsibility for the work of the Charity
To ensure the financial health of the Charity (ensure the Charity is solvent)
To ensure the proper use of charitable money and compliance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements
To assess the risks facing the organisation and to manage the response to them
To check progress and performance
To apply, please send your CV and an expression of interest to Hilary.Barrett@relatecm.org.uk.
To arrange an informal discussion, please contact Hilary Barrett on 07841 261134 in the first instance.
To find out more about Relate Cheshire & Merseyside incorporating Greater Manchester, please visit their website.
Deadline: No formal closing date. Please note, this vacancy was first published in February 2022 and may have expired since then.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Minimum 1 year. Term: Sessional. Salary: £17.50-£22.50 per hour. Hours per week: Minimum of 5 sessional hours per week, this will vary as business increases. Days per week: Variable pending on increased demand for delivery. Reporting to: Susannah Arrowsmith. Location: Liverpool.
Healthiness is a non-profit health and exercise provider established in 2011. Their mission is to increase physical activity and reduce social isolation of older people and people experiencing physical and mental health issues in Liverpool communities through delivering health messages and offering exercise and health education classes across the city.
Healthiness Ltd is currently looking for a sessional delivery instructor to join their team.
The sessional instructor will provide physical activity and health education to groups in care homes, residentials and readymade community groups across the city. It is required that they are a specialist in the delivery of exercise to older adults, and exercise referrals. Minimum Qualifications: Level 3 OTAGO chair based delivery instructor. Level 3 Exercise Referral Instructor – Desirable Level 4 Fame Postural Stability Instructor/ Level 4 Exercise & Arthritis/ Group exercise qualified instructor.
For more information, please contact Susannah Arrowsmith at susannah@healthinessltd.co.uk.
Deadline: 1 March 2022.
Interviews: Week commencing 7 March 2022.
LSCP’s Data Security Research Project is looking for participants
Liverpool Social Care Partnership (LSCP) are proud to have been commissioned to work with Adult Social Care providers, their service users and families across England, to research and highlight the importance of data & cyber security when choosing a care provider. This work was commissioned by Better Security, Better Care on behalf of the Department of Health.
LSCP are looking for service users and their advocates/families who are willing to take part in some research to help them establish the current understanding of data/cyber security within Adult Social Care. They would appreciate your help and assistance in reaching out to organisations and individuals who may wish to take part.
Participants will be asked to either
Complete a questionnaire (online or paper)
Attend a focus group to discuss what is data/cyber security and what should we look for when choosing a care provider (This may be face to face or online via Zoom, dependent on location and covid status)
Take part in a one-to-one interview to answer questions to establish their understanding and expectations.
For more information and to take part, please visit the LSCP website.
Posts available: Up to four. Contract: Permanent. Hours per week: 1 hour. Reporting to: Chair of Board. Location: Liverpool.
The Liverpool Irish Festival is a unique organisation that has delivered an annual festival since 2003. It’s run by brilliant, creative, visionary people with the aim of bringing Liverpool and Ireland closer together using arts and culture.
They are scouting for (up to four) incredible people to join their Board as Trustees to help the Festival evolve into its next phase and to sustain, develop and extend their artistic programme. Trustees are responsible for driving their mission and direction; general advocacy and ensuring the Festival’s continued success and sustainability.
Their Trustees make sure they do things right and do the right things to build and grow.
For more information, please contact emma@liverpoolirishfestival.com.
Deadline: 9 am on Monday 28 February 2022.
Nugent Care – Trustee & Lead Trustee for Safeguarding
This is a voluntary role.
Posts available: 1 x Lead Trustee for Safeguarding + 1 x Trustee. Reporting to: Board of Trustees. Location: Liverpool.
Nugent is a charity, started by Father Nugent in 1881. They employ over 600 people, over 150 volunteers and are the largest education, health and social care charity in Liverpool.
Their Vision is to be a totally outstanding and dignified organisation and our mission is to care, educate, protect, and inspire those in need.
For 140 years they have been providing support to children, young people, adults and families who are vulnerable or at risk across the North West through their schools, care homes, community and social work services.
They are currently recruiting for 2 Trustee positions:
Lead Trustee for Safeguarding
Trustee
You will undertake a highly influential voluntary position within the organisation and they are expecting you will be a champion of diversity and inclusion and an individual with ambition, emotional intelligence, sharp intellect, resilience and the ability to be agile for the benefit of the charity. You are a person who ‘gets things done’.
As an experienced and committed individual, you will provide support to your peers and leadership to the executive team. You will promote a commercially astute culture across the organisation as they drive towards their vision of being entirely dignified and outstanding.
This role is ideal for you as a conscientious and driven individual who is prepared to support, advise and actively engage in the achievement of the vision.
To read the full job description and to apply, please visit the Nugent website.
For more information, please contact HR@wearenugent.org.
Deadline: 28 February 2022.
Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton – Communications and Fundraising Officer
Remuneration: £25,000 pro-rata (equates to £12,500). Weekly Hours: 17.5 hours. Location: Hybrid (Mostly remote but will include attendance at our sites).
At Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton, they are an incorporated registered charity and have put a lot of effort into understanding how we can contribute to the quality of life of our older local residents. They have a long and respected reputation in delivering excellence in this sector. But are they experts in the digital arena? Absolutely not, but they would really like to improve and are looking for an exceptional individual who is experienced in building social media campaigns and growing organisational presence online. You will be confident across the social media platforms as well as having the organisational skills to manage our community fundraising efforts. Ideally, you will have led small teams and be capable of inspiring our followers as well as attracting more. One day you could be blogging about our activities and the next you could be hosting a fundraising event.
Essential skills include:
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience delivering creative PR and brand building media coverage
Experience growing social media following and managing campaigns
Excellent organisational skills
This is a new role being offered on a part-time basis for a fixed term of 2 years. Reporting into the Head of Development, Fundraising and Communications the post holder is likely to have a fair degree of autonomy in how they carry out the role. Currently, they have no fixed intentions in terms of when the weekly hours should be worked so this role could be very flexible for the right candidate. They need someone with excellent creative writing skills who isn’t afraid to be noticed.
Salary: £26,484.31.
Location: Seaforth and Litherland PCN.
Hours: Full-time post at 35 hours per week.
Term: Fixed term: Expected until March 2024.
Accountable to: Sefton CVS Line Manager.
The Social Prescribing Link Worker will be employed by Sefton CVS and will work as part of one team, with 15 other Link Workers across 2 host organisations, providing a social prescribing service to GP practices, aligned to the Living Well Sefton model.
The Link Worker will work holistically to support individuals to take control of their health and wellbeing based on a ‘what matters to me’ approach by connecting people to a broad range of community groups and services. The Link Worker will support people to increase their resilience and reduce the impact of health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health such as debt, poor housing etc.
The Link Worker will also support existing VCF sector groups to be sustainable; identify gaps in services, and work with the Sefton CVS Group Development Team to develop new initiatives to meet local needs.
To access the full job description, person specification and other related documents, please click here.
Deadline: 5 pm on Monday 21 February 2022.
Living Well Sefton – Senior Social Prescribing Link Worker
Salary: £28,436.62.
Location: Seaforth and Litherland PCN.
Hours: Full-time post at 35 hours per week.
Term: Fixed term: Expected up until March 2024.
Accountable to: Living Well Sefton.
The Senior Social Prescribing Link Worker (SSPLW) will be employed by Living Well Sefton and will work as part of one team, with 15 other Link Workers across 2 host organisations, providing a Social Prescribing service to GP practices, aligned to the Living Well Sefton model.
The SSPLW will work holistically to support individuals to take control of their health and wellbeing based on a ‘what matters to me’ approach by connecting people to a broad range of community groups and services. The SSPLW will support people to increase their resilience and reduce the impact of health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health such as debt, poor housing etc. The Link Worker will also support existing VCF sector groups to be sustainable; identify gaps in services, and work with the Sefton CVS Group Development Team to develop new initiatives to meet local needs.
The SSPLW will have additional responsibilities within the PCN patch for the following:
Oversight of practical client management for the team
EMIS use, such as monitoring EMIS for unmatched documents, dealing with inappropriate or incomplete referrals
Monitoring non-referring surgeries and supporting communication and engagement
Direct supervision and monitoring of the PCN Social Prescribing Link Worker Team
Attendance at PCN and surgery meetings, representing the team where appropriate and keeping good lines of communication open with all stakeholders; feedback on emerging gaps and trends for reporting purposes within the area
Monthly feedback to administrator of Sefton CVS Here4You directory of new organisations in the area or changes to existing provision
Regular liaison with Living Well Sefton Social Prescribing Programme Management and support of key developments in the wider team.
To access the full job description, person specification and other related documents, please click here.
Deadline: 5 pm on Monday 21 February 2022.
The Reader – Head of Development
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £37,000. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: Monday – Friday, they are committed to offering flexible working. Reporting to: Director of Development. Location: The Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB.
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and / or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
As a key member of the leadership team at The Reader, this role is responsible for securing the income and building the partnerships that The Reader needs to sustain and grow its work. This role leads the Development Team to achieve their challenging income targets across a diverse income portfolio of grants, commissions, individual, corporate and event fundraising.
They are looking for a strategic thinker who is a well-organised, target-driven leader, who can demonstrate income generation experience and great communication skills. Whether you bring experience from fundraising, public sector commissioning or commercial sales, we’re looking for someone who can spot, shape and secure new opportunities with a range of supporters across a range of sectors.
As Head of Development, you’ll need to be a great relationship builder with both internal and external stakeholders, and you’ll also be a translator – able to shape up funding propositions from other people’s ideas, developing compelling narratives to secure support for them. They’re looking for a collaborative person who has experience working across departments, because you’ll need to build effective relationships with a range of teams to do this job, including within their Shared Reading, Programmes, Evaluation, Social Enterprise, communications and Finance teams.
To read the full job description and to apply, please visit The Reader’s website.
For more information, please contact Laura Kershaw at laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk.
Deadline: 9 am on Friday 18 February 2022.
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Activity Fund launched by Sport England
Sport England has launched a new £5 million fund to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee that aims to use sport and physical activity to bring communities together and tackle inequalities.
The £5 million pot is part of more than £22m of investment from the National Lottery in schemes across various sectors that’ll celebrate Her Majesty’s 70 years of service.
Using money from the National Lottery, the fund will make awards of between £300 and £10,000 to community organisations in support of new projects providing opportunities to become more physically active.
The funds could be used for things such as facility hire and coaching costs, or even small capital improvements.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Annual salary FTE: £20020 – £22549.80. Hourly rate £11.00 – £12.39. Hours per week: 4 – 5. Days per week: Any day between Monday & Thursday. Reporting to: Director. Location: Central Liverpool.
Faiths4Change (F4C) is a dynamic environmental charity (no.1138834) and registered company limited by guarantee (no. 7201450) established in 2010. Their team is active at strategic and community levels across the Liverpool City Region; working in and with communities to co-create climate change and resilience projects.
Their work is deeply rooted in values and beliefs of actively caring for the Earth and communities as an integrated whole. Their values and roots are interfaith, although shared by many who do not have a religion or adhere to a belief system. They are not a religious organisation.
Listening, learning, sharing, relationships and celebrating are key to their work.
Their vision is a truly just and sustainable world. They are a registered Living Wage Employer, offer 6.2 weeks annual leave (FTE) and have an annual pay review.
The Bookkeeper provides financial support to Faiths4Change Team and Trustees – maintaining the budget & VT+ Accounting System, financial reporting, invoicing, communication & attending meetings. The Bookkeeper is an essential member of their team.
To learn more about this position and to apply, please contact annie@faiths4change.org.uk or call 0151 705 2162 (Tuesday – Friday).
To learn more about this organisation, please visit their website.
Deadline: 21 February 2022.
Interview date: 1 March 2022.
LCVS – Development Officer
Do you want to be part of an organisation that provides support, advice and training for organisations across Liverpool? Are you passionate about strengthening communities, and about improving wellbeing? Do you want to be part of a movement that brings people, organisations and resources together? We would love to hear from you!
We have an exciting opportunity to join Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) in a capacity that will allow you to directly impact the voluntary sector across this wonderful city! We are delighted to be supporting the LCVS in their search for a Development Officer who will work with charities to improve their sustainability and ensure good governance.
As Development Officer you will be tasked with the exciting role of training, mentoring and building the competence and capability of non-profit organisations across the region. You will also be supporting good governance and sustainability in non-profits and supporting their capacity to operate strategically. The role will be varied and interesting and will involve a range of service provision including technical advice and support, training and information and organisational support and development. With no two weeks the same, this role promises to be diverse, varied and hugely rewarding!
To be considered for this role you should come to us with experience working in, or with, the non-profit sector and ideally have a successful track record in developing the governance of charities in order to secure grant or contract funding. With experience developing charity business plans, and of social impact measurement, you should be able to provide support and deliver training to the charities you will engage with.
This is a truly unique and exciting opportunity to join a flexible organisation who puts the wellbeing of its staff at the fore. The role will be a blend of home-working, office-working and travel across the region and the position is permanent. By joining LCVS as Development Officer you will form part of a small but ambitious team and play a role in transforming the productivity of charities across the Liverpool region!
To register your interest, send a copy of your CV to jobs@charityhorizons.co.uk.
For more information contact Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons.
Charlie – 07799521685 / charlie@charityhorizons.co.uk
Please note: If you would like to submit an application or express your interest in an alternative format, such as audio or video upload, please contact either Charlie or Leanne who will be happy to advise on this.
Please also be aware that Charity Horizons use anonymous recruitment methods when submitting shortlists for all our roles and we only work with organisations that are happy to engage with us in this way.
Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.
The Women’s Organisation – Engagement & Client Relationship Administrator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Full-time. Term: Permanent. Salary: £20,000 – £22,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 5 days per week (Monday – Friday). Reporting to: Lead for Engagement & Client Relationships. Location: Liverpool, L1 0AB.
The Women’s Organisation is a social enterprise that has for over a quarter of a century been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem, to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, wider UK and across the globe.
Is this you?
Are you enthusiastic and friendly person who can build relationships and communicate with our client, gathering information but also making them feel welcome?
Are you able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with people from all walks of life, over the phone or online?
Are you good at multitasking and juggling several tasks on the go in a vibrant and active environment?
Do you like being a part of Engagement and Client Relationships team dealing with the administration and information gathering to make an event a success?
If the answer is yes, you may be a match.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and have an approachable and friendly personality, have attention to detail, IT (Microsoft office, outlook emails and calendar), organisational and administrative skills. They are looking for a new team member who can work in a positive and professional manner with their clients and express good understanding of building rapport and creating a welcoming access point to their advice, training, and events.
You will be one of the team to connect with their customer while also making and answering the calls daily. You will be speaking to customers on what they need to provide to register and access advice, training and events.
You will also be providing administrative and team support to the wider Engagement and Client Relationship team, where excellent IT are required, such as working with Outlook emails and calendars, printing and scanning facilities, typing or inputting on spreadsheets. Clerical skills such as record keeping, maintaining existing systems.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. The post is subject to a six-month probationary period, satisfactory references and DBS check. Term: Full-time. Salary: starting salary in the range ca £45,000pa. Hours per week: 37 hours. Days per week: Monday to Friday with occasional weekend. Reporting to: Trustee Board. Location: L2 2AH and homeworking.
For 35 years, Sahir House have promoted the rights and the good health of those living with HIV, those affected by or at risk of HIV; including communities marginalised due to their ethnicity, gender, sexuality and asylum status through stigma reduction, prevention and support initiatives.
They are now recruiting a suitably experienced CEO to guide the charity through its next stage of development. In particular, they are looking for someone who can demonstrate:
Strategic awareness and the ability to lead an organisation through a period of change
Significant senior management experience in the voluntary sector
A strong track record of securing funding from charitable trusts and foundations, service level agreements and contracts with statutory agencies.
Detailed experience in and understanding of fundraising, bid writing and income generation activities.
A strong and experienced leader in equality, diversity, social justice and service user empowerment.
Sahir House welcomes diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. They especially invite applications from groups which reflect the diverse nature of the Sahir House service user population – people living with HIV, people from BAME groups, LGBTQIA+ people and those from backgrounds associated with refugee and asylum communities.
For an informal chat about the role, please email gillian.clotworthy@sahir.uk.com with your phone number.
Deadline: Friday 18 February 2022 at 12 pm.
Interviews, stakeholder panel and task: Week commencing 28 February 2022.
Ideal start date: April 2022, however, they understand candidates may have longer notice periods and will accommodate this.
YMCA Together – Housekeeping Assistants
Posts available: 2 – 1 full-time and 1 part-time (3 days/22.5 hours). Contract: Permanent. Term: x 1 full-time and x 1 part-time. Salary: £16,625 full-time, part-time will be pro-rata. Hours per week: 38.5 hours for FT, 22.5 hours for PT. Days per week: 5 for full time and 3 for part-time. Location: Various locations/services provided by the YMCA.
YMCA Together is a registered charity and company Limited by Guarantee. They were founded in 1846 and so we build on a long history of providing a place for people to find acceptance, community and activity. They provide services across the YMCA work streams of accommodation, family work, health and wellbeing and training and education.
Their accommodation offer is made up of: supported accommodation for people experiencing homelessness; intensive support for individuals with complex needs; move on accommodation for individuals closer to independence; specialist service for individuals with mental ill health and a young offenders service.
The offer around family work includes: An Early Years Foundation Stage nursery in Southport; 2 x Liverpool based refuges for women and children fleeing or at risk from domestic abuse.
Their work around health and wellbeing includes a large leisure centre in Southport and targeted health interventions.
Within the training and education workstream, they deliver therapeutic horticulture, animal care and low impact sports at our Dutch Farm project based in South Liverpool.
Their Mission is to inspire and support people by:
promoting choice and independence
valuing the individual
maximising potential
instilling hope
Job Purpose
As a member of a team, housekeepers undertake cleaning of the organisations properties and facilities to maintain a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene.
Hours of work
The post holder will be working based on the individual needs of the service and could include early, late or office hours type shifts. Monday to Friday including some bank holidays.
Duties and Responsibilities
To provide a programme of domestic cleaning management including a non judgemental approach to the needs of services users, observing and respecting their dignity, privacy and independence.
The specific areas of responsibility are set out below. These are subject to regular review in order to meet the changing needs of YMCA Together and the environment in which it operates.
For more information, please visit the YMCA Together website. To apply, please email recruitment@ymcatogether.org.uk.
Deadline: 7 February 2022.
The Brain Charity – Café Assistant
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £21,500. Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week (to be worked flexibly over 7 days to meet the requirements of evening and weekend meeting room hire bookings). Reporting to: Head of Business Operations. Location: Liverpool, L3 8LR.
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
The Role
The role will assist in the coordination and the day to day running of the café, ensuring the area is well stocked and resources are utilised to ensure an excellent customer experience.
The café assistant will coordinate the café volunteers and promote opportunities for work experience and training. Designing and developing systems within the cafe for volunteers to utilise. Organising and controlling the volunteer rota ensuring continuity of service.
For more information, please contact jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk.
Deadline: Tuesday 8 February 2022.
Torus Foundation – Health and Wellbeing Officer
Location: Agile Post Liverpool/St Helens/Warrington. Salary: £29,777.00. Employment Type: Fixed Term 12 months.
Torus is an ambitious and well-established housing group with deep roots in our three heartland of Liverpool, St Helens and Warrington.
Torus Foundation, the charitable arm of Torus is committed in supporting the development of stronger communities; creating connected, independent and sustainable neighbourhoods, through empowering people to achieve their full potential. Dedicated to their staff, Torus families and communities, striving for happy and healthy lives for all.
The Foundation has distinct programmes to support employment and skills, health and wellbeing, financial and digital inclusion, and young people. They are expanding our programmes and are recruiting across all disciplines.
They are looking for dynamic and compassionate workers who enjoy developing their own skills alongside enabling their clients to grow, achieve and succeed. Are you a team player who would thrive within this inclusive culture? If yes they want to hear from you.
This is a fixed-term role covering maternity leave in which you will work to actively engage residents over the age of 55 to improve their health and wellbeing with delivery of physical activity, mental health and healthy eating programmes that promote behavioural change and encourage social inclusion.
They are looking for people with a proven track record in designing and delivering programmes in a community setting to encourage take up of services to improve the health and wellbeing of residents, prevent ill health and improve long-term health conditions. Experience in recruiting and mentoring community champions to assist with the delivery of sessions would be an advantage.
You will work with partner agencies to develop projects to promote healthier lifestyles and address health inequalities and low self-esteem levels of tenants resulting from socio-economic factors.
Your main responsibilities will include:
Assessing through partnership working and consultation which projects would improve health outcomes for residents in Torus neighbourhoods
Developing and delivering a range of activities to improve the physical and/or mental health of older people, especially those individuals facing social exclusion
Developing and delivering projects that look to improve residents’ lifestyles addressing nutrition on a limited budget, smoking, alcohol consumption and behaviours that affect health and wellbeing
Contributing to establishing and maintaining effective procedures to guarantee project delivery within cost, time and quality parameters
Working in partnership with statutory and other agencies connected with the health and wellbeing of dedicated client groups
Identifying and engaging with Torus residents at risk of social isolation
Developing and delivering a calendar of health events across Torus priority neighbourhoods working with partners
To be successful in this role you will have:
Minimum Level 3 qualification that permits delivery of physical activity programmes.
A full driving licence and use of a vehicle
Experience of working with communities focused on health and wellbeing initiatives.
Experience of working effectively as part of a team
Experience of delivering projects that look to address health inequalities
Experience of leading health agendas and wellbeing projects
Ability to implement creative and innovative programmes
Posts available: 6-7. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £20,459. Hours per week: 38.6 hours – Rota. Location: Various locations/services provided by the YMCA.
YMCA Together is a registered charity and company Limited by Guarantee. They were founded in 1846 and so we build on a long history of providing a place for people to find acceptance, community and activity. They provide services across the YMCA work streams of accommodation, family work, health and wellbeing and training and education.
Their accommodation offer is made up of: supported accommodation for people experiencing homelessness; intensive support for individuals with complex needs; move on accommodation for individuals closer to independence; specialist service for individuals with mental ill health and a young offenders service.
The offer around family work includes: An Early Years Foundation Stage nursery in Southport; 2 x Liverpool based refuges for women and children fleeing or at risk from domestic abuse.
Their work around health and wellbeing includes a large leisure centre in Southport and targeted health interventions.
Within the training and education workstream, they deliver therapeutic horticulture, animal care and low impact sports at our Dutch Farm project based in South Liverpool.
Their Mission is to inspire and support people by:
promoting choice and independence
valuing the individual
maximising potential
instilling hope
Main Purpose of Job
To assist in the provision of effective, high quality support services to vulnerable, homeless adults with the aim of promoting independent living. To assist residents to engage with support activities such as; key working sessions, group work sessions, resident meetings and other activities that promote development.
Main Responsibilities
To work as part of the Night Support Team
To provide an accommodation based support service to people within a psychologically informed environment that is underpinned with a Trauma Informed Care approach on waking night shifts
Assist with room checks and support residents in the management of their room and relationships with others and to report any health and safety issues
Assist the Support Worker with new resident welcome as required into the service and with conducting risk assessments of residents
Motivate and support residents so they realise their goals
Encourage involvement and participation amongst residents in the running and shaping of the service
To conduct Mainstay assessments
To maintain and update residents electronic records and rent payments on AMIS Housing Management System
Provide clear and accurate information in respect of all residents in line with agreed procedures such as daily handovers ensuring that appropriate information is communicated with the team
For more information, please visit the YMCA Together website. To apply, please email recruitment@ymcatogether.org.uk.
Deadline: There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this was first published in January 2022 and may have expired since then.
Transforming Choice – Admin and Finance Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £25,000. Hours per week: 37 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Director. Location: Aigburth, Liverpool.
Transforming Choice is a Liverpool based charity providing detox and rehabilitation services for people overcoming addictions to alcohol and other substances. Now in their tenth year and with exciting plans afoot, they’re expanding their team to enable them to provide vital services to more people.
They’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual with a belief in people and a passion for doing the right thing. The successful candidate will provide day to day administrative support to the team, and manage some basic finance functions such as issuing and paying invoices, and logging transactions. This post requires use of a variety of software on a daily basis including Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word. Some data entry and collection on the National Drug Treatment and Monitoring Service (NDTMS) will also be required. Other duties will include although are not limited to:
Internal and external communications including responding to phone, email or website enquiries,
Collation of relevant information for new residents, from referral to admission
Preparation of reports for commissioners, funders and the trustees
Coordination of staff wellbeing activities
Some social media activity.
Experience in a similar role is essential for this position, although experience in the drug and alcohol sector is not required.
To apply for this role, please send your CV and a covering letter to hello@transformingchoice.org.uk.
Deadline: Monday 14 February 2022.
Mary Seacole House – Community Outreach Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: Part-time. Salary: £18,562 per annum, pro-rata. Hours per week: 16 hours. Days per week: Flexible. Reporting to: Advocacy & Training Manager. Location: Liverpool based (outreach).
Mary Seacole House is a Mental Health Charity & Resource Service that provides mental health and well-being support to meet the diverse cultural needs of the primarily Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee communities of Liverpool. The service focuses on delivering activities that maximise recovery for people who experience mental health problems, helping them to live, work, study, and access leisure alongside other members of the community.
The post will work with their Advocacy Service to support clients with:
Accessing appropriate services
Understanding bureaucratic processes including benefits systems and routes into housing or health services.
Understanding of rights and entitlements.
They are looking to recruit someone with the following skills and experience:
Excellent interpersonal skills and confidence in speaking to a diverse audience
Experience in a Health & Social Care Setting
Experience of working with individuals with mental health conditions
Experience of working with BAMER (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Refugee) communities
Experience of providing information, advice, advocacy or legal assistance to clients.
For the full job pack and to apply, please contact iqra@maryseacolehouse.com. For more information call 0151 707 0319.
Deadline: Friday 4 February 2022 at 5 pm.
Interviews: Week commencing 7 February 2022.
BURN CIC – Managing Director
Salary: £50,000 per annum plus performance-related bonus. Level: Senior. Reports to: Board of Directors. Term: Full-time.
The Black United Representation Network (BURN) is a community interest company with a remit to increase the number of Black leaders in senior decision making positions, enhance Black businesses contract readiness, and grow trade links with Africa and the Caribbean.
They are seeking a dynamic and results-driven Managing Director who is a passionate advocate of diversity and has extensive experience of success in business.
Reporting to the Board, the ideal candidate will:
Be an inspirational leader
Be an excellent negotiator
Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and partners
Develop and implement our strategic plans
Be a proven fundraiser
Managing Director Responsibilities:
Your duties will include:
Full responsibility for the performance of the company
Developing and implementing BURN’s vision and long-term objectives in line with Board and shareholder aspirations
Controlling and overseeing all business operations and being accountable for overall business success
Growing income to meet BURN’s challenging agenda thereby improving the circumstances of people of African and Caribbean descent in the North of England
Effective management of BURN’s human and financial resources
Ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements
Establishing relationships with industry and marketing experts
As their organisation is public facing, you will build BURN’s public profile through networking, conferences, and speaking engagements
Effective resourcing of the Board so it can anticipate change and promote growth
Deadline: Unknown. Please note that this vacancy was first published in January 2022 and may have expired since then.
Liverpool Domestic Abuse Service (LDAS) – Engagement and Recovery Coordinator (Domestic Abuse Support Service)
Posts available: 1. Term: Full-time. Salary: 27,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: Monday – Friday. Reporting to: LDAS line manager. Location: Liverpool – L7.
Liverpool Domestic Abuse Service (LDAS) is a charity committed to ending Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). They work tirelessly to educate, challenge, and improve response to women girls who have experienced domestic abuse and to ensure survivors of abuse can access specialist support and advocacy as and when they need it. They support women and girls via 1-1 support, counselling, group support and advocacy. They provide options to women and girls and support them to make choices about their lives. They work to reduce risk and improve wellbeing.
LDAS is looking for a resourceful individual who will provide coordination and leadership to the counselling, group programme delivery and our survivor engagement. With an understanding of trauma led support, the successful candidate will maximise this high demand area of support need making life-altering interventions to survivors enabling them to make sense of their abuse with the aim of living a healthier and safer life free from abuse.
The successful candidate will engage and support volunteers and survivors, enabling them to fulfil their capability using skills and life experience to enhance LDAS and what they deliver which is support to highest attainable standard and work that empowers women to reach their full potential.
The ideal candidate should have at least 2-year experience of supporting survivors of domestic abuse and hold the relevant qualification including Independent domestic abuse advisor (IDVA) or similar qualification. They will also have experience of delivering group-based recovery programmes.
The suitable candidate will need to be IT literate and able to use Microsoft Office, be able to complete monitoring and produce reports. They will be a confident public speaker and be skilled in the different forms of group engagement including PowerPoint.
A sound understanding of barriers to engagement and role gender holds in the perpetuation of violence against women and girls is essential.
To learn more and to apply, please contact carolinegrant@ldaservice.org.uk.
Deadline: Wednesday 2 February 2022 at 12 pm.
Diocese of Shrewsbury – Clergy Welfare Officer
Location: Curial Office. Reporting to: Vicar General and Financial Secretary for administrative matters. Hours of work: 21 hours a week Tuesday to Thursday, although some flexibility will be required. Salary: £38,000-£42,000 FTE pro-rata’d dependant on experience and qualifications. After satisfactory completion of probationary period 6% employer pension contributions, permanent health insurance and death in service cover. Annual leave: 25 days per annum FTE plus public/bank holidays. Contract type: Permanent, subject to probationary period.
The role of the clergy welfare officer is to work with and supervise the welfare assistant to support and assist priests who are approaching retirement and those already in retirement, or on sick leave. The clergy welfare officer will provide, advice, practical assistance, and support on a wide range of issues including health, finances and housing.
The successful candidate will be required to uphold the ethos of the Catholic Church and to conduct themselves at all times in a manner commensurate with the role. The Diocese is Shrewsbury is committed to the nationally agreed policies on Safeguarding of young people and vulnerable adults, as well as creating a safe environment for all. The successful candidate would be expected to commit to following the Diocesan policies on Safeguarding (as adopted from national policies) as well as those on Health and Safety, alongside all other policies as set out in the Staff Handbook.
Completed applications to be sent to Pauline McCulloch at recruitment@dioceseofshrewsbury.org.
Diocese of Shrewsbury – Individual Giving and Legacy Fundraiser
Location: Curial Office. Reporting to: Financial Secretary. Hours of work: 25 hours a week Monday to Friday, including evening and weekend. Salary: £25,000-£30,000 FTE pro-rata’d dependant on experience and qualifications. After satisfactory completion of probationary period 6% employer pension contributions, permanent health insurance and death in service cover. Annual leave: 25 days per annum plus public/bank holidays. Contract type: Permanent, subject to probationary period.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury is a large charity serving 93 parishes (along with 28 other churches and chapels) and 106 Catholic Schools across the ancient counties Cheshire and Shropshire. Within the Diocese there is a strong tradition of support for the work of parishes, Diocese and the Catholic Church through donations. Traditionally these have been by cash, cheque and standing order. In response to the challenges of the pandemic the Diocese is seeking to appoint a new individual giving and legacy fundraiser to offer individuals the opportunity to review and consider their giving, and to encourage new ways of giving where there are appropriate. At all times the role will be sensitive to donors, allowing them to donate at a level which is right for them.
The role is to work with parishes in developing a Diocesan individual giving and legacy programme. This will include in person, offline and online activities promoting and developing regular giving in parishes, contactless giving, Gift Aid and legacy giving, as well as supporting giving to Diocesan appeals.
The successful candidate will be required to uphold the ethos of the Catholic Church and to conduct themselves at all times in a manner commensurate with the role. The Diocese is Shrewsbury is committed to the nationally agreed policies on Safeguarding of young people and vulnerable adults, as well as creating a safe environment for all. The successful candidate would be expected to commit to following the Diocesan policies on Safeguarding (as adopted from national policies) as well as those on Health and Safety, alongside all other policies as set out in the Staff Handbook.
Completed applications to be sent to Pauline McCulloch at recruitment@dioceseofshrewsbury.org.
Sefton CVS – Enhanced Care at Home – Social Prescribing Link Worker
Positions available: 2. Salary: £26,484.31. Location: Bootle, Crosby, Maghull PCN. Hours: Full-time post at 35 hours per week. Term: Fixed term: Expected up until March 2024. Accountable to: Sefton CVS Line Manager.
Sefton CVS and Bootle, Crosby and Maghull Primary Care Network are recruiting two experienced and motivated individuals, to work with older people to help them to continue to live at home and experience enjoyable lives. By spending time with a person, Social Prescribing Link Workers help people to unpick what may be holding them back. They support people to identify and connect with organisations and activities in their community.
This exciting opportunity will require the post holders to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, supporting vulnerable and elderly people to continue to live in their own homes; using a holistic approach to assist independent living and reduce hospital admissions.
They are looking for team players who have strong communication skills, with the ability to build good working relationships with people from a wide range of social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The successful candidates must also be able to work independently and plan and organise their workloads.
To access the full job description, person specification and other related documents, please click here.
Deadline: 5 pm on Monday 7 February 2022.
Interviews are scheduled for Tuesday 15 February 2022.
Living Well Sefton – Deputy Programme Manager
Salary: £31,917. Location: Sefton CVS, Burlington House, Waterloo. Hours: Full-time post at 35 hours per week. Term: Fixed term: Expected up until March 2024. Accountable to: Living Well Sefton Programme Manager.
Job Purpose:
To support the successful delivery of the Living Well Sefton programme. To continue to develop positive relationships with the Delivery and Neighbourhood Partners. To support the Living Well Sefton Grants and Training programme and support the successful Social Prescribing Programme.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
To support and deputise for the Programme Manager.
To support the delivery of person centred and solution focused approaches and co-ordinate user engagement.
Attend relevant strategic meetings, contributing to performance monitoring.
Support all communications on behalf of the programme.
In conjunction with the Programme Manager, oversee the programme budgets.
To identify, deliver and source relevant training for the Living Well Sefton Programme and key partners.
Social Prescribing Programme:
Line manage Senior Social Prescribing Link Workers.
To liaise with key stakeholders within the Primary Care Networks and relevant partners, ensuring consistent approaches across the Borough.
To review local and national good practice in social prescribing and utilise this to develop the programme.
To promote the successes of the Social Prescribing Link Workers to partners and key stakeholders.
To access the full job description, person specification and other related documents, please click here.
Deadline: 5 pm on Monday 7 February 2022.
Interviews are scheduled for Wednesday 9 February 2022.
Saha – Allocations Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time Salary: Up to £19,023 per annum plus benefits. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 5 days, flexible. Reporting to: Housing Management Manager. Location: Mildmay House, 6 Blackburne Place, Liverpool, L8 7PQ.
At Salvation Army Housing Association (Saha) they transform lives by providing accommodation and support for some of the most vulnerable members of our society, mainly people experiencing homelessness.
They are a Registered Social Landlord and across the UK they are one of the leading providers of supported housing, providing a wide range of supported accommodation options for vulnerable people including, young homeless people, care leavers, adult homeless, people with complex needs, young parents (and their children), survivors of domestic abuse, ex-offenders and those suffering from drug and alcohol problems and poor mental health.
Their teams work with people to build on their strengths, creating person-centred, individualised strategies and plans that transform lives, support recovery and enable positive behaviour.
As an equal opportunities employer, they welcome applicants from across all sections of the community
The Allocations Worker will concentrate on new clients, completing detailed needs and risk assessments, ensuring that new residents receive an intensive support package and that all clients are given the security and support they require with the aim of maximizing their independence and tenancy.
This will involve:
Completing a needs and a risks assessment for all new clients
Moving new residents into the project in a planned, supportive manner
Providing a full induction for new residents, including assistance with successfully claiming benefits, completing the resident licence agreement and all aspects of health and safety
Developing professional relationships with residents so that they feel their individual requirements and support needs are being recognised
Arranging a suitable handover following the induction period.
To read the full job description and to apply, please visit the Saha website.
For more information, please call 01204 360506.
Deadline: 14 February 2022.
Girls Friendly Society – Group Coordinators
Posts available: 2. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time (Term time only). Salary: £2,507 (£2,932 including A/L entitlement). Hours per week: 5 hours. Days per week: 2 days. Reporting to: Head of Operations North. Location: Anfield/Aigburth.
Girls Friendly Society is one of the oldest UK registered charities working to support girls and young women. They recruit volunteers throughout England and Wales to run after school groups and supply them with confidence building activities that will help girls and young women develop the self-esteem, emotional wellbeing and resilience they need to be the truest, happiest versions of themselves, no matter what life throws at them.
Successful candidates will coordinate a local GFS group and gain experience in managing a team of volunteers and supporting the growth of GFS in the local area.
You will be responsible for; promoting GFS in schools and local networks to recruit girls/young women; training and leading a team of volunteers to plan and deliver weekly GFS sessions.
You will need experience of youth work or a related field, in particular, developing and delivering activities for children/young people. You should be able to; apply equality, diversity, and inclusive practices across your work, operate within GFS’s feminist values and put girls and young women at the heart of decision making.
This post will require regular evenings and occasional weekend work.
Due to the nature of the role this post is restricted to female applicants only under the Equality Act.
For more information, please contact Recruitment@girlsfriendlysociety.org.uk or call 020 7837 9669.
Deadline: Friday 4 February 2022.
Riverside Learning & Education Centre – Communications Assistant (Kickstart programme)
This is a vacancy under the government KICKSTART programme.
Riverside Learning & Education is looking to recruit a Communications Assistant who can assist in the development & delivery of a media and communications strategy for the organisation. This will include content for our website and maintaining social media accounts in addition to paper-based materials.
What skills/experience do you need?
Essential: Excellent digital skills. Must be familiar with using social media platforms, e.g., Facebook Twitter & Instagram. Some basic knowledge of web design would be useful. Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and basic graphics. Good communication skills verbal and written. Good interpersonal skills and a friendly personality. Ability to work well in a team but also able to work independently. A positive, can-do attitude and willingness to learn.
About Riverside Learning & Education
Established by the community, Riverside Learning & Education has been a registered charity for over 40 years and during this time has provided vocational training opportunities for thousands of people.
They specialise in providing education and qualifications to employed and unemployed people and giving them “outstanding development” according to OFSTED. They also have an Alternative Education offer to under 16-year-old children who are out of mainstream education.
In summary, their strength and purpose have been to offer life-changing opportunities for people many of whom have been out of the workplace for an extended period.
Looking to the future, they have been successful in obtaining a substantial government-funded Traineeship programme for 16- to 18-year-olds. Successful delivery will provide ongoing employment opportunities within the Riverside LEC. Team.
What do they offer?
Being a small team, the Kickstarter will be encouraged to be part of the existing team gaining an overview of the organisation and roles.
Formal training is offered to all staff during induction including Safeguarding; Data Protection; Health & Safety, Equality & Diversity and internal job-specific training provided.
A Workplace Mentor will be appointed to oversee and support development. Alongside this will be on-the-job and other bespoke training/development as opportunities arise.
Being an Advice and guidance kitemarked organisation (Matrix) they will provide close support, covering Initial assessment and action planning, ongoing reviews Careers Information Advice and Guidance, On the Job support along with advice and support on CVs & application forms, Interview skills and Job search advice.
Weekly pay at NMW for 25 hours per week plus parking and a small canteen.
How to apply
Application will be by CV accompanied by a short covering letter outlining what you will bring to this role. This should be sent to: info@riversidelec.org.
Riverside Learning & Education Centre – Training Administrator (Kickstart programme)
This is a vacancy under the government KICKSTART programme.
Aside from general administrative duties supporting other staff, the prime purpose of this role is to track the progress of participants on the project and their destinations. Gathering evidence on outcomes achieved through regular telephone contact with participants and employers. Work with other team members to identify outcomes and to support with effective caseload management. Meeting with internal and external stakeholders, presenting important information, developing processes and answering employee questions and more.
What skills/experience do you need?
Essential: A thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and basic graphics. Good communication skills verbal and written. Good interpersonal skills and a friendly personality. Ability to work well in a team but also able to work independently. A positive, can-do attitude and willingness to learn.
About Riverside Learning & Education
Established by the community, Riverside Learning & Education has been a registered charity for over 40 years and during this time has provided vocational training opportunities for thousands of people.
They specialise in providing education and qualifications to employed and unemployed people and giving them “outstanding development” according to OFSTED. They also have an Alternative Education offer to under 16-year-old children who are out of mainstream education.
In summary, their strength and purpose have been to offer life-changing opportunities for people many of whom have been out of the workplace for an extended period.
Looking to the future, they have been successful in obtaining a substantial government-funded Traineeship programme for 16- to 18-year-olds. Successful delivery will provide ongoing employment opportunities within the Riverside LEC. Team.
What do they offer?
Being a small team, the Kickstarter will be encouraged to be part of the existing team gaining an overview of the organisation and roles.
Formal training is offered to all staff during induction including Safeguarding; Data Protection; Health & Safety, Equality & Diversity and internal job-specific training provided.
A Workplace Mentor will be appointed to oversee and support development. Alongside this will be on-the-job and other bespoke training/development as opportunities arise.
Being an Advice and guidance kitemarked organisation (Matrix) they will provide close support, covering Initial assessment and action planning, ongoing reviews Careers Information Advice and Guidance, On the Job support along with advice and support on CVs & application forms, Interview skills and Job search advice.
Weekly pay at NMW for 25 hours per week plus parking and a small canteen.
How to apply
Application will be by CV accompanied by a short covering letter outlining what you will bring to this role. This should be sent to: info@riversidelec.org.
Riverside Learning & Education Centre is calling employers in creative industries to participate in their traineeships
Riverside Learning & Education Centre is a charity that was established nearly 40 years ago, it provides education and learning opportunities for people who may experience difficulty in accessing them. They are now extending an invitation to employers in creative industries to participate in their traineeships programme.
Employers will join the Riverside Learning & Education Centre’s “Employer Bank” which will then open up work experience opportunities to young people aged 16 to 18 years old.
What is included in creative industries?
Advertising and marketing
Architecture
Crafts
Design: product, graphic and fashion design
Film, TV productions, TV, video, radio and photography
IT, software and computer services
Publishing
Museums, galleries and libraries
Music, performing and visual arts including recording and exhibition.
Once you join the Employer Bank, the Riverside Learning & Education Centre will develop a traineeships course around your placement, in discussion with you, and the young person.
Placement duration can be negotiable, ranging from a day “taster” to longer periods.
Riverside Learning & Education Centre welcomes the opportunity for you to nominate young people who may have approached you directly, and subject to a simple eligibility check, they will happily welcome them onto their programme.
For more information, please click here.
For any queries, please contact Mark Clarke at 07882770785 or email infobasemc@gmail.com.
Healthwatch Liverpool – Engagement and Project Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed term to 31 March 2023 with the possibility of extension to March 2025 depending on funding. Term: Part-time. Salary: £18,733 (£23,417 FTE). Hours per week: 28 hours. Days per week: 4. Reporting to: Operations Manager. Location: Liverpool City Centre (due to Covid-19 work is largely home-based at present).
Healthwatch Liverpool is the independent champion for people using health and social care services in Liverpool. They listen to what people like about services and what could be improved and share these views with those with the power to make change happen. People can also speak to them to find information about health and wellbeing services and activities available locally.
Your focus in this post will be on Social Care including care homes and other care settings in the following ways:
As a key member of the Engagement Team, your focus will be on engaging with the public and gaining their views and experiences of social care and health services in Liverpool
You will work closely with service providers, commissioners, public bodies and Liverpool’s diverse communities, using the feedback obtained from the public to improve social care and health services in Liverpool
This role encompasses office-based and community-based activities and may require frequent attendance at meetings with social care providers, commissioners and diverse public and service user groups including outside normal office hours.
For more information, please contact recruitment@healthwatchliverpool.co.uk.
Deadline: 11.59 pm on Sunday 6 February 2022 by email.
Mamafit is offering fitness classes, free courses and more in Liverpool
Mamafit classes are now fully available again with indoor, outdoor and online fitness classes, FREE courses and FREE buggy walks available across Liverpool, Knowsley, St Helens and Halton.
Exercise & Lifestyle Courses
They have FREE pregnancy and mums exercise & lifestyle courses available at:
Their Mums SOCIAL activities aim to bring mums together to find support, build friendship and improve mental health and wellbeing.
They have FREE buggy walks & online support available.
Mums SOCIAL buggy walks & activities can be booked here:
Online forum
They have recently launched a new online community forum providing pregnant women and mums with a safe online space to ask questions, offer advice, find reassurance and gain peer & professional support.
The online forum is for everyone, so if you feel able to contribute you are welcome to join, there may be topics you are able to advise on or benefit from, they would love for you to join and/or refer women you work with to the site.
It would be fantastic if you could please refer any pregnant women or mums you work with into the programme and share with colleagues to help us reach and engage those most in need of support to get active, be healthy and improve physical and mental health during pregnancy and into motherhood.
Referrals and signposting can be made directly to the website where women are able to book independently or with your support:
Hours of Work: 35 hours per week (plus matchdays as required). Department: Everton in the Community. Grade: 5. Location: EitC Campus. Responsible to: Director of Finance, Resources and Operations. Responsible for: Volunteer Co-ordinator, all Volunteers. DBS Required: Yes.
Role Summary
To be responsible for their Award-Winning Charity’s (EitC’s) Volunteering Programme. To co-ordinate volunteer resources across all Charity programmes and develop effective and efficient recruitment processes to support the Charity’s longer term growth strategy, aims and objectives.
Key Responsibilities
To develop and coordinate a comprehensive volunteering programme engaging local people from diverse communities in the region. A particular emphasis is to engage with young people and individuals who are looking to develop their skills and wider experience with a view to engaging in the wider job market.
To facilitate the involvement of various EitC and Everton Club departments in providing diverse volunteering opportunities for participants.
To liaise with colleagues to create job descriptions for volunteering roles that fall in line with EitC’s organisational and departmental objectives and aim to give volunteers a meaningful volunteering experience.
To develop effective strategies to recruit the right volunteers with the right skills, utilising the current intake and interview protocol for potential volunteers to ensure the best match between the skills, qualifications, and interests of the volunteers and the needs of Everton in the Community.
To ensure that all volunteers are given a comprehensive induction before commencing their role, allowing them to gain a sound understanding of the organisation’s vision, strategies, policies and procedures. In particular, the requirement to provide a range of volunteering opportunities to ensure volunteers gain wide experience.
To help each volunteer with personal / professional development and establish a volunteering action plan and mentor each individual to achieve their volunteering goals.
To see the full job description and person specification, please click here.
Deadline: To be confirmed.
MyClubmoor – Hub Coordinator
Responsible to: LCVS Director of Finance and Resources and MyClubmoor Board Chair. Location: My Clubmoor Hub, 56 Maiden Lane, Clubmoor, Liverpool L13 9AW. Salary: £23,000 per annum. Working Hours: 35 hours per week.
Background and purpose
MyClubmoor is creating a network of committed, active, inspirational people working together towards raising aspirations and making Clubmoor the best that it can be. We believe that residents have the ideas and resources to transform our local area, and our role is to help them to release this potential.
To this end, we have a lease on 56 Maiden Lane, to be given over for community use. We have a vision for a facility that can be used by the community, for the community, throughout the week, and to give space for people to deliver their creative ideas.
We are therefore looking for a dynamic and resourceful person, preferably from our local community, who can
Connect with individuals and organisations within our area and facilitate them to use the hub building for their activities.
Ensuring the hub building is the best it possibly can be for our community – including maintenance, policies and administration.
Support the MyClubmoor Board in developing and vision and plan for the local community, based from the Hub.
Key tasks
Connecting with our community
To engage our community both in-person and through social media to identify potential users of the Hub building. Liaise with these users to understand their building requirements.
To be ‘out-and-about’ in the community connecting in with local networks to identify potential new activities and hub users.
To work with MyClubmoor Board in supporting local residents and organisations to plan effectively, and put together proposals for using the building.
Develop advertising and administrative processes to allow community members and groups to identify and book the building for use.
To specifically develop the use of the IT suite by identifying IT training providers and booking local people onto courses.
Management of the hub building
Develop and operate a bookings diary for the hub building.
Maintain and develop operational policies and procedures to ensure that the Hub is fully compliant with all legal requirements including Health and Safety, Fire and Buildings regulations, and that these are regularly reviewed
Ensure appropriate support is given to all users of the Hub, to include an up to date user pack and hire agreement; explaining the rights and responsibilities of individuals and organisations, and that key requirements are displayed.
Support MyClubmoor in developing positive relationships with users of the Hub, responding appropriately to queries, comments and concerns.
Ensure that the hiring agreement agreed by the My Clubmoor Partnership is strictly adhered to.
Manage the finances related to building, including payments, receipts and record keeping
Ensure that arrangements are made for the opening and closing of the building, preparation of the Hub before and after lettings (to include setting up rooms as required by Hub users and the moving and putting away of equipment and furniture) and that the Hub is clean and secure.
Deal with day to day building and maintenance issues, undertaking basic repairs and dealing with contractors when needed and as instructed by the My Clubmoor Big Local Partnership and/or LCVS.
To ensure consistent supply of internet and other utilities to the building.
Support to the MyClubmoor Board
To provide administrative support to the MyClubmoor Partnership Board as required, including liaising with the Chair in preparation of agendas and circulation of papers, attendance at board meetings and taking of minutes.
Support the Partnership in developing and reviewing the My Clubmoor Big Local Plan and work closely with the Partnership to assist the development of its projects and ideas.
To provide excellent customer service when welcoming visitors to the Hub and when answering enquiries.
Ensure that the Partnership’s Health and Safety, Safeguarding, Data Protection, Equal Opportunities and Environmental policies (and any future policies agreed by the Partnership), are implemented, and regularly reviewed.
Attend relevant LCVS / MyClubmoor meetings and training when required for the role.
To follow LCVS and MyClubmoor policies and procedures in all aspects of the role.
Undertake any other tasks commensurate with the post as decided by My Clubmoor Big Local Partnership.
Person Specification
Essential
Evidence of a knowledge of, passion for and commitment to the community of Clubmoor.
Proven administrative skills, including financial administration, bookings systems and rotas.
Experience of procuring and liaising with suppliers.
Evidence of building and maintaining good relationships with the public and contractors.
Excellent IT skills
A positive and proactive manner
Desirable
Experience and skills in community development work.
Higher level administration or business management qualifications
Experience of building / tenant management.
Local resident of Clubmoor.
Experience or skills in IT systems development / maintenance.
Equal Opportunities
Liverpool CVS is committed to equal opportunities, anti-discrimination and anti-oppressive policy and practice. No one we have contact with may be discriminated against either directly or indirectly on the grounds of gender, race, nationality, religion, cultural group, marital status, sexual orientation, age, or impairment. The policies apply to job applicants, employees, volunteers and users of our services.
All jobs are subject to change from time to time and this job description will be reviewed regularly.
This job description is a guide to the work you will be required to undertake and represents a range of responsibilities commensurate with the grade for the post.
Samaritans is offering a 24/7 Call Back Service for Liverpool residents
As a part of their partnership with Liverpool City Council, Samaritans of Liverpool & Merseyside are offering a 24/7 Call Back Service for residents in Liverpool. It’s a free, confidential, 24/7 referral system that allows residents to self-refer or torefer someone who they may be caring for, working with, or know.
Samaritans is an emotional support helpline that’s there for anyone and everyone, no matter what they’re going through. They hope that by providing a referral form it will make their service more accessible for those who may really need an open, honest chat with an empathetic listener.
This is accessible via or the QR code below.
The Society of Musculoskeletal Medicine – Trustees
This is a voluntary role.
Posts available: 1 – 3. Reporting to: Elaine Atkins. Location: Liverpool HQ however, meetings may also take place nationwide.
The Society was formed in 1979 to continue to develop and integrate the approach into musculoskeletal practice through its educational courses – and ultimately to benefit patients.
They provide a complete pathway of postgraduate courses for physiotherapists and medical practitioners that run primarily throughout the UK. Invitations from further afield are always considered though and in recent years they have been invited to run courses in Ireland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Malta, Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong.
The Society has a committed team of tutors who have many years of experience practising musculoskeletal medicine in many different arenas – NHS, sport, private practice and the armed forces. This brings diversity and interest to the courses and ensures a stimulating and varied learning experience.
Their course programme is continually developed and advanced in the light of new evidence and research by their committed and highly experienced team of tutors and researchers.
Key Responsibilities
ensuring that the charity has a clear vision, mission and strategic direction and is focused on achieving these;
being responsible for the performance of the charity and for its “corporate” behaviour;
ensuring that the charity complies with all legal and regulatory requirements;
acting as guardians of the charity’s assets, both tangible and intangible, taking all due care over their security, deployment and proper application; ensuring that the charity’s governance is of the highest possible standard.
To be available to attend all scheduled Council meetings.
To discuss the role in greater detail and to apply, please contact admin@sommcourses.org.
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in January 2022 and may have expired since then.
The Brain Charity – Head of Finance
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £17,000 – £19,000 (pro-rata) DOE (£34,000 – £38,000 FTE). Hours per week: 18.75 hours. Days per week: Flexible between 9:00 – 5:00, Monday to Friday. Reporting to: CEO. Location: Norton Street, Liverpool L3 8LR.
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
We are pleased to say The Brain Charity is growing year on year. We are now seeking an individual with a strong background in finance to deliver key elements of our corporate strategy and help take our organisation to the next level.
With overall responsibility for managing our finances and overseeing quality, impact measurement and governance, you will hold senior managerial responsibility within the organisation.
By raising quality levels throughout the charity, you will be instrumental in supporting staff to deliver excellent services to some of the most vulnerable members of our society.
We are seeking a data-driven and highly organised individual with a keen eye for detail to join our team.
For more information, please contact Jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk.
Deadline: Wednesday 2 February 2022 at 5 pm.
Interview Date(s): Week commencing Monday 7 February 2022.
Action for Children is looking for volunteers
Action for Children is recruiting volunteers who would like to mentor a child for 3 to 4 hours a week. This role is rewarding and supports children aged 5 to 11+. They will be delivering a rolling training programme as part of their safer recruitment process.
Please go along and enjoy the experience, they welcome all individuals from all walks of lives and backgrounds. You are welcome to attend their training delivered by a team who are friendly and supportive.
If volunteering is something you have thought about doing but are unsure it is for you and you are an adult aged 18+, come along to our training and decide for yourself.
Merseyside Junior Mentoring Volunteer Induction Training dates:
Friday 28/01/2022 – 9.30 till 4.30 pm
Thursday 17/02/2022 – 9.30 am till 4.30 pm
Venue/online training will be confirmed near to the dates – pending the governments and Action for Children’s Covid – 19 restriction guidelines.
Public Health Liverpool and The Life Rooms at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust have developed a pilot for a community based mental health prevention offer which will support individuals and communities post the COVID-19 pandemic.
The pilot will offer help and support for people of all ages and will be family orientated. It has been funded and shaped in partnership with Liverpool City Council Public Health Department using fixed term funds allocated to the City to help manage the impacts of the Pandemic. The pilot will be evaluated, and the findings will help inform future strategic, commissioning intentions.
As part of this pilot there will be a £700,000 Micro-Commissioning Programme aimed at supporting and improving the health and wellbeing of Liverpool residents by commissioning activity from mid to large sized VCSE organisations in order to address the health needs of their communities. The commissioned activity should focus on the following five priority areas:
Parental mental health/wellbeing and resilience of families with children
Social isolation/improved relationships (older adults and other vulnerable groups)
Employability linked to direct pandemic impacts (e.g. furlough, business closures, health impacts preventing work)
Physical activity to enhance mental health
Marginalised groups – Refugee and Asylum Seeker health.
Funding will be in the form of a direct award which will be granted in one overall amount at the start of each project. It is anticipated that funding parameters will be in the range of between £50k and £100k per project and up to 14 projects are likely to be commissioned.
An Expression of Interest (EOI) for this fund is now live on the Life Rooms website and the deadline for applications is Monday 31 January at 5 pm.
You are invited to attend a Q&A webinar to find out more about this opportunity. It will take place on Friday 14 January 2 pm to 3 pm. In order to register your attendance please email: LiferoomsCommission@merseycare.nhs.uk.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time (0.60 FTE). Salary: £20,000 pro rata per annum (£12,000 for 0.6 FTE). Salary Band 3. Hours per week: 21 hours. Days per week: Hours between Monday to Friday. Reporting to: Finance Manager. Location: Fact, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ.
Renowned internationally and based in Liverpool, Fact inspires people with bold and experimental projects and exhibitions exploring art, technology, science and society. Fact Liverpool nurtures a diverse future generation of artists, film-makers, creative makers, imaginists and critical thinkers, and supports young people and emerging artists to gain confidence, skills and experience that can pave the way to more productive and enriching futures.
Fact Liverpool is looking for a Finance Administrator to maintain financial records, process income and expenditure, and undertake a range of financial reporting and administrative tasks. Working closely with the Finance Manager, this role will work with all staff in a collaborative team environment.
To read the full job description and to apply, please visit the Fact website.
For more information, please contact recruitment@fact.co.uk.
Deadline: 6 February 2022 at 17:00.
Interview Date(s): Mid-February 2022.
Fact Liverpool – Finance Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time (0.60-0.80 FTE). Salary: £34,000-£38,000 pro-rata per annum, depending on experience. Hours per week: 21-28 hours. Days per week: Days can be flexible. Reporting to: Head of Business and Operations. Location: Fact, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ.
Renowned internationally and based in Liverpool, Fact inspires people with bold and experimental projects and exhibitions exploring art, technology, science and society. Fact Liverpool nurtures a diverse future generation of artists, film-makers, creative makers, imaginists and critical thinkers, and supports young people and emerging artists to gain confidence, skills and experience that can pave the way to more productive and enriching futures.
Fact Liverpool is looking for a Finance Manager who is a part or fully qualified accountant to lead the financial management of FACT. This role will provide strategic support to the CEO, Executive Team and Board of Trustees, as well as timely finance management reports and data analysis.
To read the full job description and to apply, please visit the Fact website.
For more information, please contact recruitment@fact.co.uk.
Deadline: 6 February 2022 at 17:00.
Interview Date(s): Mid-February 2022.
LCVS Innovation in Communities Project: Community of Practice Event (16 December 2021) Replay
If you missed our event introducing the LCVS Innovation in Communities Project in our first Community of Practice event, you can now watch a replay of this informative webinar online.
What is the Innovation in Communities Project?
Innovation in Communities is an LCVS led project, intended to support communities to address local needs by providing or testing effective, new or innovative approaches.
It includes a £500,000 small grants programme, supported by mentoring and advice, as well as events known as Communities of Practice events. These events are intended to support groups interested in accessing the grant funding as well as those more broadly interested sharing ideas and innovations about how to bring about positive change to local disadvantaged communities.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £21,422 -£25,707. Hours per week: 37.5 hours (part-time and flexible working will be considered). Days per week: 5 days (Monday – Friday). Reporting to: Anne Lang, Finance Manager. Location: Homeworking or office-based or a mix of the two (office is at Alder Hey, Liverpool).
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is the busiest children’s hospital in the UK caring for over 330,000 young patients every year. Alder Hey is a Centre of Excellence for children with cancer, heart, spinal and brain disease and a National Centre for head and facial surgery, they are one of only four centres nationally to provide epilepsy surgery and one of two accredited major trauma units for children in the North West.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises funds to support the pioneering work at their brand new hospital, Alder Hey in the Park, and aims to improve the quality of life for not only the young people they see each year but through innovations and research into childhood diseases, the quality of life for children across the world.
This role calls for an enthusiastic, highly-motivated and dedicated person who shares their values. This is a varied role that requires an ability to learn a breadth of finance processes, undertake day to day transactions and be adaptable to the needs of the organisation. Over time, this role will give you exposure to the full breadth of the management accounting function.
Part of the requirement of this role will be to undertake an apprenticeship AAT qualification.
Interviews will be scheduled for 28th January 2022.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity – Grants Assistant
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £21,210 – £25,452 (pro rata £12,726 – £15,271). Hours per week: 22.5 hours. Reporting to: Alice Carey Grants Manager. Location: Homeworking or office-based or a mix of the two (office is at Alder Hey, Liverpool).
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is the busiest children’s hospital in the UK caring for over 330,000 young patients every year. Alder Hey is a Centre of Excellence for children with cancer, heart, spinal and brain disease and a National Centre for head and facial surgery, they are one of only four centres nationally to provide epilepsy surgery and one of two accredited major trauma units for children in the North West.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises funds to support the pioneering work at their brand new hospital, Alder Hey in the Park, and aims to improve the quality of life for not only the young people they see each year but through innovations and research into childhood diseases, the quality of life for children across the world.
This is a new and exciting role for an experienced administrator to support the grant-awarding and grant management processes within the Charity. Reporting to the Grants Manager, the post holder will offer administrative support to facilitate effective grantmaking and grant management, working alongside colleagues within Alder Hey Children’s Charity and Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
This role will also support the Grants Manager by undertaking administrative tasks linked to Alder Hey Children’s Charity’s commitments as regional Lead Charity for NHS Charities Together Stage 2 Funding Programme for the next two years. Duties will be wide and varied including preparing and proofreading documentation, maintaining accurate records, data input and analysis, diary management and minute taking.
Barnardo’s Independent Child Trafficking Guardianship Service – Team Manager
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent (Fixed term funded post). Term: Full-time. Salary: £26,966 to £38,163 (Full-time equivalent). Hours per week: 37 hours. Days per week: Monday to Friday. Reporting to: Children’s Services Manager. Location: Home Based with extensive travel around the region (North – covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Lancashire.
Barnardo’s National Counter Trafficking Service encompasses four distinct services operating in various geographical areas across England and Wales. This includes the Independent Child Trafficking Guardianship Service (ICTG Service). The ICTG Service is expanding and developing in 2022 and they are pleased to announce some exciting opportunities to join a passionate and experienced national team. They are advertising various different and varied roles working with children and young people and/or with professionals that work directly with children.
Would you like to make a difference in children’s’ lives, be part of their dynamic team and embark on a learning journey with a service that is passionate about seeing positive change in the fight against trafficking and modern slavery in the UK?
Job details:
Purpose:
To lead and supervise others within the ICTG Service as well as work with children and manage caseload of complex cases if required.
To manage and lead a team of workers who support children through direct work and/or indirect work enabling them to navigate complex systems, such as social care, immigration and criminal justice as well as health and education
To take a lead in supporting professionals in identification and appropriate safeguarding of children and young people who have experienced exploitation
To build relationships and trust with stakeholders and other professionals in the region supporting them to keep children safe and reduce the risk of missing and re-trafficking
To support ICTGs to make sure that every child who is identified as trafficked in the service has been referred into the National Referral Mechanism
To proactively raise awareness of trafficking across the ICTG adopter sites
To be an active part of a thriving and growing management team
To represent the service at both operational and strategic forums.
Posts available: 1. Contract: This role is offered as a full-time or part-time role, please express your preference in the application form. Term: Permanent. Salary: £28,000 – £37,500. Days per week: Monday – Friday. Reporting to: Operations Director. Location: Liverpool, L1 0AB.
The Women’s Organisation is a social enterprise that is the largest developer and deliverer of training and support for women in the UK. It has been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem for over a quarter of a century to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are currently expanding their diverse team.
Is this you?
Are you experienced in project management of European Structural and Investment Funded Projects (ESIF)?
Have you been involved in the monitoring, reporting and audit of projects?
Do you know your stuff and how to share it so others can understand stuff too?
Can you support an internal projects team and partner team members to be confident and capable to meet their project’s objective and desired impact?
If the answer is yes, you may be a match.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate coordination, leadership skills and capabilities and bring a well-developed understanding of the effective project monitoring, reporting, compliance, and audit of ESIF programmes.
You will be the key interface between their partnership and programme teams and the Leadership Team within the organisation.
You will be able to work with colleagues to review project delivery, quality and added value for clients. You will undertake final compliance and audit checks to ensure that robust and eligible claims are prepared that meet the commissioners needs and are ready for final sign off at senior level.
Working with the Partner Co-ordinators you will report regularly on partner and project performance to the SMT via regular reports and internal project meetings to enable effective partner and project management; partner performance in relation to activity and claims in line with their projected profile.
You will work closely and help guide the Partner Co-ordinator to undertake monthly monitoring and compliance partner checks, particularly in relation to ESIF (European Structural and Investment Funds) and other funded programmes; prepare Project Change Requests and respond to commissioner audit requests.
For more information, please email info@thewo.org.uk or call 0151 706 8111.
Deadline: Monday 17 January 2022 at 12 pm.
Barnardo’s Boloh Helpline is expanding
Barnardo’s Boloh Helpline is pleased to announce the expansion of its service to support the mental health and wellbeing of adult asylum seekers across the UK. This project is funded by the Home Office and is in addition to their current service that offers support to children, young people and their parents.
The Helpline will offer advice, signposting, emotional support and eight free sessions of therapy by qualified Barnardo’s therapists. These sessions can take place remotely via telephone or online. Barnardo’s has a large pool of culturally informed therapists who speak a range of languages. Sessions can take place in your own language at a time that works for you.
Helpline Advisors can also offer practical support such as food vouchers and access to digital devices. They are continuing their partnership with Vodafone to ensure that asylum seekers can access support by providing refurbished tablets and mobile phones.
They welcome referrals from professionals via their referral form, as well as direct contact from asylum seekers by telephone, email or online chat.
The Helpline is open Monday – Friday (10 am – 8 pm) and Saturday (10 – 3 pm) via phone, webchat and email.
For more information, please visit the Barnardo’s website or contact boloh.helpline@barnardos.org.uk.
The Women and Girl’s Match Fund is now open for applications
The Women and Girl’s Match Fund from the Big Give is a match funding campaign for charities that are working to improve the lives of vulnerable, disadvantaged or underrepresented women and girls in England and Scotland. The week-long match funding campaign will launch on International Women’s Day 2022, Tuesday 8 March 2022. Applications are now open.
Up to £25,000 of match funding is available per charity. Match funds have been provided by DCMS’ Tampon Tax fund.
As well as accessing Champion funds, evidence shows that donors are more likely to give, and to give more in match funding campaigns. The Big Give also offers a free suite of resources, training and guidance for all participating charities.
Further details including eligibility, key dates and how to apply can be found on the Big Give website.
Deadline: Tuesday 11 January 2021.
Liverpool Parenting Newsletter: January – March 2022
Liverpool’s Parenting Coordinator has produced the winter edition of the Liverpool Parenting Newsletter with information on services available for you and your family across the city. Your council and partners have services to support families in all areas and hope that you find the information you need within the newsletter.
If you have any questions please contact parenting@liverpool.gov.uk.
Liverpool charity gobsmacked at surprise Christmas gift from Yoko Ono
A Liverpool charity has been left gobsmacked by receiving a surprise Christmas gift from Yoko Ono. Staff at The Brain Charity were bowled over after receiving an extremely rare and collectable limited edition vinyl acetate of John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s iconic single ‘Happy Xmas (War is Over)’ in the mail (Dec 2) – completely out of the blue.
25 of the rare vinyl acetates – potentially worth thousands – have been gifted to UK charities working with music as a Christmas gift for them to raise funds. The Brain Charity believe their Music Makes Us! project for people living with dementia and strong connection with Liverpool, being headquartered in the city centre, must have caught Yoko and son Sean Ono Lennon’s eye.
There was a personal note accompanying the record from Sean, which read: “Happy Xmas. This is one of only fifty Limited Edition acetates hand-cut at Abbey Road, it’s yours – to sell, auction, raise money to help your business or your favourite charity or to fund your Xmas party – to spread Xmas cheer.
“We’d love to see the journey these acetates take, and the goodwill that they spread.”
Nanette Mellor, CEO of The Brain Charity, said: “We feel absolutely bowled over by this astonishingly generous surprise Christmas gift from Yoko and Sean.
“The recognition that they thought about us in Liverpool and at this time of year, when our clients really need us, was unbelievable. It’s such a lovely gesture to be recognised by a family who are globally iconic.
“We are all hugely moved. Any funds raised from the sale of this incredible item will be absolutely needed right now as our clients with neurological conditions do really struggle at this time of year.”
The one-sided 12” acetate has been hand-cut on the lathe at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. There are just 50 in total, with the 25 others to be sold at independent record stores across the UK. Each edition is stickered and numbered out of 50 and includes a machine-printed signature from Yoko, making them incredibly collectable.
Originally released in December 1971 ‘Happy Xmas (War is Over)’ has evolved to become an iconic global Christmas classic and is now one of the most played and popular Christmas songs of all time. The Brain Charity has now informed us that the record has now been sold for £5000!
The Brain Charity launched their Sixmas campaign earlier this month to raise £60,000 for urgent mental health support for the 1 in 6 people left out in the cold to deal with their neurological condition alone.
RAISE is looking for young people to help them plan next year’s NOW Festival
Merseyside Youth Association’s RAISE Team is looking for young people to play an integral part in planning next year’s NOW Festival: What needs to change to bounce forwards.
The steering group will help with:
Planning and organising the festival
Bring their creative thinking to help them plan an amazing finale piece at the end of each festival night
Deciding what the award themes should be
Helping to plan what needs to be at the venue on the night.
There will also be opportunities to help out at the NOW Festival on 2, 3, 4 February 2022.
Steering groups will take place at Merseyside Youth Association on 2 December 2021 5-7 pm and 13 January 2022 5-7 pm.
If you know a young person who would like to join the steering group, email Leigh at leighh@mya.org.uk or call/text on 0771863456.
Don’t Let Fire Ruin the Festivities
Don’t Let Fire Ruin the Festivities – An infographic from the Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service (MFRS). Please share to spread awareness.
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YPAS Christmas Drop-in Service for 16-25-year-olds
The Young Person’s Advisory Service (YPAS) has a drop-in service for 16-25-year-olds from Liverpool and Knowsley across the festive period.
If you are struggling with emotional and psychological distress, and considering yourselves to be in a self-defined crisis or feeling lonely and isolated over the holiday period and a need a listening ear.
The City Centre drop-in is here to offer you a safe space. They have trained professional staff to listen and support you through difficult times. They can give you advice and support in a range of areas such as housing, mental health, employment and more.
Job Centre Opening Times & Payment Dates for Christmas & New Year 2021/22
Due to the busy festive period, the Job Centre has varied opening times and payment dates across Christmas & New Year 2021/22.
Opening Times:
Payment Dates:
The Brain Charity’s Lifeline Appeal
Earlier this week, clients from The Brain Charity starred in a national TV appeal that was presented by Sir Michael Palin.
Their Lifeline appeal, which aired on BBC One on 20 December 2022, brought the work of The Brain Charity to a national audience by telling the stories of three people who have benefitted from The Brain Charity’s support – Rachel, Lindsey and Sammee.
Over the past month, the BBC Lifeline crew travelled across the UK to see first-hand how The Brain Charity helps people with all forms of neurological condition to lead longer, healthier, happier lives by providing practical advice, emotional support and creative activities.
If you missed the programme, you can now watch it on BBC iPlayer.
A thank you to Christina Dempsey, our friend and colleague
As we approach the end of a busy and challenging year, we wanted to take a moment to mark a milestone in the calendar for LCVS: the imminent retirement of our friend and colleague, Christina Dempsey.
After over 8 years of dedicated service, Christina will soon be enjoying a well-earned rest or at least enjoying more time to take up a whole new raft of new and exciting activities.
In her time with us, Christina has supported hundreds of grassroots organisations to make a vital difference to the communities that they serve.
Many charities and community groups simply would not be here today without the help that Christina provided.
Throughout her time with us, Christina carried out her duties with skill, dedication, humour, and a sensitivity to the needs of others that made her a real asset to the organisation.
Christina, you and your family should be very proud of what you achieved in your time with us.
Whilst we will miss you, no doubt we will catch up again soon to celebrate all that you have achieved and to hear about the next stage of your adventure.
Thank you.
With love, from all of us at LCVS.
xx
Counter Terrorism Policing launches new ‘Letters to my Younger Self’ films
As part of their ACT Early campaign, the Counter Terrorism Policing team have developed three new ‘Letters to my Younger Self’ films aimed at young people.
The new films tell the stories of John, who fell into the extreme right-wing through social media and was helped through Prevent; Michael, who became involved with Islamist extremism and tragically lost his life; and Mustafa, who followed multiple radical clerics and is now a spoken word artist working within the NGO sector.
The Torus Foundation’s Healthy Neighbours Tender Project
The Torus Foundation plans to run seven Healthy Neighbours projectsacross Liverpool, St Helens and Warrington. The areas they are looking at working within Liverpool are Daneville L4, Granby Triangle and Braybrook Estate Norris Green.
They are looking for an organisation that is:
a community-based organisation, with established social and peer networks in the local neighbourhood of the project
able to reach all members of a community – not limited to a specific interest, age, or ethnic group
experienced in recruiting, supporting, training and managing volunteers
located within the ward of the target area or can establish an office/hub within the target area.
The commissioned organisation for each contract will work as part of a network commissioned by Torus Foundation to deliver the project in their area. The selected organisations will be responsible for recruiting a paid Hub Coordinator and 15-20 volunteers to implement the project over a 12 month period.
Each ‘hub’ will aim to reach around 700-800 households with their activities.
The contract will be up to the value of £45,000 per area.
Posts available: 1. Term: Voluntary. Reporting to: Board of Trustees. Location: Liverpool.
Nugent is a charity, started by Father Nugent in 1881. They employ over 600 people, over 150 volunteers and are the largest education, health and social care charity in Liverpool. Their vision is to be a totally outstanding and dignified organisation and their mission is to care, educate, protect, and inspire those in need. For 140 years they have been providing support to children, young people, adults and families who are vulnerable or at risk across the North West through their schools, care homes, community and social work services.
You will undertake a highly influential voluntary position within the organisation and they are expecting you will be a champion of diversity and inclusion and an individual with ambition, emotional intelligence, sharp intellect, resilience and have the ability to be agile for the benefit of the charity. You are a person who ‘gets things done’.
As an experienced and committed individual, you will provide support to your peers and leadership to the executive team. You will promote a commercially astute culture across the organisation as they drive towards their vision of being an entirely dignified and outstanding organisation.
This role is ideal for you as a conscientious and driven individual who is prepared to support, advise and actively engage in the achievement of the vision
To read the full job description and to apply, please visit the Nugent Care website. Please click on Vacancies and then scroll down to this job role.
For more information, please contact HR@wearenugent.org.
Deadline: 15 January 2022.
The Women’s Organisation – Finance and Monitoring Administrator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Full-time. Term: Permanent. Salary: £20,000 – £30,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 5 days per week (Monday – Friday). Reporting to: Finance Manager. Location: Liverpool, L1 0AB.
The Women’s Organisation is a social enterprise that is the largest developer and deliverer of training and support for women in the UK. It has been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem for over a quarter of a century to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are currently expanding their diverse team.
Is this you?
Are you experienced in maintaining accurate financial records?
Can you undertake internal monitoring and compliance checks?
Are you able to communicate effectively, verbally and through your written work, with stakeholders at all levels?
If the answer is yes, you may be a match.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate great communication skills, organisational and administration skills with attention to detail. They are looking for a new team member who can work in a positive and constructive way with partner team members and key stakeholders at all levels, and bring a well-developed understanding of audit, compliance, supplier and partnership.
You will work closely with colleagues on a range of projects undertaking monthly data collation, monitoring and compliance checks, particularly in relation to ESIF (European Structural and Investment Funds) and other funded programmes; compliance support and assist capacity building support for colleagues.
The projects that they work on at The Women’s Organisation all have very similar deadlines. To meet these deadlines on a monthly basis you will have to possess excellent time management skills to ensure all deadlines are met.
Interviews will take place on Monday 17 January 2022.
The Reader – IT Systems Assistant
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £18,000 – £20,000. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: Monday – Friday. Reporting to: Head of IT. Location: The Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB.
The Reader is a national charity bringing about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and/or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
This role calls for an enthusiastic, motivated and responsible person who shares their values. They do not expect you to have all of the required knowledge and skills to start with, but they do expect that you will be willing to learn, to make the most of this exciting opportunity to gain experience across a wide range of IT support functions and technologies and to develop new skills within the post.
The IT Systems Assistant will support the day-to-day setup and maintenance of their IT systems and devices. You will support the IT requirements of staff and other stakeholders, including their commercial and events functions onsite, and will help your colleagues get the most out of the IT systems and services that they provide. Alongside the wider team, you will be on hand to resolve and restore services as quickly as possible when issues arise. All of this must be done in a secure and controlled way.
To read the full job description and to apply, please visit the Reader website.
For more information, please contact laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk.
Deadline: Friday 7 January 2022 at 9 am.
Interviews: January 2022.
The Reader – Director of Literature
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time (flexible working will be considered). Salary: £47,000 – £60,000. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: Monday – Friday. Reporting to: Founder. Location: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB.
The Reader is a national charity bringing about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and/or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
Shared Reading is a powerful group experience that brings literature to life. A group of two or more people – one of them a trained Reader Leader – meet, usually weekly, and read great novels, poetry, plays or other literary matter, aloud. It’s not a course, it’s not a book club. Reading the literature aloud, sharing it in real-time, means that everyone is involved in a live experience.
The Director of Literature ensures that great literature and Shared Reading remain at the heart of The Reader, utterly central to its mission. In this role, you will lead the development of the entire literature programme – setting the tone and tenor of how they read and what they read, and ensuring that the reading of literature feeds the organisational ethos. You will manage 3 Heads of Department within the Directorate across three teams;
Publications – providing staff and volunteers with curated literature for use in Shared Reading as well as championing the work of The Reader to the general public primarily via The Reader magazine and The Reader podcast.
Programmes – devising and delivering The Reader’s public events programme at Calderstones and elsewhere including online, weekly community activities and one-off events.
Teaching and Learning – designing and delivering The Reader’s teaching and learning programmes, developing and nourishing Shared Reading practice across their international network of practitioners. Working directly with the Volunteer Support Team to ensure effective quality assurance for volunteer-led Shared Reading and providing their volunteers with inspirational resources and learning opportunities.
To read the full job description and to apply, please visit the Reader’s website.
For more information, please email laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk.
Deadline: Friday 28 January 2022 at 5 pm.
Interviews: w/c 14 February 2022.
South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services – Projects & Engagement Worker
Posts available: 1 Person. Contract: Funded to June 2023. Salary: NJC Scale 5, points 14-17 depending on experience, £23,080 – £24,491 pro-rata. Hours per week: 24 hours per week. Reporting to: Board of Trustees. Location: Venues in South Liverpool.
South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services (SLDAS) is an independent charity offering free and accessible support to women who are experiencing, or have experienced, domestic abuse in South and South-Central Liverpool.
Job details:
Work with SLDAS Services Co-ordinators & trained volunteers to provide access to a full range of SLDAS services for women from marginalised communities, through the delivery of outreach sessions in discreet local venues.
Promote volunteering opportunities amongst potential volunteers, particularly amongst Black & minoritised women under-represented in the organisation, by working with partners and key women active in diverse communities.
Use creative and engaging methods with women from local communities concerned about the issues of domestic abuse and Violence Against Women & Girls for evaluation and development of SLDAS services and programmes.
For more information, please email manager@sldas.co.uk or call 0151 494 1777.
Deadline: 7 January 2022 at 5 pm.
Interviews: Week Commencing 17 January 2022.
Sahir House – Children and Young People’s Support Worker
Posts available: 1 x full-time or 2 x part-time. Contract: This post is funded for 3 years with a significant possibility of further funding. Term: Full-time or part-time. Salary: Starting salary £24,799 (pro-rata for part-time). Hours per week: The post holder/s will mainly be required to work within standard office hours (usually Monday to Friday 9-5:30 pm). Some weekend work will be required. Days per week: Sahir House operates a flexible working policy, to contribute to work-life balance and family-friendly working practices. Accrued hours may be taken off as time in lieu, with prior agreement of the line manager. The nature of this post may require some evening and weekend work and some flexibility is required. Reporting to: Senior Management Team. Location: Flexible, Liverpool, L2 2AH/Home Working.
For 35 years, Sahir House has promoted the rights of and the good health of those living with HIV, those affected and at risk of HIV; including affected communities marginalised due to their ethnicity, gender, sexuality and asylum status through stigma reduction, prevention and support initiatives.
As a result of a successful grant from the Steve Morgan Foundation, they are recruiting for a Children and Young People’s Support Worker to join the team to develop their support offer for younger people living with HIV and their families.
You will have suitable experience and passion for the work of their organisation and an understanding of the issues facing young people and children growing up with HIV.
You will provide emotional and social support and HIV education to children, young people and young adults who are living with HIV in Merseyside. Your main duties will include one to one support and emotional/social peer group support. You will work with multi-disciplinary teams across the region. You will advocate for young people and their families to other organisations such as local authorities and schools.
They are recruiting a Children and Young People’s Support Worker, who can demonstrate:
Experience of working with children, young people and families who have complex needs
Ability to work as part of a wider team and with multiple agencies and take part in multi-disciplinary professional forums
A working understanding of confidentiality and safeguarding processes
An understanding of how HIV impacts communities
Commitment to equality, diversity, equity and social justice.
They especially invite applications from people who reflect the diverse Sahir House service user population. This includes, but is not exclusive to; people from BAME communities, HIV positive people, LGBT+ people.
The post is subject to a probationary period, satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check.
Please send your completed application form in Word format to gillian.clotworthy@sahir.uk.com
Deadline: Wednesday 12 January 2022 at 5 pm.
Shortlisting will be held: Week of 17 January 2022.
Interviews will be held: Week of 24 January 2022, held in person.
Ideal start date: End of February 2022 (or sooner, if possible).
Toxteth Town Hall Community Resource Centre – Activity Coordinator
Salary: £12 per hour. Hours: 5 hours per week (4 hrs: 2-6 pm on a Friday and 1 hr home working re cals etc) – paid monthly via invoice. Responsible to: Company Secretary in the first instance and Chair and the board of Trustees. Responsible for: Activity Club members. Role Summary: To coordinate and deliver the charity’s community activity programme.
The contract period is 21 January 2022 until 31 March 2023 and is funded by John Moores Foundation.
This is offered under a Contract for Service and the role is classed as self-employed.
Toxteth Town Hall Community Resource Centre is looking for a part-time freelance/self-employed sessional Activity Coordinator. Their current Activity Coordinator is with them until 31/1/22. They are looking for someone to start Mid January to allow for a handover.
Job details:
Planning, development, coordination and delivery of the charities own programme of activity and events liaising with the Company Secretary including directly running the Family games Club on-site every Friday after school
Assist with the marketing of the activity programme to encourage participation and attendance at activities, clubs and events etc
Befriending calls to club members etc when required e.g. lockdowns
Attend meetings with the line manager as required
Collect monitoring data/acquire feedback/input about the charity’s activity programme/clubs and provide to Company Secretary for review
Undertake your own clerical and administrative responsibilities and tasks with support from reception staff
Update details for contact lists and club member information and keep registers
Maintain a safe and secure working environment liaising with the caretakers
Follow procedures for record-keeping ensuring the security and confidentiality of data
Any other tasks to ensure the services are delivered effectively.
The post holder will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check and such would need to be satisfactory.
To apply, please email FAO Denise Bernard, both a CV and cover letter detailing your experience in coordinating and running activities for the community and explaining how you can deliver the services listed above. Scores will be awarded against your responses to each point 1 to 9.
Please include details of 2 referees.
Email your application to: manager@toxtethtownhall.org.uk.
Deadline: Monday 20 December 2021 at 9 am.
Interviews are to be held on Thursday 23 December in Toxteth Town Hall.
The induction will be on Monday 17 January 2022.
The start date is Friday 21 January.
LCVS appoints New Chair
At its Board meeting last month, Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services, the infrastructure charity which supports the voluntary, community and faith sector in Liverpool, appointed Sonia Bassey MBE as its new chair.
Sonia, who is from Liverpool, is Chair of Mandela8 and Africa Oye, two major black-led charities in Liverpool and recently founded the L8 Matters Community Land Trust. Sonia brings a wealth of experience in the public sector, government programmes, community engagement and empowerment.
Sonia is currently the Director of Public Sector Transformation at Cheshire East Council leading transformation across the sub-region for people affected by multiple disadvantages.
Speaking of the appointment, outgoing Chair Heather Akehurst, who has been a Trustee of LCVS for over a decade said: “It has been an honour and a privilege to be a Trustee and Chair of LCVS during some of the most challenging times in a generation, and I pay tribute not only to LCVS staff but the organisations they work so hard for. I am confident that in handing over to Sonia this will herald an exciting new chapter for LCVS as the city moves out of the pandemic.”
Sonia commented: “I would like to thank Heather for her dedicated service to LCVS, and her resolute leadership during the pandemic. All at LCVS would like to wish Heather the very best in her future endeavours.
“I am truly humbled to be appointed the Chair of such an important charity in the voluntary, community and faith sector. There are many socio-economic issues that continue to adversely impact our society and many more challenging years ahead for the voluntary, community and faith sector who are fundamental to this city. It is only by continuing to work together we will make society fairer and stronger and be better placed to tackle the key issues that face us in the years ahead.”
For over a century, LCVS has been working to improve the wellbeing of individuals and communities in Liverpool through supporting and encouraging charitable giving and voluntary action and by bringing people, organisations and resources together.
It provides support, advice, training, networking and representation for the Voluntary, Community & Faith Sector (VCFS) across the Liverpool City Region and helps donors distribute over £4m every year to charitable organisations, both here in the UK and across the world, but with a focus on Liverpool.
LCVS plays an instrumental role in the city in supporting the voluntary, community and faith sector and ensuring the sector’s work is central to the recovery of the city post-Covid.
Supporting Mental Health in Liverpool
Having good mental health and wellbeing makes it easier to deal better with the different stresses (physical and mental) and problems in life. It also supports our ability to fulfil our ambitions and dreams, to be more confident, have good relationships with other people and cope with life’s ups and downs. The Covid 19 pandemic has unquestionably had a detrimental effect on mental health and well-being in our communities.
Liverpool City Council Department of Public Health Community Mental Health grant programme, administered by LCVS, supports the work of local voluntary, community and faith organisations to work with individuals who may need low-level support to enhance their well-being. The awards panel were overwhelmed by the quality and diversity of VCF interventions and many extremely worthwhile projects couldn’t be funded because of the limited amount available. The successful projects below provide an insight into the huge variety and quality of work being done locally to support the mental health of local people and communities. Take a look and if you would like more information please contact the organisation directly.
Al-Ghazali Centre: ‘Youth Mental Health Support Programme’
Mental health workshops and activities for young people aged 12 to 18 years.
Addressing mental health promotion in youth outside of educational settings
L7 6HA
info@alghazalicentre.co.uk
Autism Adventures Training CIC: ‘My Mental Health- What’s OK?’
Project aimed at people with autism to improve understanding of and break down barriers to mental health, as well as providing tools and strategies to manage emotions and feelings
Addressing mental health promotion in youth outside of educational setting, financial insecurity, debt and loneliness
L24 0TR
info@liverpoolautismadventures.co.uk
Compass Counselling Services: ‘Community Counselling Service / Bereavement Support Programme’
A counselling programme for people requiring support following bereavement, especially those who may not be able to access other services and require the continuity of support that Compass delivers.
Addressing bereavement support
L2 2AH
enquiries@compass-counselling.org.uk
Croxteth Gems Community Association: ‘Taking Care of our Gems’
Sessions for children & young people including; autism and ADHD-friendly yoga and meditation sessions and art therapy.
Addressing mental health promotion in youth outside of educational settings
L11 4TR
michelle@gemscentre.org.uk
Granby Somali Women’s Group: ‘GSWG Befriend Me’
A social network where elderly Muslim and minority ethnic women will come together, exchange ideas, have interesting discussions and participate in a number of activities, which will alleviate their loneliness.
Addressing loneliness to protect the mental health of vulnerable groups
Intergenerational learning project delivering sessions to bereaved and socially isolated older adults.
Addressing bereavement and loneliness
L24 1WA
catherinemcneill@iiincommunity.com
Imagine If Trust: ‘The Zone Youth Hub’
Fun, safe and active sessions for primary school aged children, providing a stimulating environment where children can thrive and grow in confidence.
Mental health promotion in youth outside of educational settings
L15 3HA
info@imagineiftrust.org
Kindred Minds: ‘Kindred Minds Arts on Prescription’
Arts courses for people in need of mental health support, allowing them to meet new people and participate in a creative outlet
Addressing bereavement and loneliness
L25 2PR
enquiries@kindredmindsmerseyside.org
Liverpool Arabic Centre: ‘Your Safe Space’
A culturally sensitive mental health support service, which combines Western and Arab/Muslim traditional therapies to provide support for people experiencing poor emotional and mental well-being due to financial hardship.
Addressing financial insecurity, debt and loneliness
L8 0TP
info@liverpoolarabiccentre.org.uk
Liverpool Bereavement Service: ‘Supporting younger people after loss or bereavement’
Counselling sessions for children and young people who have suffered a loss or bereavement.
Addressing bereavement
L1 6AF
enquiries@liverpoolbereavement.co.uk
Norris Green Community Alliance: ‘Mindful Communities’
Men’s and women’s support groups with regular meetings, services and activities to reduce isolation and improve mental health.
Addressing bereavement, loneliness and mental health promotion in youth outside of educational setting
L11 2RY
norrisgreencommunity@btconnect.com
Pagoda Arts: ‘Post-Covid’
Supporting the Chinese community post-covid and after an increase in race-related crime by providing a hub in which people can come together to socialise and feel safe out in the community again.
Addressing loneliness and mental health promotion in youth outside of educational setting
L1 5BU
info@pagodaarts.org.uk
Peloton Liverpool Ltd: ‘Joy Ride’
A cycling club to support men in recovery, whilst providing an opportunity to socialise, exercise and build skills.
Addressing loneliness
L13 9AF
Priority Youth Project: ‘Priority Youth Counselling Support Programme’
A 1-1 counselling service for children and young people aged 8-19 years.
Addressing mental health promotion in youth outside of educational setting
L12 7HZ
hello@priorityouth.co.uk
The Comedy Trust: ‘Laughter After Loss’
Workshops, drop-ins and discussion groups to for adults following a bereavement,
supporting their journey through the power of laughter.
Addressing bereavement
L1 1HL
info@thecomedytrust.com
The Vibe Liverpool: ‘We’re Listening’
A 1-1 listening service and group sessions with a focus on bereavement support.
Addressing bereavement and loneliness
L25 1PH
thevibeliverpool@gmail.com
Triple C Liverpool: ‘Norris Green Debt Advice and Triple C Older Persons Project’
Norris Green Debt Advice: Debt Advice Project providing a free, non-judgemental and confidential advice service with ongoing support for clients.
Triple C Older Persons Project: Supporting older people who have been shielding during the pandemic through a range of weekly activities such as exercise classes, crafts, speakers, afternoon events, befriending calls and welfare checks.
Addressing financial insecurity, debt and loneliness
L11 3BR
info@triplecliverpool.org
Valley Community Theatre: ‘Arts4Change’
A range of arts activities and workshops for young people aged 8-25 aimed at addressing a rise in mental health issues due to Covid-19.
Addressing mental health promotion in youth outside of educational setting
L27 3YA
info@valleytheatre.co.uk
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre: ‘Income, Benefits, Debt & Bereavement Advice Service’
Supporting and increasing the incomes of people living in poverty through free legal advice and representation, bereavement advice such as welfare benefits and housing and debt advice to those who have suffered a loss.
Addressing financial insecurity, debt and bereavement
L5 8UX
advice@vauxhalllawcentre.org.uk
Renowned Liverpool poet Roger McGough to judge inaugural Liverpool Poetry Prize
Award-winning poet Roger McGough is set to judge the inaugural Liverpool Poetry Prize – with the winning poems to be performed at The Brain Charity’s Burns Night Supper. The renowned Liverpool poet – hailed by Carol Ann Duffy as ‘the patron saint of poetry’ – will choose the winners of the new competition. The prize has been launched by The Brain Charity to amplify new and contemporary voices, particularly from the neurodiverse community, and encourage creativity, which is beneficial to brain health.
There are two categories; the Open Category, open to anyone writing on any subject, and the Neurodi-Verse Category, for poetry inspired by neurological conditions and/or neurodiversity.
Nanette Mellor, CEO of The Brain Charity, said: “Many neurological conditions can affect the way in which we relate to language – both written, like dyslexia, and spoken, like aphasia.
“Poetry has been a sanctuary to so many people at The Brain Charity.
“It is a place where people can interact with language, both written and spoken, on their own terms.
“We hope the inaugural Liverpool Poetry Prize will amplify new and contemporary voices, and raise awareness of the creative strengths of the neurodiverse community.
“Nurturing the innate creativity we all have within us is deeply beneficial for brain health, encouraging neuroplasticity – the brain’s ability to rewire itself.
“We are thrilled Roger is judging our competition, and hope it will be a huge success.”
The first place poem in each category will receive a trophy. There will be one prize of £1,000 for the overall winner. There will be five runners up in each category, whose work will be included with the winners in a poetry zine published on The Brain Charity’s website.
Submissions for the Liverpool Poetry Prize opened on Monday 29 November and will close on Wednesday 31 December at 11.59 pm.
It is free to enter the competition, with a suggested donation of £3 to The Brain Charity for all those who are able to afford this. All entrants must be over 18 and can be from anywhere in the UK.
To submit your poem, attach it as a word document or PDF file and email it to poetryprize@thebraincharity.org.uk.
The winners will be announced and their poetry performed at The Brain Charity’s Burns Night Supper on Saturday 22 January 2022. For more information about this event, please visit The Brain Charity website.
PF Homes – Residential Care Worker
Contract: Permanent Term: Full-time Salary: £10.50 per hour Reporting to: Registered Manager, Assistant Manager Location: Liverpool.
Positive Futures Homes (PF Homes) is a new trading company set up by the youth development charity Positive Futures (PF) Liverpool. They want to invest in the long-term outcomes of the young people in their care. As such, they will reinvest any surplus profit back into their homes, and Positive Futures. By doing this, they can ensure that they make a real difference to the lives of the young people they care for while making their homes a great place to work at.
What makes them different?
They invest heavily in ensuring that their homes are in the nicest locations and beautifully decorated, allowing children to express their characters, feel safe and enrich their lives
They mainly have 2-bed homes, with an absolute max of 3
They will offer a mental health provision as standard for every young person in their care
They will give them preferential access to all the services offered by Positive Futures, be that Targeted Support, Counselling skills, CBT skills, recreational or social provision.
For this role, they are looking for passionate, child-centred individuals who share their ethos in wanting to provide the best quality of care to the young people who reside in their homes. As a PF Homes employee, you will be responsible for providing the highest standard of care for their children and help promote a safe and nurturing environment for their development. The children that they care for demonstrate a wide range of challenging behaviours and can be very demanding of your time, attention, and emotions. You will need a high level of self-resilience and will need to understand that the challenging behaviours the children may display are often the result of abuse and or neglect and other negative early childhood experiences. As part of your hours, you will be required to work weekends, unsocial hours, bank holidays, as well as do sleep-in duties.
Qualifications/Experience Needed
At least 12 month’s experience of working with young people within a youth, education, or residential setting
Willing to work towards a Level 3 qualification in Residential Child Care (England).
For more information, please email info@pfhomes.org.uk.
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in December 2021 and may have expired since then.
Support for young people in Liverpool
Below are a variety of different options available to children and young people looking for support in Liverpool.
If you need to talk to someone:
Alder Hey CAMHS – Crisis Care Team
24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Crisis Care Team offer advice, consultation, and direct intervention to children/young people and their families.
You can contact the team 24/7 on 0151 293 3577.
Young Minds Crisis Messenger
If you are a young person experiencing a mental health crisis, you can text the YoungMinds Crisis Messenger for free, 24/7 support.
They offer a 24-hour confidential helpline. Samaritans volunteers listen in confidence to anyone in any type of emotional distress, without judging or telling people what to do.
Childline is there to help anyone under 19 in the UK with any issue they’re going through. Whether it’s something big or small, their trained counsellors are here to support you. Childline is free, confidential and available anytime, day or night. You can talk to them on the phone, by email or through 1-2-1 counsellor chat. Whatever feels best for you.
At times children and young people may become distressed and need to be seen in an emergency. The following is available for children and young people in Liverpool:
GP Out of Hours Service
A GP is available when your local surgery is closed during evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays. If you need urgent healthcare which cannot wait until the next working day, you can access a GP via the GP Out of Hours service. Call your Doctor’s surgery on the usual number and you will either be transferred to the Out of Hours service, or there will be an answerphone message with details of how to access it. The out of hours service operator will take details of your call and pass these to a doctor or nurse, who will contact you and, depending on your circumstances, will offer you one of the following options:
Telephone advice
An appointment at a healthcare service in your area that evening
A home visit.
Accident & Emergency: Children & Young People Aged 0-16 Years
If a child or young person becomes distressed or shows signs of becoming a risk to others or themselves they should be taken to A&E at Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust following receipt of parental/carer permission. The Specialist mental health service provided by this trust operates a duty on-call system and a clinician will be called to attend A&E to support and provide an assessment of the child or young person. A Psychiatrist on-call system operates through the evening.
Accident & Emergency: Young People Aged 16+
Young people aged 16+ showing signs of distress or becoming a risk to themselves or others should be taken to A&E at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital Trust or University Hospital Aintree. A member of the mental health crisis team will provide an assessment of the young person. This is a 24-hour service.
Read Easy Merseyside hopes to support adults who struggle to read
Read Easy Merseyside is a voluntary group that was established earlier this year that offers support to adults who struggle to read. 10% of Liverpool’s population (over 25,000 people) struggle to read in a way that impacts every aspect of their life. The group is hoping to recruit and train volunteers to support those over 18 on a one-to-one, confidential, and free basis across Merseyside.
By learning to read as an adult, they can become better equipped to live a fuller life, attend appointments, support their children in their education, improve their job opportunities and improve mental health issues that the lack of reading skills can cause. Difficulties with reading can also be a multi-generational issue so addressing this is important for future generations as well as adults today.
A former Read Easy Merseyside service user explains the difference the ability to read has made to his life:
“learning to read has impacted on daily life in so many positive ways. I am now able to recognise words on food packaging in the supermarket for example and can now read those letters I receive from the council, my doctors and the hospital, I don’t have to ask anyone else to help me anymore.”
But the biggest impact seems to have been on confidence.
“I wouldn’t have been able to sit and talk to you before this [learning to read]. I am much more confident in myself now”.
To find out how you can be involved and the opportunities available, please contact Karen Wood at karen@readeasy.org.uk or call 07763442924.
Daily opportunities to win free donations this month with easyfundraising
We’re all in need of some Christmas magic, and funding website easyfundraising is spreading it in abundance by giving third sector organisations daily opportunities to win free donations this month.
Open the doors in the big Advent giveaway and open doors to daily donation prizes of £250 and a huge donation giveaway on the big day. On 25 December, one lucky cause will win £10,000 in free donations and one lucky person will receive a £1,000 John Lewis and Partners voucher.
To easyfundraising, an online purchase is more than just a purchase; they turn everyday online shopping into free donations your organisation can put to good use. Free to register and use, easyfundraising works with over 6,000 retailers who are waiting to give you free donations every time you, your supporters, volunteers and staff shop online. Throughout December, retailers like John Lewis, M&S, Etsy, Thorntons, Monsoon, Buyagift, GHD, Redbubble, and more are offering increased donations, so your organisation can earn even more as supporters pick up last-minute Christmas gifts.
How to ensure your organisation has a holly jolly, Christmas:
Sign up to easyfundraising – it’s free and easy to use
Book a coaching call with the easyfundraising team. They will give you tips on how to get the most out of the platform
Use the free fundraising toolkit to spread the word, loud and clear so your community can hear how they can support your organisation this Christmas and beyond.
Grantmaking charity Rosa has launched the Rise Fund, which aims to invest in the future of Black and minoritised-led women’s and girls’ organisations across the UK.
Throughout the Covid crisis, specialist Black and minoritised-led women’s and girls’ organisations have supported women and girls to deal with long-term and complex issues with tailored and culturally sensitive support. Many of these organisations have said they are now facing a funding cliff edge. Demand for their services has increased and in the context of responding to the Covid crisis, it has been impossible to find the time to address longer-term strategic planning and sustainability.
As we emerge from the pandemic, many of these organisations face uncertain futures.
Rosa’s Rise Fund responds to this need. It will be awarding two-year organisational development grants of up to £40,000 to small organisations led by and for Black and minoritised women which have been established for three years or more, and which have an average income of less than £100,000 per year.
Lisa Raftery, Rosa Trustee and Chair of the Rise Grants Panel said: “I am proud and delighted that we are able to launch the Rise Fund in response to the huge need for sustainability funding among organisations led by and for Black and minoritised women and girls.
“Rosa has a proud history of funding women’s and girls’ organisations which struggle to access funding from elsewhere and which enables them to thrive and grow – after the last two years, the need for the Rise Fund is critical.”
Rosa would like to hear from organisations who seek support in organisational development work relating to areas such as strategy, governance, leadership, alliances and partnerships, funding, demonstrating impact and systems and processes.
Support for people affected by terrorist attacks in the UK
It has now been over two weeks since the incident that took place at the Liverpool Women’s Hospital. Support is available for people affected. Please see below for details.
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Could you be a Firefighter? Have a go or you’ll never know!
Have you got what it takes? Do you have courage, compassion and integrity? If so, join the Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service at one of their firefighter ‘Have a Go’ days on Saturday 4 or Wednesday 8 December 2021.
You can try some of the physical assessments they use as part of the firefighter selection process and receive guidance from their Physical Training Instructors on how to improve your fitness and strength and how to prepare yourself for the selection process. You can meet current Firefighters and find out if a career as a Firefighter is for you.
As a Firefighter, you will do so much more than putting out fires and rescuing people from road traffic collisions. You will also engage with the community, educate people and businesses and promote fire safety. No two days will ever be the same.
The role of a Firefighter is a career, not just a job. Throughout your career, you will have many opportunities to shape your future, potentially progressing up the career ladder, or you may wish to specialise in a specific area with the opportunity to gain professional qualifications throughout your career.
If you would like to attend one of the ‘Have a Go’ events or would like further information on the role of a Firefighter, or the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact Liz Inman from their Recruitment Team on 0151 296 4561 or email recruitment@merseyfire.gov.uk.
LCVS Funding Briefing: Social Enterprise Support Fund
Hosted by LCVS | 1 – 2.30 pm | Monday 6 December 2021 | Online
LCVS would like to invite you to learn about and discuss a recently opened funding opportunity for social enterprises.
The fund is currently open with an application deadline of 21 December 2021, whilst a 2nd round will run from 28 February to 24 March 2022.
It provides grants to help social enterprises rebuild from COVID-19. It is established in partnership by The National Lottery Community Fund and five social enterprise support agencies.
Is this a fund for you?
You can apply for between £10,000 to £100,000. Most grants will be between £10,000 and £50,000
Your social enterprise must have been incorporated for at least a year. Most of your beneficiaries should be in England
Your annual income was between £20,000 and £1.8 million pre-COVID-19 or in your last financial year
Your social enterprise must be substantially reliant upon income from trading (e.g. sales and contracts) to deliver social impact. If your trading has been affected by COVID-19, you should have a clear plan for growing or returning to substantial trading income
Places at the event are limited, so if you’d like to join us, please register as soon as possible. Joining instructions for this Zoom event will be sent prior to the day of the event.
Feeding Liverpool – Development Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Funded for 3 years. Term: Full-time. Salary: £26,000 – £28,000 depending on experience. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: Monday – Friday and will include some evening and weekend work as required by the responsibilities of the role. Reporting to: Good Food Programme Director. Location: This role will be office-based but will include local travel, as required by the responsibilities of the role. Reasonable travel expenses will be reimbursed for travel beyond the office. Their current office is at Liverpool Archdiocese Offices, Croxteth Drive, L17 1AA. This is to be reviewed in early 2022.
Feeding Liverpool is the city of Liverpool’s food alliance, connecting and equipping people and organisations to work towards good food for all. They want to create a city where everyone can eat good food, no matter who they are and where they live.
Their aims are to:
Create arenas for practitioners to share, learn together and shape good practices in relation to good food for all
Draw on experiences from the ground to contribute to and influence policy debates and decisions locally and nationally
Raise awareness and develop greater public understanding of food policy and related issues.
One particular aspect of their role is to provide what Bishop Paul Bayes describes as a ‘line of sight to the street and back’. They want to ensure the voices of people who have first-hand experience of hunger and food insecurity, and of those who are working in our communities to tackle poverty, are heard by our local and national policy makers.
The Development Officer will grow and develop Feeding Liverpool’s existing network, connecting together organisations concerned with good food for all. Working with and often through existing community, faith and non-statutory organisations, they will develop and support mechanisms for communities to shape the future of their local food environments. Through facilitating processes of co-production, the Development Officer will support local people of all ages, and abilities including those with experience of food insecurity, to develop local influencing strategies and campaign for change, as together they seek to create a city where everyone can eat good food.
This role is funded for three years by The Trussell Trust as part of their Organising and Local Mobilisation Programme. Together they seek to build a movement to end the need for foodbanks.
For more information, please contact Dr Naomi Maynard at naomi@feedingliverpool.org or call 07835 947583.
Deadline: Midnight on Sunday 12 December 2021.
Interviews will take place at the Roman Catholic Archdiocesan Offices, Croxteth Drive, L17 1AA on Monday 20 December 2021. For candidates who are invited to an interview, but is unable to make this interview date, the panel will seek where possible to offer an alternative interview date of Friday 17 December 2021.
The Conservation Volunteers – Project Officer
Posts available: 1 Contract: Temporary – 12 months Term: Full-time Salary: £17850 – £19890 Hours per week: 35 hours Days per week: 5 days (Monday – Friday) Reporting to: Operations Leader Location: Pex Hill Visitors Centre, Cronton with travel across Merseyside and Cheshire West.
The Conservation Volunteers bring people together to create, improve and care for green spaces. From local parks and community gardens to Local Nature Reserves and Sites of Special Scientific Interest; from school grounds and hospital grounds to waterways, wetlands and woodlands; they connect people to the green spaces that form a vital part of any healthy, happy community.
Duties will include organising and delivering high quality, practical conservation projects for volunteers and developing and maintaining partner relationships. There will be a requirement to manage budgets and resources, including vehicles, tools and equipment and to maintain safe working practices, including TCV Covid-19 guidance as applicable.
This role will also require the successful candidate to recruit, supervise and manage volunteers to deliver conservation and environmental improvements at a variety of sites for a range of clients. You will need to maintain records of activities and report to funders as required and lead on/assist in income generation, where appropriate.
You will have experience of working with volunteers, a wide range of practical conservation skills and the personality, aptitude and experience to share them with volunteers of differing abilities. IT literacy and basic financial skills are required and a driving licence is essential.
For more information, please call Andrew Brookfield on 07740 899 539.
Deadline: Monday 6 December 2021.
Interview date: Thursday 16 December 2021.
School-Home Support – Intensive Support Practitioner
Posts available: 11 Contract: Temporary – 7 months Term: Full-time Salary: £22,438 Hours per week: 35 hours Days per week: 5 days Reporting to: Intensive Support Coordinator Location: North Liverpool and South Sefton.
This is a key role in their organisation and they need the right candidates to be with them for the full duration of the fixed-term contract, therefore they are also offering a £2000 retention bonus (subject to tax and national insurance) which would be paid in the final salary upon completion of the full contract term.
School-Home Support has been working for 40 years to improve attendance, behaviour and attainment in schools by providing family support to tackle whole-family issues that get in the way of learning. Their mission is to get children and young people back into education and ready to learn – whatever it takes.
Using early intervention and partnering with schools, local authorities and communities, their practitioners work one-to-one with vulnerable families. They look past the classroom, tackling issues like poverty and mental ill-health, providing bespoke support to overcome barriers to learning.
The post-holders will work closely with the local authority and schools to deliver targeted casework and other activities to promote educational outcomes for disadvantaged children, young people and their families.
The role’s main focus will be on improving school attendance and engagement in learning. This is to be achieved by building a bridge between school and home, including regular home visits and other forms of outreach work. The Intensive Support Practitioner will work with the whole family to tackle issues that are causing poor school attendance and exclusions.
Successful candidates will have good experience of working effectively with social and emotional factors affecting a child’s capacity to learn, strong abilities in engaging challenging children and their families, and a confident ability to form professional partnerships with children and their families.
For more information, please email: nicola.williams@shs.org.uk or call 07917 518 972.
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in November 2021 and may have expired since then.
Due to the rolling closing date, interviews will include WC 29 November 2021 and 6 December 2021 via Google Hangouts.
20 Stories High – Associate Producer
Posts available: They are open to having conversations about job sharing and joint application Contract: 18-month fixed term Term: Part-time Salary: £25,000 – £28,000 pro-rata (salary scale point dependent on experience) Hours per week: 30 hours Days per week: This is intentionally a four day week contract to enable the Associate Producer to engage in other independent work Reporting to: Co-CEO/Executive Director/ Youth Projects Producer Location: Toxteth TV, Windsor Street, Liverpool, L8 1XE.
20 Stories High creates theatre and art with and for underrepresented young people/young adults, emerging artists and world-class professionals. They create bold, heartfelt, and unique theatre experiences that enable social change – collaborating with young people & young adults to develop the stories they want to tell through the art forms they own and want to see. They are an Arts Council NPO and have established themselves as one of the leading national young people’s theatre companies.
They are looking for an Associate Producer who can bring new ideas, energy and creativity to this new role – someone who shares their values, mission, ambition and is committed to working with young audiences and participants.
This new role will work closely as a producing team with their Co-CEO/Exec Director, Co-CEO/Artistic Director and their Youth Projects Producer to produce the 20 Stories High programme. Different projects will be assigned a ‘lead’ producer, with others in the team taking on support/overseeing roles.
It is important to them that the Associate Producer shares the company’s values, and is committed to contributing to their developing practice in terms of both wellbeing and EDIA (Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Activism).
Posts available: 1 Contract: Permanent Term: Full-time Salary: £30,603 – £41,620, dependent on experience Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week Days per week: 5 days Reporting to: Head of Marketing Location: Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool with some home working.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children’s Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 330,000 patients and families they care for every year.
As a senior member of the fundraising team, the postholder will lead Alder Hey Children’s Charity’s individual giving and legacy fundraising with a focus on maximising income and lifetime value. They will develop and implement multi-year strategies to significantly increase income and other support from these areas, in line with the overall fundraising strategy. They will also play a key role in developing donor journeys for their existing and new supporters ensuring that donors feel valued and informed about the impact they are making.
Develop and implement strategic, multi-year plans and budgets for individual giving fundraising to significantly increase income and support including regular giving, direct mail, digital fundraising and legacy giving activity
Monitor progress against strategic plans and budgets producing regular fundraising and activity reports and other agreed KPIs including compiling reforecasts.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Debt Caseworker
Posts available: 1 Contract: The post is initially for 12 months, additional future funding is being sought Term: Full-time Salary: LA Payscale 5/6 £22,183 – £26,511 p.a. +5% Pension Contribution Hours per week: 35 hours Days per week: 5 days Reporting to: Senior Solicitor Location: Vauxhall, Liverpool.
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre has been providing free independent, expert legal advice to the community since 1973. They provide access to justice in our community on a range of social welfare issues, they offer welfare benefits, debt and housing advice as well as a bereavement advice service. They are based locally in Vauxhall, Liverpool and provide advice across the Liverpool City Region. They are a small community-based law centre.
The postholder will assist in providing an efficient and effective debt advice service, support and practical advice primarily in relation to debt. They will work as part of a team to ensure that clients are receiving the best support available to help them with any matters that arise out of debt and related matters. They will be required to provide advice through various service delivery points, including outreach locations working with public service partners such as the NHS.
For more information, you can call 0151 360 7777 or email recruitment@vauxhalllawcentre.org.uk.
Deadline: Midnight on 12 December 2021.
Interview date: 20 December 2021.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre – Bereavement Support Caseworker
Posts available: 1 Contract: The post is initially for 12 months, additional future funding is being sought Term: Full-time Salary: LA Payscale 5/6 £22,183 – £26,511 p.a. +5% Pension Contribution Hours per week: 35 hours Days per week: 5 days Reporting to: Senior Solicitor Location: Vauxhall, Liverpool.
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre has been providing free independent, expert legal advice to the community since 1973. They provide access to justice in our community on a range of social welfare issues, they offer welfare benefits, debt and housing advice as well as a bereavement advice service. They are based locally in Vauxhall, Liverpool and provide advice across the Liverpool City Region. They are a small community-based law centre.
The postholder will assist in providing an efficient and effective bereavement service, bereavement support and practical advice in relation to welfare benefits, debt and housing. They will work as part of a team to ensure that clients are receiving the best support available to help them with any matters that arise out of bereavement. They will be required to provide advice through various service delivery points, including outreach locations working with public service partners such as the NHS.
For more information, you can call 0151 360 7777 or email recruitment@vauxhalllawcentre.org.uk.
Deadline: Midnight on 12 December 2021.
Interview date: 17 December 2021.
Irish Community Care – Trustees
Irish Community Care (ICC) is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee. They currently have vacancies for Trustees to join their professional and forward-thinking Trustee Board. As a Trustee, you will contribute to the further success of the organisation, enhance existing skills and widen discipline areas.
ICC aims to ensure well informed, empowered and vibrant Irish and Irish Traveller communities in the North West. They have over 50 years of experience in community engagement, service provision, asset-based community development, partnership, collaboration and strategic representation.
They currently have vacancies for three inspiring people to join the Trustee Board. They wish to recruit applicants particularly, but not exclusively, with legal, financial, human resource or social justice expertise. An Irish connection is desirable, but it is not essential. They are keen to recruit first time Trustees who seek governance experience in their career development. Trustees are expected to have an interest in, or direct knowledge of, the charity sector and support organisations.
The role of the Trustee is to provide excellent governance; operate at a strategic level; oversee the organisation and hold it to account. Trustees are responsible for setting the mission and direction of the organisation, ensuring its continuing success and sustainability.
To become a member of the ICC Board you will be required to demonstrate a strong commitment to the purpose and values of the organisation and to offer the skills you have towards their common goal.
ICC requires all Trustees to attend 6 Trustee Board meetings each year and to participate in the same number of Committee meetings. Meetings of the Board normally take place early in the evening. There are occasional ‘away days’ and further duties, but the main responsibility outside formal meetings is to give support via email exchange. Formal meetings can be via Zoom as well as in person.
For an informal conversation about the Trustee role in the first instance and details about the next steps, please contact Breege McDaid, Director via email: breege.mcdaid@irishcc.net or by phone: 01512373987.
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in November 2021 and may have expired since then.
This role is subject to a DBS check.
Ibijoke Children Foundation UK – Foodbank Project Officer
Contract: Fixed-term contract for 12 months with the possibility of extension Term: Part-time Salary: £10,000 per year Hours per week: 20 hours with occasional weekend and unsociable hours Location: Liverpool Holidays: 12.5 days holiday per year plus bank holidays.
Ibijoke Children Foundation UK is a charity that was established in October 2018 that brings communities together and provides support that strengthens communities to face key issues. In particular, they provide vital help to those suffering from low-income/poverty. Primarily, this has been achieved through a foodbank and the recently introduced foodbank union scheme that sources and distributes basic items such as food, bedding, household goods, school uniforms etc to where there is a desperate need for them.
They are currently looking to appoint a part-time Foodbank Project Officer to support the effective running of the charity and particularly the functions relating to their foodbank project and food bank club. The post will handle client and service data to enable delivery in a coordinated and efficient way. The role will also support individual enquiries making referrals where necessary.
Applications should be made by sending a CV and covering letter outlining why you are interested in this role and how you feel you meet the requirements of the job description/person specification. These should be sent via email ibijokefoundationuk@gmail.com or by post to Ibijoke Children Foundation UK, 62 Prescot Road, Kensington, Liverpool, L6 0JA.
Contract: Permanent / Temporary / Bank Term: Full-time / Part-time Salary: Carer Weekday – £9.50ph / Carer Weekend – £9.80ph, Mileage increased to 20p Hours per week: Flexible Days per week: Flexible Reporting to: Branch Care Co-ordinator Location: Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, St. Helens.
Local Solutions is a charity that, since 1974 has been generating and delivering services to support individuals, families and communities with a primary focus on those experiencing disadvantage, exclusion and vulnerability. Their work is focused on serving the communities within the Liverpool City Region and North Wales.
Their work is guided by their vision of a society in which all people can live with dignity, lead fulfilled lives and realise their potential. Their mission is to Build Resilience, Raise Aspiration, and Improve Lives. They strive to achieve their mission by creating and delivering excellent and responsive services. By working for them, you are helping to make a difference to the lives of the people they work with and the service they provide.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a role within a leading health and social care charity. You will take on the role of Care Support Worker, working with the team to promote their values while contributing to improving the lives of their service users.
Care Support Workers provide practical support and personal care to individuals within their own homes. The role includes encouraging social inclusion within the community and assisting service users to promote independence and maintain their dignity at all times.
For more information, please email recruitment@localsolutions.org.uk or call 0800 988 2355.
Deadline: Ongoing recruitment.
Please note that this vacancy was first published in November 2021 and may have expired since then.
Fazakerley Community Federation & Library – Library and Family Community Engagement Officer
Salary: £25,461.00. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Fazakerley Community Federation Manager. Location: Formosa Drive, Liverpool, L10 7LQ.
Fazakerley Community Federation & Library is looking for someone with library and community experience with a background in community engagement. Good organisational skills are essential, and the successful candidate must be self–driven and able to communicate effectively. The role operates within a flexible environment that is people-focused. Working with families, young people, and vulnerable members of the community, the successful candidate will broaden the library’s appeal as a community resource. Developing activities around need and good computer skills are needed.
Key tasks include:
Oversee the operation of Library Buildings and Systems
Promote wider use of the facility by residents.
Promote digital inclusion and employability activities at the facility
Engage vulnerable families in a range of positive activities
Engage children in a range of positive activities
Work within their community partnership model
Develop new family services, within the community library
Develop a creative, innovative learning environment for all
Engage residents in health and wellbeing initiatives across both sites.
For more information and to apply, please email fazfed@hotmail.co.uk or call 01515231073.
Deadline: Friday 26 November 2021.
Fazakerley Community Federation & Library – Library and Family Community Engagement Assistant
Temporary until March 2022.
Salary: £14428.96. Hours per week: 28 hours. Reporting to: Fazakerley Community Federation Manager. Location: Fazakerley Community Library, Formosa Drive, Liverpool, L10 7LQ.
Fazakerley Community Federation & Library is looking for someone with good organisational skills, who is self-driven and can work in a flexible environment. Working with families, young people, and vulnerable members of the community, the successful candidate will encourage participation and collaboration. A flair for developing activities around need is essential. Good computer skills are also essential for the role.
Key tasks include:
Contribute towards the development of new family services, available at the community library
Promote digital inclusion and employability activities at the facility
Engage vulnerable families in a range of positive activities
Engage children in a range of positive activities
Promote outreach work to broaden community engagement
Develop a creative, innovative learning environment for all
Engage residents in health and wellbeing initiatives across both sites.
For more information and to apply, please email fazfed@hotmail.co.uk or call 01515231073.
Deadline: Friday 26 November 2021.
The UK Commission on Bereavement has launched a call for evidence for those affected by bereavement
The UK Commission on Bereavement is an independent commission set up to review the experiences of, and support available for, people affected by bereavement, and to make recommendations to key decision-makers. To help inform its ongoing work, the Commission has launched a call for evidence for both individuals affected by bereavement, and from professionals and organisations working in areas relevant to the inquiry.
The Commission is due to report early next year, and it is anticipated that this will include recommendations across the government. The Commission is independent of government and supported by a steering group of charity partners. They are keen to hear evidence from as wide a range of individuals and organisations as possible. You can take part in the commission by completing their short survey, either as an individual or on behalf of your organisation.
The call for evidence will close on Friday 31 December 2021.
The Women’s Organisation – Compliance and Audit Co-Ordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: This role is offered as a full-time or part-time role, please express your preference in the application form. Salary: £28,000 – £35,000. Reporting to: Operations Director. Location: Liverpool, L1 0AB.
The Women’s Organisation is a social enterprise that is the largest developer and deliverer of training and support for women in the UK. It has been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem for over a quarter of a century to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are currently expanding their diverse team.
Is this you?
Are you experienced in managing the compliance and audit of ESIF programmes?
Do you know your stuff and how to share it so others can understand stuff too?
Can you support an internal team and partner team members to be confident and capable to meet their project’s objective and desired impact?
If the answer is yes, you may be a match.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate coordination, leadership skills and capabilities and bring a well-developed understanding of the effective compliance and audit of ESIF partnerships and programmes.
You will be the key interface between their partnership and programme teams and the Leadership Team within the organisation.
You will be able to work with colleagues to review project delivery, quality and added value for clients. You will undertake final compliance and audit checks to ensure that robust and eligible claims are prepared which meet the commissioners needs and are ready for final sign off at senior level.
Working with the Partner Co-ordinators you will report regularly on partner and project performance to the SMT via regular reports and internal project meetings to enable effective partner and project management; partner performance in relation to activity and claims in line with their projected profile.
You will work closely and help guide the Partner Co-ordinator to undertake monthly monitoring and compliance partner checks, particularly in relation to ESIF (European Structural and Investment Funds) and other funded programmes; prepare Project Change Requests and respond to commissioner audit requests.
Interviews will take place on Wednesday 22 December 2021.
Crisis is looking for Driver Volunteers for Christmas
Crisis, a national charity for people experiencing homelessness is currently looking for driver volunteers for the 2021 Christmas period. They are looking for experienced drivers with access to their own vehicles to support their delivery service to Crisis members. You will work closely with staff and other volunteers to ensure the safe and timely delivery of packages such as hampers and wellbeing packs.
Ideally, you will have a good knowledge of the surrounding areas, and for insurance purposes, you must have a full driving license, have access to your own vehicle, have insurance that covers you for voluntary activities, have no more than 6 points and be 18+.
Time Commitment: Various dates throughout December 2021.
Core tasks and what you will achieve:
Transporting hampers, packs and other goods to members’ addresses
Checking in and out of your shifts with your supervisor
Reporting to your supervisor any concerns raised during shifts or any failed deliveries
Reporting to your supervisor any concerns raised during calls regarding a person’s wellbeing or safety
Maintaining client confidentiality
Following role risk assessment and COVID-19 guidance.
This list is not exhaustive, you could be asked to undertake any reasonable task.
The skills and experience they are looking for:
Volunteers must be 18+
Volunteers require access to their own vehicle and suitable insurance cover and details provided to Crisis
This role is subject to a DBS check
This role is subject to a DVLA check
Ability to follow instructions and also take the initiative when required
Good time-keeping and reliability
An understanding of the importance of confidentiality and maintaining boundaries.
You must be non-judgmental, patient and friendly as well as positive, productive and have a passion to help end homelessness.
Merseyside Junior Mentoring is currently running a Christmas Pyjama Appeal to provide local children with new and cosy nightwear for Christmas Eve. In previous years, this has been a huge success and after a couple of tough years for families, they are hoping to reach more families than ever before! Please support this appeal in any way that you can, by donating pyjamas or even just sharing this with friends, family, or colleagues.
If you think that you know any families that would benefit from this appeal then please do not hesitate to contact Renee (see below for details).
For more information, please see the leaflet below or contact Renee O’Brien (Merseyside Junior Mentoring Volunteer Co-ordinator) at Renee.obrien@actionforchildren.org.uk or 07841940290, her working days are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Hate crime and how to report it
The national narrative around asylum and immigration is difficult in normal times, and even more so today. Liverpool is a city of sanctuary and remains proud to be one. If people are suffering abuse either online or in person, please report it. Hate crime is never acceptable. For more in-depth information about hate crime and ways to report it, please see the leaflet from Our Liverpool.
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The National Lottery Community Fund launches their £3.5million Platinum Jubilee Fund
To mark Her Majesty the Queen’s 70th (Platinum) Jubilee, The National Lottery Community Fund will provide grants of up to £50,000 to 70 impactful community projects across the UK. The Platinum Jubilee Fund is now open for applications.
Funding programme key facts:
Area: Available UK wide but projects do not need to be operating across the UK
Suitable for: Small local voluntary or community organisations and groups
£3.5m is available and they’ll be offering grants between £30,000 – £50,000
70 projects will receive funding
Funded projects will have up to 2 years to deliver their activities from award
Will not cover capital costs.
They want to fund projects aligned to one or more of their three areas of focus:
Across Generations – Strengthening relationships between generations and creating a legacy for future generations
Community Renewal – Supporting new opportunities for people to develop skills and experiences in their local community, as well as opportunities to bring people together in new ways, and in new or different places and spaces
Our Shared Natural World – Deepening our care and action locally for the natural world.
Funded projects will need to be up and running by Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Central Weekend on 5 June 2022. They plan to make their final decisions on which projects to fund in Spring 2022. So, they would expect the projects they fund under this programme to start in Spring 2022 onwards.
What is an eligible organisation? You can apply if you are a:
voluntary or community organisation
registered charity
constituted group or club
not-for-profit company or Community Interest Company
school (as long as your project benefits and involves the communities around the school)
statutory body (including town, parish, community council or local council).
Liverpool Care Leavers Christmas Dinner needs your help!
Christmas dinners for care leavers was set up in 2013 with the aim that no care leaver (aged 16-25) should be alone on Christmas Day. Many care leavers are living alone and have little or no family support, so Christmas can often be very isolating and distressful.
The aim is to create a day to remember, to make new, joyful memories of Christmas, which they may not have experienced before. The project is organised nationally by local volunteers under the guidance of the Gold From The Stone Foundation. The project is running in Liverpool this year and they are looking for help.
They need:
A venue for Christmas Eve (to set up and decorate) and Christmas Day, both from approximately 10 am – 4 pm. Around 30-35 care leavers should be attending. They need the venue to be confirmed by 26 November 2021
A chef or someone with food preparation skills to make the main course for a buffet
Decorations for both the venue and for the Care Leavers’ homes
Storage for presents and decorations
High quality donated food for hampers
Boxes for food delivery (for those who are unable to attend in person)
Gift vouchers for 16-25-year-olds (music/games/fashion).
The food, venue, entertainment and gifts should all be of a high standard to reflect the value of the guests.
The Liverpool Food Growers Network is a community of organisations growing healthy, sustainable and good food in the Liverpool City Region. They aim to have a beneficial impact on the environment and improve food security throughout Liverpool. Whether you are a community garden, a faith organisation, a social enterprise or part of a larger organisation they would love for you to get involved. The more groups taking part, the better!
If there are any events, workshops, or other activities coming up at your urban farm, community garden, or organisation, they would love to include them in their monthly calendar. Simply email foodgrowers@liverpool.ac.uk the details and they will include them. Similarly, if you have not yet been featured on the Liverpool Food Growers map and would like to be, just send them an email with a short description of what you do and any other relevant information.
Survey
Liverpool Food Growers Network and the University of Liverpool are currently conducting research with local food growers. If your organisation does any food growing, please take part in their short online survey to help them understand the amount and types of growing groups in the Liverpool City Region, the agricultural activities and events taking place, and how their network can be optimised to support this. They are also investigating the scale and socio-economic impact of food growing in the Liverpool City Region. The survey won’t take more than five minutes to complete.
You can find and join the Liverpool Food Growers Network on Facebook.
Kooth and Qwell: FREE mental health and wellbeing platforms for all ages
Kooth and Qwell are mental health and wellbeing platforms that offer online counselling support. They have been commissioned in Liverpool to provide a safe and anonymous mental health and wellbeing service. There are no costs, no waiting lists, no referrals and no criteria required to access the service, which is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and delivered by Kooth plc, the UK’s largest digital mental health provider.
Kooth is available to those aged 10-25 via their website.
Qwell is available to those aged 26+ via their website.
They are available from 12 noon to 10 pm on a weekday and from 6 pm to 10 pm on a Saturday and Sunday.
Their services give adults and young people the opportunity to access online text-based counselling and support from qualified counsellors and emotional wellbeing practitioners.
If you would like to find out more, book a staff training session and/or request some signposting materials, contact Holly Cook via hcook@kooth.com.
Refugee & Asylum Action is looking for a space in Liverpool
Refugee & Asylum Action is looking for a space in the Liverpool City Centre, L6, L7 and L8 areas. They are looking for a space which contains 1 or 2 office rooms, a reception room and toilets.
Frequency of use: 8 hours a day (Monday to Friday) for 1 year.
Number of desks needed (if any): 3 desks.
Capacity of meeting space: 10 max.
Time of day needed: 9 am to 5 pm.
Able to pay: Yes.
Contact name: Laila Hazem.
Contact email: lailaqaid445@gmail.com
Contact telephone: 07399666624.
Merseyside Domestic Violence Service (MDVS) – Development Officer
Contract: 16 months – to be extended subject to funding. Salary: £16 per hour. Hours per week: 21 hours. Responsible to: Service Manager. Location: Liverpool.
For over 20 years Merseyside Domestic Violence Service (MDVS) has been delivering domestic abuse support services in Liverpool and Merseyside. MDVS is a successful local charity with a history of serving the most vulnerable families in Merseyside. It was set up in 2003 to safeguard women, children and young people through education, empowerment and prevention by tackling the root cause of domestic violence.
This is a new role that will enable MDVS to build on past achievements, develop new projects and initiatives and raise their profile and community awareness. The postholder will work with the team on specific projects and campaigns and have overall responsibility for MDVS’s external communications and profile.
The post will be varied and offer real opportunities to develop new skills and be part of a successful local charity. They envisage the successful applicant having experience and skills in some of the following:
Social marketing and communication
Campaigning
Project development and start-up
Building networks of supporters.
To be successful in this role, the postholder will need to be committed to MDVS’s innovative vision and values, to be able to work on their own initiative and have an entrepreneurial flair. The postholder will need to have strong leadership skills to take on this role and hit the ground running!
Deadline: Tuesday 30 November 2021.
Interviews will take place week commencing 30 November 2021.
The Reader – Cleaner
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: £9.89 per hour. Hours per week: 16 hours. Days per week: 7 days on a rota basis (0600-2000) Monday to Sunday. Reporting to: Cleaning Supervisor. Location: The Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and/or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
In this role, you will be part of the team that ensures their group members, their staff and volunteers, and members of the public have a comfortable, clean and safe environment in which to work and visit their buildings. You will have held a similar role in the commercial or social enterprise sector and will be able to demonstrate how previous experience translates to this role.
Key Responsibilities
Ensuring that a first-class cleaning service is delivered to all areas of each building on site by following the schedule prepared by the Head of Facilities
To operate cleaning machinery safely as set out in training and instructions, and ensure the cleanliness of equipment
Maintaining cleaning stock levels and informing the Supervisor of low stock levels
To be a key holder and ensure the integrity of their premises (training provided)
To undertake basic record-keeping and monitoring as directed by the supervisor and Head of Facilities
Report any equipment faults to the Cleaning Supervisor and request replacements where necessary
Working with the cleaning supervisor to ensure all H&S regulations are followed and use approved cleaning materials in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions and COSHH regulations.
Person Specification
Ability to demonstrate practical planning and delivery
Strong interpersonal skills and has the ability to communicate effectively with staff, volunteers, group members and members of the public
Understands and is able to demonstrate the importance of high standards
Is able to work collaboratively and across a number of premises
Understands and can demonstrate the importance of COSHH regulations
Can manage time effectively, be punctual and reliable
Be flexible to changing demands of the post
Be trustworthy, maintain confidentiality at all times in respect of organisational matters
Share their ethos and values
Have a proven track record of cleaning buildings in the commercial and/or social enterprise sector (desirable).
To read the full job description and to apply, please visit the Reader website.
For more information, please contact Laura Kershaw at laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk.
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in November 2021 and may have expired since then.
Interview date: December 2021.
PSS – Safeguarding & Quality Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £24,101. Hours per week: 37 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Head of Quality. Location: Eleanor Rathbone House, 24 Derby Road, Liverpool, L5 9PR.
At PSS, they’ve got an important job to do and that’s to help people make the most of their lives – whatever life throws at them. Whether you’re working directly with the people who use their services, or behind the scenes in one of their offices, every day you’ll be helping to make other people feel happier, healthier and more supported.
They’re a social enterprise or as they like to call it – a ‘business with a heart’. This means that all the money they make goes back into finding new ways to support people. They’ve got offices across Merseyside, Wales, Manchester, Lincolnshire, the Midlands, Norfolk and Suffolk where they’re making their stamp. Their quality team is based in their head office, Eleanor Rathbone House in Liverpool.
As their safeguarding and quality officer, you’ll join a small but mighty team known within PSS for its efficiency, its on-the-nose accuracy and its cracking sense of humour. All the things you need to make sure they’re aiming to be the best in the west (and the east, north and south, just to be clear).
What that involves:
Supporting and empowering their teams to be the best they can be when it comes to effective information sharing, good quality reporting and risk management
Maintaining and developing great reporting systems and processes, analysing how they’re doing and reporting back to their senior teams
Being an all-round awesome people person who’s able to build effective relationships with PSS people – from the people they support, to their quality checkers (who have lived experience and support them to develop their services), to their partners, teams and trustees
Keeping a close eye on exactly how they’re doing all year round even when their regulators like CQC in England and CIW in Wales are at home with their feet up and their fluffy slippers on.
First and foremost, they need someone who lives up to their PSS values of being big-hearted, genuine, determined, professional and open-minded. You’ll need a level 4 diploma in business administration or equivalent, a positive and productive attitude and a commitment to their important confidentiality processes and procedures.
To read the full job description and to apply, please visit the PSS website.
For more information, please contact the Head of Quality at Simone.McCaskill@pss.org.uk or 07939864592.
Deadline: Friday 3 December 2021.
The Reader – Operations and Events Coordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £20,000 – £24,000 per annum. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 7 days on a rota basis, Monday to Sunday. Reporting to: Operations Manager. Location: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB.
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and/or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
This is an exciting opportunity for a positive and practically minded individual with an aptitude for maintaining high standards to join their Operations team at Calderstones Park.
The Reader’s Calderstones site is a large multi-purpose community setting for their Shared Reading mission, with a focus on social enterprise activity to support the charity’s wider work across the UK. As a member of their Operations team, you will be responsible for overseeing the safe running of activity on-site.
As Operations and Events Coordinator, you will also have the responsibility of overseeing the successful delivery of a number of their internal programmed events and private hire events at Calderstones Mansion House.
To read the full job description and to apply, please visit the Reader website.
For more information, please contact Laura Kershaw at laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk or 0151 729 2200.
Deadline: 9 am on Monday 13 December 2021.
Irish Community Care – Digital Inclusion Volunteer Co-ordinator
Term: Full-time. Contract: Fixed Term to June 2022 initially. Hours: 35 hours per week. Salary: £23,175 per annum.
Irish Community Care is a charitable company whose aim is to ensure well informed, empowered and vibrant Irish communities in the North West. They are currently recruiting dynamic individuals with a track record of leadership and innovation to join their forward-thinking team.
The postholder will recruit and co-ordinate a dedicated team of volunteers to support digital inclusion, enabling people to widen opportunities, address loneliness and isolation whilst enhancing knowledge, skills and independence.
For an informal discussion, please contact Breege McDaid on 0151 2373987.
To request an application pack, please call Josie Gibson on 0151 2373987 or email admin@irishcc.net.
Closing date: Monday 29 November 2021.
Interviews: w/c 6 December 2021.
Irish Community Care – Digital Inclusion Lead
Term: Full-time. Contract: Fixed Term to June 2022 initially. Hours: 35 hours per week. Salary: £26,780 per annum.
Irish Community Care is a charitable company whose aim is to ensure well informed, empowered and vibrant Irish communities in the North West. They are currently recruiting dynamic individuals with a track record of leadership and innovation to join their forward-thinking team.
The postholder will increase digital knowledge and confidence, enabling community members to become digitally connected to widen opportunities, help overcome loneliness and isolation whilst enhancing knowledge, skills and independence.
For an informal discussion, please contact Breege McDaid on 0151 2373987.
To request an application pack, please call Josie Gibson on 0151 2373987 or email admin@irishcc.net.
Closing date: Monday 29 November 2021.
Interviews: w/c 6 December 2021.
Irish Community Care – Employment Training and Education Link Worker
Term: Full-time. Contract: Fixed Term to September 2022. Hours: 35 hours per week. Salary: £23,175 per annum.
Irish Community Care is a charitable company whose aim is to ensure well informed, empowered and vibrant Irish communities in the North West. They are currently recruiting dynamic individuals with a track record of leadership and innovation to join their forward-thinking team.
The postholder will improve the employability of long-term unemployed/economically inactive NEET people from Irish, Irish Traveller, Gypsy Traveller and wider communities across the Liverpool City Region.
For an informal discussion, please contact Breege McDaid on 0151 2373987.
To request an application pack, please call Josie Gibson on 0151 2373987 or email admin@irishcc.net.
Closing date: Monday 29 November 2021.
Interviews: w/c 6 December 2021.
Irish Community Care – Advice and Advocacy Worker
Term: Full-time. Contract: Fixed Term 1 year initially. Hours: 35 hours per week. Salary: £23,175 per annum.
Irish Community Care is a charitable company whose aim is to ensure well informed, empowered and vibrant Irish communities in the North West. They are currently recruiting dynamic individuals with a track record of leadership and innovation to join their forward-thinking team.
The postholder will deliver one to one casework interventions, offer support to individuals and families to identify strengths and assets which will help to resolve immediate and crisis situations and more enduring issues, make links with and refer to appropriate partner agencies and promote a multiagency approach.
For an informal discussion, please contact Breege McDaid on 0151 2373987.
To request an application pack, please call Josie Gibson on 0151 2373987 or email admin@irishcc.net.
Closing date: Monday 29 November 2021.
Interviews: w/c 6 December 2021.
Personal Success – Administrative Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary but could lead to Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £8.72 per hour. Hours per week: 30 hours. Days per week: Monday to Friday. Reporting to: The Executive Director. Location: Room 5, 15 High Park St, Liverpool L8 8DX.
Personal Success is a local educational and training organisation, they are based in the L8 area of Liverpool, they have over 21 nationalities who access their centre. Their courses comprise both accredited and non accredited courses ranging from emergency first aid, food safety, health and safety at work, security training courses, conflict and physical intervention courses etc.
Duties
Keep a register of details about each child/young person (home phone number, emergency contact, medical information)
Support the Projects Manager to liaise with mainstream schools
Maintain records such as enrolment forms, class registers, risk assessment, parental consent and other required records
Keep records of the hours’ staff/volunteers work
Collect fees and donations and record all payments
Phone parents to check on registrations, absences, and organise outings and special events
Liaison with parents about the dates of school terms, special events and outings
Act as health and safety officer for the school
Run fire drills and make safety checks
Act as key holder and make sure children/young people are collected safely and premises are secure
Co-ordinate video/photography/testimonials
Receive, document and process enquires (face to face, phone, email, social media)
Create databases for potential clients, community leaders, organisations
Email invitations to contacts on a database set up systems for resources using Google Drive/Dropbox/Trello
Co-ordinate open day (arrangements with venue, staff, presentations, invitees)
Liaise with designers, web designers and printers for the production of marketing materials
Organise meetings as required by Projects Manager
Set up reporting systems on progress towards KPIs: number of enquiries, number of website visits, number of downloads, number of emails opened, number of enrolments, number of deposits received, number of open day registrations, number of meetings with community leaders and stakeholders
Co-ordinate leafleting and evaluating impact
Setting up a record-keeping system for tutors including collating CVs, timesheets, reviewing for accuracy, setting up a payment system for them
Post on social media
Attend events to promote the service and develop and deliver presentations where necessary
Support the development of resources including for the online platform as directed by Projects Manager
Organise end-of-year prize-giving and certification presentation
Be willing to support the Projects Manager in writing bids.
Additional duties/responsibilities
You may be asked to carry out other tasks as may be required from time to time, and to work in accordance with the policies and aspirations of the organisation
The nature of Personal Success work is such that tasks and responsibilities can be unpredictable and/or varied. All staff are therefore expected to work in a flexible manner when tasks that are not specifically covered in their job description have to be undertaken
Personal Success Charity is a learning organisation and is committed to excellence. All staff have a responsibility to contribute to making Personal Success a better, and ultimately an excellent, learning organisation
The post-holder will, as required, contribute to materials/resources/publications/newsletters/website and team meetings
The post-holder will be aware of the provisions of health and safety, as detailed in the health and safety manual
The post-holder will uphold and reflect Personal Success values and policies in respect of equality and diversity in all they do and say
All data must be used securely, confidentially and responsibly.
To apply, please email your CV to Mr Bello at pssedu@gmail.com.
For more information, please email pssedu@gmail.com or phone 07886019690.
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in November 2021 and may have expired since then.
Interview date: 29/11/2021 or earlier.
PF Homes – Bank Residential Care Worker
Salary: £10.50 – £12.50 per hour. Reporting to: Registered Manager, Assistant Manager. Location: Liverpool.
Positive Futures Homes (PF Homes) is a new trading company set up by the youth development charity Positive Futures (PF) Liverpool. They want to invest in the long-term outcomes of the young people in their care. As such, they will reinvest any surplus profit back into their homes, and Positive Futures. By doing this, they can ensure that they make a real difference to the lives of the young people they care for while making their homes a great place to work at.
What makes them different?
They invest heavily in ensuring homes are in the nicest locations and beautifully decorated, allowing children to express their characters, feel safe and enrich their lives
They mainly have 2-bed homes, with an absolute max of 3
They will offer a mental health provision as standard for every young person in their care
They will give them preferential access to all the services offered by Positive Futures, be that Targeted Support, Counselling skills, CBT skills, recreational or social provision.
For this role, they are looking for passionate, child-centred individuals who share their ethos in wanting to provide the best quality of care to the young people who reside in their homes. As a PF Homes employee, you will be responsible for providing the highest standard of care for their children and help promote a safe and nurturing environment for their development. The children that they care for demonstrate a wide range of challenging behaviours and can be very demanding of your time, attention, and emotions. You will need a high level of self-resilience and will need to understand that the challenging behaviours the children may display are often the result of abuse and or neglect and other negative early childhood experiences. As part of your hours, you will be required to work weekends, unsocial hours, bank holidays, as well as do sleep-in duties.
Qualifications/Experience Needed
At least 12 month’s experience of working with young people within a youth, education, or residential setting
Willing to work towards a Level 3 qualification in Residential Child Care (England).
For more information, please email info@pfhomes.org.uk.
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in November 2021 and may have expired since then.
Halton & St Helens VCA – Local Implementation Lead (Halton)
Term: Part-time. Salary: £13,750 actual salary per annum. Hours per week: 15 hours. Holidays: 26 days and public holidays pro-rata.
This is a new role that is key to the success of the Lloyds Bank Foundation Development Team’s work in the six communities that are part of their People and Communities work. The overall purpose is to support Lloyds Bank Foundation’s Development team to develop and deliver their asset-based ‘system change’ work with charities and a wide range of partners in Halton. The focus of the work is to develop approaches to how services for those with complex social needs can be designed, delivered and resourced – with a focus upon the unique contribution small and medium-size charities (SMCs) make to meeting those needs, within the context of austerity, Brexit, Covid-19 as well as local challenges.
You’ll be energetic and enthusiastic and unphased by working to deadlines or under pressure with a good eye for detail, enabling them to deliver their emerging programme of work with excellence. Additionally, they require someone with very well-developed negotiation, communication and coordination skills who understands the complexities of service provision for people facing complex social issues.
What has happened so far in this work?
The Team at Lloyds Bank Foundation have worked with partners in Halton to develop plans and a vision for the difference the work will make locally. From this, a starting point has been collectively chosen, which is food poverty with a specific focus on how this affects children. This is now being developed and taken forward through engagement with a range of partners and the Local Implementation Lead will be a key part of developing and embedding this work.
Arrangements
This role will be based at Halton and St Helens Voluntary Community Action but will work very closely with the Development Team at Lloyds Bank Foundation in helping to establish their long-term work with partners in Halton. This role is for an initial period of one year in order to establish the work and part of the role will assess and plan for the resource needs of the wider systems work going forward.
Hope for the Future – Regional Coordinator (North of England and Scotland)
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary Maternity Cover (12 month contract). Term: Full-time. Salary: £25,500 p.a. Hours per week: 35 hours. Days per week: 5 days. Reporting to: Head of Research and Engagement. Location: Liverpool.
Hope for the Future is a leading specialist in training citizens to work with politicians on climate change. Their vision is to see politicians of all political persuasions joining together with each other and with communities across the UK to take decisive action on climate change. Based in Sheffield with regional offices in Liverpool and London, they’re a small but fast-growing charity, with a strong vision, supportive working culture and the drive to make an impact.
The Regional Coordinator (North of England and Scotland) is responsible for ensuring Hope for the Future’s core work is successfully delivered across the region. The post-holder will manage a small team of Constituency Support Officers (CSOs) based across the region to ensure they are supporting constituents to effectively engage their local MP or other political representatives to take action on climate change.
The role requires a self-motivated individual with some experience in project management and community / political engagement processes. The Regional Coordinator has two main areas of focus:
Ensuring Hope for the Future’s engagement, delivery and impact targets are achieved within the region
Act as the regional contact/lead for Hope for the Future, maintaining strong partner relationships and knowledge of local developments whilst working with the Head of Research and Engagement to identify and develop new opportunities within the region.
The role will require regular travel around the region to workshops and meetings and to the head office in Sheffield.
For more information, please email applications@hftf.org.uk.
Deadline: Monday 6 December 2021 at 9 am.
Interview date(s): Week commencing Monday 13 December 2021.
Liverpool Community Advice – Housing Solicitor
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-time. Salary: Competitive salary plus bonus. Hours per week: 17.5 hours. Reporting to: Chief Executive. Location: Liverpool Community Advice, 1st Floor, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2JH.
Liverpool Community Advice (LCA) is an independent charity, providing information, advice and representation to the public on a range of social welfare matters.
LCA holds both a 2018 Standard Civil Contract and a Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme (HPCDS) contract. An opportunity has now arisen for an experienced Housing Solicitor to join their team of specialist housing advisers.
For more information and to apply, please contact enquiries@liverpoolcommunityadvice.org.uk.
If you would like an informal discussion about the role, prior to applying, please contact Kristian Khan, Chief Executive on 0151 237 2679.
Kinship Carers is a registered Liverpool-based charity that supports families. Their aim is to reduce isolation and stigma felt by families, offering support with the many challenges they face and to raise awareness about kinship. With their recent success in securing 3 years of Steve Morgan funding, they are looking to recruit a dynamic, community-minded Project Worker who has high levels of experience for this exciting new phase of their development.
They are looking for candidates who have experience of working with families, with a focus on children and young people, achieving positive outcomes through direct work. They will have experience working with families who often have complex needs, creating positive relationships and developing packages to support these needs.
Candidates will need knowledge of delivering community-based support services to families across the city. You will be looking to grow your own career and to get involved with developing effective systems which will be key for them in developing an efficient support programme for Kinship Families.
The main function of this post is to provide an efficient, effective and qualitative support service. To work collaboratively as a team member to achieve agreed team goals and objectives.
For an application pack please email eve@kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk or call0151 270 2108.
Closing date: Monday 15 November 2021 at 5 pm.
Candidates invited for an interview will be informed by Wednesday 17 November 2021.
Interview date: Wednesday 24 November 2021.
Sahir House – Trustees
Sahir House is looking for new trustees to join its board of trustees. This is your opportunity to volunteer as a Trustee with Sahir House, a multi-award-winning charity. They provide a range of support services like sexual health testing, health promotion and training for people living with (or affected by) HIV, LGBTQ+ people and those from the asylum and refugee communities.
Skills and experience required
They are seeking people who are committed to the values of their charity; who are able to communicate with diplomacy and who can exercise fairness and good judgement. They are seeking a mix of skills and experience to complement the current board members. They don’t expect candidates to have all of the skills below however, they are particularly looking for the following skills/experience:
Digital media, communications and engagement – In a post-COVID world, more of their work will be delivered through digital means
Grant funding and service level agreements/contracts – Sahir House is funded through a mix of contracts, grant funding and income generated from fundraising and training activities. With new contracts due to be tendered within the next year, they are looking to strengthen the board in this area
Knowledge of health and social care systems – This would help the board to develop an understanding of how health and social care is funded, commissioned and delivered; experience of influencing decision-makers and addressing health inequalities would be preferable
Knowledge of asylum and refugee systems – This would help the board to develop an understanding of how these systems function and how they are commissioned and delivered.
Sahir House welcomes diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. They especially invite applications from groups that reflect the diverse nature of the Sahir House service user population – HIV positive, disabled, BAME, LGBTQ+ and refugee/asylum-seeking communities.
Their trustees serve in a voluntary capacity and out of pocket expenses will be reimbursed by the charity. Sahir House invests in the personal development of board members, ensuring their skills and knowledge develop in line with the changing demands of the role.
You do not need to have been a trustee before to apply.
All appointments are subject to satisfactory references.
To find out more about the role, please email gillian.clotworthy@sahir.uk.com.
Closing date: Wednesday 1 December 2021.
Comics Youth CIC – Graphic Medicine Project Worker
Posts available: 1. Contract: 6 months (option to extend pending funding). Term: Part-time. Salary: £20K pro-rata. Hours per week: 15 hours. Days per week: 2 days. Reporting to: Projects Manager. Location: Suite 3.3, Tempest Building, L2 2DT with satellite provision across Alder Hey Children’s Hospital with reimbursement of agreed reasonable travel expenses. Some sessions will be delivered digitally via Microsoft Teams.
Comics Youth CIC is an innovative non-profit that delivers comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects for disadvantaged children and young people aged 8-25 within Merseyside and the wider Knowsley Borough. The overall ethos of the organisation is to break down participation barriers for marginalised groups including looked after children, young LGBTQIA people, care leavers, young carers and young people experiencing complex mental ill-health within the Liverpool City Region to make, create and publish comic books about salient community issues. Sessions are delivered within safe, inclusive, and indiscriminate community venues.
The post of Graphic Medicine Project Worker is an exciting and dynamic position that is integral to the development of Comics Youth CIC’s core mission and objectives. The post-holder will provide an integrated package of proactive, reactive, and rehabilitative support for chronically and terminally ill young people aged 8 – 18 via the delivery of ward-based and online comic book creation as well as graphic narrative sessions in conjunction with patients. The role will require an aptitude for illustration and considerable energy, enthusiasm, passion, and empathy to inspire young people to have their voices heard. The post holder will develop resources for young people and deliver one-to-one workshops at the bedside and via Microsoft teams in conjunction with project staff to capture patient voices. The project will culminate in publishing an anthology of young people’s patient stories. 50% of the role will entail direct Youth Work and 50% will entail illustration work.
For more information, please contact Anna Macdonald via anna@comicsyouth.co.uk.
Deadline: Tuesday 23 November at 5 pm.
Interview date: 30 November 2021.
Strawberry Lemonade Events is looking for a space in Liverpool
Strawberry Lemonade Events, a corporate event management firm as well as a social enterprise is looking for a space in the Liverpool area. It can be anywhere in Liverpool preferably close to the city centre. They are looking for a small meeting room to hold training classes for a social enterprise project.
Frequency of use: 2-3 hours weekly for 6-10 weeks. Also 2 x 2-day blocks.
Ibijoke Children Foundation UK are looking for Volunteer Drivers
Ibijoke Children Foundation UK is a non-profit charitable organisation focused on helping disadvantaged children, young people and their families and individuals in need. They are currently looking for volunteer drivers who can collect donated food and other goods from supermarkets and stores that they partner with.
For more information, please see the poster above.
Big Help Group Community Impact Fund
The Big Help Group is encouraging people and organisations based within the Liverpool City Region who have innovative ideas for projects which will support their area to apply for funding. Applicants are eligible to apply for Community Impact Funding between £500 up to £1500.
Who can apply:
Individuals, groups, and organisations based within the Liverpool City Region; including Knowsley, Sefton, Halton, St Helens, Liverpool and Wirral who operate their own existing project or have innovative new ideas that will support their local community are eligible to apply for funding. Applicants who have been previously unsuccessful in the last funding round will be eligible to reapply for funding.
They’ll support projects that:
Support local community needs
Support marginalised or excluded groups
Adapt services to meet new conditions
Funds to keep services running.
They will particularly welcome applications from projects that focus specifically on: women’s safety, environmental projects, refugee support, LGBTQIA+ led organisations, BAME led organisations, women-led organisations.
Wirral Mencap are seeking Volunteer Buddies as part of Befriending Week
When: Monday 1 – Sunday 7 November 2021. Where: Nationwide.
Wirral Mencap is excited to be celebrating Befriending Week and wants to highlight the positive impact that Befriending can bring and encourage others to be a Volunteer Buddy with them.
One of their Befrienders shares what Befriending means to them:
‘’Befriending is a chat and a human connection! It’s sharing your likes, dislikes, your day-to-day activities, and being an ear to listen to when needed. It’s building connections with another individual that brings joy to your life!
It’s an incredible experience that can really open your eyes and expand your mind to the wonderful human connections we sometimes miss in our busy lives. You get to know someone whose path you may have never crossed without the befriending scheme, and variety is the spice of life!’’
If you would like to find out more about joining their Volunteer Buddy team please call Lisa on 0151 666 1829 or email volunteer@mencapwirral.org.uk.
For more information about Wirral Mencap, please visit their website or call 0151 666 1829.
Smallwood Trust – Women’s Sector Resilience Fund Phase 2
Smallwood Trust’s Women’s Sector Resilience Fund Phase 2 is now open for applications. In this round, they have £1.5 million available and with that, they want to fund approximately three networks over three years to achieve the programme goals of:
Working with networks of organisations united by geography to reduce gendered poverty in their area
Building capacity within local communities to help the local women’s sector to create sustainable change.
Each network can apply for up to £500k to be spent over three years.
It is a place-based approach to systems change that is open to networks in and around the following areas:
The Women’s Organisation – Positive Action Trainee Engagement Adviser
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £18,300 – 19,500. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Reporting to: Head of Marketing and Engagement. Location: 54 St James Street, L1 0AB.
The Women’s Organisation is a social enterprise that is the largest developer and deliverer of training and support for women in the UK. It has been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem for over a quarter of a century to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are currently expanding their diverse team.
Is this you?
You will care as much as they do about the client’s journey and experience
You will have started to gain some skills and experience perhaps in a customer service or community relationships environment and will be ready to soak in learning to take the next step in your career
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with an understanding or experience of the impact of racism, gender inequality or the medical model of disability to make a positive impact in the region
You will learn how to be the welcoming front door of The Women’s Organisation for women contacting them looking for help
You will have natural empathy and be able to retain a vast range of information well
They will help you to hone these skills to learn how to offer a diagnostic of needs and the ability to signpost women into the right support for them
They are hoping to find someone passionate about making a difference who will help them to develop fresh approaches to reach out and engage with their clients, ensuring that women from all backgrounds and communities have the opportunity to connect with them
You will need to be a proactive individual with excellent verbal, written, listening, and information analysis skills
They are particularly (but not exclusively) interested in hearing from those who have working knowledge of the Halton community (though happy to hear from those willing to get to know the area). Maybe you live in Halton or have previously worked there and so have an understanding of the community, the challenges and opportunities there.
Closing date: 12 pm on Wednesday 10 November 2021.
Your organisation could win a £100 donation if you sign up to easyfundraising with LCVS
easyfundraising has set up a free prize draw and could donate £100 to one of the organisations that registers for easyfundraising through LCVS. All you have to do is register by using the link below by 30 November 2021. With the busy Black Friday and Christmas shopping period on the horizon, now is a great time to give easyfundraising a try.
If you are already registered for easyfundraising through our link, you can still enter to win that £100 donation. All you have to do is recruit three new supporters before 30 November and your organisation will also be automatically entered into this exclusive prize draw.
easyfundraising turns your supporters’ online purchases into free donations for your voluntary organisation, non-profit, charity, or CIC. By using the easyfundraising website or app to shop with any of over 6,000 well-known retailers, your staff, volunteers and supporters will raise a free donation for you at no extra cost.
Early Years and Childcare Survey from Liverpool City Council
Liverpool City Council is currently consulting with families of children to find out about their experiences of professional childcare. This is to help them shape the future of childcare provision for children and young people here in our city.
This survey is to find out more about what parents, carers and families think about childcare in Liverpool. They want to hear about your experiences, thoughts and feelings about childcare – whether that’s early years daycare or wraparound services for school-aged children. If you have decided not to use childcare, they want to hear from you too!
If you have any questions about the survey, please email EarlyYears@liverpool.gov.uk or call them on 0151 233 0499.
Closing date: Friday 5 November 2021.
Suspected loan shark arrested in Liverpool
A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of illegal money lending and money laundering offences in Liverpool. The England Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) working in partnership with Liverpool City Council’s Trading Standards team and Merseyside Police executed a warrant at an address in Fazakerley on Tuesday, October 26 2021. Officers seized documentation and electronic devices during a search of the property. The suspect remains in police custody for questioning.
Residents are being advised to watch out for warning signs of loan sharks and report them if they are approached by one. A loan shark may:
Give little or no paperwork
Avoid telling the interest rate or how much is still owed
Add random charges or keep increasing the amount
Take items as security, such as passports, bank cards or driving licences
Refuse to allow you to settle your debt
Resort to intimidation, threats or violence.
The IMLT recently launched an interactive film with Liverpool-based Perception Theatre warning young people about the online dangers of loan sharks. During the pandemic, some loan sharks moved their activities online, using social media platforms to prey on those who are most vulnerable. The interactive film ‘SHARK’ puts viewers in the shoes of the main character Liam, allowing them to make choices on his behalf and decide what happens next after he is introduced to a loan shark on Snapchat. The scenarios presented in the film are designed to highlight the risks faced by young people on social media and the consequences that can occur when borrowing from illegal money lenders. The situations are based on real-life experiences of victims of loan sharks.
Anyone with concerns about loan sharks can contact the Stop Loan Sharks 24 Hour Helpline on 0300 555 2222 or access support online. Live chat is available on the website between 9 am and 5 pm, Monday to Friday.
Liverpool Safeguarding Children Partnership (LSCP) have lots of training opportunities available
Liverpool Safeguarding Children Partnership (LSCP) have a number of training opportunities available for the remainder of 2021. LSCP supports a culture of continuous learning and improvement by providing opportunities for partner agencies to come together to reflect upon the quality of their safeguarding services, to ‘learn together’ from experiences and as a result to improve services.
All events are developed and delivered by members of the multi-agency workforce who are practitioners with a wealth of knowledge and experience in safeguarding and child protection.
Sessions include:
Child on parent domestic abuse
Domestic abuse awareness
Introduction to Safeguarding
Introduction to Early Help and EHAT.
And much more.
For more information about the above and other upcoming training events, please visit the LSCP website.
There is also a wealth of free e-learning available on the LSCP website.
Click here for information on how to access the online booking system.
LCR Culture & Creativity Awards – Nominations now open
The LCR Culture & Creativity Awards recognise and celebrate excellence and innovation in art, culture and creativity within the Liverpool City Region. It is now open for nominations. Part of the Metro Mayor’s Percent for Culture initiative, these awards recognise the value and huge contribution that the cultural and creative sector bring to the Liverpool City Region making it one of the most vibrant and exciting places to live, work, study in, visit or do business in.
They want to acknowledge the power and value of culture and creativity and how they achieve positive outcomes that everyone can benefit from including:
work by artists/arts organisations
creative and imaginative ideas within communities
innovation within business, work and education.
Nominations can be for an individual, organisation, group or partnership that is involved in the creation, promotion and use of culture and creativity including the following art forms:
Performing Arts (eg: Theatre, Dance, Music, Opera)
Lister Steps at the Old Library – Honorary Treasurer
This is a voluntary role.
Posts available: 1 – Trustee and Treasurer. Location: Tuebrook, Liverpool L13 7EB.
Requirement of Trustees:
Relevant qualifications or training in Finance/Accountancy
To attend monthly Board meetings on a regular basis and sub-committee meetings as appropriate
To sign up to a Code of Practice and Confidentiality Statement
To provide a Criminal Record Check (DBS)
To provide two references
Any appointment will depend on approval from Ofsted, their governing body.
Lister Steps is a value-led charity operated as a company limited by guarantee. It was established in 1997 by parents for parents to address the need for community services and affordable childcare. Lister Steps successfully secured funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for the full restoration of the beautiful Grade 11 listed Carnegie Library on Green Lane L13. The restoration was completed in 2020 and The Old Library has become the new home for Lister Steps. The relocation to The Old Library has enabled them to fulfil their charitable aims and to serve the people of Tuebrook. The Old Library provides childcare, room hire, a café, a venue for weddings, conferences, local groups – crafts, art, yoga, adult education courses and community gardens.
The Role of a Treasurer
The Treasurer, as a Trustee of Lister Steps, would also be a Director. The role would be to monitor the financial administration of the charity and to report to the Board of Trustees on its state of financial health, in line with best practice and in compliance with legal requirements to provide the Board with the confidence and knowledge to make good strategic decisions. Trustees are also Directors of the charity and are the governing body of the organisation. The Board takes an overview of the project and helps to steer the organisation towards its aims.
The main areas of involvement of the Treasurer include:
Making sure the charity keeps proper accounts
Review of the charity’s financial performance
Drawing up and reviewing policies for finance
Ensuring that the charity has robust and effective financial controls in place
Reporting on financial matters to Trustees at Board meetings and members of the organisation at the SGM
Liaising with the Finance Manager and the Independent Examiner/Auditor.
They are looking to recruit a Treasurer who:
Wishes to take part in the further development of Lister Steps
Has the time and commitment to actively work together with the members of the Board, including the Finance Manager to drive the charity forwards
Has an ability to present financial information to the Board in a format that helps members to fully understand the financial position of the charity.
Expectation of Trustees at Lister Steps
Lister Steps is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. They value all their children and families. They promote mutual respect and are inclusive. Their services promote the fundamental values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs. They expect trustees to adhere to these values.
For more information, please contact Julie May, Company Secretary on juliemay62@hotmail.com.
They can send out a trustee recruitment pack and arrange an informal interview.
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in October 2021 and may have expired since then.
Lister Steps at the Old Library – Trustee
This is a voluntary role.
Posts available: They are looking to expand their Board of Trustees by recruiting up to 5 new trustees. Location: Tuebrook, Liverpool L13 7EB.
Requirement of Trustees:
To attend monthly Board Meetings on a regular basis and sub-committee meetings as appropriate
To sign up to a Code of Practice and Confidentiality Statement
To provide a Criminal Record Check (DBS)
To provide two references
Any appointment will be dependent on approval from Ofsted, their governing body.
Lister Steps is a value-led charity operated as a company limited by guarantee. It was established in 1997 by parents for parents to address the need for community services and affordable childcare. Lister Steps successfully secured funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for the full restoration of the beautiful Grade 11 listed Carnegie Library on Green Lane L13. The restoration was completed in 2020 and The Old Library has become the new home for Lister Steps. The relocation to The Old Library has enabled them to fulfil their charitable aims and to serve the people of Tuebrook. The Old Library provides childcare, room hire, a café, a venue for weddings, conferences, local groups – crafts, art, yoga, adult education courses and community gardens.
The Role of a Trustee at Lister Steps
Trustees are also Directors of the charity and are the governing body of the organisation. The Board takes an overview of the project and helps to steer the organisation towards its aims.
The role of the Board includes:
Giving direction – making overall plans and monitoring progress. It sets the strategy and policies of Lister Steps
Managing people – working in partnership with the CEO, getting the best out of people, paid staff and volunteers
Making the organisation accountable – Trustees must comply with statutory accounting and demonstrate that the charity is complying with the law, is well run and delivers the charity outcomes for the benefit of the public for which it was set up for.
They are looking to recruit Trustees who:
Wish to take part in the further development of Lister Steps
Have the time and commitment to actively work together with the members of the Board to drive the charity forwards
Can bring experience, specialist skills and or a relevant network
Are parents/carers of children attending their services
Have a personal connection with the area.
They are looking to recruit Trustees who have one or more of the following skills:
Social enterprise / Business Management
PR, Marketing or Event Management
Human Resources and Law
Finance Management.
Expectation of Trustees at Lister Steps
Lister Steps is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. They value all their children and families. They promote mutual respect and are inclusive. Their services promote the fundamental values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs. They expect trustees to adhere to these values.
For more information, please contact Julie May, Company Secretary on juliemay62@hotmail.com.
They can send out a trustee recruitment pack and arrange an informal interview.
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in October 2021 and may have expired since then.
National Careers Service – Whatever the stage of your career, they can help
The National Careers Service provides free, expert, impartial information, advice and guidance on careers, skills and the labour market in England. They can help you figure what you need to do to get to where you want to be and work with you to put a plan in place to get you there. Their service is available to anyone aged 13 or over, no matter what stage of the careers journey you’re in.
They can help you with:
Discovering your skills – Their skills assessments will help you to identify your skills, interests and motivations and match those with potential career options
Finding courses – Learn how to search for learning and training courses available near you and online, for all ages and levels. You can also find out about funding options to help support you while you learn
Developing job searching, CV writing and interview skills – Understand the different kinds of interviews that employers use and how to prepare for them, as well as what they look for on a CV. They will offer advice and guidance on making a good first impression and creating an action plan of points you need to address before your next interview
Confidence building and digital skills – Understand your skills and how to demonstrate them. Learn how to find ‘hidden’ jobs through networking, social media, job fairs, speculative applications and more
Understanding the local job market – Understand the local demand for different skills and industries and find out how this applies to your skillset.
To book an appointment please call 0151 600 7841.
For further information please call 0800 100 900 Monday to Friday from 8 am – 8 pm and on Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Youth Hub Co-ordinator
Posts available: 1. Contract: Fixed-term funded to 31 March 2022. Term: Full-time. Salary: £27,541 – £29,950 Grade 6 Pt. 21-24. Hours per week: 35 hours. Location: 65-67 Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 3DY.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd is looking to employ a specialist Youth Hub Co-ordinator for the Liverpool Youth Hub, who will sit within their Employment team. The postholder in this exciting role will be responsible for the day-to-day coordination of co-locating partners and activities within the Hub. They will develop and build on existing links with Jobcentre Plus Advisors, act as a conduit between the Youth Hub and external partners and organisations who provide access for young people into Employment, Education and Training opportunities within the Liverpool City Region. The successful candidate must hold relevant qualifications at Level 4 or above.
For more information, please contact recruitment@mya.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm Wednesday 10 November 2021.
Hardshaw and Mann Area Quaker Meeting – Finance Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: Initial 12 months, subject to review. Term: Part-time. Salary: £28,000 – £32,000. Hours per week: 16 hours (negotiable). Days per week: Negotiable. Reporting to: Area Meeting Trustees. Location: Liverpool City Centre.
Hardshaw and Mann Area Quaker Meeting (charity no: 1134522) comprises 4 places of worship in the North West, the largest of which is Liverpool Meeting House, a large modern building situated in Liverpool One. As well as being a place of worship, Liverpool Meeting House provides a not-for-profit room hire business that generates income for the charity and aims to provide a welcoming space for visitors, local businesses, charities and community groups. Room hire also takes place at their smaller meeting houses in Wigan, Southport and St Helens.
Job responsibilities include:
Day to day responsibility for all aspects of book-keeping (including the processing of sales invoices, purchase invoices, bank payments/receipts, bank and petty cash reconciliations, journals and nominal ledger administration etc)
Prepare annual budgets and cash-flow forecasts
Ensure the delivery of end to end financial transaction processes and record-keeping
Ensure financial policies are in line with Quaker values and practice and Charity Commission SORP requirements
Ensure financial procedures and controls are in place and monitored
Preparation of management accounts and quarterly reports to trustees
Produce Annual Financial Accounts in preparation for audit and in accordance with Charity Commission SORP
Prepare for and oversee the annual audit. Work with their auditors to ensure appropriate advice is received and acted upon to improve their reporting processes
Work with Area and Local Meeting Treasurers to ensure financial procedures are followed across the Area Meeting
To work closely with the Hardshaw and Mann General Manager to ensure the smooth running of the charity.
For further information or an informal chat about the vacancy, please contact their Area Meeting Treasurer, Shanthini Cawson at shantzcawson@gmail.com or call Liverpool Meeting House on 0151 709 6957 and request a callback.
Posts available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £30,603 – £41,620. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Days per week: 5 days but flexible working will be considered. Reporting to: Head of Philanthropy. Location: Mix of home and office-based working (office is at Alder Hey, Liverpool).
Alder Hey Children’s Charity raises vital funds to help make Alder Hey Children’s Hospital a truly world-class, patient-friendly hospital for the 330,000 patients and families they care for every year. Since April 2013, over £56m has been raised for a range of life-saving medical equipment and facilities that are making a real difference to families every day.
As part of the Philanthropy team, you will be responsible for managing the Trusts and Foundations team, including line management for two Trusts and Foundations Officers. This will include developing and implementing the Trusts and Foundation’s strategy, annual plan and budget, to secure funding from trusts and grantmakers. You will deliver excellence in the relationship management of both new and existing funders, identifying prospects, producing high-value funding bids and providing regular updates on the impact of the funder’s support, in order to achieve your own financial target and secure income for the charity. You will also be responsible for managing a wide variety of internal stakeholder relationships with senior colleagues in Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.
For the full job description and to apply, please contact Louise Ferguson at louise.ferguson@alderhey.nhs.uk.
For more information about the role, please contact tracey.wilson@alderhey.nhs.uk.
Deadline: Sunday 14 November 2021
Telephone interviews: Thursday 18 and Friday 19 November 2021.
Video interviews: Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 November 2021.
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre – Asylum Support and Housing Caseworker
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary – limited to 1 years’ worth of funding. Term: Part-time (Potential for hours to be increased to full time subject to funding). Salary: £25,000 pro-rata. Hours per week: 20 hours. Reporting to: Housing Solicitor. Location: Liverpool.
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre has been providing free independent, expert legal advice to the community since 1973. They provide access to justice in our community on a range of social welfare issues, they offer welfare benefits, debt and housing advice as well as a bereavement advice service. They are based locally in Vauxhall, Liverpool and provide advice across the Liverpool City Region. They are a small community-based law centre.
The postholder will provide vital support to their housing solicitor in the housing department, which will include casework and administrative support. The casework will involve providing support to asylum seekers and persons with No Recourse to Public Funds in relation to housing.
To discuss the vacancy and the organisation in greater detail, please contact recruitment@vauxhalllawcentre.org.uk.
Deadline: 5 pm on Friday 12 November 2021
Wellbeing Liverpool: Best for Baby Too
Pregnancy and the first year of life are particularly important for a baby’s development, but it is also a time when families face extra pressures, often sleep-deprived and juggling childcare. Without support, being pregnant or a new mum can feel overwhelming and lead to anxiety and low mood, making being a parent even harder.
“All parents want the best start in life for their children, so we owe it to all our mums and their babies to make it as easy for them as possible” says Dr. Melisa Campbell, public health consultant at Liverpool City Council. “If a mum has worries or cares of any kind, small or large, we can find a way to help. Because if our Liverpool mums are happy and stress-free and enjoying life – our Liverpool babies will be too.”
In Liverpool, help is never far away and there are many excellent, free services to support mums, bumps and babies. If it feels like a challenge finding the right support at the right time, ask your midwife or health visitor to make you a rapid response referral to Citizens Advice on Prescription, or ask at your GP practice to see the wellbeing link worker. Every mum and her baby are different, so whether it’s help with finances and housing, or baby massage, childcare and parenting, there is something out there for everyone.
Contact details for organisations in Liverpool that provide support for parents and young children can be found at Liverpool’s Early Help Directory.
Or just contact your GP surgery, health visitor or midwife and they will refer you to Citizens Advice or your local link worker, and they will help you get what you need.
For more information, you can visit Wellbeing Liverpool or find them on Instagram and Twitter.
Feeding Liverpool – Communications and Administration Assistant Kickstart Scheme
Posts available: 1. Contract: Temporary. Term: Part-time. Salary: £9.50 per hour. Hours per week: 25 hours. Reporting to: Good Food Programme Director. Location: TBC, a mixture of homeworking and central Liverpool.
Feeding Liverpool is Liverpool’s Good Food Alliance, working to create a city with Good Food for all. They are currently looking for a 16 – 24-year-old to join them via the Kickstart scheme. This role will involve supporting the Good Food Programme Director and Network Coordinator with the administration of Feeding Liverpool and Liverpool’s Good Food Plan.
This will include tasks such as:
Responding to email and telephone enquiries
Making and receiving phone calls
Data entry and spreadsheet management
Supporting the delivery of network events
Taking minutes during meetings
Visiting food settings with team members
Plus other administrative tasks as required.
This role will also support the communications of Feeding Liverpool and the Good Food Plan.
This will involve:
Supporting the Network Coordinator with the production of social media content
Supporting the production of the news bulletins
Uploading content to their website
Taking photos and short videos at events.
General responsibilities include working collaboratively with team members and trustees and assisting in the general efficient operation of Feeding Liverpool.
Who they are looking for:
They are looking for someone who can undertake general office duties. Basic admin experience is preferred including familiarity using Microsoft Office (Word and Excel)
They are looking for someone who is flexible, ready to try new things and displays a willingness to learn in their application
They would ideally like someone who is a confident internet user and has a passion for communications including using social media
An interest in working in the voluntary sector is essential.
For more information, please contact naomi@feedingliverpool.org.
To learn more about Feeding Liverpool, please visit their website.
Closing date: Monday 1 November 2021.
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Liverpool Adult Learning Service can provide bespoke, short courses to your community either classroom-based or online. Their courses are designed for personal development, towards finding work, for working in the community and for health and wellbeing. All have progression routes and can lead towards accredited qualifications.
Many of their courses are FREE if in receipt of certain benefits.
The minimum number of learners required is 6 people and the maximum number is 12.
For the full details, please read the documents below.
The Museum of Liverpool Emerging Archaeologists (MoLEA) is an exciting new opportunity for young people aged 16-24 to gain direct hands-on experience of their local archaeology through workshops and projects.
MoLEA will meet up to ten times a year, during school holidays.
MoLEA will provide members with the opportunity to develop new transferrable skills and gain insights into archaeology.
Sessions will offer practical hands-on experience and will take place in the Museum of Liverpool’s archaeological finds room.
Who can join?
Young people aged 16-24 who are not currently studying archaeology in higher-level education but are interested in archaeology, heritage and museums. No previous experience is needed.
To find out more, you can book one of their taster sessions on 28 or 29 October in partnership with CITiZAN.
To book your place, please email EmergingArchaeologists@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk.
Life Rooms have reopened in Walton, Southport and Bootle
Life Rooms has announced that their buildings in Walton, Southport and Bootle have reopened after closing in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Following the introduction of lockdown restrictions, they quickly adapted their service model to enable people within the communities they serve to access online courses and support individuals both digitally and over the phone.
They now offer drop-in pathways advisor appointments, as well as face to face learning sessions.
Zoom learning sessions remain in place and pathways advice and support remain accessible over the phone.
Social distancing will be maintained in all of their buildings.
You can contact Life Rooms for more information by emailing liferooms@merseycare.nhs.uk or call them on one of the numbers below:
Walton: 0151 478 6556
Southport: 01704 383 198
Bootle: 0151 330 6461.
You can access their face to face and digital learning timetables on the Life Rooms website.
Liverpool’s Good Food Plan
Earlier this month, Liverpool’s Food Insecurity Task Force unveiled Liverpool’s Good Food Plan, a strategy to create a city “where everyone can eat good food”, it addresses key issues related to the food we eat in Liverpool. Phase I of the Good Food Plan is about tackling the immediate and urgent challenges that the city is facing while building a framework and foundation to create real systemic change in the medium and long term.
32% of adults in Liverpool are food insecure, Liverpool is home to 3 of the 10 most economically deprived food deserts in England, only 12% of kids aged 11 to 18 eat their five-a-day (NDNS 2021) and a survey of the menus of 26% of nurseries in Liverpool found them all to be deficient in energy, carbohydrates, iron, and zinc. Meanwhile, an estimated 140,000 tonnes of food is wasted in Liverpool City each year, producing approximately 368,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year, the equivalent of the CO2 produced by 80,033 cars in one year.
The plan addresses key issues including acute hunger; chronic food insecurity; access to and take-up of healthy, nutritious food; and the sustainability of food supply in Liverpool, and is focused around five goals:
Goal 1: ‘Good food’ at points of crisis
They want to ensure people in crisis get access to ‘good food’ quickly and easily.
Goal 2: Uncovering the true scale of food insecurity
They want to better understand and document the scale and experiences of food insecurity.
Goal 3: Enabling food citizenship
They want to enable people to have the power, voice, resources and motivation to shape their local food environments and the food system as a whole.
Goal 4: Shifting policy and practice
They want to shift policy and practice to enable ‘good food’ to flourish.
Goal 5: Connecting the community
They want to bring together a community of people and organisations that have a part to play in achieving good food for all.
The Good Food Plan delivers part of one of Liverpool City Council’s ‘Pandemic Pledges’, ‘Good Food, Warm Home’, announced in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It also supports Liverpool’s City Plan vision to create a ‘thriving sustainable, fair city for everyone’ and builds on the existing and ongoing work of the Poverty Action Group and Liverpool’s Healthy Weight Declaration.
Liverpool’s Food Insecurity Task Force said that it “sees this time as a pivotal moment in history; a time of significant change and challenge that also presents a rare opportunity to define what ‘good food’ means to us.”
The Good Food Plan will be an evolving plan and a living document, owned by the people and organisations of the city and informed by real-time action and reflection. The group is proposing a fundamentally different approach that shifts power to people and communities to create real change by:
Considering equity, diversity and inclusion in everything we do
Balancing immediate relief with addressing the root causes of food insecurity
Unlocking the power of people and enabling citizens to have their voice heard
Learning, adapting and innovating as we go
Making information, data, stories and best practice accessible
Challenging stigma and shifting narratives.
Representatives from key city organisations and Liverpool residents came together to launch the plan:
Councillor Jane Corbettsaid “With the impact of austerity and now the pandemic, poverty is rising very fast. As a council, we will continue to support our citizens struggling to make ends meet, with emergency grants and household items for as long as we can. In this day and age, it is morally wrong that so many families are having to decide between putting food on the table, clothing their children, paying the fuel bills or keeping a roof over their head. This Good Food Plan builds on the many years a good number of us have been responding to food insecurity, working alongside those most affected, and taking our partnership work to the next level. Government must now finally agree to the Marmot policy action to “ensure a healthy standard of living for all.”
Melisa Campbell, Consultant in Public Health at Liverpool City Council and co-chair of Liverpool’s Food Insecurity Task Forcesaid “The relationship between food insecurity and health is clear. In order to make budgets stretch, people are forced to purchase food items that are cheap, often processed and lacking in nutrition in order to put a meal on the table. This is resulting in poorer health for many families and exacerbates existing medical conditions.”
Kevin Peacock, Chief Executive of St. Andrews Community network and co-chair of Liverpool’s Food Insecurity Task Forcesaid “We want to end the need for food banks. Emergency food provision (like food parcels from a food bank) is essential and has been a lifeline for many during the pandemic but using a food bank should be rare and short term and we must better understand and tackle the root causes of food insecurity.”
MP Ian Byrnesaid “People have little to no influence in decisions being made about the food that’s on their high streets and on their supermarket shelves. We want to change this. We want people to have a say in what type of food is in their neighbourhoods, on their high streets, in their schools and other places they go to eat or shop for food. We want the Right To Food where every household in our city can afford healthy and nutritious food, and to tackle the inequalities we see in our communities by a change in legislation.”
Dr Naomi Maynard, Food Insecurity Lead Executive Together Liverpool and Network Coordinator of Feeding Liverpoolsaid “This is the beginning of our journey and we invite you to join us. No matter who you are or what you do, there’s a role for you to play to ensure that everyone in Liverpool can eat Good Food”
The Plan states that “for real change to happen we must come together as a community of people and organisations interested in achieving good food for all”. It has been developed in partnership with people and organisations such as Liverpool City Council, Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services, Feeding Liverpool, North Liverpool Foodbank, St Aidans Pantry, Micah Liverpool, Liverpool Arabic Centre, Together Liverpool, Merseyside Youth Association, Food Active, The University of Liverpool, Feedback Global, The Food Domain, St Andrews Community Network, Fans Supporting Food Banks, Liverpool Hope University, Torus Foundation, Liverpool Health Partners, Arena Partners, NESTA’s People Powered Results Team, Nugent Care, The Joseph Lappin Centre, Kensington Fields Community Association and The GreenHouse Project.
Are you a UK registered charity or local community group? If so, Arnold Clarke could help you out. The Arnold Clark Community Fund is open to all UK registered charities and local community groups who fall into the following categories: food banks, toy banks, poverty relief and housing & accommodation. The fund is also open to community interest companies, charitable incorporated organisations and social enterprises.
Successful applicants will receive up to £1,000.
In March 2020, Arnold Clark launched their first-ever Community Fund in order to provide financial help to community groups and charities that had been significantly affected by the coronavirus pandemic. They are pleased to announce that, so far, they have been able to help 9,500 organisations from a wide range of backgrounds.
Following on from this success, and as we move into winter, they understand a number of organisations are still in need of financial aid. However, on this occasion, they have decided to focus on the categories mentioned above.
They aim to open the Arnold Clark Community Fund back up to a wider range of categories at the beginning of 2022.
Liverpool Ways to Work can support you to find work
The Adult Learning Service offers careers information, advice and guidance before, during and after your course, helping you to make informed decisions about what you want to do in the future including the new opportunities to work from home. If you are not working and looking for a job, voluntary work, training, further learning or route-ways into work then they are there to support you through their dedicated Ways to Work team.
Their Employability programme offers free, tailored support to all local residents aged 16 and over who are looking to secure long-term employment.
Their dedicated team can support you in your next steps towards finding work:
Together they will identify your goals
Create a standout CV
Provide you with the digital skills that will enable you to job search and apply for jobs online
Prepare you for interviews
Identify suitable work experience or further training (including English, Maths and IT courses)
Tailor information, advice, guidance, coaching and mentoring to meet your individual needs.
They offer support online and face to face, appointments can be made between 9.30 am and 4.30 pm at the following venues:
North Liverpool Norris Green and Newsham
E: Sophie.wilson@liverpool.gov.uk
T: 07894604330
E: Yvette.lewis@liverpool.gov.uk
T: 07739594162
South Liverpool Granby and Park Road
E: shadia.abdullah@liverpool.gov.uk
T: 07841295695.
E: Dot.bonner@liverpool.gov.uk
T: 07841514876
All locations
E: Ahmed.hirsi@liverpool.gov.uk
T: 07841295695
Ways to Work is a regional scheme that helps people into employment and training funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and Youth Employment Initiative.
Support available to residents following Universal Credit change
It has been well documented in the media recently that vulnerable families and individuals could be pushed further into poverty in the coming weeks, as furlough ends, the uplift in Universal Credit payments is removed and energy prices rise. However, a wide range of support is available.
Benefits advice
Request benefits advice or get help with Universal Credit claims today on the Liverpool City Council website or check if you qualify online on the UK Government website. You can also call freephone 0800 028 3697 or visit any One Stop Shop. You can also speak to your landlord if you’re a social housing tenant.
Short-term benefits advance
If you’re waiting for your first benefit payment and don’t have enough money to cover food and essential items such as rent, gas and electric you can ask your local Job Centre for a short-term advance.
Your local Citizens Advice can help you deal with debt. You can book appointments with the city centre money advice team on 0151 233 2771. Call 0344 848 7700 or visit the Citizens Advice Liverpool website to find your local office. For details of other organisations, please go to the Liverpool City Council website.
Council Tax
Call on this number: 0800 028 3686 if you’re having problems paying your Council Tax, have Council Tax arrears, are struggling to pay back overpaid Housing Benefit or owe other debts to the council.
Council Tax Support
Council Tax Support helps you pay some of your Council Tax if you are on a low income or claiming certain benefits. You can claim whether you own your home or rent, or whether you’re working or unemployed.
Apply today on the Liverpool City Council website or call free phone 0800 028 3697 and your family could save over £400 per year and your child’s school can receive up to £1,900 additional funding for every eligible child.
Housing
Housing Options provides help and advice if you are homeless or threatened with homelessness. Call them on freephone 0800 731 6844. Visit any of the One Stop Shops or call 0151 233 3000.
Discretionary Housing Payments
Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) can give you short term help to pay your rent when Housing Benefit or Universal Credit does not meet your rent in full. You can apply if you receive Housing Benefit or the housing cost element of Universal Credit or there is a shortfall between your rent and benefit entitlement.
The Healthy Homes team can provide free help and advice if you’re struggling to pay your fuel bills, and energy saving hints and tips to help keep you warm and your bills low. They may also be able to help with replacement boilers and windows. Visit the Liverpool City Council website or call them on freephone 0800 0121 754.
Liverpool Citizens Support Scheme
If you find yourself in crisis you can apply for support to get food and basic necessities for you and your family including gas and electric vouchers (urgent needs) and furniture and household essentials (home needs). An emergency or crisis might be a fire or flood, or you have had to move due to violence or fear of violence, or you are leaving care or prison and need support to stay in the community.
Your local foodbank can provide at least three days’ emergency food and support to people in crisis. You can get a voucher from your: health visitor, social worker, local citizens advice or charity organisation and take your voucher to your local Trussell Trust foodbank to receive your emergency food. Your local church or community centre may have their own system and you may not need a voucher.
First Person Project CIC is looking for a space in the L1 – L8 areas
First Person Project CIC, a small social enterprise is looking for space that is preferably in or around the Liverpool City Centre or in the L1-L8 areas. Ideally, it should be on a main bus route to ease public access. They are looking for an office workspace as well as a group/meeting space, it should ideally be a self-contained space, unit or shop.
Type of space needed: Meeting/office/desk/storage/event. All of these, within reason and relative to their size.
Frequency of use: 4/5 times per week, access at all times, if able.
Number of meeting rooms needed: 1.
Capacity of meeting space: Maximum 20 people for training/meetings/workshops.
Time of day needed: Ideally free access.
Able to pay: Yes, but only a small amount, maximum £100 per month for now. It would be nice to have a donated space, even if it’s only for a period of time i.e. 6 months.
Contact name: Matty Caine.
Contact email: matty@firstpersonprojectcic.co.uk.
Contact telephone: 07824395328.
First Person Project CIC has a business model which is sustainable and they are committed to growing commercially in order to ensure that their work is long-lasting.
Liverpool Covid Self Isolation Support Reimbursement Programme – Now Open
Has your organisation incurred costs supporting individuals who have been isolating? Funding is now available from Liverpool City Council’s Covid funds to reimburse some of the costs that the voluntary, community and faith sector may have incurred from 1 March – 30 September 2021 in supporting their local communities to self-isolate successfully when instructed to do so.
The reimbursement scheme is being led by Liverpool City Council, with support from Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS). This scheme is aimed at the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise sector in Liverpool.
Type of funding available
This is funding that can only be used to reimburse part of/ the cost of activity already incurred from March 2021 to September 2021 that provided, social and emotional support to those who were self-isolating.
These may have been:
individuals who were contacted by NHS Track and Trace and told to isolate
individuals who had close contact with a confirmed case and chose to self-isolate
individuals who had caring responsibilities for someone who was self-isolating e.g. child or elderly person.
Eligibility criteria apply and you may be required to provide supporting documentation.
There is no minimum or maximum claim but reimbursement will be discretionary and subject to available funds and the receipt of suitable information.
Positive Futures Homes (PF Homes) is a new trading company set up by the youth development charity Positive Futures (PF) Liverpool. They want to invest in the long-term outcomes of the young people in their care. As such, they will reinvest any surplus profit back into their homes, and Positive Futures. By doing this, they can ensure that they make a real difference to the lives of the young people they care for while making their homes a great place to work at.
What makes them different?
They invest heavily in ensuring homes are in the nicest locations and beautifully decorated, allowing children to express their characters, feel safe and enrich their lives
They mainly have 2-bed homes, with an absolute max of 3
They will offer a mental health provision as standard for every young person in their care
They will give them preferential access to all the services offered by Positive Futures, be that Targeted Support, Counselling skills, CBT skills, recreational or social provision.
They are looking for an exceptional, experienced, and empathetic leader and manager to put their stamp on a new charitable, entrepreneurial venture. As the Registered Manager, you will be responsible for managing all aspects of running the home, for short, medium, and long term planned placements to ensure young people are supported and prepared to move on to independent living. You will ensure that high levels of educational, emotional, and physical care, appropriate activities, comfortable accommodation, and the service of key workers are planned, provided, and applied in accordance with Positive Homes Procedures and Policies.
Additional Benefits:
Agile working
Additional on-call allowance
Health Plan after 3 months
Access to clinical supervision if desired
5% company pension, option to increase personal contribution
For more information, please email info@pfhomes.org.uk.
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in October 2021 and may have expired since then.
James’ Place Charity – Engagement Officer
Posts available: 1. Contract: 12 months fixed-term. Term: Full-time. Salary: National Living Wage. Hours per week: 37.5 hours. Location: Mostly Liverpool, with some possible travel to London and to some mandatory events elsewhere in the UK.
James’ Place exists to stop men dying by suicide. They opened their first centre in June 2018 in Liverpool, the first of its kind in the UK. Since then, they have supported over 450 men and they have launched a second centre in London. James’ Place is a therapy centre for men who are experiencing a suicidal crisis and it was set up to make the experience of finding help as easy as possible. It offers men a brief, intensive, therapeutic intervention in a safe environment. Men who walk through the door at James’ Place will be in a space where they feel valued and respected.
This is a newly-created fixed term role to further James’ Place’s work to help men in suicidal crisis. Based in Liverpool, the postholder will manage a varied programme of outreach and engagement activities to ensure that men who are at risk of suicide are able to find and access the help they need.
This role is funded by the Rank Foundation Time to Shine Leadership Programme which provides a unique employment and learning development opportunity for a candidate who is currently underemployed, to stretch their leadership potential. The leadership programme incorporates personal development activities into the 12-month work placement and requires attendance at residential events and regular Action Learning sets throughout the year.
The Time to Shine leader can also benefit from additional support provided by an experienced mentor from within the Rank network.
This role is open to candidates who are currently unemployed or underemployed and who can commit to attending the events listed below.
Key Dates
Launch Conference – 17 and 18 January 2022
2-day residential event – sometime between 6-23 June 2022
Rank Annual Conference – 5 and 6 September 2022.
The role of Engagement Officer at James’ Place will be created specifically for the new Time to Shine leader. The Engagement Officer will devise and deliver a range of activities to build awareness and engagement with the charity. The tasks will fall into three key areas: stakeholder engagement, outreach with the public, and communications.
It would suit someone with good communications skills, who is organised and interested in their work.
For the full job description and to apply, please visit the James’ Place website.
For more information, please email Liverpool@jamesplace.org.uk.
Closing date: Thursday 21 October 2021.
Interviews are scheduled to take place during the week of 01/11/21 with members of the James’ Place team and if successful at that stage, there will be a second interview during the week of 08/11/21 with The Rank Foundation.
Belong Chester – Intergenerational Practice Lead
Salary: £33049 per annum.
Hours: Full-time hours.
Belong is a values-based organisation and provides everyone with the opportunity to make a positive impact, promoting active lifestyles, independence and wellbeing for older people. Belong Chester, their latest state-of-the-art village due to open in Spring 2022, will provide a range of care, housing and support options for older people, plus a village centre with a bistro, hair salon, gym and art studio. As a pioneering concept, the village will also have an intergenerational nursery, designed to offer shared learning experiences and opportunities for children, families and older people.
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to be involved from the start and help to develop the Belong Nursery into a blueprint for intergenerational practice. They’re looking for someone who will be an expert in the field of intergenerational practice, to lead, create and drive intergenerational strategy across the organisation, with responsibility for:
Creating an authentic intergenerational community across all ages, which supports good mental health and wellbeing and establishes healthier places to live
Leading, developing and promoting intergenerational links with the wider community
Promoting a culture of organisational learning in which best practices are shared and disseminated both externally and internally across Belong villages
Effective and efficient intergenerational budget managements and coordinated grant applications
Being a positive role model for excellent person-centred customer support and practice and an ambassador for intergenerational care working.
Reasons to join them
Their benefits package has been developed to help them attract, motivate and retain the best people, including everything you’d expect from an award-winning employer, such as:
Competitive rates of pay & flexible working
Pension & benefits schemes
Staff discounts on village facilities
Awards and a culture of celebrating their people
Extensive training and development opportunities for their people.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Children & Young People’s Mental Health Promotion Worker
Posts Available: 1. Contract: Fixed-term funded to 31 March 2023. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £23,469 – £26,769 MYA Grade 5 Pt. 17-20. Hours per week: 35 hours. Location: 65-67 Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 3DY.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd (MYA) is seeking an innovative and creative Mental Health Promotion Worker to be responsible for delivering a programme of works to support a whole school approach to mental health and emotional wellbeing. The post holder will be responsible for supporting the development and delivery of training programmes, initiating peer programmes for children and young people, developing mental health and resilience resources for children, young people, parents, and professionals and support the implementation of the marketing and communication strategy. The main aim of this is to make mental health everybody’s business in Liverpool/nationally.
The post holder must hold relevant qualifications to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a related subject.
For the full job description and to apply, please visit the MYA website.
For more information, please email recruitment@mya.org.uk.
Closing date: 5 pm Wednesday 20 October 2021.
Granby Community Mental Health Group – Mary Seacole House – Community Outreach Worker
Posts Available: 1. Contract: 3 years. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £18,562 per annum, pro-rata. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Simon Torkington, Advocacy & Training Manager. Location: L8, Liverpool.
Mary Seacole House is a mental health charity and resource service that provides mental health and well-being support to meet the diverse cultural needs of the primarily Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee communities of Liverpool. The service focuses on delivering activities that maximise recovery for people who experience mental health problems, helping them to live, work, study, and access leisure alongside other members of the community.
Mary Seacole House will be delivering non-statutory advocacy to local residents within the boundary of Liverpool City Council. The service will support those who require the support of another in order to make their voice heard.
They are looking to recruit a part-time Community Outreach Worker to support the organisation in reaching our communities to promote the service and to support people with information on:
How to access appropriate services (specifically mental health services)
Help to understand bureaucratic processes including benefits systems and routes into housing or health services
Rights and entitlements (specifically around mental health).
We would like someone who has experience in:
Delivering information in a community/outreach type setting
Working with BAMER (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Refugee) communities
At least one year’s experience of working with individuals with mental health conditions in a paid, voluntary or personal capacity.
For more information and to apply, please email iqra@maryseacolehouse.com.
Closing date: Friday 22 October 2021.
Interview date: Week commencing Monday 25 October 2021.
The Whitechapel Centre – Services Manager
Posts Available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £32,910 – £38,890. Hours per week: 37.5 hours (Monday to Friday). Reporting to: Chief Executive. Location: Everton.
The Whitechapel Centre is a Liverpool based charity that provides support to people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, and/or have support needs. They offer help with building confidence, developing independent living skills and supporting people to address substance use or other health and wellbeing issues. They also help people to access social and community networks, training, education and employment.
They are looking for an exceptional Services Manager with a proven track record as a strategic leader. You will be able to undertake a key role in creating, building and sustaining their vision and delivering results by empowering and supporting the people you work with. As part of their Senior Management Team, you will be responsible for the day to day operation of their Rough Sleeper and Street Lifestyle Outreach services and their substantial volunteering programme. You will also be instrumental in the development of new contracts, contract compliance, quality assurance and outcome monitoring.
This is a demanding, fast-paced role that will suit an experienced manager with first-class planning and organisational skills, who can provide strong and directed leadership and maintain high levels of personal credibility.
Qualifications/Experience Needed: With a background in a related homelessness, housing or support setting, you will have a proven track record of delivering multifaceted services to service users who have a wide range of differing and complex needs.
Imagine Independence is a third sector organisation that supports people to live full and meaningful lives. Imagine campaigns to promote the inclusion in society of individuals with a range of needs from mental illness, learning disability, neurodiversity, and complex behaviour that challenges. Its portfolio of services is expanding, so this is a great time to join the organisation.
Imagine requires an experienced manager to oversee its Supported Accommodation Services within the Merseyside area. The successful candidate will deliver the following duties:
To provide operational management and leadership for accommodation-based and floating support services, including to people with mental health and/or learning disabilities. To ensure all Imagine policies and procedures are followed
To act as the organisation’s point of contact for these contracts, dealing with contractual queries, ensuring accurate and timely reporting against targets, and ensuring the fulfilment of all Imagine’s contractual obligations
To act as the Registered Manager for Merseyside Accommodation Services
To maintain CQC registration for existing services and ensure that services work to achieve good or excellent standards at inspection
To lead and coordinate the acquisition of new packages of care to ensure full occupancy of all service sites to agreed timeframes
To deliver the services for which the post is responsible, on budget and to an agreed quality standard
To supervise and oversee the managers supervising the services within specific geographical footprints, ensuring that they deliver the services allocated to them to the required high standards, on budget and with due regards to safeguarding, health and safety and other regulatory requirements
To take part in the wider management team at Imagine, supporting the development of strategy to enable new service models to be brought forward and delivered
To take part in the on-call arrangements for the organisation for which additional payments are available.
Completed application forms are to be returned either by email to recruitment@imagineindependence.org.uk or post to 25 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ.
For an informal chat about this post, please contact Elaine Mather, Chief Operating Officer on 0151 709 2366.
Closing date: 9 am on Friday 5 November 2021.
Interviews will be held on Friday 12 November 2021.
Together Liverpool – Executive Director
Posts Available: 1. Contract: Fixed term for 3 years. Term: Full-Time. Salary: £35,000 – £40,000. Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week. There is a need for flexibility with working hours which could cover days, evenings and weekends. Reporting to: Chair and Board of Trustees. Location: Base office St James House, Liverpool, L1 7BY (free on-site parking).
The purpose of Together Liverpool is to enhance the capacity of the Church of England’s mission and neighbourliness in the poorest communities in the Diocese of Liverpool area, engaging every Church in addressing poverty. They are doing this by creating a Network of Kindness that listens to those at the margins, connects social action and people in communities, equips people and projects to enhance their current practice and influences positive cultural and system changes that will work towards addressing the root causes of poverty and disadvantage. They do this through value led social engagement using asset-based community development models, agile working practices and by encouraging sustainable social leadership.
They are looking for an experienced Executive Director to oversee all operations, functions and activities. You will be the face of the organisation, responsible for giving the proper strategic direction and implementing a high-quality value-led vision.
An excellent Executive Director is an influential manager with the ability to lead and motivate. They have great communication skills and take a holistic and agile approach to managing the organisation’s operations.
Trustees have articulated their values and purpose – they now need a collaborative leader who can manage and lead the charity to take the next step toward the realisation of its mission to establish the Network of Kindness across the geographical area of the Diocese of Liverpool.
The Together Liverpool Executive Director will lead a small lead of highly skilled social justice practitioners under the oversight of a group of experienced Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector trustees. You will need to be comfortable speaking to volunteers, community and faith leaders as well as having a heart for social justice. They are a charity that is at the heart of a network of people, charities and churches who want to see real social change happen. You will need to have experience working at a strategic level and be able to speak truth to power.
For more information, please contact ellen.loudon@togetherliverpool.org.uk.
Closing date: Friday 12 November 2021.
Interviews are to take place in person on Thursday 2 December 2021.
Healthy at Home Link Worker (Halton)
Salary: £25,000 per annum. Term: Full-Time. Hours per week: 36 hours. Location of work: This post will mainly be based at WHHFT, Lovely Lane, Warrington with a minimum of one day per week at VCA, St Maries, Lugsdale Road, Widnes, WA8 6DB. Holidays: 26 days annual leave and public holidays.
The HealthyatHome project will provide a complimentary service to the current discharge pathway within Warrington and Halton Hospital Foundation Trust (WHHFT). It will enhance the current provision within the hospital and create effective and long-lasting links with the Community and Voluntary Sector (VCS). The postholder will be one of 2 Link Workers integrated within the hospital’s Discharge Team, providing a triage service to volunteer support and local VCS connections. The project will bring the expertise and knowledge of the VCS to the discharge process across 2 ‘places’ – Warrington and Halton.
Key Tasks
To work with the Hospital Discharge Team to assist in providing an appropriate community support approach to meet the needs of patients
To work closely with the Halton Street Champions and wider Halton VCSE sector colleagues to ensure packages of support for safe discharge and continued support are in place
To work with the managers, on-site teams and community organisations to continue to develop working relationships with hospitals and other health services to provide patients with an integrated service
To attend discharge and other multi-disciplinary team meetings as required to discuss planned discharges and input where community intervention is appropriate
Ensure that a patient-focused service is provided
Work closely with Halton’s VCSE to develop a HealthyatHome Alliance, working with key VCS partners to provide immediate to medium-term support, care and advice
Maintain professional boundaries as per policies and procedures
To ensure that Consent, Information Sharing, Data Protection and Freedom of Information requirements are adhered to
Provide both written and verbal updates and reports including monitoring data as needed
Maintain a database of activity, outputs and outcomes that will be used to report on activities to the WHHFT, VCA and as appropriate wider stakeholders
To support the work of and share intelligence with the other members of VCA
To share workloads and become familiar with a range of common duties to ensure continuity of service during peak periods, sickness absences and holidays namely with the Warrington VA HealthyatHome Link Worker.
Interviews will take place on Wednesday 27 October 2021.
Greenbank – Power Hockey Business Development Manager
Posts Available: 1. Contract: 2 years funded project. Salary: £35,000. Hours per week: 35 hours. Reporting to: Sport Development Manager. Location: Greenbank Sports Academy, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool L17 1AG & some national travel.
Situated alongside the picturesque Sefton Park in Liverpool, the Greenbank Project Charity provides a variety of educational and sporting services for people from within and around the Liverpool City Region. They are particularly supportive of providing relevant opportunities for disabled people and other disadvantaged groups.
They currently have a vacancy for a Power Hockey Business Development Manager. The job purpose is to develop Power Hockey into a national sport, with the development of national sports hubs. The aim is to create an increase in Power Hockey sports participation, which will lead to the development of a Power Hockey self-governing sports body.
For the full job description and application form, please visit the Greenbank website.
For more information, please email applications@greenbank.org.uk.
Closing date: Sunday 24 October 2021.
Greenbank – Fitness Instructor
Posts Available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £8.91 per hour. Hours per week: 30 hours. Reporting to: Sports Duty Manager. Location: Greenbank Sports Academy, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool L17 1AG. All employees are required to be flexible in their approach.
Situated alongside the picturesque Sefton Park in Liverpool, the Greenbank Project Charity provides a variety of educational and sporting services for people from within and around the Liverpool City Region. They are particularly supportive of providing relevant opportunities for disabled people and other disadvantaged groups.
They currently have a vacancy for a Fitness Instructor. The postholder will assist customers in the gym, provide excellent customer service and ensure programmes are designed to suit individual needs. They will assist with bookings in the sports hall and ensure all equipment is set up in a timely and safe manner and lead fitness-based classes.
For the full job description and application form, please visit the Greenbank website.
For more information, please email applications@greenbank.org.uk.
Closing date: Monday 18 October 2021.
Kuumba Imani / L8 A Better Place – Community Development Worker
Term: Part-Time. Contract: Following a sixth-month probationary period, the contract is until 30 September 2025. Hours per week: 17.5 hours. Salary: £24,000 pro-rata.
L8 A Better Place is the Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre’s community development team and they are seeking another team member for a new part-time post. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has been involved in community activism or volunteering, has experience of the impact of racism and is passionate about making a difference in Liverpool 8.
The work includes:
consulting L8 residents and organisations
bringing people together and developing connections and partnerships
strengthening the community through their own projects and supporting activists in implementing their projects/ideas for the area.
They will offer training and support to the successful applicant.
The Kuumba Imani is committed to equality of opportunity for all, so they would like to welcome everyone to their team and ensure that they are representative of the L8 community.
For more details and to apply, please email: andreabullock@kuumbaimani.org.uk.
Closing date: 10 am on Wednesday 3 November 2021.
Interviews: Thursday 11 November 2021.
Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton – Communications and Fundraising Officer
Posts Available: 1. Contract: 2 years fixed term. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £25,000 pro-rata. Hours per week: 17.5 hours. Reporting to: The Head of Business Development, Fundraising and Communications. Location: The charity’s head office is currently in Anfield, Liverpool but it is anticipated that this role will involve a mix of remote working alongside some attendance at their offices and sites.
Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton have a long and proud history of supporting older people in Merseyside and is well known locally. Established in 1928 by Liverpool’s first female councillor, Eleanor Rathbone, it was the first committee in the country set up specifically for older people. Over the years, the charity has trialled many exciting, new initiatives to protect and promote the wellbeing of older people. The charity’s achievements were recognised in 2013 when it was awarded Freedom of the City by Liverpool City Council.
Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton currently have an exciting opportunity for an engaging Communications and Fundraising Officer to work as part of a new team to deliver their community fundraising and communications ambitions. Key will be establishing new approaches and processes to raise the profile of Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton and its services as well as its community fundraising efforts.
This is a newly created role and is perfect for someone with a flair for communicating passionately, is proactive and well organised and can inspire people to get involved in their fundraising efforts. They actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion and particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups. They want to do this because they know greater diversity will lead to even greater results. If you feel that you have the skills they need and the passion to improve the quality of life for older people in Liverpool and Sefton, please apply.
For more information, please contact 0151 256 2567.
Closing date: 25 October 2021.
Interview Date(s): 2 November 2021.
Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton – Head of Business Development, Fundraising and Communications
Posts Available: 1. Contract: 2 years fixed term. Term: Part-Time. Salary: £35,000 pro-rata. Hours per week: 17.5 hours. Reporting to: The Chief Executive. Location: The charity’s head office is currently in Anfield, Liverpool but it is anticipated that this role will involve a mix of remote working alongside some attendance at their offices and sites.
Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton have a long and proud history of supporting older people in Merseyside and is well known locally. Established in 1928 by Liverpool’s first female councillor, Eleanor Rathbone, it was the first committee in the country set up specifically for older people. Over the years, the charity has trialled many exciting, new initiatives to protect and promote the wellbeing of older people. The charity’s achievements were recognised in 2013 when it was awarded Freedom of the City by Liverpool City Council.
Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton currently have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious Head of Business Development, Fundraising and Communications to work with their new Chief Executive to develop and drive their business development, fundraising and communications strategies. Key will be the development of new services, raising and diversifying their income to support older people in the community as well as building their profile as the go-to organisation for older people in their area.
They’re looking for an experienced fundraiser and communicator with a proven track record across income streams and raising the profile of an organisation. You’ll have the ability to think strategically about where the wins are likely to be both in the short-term and longer-term as well as delivering results on the ground. They actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion and particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups. They want to do this because they know greater diversity will lead to even greater results. If you feel that you have the skills they need and the passion to improve the quality of life for older people in Liverpool and Sefton, please apply.
For more information, please contact 0151 256 2567.
Closing date: 25 October 2021.
Interview Date(s): 1 November 2021.
Beechley Stables – Trustee
Beechley Stables is a registered charity based in Allerton Liverpool and a member of The Riding for the Disabled Association. Their aim is to provide recreation and therapy through riding to promote the health and wellbeing of disabled people.
What will you be doing?
They are looking for someone with accounting/booking experience to join their exciting new team as their Treasurer. As a not for profit charity it is essential the treasurer ensures the funds by means of income, donations and awarded Grants are managed and spent in the most effective way to support the day to day running and operational management of the stables.
What are they looking for?
Collaborative and team-focused, you will need to make balanced decisions on group finances that take into account multiple views and contribute in an open and inclusive way
Previous experience in finance, accountancy or bookkeeping is essential. Support will be offered by the RDA to ensure they comply with the charity commission regulations.
What difference will you make?
Beechley Stables is core to the Riding for the Disabled Community, As treasurer, you’ll be part of a small team of trustees and your role will help manage the finances, making sure they’re spent effectively for people affected by disability. Ensuring the Trustees are kept appraised each month on the current financial position.
What’s in it for the volunteer?
Play a crucial role in the success of Beechley Stables, making new friends and building connections in the local community. Learn and develop valuable financial, administrative and communication skills. Develop your accountancy or bookkeeping skills in the charity arena. Assist Beechley Stables to become a Centre of Excellence in the North of England whilst complying with its charitable status.
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in October 2021 and may have expired since then.
Kinship Carers – Young Persons Project Worker
Posts Available: 1. Contract: 3-year contract with 6 months probationary period. Term: Part-Time. Salary: SPC 22-26 (£22.304 – £22,987) pro-rata. Hours per week: 20. Reporting to: Pauline Thornley. Location: Ellergreen Community Centre – L11 2RY.
Kinship Carers is a registered Liverpool based charity supporting families. Their aim is to reduce isolation and stigma felt by their families, offering support with the many challenges they face and to raise awareness about kinship. With their recent success in securing 3 years of Steve Morgan funding, they are looking to recruit a dynamic, community-minded Project Worker who has high levels of experience for this exciting new phase of their development.
They are looking for candidates who have experience of working with families, with a focus on children and young people, achieving positive outcomes through direct work. They will have experience working with families who often have complex needs, creating positive relationships and developing packages to support these needs.
Candidates will need knowledge of delivering community-based support services to families across the city. You will be looking to grow your own career and to get involved with developing effective systems which will be key for them in developing an efficient support programme for Kinship Families.
You will need to assess the needs of Kinship Families and develop a plan of action to support the family to meet their needs. To lead programmes of work with young people which enhance their skills, confidence, personal and social learning to improve the quality of their lives. To work with schools and other professionals, to raise awareness of Kinship Families and provide good quality services.
Main areas of responsibility:
To assess the family’s needs
Empower families to work on a solution-focused plan of action to bring about change
Regularly and professionally review plans
Deliver training
Manage a range of activities and projects for young people
To develop positive relationships with young people, which enables learning, growth, personal and social development to widen their experiences
To have line management responsibilities for assigned staff/volunteers
To be active in the recruitment of volunteers particularly from young people themselves
To produce regular reports on the outcomes of the activities/projects in respect of priorities and targets, to include the monitoring of funded services
To work to deadlines and ensure efficient day to day administration to enable effective delivery of work.
General:
The post holder will undertake such other duties as are discussed with and agreed by the Management Committee
Achieve the highest standards of safeguarding
To work evenings and weekends as determined by projects
To develop programmes and services in line with Kinship Carers commitment to equal opportunities and to promote non-discriminatory practises in all aspects of the work undertaken
This job description is not intended to be either prescriptive or exhaustive; it is issued as a framework to outline the main areas of responsibility
This job is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure.
For more information and to apply, please contact eve@kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk. To learn more about Kinship Carers, please visit their website.
Closing date: 5 pm on Tuesday 19 October 2021.
Interview Date(s): Tuesday 26 October 2021.
Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton – Trustee
Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton are looking for new recruits to expand and strengthen their board of trustees.
The charity is seeking individuals with skills in social care, finance, communications and fundraising to support its work as it enters an exciting new phase. The trustees recently appointed Sandra McCaughley as Chief Executive and Jacinta Cannon as Director of Operations to lead the charity’s day to day operations and develop new services.
The impact of the pandemic and lockdowns has significantly affected older people in our community. Identified as a high-risk group, they faced the toughest restrictions with many unable to benefit from the switch to online support and services. This has affected people’s mental health, confidence, mobility and cognitive functioning. As restrictions lift, we need to increase efforts to address these negative impacts and help older people to lead independent, fulfilled lives.
Rupert Lowe, Chair of the Board of Trustees said: ‘We are delighted to welcome Sandra and Jacinta to Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton. They bring with them valuable expertise, experience and enthusiasm that will drive our progress over the coming years. I look forward to working with them and expanding the Board of Trustees to guide and support them.’
Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton have a long and rich history. Established in 1928 by Liverpool’s first female councillor, Eleanor Rathbone, it was the first committee in the country set up specifically for older people. Over the years, the charity has trialled many exciting, new initiatives to protect and promote the wellbeing of older people. The charity’s achievements were recognised in 2013 when it was awarded Freedom of the City by Liverpool City Council.
To find out more about a trustee role, contact Sandra McCaughley on 0151 256 2565 or visit the Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton website. Applicants from diverse and minority backgrounds are encouraged to get in touch.
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in October 2021 and may have expired since then.
South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services – Volunteer Trustee Member
This is a voluntary role.
Posts Available: 2 new members. Contract: Permanent. Term: Monthly meetings. Salary: No Salary – Expenses only. Hours per week: The time commitment for trustees is around 4-6 hours a month. Board meetings are monthly, usually on a Saturday or in the evenings and trustees are required to attend a minimum of 50% each year. Reporting to: The Trustee Board. Location: South Liverpool.
As an independent charity, South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services (SLDAS) offer free and accessible support to women who experience domestic abuse in South and South-Central Liverpool.
Domestic abuse has a devastating impact upon individuals, families and communities. Year on year, recorded incidents of domestic abuse have increased in Merseyside and rose sharply during the pandemic as women were isolated at home with perpetrators. SLDAS saw a significant rise in referrals for support with Covid-19 adding additional and complex pressures on their services. Women are falling through the net and they want to do more to help them.
To support their important work, they need to recruit 2 new trustees to the board. Having reviewed the skills of their current board, they are particularly interested in receiving applications from women with strong skills and professional experience in the following areas:
Finance/accounting/fundraising
Service design/development/evaluation
Charity governance/legal experience
Risk management and safeguarding.
Qualifications/Experience Needed
Successful candidate(s) will demonstrate:
A commitment to support women in South Liverpool to live their lives free from violence, abuse and fear
A willingness and ability to devote the necessary time and effort
Good, independent judgement and an ability to think creatively
A willingness to speak your mind
An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship
An ability to work effectively as a member of a team.
For an informal discussion or to request a trustee recruitment pack, please contact their Chair Nina Doran via manager@sldas.co.uk. To apply for the role please send the following information to manager@sldas.co.uk:
CV
Covering Letter (Please outline how you meet the criteria in the Person Specification)
Date of informal interviews: week commencing 25 October 2021.
YPAS October 2021 Vacancies
The Young Person’s Advisory Service (YPAS) is a Liverpool charity that offers a wide range of support, wellbeing and therapeutic services for children, young people and families in Liverpool. They currently have three posts available.
Post: Systemic Family Practice Practitioner (Training post). Salary: NJC scale 20 (£25,991). Contract: Fixed-term (1 year). Secondments will be considered. Hours: 35 hours per week. Shortlisting: Monday 18 October 2021 (5 pm). Interviews: TBC. Qualification gained: Postgraduate Diploma in Psychological Therapies with Children and Young People: Systemic Family Practice.
Post: Parenting Practitioner (Training post). Salary: NJC scale 20 (£25,991). Contract: Fixed-term (1 year). Secondments will be considered. Hours: 35 hours per week. Shortlisting: Monday 18 October 2021. Interviews: Wednesday 20 October 2021. Qualification gained: Postgraduate Diploma in Psychological Therapies with Children and Young People: Parent Training for Conduct Disorders.
Post: Interpersonal Therapy with Adolescents (IPT-A) Practitioner (Training post). Salary: NJC scale 20 (£25,991) pro-rata. Contract: Fixed-term (1 year). Secondments will be considered. Hours: 17.5 hours per week. Shortlisting: Monday 18 October 2021. Interviews: TBC. Qualification gained: Postgraduate Diploma in Psychological Therapies with Children and Young People: Interpersonal Therapy with Adolescents (IPT-A).
For more information about these vacancies, please visit the YPAS website.
For an application pack or for further information, please email recruitment@ypas.org.uk.
Closing date for all vacancies: 5 pm on Monday 18 October 2021.
Granby Workshop – Ceramics Designer and Projects Lead
Contract: Permanent. Term: Full-time. Salary: £29,000 per year.
Granby Workshop is a Community Interest Company based in the L8 area of Liverpool. They are a committed and enthusiastic team making high-quality handmade ceramics for projects and interiors all over the world.
They are currently seeking an experienced ceramics designer and producer to oversee their external project design and production process. Their ideal candidate is a talented ceramicist with at least 2 years of hands-on design and large-scale production experience, who sets high standards of design excellence for themselves and others, and enjoys working with a dynamic team in a fast-paced environment.
Posts Available: 1. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Salary: £8.91 per hour. Hours per week: 30. Reporting to: Dave Stanistreet, Sport Duty Manager. Location: Greenbank Sports Academy, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool L17 1AG.
Situated alongside the picturesque Sefton Park in Liverpool, the Greenbank Project Charity provides a variety of educational and sporting services for people from within and around the Liverpool City Region. They are particularly supportive of providing relevant opportunities for disabled people and other disadvantaged groups.
They currently have a vacancy for a Sports Leader working in their Sports Academy. The postholder will assist customers in the gym and ensure programmes are designed to suit individual needs. They will assist with bookings in the sports hall and ensure all equipment is set up in a timely and safe manner and lead fitness-based classes.
The ideal candidate will have a strong customer focus, possess good interpersonal skills, and have a ‘can do’ approach.
For the full job information pack and application form, please visit the Greenbank website.
For more information please call 0151 280 7757 or email dave.stanistreet@greenbank.org.uk.
Closing date: Thursday 7 October 2021.
Liverpool Methodist District – Personal Assistant (Administration)
Hours: 25 hours per week. Salary: £12,350 to £14,240 per annum (equivalent to £9.50 to £10.95 per hour, dependent on qualifications and experience – minimum always subject to the Living Wage Foundation Living Wage). Location: Home-based or in a local church office, to be discussed at interview.
The Liverpool Methodist District is seeking a personal assistant to provide confidential administrative support for the chair of the district, administrative support to district officers and to manage the district office.
As a personal assistant, you will be responsible for providing excellent PA support, dealing efficiently and sensitively with enquiries, especially those of a confidential nature. You will need to work collaboratively with other district officers and others across the whole Methodist Church structure and with ecumenical partners.
You will need to demonstrate a calm and confident approach, proven administrative competence, strong organisational and planning skills. You should be able to prioritise confidently and be able to adapt to changing priorities.
For more information and to apply, please contact Stephen Cooper (District Treasurer) at admin@liverpoolmethodist.org.
Closing date: Friday 15 October at 12 pm.
The Women’s Organisation – Project and Monitoring Co-ordinator
Reporting to: Operations Director. Salary Scale: £26,000 to £28,000 (dependent upon experience) plus auto-enrolment pension contribution and 25 days holiday.
The Women’s Organisation is a social enterprise that is the largest developer and deliverer of training and support for women in the UK. It has been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem for over a quarter of a century to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are currently expanding their diverse team.
Is this you?
Can you inspire and coordinate a team, helping existing and new partners deliver their projects?
Do you know your stuff and how to share it so others can understand stuff too?
Can you support an internal team and partner team members to be confident and capable to meet their project’s objective and desired impacts, while keeping them compliant?
If the answer is yes, you may be a match.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate coordination, leadership skills and capabilities and bring a well-developed understanding of effective project management and partnership support journey.
You will be the key liaison for multiple partners across a range of projects and provide monitoring, relationship and capacity building support for individual projects and consortia.
You will be able to work with partners to monitor and review project delivery, quality, compliance and added value for clients. You will assist in the sharing of good practice across partnerships and projects, ensuring the projects are delivering to meet both the client and the commissioner’s needs.
Roots of Empathy is an award-winning charitable organisation, that delivers an evidence-based programme that has shown significant effect in reducing levels of aggression, including bullying, among primary school children while raising social and emotional competence and increasing empathy. They have reached over one million children globally with their school-based programmes, they are now coming to various primary schools in Liverpool.
What do they do?
They offer empathy-based programmes in schools and childcare centres
They train volunteer instructors to deliver an age-appropriate curriculum
They invite community families into classrooms to demonstrate the power of a secure attachment relationship between infant and parent – the first and most powerful model of empathy
They measure impact, conduct research, and share results.
This is what a Northern Ireland Instructor had to say about this unique programme:
“Roots of Empathy is a superb programme both in its simplicity of delivery and the very profound and positive impact that it has on all participants… A caring, compassionate, inclusive and truly civilised society can exist but only if the foundations for this starts in our classrooms.”
They are now seeking volunteers to join them as instructors. You can learn more about that here.
For more information, please contact Katie Cohen at kcohen@rootsofempathy.org.
Liverpool City Council’s One Stop Shops provide council services and are based across community libraries. They have now opened a One Stop Shop in Central Library which offers a full service to help you with your council enquiries, including self-service and assisted self-service.
They are located on the ground floor and operating Monday and Wednesday from 10 am to 12 pm and 1.30 pm to 4:30 pm.
They intend to open five more One Stop Shops across libraries this year.
To find out more about Central Library’s One Stop Shop, please click here.
You can learn more about accessing council services below.
Open Awards – Administrator (Remote Invigilation)
Places available: 1. Salary: £12,000 – £16,500 dependent on age and experience. Hours per week: 35 hours. Monday to Friday. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Reporting to: Quality & Compliance Officer (TBC). Location: Currently hybrid working between office at Speke, Liverpool and home.
Open Awards is an awarding organisation approved by Ofqual and an Access Validating Agency approved by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA). They provide Ofqual regulated qualifications and units across a range of sectors, QAA Access to higher education diplomas and also offer bespoke quality endorsed units and flexible learning solutions. They also support the delivery of traineeships, apprenticeships and supported internships and are an end-point assessment organisation approved by Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA). Their qualifications and units are used across a range of education settings including further education, schools, sixth-form colleges, prisons, private training providers and third sector organisations.
This role will provide proficient and competent business administration support to ensure the smooth end-to-end running of Open Awards’ controlled assessments conducted remotely. You will work with Open Awards staff to ensure administrative systems and procedures are up to date, accurate and meet the needs of their customers and regulators.
Main responsibilities include:
Allocate and schedule controlled assessments conducted remotely, liaising directly their team of invigilators, providers and learners
Respond to queries from invigilators, providers and learners – actively solving problems that occur on a day-to-day basis
Monitor relevant email inboxes and respond to general enquiries
Signpost colleagues and escalate issues and problems
Support the organisation in its file management relating to Remote invigilation, ensuring records and system are updated correctly and run efficiently
Format & update forms and documentation
Generate reports from the Open Awards database and other systems
Support the organisation of events and workshops
Support colleagues across Open Awards to ensure that all guidance for providers is up to date and provides clear and accurate information.
Qualifications/Experience needed:
A Level 2 qualification is required and you must have or be working towards Level 2 English and maths
Experience in using various IT packages including Excel together with the ability to demonstrate effective communication skills
You must be well organised, motivated with the ability to meet deadlines and be flexible in your working practices.
Please email clare.graves@openawards.org.uk to submit your CV and request the full job description.
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in September 2021 and may have expired since then.
Open Awards – Quality Administrator
Places available: 1. Salary: £12,000 – £16,500 dependent on age and experience. Hours per week: 35 hours. Monday to Friday. Contract: Permanent. Term: Full Time. Reporting to: Quality & Compliance Officer. Location: Currently hybrid working between office at Speke, Liverpool and home.
Open Awards is an awarding organisation approved by Ofqual and an Access Validating Agency approved by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA). They provide Ofqual regulated qualifications and units across a range of sectors, QAA Access to higher education diplomas and also offer bespoke quality endorsed units and flexible learning solutions. They also support the delivery of traineeships, apprenticeships and supported internships and are an end-point assessment organisation approved by Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA). Their qualifications and units are used across a range of education settings including further education, schools, sixth-form colleges, prisons, private training providers and third sector organisations.
This role will provide efficient and effective business administration support to ensure the smooth running of Open Awards quality assurance activities. You will work with the Quality and Compliance Officer to ensure quality assurance processes are up to date and accurate and meet the needs of their customers and regulators.
Main responsibilities include:
Deal with general queries escalating more complex queries to colleagues as appropriate
Review, develop and implement quality assurance processes to ensure they are clear, accurate and effective, whilst also meeting the needs of their customers and regulators
Regularly check that the Open Awards database and portal contain accurate information relating to quality and compliance and ensure that accuracy and currency is maintained
Generate reports from the Open Awards database and extract to Excel to identify key trends and disseminate to colleagues
Support the quality assurance team in the collection, collation, recording, distribution and electronic storage of quality assurance reports
Organise team meetings, including the production and sharing of documentation and reports, taking minutes and creating action logs.
Qualifications/Experience needed:
A Level 2 qualification is required and you must have or be working towards Level 2 English and maths
Experience in using various IT packages including Excel together with the ability to demonstrate effective communication skills
You must be well organised, motivated with the ability to meet deadlines and be flexible in your working practices.
For more information, please email Clare.graves@openawards.org.uk.
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in September 2021 and may have expired since then.
Irish Community Care – Digital Access and Inclusion Volunteer Co-ordinator
Term: Full-Time. Hours: 35 hours per week. Contract: Fixed Term to June 2022. Salary: £23,175 per annum.
Irish Community Care is a charitable company whose aim is to ensure well informed, empowered and vibrant Irish communities in the North West. They are currently recruiting dynamic individuals with a track record of leadership and innovation to join their forward-thinking team.
The postholder will support the delivery of the Digital Access and Inclusion Programme through recruitment, induction, training and ongoing support of volunteers.
For an informal discussion, please contact Breege McDaid on 0151 2373987.
To request an application pack please call Josie Gibson on 0151 2373987 or email: admin@irishcc.net.
All applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check.
Closing date: Monday 18 October 2021.
Interviews: w/c 25 October 2021.
Irish Community Care – Digital Access and Inclusion Programme Lead
Term: Full-Time. Hours: 35 hours per week. Contract: Fixed Term to June 2022. Salary: £26,780 per annum.
Irish Community Care is a charitable company whose aim is to ensure well informed, empowered and vibrant Irish communities in the North West. They are currently recruiting dynamic individuals with a track record of leadership and innovation to join their forward-thinking team.
The postholder will set up and deliver a Digital Access and Inclusion Programme to enable community members to learn new skills in digital technologies to widen opportunities, reduce isolation and improve health and wellbeing.
For an informal discussion, please contact Breege McDaid on 0151 2373987.
To request an application pack please call Josie Gibson on 0151 2373987 or email: admin@irishcc.net.
All applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check.
Closing date: Monday 18 October 2021.
Interviews: w/c 25 October 2021.
Irish Community Care – Community Action Researcher and Advocate
Term: Full-Time. Hours: 35 hours per week. Contract: Fixed Term to June 2022. Salary: £30,526 per annum.
Irish Community Care is a charitable company whose aim is to ensure well informed, empowered and vibrant Irish communities in the North West. They are currently recruiting dynamic individuals with a track record of leadership and innovation to join their forward-thinking team.
The postholder will set up and deliver a tailored and specialist programme to engage and support survivors of Ireland’s Mother and Baby Home Institutions in Ireland 1922 – 1998, now living in the north of England. The programme is delivered through the Fréa partnership.
For an informal discussion, please contact Breege McDaid on 0151 2373987.
To request an application pack please call Josie Gibson on 0151 2373987 or email: admin@irishcc.net.
All applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check.
Closing date: Monday 18 October 2021.
Interviews: w/c 25 October 2021.
The Reader Organisation – Community Engagement Coordinator
Posts Available: 1. Contract: Fixed Term until April 2023. Term: Part-time. Salary: £20,000 – £24,000 (pro-rata) [dependent on experience]. Hours per week: 17.5. Reporting to: Children and Young People Partnerships and People Manager. Location: The Reader Organisation, The Mansion House, Calderstones Park, L18.
The Reader is a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which they believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. By reading with school groups, families, adults, looked after children, older people in care homes, adults with physical and/or mental health conditions, people coping with or recovering from addiction and individuals in the criminal justice system, their work is helping to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build stronger communities.
This role requires an experienced, hardworking and well-networked individual who can raise awareness of the work of The Reader and their project with The Steve Morgan Foundation. The Community Engagement Coordinator role will be key to establishing local and regional connections and building partnerships that place shared reading firmly within local communities, helping them to reach young people and families, specifically:
Children under 8 years old (and their parents and siblings) living in areas of high deprivation
Children and families receiving additional support, be that for health or socio-economic reasons
Children living with disabilities and their families
New parents and parents-to-be.
This is an exciting opportunity for a hard-working individual to join their team and develop a diverse range of partnerships across the city and the North West. Your key responsibilities will be:
Assist in the creation of promotional materials to inspire and support partners and volunteers to establish and advertise their groups
Build and strengthen relationships with partners, and a variety of stakeholders across the region, introducing them to shared reading and volunteer opportunities
Build rapport and trust with vulnerable families and children
Discern when and how communications are appropriate with a variety of partners and stakeholders
Communicate a complex project in a clear, concise and compelling way
Work across a number of departments in The Reader to ensure project aims are met and evaluated
Compile monthly project data and help with the end of project report
Identify suitable partners and locations for their project workshops, shared reading groups and storytimes to be embedded within partner services and delivered across the region.
Qualifications and experience needed
Experience in the charitable sector and the ability to build partnerships with other organisations
Excellent IT skills, with the ability to keep accurate records and keeping track of different strands of information
Proven track record in outreach work, partnership development and engaging hard to reach groups, individuals and children
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to communicate a complex project to partners in a clear, concise and compelling way
Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook. Must be willing to learn new IT skills – in particular, Windows-based software
Able to demonstrate an understanding of the work of The Reader and its social values. As well as have a good understanding of the purpose and social mission of The Reader to be able to increase and grow shared reading across the UK.
For more information, please contact laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk.
Closing date: 9 am on Wednesday 6 October 2021.
The Women’s Organisation – TheWO Delivery Support Officer
Reporting to: Operations Director.
Salary Scale: £22,000 to £24,000 (dependent upon experience).
The Women’s Organisation is a social enterprise that is the largest developer and deliverer of training and support for women in the UK. It has been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem for over a quarter of a century to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are currently expanding their diverse team.
Is this you?
Can you produce accurate work to deadlines, supporting colleagues to deliver their projects in a compliant way?
Can you undertake internal monitoring and compliance checks?
Are you able to communicate effectively, verbally and through your written work?
If the answer is yes, you may be a match.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate great communication skills, excellent IT, organisational, administration skills and attention to detail. They are looking for a new team member who can work in a positive and constructive way with team members, wider colleagues, project beneficiaries and key stakeholders at all levels, and bring a well-developed understanding of audit, compliance, supplier and partnership liaison.
You will work closely with colleagues delivering services across a range of projects undertaking monthly data collation, monitoring and compliance checks, particularly in relation to ESIF (European Structural and Investment Funds) and other funded Programmes; compliance support and assist capacity building support for colleagues.
You will work with colleagues to review project delivery quality and assist in sharing good practice and added value for clients. Ensuring projects are delivering to meet both the client and the commissioner’s needs.
Closing date: 12 pm on Wednesday 29 September 2021.
The Women’s Organisation – Conference & Facilities Support Administrator
Reporting to: Head of Facilities.
Salary Scale: £18,500 to £21,500 (dependent on experience).
The Women’s Organisation is a social enterprise that is the largest developer and deliverer of training and support for women in the UK. It has been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem for over a quarter of a century to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are currently expanding their diverse team.
Is this you?
Are you an enthusiastic and friendly person who can build relationships and greet their customers every day and make them feel welcome?
Are you able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with people from all walks of life both face to face and over the phone?
Are you good at multitasking and juggling several tasks on the go in a vibrant and active environment?
Do you like being a part of event or conference organising, dealing with the logistics to make an event a success?
Are you flexible at working regular evenings or occasional weekends?
If the answer is yes, you may be a match.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and have an approachable and friendly personality, have attention to detail, IT (especially Outlook emails and calendar), organisational and administrative skills. They are looking for a new team member who can work in a positive and professional manner with their customers, building tenants and other visitors of the building, and express a good understanding of building rapport, and creating a community environment for 54 St James Street tenants and visitors.
The Women’s Organisation – Customer Relationship Administrator
Reporting to: Head of Facilities.
Salary Scale: £18,500 to £21,500 (dependent on experience).
The Women’s Organisation is a social enterprise that is the largest developer and deliverer of training and support for women in the UK. It has been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem for over a quarter of a century to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are currently expanding their diverse team.
Is this you?
Are you an enthusiastic and friendly person who can build relationships and greet their customers every day and make them feel welcome?
Are you able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with people from all walks of life both face to face and over the phone?
Are you good at multitasking and juggling several tasks on the go in a vibrant and active environment?
Do you like being a part of event or conference organising, dealing with the logistics to make an event a success?
Are you flexible at working regular evenings or occasional weekends?
If the answer is yes, you may be a match.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and have an approachable and friendly personality, have attention to detail, IT (especially Outlook emails and calendar), organisational and administrative skills. They are looking for a new team member who can work in a positive and professional manner with their customers, building tenants and other visitors of the building, and express a good understanding of building rapport, and creating a community environment for 54 St James Street tenants and visitors.
The Women’s Organisation – Facilities Administrator
Reporting to: Head of Facilities.
Salary Scale: £18,500 to £21,500 (dependent on experience).
The Women’s Organisation is a social enterprise that is the largest developer and deliverer of training and support for women in the UK. It has been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem for over a quarter of a century to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are currently expanding their diverse team.
Is this you?
Are you an enthusiastic and friendly person who can build relationships and greet their customers every day and make them feel welcome?
Are you able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with people from all walks of life both face to face and over the phone?
Are you good at multitasking and juggling several tasks on the go in a vibrant and active environment?
Do you like being a part of event or conference organising, dealing with the logistics to make an event a success?
Are you flexible at working regular evenings or occasional weekends?
If the answer is yes, you may be a match.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and have an approachable and friendly personality, have attention to detail, IT (especially Outlook emails and calendar), organisational and administrative skills. They are looking for a new team member who can work in a positive and professional manner with their customers, building tenants and other visitors of the building, and express a good understanding of building rapport, and creating a community environment for 54 St James Street tenants and visitors.
The Women’s Organisation – Front of House Executive
Reporting to: Head of Facilities.
Salary Scale: £18,500 to £21,500 (dependent on experience).
The Women’s Organisation is a social enterprise that is the largest developer and deliverer of training and support for women in the UK. It has been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem for over a quarter of a century to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are currently expanding their diverse team.
Is this you?
Are you an enthusiastic and friendly person who can build relationships and greet their customers every day and make them feel welcome?
Are you able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with people from all walks of life both face to face and over the phone?
Are you good at multitasking and juggling several tasks on the go in a vibrant and active environment?
Do you like being a part of event or conference organising, dealing with the logistics to make an event a success?
Are you flexible at working regular evenings or occasional weekends?
If the answer is yes, you may be a match.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and have an approachable and friendly personality, have attention to detail, IT (especially Outlook emails and calendar), organisational and administrative skills. They are looking for a new team member who can work in a positive and professional manner with their customers, building tenants and other visitors of the building, and express a good understanding of building rapport, and creating a community environment for 54 St James Street tenants and visitors.
The Women’s Organisation – Client Relationships and Engagement Adviser
Salary Scale: £24,000-£27,000.
Reporting to: Head of Marketing and Engagement.
They are currently operating on a hybrid approach to working, splitting time between their offices at 54 St James Street and home working.
The Women’s Organisation is a social enterprise that is the largest developer and deliverer of training and support for women in the UK. It has been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem for over a quarter of a century to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are currently expanding their diverse team.
They are seeking a colleague for this new role that really cares about their client’s journey and experience. Even before a woman has heard about their organisation you will be influencing her journey through the strong relationships you forge out in the community and with key referral organisations. Along every step of her journey with them, you will ensure that she understands the scope of services available to her, both directly and in the wider community. Throughout her time with The Women’s Organisation, you will be her constant, the person she can come back to for additional support, and to ensure her journey runs smoothly.
You will be the first port of call at The Women’s Organisation for women contacting them, providing that much-needed reassurance, needs assessment and access to a diverse package of internal and external support. You will have a well-developed knowledge of the current range of advice, training and support opportunities that women can access to facilitate their development
You will have worked in an engagement, customer relationship, outreach, or community development role placing the client’s needs at the centre of your thinking and practice. They are looking for someone who can reach out and engage with their clients using novel and effective tools and techniques to enable and attract women to access support services. They are looking to work with a proactive and creative individual who can bring innovation to their approach, a broad network, and the capability to transform and expand their reach. You will need excellent verbal, written, listening, and information analysis skills.
They are particularly interested in hearing from those who have a good working knowledge of the Halton community (though happy to hear from those willing to get to know the area). Maybe you live in Halton or have previously worked there and so have an understanding of the community and built relationships with organisations working there.
Join Cancer Research UK’s Online Cancer Insights Panel
Do you want to get involved in more opportunities, but prefer to get involved remotely? If so, join Cancer Research UK’s online insights panel, so you can share your views on areas like their fundraising and health marketing campaigns from the comfort of your own home.
About the panel:
You will be part of a diverse group of people affected by cancer, committed to making a difference using your experience of cancer to shape the work that Cancer Research UK does. You will have the opportunity to share your views through surveys. You will receive consultations on an ad hoc basis to shape and influence a range of projects.
In this role, you will:
Get involved from home using your computer, laptop or tablet
Give them your opinion on projects to influence work across Cancer Research UK
Reply to surveys quickly, usually within 2 – 5 days.
You do NOT need to have:
Any prior knowledge of Cancer Research UK or the work they do
An understanding of research
A scientific understanding of cancer.
Please email involvement@cancer.org.uk if you would like to talk about the role or to apply. If you want to apply, they will send you an application to complete, please submit it before the closing date.
The Youth Futures Foundation has contracted RAND Europe, a not-for-profit research institute, to conduct a study looking at the role of infrastructure organisations in the youth employment sector in England. The aim of the study is to better understand the role of infrastructure organisations in this area and the impact they have on improving the employment chances for young people.
As part of the study, they are conducting a survey that aims to find out more about how the organisations that currently support youth employment operate and what they aim to achieve.
The deadline to take part has now been extended and the survey will remain open until Friday 24 September 2021.
Posts Available: 2. Contract: Temporary (during school holidays). Term: Part-Time. Salary: £48.00 a day. Hours: 5 hours a day/25 hours per week. Reporting to: Family Support Worker. Location: L17.
Amadudu is a black and minority specialist refuge, they provide accommodation and supporting services to women and their children fleeing domestic abuse. They prioritise women from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, however not exclusively.
They are now recruiting volunteers for their playschemes during the school holidays. Due to the nature of the service, this post is open to female applicants only.
Qualifications/Experience needed:
NVQ qualification in either of the following; Playwork, Youth Work and Childcare
Be prepared to have an enhanced DBS check and provide 2 references
Understanding of equality and diversity and inclusion
Previous experience of working in family support environments, awareness of domestic abuse (non-essential).
For more information and to apply, please contact Tola Lee by phone: 0151 734 0083 or by email: t.lee58@btconnect.com.
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in September 2021 and may have expired since then.
The Whitechapel Centre – Assertive Outreach Worker (Night Service)
Hours: 5 pm to 3 am on a rolling rota which covers some weekends.
Salary: National Joint Council (NJC) SCP 11 – 22 (£21,748 – £27,041).
Contract: Funding is in place to 31 March 2022 in the first instance (continuation funding will be pursued).
The Whitechapel Centre is a Liverpool based charity that works in partnership with The Basement Advisory Centre, We are With You and Liverpool City Council to provide support to people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness and/or have a street lifestyle. They offer immediate help to assist individuals to address their accommodation support needs alongside help with building confidence, developing independent living skills and supporting people to address substance use or other health and wellbeing issues.
They are now looking for an exceptional Outreach Worker to join their team.
Working within the Liverpool area, as part of their wider services for rough sleepers and people with a street lifestyle, you will provide a rapid, practical response to reports of rough sleeping overnight. You will reach out to people with multiple and complex needs, providing crisis intervention, initial assessment, support and advice.
You will have experience of working in a homelessness, housing or support setting, a good working knowledge of local statutory systems/processes and local support and treatment agencies and how to navigate them. You will demonstrate excellent communication skills and the confidence to work well with partner agencies, using your own initiative to make informed and effective decisions.
They offer a supportive working environment, a good pension scheme and staff benefits.
To apply, you can request an application pack via HumanResources@Whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 207 8624.
They do not accept CVs without an accompanying application form. This post is subject to an enhanced level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in September 2021 and may have expired since then.
The Whitechapel Centre – Assertive Rehousing Worker
Term: Full Time.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Salary: National Joint Council (NJC) SCP 11 – 22 (£21,748 – £27,041).
Location: Knowsley.
The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic and tailored support. This is so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.
In partnership with Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, they are looking to recruit an exceptional intensive support worker who can meet the housing and support needs of people who are rough sleeping or those who are at risk of it. This includes people staying in the Council’s emergency accommodation services.
With a good working knowledge of Housing and Welfare Rights, you will have at least 2 years of experience of working in a homelessness, housing or support setting. As well as working with hostels, Registered Providers and negotiating with private landlords in order to deliver appropriate support and rapid rehousing solutions.
You will have experience in discharging creative and innovative resettlement/support plans. As well as an ability to provide first-class advice and support to people about benefits maximisation, substance misuse problems, domestic abuse, care and mental health services, utilising a case conference approach to manage clients’ needs/risk. You will be highly motivated and confident and comfortable using your own initiative to make informed and effective decisions.
They offer a supportive work environment, good pension and health benefits.
To apply, you can request an application pack via HumanResources@Whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 207 8624.
They do not accept CVs without an accompanying application form. This post is subject to an enhanced level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). Car use will be desirable.
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in September 2021 and may have expired since then.
Funding for this post is for one year in the first instance.
Relay For Life – Event Chair
This is a voluntary role.
Term: 2 years. The Event Chair role is a minimum 2-year commitment. Where a committee has been established this would normally be with one year as Event Vice-Chair and one year as Chair. You will need to be present for the duration of the event.
Hours: 1-2 hours per week.
Location: Liverpool.
This is an exciting opportunity to help Cancer Research UK set up a committee and lead the first-ever Relay For Life event in Liverpool. Cancer Research UK Relay For Life is a celebration of the community’s fight against cancer as the teams fundraise in the months leading up to the event.
Each Relay is an overnight, community-led, non-athletic event where teams set up camp and take it in turns to walk around a track for up to 24 hours to signify that ‘cancer never sleeps’. The day itself has a carnival atmosphere. Everyone is invited to come along and celebrate the lives of Cancer Survivors, remember those lost to the disease and show their support of Cancer Research UK’s vital work.
The Relay is the highlight of the community’s calendar – it’s an opportunity for everyone to unite and help beat cancer. By leading a Cancer Research UK Relay For Life Committee, you will help to increase cancer awareness within your community and raise significant funds for Cancer Research UK’s life-saving work to find new and better cures for this disease.
What will I be doing?
Recruiting, motivating and coordinating key volunteers to work with you on the Relay Committee in a variety of roles
Organising and chairing committee meetings, overseeing the progress of other Committee Members
Taking responsibility for the delivery of all key Relay ‘Standards’ at the event
Acting as the Relay event spokesperson, being available for media interviews and presentations, and opening/closing ceremonies
as appropriate on Relay day itself
Planning and organising the Opening and Closing Ceremony
Communicating regularly with your Cancer Research UK staff partner to set and agree targets and to discuss progress and any issues that arise.
What skills and attributes do I need?
You should have excellent organisational and leadership skills
You should feel confident chairing committee meetings, be happy to delegate tasks to your fellow committee members and be confident to speak in public
You should be able to use resources available to you efficiently – both people and materials
You will need excellent diplomacy skills and be able to resolve conflict quickly and effectively
You should have a ‘can-do’ attitude and be able to inspire others to work hard in their roles and have the personal dedication necessary to deliver a successful Relay.
How much time do I need to commit?
Prior to taking on the position of Relay Committee Chair, you will be expected to attend a training day or weekend on how to organise a Cancer Research UK Relay For Life. You will need to chair committee meetings throughout the year and be flexible in your leadership role, meeting with individual Committee Members and Staff contact as appropriate. As the Relay approaches, you will need to devote more time to the event.
What support will I be given?
Full training in how to organise Relay For Life will be provided. You will be supported by a member of Cancer Research UK staff who will keep in regular contact with you to ensure you have all the information you need and help you develop goals and seek resources for your event.
What benefits can I expect?
Organising your own Relay for Life will harness and develop the skills and experience you possess and will result in a tremendous achievement. You will play a major part in bringing your community together to unite against cancer and the money raised will help Cancer Research UK beat cancer which can be extremely rewarding. The Relay itself is fun and a great way to meet people and make friends.
Where will I be based?
Much of the preparatory work involved with Relay can be completed from home, although attending meetings and recruitment/promotional activity will require you to be ‘out and about’ in the community.
For more information, please email chris.doyle@cancer.org.uk or call 07825 423 773.
Closing date: 31 October 2021.
Batala Mersey CIC – External Voluntary Director
This is a voluntary role.
The board of directors meet a minimum of four times per year.
Travel/parking expenses will be paid in line with the expenses policy.
This role is focused on helping to define and influence the concept of community both within the band membership and also developing extensive constructive connections with the wider Merseyside and Liverpool City Region (LCR) community.
Along with your fellow directors, you’ll share responsibility for overseeing Batala Mersey’s activities, and direction, making decisions reasonably and carefully and acting in line with their values.
1. This particular role has some specific requirements:
engages with community groups across Merseyside
understands the needs of diverse communities
develops working relationships with community groups and appropriate stakeholders
understands social inclusion both within the band and within community partners.
2. It will be your role to work with your fellow directors, and other Batala Mersey members people to make sure that:
Batala Mersey has a clear vision and strategy
They’ve got the plans they need in place to support what they’re trying to achieve
They’ve got the systems in place to monitor and review their achievements
They’re always looking for ways they can improve what they do.
3. Along with the other directors, you’ll need to share responsibility for the performance of Batala Mersey and how they use their assets by:
reviewing, understanding, and agreeing Batala Mersey’s annual budget and any major policies
making sure they have good ways to control their money and other assets
keeping an eye out for any major risks that might emerge, and making sure the right systems are in place to deal with them quickly and effectively or minimise them as much as possible
keeping an eye on how their activities are going, including through regular updates from the management team and making sure that there are clear ways that anyone can tell Batala Mersey about anything that goes against their ethos and their values.
4. They need you and their other directors to work together to make sure Batala Mersey complies with all their legal and regulatory requirements by:
keeping up-to-date and compliant with the ‘articles of association’ – a document that outlines how Batala Mersey should be run
deciding the levels of delegated authority and making sure they’re followed
complying with what the Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies and Companies House needs them to do, as well as any relevant legislation.
4. With other directors, do your best to make sure:
how Batala Mersey is governed is clear including to other directors and members of the Batala Mersey team
the Board of Directors has the skills needed to make the best decisions and has access to the right expertise and advice from outside Batala Mersey.
For more information, please email directors@batalamersey.com.
Closing date: 30 September 2021.
Liverpool Community Mental Health Grant Programme: Briefing Event Replay
If you missed our briefing event introducing the Liverpool Community Mental Health Grant Programme, you can now watch a replay of it online.
This grant programme is aimed at the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) Sector in Liverpool and is administrated by LCVS.
Bids are invited for grants of between £15K and £30K for a 12-month programme of activity. It is expected that between 14-28 grants will be issued.
The MSE Charity gives grants to UK not-for-profit organisations that deliver activities that make a lasting impact on how people think, behave and manage their money. Their latest grant round is now open.
You can now apply for a cash boost of up to £7,500 to help teach money skills to someone going through a big life change – this time, the round is themed on ‘life-changing transitions’.
The grant round closes once the MSE Charity accepts 40 applications or on Thursday 30 September 2021 at the latest.
To see if your non-profit group could qualify for a grant, you can take an eligibility quiz here.
Liverpool Law Clinic’s advice service for parents and carers of children with special educational needs resumes
Liverpool Law Clinic provides free and confidential legal advice to members of the public. Their advice service for parents and carers of children with special educational needs in Merseyside resumes from October 2021. Their solicitors offer free advice and assistance about your child’s education and support.
They are supported by law students who have been trained and have agreed to abide by their strict confidentiality rules.
Their free services include:
Advice about Special Educational Needs provision, including obtaining an EHCP, the contents of an EHCP and appealing a decision
Assistance with preparing an appeal to the SEND Tribunal
Advice and support to challenge delays in completing assessments
Advice and support to prepare a legal challenge to the lack of support for your child’s needs at home.
Appointments are available on their campus or remotely from Monday 4 October 2021.
For more information, please email clinic@liverpool.ac.uk or call 0151 794 5782.
This role is initially for 1 year, Faiths4Change intend that it will become a permanent role.
Term: Full Time.
Annual salary range: £23,660 – £26,390 (£13 – £14.50 per hour).
Hours: 35 hours per week.
Location: Central Liverpool Office with travel across the City Region and Cheshire.
Faiths4Change (F4C) is an environmental charity established in 2010. Their team is active at local and strategic level across Merseyside; working in and with communities to co-create climate change and resilience projects.
They are currently looking for a creative, proactive and experienced Project Coordinator with a collaborative approach to deliver and grow a portfolio of practical projects with faith and community partners on climate change, including carbon net-zero and tree planting.
To discuss the role, please contact annie@faiths4change.org.uk.
Closing date: Monday 20 September 2021.
LCVS – My Clubmoor – Hub Manager and Administrator
Salary: £23,000 per annum.
Working Hours: 35 hours per week.
Location: My Clubmoor Hub, 56 Maiden Lane, Clubmoor, Liverpool L13 9AW.
Responsible to: LCVS Director of Finance and Resources and My Clubmoor Board Chair.
Summary of the Role (Hub Manager)
The Hub Manager and Administrator will be based predominantly at the My Clubmoor Community Hub with some hours undertaken at various locations within Clubmoor, Liverpool and the surrounding areas. This may vary depending upon relevant community outreach projects related to the My Clubmoor vision and plan. This role will involve management of the general day to day running of My Clubmoor Hub. The role will involve maintaining the highest standards inside and outside the building, including maintenance and health and safety, to ensure that everyone – visitors, staff and volunteers, experiences a quality welcome at the My Clubmoor Hub.
Proactive, working well as part of a team, enthusiastic and passionate about making a difference to the local community and making My Clubmoor a thriving Hub.
Practical and administrative support for the Big Local Partnership alongside the operation of the Community Hub, including opening and closing the building for community workshops and events including weekends and evenings as necessary. The Administrator will work alongside the Big Local Partnership to ensure that the Hub is a vibrant and community-orientated facility that operates for the benefit of local residents.
Summary of the Role (Administrative)
To carry out any necessary practical and administrative functions (including financial recording and reporting) which are necessary for My Clubmoor to function.
To contribute to the development of the Hub, providing ideas and support to the My Clubmoor Big Local Partnership especially in relation to the on-going viability of the Hub in light of our 2021 consultation with local residents.
To apply, please contact Graham Wright at Graham.Wright@lcvs.org.uk.
Deadline: Friday 17 September 2021.
The Valley Community Theatre plans to expand and wants to hear from you
Valley Community Theatre is a registered charity and arts entertainment venue based in Netherley, Liverpool. Since 1994, when it was first established, it has delivered a variety of services and facilities to the local community in the arts such as drama, music, film and more. They are currently looking to expand on what they have already built and transform it into a more robust, inclusive and social destination, not just for Netherley but for all of Liverpool.
The Valley Community Theatre is already a hub for local community engagement, but with their new plans, they want it to be much more than that. It will be a place of self-improvement; a place to learn and refine skills; a place to gain jobs and qualifications; a place to flourish and reach one’s full potential. Thus, it will be a place to increase the quality of life of the community from engagement in the arts.
On the Valley Community Theatre website, you can view more of the CGI images and watch a video of what the future of Valley Community Theatre could look like. They have plans to refurbish and enhance the building by adding a café/restaurant, an outdoor performance space, community rooms and more. You can view the full plans here.
It will not just be a theatre, but something more so that individuals from a multitude of different walks of life can come together and enjoy what it has to offer. It will be a place to share ideas and enjoy culture all the while boosting the economy and creating new jobs for Liverpool.
Like what you hear? Here’s how you can help the Valley Community Theatre achieve its vision.
There are two five-minute surveys: one for individuals in the community and one for organisations.
The survey for individuals is for Valley Community Theatre to get feedback on their plans from members of the community and how they might like to get involved. After all, it is a place for the community so of course, they should have a say.
The survey for organisations is for organisations that either has service users they already support or that could be supported by them. They want to hear about your service users and how they can improve their lives. They are also looking for like-minded organisations with who they can collaborate and work together with to develop better services for the community.
The deadline for both surveys is at 5 pm on Friday 17 September 2021.
If you require more information about the Valley Community Theatre’s plans, please contact them at info@valleytheatre.co.uk or 0151 488 0364.
To learn more about Valley Community Theatre, please visit their website.
The Women’s Organisation – Delivery Support Officer
Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Salary: £22,000 – £24,000 per year.
Reporting to: Operations Director.
The Women’s Organisation is the largest developer and deliverer of training and support for women in the UK. It has been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem for over a quarter of a century to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are currently expanding their diverse team.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate great communication skills, excellent IT, organisational, administration skills and attention to detail. They are looking for a new team member who can work in a positive and constructive way with team members, wider colleagues, project beneficiaries and key stakeholders at all levels, and bring a well-developed understanding of audit, compliance, supplier and partnership liaison.
You will work closely with colleagues delivering services across a range of projects undertaking monthly data collation, monitoring and compliance checks, particularly in relation to ESIF (European Structural and Investment Funds) and other funded Programmes; compliance support and assist capacity building support for colleagues.
You will work with colleagues to review project delivery quality and assist in sharing good practice and added value for clients, ensuring projects are delivering to meet both the client and the commissioner’s needs.
Does this sound like you? For the full job description and to apply, visit the Women’s Organisation website or contact their team via info@thewo.org.uk.
Closing date: 12 pm on 29 September 2021.
The Women’s Organisation – Digital Strategy and Implementation Coordinator
Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Salary: £40,000 per year.
Location: L1 0AB.
The Women’s Organisation is the largest developer and deliverer of training and support for women in the UK. It has been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem for over a quarter of a century to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are currently expanding their diverse team.
The ideal candidate will enable their business to effectively meet the needs of their clients through the effective deployment of digital and technological approaches and tools.
You will bring a well-developed understanding of digital and social platforms and knowledge of how to engage business and consumer audiences across multiple digital channels, both owned and paid. You will be strategic, and skilled in developing strategies, plans and proposals around digital development needs and opportunities in relation to their internal and client-facing business needs and functions.
You will be able to present with confidence, advise and work collaboratively with the senior management and delivery team members on areas of digital development opportunities in learning, communication, marketing, client, and stakeholder engagement. You will ensure that the business is at the forefront of digital and technological deployment and is also able to manage its external ICT hardware and systems providers.
You will be an experienced person who can develop and advise the organisation on what the right mix of tools, data, analytics, automation, and responsible AI could be. They want to continuously drive a digital metamorphosis within the business, widening the range of what they can do for their clients and breathing life into their smart product and service portfolio.
Does this sound like you? For the full job description and to apply, visit the Women’s Organisation website or contact their team via info@thewo.org.uk.
Closing date: 12 pm on 13 September 2021.
PSS – Apprentice Learning & Development Assistant
Term: Fixed Term until 31 March 2023.
Hours: 37 hours per week.
Salary: £9,235.
Location: Liverpool.
What you’ll do as a learning and development apprentice
From little seeds grow big oaks and as PSS’s learning and development apprentice, you’ll nurture these seeds.
You’ll be the Edward Scissorhands of the learning world, pruning all of their learning records into shape with precision and keeping an eye on how individual people are progressing. You’ll make sure all their learning data is carefully managed, particularly by updating and maintaining their learning management system- Learning Pool. By doing this, you’ll be supporting people to meet their individual targets, along with supporting the really big-picture stuff – PSS hitting their service and organisational objectives.
In return, they’ll help you to blossom by providing the option to learn and develop yourself on a level three learning and development qualification. Once you’ve completed this you’ll be able to apply for CIPD membership. The things you’ll do towards this will include:
Supporting the learning and development team by assisting their L&D business partner to run the LMS effectively. That means keeping all the i’s dotted and all the t’s crossed to make sure they meet all the criteria that the people who monitor them look for. Making sure their external regulators are happy is very important.
Supporting the admin stuff behind the LMS. So that’s all about adding people to courses, creating sign-in lists, updating attendance records and running reports that the organisation needs to keep an eye on things.
Being the host with the most. You’ll support the team to arrange learning and development workshops online and offline, booking this into diaries, making sure people have the resources they need, contacting people who’ll be coming to training, sending out invites and information and doing this in a timely fashion.
You’ll need:
To be a real people person. They’re looking for someone who can build and maintain good relationships with people right across PSS as well as other external suppliers.
Experience of working in an office environment and strong MS Office skills – Outlook, Word and Excel.
A fire in your belly. Self-belief and drive, along with a positive and ‘can do’ attitude
Candidates who consider themselves to be disabled will also be given the opportunity to attend an interview if they meet the essential criteria for the role.
Contact details: Laura Curran – laura.curran@pss.org.uk
Closing date: 11 September 2021.
PSS – Therapist
Term: Fixed term until 31 March 2023.
Hours: 18 hours per week.
Salary: £28,776 pro-rata.
Location: Liverpool.
PSS Growing Together is a new therapeutic service focused on helping parents and carers develop strong and healthy relationships with their babies; keeping them safe, helping them enjoy life together and forming strong and positive bonds. The service is one of three that PSS offers to support parents and babies with a range of different needs, alongside Parent-Baby Relationships and Parent and Baby Wellness.
Their Parent-Baby Relationships service focuses on keeping babies safe and helping parents, carers and babies enjoy each other’s company and form good relationships, so that babies develop to their full potential. The specialist team work with people who are experiencing difficulties, like finding it difficult to bond with their baby, supporting their baby to develop, or feeling that there is too much pressure on them and that they need some support with their mental health and wellbeing.
What they need from their new therapist
They’re looking for someone with a degree in a therapeutic qualification (or comparable) that includes the assessment of adults. You’ll need to be registered with a relevant professional body like HCPC, BACP or UKCP and specialist training/ experience of parent-infant mental health will support you in this role.
What you’ll do as a therapist
You’ll work with parents and other primary carers who for whatever reason are finding it difficult to bond with their baby, understand their baby’s needs and finding the early stages of parenting a challenge. You’ll form positive working relationships with families and other professionals.
This post involves assessing parent-infant relationships and deciding if therapy and what type of therapy will be most effective. This will involve talking with the parent, observing the parent with the infant, asking the parent to complete appropriate questionnaires and measures and gathering information from professionals who know the family. This will allow you to then offer a therapeutic intervention based on the assessment, best evidence-based practice and the wishes and needs of the family.
Contact details: recruitment@pss.org.uk.
Closing date: 15 September 2021.
The Whitechapel Centre – Housing Support & Resettlement Worker / Older Persons’ Housing Advice Worker
Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Salary: National Joint Council (NJC) SCP 11 – 22 (£21,748 – £27,041).
Location: Liverpool.
The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic and tailored support. This is so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.
They are currently inviting applications for a new vacancy in their Housing Support and Resettlement Service/Older Persons’ Housing Advice Service.
The post-holder will be part of a team providing person-centred support to people who are at risk of homelessness or in a housing crisis. Part of the role will involve addressing some of the specific barriers and disadvantages experienced by older people who are at risk of homelessness. Clients may have additional support needs such as substance misuse problems, mental health issues, or financial difficulties. The post-holder will provide floating support to a caseload of clients and also provide housing advice on a drop-in basis.
With at least two years of experience in delivering effective services to vulnerable people, you will have a comprehensive understanding of housing and homelessness legislation, first-class assessment and support planning skills and the ability to address and resolve immediate, ongoing and longer-term needs.
To apply, you can request an application pack via HumanResources@Whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 207 8624.
They do not accept CVs without an accompanying application form. This post is subject to an enhanced level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). Car use will be advantageous.
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in September 2021 and may have expired since then.
This is a temporary post to 31 March 2022 in the first instance.
The Whitechapel Centre – Assertive Outreach Worker
Contract: Temporary to 31 March 2022.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week worked flexibly across 7 days on a rolling rota involving some early morning and late evening working by arrangement.
Salary: National Joint Council (NJC) SCP 11 – 22 (£21,748 – £27,041).
Location: Liverpool.
The Whitechapel Centre is a Liverpool-based charity that works in partnership with The Basement Advisory Centre, Addaction, Merseycare and Liverpool City Council to provide targeted support to people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness or have a street lifestyle. They offer help with building confidence, developing independent living skills and supporting people to address substance use or other health and wellbeing issues. They also help people access social and community networks, training, education and employment.
Working within the Liverpool area, as part of their wider services for rough sleepers and people with a street lifestyle, your role will involve reaching out to people with multiple and complex needs, providing crisis intervention, initial assessment, support and advice.
You will need experience working with rough sleepers or people with highly complex needs in a homelessness, housing or support setting. As well as experience in first-class assessment and support planning skills, support and treatment agencies, welfare rights and related legislation and a good working knowledge of local housing. You will have the passion and persistence to combine these to make a real difference to the lives of some of their hardest to reach clients.
They offer a supportive working environment, a good pension scheme and staff benefits.
For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Russell Ainslie on 0151 207 7617.
To apply, you can request an application pack via HumanResources@Whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 207 8624.
They do not accept CVs without an accompanying application form. This post is subject to an enhanced level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in September 2021 and may have expired since then.
Please note that they expect this service to be tendered in 2021.
The Whitechapel Centre – Hospital Discharge Worker (Support Worker)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Monday to Friday but with some flexibility to provide weekend cover by arrangement.
Salary: National Joint Council (NJC) SCP 11 – 22 (£21,748 – £27,041).
Location: Liverpool.
The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic and tailored support. This is so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential. They provide targeted support to people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness or have a street lifestyle.
New funding has been secured which will enable The Whitechapel Centre to work in partnership with Liverpool City Council, Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group, Brownlow Health, Liverpool YMCA, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and The Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust. They will develop an integrated model of health care and support for people who present as homeless or at risk of homelessness in the Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals. This will ensure that they are supported into appropriate accommodation solutions and are safeguarded against the risk of rough sleeping on discharge.
The job holder will provide both in-reach and community-based housing-related support, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. They will be acting as a liaison between the Hospitals and Local Authorities with regard to the discharge process under the provisions of the Homeless Reduction Act 2018 and other relevant legislation.
Ideally, the postholder will have experience of working in a hospital or social care setting and a wealth of experience delivering effective support services to people who are vulnerable or in housing need. You will have the passion and people skills necessary to work in partnership to develop appropriate solutions that meet the identified need, drive and commitment to see them through.
They offer a supportive working environment, a good pension scheme and staff benefits.
For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Fiona Nelson on 0151 207 7617.
To apply, you can request an application pack via HumanResources@Whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 207 8624.
They do not accept CVs without an accompanying application form. This post is subject to an enhanced level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in September 2021 and may have expired since then.
Funding for this post is in place for one year in the first instance.
YPAS face to face open access groups is back from 6 September 2021
YPAS is delighted to welcome you back to their open access groups from Monday 6 September 2021. Their SKY, Thrive and Smarty’s groups will all be starting face to face at their community hubs.
Following all national and local government safety guidelines, their community hubs are all safe spaces for you to enjoy.
If you have any questions, you can email support@ypas.org.uk or call 0151 707 1025.
New Government Tool for women and girls to flag unsafe areas
A pilot for a new online tool to allow people to flag places where they feel unsafe has been launched by the government with support from the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC).
Hosted on the national policing website and aimed primarily at women and girls, the tool, named StreetSafe, will enable members of the public to anonymously drop a pin onto a map and describe factors that cause them concern, including behavioural or environmental reasons on why they feel unsafe. Factors could range from a poorly lit walkway to instances of public harassment and will mean concerns can be raised with police, whether or not a crime has been committed.
The information will be used alongside other key data by police, in partnership with stakeholders, to deliver improved wellbeing and safety for communities.
Changes and improvements could range from installing CCTV and street lighting across a park or common, to introducing night-time patrols led by officers or members of the local community, such as Neighbourhood Watch groups.
The pilot will last for three months with progress and feedback being continually monitored.
While this tool has not been designed to report crime, the government and police are also urging more women and girls to come forward and report crimes like sexual harassment through existing channels.
In a non-emergency, the public can call 101 or visit 101. In an emergency, always dial 999.
Sport England’s Tackling Inequalities Fund’s new round of funding aims to support more organisations across Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral that help people from ethnically diverse backgrounds.
Research shows that those already experiencing the greatest inequalities have been hardest hit by the impact of Covid-19. Funding from Sport England’s Tackling Inequalities Fund has so far enabled MSP (Merseyside Sports Partnership) to provide financial support to over 60 organisations from across the Liverpool City Region. This is to help these organisations to engage people with long-term health conditions, disabilities and those from ethnically diverse communities and lower socio-economic backgrounds in projects designed to improve their physical and mental health through physical activity.
They are now prioritising their current funding round to support organisations with funding grants of up to £5,000 to run physical activity initiatives, with projects to be completed by March 2022.
They welcome expressions of interest from charitable organisations and constituted sports clubs. Funding is able to support organisations that are experiencing financial hardship and providing opportunities for their priority audience to be active either at home, online or in the community.
Deadline for expressions of interest: 12 pm on Friday 24 September 2021.
For more information and expression of interest documents, please visit the MSP website.
Imagine Independence – Support Worker
Job Reference: 21/64.
Hours: 37.5 hrs per week.
Salary: £17,419.05 per annum, additional sleep in payment.
Based in: Liverpool – Supported Accommodation Service
Imagine Independence is a third sector organisation that supports people to live full and meaningful lives. They campaign to promote the inclusion in society of individuals with a range of needs, from mental illness, learning disability, neurodiversity, and complex behaviour that challenges. Their portfolio of services is expanding and so this is a great time to join the organisation.
They are looking for a professional, dedicated and experienced Support Worker who can offer a commitment to delivering high-quality community-based care to service users living in the Liverpool area. You will have experience of working with people with mental health and/or learning disability needs. You will need excellent communication skills and be flexible in approach. You will have a positive attitude and be non-judgmental. It is essential to the role that you have a committed approach towards maintaining confidentiality, protecting the dignity of the individual and promoting their independence. It is desirable that you have at least an NVQ2 qualification in Health and Social Care.
Their benefits include a contributory pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
Term: Permanent.
Hours: 07:30 am to 16:00 pm, Monday to Friday.
Salary: £25,000.
Location: Brunswick Business Park, Liverpool.
Are you someone who can align a passion for social justice and environmental change with the business smarts to lead a small team to get the best out of them? You’ll also need an inquisitive nature and be up for a challenge.
At this key role for Bulky Bob’s, you will lead a small team to reuse and refurbish the maximum number of mattresses and bed bases. You will invent and introduce improved processes and methods of cleaning to increase the amount they clean and refurbish. The more mattresses and beds they save, the more people in furniture poverty they can help while reducing waste.
Contact details: Josie.Mckeown@frcgroup.co.uk.
Closing date: 31 August 2021.
For more information, please see the info pack they have prepared for the role. You can apply on the FRC website.
The Whitechapel Centre – Multilingual Supported Accommodation Project Worker (Support Worker)
Term: Full Time.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, worked on a rolling rota across 7 days.
Salary: National Joint Council (NJC) SCP 11 – 22 (£21,748 – £27,041).
Location: Liverpool City Centre.
The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic and tailored support. This is so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.
The position will be based at a new service providing 24-hour housing support and housing management to single people and couples who are homeless, including EEA Nationals who have limited or no recourse to public funds, who have English as a second language.
They are looking for a candidate with these attributes:
A background in a related homelessness, housing or support setting, you will have a proven track record of delivering multifaceted services to service users who have a wide range of differing and complex needs
You must have an energetic and a ‘can do’ attitude
You will be passionate about delivering positive outcomes for clients, ensuring appropriate move on and working to reduce levels of repeat homelessness in the city via effective multi-agency working
Ideally, you will have a good working knowledge of at least two Eastern European Languages and English
Have experience in discharging individualised resettlement/support plans
Have experience in providing advice and support to people about benefits maximisation, substance misuse problems, domestic abuse, care and mental health services.
To apply, you can request an application pack via HumanResources@Whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 207 8624.
They do not accept CVs without an accompanying application form. This post is subject to an enhanced level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).
Closing date: Monday 30 August 2021.
Please note that this service is likely to be retendered in 2021 or 2022.
The Whitechapel Centre – Support Worker (Harm Reduction Service)
Term: Full Time.
Contract: Permanent.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Salary: National Joint Council (NJC) SCP 11 – 22 (£21,748 – £27,041).
Location: Aigburth, Liverpool.
The Whitechapel Centre and SHAP Ltd are Liverpool City Region based charities that provide support to people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, and/or have support needs. They offer help with building confidence, developing independent living skills and supporting people to address substance use or other health and wellbeing issues. They also help people to access social and community networks, training, education and employment.
The Whitechapel Centre and SHAP Ltd, in partnership with Liverpool City Council, deliver a Harm Reduction Service. It is based within a supported accommodation setting for up to 33 people who have substance misuse and/or mental health issues, some of whom may also have physical health and care needs.
The aim of the service is to increase individuals’ sense of confidence, independence and recovery and enable people to make positive changes in their lives. Support is offered to help service users access services including education, treatment services and independent/alternative living accommodation if appropriate.
They are looking for candidates who have a background in working with people with complex needs and a range of mental and physical health problems. They must be able to engage with clients, build trust and develop a motivation to change through the provision of high quality, person-centred support interventions and engagement activities that reduce harm and improve health, well-being and self-esteem.
They offer a supportive working environment, good pension and staff benefits.
To apply, you can request an application pack via HumanResources@Whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 207 8624.
They do not accept CVs without an accompanying application form. This post is subject to an enhanced level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in August 2021 and may have expired since then.
The Whitechapel Centre – Community Navigator (Support Worker)
Term: Full Time.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week. This will involve occasional evening and weekend working by arrangement.
Salary: National Joint Council (NJC) SCP 11 – 22 (£21,748 – £27,041).
Location: Liverpool.
The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic and tailored support. This is so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.
As part of the Rough Sleeper Initiative, their Navigator Service works to deliver real and lasting change for people. This is for people who have complex needs who have a plan or vision for moving on but may need hand-holding through the process, particularly where the plan doesn’t seem to be working for them. A key function of staff working on the project is to identify and break down system barriers to ensure service users gain access to the interventions they need.
They are looking for a skilled support worker with extensive experience in working with people with multiple and complex needs. Someone who can maximise clients’ health, well-being, inclusion and exploit opportunities for development and move on including take-up of wider advocacy, advice and support services on offer.
You will need to be highly organised with the confidence to work well in a multi-agency setting. You will need to use your own initiative to make informed and effective decisions when representing your client’s best interests within key mainstream and specialist housing, welfare benefits, health and social care services.
Funding for this role is in place until 31 March 2022 but is very likely to be extended.
To apply, you can request an application pack via HumanResources@Whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 207 8624.
They do not accept CVs without an accompanying application form. This post is subject to an enhanced level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in August 2021 and may have expired since then.
PF Homes – Bank Senior Residential Care Worker
Hours: Zero hours contract.
Salary: £11.24 per hour.
Location: Liverpool.
Positive Futures Homes (PF Homes) is a new trading company set up by the youth development charity Positive Futures (PF) Liverpool. They want to invest in the long-term outcomes of the young people in their care. As such, they will reinvest any surplus profit back into their homes, and Positive Futures. By doing this, they can ensure that they make a real difference to the lives of the young people they care for while making their homes a great place to work at.
They are now looking to recruit bank staff. If you have experience within a children’s residential setting, they would like to hear from you.
What makes them different?
They invest heavily in ensuring homes are in the nicest locations and beautifully decorated, allowing children to express their characters, feel safe and enrich their lives
They have mainly 2/3 bed homes, with an absolute max of 4
They will offer a mental health provision as standard for every young person in their care
They will give them preferential access to all the services offered by Positive Futures, be that Targeted Support, Counselling skills, CBT skills, recreational or social provision.
What are they looking for?
For this role, they are looking for passionate, child-centred individuals who share their ethos in wanting to provide the best quality of care to the young people who reside in their homes. As a PFH employee, you will be responsible for providing the highest standard of care for their children and help promote a safe and nurturing environment for their development. The children that they care for demonstrate a wide range of challenging behaviours and can be very demanding of your time, attention, and emotions. You will need a high level of self-resilience and will need to understand that the challenging behaviours the children may display are often the result of abuse and or neglect and other negative early childhood experiences. As part of your hours, you will be required to work weekends, unsocial hours, bank holidays, and sleep-in duties.
They offer:
An excellent hourly rate with sleep-ins payments additional to this
Pro-rata entitlement to holiday pay on hours worked
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Fast track and clear career progression for all their employees
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable management team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
Contact details: Jenny Russell / info@pfhomes.org.uk.
Deadline: Unknown. Please note that this vacancy was first published in August 2021 and may have expired since then.
All successful candidates will be invited to an interview prior to coming on bank.
PF Homes – Bank Residential Care Worker
Hours: Zero hours contract.
Salary: £9.98 per hour.
Location: Liverpool.
Positive Futures Homes (PF Homes) is a new trading company set up by the youth development charity Positive Futures (PF) Liverpool. They want to invest in the long-term outcomes of the young people in their care. As such they will reinvest any surplus profit back into their homes, and Positive Futures. By doing this, they can ensure that they make a real difference to the lives of the young people they care for while making their homes a great place to work at.
They are now looking to recruit bank staff. If you have experience within a children’s residential setting, they would like to hear from you.
What makes them different?
They invest heavily in ensuring homes are in the nicest locations and beautifully decorated, allowing children to express their characters, feel safe and enrich their lives
They have mainly 2/3 bed homes, with an absolute max of 4
They will offer a mental health provision as standard for every young person in their care
They will give them preferential access to all the services offered by Positive Futures, be that Targeted Support, Counselling skills, CBT skills, recreational or social provision.
What are they looking for?
For this role, they are looking for passionate, child-centred individuals who share their ethos in wanting to provide the best quality of care to the young people who reside in their homes. As a PFH employee, you will be responsible for providing the highest standard of care for their children and help promote a safe and nurturing environment for their development. The children that they care for demonstrate a wide range of challenging behaviours and can be very demanding of your time, attention, and emotions. You will need a high level of self-resilience and will need to understand that the challenging behaviours the children may display are often the result of abuse and or neglect and other negative early childhood experiences. As part of your hours, you will be required to work weekends, unsocial hours, bank holidays, and sleep-in duties.
They offer:
An excellent hourly rate with sleep-ins payments additional to this
Pro-rata entitlement to holiday pay on hours worked
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Fast track and clear career progression for all their employees
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable management team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
Contact details: Jenny Russell / info@pfhomes.org.uk.
Deadline: Unknown. Please note that this vacancy was first published in August 2021 and may have expired since then.
All successful candidates will be invited to an interview prior to coming on bank.
PF Homes – Bank Residential Support Worker
Hours: Zero hours contract.
Salary: £9.60 per hour.
Location: Liverpool.
Positive Futures Homes (PF Homes) is a new trading company set up by the youth development charity Positive Futures (PF) Liverpool. They want to invest in the long-term outcomes of the young people in their care. As such, they will reinvest any surplus profit back into their homes, and Positive Futures. By doing this, they can ensure that they make a real difference to the lives of the young people they care for while making their homes a great place to work at.
They are now looking to recruit bank staff. If you have experience within a children’s residential setting, they would like to hear from you.
What makes them different?
They invest heavily in ensuring homes are in the nicest locations and beautifully decorated, allowing children to express their characters, feel safe and enrich their lives
They have mainly 2/3 bed homes, with an absolute max of 4
They will offer a mental health provision as standard for every young person in their care
They will give them preferential access to all the services offered by Positive Futures, be that Targeted Support, Counselling skills, CBT skills, recreational or social provision.
What are they looking for?
For this role, they are looking for passionate, child-centred individuals who share their ethos in wanting to provide the best quality of care to the young people who reside in their homes. As a PFH employee, you will be responsible for providing the highest standard of care for their children and help promote a safe and nurturing environment for their development. The children that they care for demonstrate a wide range of challenging behaviours and can be very demanding of your time, attention, and emotions. You will need a high level of self-resilience and will need to understand that the challenging behaviours the children may display are often the result of abuse and or neglect and other negative early childhood experiences. As part of your hours, you will be required to work weekends, unsocial hours, bank holidays, and sleep-in duties.
They offer:
An excellent hourly rate with sleep-ins payments additional to this
Pro-rata entitlement to holiday pay on hours worked
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Fast track and clear career progression for all their employees
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable management team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
Positive Futures Homes (PF Homes) is a new trading company set up by the youth development charity Positive Futures (PF) Liverpool. They want to invest in the long-term outcomes of the young people in their care. As such, they will reinvest any surplus profit back into their homes, and Positive Futures. By doing this, they can ensure that they make a real difference to the lives of the young people they care for while making their homes a great place to work at.
What makes them different?
They invest heavily in ensuring homes are in the nicest locations and beautifully decorated, allowing children to express their characters, feel safe and enrich their lives
They have mainly 2/3 bed homes, with an absolute max of 4
They will offer a mental health provision as standard for every young person in their care
They will give them preferential access to all the services offered by Positive Futures, be that Targeted Support, Counselling skills, CBT skills, recreational or social provision.
What are they looking for?
For this role, they are looking for passionate, child-centred individuals who share their ethos in wanting to provide the best quality of care to the young people who reside in their homes. As a PFH employee, you will be responsible for providing the highest standard of care for their children and help promote a safe and nurturing environment for their development. The children that they care for demonstrate a wide range of challenging behaviours and can be very demanding of your time, attention, and emotions. You will need a high level of self-resilience and will need to understand that the challenging behaviours the children may display are often the result of abuse and or neglect and other negative early childhood experiences. As part of your hours, you will be required to work weekends, unsocial hours, bank holidays, and sleep-in duties.
They offer:
An excellent salary with sleep-ins payments additional to this
Health Cash Plan
25 days holiday
An extensive training program to ensure their staff are the best in their field
Fast track and clear career progression for all their employees.
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable management team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families they have the pleasure of working with.
Contact details: Jenny Russell / info@pfhomes.org.uk.
Deadline: 12 pm on Tuesday 14 September 2021 (for the initial interest in the role).
All successful candidates will be invited to a virtual interview which will take place on Tuesday 14 September 2021.
Bronte Youth & Community Centre – Youth Worker/Leader in Charge
Posts available: 1 x Youth Worker/Leader in Charge.
Contract: Temporary.
Contract Length: Fixed 6/12 months. (Applicants preferably should be residents in Merseyside during this period).
Term: Full Time.
Salary: £20,000.00 – £25,000.00 per annum.
Location: Liverpool.
The Bronte Youth and Community Centre is situated close to the city centre, within the St Andrews area of Liverpool. It was established over forty years ago and has delivered all aspects of youth and playwork to children and young people whilst initiating support programmes and opportunities for the local community.
Job role
The work will include direct contact with children and young people through evening sessions and the occasional weekends as and when required, together with engagement and activities with the local community
You will manage and support a small staff team of paid and voluntary workers
You will oversee the day-to-day running and administration of the Centre including finance/inventory recordings, reports (written/verbal – as requested by the Trustees). As well as completing funding applications and identifying other sources of support streams that will benefit and enhance their youth work programme and towards the annual running costs of the centre.
The ideal candidate must:
Have a positive attitude
Have a confident personality
Have a flexible/adaptable approach to work
Have qualifications connected to youth work
Have funding skills regarding grant/bid applications, reports etc.
Have the ability to motivate and inspire young people and children to develop personal skills that will help them to broaden their horizons, improve their life chances, have fun and make a positive contribution within their own, and wider communities
Be able to create a rapport and develop professional relationships with children and young people, the local community, and all relevant partners and stakeholders.
These details are not intended to be either prescriptive or exhaustive – the details are issued as a framework to outline the main areas of responsibility at the time of writing.
The successful candidate must be able to start work within one month of appointment.
If you have the experience, skills and knowledge required, please complete the application form and email it to bronteyouthclub@yahoo.co.uk.
Deadline: 13 September 2021.
Expected start date: October/November 2021.
Writing on the Wall – L8 Archives: Project Archivist
Posts available: 1 x L8 Archives: Project Archivist.
Term: Full Time.
Hours: 35 hours per week.
Salary: £30,507 per annum.
Location: Liverpool.
Writing on the Wall (WoW) believe in creativity, community, diversity, artistic excellence and social and economic justice. They are Liverpool’s longest-running writing and literary organisation and festival. They celebrate and inspire creativity and writing in all its forms through inquiry, debate, performance and publishing. Their annual WoWFest brings together local audiences with the best local, national and international writers, artists and social commentators. They are currently looking for a passionate, driven individual to be their Project Archivist for their L8 Archives project.
You will be working to bring into public access, two nationally significant collections relating to Liverpool’s Black History, the role will see you exploring The L8 Law Centre and Liverpool Anti-Racist Community Art Association. These two vital anti-racist organisations were central to the defence and empowerment of Liverpool’s communities and they’re recruiting for a thoughtful and knowledgeable archivist, who will help document and share these important histories both here in Liverpool and nationally.
Working with Writing on the Wall, supported by Liverpool Central Library and Archive you will preserve, catalogue, digitise and promote the extensive L8 Archive Collection. You’ll work alongside the Project Team and Steering Committee to ensure best practice and community involvement and to recruit and supervise volunteers, who will assist with cataloguing and digitising the collection.
Deadline: 5 pm on Monday 30 August 2021 (applications arriving by post or email after this time will not be accepted).
Interviews will be held at Liverpool Central Library on Monday 13 September 2021.
Imagine Independence – Director of Finance & Business Systems
Job Reference: 21/62.
Hours: 37.5 hrs per week.
Salary: £43,000.00 pro-rata.
Based in: Liverpool.
Imagine Independence is a third sector organisation that supports people to live full and meaningful lives. They campaign to promote the inclusion in society of individuals with a range of needs, from mental illness, learning disability, neurodiversity, and complex behaviour that challenges. Their portfolio of services is expanding and so this is a great time to join the organisation.
In this role, you will oversee the provision of key financial and management information to the SMT and Board to facilitate effective organisational operation and business development. The postholder will work closely with the Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Trustees and SMT, helping to determine/deliver on long-term financial goals. As well as supporting the development/delivery of strategies to achieve the financial, IT, asset management and business development objectives of Imagine Independence.
The post holder will be a member of the Senior Management Team reporting to the ACEO and supporting them in the following areas of their responsibility:
Finance, including annual accounts, tax, and audit functions
Business planning, including financial forecasting
Payroll and HR systems
IT systems and management information development/delivery
Procurement
Deputising in the absence of ACEO at the request of the CEO.
You will:
Be a fully qualified, experienced accountant who wants to make a difference in your daily working life
Have commercial skills and business acumen that you can apply in a third sector environment
Have a track record of involvement in the development and implementation of strategies, together with the underlying business processes to ensure success
Have experience working with a range of external stakeholders and internal business partners
Enjoy working in a team yet be equally comfortable working alone
Be a confident manager of both individuals and teams so that they can deliver on organisational goals and add value to the overall operation of the organisation
Act as an advocate for the organisation with both colleagues and external partners/stakeholders
Be a confident and effective communicator, who can make finance and business processes come alive for colleagues.
For a conversation about the organisation and the post, please contact Paul Edwards (Assistant Chief Executive) on 0151 709 2366.
Closing date: 5 pm on 23 September 2021. Interviews to be held in Liverpool on the 4 October 2021.
The Reader – Head of People
Posts available: 1 x Head of People.
Contract: Permanent.
Term: Full Time.
Hours: 35 hours per week.
Salary: £33,000 – £42,000 per annum.
Location: Mansion House, Calderstones Park, L18 3JB.
Reporting to: Director of Services.
The Head of People will provide advice and guidance to the Directors Group on all people matters. You will be a member of the senior management team, reporting directly to the Director of Services. It is vitally important to the Reader that as well as being able to advise on all technical HR matters, that you are able to bring a flexible, creative approach to your work, looking for innovative solutions to the people challenges that present themselves as the Reader further their vision.
The People Team look after both staff and volunteers. This challenging and varied leadership role has an important part to play in ensuring all of these people are well managed and well supported. You will be supported in this role by the People Team.
Term: Permanent (subject to funding).
Hours: 30-40 hours per week (subject to negotiation). Some evening/weekend work may be involved.
Salary: c.£40k p.a. pro-rata.
Location: Liverpool.
Reporting to: Feeding Liverpool Trustees.
Feeding Liverpool is Liverpool’s food alliance, connecting and equipping people and organisations to work towards good food for all. Building on their work since 2015 tackling hunger and food insecurity, they are developing and driving forward Liverpool’s Good Food Plan in partnership with communities and organisations across the city. They are now looking for a Good Food Programme Director to join their team.
Job responsibilities:
To exercise critical thinking in relation to food insecurity and good food
To oversee the delivery and the continued evolution of the Liverpool Good Food Plan
To engage with relevant stakeholders locally and nationally
To stimulate and encourage the emergence of projects and programmes
To oversee the management of contracts and partner relationships
To synthesize research, data, lived experience and policy
To promote the values and principles of Good Food Plan working
To work with the trustees to lead the organisational aspects of the alliance, including staff management, and to monitor the sustainability of the organisation.
Job tasks:
To supervise other Feeding Liverpool staff members in the exercise of their responsibilities and ensure that these are carried out efficiently and effectively
To develop and ensure good lines of communication with Good Food Plan stakeholders
To oversee the Feeding Liverpool and Good Food Plan communications and social media policies and processes
To ensure that there are adequate monitoring and reporting systems in place for the Good Food Plan.
Feeding Liverpool – Good Food Programme Network Coordinator
Term: Permanent (subject to funding).
Hours: 22.5 hours per week (at least, subject to negotiation). Some evening/weekend work may be involved.
Salary: c.£25k p.a. pro-rata.
Location: Liverpool.
Reporting to: Good Food Programme Director.
Feeding Liverpool is Liverpool’s food alliance, connecting and equipping people and organisations to work towards good food for all. Building on their work since 2015 tackling hunger and food insecurity, they are developing and driving forward Liverpool’s Good Food Plan in partnership with communities and organisations across the city. They are now looking for a Good Food Programme Network Coordinator to join their team.
Job responsibilities:
To produce, edit and coordinate Feeding Liverpool and the Good Food Plan’s external communications
To use creative methods of engagement to build the membership of Feeding Liverpool
To oversee the operational running of Feeding Liverpool’s events
To coordinate Feeding Liverpool’s communications with trustees
To coordinate Feeding Liverpool’s monitoring requirements
To support the management of contracts and partner organisations
To support the development and to maintain good filing systems and audit trails.
Job tasks:
To oversee the production of a regular news bulletin and communications with network members
To maintain and develop Feeding Liverpool’s and the Good Food Plan’s social media accounts (Twitter, Facebook and Instagram)
To oversee the management of Feeding Liverpool’s website
To maintain and keep accurate records of meetings and decisions made by trustees and actions taken
To be responsible for distributing associated papers to trustees for meetings
To effectively prepare, organise and manage the preparation of papers for the Annual General Meeting
To oversee the coordination of post-event communications.
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) is looking to commission community and voluntary sector organisations to consult with citizens across the six districts of the Liverpool City Region (Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St. Helens and Wirral), about the development of its Equality Scheme and objectives.
The purpose is to get focused engagement sessions to ensure that they have representative responses from groups with certain protected characteristics, as defined by the Equality Act 2010.
Please note all submissions must be sent electronically, posted or hand-delivered submissions will not be processed.
The Whitechapel Centre – Mental Health & Floating Support Worker
Term: Full Time.
Contract: 3 months fixed term (maybe potential for extension).
Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Salary: National Joint Council (NJC) SCP 11 – 22 (£21,748 – £27,041).
Location: Wirral.
The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic and tailored support. This is so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.
They are currently inviting applications for a new vacancy in their Mental Health & Floating Support Service based in Birkenhead, Wirral.
The aim of the service is to support people with mental health problems to access and maintain their accommodation and to help them make improvements to their health and wellbeing. The service primarily operates on weekdays from 9 am to 5 pm and provides floating support for up to 6 months. As well as drop-in sessions and telephone-based support to people 18 and over who have a Wirral connection and a diagnosed mental health problem.
The post-holder will:
Be an experienced practitioner with a good working knowledge of Housing and Welfare Rights
Have at least 2 years of experience of delivering personalised support plans and advice about housing, benefits maximisation, substance misuse problems, domestic abuse, care and mental health services
Be highly organised
Have the confidence to work well in a multi-agency setting
Be comfortable using their own initiative to make informed and effective decisions.
To apply, you can request an application pack via HumanResources@Whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 207 8649.
They do not accept CVs without an accompanying application form. This post is subject to an enhanced level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). Car use will be essential.
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in August 2021 and may have expired since then.
The Whitechapel Centre – Early Intervention Housing Support Worker
Term: Full Time.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Salary: National Joint Council (NJC) SCP 11 – 22 (£21,748 – £27,041).
Location: Liverpool.
The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic and tailored support. This is so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.
The Whitechapel Centre’s Early Intervention project aims to identify individuals and families with a housing-related issue and address the problem. They try to do this at an early stage well before the individual or family become homeless and ideally before a significant risk of homelessness arises. They work closely with the council’s Housing Options, Job Centre Plus, Children’s Centres and a range of other services to identify those in need and provide personalised support. This can be in the form of a short intervention or a programme of support.
They are looking for an exceptional support worker who has the energy and commitment to make a real difference. The post-holder will:
Have a good working knowledge of Housing and Welfare Benefits
Have at least 2 years experience of working in a homelessness, housing or support setting
Have experience in discharging individualised resettlement/support plans
Have experience in providing advice and support to people about benefits maximisation, substance misuse problems, domestic abuse, care and mental health services
Be highly organised
Have the confidence to work well in a multi-agency setting
Be comfortable using their own initiative to make informed and effective decisions.
This service will be delivered by The Whitechapel Centre from alternating venues across the city in partnership with Riverside and Creative Support. Funding is to 31 March 2022 in the first instance.
To apply, you can request an application pack via HumanResources@Whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 207 8624.
They do not accept CVs without an accompanying application form. This post is subject to an enhanced level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).
There is no formal closing date for this vacancy. Please note, this vacancy was published in August 2021 and may have expired since then.
Henshaws Society – Children & Young People Enablement Officer
Term: Maternity cover – up to 12 months.
Hours: 21 hours per week.
Salary: £10.86 per hour/£11,859.12 per annum.
Location: St Vincent’s School, Liverpool / Flexible Working.
Henshaws is a northern charity supporting people living with sight loss and a range of other disabilities to go beyond expectations. They are currently looking to recruit a Children and Young People (CYP) Enablement Officer to work as part of their children and young people team.
This is a unique opportunity to work with partially sighted and blind children and young people, helping them to become more independent. Your role will be to support CYP through the programme providing activities around building confidence and self-esteem, social and interpersonal skills, daily living skills, cooking and transitions and planning for the future, all while having fun, making friends and trying new things.
The role will involve the assessment of CYP needs and goal setting prior to the course as well as monitoring progress throughout and at the end of the course. You will also be responsible for delivering a one day workshop for parents to attend at the beginning of each course to give them the skills and knowledge to help support their child to be more independent at home and in the community.
To read the full job description and person specification or to apply, please visit the Henshaws website or contact their HR department on 01423814510.
Closing date: 1 September 2021.
Police Commissioner launches £50,000 Youth Diversion Fund
Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner Emily Spurrell has announced that she is releasing the first round of funding from her Youth Diversion Fund. She is encouraging community organisations, charities, and groups to apply for a vital cash boost for grassroots initiatives that are working to divert young people away from anti-social behaviour and crime during a time when it traditionally spikes.
The fund uses money raised through the Police Property Act which sees money from the sale of unclaimed stolen goods or property recovered by the police which cannot be returned to be diverted into worthwhile causes. Community groups that will offer safe and engaging activities for children and young people are being invited to bid for grants for diversionary projects taking place around the October school half-term, Halloween and Bonfire Night period 2021. Grants of up to £3,000 are available.
The Commissioner said: “Many communities across Merseyside traditionally see a rise in criminal and anti-social behaviour around Bonfire and Mischief Night. Historically, it is also a particularly busy time for the police and the fire service. Through these grants, I want to help alleviate these issues and provide safe and engaging activities for young people to make sure they don’t become involved in anti-social or criminal behaviour.”
A total of £50,000 is available from the fund for one-off grants for organisations that are committed to improving community safety, reducing crime or supporting victims.
All applications must be submitted online by 4 pm on Friday 10 September 2021.
Term: Permanent.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week – the post holder will be required to work occasional evenings and weekends. Unity is flexible in how the post-holder distributes their hours across a month.
Salary: £28,000 per annum.
Location: Unity Theatre Liverpool.
Unity Theatre is seeking a Technical and Facilities Manager to head up the Technical and Buildings Department. The post-holder will be responsible for scheduling and strategic planning within the department, delivering all technical aspects of productions and events and developing a team of permanent and freelance technical staff.
The role will diligently lead on all health and safety aspects relating to productions and to building facilities. Expertise will be essential for delivering the technical side of all performances and events and the role will be key to the development of local creatives by advancing their technical knowledge and capabilities.
For more information and to apply, please email info@unitytheatre.co.uk.
If a written application isn’t your preferred method of applying, please feel free to send in a 2-minute video or arrange a phone call using the same email address as above. If you need support completing your application please email artists@unitytheatre.co.uk.
Closing date: 10 am on 1 September 2021.
Local Solutions, Liverpool Carers Centre – GP Liaison Worker
Term: Full Time. This post is currently fixed term until December 2021 but could be extended, this will be discussed at the interview.
Salary: £21,680 per annum.
Location: Local Solutions Head Office, Liverpool.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a role within a leading health and social care charity. Its mission is to “Build Resilience, Raise Aspiration, and Improve Lives”. Their work is focused on serving the communities within the Liverpool City Region and surrounding areas. They are guided by their vision of a society in which all people can live with dignity, lead fulfilling lives and realise their potential.
Liverpool Carers Centre, Local Solutions is looking to recruit a Carers GP Liaison Worker to work alongside GP practices in Liverpool to support them to identify unpaid carers. The successful applicant will empower and support carers to make choices on how they maintain their health and wellbeing.
The postholder will be responsible for referring carers to the Liverpool Carers Centre, who would then support the carers to focus on what matters to them and take a holistic approach, connecting carers to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support.
Term: Permanent.
Hours: 37.5 hours. All applicants must be prepared to work on a rota basis. Hours will include weekends, evenings, bank holidays, waking nights and sleep-ins.
Salary: £9.16 – £9.98 per hour, depending on location.
Location: L7, L13.
L’Arche Liverpool is looking for care workers who are passionate about working with people with learning disabilities. They want honest, hardworking people, with integrity, who promote dignity, respect, and equality, who have a positive ‘can do’ attitude, ability, and willingness to work in a busy environment.
The care worker roles involve:
Providing help with all aspects of personal care
Providing support with all aspects of end of life care and dementia
Accompanying people to social activities e.g. visiting family/friends, walks, cinema/theatre, meals out, reading etc.
Monitoring progress and recording notes on daily record sheets relating to each visit
Providing consistent, person-centred support that meets the individual needs of each service user.
Essential skills, experience and attitude:
Minimum 12 months of experience working with adults who have learning/multiple disabilities living in the community
Experience of working within a nursing home or hospital setting and/or busy environment of care provider
Physically fit and able to undertake safe manual handling practices
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Observant and sensitive to a service user’s needs
Ability to liaise with outside agencies and other professionals
Ability to work autonomously and productively as part of a team
Knowledge of food hygiene, manual handling and health & safety standards and practices
Although grounded in the Christian tradition, L’Arche Communities welcome people of all faiths, their vision is a world where all belong.
For more information, you can call 01512600422 or email liverpoolrecruitment@larche.org.uk. Closing date: 30 September 2021.
Together for Our Planet Funding programme
The ‘Together for Our Planet’ programme will offer grants from National Lottery funding to support communities across the UK to take action on climate change. They expect to make approximately 400 to 500 awards through this programme.
Area: UK-wide.
Suitable for: Voluntary or community organisations.
Funding size: £1,000 to £10,000.
Total available: £2.5 million. The programme will open on 1 September 2021. They will not be accepting any applications before this date.
Projects should reflect what matters to your community and can be small in scale. They could cover an area like:
food
transport
energy
waste and consumption
the natural environment.
You will not need to be an expert in any of these areas to apply. They’re particularly interested to hear from people who are starting to think about taking action on climate change in their communities.
Closing date: 5 pm on 18 November 2021.
They will try to give you a decision within a maximum of 12 weeks.
Term: Fixed-Term, 3 years (potential for extension).
Hours: Part Time – to be negotiated.
Salary: £18,000 – £20,000 (pro rata).
Location: Sefton Park, Liverpool.
‘I Choose’ is a new initiative from Transforming Choice and partly funded by The National Lottery Community Fund. It is a holistic programme of activity that aims to build resilience, self-determination, friendships and connection amongst people who are overcoming addictions to alcohol and other substances. It is fully inclusive and has been designed and led by its participants.
The role:
Provide person-centred, one to one mental and emotional support
Encourage participants to develop personal goals
Facilitate some group sessions
Enable participants to design and develop activities for ‘I Choose’.
Transforming Choice is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual with a belief in people and a passion for doing the right thing. Experience in the drug and alcohol sector is not required, although an understanding of some of the challenges faced by people in these circumstances is desired.
The successful candidate will use a variety of software on a daily basis such as Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word. Some data entry and collection on the National Drug Treatment and Monitoring Service (NDTMS) will be required, full training will be provided. Other duties will include although are not limited to:
Inputting daily notes and data onto their in-house system (full training provided)
Covering staff sickness or absence when required.
To apply for this role, please send your CV and covering letter to hello@transformingchoice.org.uk.
Closing date: 12 pm on 30 August 2021.
This post is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.
The Reader – Box Office Manager
Term: Permanent.
Hours: 35 hours per week.
Salary: £22,440 – £27,540.
Location: The Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18.
Reporting to: Head of Communications.
As the Reader has adapted their services and support during the pandemic – running activities online and over the phone – their box office evolved to facilitate new virtual format events and activities, and commercial events where pre-booking and capacity limitations were a must. Despite the drastic reduction in activities in and around lockdown restrictions, the box office processed over a total of 2,900 tickets in the fiscal year 2020-21.
Due to this growing need for box office support across the organisation, The Reader is now looking for someone with hands-on experience in setting up a high performing box office function within a creative and dynamic organisation. They’re looking for an individual who loves people – because this role will interface with the public, volunteers and across teams – and who will thrive on the challenge of really pushing the current box office set up forward. They need someone with technical skills to manage the system who also has a head for process design and collaboration, and the front of house skills to support the delivery of a wide variety of events and activities.
Please send the completed application form to laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk.
Closing date: 9 am on Monday 6 September 2021.
Merseyside Youth Association – Navigator (Previous applicants need not apply)
Term: Fixed Term, funded to 31 March 2022. A secondment will be considered.
Hours: 35 hours per week (may include some evening and weekend work).
Salary: £23,469 p.a. – £26,769 p.a. – MYA Scale 5 – Pt. 17-20.
Location: Alder Hey, Royal Liverpool or Aintree Hospitals.
MYA is seeking to appoint a pro-active, resilient, and inspiring person to support the delivery of a hospital-based intervention service. The service is aimed at vulnerable 10 to 25-year-olds who attend the adult or paediatric emergency departments or urgent care centres in Alder Hey, Royal Liverpool or Aintree Hospitals. The post holder will be part of a small team of caseworkers working alongside the hospital staff to proactively identify vulnerable young people and help them to access and engage the support they need to prevent any potential escalation of violence and reduce the risk of repeat victimisation or exploitation. The post holder will be based within an Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department, they will coordinate the team to support relevant patients to ‘navigate’ their way away from violence, criminal activity or other harms (whether they are a victim, perpetrator, or both).
The post holder will be embedded into the hospital, coordinating support for young people admitted to emergency departments right through to their discharge back into the community. The successful candidate will have experience of working with ‘high risk’, vulnerable young people, be part of a multidisciplinary team and have a flexible, empathetic approach to the work.
Successful candidates will hold a Level 3 qualification in a related subject and have substantial experience of working with vulnerable young people. They will have the ability to operate within the principles of contextual safeguarding, trauma-informed and evidence-based interventions and demonstrate how they will actively maintain professional boundaries.
New North West directory launched to support sexual violence survivors
A new digital directory of services has been launched across the North West of England to help survivors of sexual violence find support.
The website features a postcode search function that allows users to find local support services.
Becky Johnston, Sexual Violence Communication and Engagement Manager and project manager for the website said: “Until now, if a survivor was to look for support online, the information can be confusing and overwhelming.
“There are loads of support organisations out there but it’s hard to know which one is specifically commissioned for the area you live in. You could contact an organisation then be referred onto another, then another – a process which when speaking to some survivors has been described as a deterrent for seeking support.
“This new website has been built in collaboration with survivors and using their feedback to improve access to services. We really hope this site makes the process easier for survivors.”
The website has been built in collaboration with North West Police and Crime Commissioners, NHS England, and Sexual Assault & Abuse Services.
Merseyside’s Police Commissioner Emily Spurrell said: “Survivors of sexual violence deserve the best possible care and a vital part of that is making it quick and easy for them to access vital support services.
“This new website has been designed with the help of survivors, for survivors, to make it as clear and straightforward as possible for them to find services offering support in their area.
“During the pandemic, a lot of people have spent more time at home and have gone online to access support, so I hope this website will be an invaluable resource – ensuring anyone affected by sexual violence can access expert advice and guidance in a way and at a time that is best for them.”
The website also contains Survivor Support Packs which are downloadable resources created in collaboration with survivors. These packs provide all the information you need to know around the definitions of sexual violence crimes, information for parents/carers on supporting children or how to have open conversations at home, and a simplified 15 step summary for the ‘report to court’ process.
If you or someone you know is a victim of sexual violence, you can contact the police on 101 or find your local specialist support service via the Sexual Violence Support website.
In an emergency always dial 999.
Irish Community Care – BAME COVID-19 Community Support Worker
Employment Type: Part-Time.
Hours: 28 hours per week.
Salary: £22,500 pro-rata.
Contract: Fixed term to September 2022.
Irish Community Care is a registered charity based in Liverpool which delivers services across the North West.
The postholder will develop and deliver a targeted COVID-19 community health programme; working in partnership with local communities, public health colleagues and wider health and community sectors in Wirral.
For more information and to apply, please contact Josie Gibson on 01512373987 or email them at icc.jobapplications@gmail.com.
All applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check.
Closing date: Friday 20 August 2021.
Interviews: Week commencing 23 August 2021.
Irish Community Care – BAME COVID-19 and Health Community Support Worker
Employment Type: Full-Time.
Hours: 35 hours per week.
Salary: £22,500 per annum.
Contract: Fixed term 1 year.
Irish Community Care is a registered charity based in Liverpool which delivers services across the North West.
The postholder will develop and deliver a targeted COVID-19 community health programme; working in partnership with local communities, public health colleagues and wider health and community sectors in Liverpool.
For more information and to apply, please contact Josie Gibson on 01512373987 or email them at icc.jobapplications@gmail.com.
All applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check.
Closing date: Friday 20 August 2021.
Interviews: Week commencing 23 August 2021.
FareShare Merseyside – Operations Manager
Contract: Permanent.
Term: Full-Time.
Salary: £26,000 per annum.
Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday – Friday. Flexibility in working hours/days will be required, between 7 am – 7 pm.
Location: Speke, Liverpool.
Reporting to: Development Manager.
FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 17 independent organisations. Together, they take good quality surplus food from across the food industry and get it to almost 11,000 frontline charities and community groups.
The role:
The Operations Manager role will have the overall responsibility of managing a small team of full-time staff, supported by volunteers. They will manage the operations of a 200 pallet per month throughput of FMCG and a small fleet of light goods vehicles. They will support the regional development manager in improving efficiency, embedding industry best practices and operational standardisation to meet ambitious targets. They will demonstrate motivational leadership and engaging support with a clear focus on promoting wellbeing.
Main areas of responsibility
Responsible for excellence in the day-to-day warehouse operations for the site, including QSHE.
Managing and leading a team of well-trained staff and volunteers to ensure delivery of operational targets to meet agreed KPIs and Service Level Agreements, within approved budgets.
Line management including regular appraisals, mentoring, coaching and supervision as required.
Liaising with FareShare’s central support teams on human resources, operational, compliance, finance and food teams.
Person Specification
Previous experience in warehouse operations and/or FMCG industry.
Knowledge of H&S in the workplace.
Knowledge of Diversity and welfare of staff matters (including Mental Health consideration).
Able to demonstrate being a team player.
Able to demonstrate thinking on your feet in a fast-moving environment, whilst maintaining excellent relationships with the workforce and other parts of the business.
Ability to work corporately to the standards sets.
Proven track record of project management and strategic planning.
Proven track record of excellent people management.
Competencies and behaviours Essential:
QCF Level 3 award in equivalent to any of: HACCP, Food Hygiene, Logistics / Supply Chain Operations or H&S.
Current, clean driving licence.
Experience in leading a team, with an understanding of equality and diversity.
Leadership management skills, including the ability to motivate and develop people to deliver high levels of performance.
High-level communication skills and ability to engage at all levels with diverse stakeholders.
Experience of working in a regulated environment and demonstrable risk assessment capabilities.
IT literacy, including using Microsoft applications.
Desirable:
Experience in financial management, including control over income and expenditure and performance measures.
Working with and developing volunteers who may feel vulnerable or need support.
For more information and to apply for this role, please submit your CV, cover letter and the Equal Opportunities form to paul.karalius@fareshare.org.uk to be considered for the position. You can get an Equal Opportunities form by emailing them.
Interview details to be confirmed.
Health Junction – Social Prescribing Link Worker
Posts available: 3 x Social Prescribing Link Worker.
Contract type: 2 years fixed term contract with possible extension, subject to funding.
Employment type: Full time.
Hours: 35 hours per week, between 8 am – 8 pm and may include weekends (rota basis).
Salary: £25,000 per annum plus pension.
Location: Speke, Woolton, Allerton, Gateacre, Garston and Aigburth Primary Care Network (SWAGGA PCN) – South Liverpool.
Responsible to: Health Junction & PCN Leads.
Accountable to: PCN Clinical Directors.
The role:
Social prescribing empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to non-medical ‘link workers’. These workers give time, focus on what matters to the people and take a holistic approach, connecting people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support.
To provide personalised support to individuals, their families and carers to take control of their well-being, help them live independently and improve their health outcomes. To strengthen personal resilience and reduce health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health such as debt, poor housing, physical inactivity and low understanding of the health condition.
To take a holistic approach, based on the person’s priorities and the wider determinants of health, to co-produce a Personal Action Plan to improve health and wellbeing. Introducing or reconnecting people to community groups and statutory services.
To encourage the patient to carry out the goals set in the plan whilst ensuring they get any extra support they require to achieve their goals. Where identified, help to build patient support groups for the PCN.
The role will require managing and prioritising your own caseload, in accordance with the needs, priorities and any urgent support required by individuals.
If you would like the full job description and application form, please email recruitment@healthjunction.org.uk.
Closing date: 5 pm on 6 September 2021.
Should they receive a large number of applications for these positions, they may bring this deadline forward.
Interviews will be held in person on 15 September 2021.
The anticipated starting date is the end of October 2021.
Applicants will be notified by telephone if they are to be invited for interviews.
Health Junction – Health and Wellbeing Coach
Posts available: 3 x Health and Wellbeing Coaches.
Contract type: 2 years fixed term contract with possible extension, subject to funding.
Employment type: Full time.
Hours: 35 hours per week, between 8 am – 8 pm and may include weekends (rota basis).
Salary: £25,000 per annum plus pension.
Location: Speke, Woolton, Allerton, Gateacre, Garston and Aigburth Primary Care Network (SWAGGA PCN) – South Liverpool.
Responsible to: Health Junction & PCN Leads.
Accountable to: PCN Clinical Directors.
The role:
As a Health and Wellbeing Coach, you will be a key member of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), working across the Primary Care Network (PCN) practices. You will work with individual patients and groups of patients holistically, considering the whole person. The role will have a focus on winter pressures, high users and those with multiple and long-term health conditions.
Health coaching revolves around using coaching skills to support people with lower levels of patient activation to develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage their health and wellbeing. The role also covers support for community safety, individual patient case management, follow up and ongoing patient support.
The post holder will have a key role in helping to raise the local population’s awareness of the support groups and opportunities available to assist them in achieving their health and wellbeing goals.
If you would like the full job description and application form, please email recruitment@healthjunction.org.uk.
Closing date: 5 pm on 6 September 2021.
Should they receive a large number of applications for these positions, they may bring this deadline forward.
Interviews will be held in person on 15 September 2021.
The anticipated starting date is the end of October 2021.
Applicants will be notified by telephone if they are to be invited for interviews.
The Co-op – Community Member Pioneer
Term: Permanent.
Hours: 4 hours per week (16 hours across the month).
Salary: £9.38 per hour.
Location: South Liverpool (Home-based). You will need to live in or live close to this community to apply.
In this unique role, you will be focused on bringing people together to make a difference in your community. That means talking to Co-op members, colleagues and community groups the Co-op supports. By building relationships with and connecting these people you will be the catalyst for new ideas, initiatives and projects. The Co-op has member pioneers dedicated to each of their communities and you will be a part of this ambitious plan for a better future increasing community co-operation. It’s an opportunity to make a visible difference where you live, supported by an organisation with nearly 70,000 colleagues and over 4.5 million members.
What you will do:
Develop an action plan to support building stronger and more resilient communities, providing fairer access to food, mental wellbeing services, and opportunities for young people
Establish and run a local community forum, or make connections with one that already exists
Build a strong network locally using social media and digital platforms (such as Co-operate) to help
Understand your community needs, keeping your ear to the ground
Keep on top of activity in your community which you could partner with to support your ambitious plans
Prioritise your time, making your hours count and focusing on opportunities to make the biggest difference
This role would suit someone who:
Has lots of enthusiasm with the ability to get things moving
Loves working and connecting with people with an inspirational communication style
Is confident using social media and other IT (ideally including tools like Office365 or Skype)
Is committed and dedicated
Is adaptable and will try different ways to get a successful outcome
Lives within or very close to the community this vacancy supports and has the flexibility with their time to suit the community they serve
For more information and to apply, please contact sarah.meath@coop.co.uk or go to the Co-op website.
Closing date: Applications are being received on a rolling basis.
The Women’s Organisation – Partner Support Coordinator
Salary Scale: £26,000 to £28,000 (dependent upon experience) plus auto-enrolment pension contribution and 25 days holiday.
Location: Liverpool.
Reporting to: Operations Director.
The Women’s Organisation is the largest developer and deliverer of training and support for women in the UK. It has been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem for over a quarter of a century to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are currently expanding their diverse team.
Is this you?
Can you inspire and coordinate a team, helping existing and new partners deliver their projects?
Do you know your stuff and how to share it so others can understand it too?
Can you support an internal team and partner team members to be confident and capable to meet their project’s objective and desired impact?
If the answer is yes, you may be a match.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate coordination, leadership skills and capabilities and bring a well-developed understanding of an effective partnership support journey. You will be the key liaison for multiple partners across a range of projects and provide relationship and capacity building support for individual partners and consortia. You will be able to work with partners to review project delivery, quality and added value for clients. You will assist sharing of good practice across partnerships ensuring the partnership is delivering to meet both the client and the commissioner’s needs.
The Women’s Organisation – Business Adviser – Digital Specialist
Salary Scale: £37,300 plus auto-enrolment pension contribution and 25 days holiday.
Reporting to: Head of Business Advice Plus.
The Women’s Organisation is the largest developer and deliverer of training and support for women in the UK. It has been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem for over a quarter of a century to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are currently expanding their diverse team.
Is this you?
Can you inspire existing and new businesses to make their dreams come true?
Do you know your stuff and how to share it so others can understand it too?
Can you support people looking for confidence and engage diverse groups confidently?
If the answer is yes, you may be a match.
The Women’s Organisation is looking for an individual who is comfortable on and offline, who is able to equip businesses with the tools they need to get digital in person; and help diverse digital businesses navigate the opportunity they face for exponential growth.
The ideal candidate will bring a well-developed understanding of the business start-up and growth support journey. You will be passionate about providing technical, coaching and training support to people on their entrepreneurial journey and be deeply connected with the current business trends, challenges, and opportunities.
Given the critical role that digital and technology play in current and future business creation and development, do you think you have knowledge and expertise in digital, social platforms, technology adoptions and solutions for new and growing businesses?
The Women’s Organisation – Business Adviser – Sector Specialist
Salary Scale: £37,300 plus auto-enrolment pension contribution and 25 days holiday.
Reporting to: Head of Business Advice Plus.
The Women’s Organisation is the largest developer and deliverer of training and support for women in the UK. It has been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem for over a quarter of a century to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are currently expanding their diverse team.
The Women’s Organisation is looking for a team member who shares their values, is technically proficient and experienced but also has the ambition to grow with them on their journey. You will need to be a proactive and creative individual who can bring high-quality sector experience, knowledge, and excellence to their offer. You will need excellent verbal, written, facilitation, mentoring and presentation skills.
The ideal candidate will bring a well-developed understanding of the business growth support journey. You will be passionate about providing technical, coaching, and training support to people on their entrepreneurial journey and be deeply connected with the current business trends, challenges, and opportunities. You will support client businesses with growth advice and provide specialist support in one or more of the following sector areas – Business and Professional Services, IT, Digital, Health and Care, Leisure, Retail and Creative.
You will have worked with enterprising people and businesses providing one to one advice, coaching and/or group training/ facilitation across key business disciplines such as market research/assessments, marketing, talent acquisition/management, investment, financial management and innovation. You will help clients operating in these sectors to drive their strategic business growth. You will take a lead in redefining and innovating their sector support portfolio, developing, testing, and pilot programmes.
The Women’s Organisation – Head of Business Advice Plus
Salary Scale: £48,000 plus auto-enrolment pension contribution and 25 days holiday.
Reporting to: Deputy Chief Executive.
The Women’s Organisation is the largest developer and deliverer of training and support for women in the UK. It has been driving the transformation of the business support ecosystem for over a quarter of a century to effectively support women who are starting and growing their own businesses in the Northwest of England, the wider UK and across the globe. They are currently expanding their diverse team.
Is this you?
Can you inspire and lead a team by helping existing and new businesses to make their dreams come true?
Do you know your stuff and how to share it so others can understand it too?
Can you support a team of advisors to be confident and capable to engage and support diverse groups of businesses at start-up and growth stages?
If the answer is yes, you may be a match.
The ideal candidate will be a leader. You will bring a well-developed understanding of the business start-up and growth support journey. You will have and be able to gather business, community experience and data so that real-life application and learning drives the Women’s Organisation’s delivery. You will lead the codesigning of transformational packages of support people need to set up and grow their business and that it impacts positively on their communities and the wider economy. You will be passionate about leading and enabling the provision of technical, coaching, and training support to people on their entrepreneurial journey and be deeply connected with the current business trends, challenges, and opportunities.
Comics Youth CIC is an innovative non-profit that delivers comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects for disadvantaged children and young people aged 8-25 within Merseyside and the wider Knowsley Borough. The overall ethos of the organisation is to break down participation barriers for marginalised groups including looked after children, young LGBTQIA people, care leavers, young carers and young people experiencing complex mental ill-health within the Liverpool City Region, to make, create and publish comic books about salient community issues. Sessions are delivered within safe, inclusive, and indiscriminate community venues.
Comics Youth CIC’s creativity is inspired by different perspectives, so they strive for their culture to be one of belonging, where everyone feels welcome and where differences are celebrated. They want to work with a wide range of young talent as they find new ways to tell their stories. That is where you come in. You don’t have to come from a traditional publishing background or have a degree to be considered – they want to see a fresh perspective.
Your challenge: What was the last comic or book that really caught your eye, and where did you hear about it? Was it recommended by your favourite influencer, a perfectly timed social ad, or a standout piece of marketing that could not be ignored?
Comics Youth CIC is looking for someone who is commercially minded, with an interest in comics, activism, and marginalised voices. You will need to be highly efficient and have excellent communication skills. A can-do, enthusiastic attitude is essential, along with an ability to work well under pressure, multi-task and organise yourself effectively. As Comics Youth CIC’s Marginal Assistant, you will be editing and managing designated publications within their Marginal Publishing House in addition to improving their PR and marketing strategies. You will primarily be line editing, writing editorial notes for young people, compiling blurbs, copy-editing and recruiting new talent for their programmes. Some of the key responsibilities of this role include editing, commissioning, editing and managing contributions from their programmes, as well as writing and editing content for their website, features and press releases.
To apply, candidates will need to send a CV and cover letter to hi@comicsyouth.co.uk. Closing date: 5 pm on 25 August 2021.
Interviews will take place between 1-4 September 2021.
Comics Youth CIC actively encourages applications from people of colour, women, LGBTQIA folk and disabled people. Please let them know if you have any special requirements which they might need to consider in relation to the selection process. Any requests will be taken into account and will not affect your equal opportunity in the selection process.
The Bloom Appeal – Fundraiser
Hours: 20 hours – expanding in line with the growth of the charity.
Salary: To be agreed with successful applicant.
Location: Liverpool – work from home.
The Bloom Appeal is a new blood cancer charity that has been growing over the past five years. They are now seeking applications from self-employed, self-motivated and experienced fundraisers. The successful applicant will be required to develop a marketing and fundraising strategy for the organisation, to raise its profile and to strengthen its funding base.
Application is by CV and a cover letter stating how you meet the requirements of the post. For a job description and person specification please contact Mandy Davies by email: info@thebloomappeal.org.uk.
An opportunity to discuss this role on an informal basis with their Chair or trustee(s) is also available, you can arrange this via Mandy Davies.
Term: Full Time.
Hours: 35 hours per week (including some evenings and weekends). There is no overtime but TOIL can be taken. This post is also available on a 4 day a week basis salary pro-rata.
Salary: – £17,500 per annum.
Location: Liverpool.
Holidays: 4 weeks a year plus bank holidays. When bank holidays are actually taken depends on what activities are taking place. Holidays are pro-rata for anyone working less than a 35 hour week.
Responsible to: Team Managers.
The Black-E is a Liverpool-based multicultural, artist-led, community and arts project. Their Board of Trustees is currently seeking to appoint a competent and experienced Grants & Fundraising Officer to be the organisation’s key liaison person with its major funders & stakeholders. They will also work with colleagues to fundraise for the Black-E’s cultural activities which include raising money for work with young people and equipment. Whilst working with the Board of Trustees and the Finance Manager, the Grants & Fundraising Officer will play an essential role in helping the Black-E achieve its ambition to develop and grow as a premier arts venue and cultural programmer.
The successful candidate is required to possess the following skills, experience and attributes:
Funding and Fundraising:
A minimum of 3 years experience working with grant-giving bodies and providing examples of successful engagements including amounts raised from whom and when.
A minimum of 3 years experience of networking and relationship management with national, regional and local funding bodies.
Direct involvement with income generation and business development plus providing examples of successful projects/services.
Producing fundraising and income generation plans.
Management and Reporting:
Experience in reporting to grant-giving bodies and providing examples of reporting methods including grant/project management systems.
Experience in gathering and collating data for monitoring and reporting.
Experience in reporting directly to boards of management.
Experience in creating databases and other forms of information management development.
Experience in identifying opportunities to develop new funding sources.
Experience in representing organisations at seminars and conferences.
Communications:
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent IT skills including use of Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word (or equivalent) and online data input.
For more information, please contact the Black-E for a copy of the full job description, person specification and further instructions on how to apply for the role.
Contact details:
Email: staff@theblack-e.co.uk
Telephone: 0151 709 5109 (Ask for the Duty Office)
Drop-In: 10 am – 6 pm (Monday to Friday)
Post: The Duty Officer, The Black-E, Great George Street, Liverpool, L1 5EW
The closing date for applications is 23 August 2021, no later than 5 pm.
The interview for this post will commence after 5 September 2021, which you will be notified about.
New HMICFRS surveys regarding important topics
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) is currently running two surveys on important topics. This includes how the police engage with women and girls and how the police support victims/survivors of rape.
Police Engagement With Women And Girls Survey
HMICFRS is inspecting how police engage with women and girls. They welcome responses from any woman over the age of 18 in England or Wales. The survey will be used to inform their inspection and to compare the views of police and the women they support.
HMICFRS is also inspecting how police support victims/survivors of rape. They would like to hear from those who reported the incident to the police regardless of sex/gender/ethnicity/sexuality in England or Wales, in addition to being aged 18 or over when the incident took place and if the case is now finished. This will help HMICFRS understand people’s experiences of engagement with the police after they have experienced such an ordeal.
Tesco Community Grants, a scheme which helps to fund thousands of local projects across the country, is open for applications from charities and community organisations to bid up to £1500. Since 2016, the scheme has supported over 36000 community groups with more than £85 million in grants.
They are currently looking for applications from charities and community groups who deliver projects that help tackle food insecurity in their communities. This might include, for example, breakfast clubs, holiday clubs and food banks.
As Tesco Community Grants is a rolling programme, where community groups or charities can apply for funding all year round, voting for projects will happen continuously in Tesco stores. Three projects from each local area will be shortlisted to go to the public vote every three months. If your project gets the most votes across all stores in your region, you will win the grant amount you requested from them up to a maximum of £1500.
Applicants will generally know the outcome of their application between 12-18 months of applying. However, if your application is eligible, but not funded at the first attempt, it may be reconsidered at a subsequent shortlisting.
The Liverpool Child Friendly City Youth Advisory Group is looking for new members
The Liverpool Child Friendly City Youth Advisory Group is looking for more young people to join them. It is open to anyone who likes the idea of advising and challenging professionals as well as developing and running plans for community engagement.
The group will be involved in:
Meeting up as a group regularly
Checking adults are fulfilling their promises and listening to children & young people
Speaking up for children and young people whose voices are not being heard
Taking part in workshops on things like children’s rights and design solutions
Helping to plan and be part of events
Polishing their skills in presentation, public speaking and leadership
Meeting different people from across the community
Being creative and sharing ideas
Building new skills
The group meet every fortnight on a Thursday via Zoom for 90 minutes. Do you think that any young people you know may like to give it a try? Currently, the team is made up of older teens aged 16+ but they would love to get some perspectives from younger people too.
For more information and to sign-up, please contact Caroline at cfc@liverpool.gov.uk or call 07953131278.
The VCSE Health & Wellbeing Fund 2021/22
The Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Health and Wellbeing Fund 2021/22 is now live. The fund has a focus on providing support to families and children’s services due to a predicted increase in paediatric respiratory viral infections during autumn/winter 2021.
Funding is available for both local and national VCSE organisations that are already delivering existing services that can be expanded to provide additional support for children, families and children’s respiratory and acute services during autumn/winter 2021. As well as raise awareness of the management of respiratory infections within communities that experience the greatest health inequalities.
This is a short-term fund, with all funding to be spent by the end of March 2022. The fund is jointly run by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Public Health England (PHE), NHS England and NHS Improvement.
Applications and questions regarding the fund must be submitted through their online portal.
Deadline: 12 pm on 27 August 2021.
A webinar is scheduled for 11 August 2021 from 10 am – 11 am. Please click here to register your attendance.
Transforming Choice – Admin & Finance Officer
Employment type: Full time.
Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday (a job share will be considered for the right candidates).
Salary: £20,000.
Location: Liverpool.
Transforming Choice is a Liverpool based charity that provides detox and rehabilitation services for people overcoming addictions to alcohol and other substances. They are now approaching their tenth year and with exciting plans afoot, they are expanding their team to enable them to provide vital services to more people.
They are currently looking for an Admin & Finance Officer to join their team to oversee day-to-day finance duties and to provide ad-hoc admin support to the wider team. They are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual with a belief in people and a passion for doing the right thing. Experience in the drug and alcohol sector is not required although experience in a similar admin and finance focused role is preferred. The successful candidate will utilise a variety of software on a daily basis including Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word. Data entry and collection on the National Drug Treatment and Monitoring Service (NDTMS) will be required, full training will be provided.
Other duties will include although are not limited to:
Issuing and paying invoices.
Managing credit card transactions and reconciling bank statements with relevant budgets.
Logging financial transactions.
A range of office duties including answering phone and email enquiries.
Benefits:
25-day holiday plus bank holiday and designated shut down days.
Opportunities to progress within the role.
Friendly team and working environment.
If you are interested and would like apply for this role, please submit your CV and a covering letter to hello@transformingchoice.org.uk.
Deadline: TBA (Published in August 2021).
Healthwatch Liverpool Covid-19 and Care Homes Survey
Healthwatch Liverpool would like to hear from you about the experiences you and your loved ones have had with Liverpool care homes during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Has one of your relatives, friends, or loved ones been living in a Liverpool care home (residential or nursing) during the pandemic? If so, Healthwatch Liverpool would like to hear about their experience. Throughout the pandemic, they have received feedback from Liverpool residents who have had loved ones living in care homes. The residents have spoken to Healthwatch Liverpool about the difficulty of seeing or speaking to their loved ones, getting information about how they were doing and the impact the pandemic has had on their physical and mental wellbeing.
Healthwatch Liverpool knows how difficult the past sixteen months have been for many, especially those separated from people close to them. If you have had a loved one living in a care home since March 2020, even if they are no longer living there, or have passed away, please fill in the survey and tell Healthwatch Liverpool about your experiences. The organisation works closely with local health and social care services to make sure that those who run these services put people at the heart of care.
This survey will be open until Friday 3 September 2021.
You can complete the survey on the Healthwatch Liverpool website. Please call 0300 77 77 007 if you would like to request the survey in another format or language, or if you would like Healthwatch Liverpool to call you back to complete it by phone.
Claire House – Business Trustee
Voluntary Role
Claire House Children’s Hospice is looking for a Business Trustee to join their professional and forward-thinking Board. They will be instrumental in driving the organisation forward, striving to achieve Claire House’s vision: Every dying child, and their families, will get the very best support when and where they need it.
Over the next 2 years and beyond, Claire House is seeking to transform the way they work post-pandemic. This includes ensuring their services are fit for the future. This encompasses the model of care they provide, the facilities they develop across their catchment area of Merseyside and neighbouring counties and the funding and infrastructure required to support their work. As a result of the planned succession, Claire House is looking for a trustee to inform and guide the charity’s future strategy, as well as undertake the overarching governance responsibilities of a trustee.
The role
Claire House is looking for an individual with significant commercial experience ideally within the community in which Claire House serves.
The role is to be a trustee first and foremost, with the ability to operate at a strategic level.
They will bring with them experiences and/or knowledge of how both businesses and charities operate in order to achieve their aims.
They will be a champion of investing in the development of the organisation with a keen eye for commercial opportunities (such as retail and fundraising income generation) and be comfortable with taking calculated risks in order to further the charity’s aims.
They will have experience and/or knowledge of governance and the role of the Board in partnership with the Executive Team.
They will work particularly closely with the CEO and the Director of Income Generation and Volunteering.
Time commitment
Claire House has an annual requirement for trustees to represent the organisation at:
4 Trustee meetings
2 Income Generation and Comms Committee meetings
2 Audit and Risk Committee meetings
2 Audit meetings
A maximum of 2 ‘away days’ which the trustees set aside to discuss long term strategic issues outside of the board room.
There are many other opportunities for trustees to become more involved in over time as their role develops.
If you are interested in this role, please contact David Pastor, CEO, for an informal conversation about the role. You can either call: 0151 334 4626 or email: david.pastor@clairehouse.org.uk.
The closing date for applications is 9 August 2021.
First stage interviews will take place week beginning 27 September 2021.
Claire House Children’s Hospice is looking for a Care Focused Trustee to join their professional and forward-thinking Board. They will be instrumental in driving the organisation forward, striving to achieve Claire House’s vision: Every dying child, and their families, will get the very best support when and where they need it.
Over the next 2 years and beyond, Claire House is seeking to transform the way they work post-pandemic. This includes ensuring their services are fit for the future. This encompasses both in the model of care they provide and the facilities they develop across their catchment area of Merseyside and neighbouring counties. As a result of the planned succession, Claire House is looking for a trustee to inform and guide the charity’s future strategy, as well as undertake the overarching governance responsibilities of a trustee.
The role
Claire House is looking for a medical, nursing or healthcare professional, who has significant experience in children’s healthcare and experience of (or an interest in) children’s palliative care.
The role is to be a trustee first and foremost, with the ability to operate at a strategic level.
They will bring with them experiences and/or knowledge of providing care for children and young people with life-limiting / life-threatening illnesses. This includes care in the last days and hours of their lives, as well as support for their families.
They will have knowledge of the changing healthcare environment. They will need to be able to grasp the important strategic issues and challenges which children’s hospices face in providing effective holistic palliative care.
They will work particularly closely with the Director of Clinical Services, who has responsibility for informing the board of its care-related strategic options.
Time commitment
Claire House requires the trustees to represent the organisation at:
4 trustee meetings a year
4 Clinical Governance Committee meetings
2 ‘away days’ which the trustees set aside to discuss long term strategic issues outside of the board room.
There are many other opportunities for trustees to become more involved in over time as their role develops.
If you are interested in this role, please contact David Pastor, CEO, for an informal conversation about the role. You can either call: 0151 334 4626 or email: david.pastor@clairehouse.org.uk.
The closing date for applications is 9 August 2021.
First stage interviews will take place on 6 October 2021.
Data Security Protection for adult social care providers
The Liverpool Social Care Partnership (LSCP) has been commissioned to help local adult social care providers evaluate and improve their data and cyber security in line with CQC and NHS guidance.
If you are a social care provider, you know how important it is to have access to good information about the people you support and also about your staff. In order to store and share that information safely, you need to be confident that your paper and digital records are secure.
The LSCP has been awarded a grant by NHSx to support local care providers on their data security journey as part of the national Better Security, Better Care programme.
The LSCP’s main focus is to help you to understand the importance of data and cybersecurity, and complete an annual, online self-assessment using the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT). The programme will help you to evaluate and improve your data and cybersecurity.
This means you can reassure the people you support and their families, your staff, commissioners, regulators, and health and care partners, that you are following good practice – and meeting legal and regulatory requirements.
For more information, please visit the LSCP website for full details including webinars and training or ring them on 0151 270 1703.
Applications are now open for the CSJ Awards 2022
The CSJ Awards is an annual award that honours the best grassroots, poverty-fighting charities and social enterprises across the UK. Next year four winners will receive a £10,000 grant and be recognised nationally.
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) is an independent think tank that exists to tackle poverty across the country. It works closely with its vast network of locally embedded charities, called the CSJ Alliance, to bring their insights and innovative ideas to produce better policy recommendations. The Awards is a unique opportunity for small and medium-sized charities to increase their social impact and have the opportunity to connect with senior politicians, philanthropists and business and charity leaders committed to achieving social justice in Britain.
The award is about finding and recognising small and medium-sized charities and social enterprises that are proving themselves effective at preventing and tackling poverty.
The award judges will be particularly interested in organisations that:
Focus their work in the most deprived areas of the UK.
Tackle the root causes of poverty and intervene early to prevent poverty.
Are ambitious for the lives of those they work with.
Posts available: 1 x Social Prescribing Link Worker.
Contract type: 2 years fixed term contract with possible extension, subject to funding.
Employment type: Full time.
Hours: 35 hours per week, between 8 am – 8 pm and may include weekends (rota basis).
Salary: £25,000 per annum plus pension.
Location: Childwall & Wavertree Primary Care Network (CWN PCN).
Responsible to: Health Junction & PCN Leads.
Accountable to: PCN Clinical Directors.
The role:
Social prescribing empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to non-medical ‘link workers’. These workers give time, focus on what matters to the people and take a holistic approach, connecting people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support.
To provide personalised support to individuals, their families and carers to take control of their well-being, help them live independently and improve their health outcomes. To strengthen personal resilience and reduce health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health such as debt, poor housing, physical inactivity and low understanding of the health condition.
To take a holistic approach, based on the person’s priorities and the wider determinants of health, to co-produce a Personal Action Plan to improve health and wellbeing. Introducing or reconnecting people to community groups and statutory services.
To encourage the patient to carry out the goals set in the plan whilst ensuring they get any extra support they require to achieve their goals. Where identified, help to build patient support groups for the PCN.
The role will require managing and prioritising your own caseload, in accordance with the needs, priorities and any urgent support required by individuals.
If you would like the full job description and application form contact recruitment@healthjunction.org.uk. Completed application forms should be emailed to: recruitment@healthjunction.org.uk.
Closing date: 5 pm on 18 August 2021.
Should they receive a large number of applications for these positions, they may bring this deadline forward.
Interviews will be held in person on 25 August 2021.
The anticipated starting date is the end of September 2021.
Applicants will be notified by telephone if they are to be invited for interviews.
Health Junction – Health and Wellbeing Coach
Posts available: 3 x Health and Wellbeing Coaches.
Contract type: 2 years fixed term contract with possible extension, subject to funding.
Employment type: Full time.
Hours: 35 hours per week, between 8 am – 8 pm and may include weekends (rota basis).
Salary: £25,000 per annum plus pension.
Location: Childwall & Wavertree Primary Care Network (CWN PCN).
Responsible to: Health Junction & PCN Leads.
Accountable to: PCN Clinical Directors.
The role:
As a Health and Wellbeing Coach, you will be a key member of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), working across the Primary Care Network (PCN) practices. You will work with individual patients and groups of patients holistically, considering the whole person. The role will have a focus on winter pressures, high users and those with multiple and long-term health conditions.
Health coaching revolves around using coaching skills to support people with lower levels of patient activation to develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage their health and wellbeing. The role also covers support for community safety, individual patient case management, follow up and ongoing patient support.
The post holder will have a key role in helping to raise the local population’s awareness of the support groups and opportunities available to assist them in achieving their health and wellbeing goals.
If you would like the full job description and application form contact recruitment@healthjunction.org.uk. Completed application forms should be emailed to: recruitment@healthjunction.org.uk.
Closing date: 5 pm on 18 August 2021.
Should they receive a large number of applications for these positions, they may bring this deadline forward.
Interviews will be held in person on 25 August 2021.
The anticipated starting date is the end of September 2021.
Applicants will be notified by telephone if they are to be invited for interviews.
September courses at Blackburne House
Blackburne House, one of the country’s leading education centres for women is pleased to announce their courses for the coming academic year. With a mixture of in person, blended and online learning available, there truly is something for anyone who wants to start their education journey.
You can find courses in:
Law and Criminology
Health and Wellbeing
English for Speakers of other Languages (ESOL)
Complementary and Holistic Therapies
Art, Design and Creative
English and Maths
Business and IT
To register your interest please email: courses@blackburnehouse.co.uk or attend one of their Open Days.
Healthwatch Liverpool Covid and Mental Health Survey
Healthwatch Liverpool would like to hear from you on how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected your mental health.
The Covid-19 pandemic has had many impacts on all of us since March 2020. Some of these impacts have been on our physical health, whilst others have been on our mental well-being. Mental health has been amongst the biggest issues that people have raised with Healthwatch Liverpool over the past year and they are interested to know more about your experiences.
One way you can help them is by completing their survey. Everything you tell them is anonymous and will be treated confidentially. The information they gather from the survey will be used to inform mental health service providers, commissioners and decision-makers to improve local support, service provision and policy – based on the experiences and needs of people living in Liverpool.
As well as collecting information from this survey, Healthwatch Liverpool is planning to hold a series of focus groups and one-to-one interviews to gather more in-depth feedback. If you would like them to contact you about taking part in a focus group or one-to-one interview, please enter your contact details by clicking the link at the end of the survey. All reports based on the information that you share with them will be available on the Healthwatch Liverpool website in the coming months.
An information video is also available on YouTube.
Please call 0300 77 77 007 if you would like to request the survey in another format or language, or if you would like Healthwatch Liverpool to call you back to complete it by phone.
Imagine Independence – Engager Worker
Position: Engager Worker.
Hours: 37.5 Hours (Full time shifts are worked in blocks of 4 on 4 off, on a rolling rota and will include days, nights and weekends, flexibility is essential, shifts will be discussed at interview).
Salary: £20,750.00 pa.
Location: Liverpool.
Job Reference: 21/54.
Imagine Independence is a third sector organisation that supports people to live full and meaningful lives. Imagine campaigns to promote the inclusion in society of individuals with a range of needs, from mental illness, learning disability, neurodiversity, and complex behaviour that challenges. Its portfolio of services is expanding and so this is a great time to join the organisation.
NHS England & NOMS have jointly commissioned a Housing & Accommodation Support Service, for male offenders with a personality disorder diagnosis who are on the offender pathway. The service will be delivered via a joint service model including health, criminal justice and specialist third sector housing & accommodation partners.
Are you a motivated, positive person who wants to support others to achieve their full potential? If yes, Imagine Independence would love to hear from you. They are looking for Engager Workers to join their team, ideally you will have some experience of working with people with complex issues and knowledge/understanding of personality disorders.
If you have the following assets, Imagine Independence would like to hear from you:
Experience of developing therapeutic relationships with individuals with a range of support and emotional needs.
Strong skills in supporting individuals.
Knowledge and experience of supporting individuals regarding securing accommodation and developing skills in relation to tenancy sustainment.
A commitment to reducing repeat offending and improving psychological health & well-being.
In return, they will offer you comprehensive training / career development opportunities and excellent terms and conditions.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website. Completed application forms are to be returned by no later than the closing date/time either by email to recruitment@imagineindependence.org.uk or by post to 25 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ.
Please note that Imagine Independence shortlist from received application forms only, they do not accept CVs.
Their benefits include contributory pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities. An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date: Monday 16 August at 5 pm.
The Big Help Project – Bid Writing Officer
Contract: Permanent.
Term: Full time.
Hours: 35 hours per week.
Salary: £10.51 per hour with additional earning opportunities through successful grant commission once targets are met.
Location: Hope House, Big Help Project, 212H Boaler St, L6 6AE.
Accountable to: Head of Bid Writing.
The Big Help Project is a leading charity addressing financial insecurity, food hardship and homelessness across the Liverpool City Region and beyond. People go to them with all sorts of issues; they may have money, benefit, housing or employment problems and may be facing a crisis, or just wanting to consider their options. Their goal is to help everyone find a way forward and empower people to find a way out of financial hardship.
The Big Help Project is looking for someone who is passionate about social justice and who would enjoy the chance to make a real difference to people’s lives and make the case to donors, trusts and corporate organisations to fund their ongoing work. Direct relevant experience is not essential and they will welcome applications from candidates with a wide range of writing experience which is not necessarily in the field of bid-writing.
Key responsibilities:
This will be a wide ranging role with significant opportunities working closely with the Big Help’s lead Bid Writer and other key members of SMT to research potential funders whether individuals, grant-giving bodies, corporates or other organisations.
Lead on bid writing and applications in line with operational and organisational requirements; ensuring deadlines for new applications and reporting are met.
Building a detailed understanding of all Big Help Project service delivery streams to identify projects and activities of interest to funders.
Maintaining and strengthening relationships with existing and potential funders through regular correspondence and careful database management where appropriate.
Maintaining and strengthening relationships with existing and potential partner organisations. Developing a keen understanding for the nature of the relationship between and the Big Help Project and a host of external third sector, community and private sector organisations and understanding how these organisations contribute to and further the work of the Big Help Project.
On occasion, and with prior authorisation from line manager and relevant stakeholders, complete funding applications on behalf, or in partnership with, relevant external organisations to support joint service delivery between The Big Help Project and partners.
Main duties:
Undertake research as required to compile available funding lists and produce project briefs. Completing applications in a timely manner to meet both internal and external deadlines.
Securely store all relevant files, bank statements and proof of payments (defrayment) to ensure you meet monitoring and grant reporting deadlines.
Provide grant administration support for grants received from a range of funders including trusts and foundations, the Big Lottery Fund, central and local government.
Coordinate with the Big Help Project’s accountant and finance teams to ensure that Big Help Project grant funds and donations received are recorded accordingly and on in house financial system.
Ensure all grant makers are promptly thanked within standards set for response times.
Maintain up to date and accurate paper and electronic files on funders and prospects.
Account manage and build relationships with relevant funders ensuring all donors are canvassed in a relevant way, and provide monitoring, evaluating and reporting as necessary.
Keep up to date with project development and communicate progress to funding bodies where required, including via email communication, phone calls, Teams/ZOOM meetings and in person events.
Where relevant, arrange for prospects and donors to visit the work of the charity.
When asked, ensure accurate and appropriate filings are reported to the Charity Commission and/or the Companies House to enable the Big Help to put its best foot forward with grant applications.
Receive regular supervision and attend training as agreed with line manager.
Any other duties reasonably asked of you by the line manager.
For more information, contact Joe.goulding@bighelpgroup.com.
Grants fund for small VCSE mental health providers
The Association of Mental Health Providers (AMHP) has announced the launch of the second round of the Mental Health Sustainability Fund, a small grants fund. This fund will be used to provide grants of up to £5,000 to support the sustainability of mental health voluntary, community and social enterprise provider organisations, with a turnover of £0-250k.
VCSE mental health organisations have a vital role working in the community. They provide support to anyone who has a mental health need but continues to face many challenges in delivering services during COVID-19, intensified by the lockdowns and the varying tier systems. It is vital that service providers working in the community are supported to enable them to continue delivering essential, life-saving services to people who need it most, so it can be effective and sustainable during and after the pandemic.
As such, they are looking at funding costs that can positively impact the sustainability of an organisation – specifically those that are supporting the mental health and well-being of communities disproportionately impacted by Covid-19. With a focus on organisations that are led by and/or are supporting Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic communities. They will also be considering applications from organisations supporting other disadvantaged groups such as the homeless community, those in contact with the criminal justice system, children and young people, women and girls, victims of domestic violence etc.
You can also sign up to their webinar which will be on Wednesday 28 July at 1 pm, this will be an opportunity to meet members of the programme team and ask any questions that are not covered by their FAQ document.
Otherwise, organisations will need to complete their online application form by midday on Friday 13 August 2021.
Placed – Project Manager
Term: 6 months initially with scope for a permanent position.
Hours: 38 hours per week.
Salary: £27,500.
Location: Head office is in Liverpool, although all the team are currently working remotely.
Placed delivers creative Engagement and Education programmes that bring people together to make better places. They have been engaging people in design, planning and development for the last ten years, connecting communities, decision makers, schools and businesses across the North West.
They are currently looking for a Project Manager with experience in the built environment sector to join their team. The successful candidate will work closely with and be supported by the Placed Director, along with the wider team and network. They will be responsible for the successful delivery of ongoing and new projects. Whilst the role is focused on engagement projects, there will be a requirement to provide support to their education programmes.
The Project Manager’s responsibilities will include leading on planning, preparing, delivering and reporting on activities, workshops and events, ensuring projects are delivered in a professional way and in line with Placed values. This will include representing Placed with external clients and design teams, and co-ordinating project resources internally.
Placed has a very small core team committed to having a positive impact through diversifying who shapes their built environment. It is essential that any new member of the team shares this commitment, and that they have a flexible, positive, ‘can do’ approach.
Imagine Independence – Learning Disabilities Support Worker
Position: Learning Disabilities Support Worker.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, working a rolling rota.
Salary: £17,419.05 per annum.
Location: Accommodation Service, Tuebrook area, Liverpool.
Job Reference: 21/51.
Imagine Independence is a third sector organisation that supports people to live full and meaningful lives. Imagine campaigns to promote the inclusion in society of individuals with a range of needs, from mental illness, learning disability, neurodiversity, and complex behaviour that challenges. Its portfolio of services is expanding and so this is a great time to join the organisation.
Imagine Independence is currently looking for a professional, dedicated and experienced Support Worker who can offer commitment to delivering high quality community-based care to service users living in the Liverpool area. You will need to have experience of working with people with learning disability and/or mental health needs. You will need excellent communication skills and be flexible in approach. You will need to have a positive attitude and be non-judgmental.
It is essential to the role that you have a committed approach towards maintaining confidentiality, protecting the dignity of the individual and promoting their independence.
It’s desirable that you have at least an NVQ2 qualification in Health and Social Care.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website. Completed application forms are to be returned by no later than the closing date/time either by email to recruitment@imagineindependence.org.uk or post to 25 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ.
Please note that Imagine Independence shortlist from received application forms only, they do not accept CVs.
Imagine Independence’s benefits include contributory pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
These posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory DBS check. An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date: Tuesday 10 August 2021 at 5 pm.
Data breach at the National Lottery Community Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) has reported a breach of data. The breach relates to data provided to them between September 2013 and December 2019 by UK Portfolio, England funding and Building Better Opportunities customers.
By customers they mean those who were in the process of applying for a grant as well as existing grant holders supplying information to them at that time. Customers through their Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales funding programmes are not affected.
The data includes contact details (name, address, email and land and mobile numbers), date of birth, bank details (name of bank account, sort code and account number) and the applicant organisation’s address and website. It does not include bank account PINs, passwords or bank card details as the NLCF does not collect them. This is an ongoing investigation however, and other personal data may be affected – the NLCF will update their website if this is confirmed.
If you believe you may be affected, consider updating the passwords on your accounts (ensuring you use strong, unique passwords), look out for phishing emails or fraudulent activity on your bank account and consider running a credit check against your name and address to enable you to spot any fraudulent applications being made in your name.
You can find out more about protecting yourself from fraud on the Action Fraud website. Your bank will also be able to provide you with protection advice.
If you have any concerns, please call the National Lottery Community Fund’s England advice team helpline: 0345 4 10 20 30. They have also set up a dedicated email address data.breach@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk.
Term: Fixed term to 22 March 2022.
Hours: 35 (part time considered).
Salary: £17,842.
Location: Scotland Road Liverpool (some possible home working).
This is an opportunity to be involved in the delivery of Raise’s welfare rights team, helping clients with benefit claims and completing health assessment questionnaires for disability benefits. You will need to have excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to relate and work with a large variety of different people.
Raise is looking for someone who can demonstrate the following competencies:
Information gathering
Communication
Thoroughness
Initiative
Integrity
Meeting client needs
Personal organisation
For a job pack, visit Raise’s website or email admin@raiseadvice.org.uk.
Closing date: 12 August 2021.
Prince’s Trust opportunities for 16-30-year-olds
The Prince’s Trust has lots of opportunities for young people right now. The upcoming programmes are free and designed to help unemployed people aged 16-30 build confidence, kickstart a career, learn new skills or explore self-employment.
They include:
Get Into – for 16-30-year-olds. Developed and run with employers, Get Into is for young people who are work-ready but lack vocational skills. They will be given the opportunity to develop the relevant skills and experience to enable them to move into a sustainable job in a specific sector of work.
Get Started with Environmental Skills – for 16 to 25-year-olds. The Prince’s Trust has teamed up with Groundwork for this programme aimed at young people passionate about their community and the environment.
Enterprise – for 18 to 30-year-olds. The Enterprise programme can help turn a business dream into a profitable reality. New people are welcomed to this programme weekly.
Explore – for 16 to 25-year-olds. A programme to help young people re-engage with the outside world, build routine, connect with new people, try new things and build support for moving forward.
Team – for 16 to 25-year-olds. A 12-week personal development programme, running throughout the year, that helps young people to meet and work with others, gain practical skills and experience, and secure a qualification.
For further information on all of these programmes, as well as details about working or volunteering for Prince’s Trust, view the latest Prince’s Trust newsletter online.
Prince’s Trust Development Awards
The Prince’s Trust Development Awards (DAs) helps young people (aged 16 to 30-years-old) overcome financial barriers that may prevent them from accessing education, training or employment.
A typical award is usually around £150, but it can range from as little as £40 for a bus pass to around £200 for tech to take part in a college or training course. The young person doesn’t have to be on a Prince’s Trust programme to access a DA and each application is reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Examples of DAs the Prince’s Trust can fund include:
Tools or equipment for a job or qualification e.g. hairdressing, a beauty kit, carpentry tools, chef’s whites.
Course fees, up to level 3 qualification (or a contribution towards this).
Interview clothes, PPE, clothing for work.
Transport to a new job until the first salary payment arrives.
Identity papers, such as a birth certificate or provisional Driving Licence, or a DBS check for a new job.
Technology, such as a tablet or laptop, to aid study and remote learning.
For more information contact the Prince’s Trust via email: developmentawards-north@princes-trust.org.uk.
Alternatively, text DA to 07483300134 or call them on 07483300134.
Amadudu – Children’s Play-Scheme Workers
Term: July – August 2021 (Summer).
Hours: 25 hours per week. 10 am – 3 pm (Monday to Friday).
Salary: £48 per day.
Location: Liverpool.
Amadudu is a specialist refuge service established in 1992. They prioritise but are not exclusive to the needs of black and minority ethnic women and children fleeing domestic abuse. They provide temporary supported living accommodation and a range of services and advocacy support provided by a small diverse team.
Amadudu ensures that children have lots of activities in-house and external to the refuge including day trips out. They are currently looking for children’s play-scheme workers to assist with this year’s summer programme of activities for children.
This post is open to female applicants only who are 18+. Amadudu actively encourage women from diverse, black and minority ethnic backgrounds to apply.
For more information and to apply, please contact Tola Lee by phone: 0151 734 0083 (available 12:30 pm – 5 pm) or by email: t.lee58@btconnect.com.
Closing date: 30 July 21.
Amadudu – Admin/Finance Assistant Worker
Term: 6 month fixed term contract with potential to extend.
Hours: 20 hours per week (10 am to 2 pm) Monday to Friday.
Rate of Pay: £10.00 p/hr gross.
Location: Liverpool (Supported Living Accommodation).
Amadudu is a specialist refuge service established in 1992. They prioritise but are not exclusive to the needs of black and minority ethnic women and children fleeing domestic abuse. They provide temporary supported living accommodation and a range of services and advocacy support provided by a small diverse team.
The purpose of the role is to provide the core team and residents with administration support for the services Amadudu provide. They require a prompt, efficient, and professional approach to implementing the work required.
The successful candidate will need to have:
Proficient use of information technology such as Microsoft Word and Excel.
Demonstrate professional experience of quality front facing customer service standards.
Excellent communication skills.
Basic financial skills to assist the manager in administering petty cash using an established record keeping system.
Experience of working with diverse communities and women.
An understanding of domestic abuse and the effects of abuse on women and children.
Experience of delivering a friendly customer focused service that is inclusive and reflects the ethos and values of the organisation.
Experience of working in a team and working on your own initiative.
Please contact: admin@Amadudu.org for an application pack.
For further enquiries please contact: 0151 734 0083.
This post is open to female applicants only, Amadudu actively encourage women from diverse, black and minority ethnic backgrounds to apply.
Closing date for applications: 9 August 2021.
The £150 million Community Ownership Fund will run over 4 years across the UK
This is a £150 million fund that will run over 4 years to support community groups across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to take ownership of assets that are at risk of being lost to the community.
It forms part of a substantial package of UK wide levelling-up interventions, helping to support recovery, build opportunity and empower communities to improve their local places.
The first bidding round opens on 15 July 2021. All round 1 bids must be submitted by 13 August 2021.
Voluntary and community organisations can bid for match funding.
The Community Ownership Fund has 4 strategic objectives:
provide targeted investment for communities to save community assets that would otherwise be lost
strengthen capacity and capability in communities to support them to shape their places and develop sustainable community businesses
empower communities in left-behind places to level up
strengthen direct links between places across the UK and the UK government.
Funding may support the purchase and/or renovation costs of community assets and amenities, subject to the full eligibility criteria.
The fund will support a range of community ownership proposals. For example, projects may include:
sporting and leisure facilities
cinemas and theatres
music venues
museums
galleries
parks
pubs
post office buildings
shops
Proposals will need to prove the value of the asset to local people and that the asset can run sustainably for the long-term benefit of the community.
Applicants should use the template and guidance document to prepare all the information required for their application, prior to submitting via the online portal from 30 July 2021.
For more information regarding this fund, there will be a webinar on Thursday, 29 July from 11 am to 12 pm. You can register for the webinar on Eventbrite.
High Sheriff and Merseyside Police Charitable Fund
This fund aims to work with voluntary bodies and community groups in Merseyside to support community safety, crime prevention and security initiatives in their locality.
Grants will normally range from £500 to £2500 and may be less than the figure applied for. In exceptional circumstances, grants of higher value may be considered.
The areas of Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St. Helens and Wirral are all covered.
All applications must meet the following objectives of the fund:
To promote a safer and increased quality of life through the prevention of crime and the protection of people and property from criminal acts for the benefit of the public in and around Merseyside.
To secure the advancement of education for the public benefit in all matters relating to community safety.
To increase the provision of diversionary activities and facilities that target young people to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour.
Groups will need to have been constituted for at least 12 months before seeking funding. The panel is unlikely to fund salaries and staff costs. Priority will be given to projects that focus on the advancement of education and increasing the provision of diversionary activities and facilities for young people. In exceptional circumstances, consideration will be given to other types of funding. Note that the panel is unlikely to fund CCTV systems, security measures or similar pieces of equipment.
Due to the COVID pandemic, the fund will also consider core costs to enable groups to continue to carry out activities that meet the fund’s focus. It will also consider projects that aim to relieve issues that have been exacerbated by COVID such as domestic violence and criminal exploitation.
In addition to the completed application, applicants should provide a letter of support for the project, ideally from a PCSO (Police Community Support Officer), traffic community support officer or similar referee.
Note: The donor has the discretion to also commission applications.
The next closing date is Friday 13 August 2021 but due to a limited budget, the fund may close earlier when sufficient applications have been received.
You should expect to hear the outcome of your application within 6 weeks of the closing date.
For further information, please contact Joan Ford, Programmes Manager via phone – 0330 440 4900 or email: joan@cflm.email.
Introduction to easyfundraising with LCVS
If you missed our event introducing the LCVS/easyfundraising partnership, you can now watch a replay of this informative webinar, to learn about the free fundraising opportunity available.
We are working in collaboration with easyfundraising, to provide you with a simple way to generate additional income for your organisation or group.
It’s free to register your organisation as a good cause with the platform and it’s free for your supporters to use. Good causes don’t even need to be a registered charities.
As we emerge from Covid-19, we at LCVS recognise that the needs of the sector may have changed in the past 18 months, or that additional support may be needed to minimise the impact of Covid-19 and help the sector recover. As such it is critical we hear from you.
Please complete our Covid-19 Recovery Survey, to let us know how we can best help you.
Your feedback will allow us to shape our services, to meet the needs of your organisation and the people you serve. It will also allow us to make the case for further investment into the sector and to make sure that these resources are targeted where they are needed most.
The deadline for completing this survey is Friday 30 July 2021.
If you have any questions regarding this survey, contact info@lcvs.org.uk.
Adult social care survey
The Equality and Human Rights Commission wants to hear from adults in England or Wales who are accessing or have tried to access social care, who have supported a loved one to try to access care or who have tried to access support in their roles as unpaid carers.
The short survey asks some questions about the impact of decisions made by local councils about people’s access to care or support and about experiences of challenging decisions. Specifically, they are looking at whether decisions about disabled and older people’s access to social care, as well as unpaid carers’ access to support, can be meaningfully challenged if they fall short. This includes decisions about whether someone is entitled to care or support and, if so, how much and what kind of care or support they can access.
Decisions about people’s access to social care or support – such as someone’s entitlement to it and what kind they can access – can seriously affect the dignity and inclusion of many disabled and older adults as well as unpaid carers. It is therefore vital that someone can easily challenge a decision if they feel it leaves them without the right support.
The inquiry will lead to a number of recommendations for local and national governments as well as other relevant organisations, and they hope their findings will help inform anticipated social care reforms.
They will also be hosting a webinar about how they are conducting the inquiry. You can register on their Eventbrite page.
Greenbank – Estate Caretaker
Term: Full-time, Permanent.
Hours: 35 hours per week.
Salary: £20,138 p.a. SCP 21.
Location: Greenbank Project – College and Academy sites. Greenbank Lane, Liverpool L17 1AG.
The role requires flexibility of start and finishes times during the normal working week (Monday – Friday) and may include the occasional requirement to work weekends.
Situated alongside the picturesque Sefton Park in Liverpool, the Greenbank Project Charity provides a variety of educational and sporting services for people from within and around the Liverpool City Region. They are particularly supportive of providing relevant opportunities for disabled people and other disadvantaged groups.
Job Purpose
The job holder will report to the CEO and be responsible for the maintenance of premises and grounds within the Greenbank Estate, to ensure that it is a safe and welcoming venue. They will undertake all relevant estate tests and checks, updating all documentation as required, to ensure compliance with relevant H&S legislation and the well-being of colleagues, service users and visitors.
The ideal candidate will have experience in working as a facilities supervisor/caretaker, possess good interpersonal skills, and have a ‘can do, hands on’ approach.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Responsible for all maintenance activities to ensure the general upkeep and maintenance of the Estate buildings and grounds.
Fully understand the layout and workings of all service/mechanical equipment within the estate. Ensure all such equipment is properly stored, secured, and maintained as per manufacturers and/or legislative requirements.
Implement planned cyclical programmes to ensure statutory compliance, preventative and maintenance programmes of works are undertaken.
To manage all maintenance contracts with suppliers. Ensure that any pre-site work documentation such as risk assessments and schemes of work are obtained and agreed upon before work starts. Checks will also require DBS information to be obtained before contractors begin work, in line with safeguarding.
To undertake regular reviews of emergency procedures and ensure they are fit for purpose. Update procedures taking account of any changes to the estate or personnel on-site, in addition to any legislative changes.
Ensure all records of checks/repairs/other are recorded and that the records are readily available for inspection by colleagues/external bodies as required.
To undertake or arrange for a competent person/contractor to undertake building/mechanical checks as required, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and the health and well-being of all estate users. These checks include, but are not limited to, water testing, gas safety, electrical compliance, fire extinguishers, fire alarm, extraction/ventilation machinery, and lift machinery.
Deliver induction training and regular updates on health and safety issues for staff. This will include direction/actions to take in case of an emergency such as a fire, emergency evacuation, or an accident resulting in an injury.
To keep all areas clean and tidy at all times, ensuring the estate grounds and premises are in a safe condition to allow students, staff and visitors to undertake their day to day activities in a safe and secure manner.
Ensure all equipment/machinery/handheld tools are stored correctly when not in use.
To have a high presence within the Estate to ensure all requests are responded to promptly and effectively.
Manage the security of premises, including testing and operation of security equipment.
Responsible for the opening of the College.
Being the primary key holder and the first point of contact in an emergency call-out situation.
Maintain adequate levels of consumable items and equipment.
Cleaning of non-routine nature, including the removal of graffiti and spillage during occupation.
Minor repairs to include internal and external decoration, plumbing, joinery, plastering, glazing, within levels of expected capability.
Portage duties, receive goods when delivered and distribute to the correct department or location on site.
Play a prominent role in Greenbank’s Health & Safety committee by guiding and advising on as appropriate. To ensure H&S and contract compliance particularly in relation to Prevent & Protect duties and safeguarding of all.
Manage the Greenbank vehicle fleet, including the purchasing of road tax, MOT, servicing. Ensure vehicle insurances are in place.
The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic, tailored support so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.
The Whitechapel Centre is pleased to invite applications against four exciting new opportunities to join their team and enhance the services they offer. Posts are funded for 1 year in the first instance.
Your role will involve providing comprehensive, high-quality housing advice, advocacy and assistance to help resolve or prevent homelessness and housing need. You will need to be a first-class communicator with extensive experience of working in partnership with other professionals, agencies and stakeholders in a homelessness, housing or welfare advice setting, you will have expert knowledge of housing legislation, first-class assessment skills and a proven track record of delivering creative and innovative solutions that prevent and resolve homelessness.
Experience in providing advice and support to people about housing, substance misuse problems, domestic abuse, care and mental health services would be a distinct advantage.
In return, the Whitechapel Centre offer a supportive work environment, good pension and health benefits.
Contact details: You can request an application pack via HumanResources@Whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 207 8649. Packs can also be downloaded from The Whitechapel Centre website.
Please note: they do not accept CVs without an accompanying application form.
Closing date: 12pm on Monday 2 August 2021.
Health & Care Volunteers Training Needs Survey
NHS Health Education England’s National Volunteering Unit would like to invite health and care volunteers to complete a survey.
Through this survey they want to learn:
About the training you have received as a volunteer.
How they can better support health and care volunteers through the provision of education, training, and development resources.
This is a chance for you to have your say. The results of this survey will be used to inform the production of relevant and useful learning for health and care volunteers.
You can complete the short survey by following this link.
The survey will be open until the end of August 2021.
Merseyside Youth Association – Disabled Children & Young People’s Team Leader
Term: Fixed Term Funded to 31st March 2022.
Hours:
1 Post x 19 hours per week
1 Post x 14 hours per week
Increasing to 35 hours during 10 weeks of the school holidays
(Will Include Evening, Weekend and School Holiday Work).
Salary: £23,469 – £26,769 (Pro Rata) – MYA Grade 5 – Point 17-20.
Location: Liverpool/Knowsley.
The post holder will lead a team of disability youth workers, to engage disabled children and young people aged 4-18 years through a short breaks service across Knowsley. The post holder will assist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of short breaks provision, issue based youth work and life skills programmes for disabled young people in line with funder requirements and service user needs. The post holder will work as part of a team, which provides support to disabled children and young people and assists them to participate in a full range of activities.
The post holder must hold a qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a subject relevant to the requirements of the position.
Merseyside Youth Association – Youth Support Worker – Disability
Term: Fixed Term Funded to 31st March 2022.
Hours:
1 Post at 10 hours per week.
1 x Weekday Evening Sessions (4.30pm – 7.30pm) plus 1 x Weekend Session 9.30am – 4.30pm, Increasing to 35 hours during 10 weeks of the school holidays.
1 Post at 7 hours per week.
1 x Weekend Session 9.30am – 4.30pm, Increasing to 35 hours during 10 weeks of the school holidays.
Salary: £20,173 – £22,381 (Pro Rata) – MYA Grade 4 Pt. 13-16.
Location: Knowsley.
The post holder will work within a staff team to engage with disabled children and young people, to deliver short breaks provision and youth led activities. The post holder will assist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of short breaks provision, issue-based youth work and life skills programmes for disabled young people in line with funder requirements and service user needs. The post holder will work as part of a team, which provides support to disabled children and young people and assists them to participate in a full range of activities.
The post holder must hold qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a subject relevant to the requirements of the position.
Merseyside Youth Association – Disability Youth & Play Worker – School Holiday Support
Term: Fixed Term Funded to 31st March 2022.
Hours: 35 hours per week for 10 weeks of the school holidays (May Include Evening and Weekend Work).
Salary: £11.08 – £12.30 per hour- MYA Grade 4 pt. 13-16.
Location: Knowsley.
The post holder will supervise and support disabled children and young people through activities in a play setting during 10 weeks of the school holidays. The successful candidate will deliver creative ways to play which will enhance development and address physical and emotional needs. You will be enthusiastic, flexible and will hold a relevant qualification in a subject related to working with young people. You will also need to have experience working with disabled children and young people in a play setting.
Peer Action Collective project to create jobs for young people
The Peer Action Collective (PAC) project, which is funded by the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF), will create jobs in Merseyside for young people aged 16–20 years.
As the lead organization within the partnership, The Young Person’s Advisory Service (YPAS) is looking to employ twelve young people in the PAC Peer Researcher role which is part of their “Participation & Social Action” project.
The candidates’ salary will be JNC Scale 1 – 17,842 pro rota (£9.80 per hour) and the contract will be fixed term (until 31 December 2022). They will work 500 hours which is approximately 14 hours per week.
Young people will be trained to undertake research by talking to people in their local community and people around the same age as them about specific issues, challenges and topics that matter to them. All too often, children and young people who experience violence are not heard, so research may also include experiences of violence in communities and how to best tackle it through social action. Qualifications or experience will not be required. Young people who are interested in social action, campaigning, working in a team and those who are open-minded will be exemplary for this role.
Candidates for this role will be supported to take the lead by the PAC, they will be in charge of asking questions and finding out what needs to happen to make their area a better place for children and young people to live. But it is more than learning about what needs to change, being part of the PAC means that they will get support to take their research and turn it into action. From campaigning to improve local mental health services, setting up a youth centre or supporting more young people into employment – all of it will work to create opportunities for them to make their community a safer and fairer place.
Application Workshop: 29 July 2021.
Closing Date: Friday 13 August 2021.
Shortlisting: Monday 16 August 2021.
Interviews will take place on Thursday 19 and Friday 20 of August 2021.
To request an application pack or further information please email: recruitment@ypas.org.uk quoting ref: PAC/PR1.
To register for the application workshop please email: recuirtment@ypas.org.uk quoting ref: PAC PR workshop.
Free Mental Health Support Services for Liverpool’s VCF Sector
View a replay of this seminar, hosted by LCVS in partnership with Public Health Liverpool, introducing the free mental health support services that are now available for staff, volunteers and trustees of Liverpool voluntary, community and health (VCF) sector organisations.
Liverpool Public Health has commissioned Samaritans Liverpool and Qwell.io to help respond to an increase in demand amongst VCF staff, trustees and volunteers for low-level mental health support (stress, anxiety, mild depression) emerging as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic.
As a result, services from both organisations are now freely available to VCF sector organisations across the city. This online session features representatives from Liverpool Public Health, Samaritans Liverpool and Qwell.io. In it you’ll learn how the system works, what services are available and how to access them.
This session was first broadcast live on 14 July 2021. If you are viewing this at a later date, please contact the relevant organisation to determine the current availability of these services.
Young people’s experience of counselling in community settings
Youth Access, the advice and counselling network for young people, has produced a report detailing young people’s experiences in counselling in community settings.
As part of Youth Access’ national study on the effectiveness of counselling in community-based settings, an Experience of Service Questionnaire (ESQ, formerly CHI-ESQ) was conducted among young people accessing YIACS youth counselling services. This report presents an in-depth analysis of the 1,378 completed questionnaires, presenting rich qualitative data and first-hand testimonies from young people about their experience of accessing youth counselling services.
Key findings
Young people’s experiences of Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS) were overwhelmingly positive.
During the study young people told Youth Access that:
They valued the accessibility and flexibility of YIACS.
YIACS were welcoming, friendly and supportive.
They felt listened to, understood and accepted by YIACS counsellors.
It was the first time they had ever experienced being genuinely heard, respected and valued.
Counsellors in these settings were knowledgeable, trustworthy, creative in their approach and easy to talk to.
The counselling they received led to long-lasting and meaningful change in their lives.
Applications are now open for the 2022 GSK IMPACT Awards which will provide core funding and training for health charities. To mark the 25th anniversary of the awards, they have launched the new GSK Grow Programme, which will support smaller charities.
The GSK IMPACT Awards provide core funding and free training for charities doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing. Organisations must be at least three years old, working in a health-related field in the UK, with income between £120,000 and £3 million. Up to 20 awards will be made, ranging from £4,000 to £50,000, plus free training and development valued at a further £9,500. Organisations will also have a film made, receive help with press and publicity, and be given a set of promotional materials.
The new GSK Grow Programme supports small charities with a total annual income between £20,000 and £120,000. Up to 10 charities will receive £10,000 in unrestricted funding plus training and development valued at £3,200.
The GSK IMPACT Awards are funded by GSK and managed in partnership with The King’s Fund. They are judged by a prestigious panel of judges and provide national recognition for the winning organisations. They also give organisations access to a free leadership programme, designed specifically for health charities, provided by The King’s Fund. After taking part in the training, organisations can then join their network of health charities which supports ongoing service and organisational development.
GSK and The King’s Fund actively encourage organisations to apply who are led by and support people from underrepresented backgrounds, people from ethnic minority communities, those with disabilities and those from the LGBTQ+ community. They want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge as we recognise that diversity makes us stronger.
Holiday Activity and Food Programme – July/August and October 2021.
As part of the government-funded holiday activity and food (HAF) programme, over 90 providers across the city have been successful in securing funding to offer free sessions which include sports, music, arts and other exciting opportunities to learn and develop skills, as well as providing a healthy lunch and snacks to the participants. The HAF programme is designed for children who receive benefits-related free school meals but places are available for other children too.
Greenbank has been successful with HAF, and will be delivered as follows:
6 week’s delivery throughout the Summer and the October half-term holidays.
4 days per week (Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday) – Volunteers required to support 9-4pm daily.
To support the Activity Camps, Greenbank is looking to fill the following volunteer HAF Activity Camp Assistants for the duration of the programme:
The role will include the following tasks:
Supporting with the registration of participants and welcoming them.
Supporting session delivery e.g. Sport, art & craft, cooking, music sessions.
Equipment and room preparation/cleaning.
Safety of camp participants including First Aid and health and safety.
Supervision of participants during lunch and allocated breaks.
Supporting other areas as required by the HAF Camp Co-ordinator.
Volunteer expenses will be available as per Greenbank’s volunteer policy.
Applicants should note that the successful candidates will be asked to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found on this page.
If you feel that you can fulfil the above criteria, please send across a letter of interest and CV to GreenbankHAF@greenbank.org.uk no later than Monday 19 July 2021.
Please indicate your availability over the summer based on the above session dates.
To discuss anything further please contact Greenbank on 0151 733 7255 or call Mark Palmer directly on 07576275846. Please leave a message on the mobile if there is no answer.
The Reader Organisation – Shared Reading Volunteer Services Manager
Term: Permanent.
Hours: 35 hours per week.
Salary: £22,440 to £27,540 (under review).
Location: The Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18.
This pivotal role sits within the Service Directorate and involves working directly with volunteers supporting Shared Reading activities for Adults. You will lead the Volunteer Support Team to deliver an exciting volunteer support programme, maximising engagement, responding to insights and ensuring an excellent volunteer experience. You will also oversee some practical elements of product management.
The Reader is looking for someone with ambitious ideas, the commitment to make them happen ‘in the detail’ and great people skills. This is a role with great potential which will require energy to adapt as feedback and learning demands, along with an eye to maintain consistency across their areas of operation.
Please visit the Reader Organisation website to download a full recruitment pack and application form. Please send completed application forms to laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk.
Closing date: 30 July 2021.
The Reader Organisation – Volunteer Services Manager
Term: Permanent.
Hours: 35 hours per week.
Salary: £22,440 – £27,540.
Location: The Mansion House, Calderstones Park, L18.
As Volunteer Experience Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring that all the volunteers have a fantastic experience at The Reader. You will be responsible for the volunteer experience from beginning to end, from recruitment and onboarding to ongoing training, support and development throughout the volunteer journey.
This role could be for you if you are passionate about the value of Shared Reading and working closely with volunteers.
Please visit the Reader Organisation website to download a full recruitment pack and application form. Please send completed application forms to laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk.
Closing date: Friday 16 July 2021.
The Whitechapel Centre – Housing Support and Resettlement Worker
This is a temporary contract to 31 March 2022.
Hours are 37.5 per week.
Salary range is £21,748 – £27,041.
Location: Everton, Liverpool.
The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic, tailored support so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.
They are currently accepting applications for a vacancy in their Housing Support and Resettlement Service/Older Persons’ Housing Advice Service.
The post-holder will be part of a team providing person-centred support to people who are at risk of homelessness or a housing crisis. Part of the role will involve addressing some of the specific barriers and disadvantages experienced by older people who are at risk of homelessness. Clients may have additional support needs such as substance misuse problems, mental health issues, or financial difficulties. The post-holder will provide floating support to a caseload of clients and also provide housing advice on a drop-in basis.
With at least two years’ experience of delivering effective services to vulnerable people, you will have a comprehensive understanding of housing and homelessness legislation, first class assessment and support planning skills and the ability to address and resolve immediate, ongoing and longer-term needs.
Please note: The Whitechapel Centre do not accept CVs without an accompanying application form. You can request an application pack via HumanResources@Whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 207 8624.
This post is subject to an Enhanced level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). Car use will be advantageous.
Closing date: 12pm on 26 July 2021
The Reader Organisation – Head of People
Term: Permanent.
Hours: 35 hours.
Salary: £27,540 to £35,700 (under review).
Location: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18.
The role-holder will provide advice and guidance to the Directors Group on all people matters. They will be a member of the senior management team reporting directly to the Director of Services. It is vitally important to the Reader Organisation that as well as being able to advise on all technical HR matters, the Head of People is able to bring a flexible, creative approach to their work, looking for innovative solutions to challenges that present themselves.
At The Reader, they rely on a wide range of people to support their mission. Their 130+ workforce is varied and includes staff working in their Social Enterprises, a number of remote teams (some working part-time and in challenging settings such as prisons and high-security mental health settings) and their Head Office (Calderstones Park, Liverpool) alongside local project teams. They also have a volunteer base of more than 700 undertaking a variety of voluntary roles across the UK. This variation means things can sometimes be complex and fast-moving. This means that the Reader Organisation needs someone who can stay calm and spot the things that are most important. They put their values at the centre of their decision making – ‘off the shelf’ solutions don’t always fit so they need someone who can consider various complex angles and think creatively.
The People Team looks after both staff and volunteers. This challenging and varied leadership role has an important part to play in ensuring all of these people are well managed and well supported. You will be supported in this role by the People Team.
Term: Permanent.
Hours: up to 35 hours per week – Term Time only.
Salary:£8.91 per hour.
Location: The main place of work is Greenbank College, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool L17 1AG. The post may require work in different locations from time to time.
Situated alongside picturesque Sefton Park in Liverpool, Greenbank College, part of the Greenbank Project Charity, provides a variety of educational services for people from within and around the Liverpool City Region. They are particularly supportive of providing relevant opportunities for disabled people and other disadvantaged groups.
To help with their continued development, they are looking to recruit a number of Learning Support Workers on various hours of work during the term time. The ideal candidates will combine strong interpersonal skills and the ability to take a ‘hand on’ approach when required. Above all, they must want to make a difference to the lives of young people and vulnerable adults.
Job Purpose
The post holder is responsible for supporting students during education/vocational learning sessions and work placements and for providing on-course assistance/support to tutors during sessions. You will also be responsible for some personal care needs including feeding, use of the toilet, changing, hoist etc, when this enables access to learning.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Support students during learning sessions/activities and work together with tutors in the delivery of learning opportunities.
Undertake break and lunchtime supervision as required.
To develop a flexible working practice to achieve students identified and agreed on learning objectives.
To provide personal care if required to facilitate access to learning.
Liaise with relevant staff across the organisation and relevant external agencies contributing to the student’s individual action plan and agreed on learning/work goals.
Take an active role in the student review process supporting the student, tutor and student’s representative in contributing to the learning process.
Responsible for undertaking job task analysis whilst supporting students on work placement and work with students to ensure they can proficiently undertake each element of the job.
Undertake administrative duties, maintain records, monitor and review work in compliance with Greenbank’s quality standards.
Report any issues relating to student progress or additional support requirements to the Line Manager.
Required to work as part of a team, sharing resource development and promoting good practice; attend team and staff meetings as required.
Required to undergo training recommended by the line manager.
To comply with all of Greenbank’s policies, procedures and quality assurance measures.
Required to carry out other duties as assigned by Greenbank’s senior management team.
Further details and application forms are available via the Greenbank website.
Contact details: application@greenbank.org.uk.
Closing date: Sunday 25 July 2021.
The Women’s Organisation – Partner Support Officer
Can you produce accurate work to deadlines, supporting existing and new partners deliver their projects in a compliant way?
Do you know your stuff and how to share it so others can understand stuff too?
Can you support partner team members to be confident and capable to meet their project objectives?
Are you able to communicate effectively, verbally and through your written work, with stakeholders at all levels?
If the answer is yes, you may be a match.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate great communication skills , excellent IT, organisational, administration skills and attention to detail. The Women’s Organisation is looking for a new team member who can work in a positive and constructive way with partner team members, project clients and key stakeholders at all levels, and bring a well-developed understanding of audit, compliance, supplier and partnership liaison.
You will be the key contact for multiple partners across a range of projects undertaking monthly audit and partner checks, particularly in relation to ESIF (European Structural and Investment Funds) and other funded programmes; compliance support and assist capacity building support for individual partners and consortiums. You will work with partners to review project delivery quality and assist sharing of good practice across partnerships and added value for clients. Ensuring the partnership is delivering to meet both the client and the commissioner’s needs.
You can also call 0151 706 811 or email info@thewo.org.uk.
Closing date: 5 August 2021 at 12pm.
Nugent – Head of Children and Families
Term: Permanent.
Hours:37.5.
Salary:£50,062 – £54,778 per annum.
Role: Head of Children & Families.
Location: Merseyside.
Are you a Hero?
This is a unique opportunity for you to join a successful and driven Senior Leadership Team reporting to the Chief Operating Officer. Nugent is a 140-year-old charity located in the Merseyside City Region and a major employer with over 450 staff.
This is a highly important role within the charity and Nugent is expecting you to be a champion of diversity and inclusion and an individual with ambition, emotional intelligence, sharp intellect, resilience and the ability to be agile for the benefit of the charity. You are a person who ‘gets things done’ who can guide and develop others. You will also have a strong financial acumen.
Nugent’s focus over the next 5 years is to continue to develop their children and family services. As such, they are looking for a leader with significant experience in children’s homes with a keen understanding of children’s legislation and the importance of therapeutic and nurturing care.
If you have any further questions, please contact Clarice.wright@wearenugent.org to arrange a conversation with Normandie Wragg, CEO or Joanne Henney, DCEO.
Closing date for applications – 5pm on 2 August 2021. Assessment/Interview date – 13 August 2021.
Nugent is an Equal Opportunities Employer and encourages applications from underrepresented groups. Nugent actively promotes the safeguarding of vulnerable adults, young people and children.
Your job is to help make sure that the residential building, furniture and equipment is kept in good condition principally through planned maintenance and day to day repairs, including cleaning, decoration and plumbing. You will help ensure that all internal and external aspects of the scheme, including the fabric of the building, its furnishings and equipment are clean and well maintained to a high standard and will:
Detail and work with a planned maintenance programme.
Identify and act on any repairs that are required.
Ensure the completion of repairs and maintenance activity personally or via contractors.
Collect and deliver items locally, including repair materials and furniture.
The Enablement Worker will work with people who have complex needs and who have experienced, for example, long periods of homelessness, rough sleeping, substance use and enduring long term mental illness. You will work to enable the growth of people’s strengths and talents supporting them to develop their skills and resources to transform their lives overcoming barriers such as alcohol and drug dependencies, and enable independent living.
Your job will be to help us make sure that the residents and colleagues in Mildmay House have a clean environment to live and work.
Your tasks will include:
Cleaning communal areas, kitchens, bathrooms, and office spaces within the building (daily rotation).
Cleaning vacant rooms ready for new residents.
Cleaning kitchen equipment on a rotating basis e.g. cookers, fridges, etc.
Undertaking special or unplanned cleaning duties when necessary.
For more information and to apply, visit Saha’s website.
If you have any questions, phone Saha at 0151 709 1471.
Closing date: Monday 26 July at 12 noon.
New Community Research Toolkit
City Conversation in Clubmoor project has culminated with the production of a Community Research Toolkit, designed to support the involvement of residents and frontline workers in policy-focused research.
The City Conversation project involved the University of Liverpool’s Heseltine Institute, Liverpool City Council and the MyClubmoor Partnership Board. It was funded from the UKRI’s Enhancing Place-Based Partnerships in Public Engagement Programme. The project aimed to develop participatory approaches to community engagement that would lead to a better understanding of local issues and contribute to the design of more effective public services.
Focusing on Clubmoor ward, a neighbourhood of 15,000 people in north Liverpool, the project aimed to better connect citizens to decisions about inclusive growth. In an era of prolonged pressure on public sector budgets, the potential applications of this research – most notably, in facilitating a meaningful dialogue between local residents and policymakers, to inform Liverpool’s City Plan and the potential redesign of public services – are clear.
A key objective for the project was to strengthen the dialogue and engagement of public and community partners in developing policy and services. The project also established a method of engaging and training community members and frontline workers to be researchers. This has not only created a cadre of trained individuals that can be involved in future community-led research activity but has established community-led research as a practical tool for public agencies to use.
For more information on the project and to download the Community Research Toolkit, visit the University of Liverpool website.
Arts Opportunity for Young Women from Liverpool
Liverpool’s Theatre in the Rough is seeking participants to create original work, for a new digital arts festival exploring young women’s responses to the climate emergency.
400 Parts Per Million is an online festival of creative responses to the climate emergency. Participants will work with leading activists and environmental scientists from around the world over a four-month period, in order to learn more about the ecological damage being done to our planet – as well as what we can do to inspire change.
With support from a team of arts professionals from Theatre in the Rough, they will then create short works to feature at the online festival, which will coincide with the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow in November.
Sarah Van Parys, co-director of Theatre in the Rough, said, “Women are under-represented in both STEM and the arts. Yet, globally, they are the most likely to be affected by climate change. This project aims to empower young women to be the artistic and ecological leaders we need.”
Participants must be female (inclusive of trans women), aged between 15 and 25, and live in the Liverpool City Region. No experience is necessary.
An application form and more information can be found by going to the 400 Parts website.
The deadline for applications is Friday 23 July 2021.
Saha – Waking Night Concierge
Term: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 per week
Salary:£19058.70
Location: Mildmay House, 6 Blackburne Place, Liverpool L87PQ
As a Night Concierge, you will provide an overnight presence in Mildmay House, Liverpool making sure Saha’s residents are well and the building secure. The Night will need to help ensure the safety of residents and the security of the building by being an overnight on-site presence and will:
Monitor CCTV and conduct building checks.
Engage with vulnerable people who live in the service.
Anthony Walker Access to Law Apprenticeship now live
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced a new partnership with the Anthony Walker Foundation, through the launch of their Access to Law Programme.
Aimed at young people (18-25) from low socio-economic backgrounds, the programme will fund six full-time paralegal officer apprenticeships, as well as provide additional support, through the Foundation, to overcome some of the social mobility barriers in place for young people today.
The Anthony Walker Foundation was established in 2006 after the racially motivated murder of Anthony in Huyton, just outside of Liverpool. Anthony’s family and friends did not want his murder to be another statistic and wanted his name to live on with a positive, lasting legacy. The foundation works to tackle racism, hate crime and discrimination by providing educational opportunities, victim support services and by promoting equity and inclusion for all.
Working with the Foundation, the CPS has developed a programme that will support participants to develop new skills and gain experiences to support their career progression within the legal sector. Given the Foundation’s roots in both the Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester, and two of CPS’ regional areas being within both locations, the scheme will be piloted in Liverpool and Manchester.
If you are interested, you can apply via the CPS website.
Covid-19 vaccine survey for 16-25-year-olds
Healthwatch Liverpool is conducting research to gather the opinions of young people aged 16-25, on getting the Covid-19 vaccine.
Healthwatch wants to know what attitudes and concerns exist surrounding the vaccine. They also want to know whether 16–25-year-olds will take up the Covid-19 vaccine. This information will be fed into NHS Trusts, Liverpool CCG and public health bodies in the city.
Healthwatch Liverpool will also be getting out and about to speak to young people’s groups in the city. Please get in touch with Healthwatch Liverpool if you would like them to come and visit a group that you are involved with.
If the survey is not accessible or appropriate for the young people and young adults you work with then get in touch with Healthwatch Liverpool and a member of their engagement team can facilitate an online/in-person focus group for you.
You can contact Healthwatch via WhatsApp on 07842552878 or via email at engagement@healthwatchliverpool.co.uk.
You can complete the survey via the .
Opportunity for artists: FACT Together commissioning scheme returns
FACT is launching the second instalment of its FACT Together artist residency scheme, as part of an ongoing commitment to online commissioning.
This is open to artists living or working in the North of England.
FACT Together is a 3-month online artist residency open to all early-career artists in the North of England
Four artists will each receive a fee of £2500, a production budget of £1500 plus 3 months of mentorship and support
Artists will create digital artwork that will be presented online from November 2021
No previous experience of making digital work is necessary
Artists are invited to respond to the theme Radical Ancestry, which focuses on ideas of belonging
Deadline to apply is midnight, Sunday 1 August 2021
For more information and to apply, visit the FACT website.
The Brain Charity – Business Development Manager
Salary: £31,512 per annum (+10% Pension after successful completion of probationary period).
Contract: Permanent.
Base: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, Liverpool. L3 8LR.
Hours: 37.5 per week.
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever. There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too. The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Role Summary
We are really pleased to say The Brain Charity is growing year on year and we are now seeking an individual with a strong background in either business/service development, sales or marketing to deliver key elements of our corporate strategy and take our organisation to the next level.
With overall responsibility for our business activity, you will manage, motivate and lead a team of dedicated staff and volunteers to grow the organisations existing business activity and develop new business income streams.
We are seeking a creative self-starter with a strong track record in entrepreneurship to work at the very heart of our team enabling our organisation to expand and achieve more for those we are here to support.
We are an award-winning charity and have recently received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest accolade given by the Crown to Third Sector organisations.
If you are passionate about our cause and would like to become part of a vibrant and diverse team, we would love to hear from you.
The Brain Charity prides itself on being an open and diverse place to work and we openly encourage those from minority groups to apply.
To apply, you will need to complete the application form in the downloadable pack below on The Brain Charity website.
Please do not send in your CV, as this will not be counted.
Closing date: Monday 2 August 2021 9:00am.
Interviews for successful applicants will take place during the week commencing Monday 12 August 2021.
Please e-mail jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk if you have any questions.
The Brain Charity – Employer Relationship Officer
Salary: £26,000
Contract: Fixed Term until at least September 2023
Base: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, Liverpool, L3 8LR
Hours: 37.5 per week
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers. There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer conditions. We are there for every single one of them. The Brain Charity has recently been successful in winning funding for several new areas of work including two new major employment projects. Our Directions & New Horizons projects, funded by the European Social Fund, are designed to support adults with multiple and complex barriers to work to enter the labour market. We recognise that the pandemic has hit our service users hard, and that many of those we are here to support now face unemployment, financial difficulties and mental health issues. Because of these reasons, we are expanding our front-line team.
Role Summary
One of the key barriers our client group faces when it comes to finding employment is discrimination. Getting a foot in the door can be the very first hurdle.
Your job will be to cultivate relationships with local employers to raise awareness of the talent and skills of our service users.
By skilfully brokering introductions between potential applicants and major Liverpool City Region employers, you will play a vital role in supporting our service users to find work.
We are seeking an individual with good business sense and great communication skills, as well as emotional intelligence and empathy towards the needs of our service users. If you are passionate and experience in building business relationships with a wide variety of partners, we would love to hear from you.
We are an award-winning charity and have recently received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest accolade given by the Crown to Third Sector organisations.
If you are passionate about our cause and would like to become part of a vibrant and diverse team, we would love to hear from you.
The Brain Charity prides itself on being an open and diverse place to work and we openly encourage those from minority groups to apply.
To apply, you will need to complete the application form in the downloadable pack on The Brain Charity website.
Please do not send in your CV, as this will not be counted.
Closing date: Monday 2 August 2021 9:00am.
Interviews for successful applicants will take place during the week commencing Monday 12 August 2021.
Please e-mail jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk if you have any questions.
The Brain Charity – Employment Project Officer
Salary: £13,000 PA (£26,000 pro rata)
Contract: Fixed term until September 2023
Base: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, Liverpool, L3 8LR
Hours: Part time – 18.75 per week
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers. There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer conditions. We are there for every single one of them. The Brain Charity has recently been successful in winning funding for several new areas of work including two new major employment projects. Our Directions & New Horizons projects, funded by the European Social Fund, are designed to support adults with multiple and complex barriers to work to enter the labour market. We recognise that the pandemic has hit our service users hard, and that many of those we are here to support now face unemployment, financial difficulties and mental health issues. Because of these reasons, we are expanding our front-line team.
Role Summary
We are seeking a hands-on and positive person to support individuals with neurological conditions in their search for work.
Our service users might be looking for work for the first time, returning to the job market after several months of illness or launching a whole new career after a life-changing event or diagnosis.
You will work creatively to find the right solutions for the individuals you work with, and provide expert practical support to get them to where they want to be.
We are an award-winning charity and have recently received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest accolade given by the Crown to Third Sector organisations.
If you are passionate about our cause and would like to become part of a vibrant and diverse team, we would love to hear from you.
The Brain Charity prides itself on being an open and diverse place to work and we openly encourage those from minority groups to apply.
To apply, you will need to complete the application form in the downloadable pack on The Brain Charity website.
Please do not send in your CV, as this will not be counted.
Closing date: Monday 2 August 2021 9:00am.
Interviews for successful applicants will take place during the week commencing Monday 12 August 2021.
Please e-mail jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk if you have any questions.
The Women’s Organisation – Client Relationships and Engagement Adviser
We are seeking a colleague for this new role that really cares about our client’s journey and experience. Even before a woman has heard about our organisation you will be influencing her journey through the strong relationships you forge out in the community and with key referral organisations. Along every step of her journey with us, you will ensure that she understands the scope of services available to her, both directly and in the wider community. Throughout her time with The Women’s Organisation, you will be her constant, the person she can come back to for additional support, and to ensure her journey runs smoothly.
You will be the first port of call at The Women’s Organisation for women contacting us, providing that much needed reassurance, needs assessment and access to a diverse package of internal and external support to women. You will have a well-developed knowledge of the current range of advice, training, support opportunities that women can access to facilitate their development.
You will have worked in an engagement, customer relationship, outreach, or community development role placing the client’s needs at the centre of your thinking and practice. We are looking for someone who can reach out and engage with our clients using novel and effective tools and techniques to enable and attract women to access support services. We are looking to work with a proactive and creative individual who can bring innovation to our approach, a broad network, and the capability to transform and expand our reach. You will need excellent verbal, written, listening, and information analysis skills.
Key Aspects
Be the core relationship point of contact for our clients to follow their journey and offer ongoing support.
Become an expert, a font of wisdom and knowledge of The Women’s Organisation services to offer a meaningful diagnostic for clients, creating a holistic roadmap to access our services and other external services which reflects their needs.
Help co design new engagement approaches and partnerships development and referral opportunities to enable women to take up The Women’s Organisation’s services.
Develop creative ways of reaching out to and accessing women from diverse geographical, cultural, social and economic backgrounds and communities.
Design, produce and execute creative engagement events and activities to increase the visibility of the organisation and enable more women to access support.
Be constantly building your knowledge and expertise though the research of external enterprise, employment, and training services to facilitate effective brokerage to additional support that will enable our clients to navigate the local landscape of support.
Be able to update relationship management CRM systems and provide insight on how the process could be developed and improved.
Ensure that information and marketing materials about The Women’s Organisation’s and partner services are widely distributed in local areas, especially to groups who find it difficult to access services.
Be an external representative of The Women’s Organisation including representing the organisation at community engagement events, public meetings and networking events as required
Maintain a client focus whilst operating within internal and external requirements.
Contribute to monitoring reports as required.
Person Specification
A Good Fit.
We are a looking for our new team member who shares our values, is technically proficient and experienced but also has the ambition to grow with us on our journey.
Qualified / experienced in engagement and relationship building.
Ability to conduct meaningful client diagnostic and needs assessment in relation to enterprise, employment, and personal development.
Ready to hit the ground running utilising existing relationships and forging new ones to benefit the promotion of The Women’s Organisation services.
Ability to research and map out services in a local area and assess which services may be useful referral routes for our clients.
Skilled in ICT, particularly spreadsheets, CRM systems, email and using social media for business.
Ability to meet deadlines, to act on own initiative, and operate effectively as part of a team.
Ability to respond to clients, colleagues and stakeholders needs through familiarisation with The Women’s Organisation operations with both empathy and professionalism.
Excellent interpersonal skills and phone manner.
Innovative, creative and flexible in approach and willing to undertake all tasks as necessary to ensure the smooth running of services.
An understanding of and commitment to The Women’s Organisation’s values and principles underpinning equal opportunities, and an ability to challenge appropriately in this area.
Committed to diversity and equality of opportunities with a knowledge and understanding of the barriers faced by different communities, groups and SMEs, aspiring to grow their business, and a commitment to helping them address and overcome those barriers.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in all areas of our businesses.
This job description is not intended to be either prescriptive or exhaustive; it is issued as a framework to outline the main areas of responsibility at the time of writing.
Contact details:
For an application pack please visit the Women’s Organisation website, call 0151 706 8111 or email info@thewo.org.uk.
Term: Permanent.
Hours: 35 hours per week (excluding breaks).
Salary: £22,658 p.a.
Location: The main place of work is the internship host business site. All employees are required to be flexible in their approach and would be expected to work at other sites as and when required. This job may require occasional evening and weekend work.
Situated alongside the picturesque Sefton Park in Liverpool, Greenbank College, part of the Greenbank Project Charity, provides a variety of educational services for people from within and around the Liverpool City Region. We are particularly supportive of providing relevant opportunities for disabled people and other disadvantaged groups.
It is an exciting time for Greenbank as we continue to implement our strategy to take us through the next five years. Our vision is to transform lives through challenging perceptions and inspiring self-belief. The College offers supportive, inclusive learning opportunities for young people and adults. We offer work-related study programmes to people aged 16-18 and up to 24 to those with an EHC Plan, as well as courses up to Level 3 to adults.
To build on our vision and enhance the future job opportunities of our students, Greenbank, together with Liverpool City Council, Project Search and host employers are working in partnership to offer the first whole life approach to supporting young disabled people in transition from education to employment. Based on the internship host business site, the successful applicant will have a passion and knowledge that will help enable our students to successfully transition to the workplace and therefore help them better secure their future wellbeing.
Job Purpose
Greenbank College, Liverpool City Council, Project Search & host employers are working in partnership to offer the first whole life approach to supporting young disabled people in transition from education to employment. To enable this, this post holder will:
Co-ordinate the delivery of a transition to work programme for young people with a learning disability based initially at Liverpool City Council.
Identify a student’s strengths, interests, and abilities related to skill acquisition, job development and employment.
Deliver an employability curriculum whilst embedding English and maths and use job coaching techniques to support young people’s development towards employability.
Seek appropriate employment consistent with the student’s interests and skills and work with local businesses and industries to meet their employment needs.
Determine and refer young people on the programme to appropriate support services for training and successful employment.
Contact details: Any queries and applications should be sent to applications@greenbank.org.uk.
Closing date: Monday 19 July, 10am.
Imagine Independence – Learning Disabilities Support Worker
Job Reference: 21/51.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, working a rolling rota.
Salary: £17,419.05 per annum.
Based in: Accommodation Service, Tuebrook area, Liverpool. Position: Learning Disabilities Support Worker.
Imagine Independence is a third sector organisation that supports people to live full and meaningful lives. Imagine campaigns to promote the inclusion in society of individuals with a range of needs, from mental illness, learning disability, neurodiversity, and complex behaviour that challenges. Its portfolio of services is expanding and so this is a great time to join the organisation.
We are looking for a professional, dedicated and experienced Support Worker who can offer commitment to delivering high quality community-based care to service users living in the Liverpool area. You will have experience of working with people with learning disability and/or mental health needs. You will need excellent communication skills and be flexible in approach. You will have a positive attitude and be non-judgmental. It is essential to the role that you have a committed approach towards maintaining confidentiality protecting the dignity of the individual and promoting their independence. It’s desirable that you have at least an NVQ2 qualification in Health and Social Care.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Completed application forms are to be returned by no later than the closing date/time either by email to recruitment@imagineindependence.org.uk or post to 25 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ.
Please note that we shortlist from received application forms only, we do not accept CVs.
Our benefits include contributory pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
These posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory DBS check. An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 20 July 2021 at 5pm.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
The Brain Charity – Children & Young Persons’ Project Coordinator
Salary: £13,000 PA (FTE £26,000).
Contract: Fixed term until at least June 2022.
Base: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, Liverpool, L3 8LR and various locations across Merseyside.
Hours: 18.75hrs per week (flexible working hours).
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers. There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, Parkinson’s disease, brain tumour, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too. The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
About The Brain Changer Arts Project
The brain is a wonderful and mysterious thing: constantly in motion, living, growing and reconfiguring itself over and over again until we are well into our mid-twenties and even our thirties. At The Brain Charity, we believe early intervention for children and young people with neurological conditions is vital and that every child should have the support they need to reach their full potential. Because The Brain Charity is a medium-sized charity, we have the freedom to innovate, and our unique position, bridging both health and social care, means we are perfectly placed to take new ideas to the next level.
Through the receipt of funding from BBC Children in Need, The Brain Changer Arts Project has been merging the skills of professional dancers and visual artists to work alongside those working in the fields of both neuro-physiotherapy and neuro-occupational therapy to improve the lives of children and young people with neurological conditions. The project offers regular dance and craft-based classes in which the moves, routines and exercises are based on wide-ranging and high impact physiotherapy and occupational therapy techniques designed specifically to improve balance, dexterity and coordination. We are seeking a unique individual who has a strong background in either social care, health or the arts to oversee the operational delivery of this project.
We are an award-winning charity and have recently received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest accolade given by the Crown to Third Sector organisations.
If you are passionate about our cause and would like to become part of a vibrant and diverse team, we would love to hear from you.
The Brain Charity prides itself on being an open and diverse place to work and we openly encourage those from minority groups to apply.
To apply, you will need to complete the application form in the downloadable pack on The Brain Charity website.
Please do not send in your CV, as this will not be counted.
Closing date: Monday 2 August 2021 9:00am.
Interviews for successful applicants will take place during the week commencing Monday 12th August 2021.
Please e-mail jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk if you have any questions.
The Brain Charity – Head of Finance, Assets & Quality
Salary: £31,512 per annum (+10% pension after successful completion of probationary period).
Contract: Permanent.
Base: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, Liverpool. L3 8LR.
Hours: 37.5 per week.
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever. There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer ones too. The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Role Summary
We are really pleased to say The Brain Charity is growing year on year and we are now seeking an individual with a strong background in either finance, human resources, quality or governance to deliver key elements of our corporate strategy and help take our organisation to the next level.
With overall responsibility for managing our finances, developing our human resources and protecting our assets you will manage, motivate and lead a team of dedicated staff and volunteers enabling the charity to grow and develop as a nationally recognised award winning organisation. By raising quality levels throughout the organisation you will be instrumental in supporting the organisation to deliver excellent services to some of the most vulnerable members of our society. We are seeking a data-driven and highly organised individual with a keen eye for detail to join our team.
We are an award-winning charity and have recently received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest accolade given by the Crown to Third Sector organisations.
If you are passionate about our cause and would like to become part of a vibrant and diverse team, we would love to hear from you.
The Brain Charity prides itself on being an open and diverse place to work and we openly encourage those from minority groups to apply.
To apply, you will need to complete the application form in the downloadable pack on The Brain Charity website.
Please do not send in your CV, as this will not be counted.
Closing date: Monday 2 August 2021 9:00am.
Interviews for successful applicants will take place during the week commencing Monday 12th August 2021.
Please e-mail jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk if you have any questions.
Imagine Independence – 21/36 Community Based Support Worker
Salary: £6,967.62 per annum
Hours per week: 15
Job Ref: 21/36
Covering North and South Sefton
Imagine Independence is a third sector organisation that supports people to live full and meaningful lives. Imagine campaigns to promote the inclusion in society of individuals with a range of needs, from mental illness, learning disability, neurodiversity, and complex behaviour that challenges. Its portfolio of services is expanding and so this is a great time to join the organisation.
Position: Community Based Support Worker for people with mental health needs or learning disabilities.
Imagine Independence is recruiting Support Workers for its services in Sefton. These are delivered in the community into people’s own homes. The Support Worker’s role is to help the people using the service live with meaning, as independently as possible, so they can access the full range of services and resources in their local area.
You will also help to promote the health and wellbeing of those you support. This will include making sure people access the health services they need; have as healthy a diet as possible; and live in a home environment that supports their wellbeing. It is an interesting and rewarding role, where no two days are ever the same. This service needs people committed to delivering high quality, person centred support.
You may have experience of working with people with mental health issues and/or learning disabilities. Imagine looks for people with the right values and approach to their work. If you have an NVQ 2 in Health and Social Care, or its equivalent; are able to use IT; and are happy to travel between people’s homes, then this could be the role for you.
A good communicator, who can build valued relationships with others, you will be able to use your judgement and common sense to get the best possible results for each person you support. Your focus will always be on the person you are supporting, promoting their dignity, and ensuring the highest standards of confidentiality are maintained.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Imagine offers a contributory pension scheme, employee assistance programme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities. These posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.
Closing date for applications: Ongoing.
Imagine Independence aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
August short courses from Blackburne House
Blackburne House has a variety of accredited short courses, ranging from 1 to 4 days, available during August 2021.
These courses are perfect if you want to boost your CV, try out Blackburne House to see if it’s the learning environment for you, or start your studies to prepare for longer programmes in September.
Short courses include:
Stress Awareness
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Critical Thinking
Emotional Resilience
Leadership Skill
Equality and Diversity
To find out more and apply, email georginalewin@blackburnehouse.co.uk
Police Commissioner seeks views of women and girls about personal safety
Merseyside’s Police Commissioner has today launched a survey to find out about how we can make the streets of Merseyside feel safer for women and girls.
The public consultation has been announced by Emily Spurrell, to better understand the concerns of women across the region. In our parks, on public transport, walking home from a night out in the city centre – the survey aims to gain a greater understanding of how safe women and girls feel when going about their daily lives across Merseyside, day and at night.
It asks if they have experienced sexual harassment and abuse, what makes them feel unsafe and what can be done to make them feel safer.
The lived experiences collected through the survey will be used to inform the activities and projects the Police Commissioner runs, including how she bids for cash from a number of Home Office funds, including Safer Streets 3 and a new pot focused on improving women’s safety in the night time economy. The findings will help to ensure the funding is targeted in the most effective way.
The Safer Streets Merseyside survey is live now and should take no more than 10 minutes to complete and is open until Friday 9 July 2021.
The office of PCC recognises that this survey might trigger emotional discomfort and understands that thinking about these topics can be difficult. If you feel you would benefit from support following this survey, a full list of all specialist services in Merseyside can be found at Victim Care Merseyside.
What’s next?
This consultation is the first stage in the police commissioner’s campaign to work with all community safety and criminal justice partners to eradicate violence against women and girls.
The findings will be used to inform the police commissioner’s bid into the Safer Streets 3 bid, which has to be submitted by 15 July 2021, and additional funds offering money to make public places safer. They will also be shared with community safety and criminal justice partners to inform work they are doing to make our region’s streets safer.
Urgent advice to people living in Covid hotspots
All residents living in three Covid-19 hotspots in Liverpool are being urged by Liverpool City Council to get tested as soon as possible, to break the chain of infection.
Riverside, Greenbank and Picton had a total of 335 cases from 19 – 25 June, accounting for around one in five of the 1,757 confirmed infections across the city over the past week.
The latest weekly rate of Covid-19 in Liverpool is 366 per 100,000 population and the latest positivity testing rate is 8.5 per cent, putting the city close to the top 10 areas in the country.
More than 70 per cent of cases are now in people aged under 45, split between those under 18, aged 18-24 and 25-44 year olds.
It is having a knock-on effect for schools, hospitality and employers with thousands of people who have come into contact with those with the virus having to self-isolate.
Residents in these areas are now being asked to:
Get a rapid (Lateral Flow) Covid-19 test by this coming weekend
If it is positive, self-isolate and follow it up with a confirmatory PCR test
Get two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine (book online or call 119)
If you have had a positive Covid-19 test, wait 4 weeks before you book a vaccine appointment
Anyone who has any of the common symptoms of Covid-19, such as a fever, a cough or loss/change in taste of smell, should always get a PCR test.
At one of the council’s Rapid Response Vehicle mobile testing units (locations are publicised on the council’s social media channels)
Director of Public Health Matthew Ashton, said, “Rates of infection have rocketed over the last few weeks in those age groups which have not yet been fully vaccinated and it is having a knock-on effect for schools, hospitality and employers as people are having to self-isolate.
“This is a stark reminder that Covid-19 has not gone away and still poses a danger to people, so it is absolutely vital we continue to do everything we can to keep it under control.
“We are asking all residents people in the three areas of the city which have the highest rates of infection to get themselves tested in the next three days, as you can have the virus without displaying symptoms and be transmitting it unknowingly.
“Wherever you live in the city, if you are unwell you should get a test rather than just taking a guess. If you have fever, cough or a loss or change in smell or taste, you should self-isolate and get a PCR test so that you can be as sure as you can be that you have or haven’t got the virus. It is a good idea to get tested a couple of times a week if you are out and about regularly.
“We also need to continue to follow the rules around social distancing, handwashing and face covering, as well as limiting our contact in areas with large groups of people.”
Cabinet member for Public Health Councillor Frazer Lake, said, “Covid-19 has impacted on all of our lives over the past 18 months but we need to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe in the coming weeks while the vaccine rollout continues. I can’t stress the urgency of this enough to everyone. Covid isn’t something that is going to go away on its own. We need to make sure we protect ourselves and others.
“Two doses of the vaccine gives you the best possible protection and reduces onward transmission, but it does not guarantee that you will not get ill or pass it on to others. That is why we need those who have had their jabs to also abide by the advice and guidance. Please continue with the rapid Lateral Flow tests twice a week, and if you have any symptoms, please self-isolate and get a PCR test.
“We all need to work together on this – only by following the advice and guidance are we giving ourselves the best chance at a return to normality.”
‘Generation COVID’? factors impacting young people’s mental health
Youth Access has published the first of three briefings to support the wider youth sector, commissioners and policymakers in anticipating and responding to the needs younger generations over the coming year.
The title of the briefing document is ‘Generation COVID’? factors impacting young people’s mental health.
It pulls together research from a wide range of sources, to summarise the major socio-economic challenges facing young people in light of the pandemic. It also outlines the potential impact of those factors on mental health.
You can view and download this briefing document in PDF format, via the Youth Access website.
PH Holt Resilience Fund
PH Holt Foundation has opened a new £250,000 Resilience Fund. The fund is specifically for Merseyside charities, aiming to address the negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic upon vulnerable or disadvantaged communities in the region.
It seeks to support activities that enable people to access opportunities improving their well-being and connectivity.
Charities should already be working with people in one of the following priority areas :
Children and young people
Mental health support
Victims of domestic abuse
This is a one-off grant fund, available to small and medium sized charities with a track record of delivering successful and effective programmes that reach those most in need.
Existing or previous grant holders, and new applicants, can apply for grants starting at £5,000. In exceptional cases grants can rise above £10,000, to a maximum of £20,000.
Applications can be made at any time. Decisions can be expected within 4-6 weeks of submission.
The Resilience Fund is time limited and will close once the allocation of funds is exhausted.
To download the criteria and the application form, visit the PH Hold website.
The Resilience Fund is operating outside of the main PH Holt grant programme. The main programme remains open for grant applications.
The Reader – Storyhunter
Term: Fixed Term
Hours: Weekend and Holiday contract (6.5 hours per week) and Zero hours contracts available
Salary:£16,830 – £17,340 (pro rata) £8.98 per hour (zero hour contracts)
Location: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18
The Storybarn is a creative, interactive environment in which children can feel thoroughly alive and creative in the company of quality literature. With Shared Reading at the heart of all that we do, we believe that books offer children a way to understand the world in which they live and the worlds inside themselves. The Reader exists to provide book-routes into this inner space, and to develop shared understandings of both it, and the outer world. Training will be provided with space for creative adaptation of delivery for applicants to really make the role their own.
This role could be for you if you:
– Passionately believe in the value of reading
– Are flexible, enthusiastic and positive
– Are incredibly outgoing and confident working with children and families
Term: 12 months
Hours: 7h a week
Salary: £13 per hour
Location: Merseyside Polonia office with an option of some remote working
Merseyside Polonia has always been very successful in attracting many amazing volunteers. We’ve wanted to make sure their time and skills were appreciated, and voluntary work recognised. Volunteering at Merseyside Polonia is a fantastic opportunity to be part of the organisation’s mission of developing positive relations between the Polish Community and local residents; an offer to join a great team delivering many successful projects and at the same time, grow as an individual through a personal and professional development.
Right now, Merseyside Polonia is looking for a person who will grow, support and lead this amazing team of people as volunteer coordinator.
Overview of the role
We are searching for a creative, talented, and professional volunteer coordinator to be responsible for our team of volunteers and volunteer opportunities. In this role you need to be outgoing and friendly to ensure that volunteers feel at ease and welcome at Merseyside Polonia.
The volunteer coordinator’s responsibilities include recruiting and training new volunteers, keeping a database of volunteer information and skills, matching volunteers to opportunities that suit their skills, keeping volunteers supported and informed, and conveying the organisation’s purpose to the wider public and partner organisations.
A successful volunteer coordinator should be a natural people person and be passionate about volunteer work. It is essential for you to show initiative and flexibility as volunteers will be looking to you for guidance and support. You should uphold the values of our organisation while ensuring the comfort of our volunteers in their roles.
We are looking for a person that believes in others and knows how to distinguish talent and do everything possible to motivate and inspire. You must possess excellent organisational skills and ability to communicate with people from diverse backgrounds and experience. You must feel comfortable speaking to big groups of people as you will be expected to run training events and meetings for all volunteers.
Main responsibilities
• Promote volunteering opportunities on our website and social media
o Writing articles and social media posts
o Creating images and video content
• Source and recruit volunteers through various channels (social media, recruitment events, etc.)
• Collect information on availabilities and skills
• Organising training events and running workshops/meetings with groups of volunteers
• Arrange for appropriate training when needed
• Produce schedules for activities
• Assign responsibilities to the right people for special events
• Coordinate teams of volunteers for large-scale events
• Communicate frequently with volunteers to ensure they are satisfied and well-placed
• Share information for upcoming roles, events and opportunities
• Keep detailed records of volunteers’ information and assignments
• Ensure the purpose of the organisation and its actions is clearly communicated
• Attend meetings as required and be an advocate for Merseyside Polonia
• Plan and organise own workload and co-ordinate with other team members
• Work outside normal office hours if required and agreed with your manager
• Attend training identified as necessary to undertake current and future job requirements
• Undertake such other duties and responsibilities as are commensurate with the post
• Support other aspects of the delivery of the project as required
This Job Description summarises the major responsibilities of the post. It is not intended to exclude other activities, nor future changes from the post holder’s responsibilities.
Greenbank – Quality and Curriculum Business Manager
Term: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £35,000 p.a.
Location: Greenbank Estate – Greenbank Lane L17 1AG
Job Purpose
To be the Strategic Lead for Quality and Curriculum at Greenbank, to ensure outstanding delivery to students, as defined by Ofsted.
As Ofsted nominee and a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), you will be working closely with the CEO and SLT to oversee the implementation of Greenbank College’s journey to excellence.
As strategic lead for college standards and improvement, you will provide leadership and support to staff and challenge them when achievement gaps are identified. You will achieve this by overseeing the annual self-assessment and quality improvement planning process led by the Quality Manager, to ensure that Greenbank College’s ESFA funded provision is on target to achieve a grade 1 (Outstanding) judgement in its next Ofsted inspection.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Programme Development and Compliance
– Lead on timetabling, and oversee the development of our programmes to ensure that they have the right design and operational delivery to overachieve KPIs for all our students.
– Maximise delivery against all contracts and restricted grants in a timely manner.
Developing a Quality Service
– Establish a robust framework (data and procedural) for student management, reporting and communicating on all elements of education and training.
– Ensure all educational delivery achieves as a minimum an Ofsted rating of ‘Good’ aspiring to ‘Outstanding’.
– Work with the CEO to guide the Quality Manager in producing the SAR. Ensure that the QIP is produced and regularly updated taking account of teaching, learning, assessment and support, and that Greenbank College’s intent, implementation and impact, meets the standards set out in the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework. Ensure that teams feed into the production, and lead on driving actions forward.
– Oversee all quality assurance, ensuring that quality policies and procedures are fit for purpose, regularly reviewed and that all staff are equipped and supported to deliver effectively.
– Act as Ofsted nominee.
– Lead on internal audit and compliance of learner files (all programmes).
– Maintain high levels of cross organisation communication to ensure an Ofsted excellent service for both students and other relevant third parties and build an outstanding reputation for service delivery.
Work closely with SLT to ensure that the organisation is always appropriately prepared for Ofsted review.
– Develop through CPD an understanding of the education landscape and the implications of delivery for Greenbank College’s programmes to ensure an excellent service.
– Identify opportunities to improve working across Greenbank’s College and Sports Academy, utilising the skills of team members to continuously improve the student offer.
– Act as Greenbank’s Prevent Lead.
– As part of Greenbank’s safeguarding team, you will be the deputy designated safeguarding officer, acting in the absence of the Designated Safeguarding Officer.
Data Reporting and Compliance
– Lead on Greenbank’s monthly contract and quality reporting, including KPI monthly reports and dashboards and Greenbank’s termly Strategic Ambitions reporting.
– Critically analyse performance data from both a quality and contract delivery perspective, and identifying potential problems before they arise.
– Develop and implement effective performance management systems for delivery of all provision ensuring that concerns about recruitment, retention, achievement and progression are promptly identified and addressed and work with the wider KPI monitoring systems, ensuring that contract targets and requirements are fully met.
– Working closely with the data team, checking data and using it to inform decisions, including reports and data required by stakeholders and other partners.
– Ensure teams are using data effectively to make tactical changes to delivery to improve outcomes for learners.
– Ensure the integrity and accuracy of data.
Leadership and Working in Partnership
– As a senior leader in the organisation, ensure that your team understands the GB’s vision and the role they play in fulfilling it. Create the right environment for organisational success (people/product/process). With SLT, take joint accountability for successes and challenges. Deliver the organisational KPIs and ensure your teams delivers their KPIs.
– Work closely and effectively with all teams across the organisation to ensure that you gain a thorough understanding of Greenbank and the needs of our students, employers, funding partners, local community and the processes that champion the quality of our work. Use that knowledge to develop the strategy for education and training in a way that delivers the organisation’s wider mission and the strategic ambitions set out in our five year plan.
Line Management and Working Collaboratively
– With the English & Mathematics Coordinator and all tutors, support wider curriculum planning, development and course delivery across all programmes and pathways.
– With Information, Advice and Guidance to ensure the right students are on the right courses, recruitment numbers maximise vocational offers and ESFA contracts, and that the Gatsby benchmarks are fully implemented.
– With Placement Officer ensure students gain greater confidence in their employability skills and that all students achieve positive progressions/destinations within their vocational area of study.
With the SEND Business Manager, ensure students receive pastoral and wellbeing support as appropriate to their needs. Ensure that behavioural management strategies are in place to effectively support learners, and that SEN support plans are understood and actioned by tutors and learning support staff.
– With Finance and Resources Team ensure organisational GDPR compliance across the organisation.
– With the Quality Manager:
–support the development of quality systems, particularly in relation to the growth of other ESFA funded programmes (T-Levels, Traineeships etc).
— Increase the number of students on programmes and increase the vocational areas on offer by developing new programme/sectors.
Be responsible for the performance of staff who directly report to you, including their training, appraisals and reviews.
– Manage departmental budgets, organising and co-ordinating the efficient deployment of learning resources and monitoring their effectiveness.
The duties / responsibilities listed above describe the post at the time of writing and is not intended to be exhaustive. The Jobholder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary.
Applying for this position
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and adhering to the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.
Applicants should note that the successful candidate will be asked to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Sanctuary Family Support – P/T Family Support Worker
Term: 3 year contract
Hours: 20 hours
Salary: £10,722
Location: Liverpool
Description: 1.1 To manage a caseload consisting of substance misusers and family members based on weekly/fortnightly contacts.
For further details contact Ruth Tweedale or Maddy Vaz on 0151 735 0747.
Closing date: 9 July 2021
Imagine Independence – Service Manager
Position: Service Manager
Job Reference: 21/47
Hours: 37.5 per week
Salary: £29,131.20 per annum
Based in: Merseyside
Temporary 3 month contract
Imagine Independence is a third sector organisation that supports people to live full and meaningful lives. Imagine campaigns to promote the inclusion in society of individuals with a range of needs, from mental illness, learning disability, neurodiversity, and complex behaviour that challenges. Its portfolio of services is expanding and so this is a great time to join the organisation.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Service Manager to work within our accommodation services. We are passionate about delivering services within a recovery model. Imagine Independence is all about promoting independence. We work together with people with mental health issues and other challenges so they can live a full and independent life.
The ideal candidate will be experienced in working with people who have complex needs including learning disability, mental health and substance misuse and have experience of managing Health and Social Care Services. Management experience is required, however this would be an opportunity for a person with limited management experience to gather experience. Coaching and mentoring will be provided.
You should feel confident in risk management, problem solving and have a good working knowledge of Imagine policy and procedure. Knowledge of CQC Fundamental standards, safeguarding legislation and The Care Act would be an advantage.
To provide line management for staff working at three locations. To provide on-call cover for our 24-hour accommodation services.
Imagine’s services are delivered to an extremely high standard, strongly underpinned by Social Inclusion and Personalisation. We have recently received an “Outstanding” CQC rating in one of our services.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
For an informal chat please call Adele Norton on 07816 131 061.
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community
Closing date for applications: Friday 2 July 2021 at 9am.
Interviews are currently scheduled to take place on 6 July 2021 but this date is subject to change.
Food Insecurity Task Force to develop Liverpool’s ‘Good Food Plan’
Liverpool’s Food Insecurity Task Force has announced the development of a Good Food Plan, a strategy to create a city ‘where everyone can eat good food’. Local residents and community organisations are invited to take part in research, mapping and listening phase of the project.
The actions outlined in Liverpool’s ‘Good Food Plan’ – to be published July 2021 – will aim to reduce the growing levels of hunger and food insecurity in Liverpool, and to begin to change Liverpool’s food system to create a true ‘Good Food City’.
This will include support for the ‘Right to Food’ campaign, which aims to change the law to make access to food a legal right for all.
The Good Food Plan will deliver part of one of Liverpool City Council’s Pandemic Pledges – Good Food, Warm Home – which were announced in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It will also support Liverpool’s City Plan vision to create a ‘thriving sustainable, fair city for everyone’.
The plan will address key issues including acute hunger, chronic food insecurity, access to and take-up of healthy, nutritious food and the sustainability of food supply in Liverpool, which will link to the wider ‘City Plan’ agenda.
The first stage of Good Food Plan has already been set in motion. It involves listening to local residents, creating food provision maps and bringing together data to understand levels of food insecurity in Liverpool, as well as to set the foundations for future phases of implementation.
In October 2020, as part of the Liverpool City Council’s Covid Recovery Plan, the Food Insecurity Task Force was formed. It seeks to help the city Build Back Better beyond the Covid-19 pandemic, specifically by developing a sustainable, long-term strategic response to food insecurity in the city.
LCVS is proud to be a member of Liverpool’s Food Insecurity Task Force, alongside the the following organisations:
Liverpool City Council, including Public Health and Children’s services
Feeding Liverpool
Food Active
Feedback Global
The University of Liverpool
The Food Domain
St Andrews Community Network
Torus Housing Foundation
Liverpool Health Partners
Arena Partners
Nesta
People Powered Results
FareShare
PSS – Learning and Development Manager
Term: Permanent
Hours: 37hrs per week
Salary: £31,448 – £33,000 per annum depending on experience
Location: Liverpool (L5)
You’ll be working with the head of learning and development to build and deliver effective learning and development strategies that support the themes of the Big Plan. You’ll also develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours of our people and embed our values.
The learning and development manager will work collaboratively and strategically to help the organisation grow. You’ll support the development of the right knowledge, skills and behaviours to our people and empower staff to deliver an effective and efficient service in line with our Big Plan. The successful candidate will need to take a partnering approach and provide expertise in these areas of learning and development:
• Learning needs analysis – across the organisation – where needed or supporting conversations with operational managers to ensure their needs and requirements have been considered in the wider context.
• Taking into account a strategic approach to identifying learning opportunities that support our Big Plan and the learning and development team plan.
• Creating solutions that are cost-effective and use technology wisely if appropriate.
• Implementing and monitoring learning and development solutions.
• Evaluation of outcomes and reporting on return on investment.
This is a highly flexible role and needs someone who feels confident in working across the business, communicating effectively with colleagues of all levels and building and maintaining highly effective relationships with key stakeholders. You’ll need to think strategically and be energised by creativity. We need someone who is solutions-focused and supports us to deliver our services with our values in mind – big hearted, determined, genuine, and professional and open-minded.
A strong and broad IT working knowledge will be needed for this role including knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite. The ability to to support others to learn how to use new knowledge and skills across a wide range of learning technologies will be needed particularly the Learning Management System. This is not an ‘IT specialist’ role, but you would be expected to support the learning and development team to enhance learning through technology in the workplace.
The role will involve some management responsibilities including the day-to-day management of the learning and development team, action planning, one-to-one discussions and overseeing tasks and work. For the right person there is the potential to develop and progress into a more senior role.
Contact details: recruitment@pss.org.uk
Closing date: 5 July 2021
Local Solutions team member receives MBE
Hazel Brown, head of communities at Local Solutions, has been awarded an MBE for services to carers, in the recent Queen’s Birthday Honours.
The chief executive of Local Solutions, Tom Harrison, commented, “Hazel’s inclusion in the Queen’s Birthday Honours is wonderful news and we are all proud of her. This award is richly deserved for her commitment and dedication to supporting carers over many years.”
We all know that caring for a loved one is not a 9 – 5 job and many carers need physical and emotional support. The devotion Hazel has brought to strengthening their resilience has impacted directly on thousands of carers in Liverpool.
Hazel has played a pivotal role at the Liverpool Carers Centre over the last 24 years, developing a range of services that aim to improve the quality of life for carers in Liverpool. The centre provides a safe space, support, impartial advice and information, and a range of activities to support health and wellbeing, allow people to share their experiences and help them feel connected.
In 2017, Hazel developed a pioneering idea called Mytime; the scheme provides respite opportunities for carers to enable them to take a much-needed break from their demanding caring roles. These opportunities include overnight stays at hotels, meals, afternoon teas and trips to theatres and cinemas. For many carers, it’s the first time they have been able to take a break with confidence, experience these leisure opportunities and relax.
Hazel has used her enthusiasm and persuasion to encourage over 60 leisure and hospitality providers to offer their support freely, enabling Carers to access respite breaks, improving morale, and strengthening their ability to carry on caring. MyTime now has contributing hotels, restaurants and theatres in Merseyside, Cheshire, and Manchester.
In 2018, Hazel was recognised by the Observer newspaper as one of the 50 “New Radical” entrepreneurs in the UK. She was invited to present to national leaders in Health and Social Care and extended her influence as an ambassador for carers with a natural empathy and a listening ear.
Hazel is a skilled collaborator, and her collegiate style and humility has encouraged these relationships to flourish for the benefit of carers.
Responding to her inclusion in the honours list Hazel said, “I feel very honoured and humble to receive this award and it is due to the people I have worked with at Local Solutions, both in the Carers Centre and in the wider organisation over 24 years, thanks to everyone. I have had lovely messages of congratulations from people, including many unpaid carers. I feel privileged to be part of their lives and to be able to support them in some small way. I hope that this award raises the profile of carers and the work that Local Solutions and many organisations do to offer support.
I don’t know who nominated me, but I just want to say thank you – it is really a privilege.”
This is an exciting opportunity for a practically minded individual with proven experience of onsite facilities management and maintaining standards. You will have held a similar role in the commercial, social enterprise or charitable sector and be able to demonstrate how this experience will translate to this new role. You will need to be flexible and willing to work with the whole team to solve problems we encounter as we grow. You will have a level of physical aptitude for basic maintenance tasks. You’ll be able to demonstrate your adaptability and willingness to learn. If you are hands on with good communications skills and facilities experience, we would love to hear from you!
Please send a CV and covering letter explaining why you are right for the role to laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk.
Closing date: 5 July 2021
LCVS partners with easyfundraising
We’ve joined forces with fundraising website easyfundraising to provide you with a free, simple way to raise passive income for your organisation or group.
The LCVS easyfundraising portal is live, so you can now register your good cause and ask supporters to visit easyfundraising anytime they shop online, to generate funds for you, at no extra cost to them.
It’s free to register your organisation as a good cause.; it’s free to use and you don’t need to be a registered charity.
Join us for an event introducing the partnership and all the benefits it offers, taking place online, 7 July. Visit the event page.
Wellbeing Liverpool prescribes support for patient money worries
Timely support relating to money matters is now available to any patient in Liverpool, thanks to a Wellbeing Liverpool initiative called Citizens Advice on Prescription. Any health professional in the city can now refer their patients to this dedicated, rapid-response service.
Citizens Advice on Prescription provides practical advice and solutions to money worries such as low income, housing, debt, welfare benefits and emergency support.
Being ill is scary. It can also mean less money coming into the house. It can mean hours on the phone to the doctor or the bank as well as hospital visits. At a time when people need to be able to concentrate on staying as well as they can, they may find themselves overwhelmed by extra problems, sometimes causing anxiety and depression.
Citizens Advice on Prescription is a treatment option for patients, intended to help handle the non-medical issues that can result from being unwell. It is designed to support health staff working at GP surgeries and Liverpool hospitals.
Advice workers help patients to stabilise their financial situation, enabling them to make plans for the future. Once any money matters have been taken care of, Citizens Advice will link patients to social prescribing link workers, who can help the person reconnect to their community, with a personalised health and wellbeing plan.
Referrals are quick and simple. To make a referral use EMIS, this secure NHS email app.citizensadvice@nhs.net or refer via the Citizens Advice Liverpool website or or phone number 0151 494 1605.
Just the patient’s consent, name, contact number and postcode is needed. Patients will be seen within two working days, or same day, if marked urgent.
Find out more about how Citizens Advice on Prescription can help with money matters by watching this Wellbeing Liverpool video.
1000 ‘hugs in mugs’ delivered to carers
During this year’s carers week, 7-13 June 2021, the team at Liverpool Carers Centre delivered a ‘Hug in a Mug’ tea break box to 1,000 unpaid carers across the city. These boxes contained a mug, tea, coffee and other goodies. Boxes were delivered to 200 carers each day throughout the week.
Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK. It also helps people who don’t think of themselves as having caring responsibilities to identify as carers and access much-needed support. Caring for someone can be rewarding, but often it can be an extremely difficult and stressful role that can take over every aspect of a carers’ daily life. Many carers feel isolated and invisible, a truth that has come to the fore during the pandemic. Carers week provides the opportunity to shine a spotlight on carers and the work they do, with the theme this year being ‘Making Caring Visible & Valued’.
Many carers still feel uncertain about leaving home because of the risk of passing the virus to the person they care for and Liverpool Carers Centre wanted to show them they are there to provide support during the easing of restrictions. Carers Centre Manager, Shelley Southern commented, “It is more important than ever that we continue to ensure that carers around us feel valued, the contributions they make in our communities are recognised and that they remain visible.”
In addition, the team has been working with LFC Foundation and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service who prepared 50 cream teas for carers. On the morning of Wednesday 9 June, LFC delivered the teas to the Carers Centre and in the afternoon, the cream teas were delivered to carers by the Fire Service principle officers and Fire Service volunteers.
Tom Harrison, CEO of Local Solutions, said, “Local Solutions has been supporting carers for almost 25 years, but this year our work feels especially important as it has been such a tough year for carers. I’m so proud of our team at Liverpool Carers Centre, who have worked hard to ensure that carers have remained supported through this challenging time”.
Registered carers in Liverpool can receive support from Liverpool Carers Centre, whether they just need advice or are looking to access health and wellbeing activities. If you care for a loved one but are not a registered carer, you can contact the centre to arrange a carer assessment. To do this, call 0151-705-2307 or email carerscentre@localsolutions.org.uk.
The Orrell Trust – Children and Young Peoples Development Officer
Term: Fixed term until April 2024
Hours: 17.5
Salary: £12612.60
Location: Bootle
The Orrell Trust is looking for a self-motivated and innovative person to become our Children & Young Peoples Development Officer. You will lead the development of our offer to children and young people in the local community. You will work creatively with new and existing partners to develop and deliver projects for children and young people that promote wellbeing and support them in reaching their full potential. Working alongside sessional worker(s) and volunteers you will create safe and supportive environments where young people will learn to:
Treat themselves and others with kindness and respect, discover new ideas and activities that they otherwise may be unlikely to experience, and grow into motivated, positive, resilient, and caring citizens.
For further details and to download an application pack, visit the Orrell Trust website.
Closing date: 12 noon on Friday 2 July 2021
PSS – Support Workers (x6)
Term: Permanent
Hours: 37
Salary: £9.06 per hour
Location: Liverpool
Job Ref No: MDSW062021
Hours: 6x 37 Hours
PSS in a nutshell
At PSS, we’ve got an important job to do; and that’s to help people make the most of their lives. Whether you’re working directly with the people who use our services, or behind the scenes in one of our offices, every day you’ll be helping to make other people feel happier, healthier and more supported.
We’re a social enterprise or, as we like to call it – a ‘business with a heart’. This means that all the money we make goes back into finding new ways to help people. Our aim is simple; we want to help people change their lives for the better – no matter what life throws at them. We’ve got offices across Merseyside, Wales, Manchester and the Midlands, where we’re making our stamp.
What’s our Making Days service all about?
Our Making Days service in Liverpool is about empowering people with learning disabilities to be who they want to be and do what they want to do. The people we support shape what their service looks like and how they spend their days; learning, growing and thriving in our day centres, hubs or out and about in their local communities. The people who use our services want to make a big contribution to the world we live in. They want to take on roles in the wider community, lead change and influence, and our wonderful teams support them to do just that.
What you’ll do as a support worker
We firmly believe that everyone has the power to change not only their own lives, but also the lives of others and to make their communities better for everyone. And, as a support worker, you’ll be the one to unleash that potential in others.
You’ll empower people to be happy, healthy and supported lives and get a rewarding feeling in return. We need people who are all about putting their heart and soul into it.
You’ll need to be someone honest and true to themselves who gives their absolute all and believes that their first role is to serve others. You’ll need to be super committed to delivering the right results in the right way – after all, it’s not just about what we do, it’s about the way we do it as well.
You’ll be a proper go-getter, a positive person who loves what they do and shines when other people shine.
At PSS our values are really important and aren’t just something written on our website. To be a support worker with us you’ll need live our five values every day, making decisions with them in mind: you’ll be super big-hearted and care about people, you’ll be genuine, open-minded, determined and professional.
How to apply
For full details and to apply for this post, visit the PSS website.
Closing date: 6 July 2021
Transforming Choice – Trustee
Term: n/a
Hours: n/a
Salary: unremunerated
Location: Liverpool
Transforming Choice is a charity providing residential alcohol detox and rehabilitation based in Liverpool. We provide a safe environment in which our clients are able to begin their healing process, overcome addictions, and rediscover themselves, setting the foundations for a happier life, free of alcohol and other substances. We work primarily with people from homeless or vulnerably housed backgrounds, although our client base is diverse in terms of experience and circumstances.
Broadly, the role of our trustees is to ensure we maintain a clear mission and are focused in our delivery of it, ensuring Transforming Choice complies with all regulatory requirements, work alongside the directors to contribute to the charity’s performance, and to ensure the charity is governed to a high standard.
We are seeking people who align with our values, mission and ethos to join our board of trustees as we launch our new 10 year plan. We welcome expressions of interest from all who feel they can contribute to the development and progress of our organisation, but we are particularly looking for trustees who have experience in:
• Housing
• Adult Social Care
• Public Health
We are committed to equality and diversity, and so particularly welcome expressions of interest from women and people from non-white backgrounds. Roles are not remunerated although reasonable expenses will be covered.
Contact details: laura@transformingchoice.org.uk
Closing date: 16 July 2021
Irish Community Care – COVID19 Community Health Programme Coordinator
Term: Fixed term 1 year
Hours: 35 hours
Salary: 26,000 per annum
Location: 151 Dale St
Responsible to: Business Development Lead
Responsible for: Leading a targeted COVID-19 community health programme; working in partnership with local communities, public health colleagues and wider health and community sectors across Merseyside.
This position is a unique opportunity to develop and deliver a targeted COVID-19 community health programme; working in partnership with local communities, public health colleagues and the wider health and community sectors across Merseyside. The community health programme will identify, engage and support people from BAME communities who are shown to be disproportionately at risk from the effects of COVID-19; enabling them to follow safer behaviours, reduce the impact of the virus on themselves and those around them, including increasing access to COVID-19 testing, vaccinations and support services.
The role actively promotes a community asset based approach, developing community strengths and skills as tools to create lasting and effective change. Utilising community assets to plan and deliver health, wellbeing and other activities as identified. The role will identify, nurture and mobilise community strengths, generate meaningful connections and social capital in order to achieve co-production, self-efficacy, empowerment and improved wellbeing and resilience
Responsibilities:
– Lead the COVID-19 Community Health Programme at Irish Community Care; with responsibility for community engagement, health promotion and programme monitoring and evaluation
– Identify, engage and support Irish, Irish Traveller and Gypsy Traveller communities in particular and wider BAME and minority communities; improving knowledge about and impact of COVID- 19 and build confidence as we emerge from lockdown restrictions
– Promote key public health messages around COVID-19 and ensure that communities understand and are supported to follow these and reduce the impact of the virus on themselves and others
– Improve the take up of the vaccination programme; through clear information; dispelling myths and allying fears
– Engage people experiencing serious mental illness and those for whom mental health impacts on their daily lives; to improve take up of COVID-19 vaccination and annual health checks and refer to appropriate agencies if required
– Develop and strengthen relationships with GP practices and health services and networks to enhance experiences of BAME and minority communities
– Work with other agencies and organisations to support people and provide advice and information for those who are required to isolate
– Develop creative ways to engage target audiences; utilising technology and social media to create meaningful, clear and targeted information.
– Ensuring all COVID-19 health updates and information are accessible, taking into consideration community members with varied levels of communication and literacy skills.
– Identify and address particular trends, barriers and concerns as part of the ongoing development of the programme; raising on appropriate agendas to effect change
– Ensure a flexible and responsive approach to the needs of the wider COVID-19 Community Champion Network
– Provide direct line management and support for staff across the programme and undertake appraisals and supervision
– Establish and embed systems to monitor and evaluate project outcomes in line with targets and budget
– Report to funders as required
– Build sustainability through relationships with commissioners, funders and mainstream providers.
– Promote the importance of commercial and financial awareness; working at all times in an efficient and cost effective way considering budgets and financial constraints at all times
– Take responsibility to research and promote new funding opportunities for the organisation; sharing and developing new ideas that contribute to the sustainability and development of ICC
– Develop innovative ways to raise funds for the organisation and undertake at least one fundraising initiative/challenge each year for ICC
General responsibilities:
– Promote and take forward the strategic vision of ICC
– Embrace IT and wider technology to improve efficiency
– Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
– Work flexibly as required to deliver services, activities and new initiatives in line with business need
– Ensure services delivered in in compliance with Quality Standards
– Be an ambassador for ICC, professionally and positively representing the organisation at all times
– Ensure ICC maintains a high profile in all aspects of engagement and promotion
– Manage and maintain ICC’s social media and web-based platforms in relation to this area of work and in a wider context for ICC, underpinned by an effective communications strategy. Support colleagues, students and volunteers
– Identify and address particular trends and concerns as part of the ongoing development of the programme and the work of the organisation
– Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
– Maintain accurate and up to date records of all areas of work updating all records within 24 hours
– Monitor progress of work against agreed targets
– Present clear reports and summaries as requested to include board papers as requested by the Director
– Attend and participate in team meetings as per organisation standards
– Participate and engage in supervision and appraisal and avail of appropriate networking and training opportunities for personal and professional development
– Be accountable and work within the agency’s policies and procedures e.g. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Human Rights, Confidentiality, Safeguarding, Data Protection, Health and Safety (Full details supplied in Staff Handbook).
– It is the nature of the work at ICC that tasks and responsibilities are in many circumstances unpredictable and varied. All staff are therefore expected to work in a flexible way, when the occasion arises, when tasks not specifically covered in their job have to be undertaken
Please email icc.jobapplications@gmail.com for an application pack.
Irish Community Care – Advice, Advocacy and Support Worker
Term: Fixed term 1 year
Hours: 35 hours
Salary: 22,500 per annum
Location: 151 Dale St, North West
The advice, advocacy and support worker will be responsible for delivering quality assured advice and advocacy casework and case management, building individual and community strengths and planning and delivering range of health, wellbeing and other activities as required.
This post is instrumental in the growth and development of Irish Community Care as a leading participant in the provision of advice guidance and support for all Irish communities in the North West. The post holder will provide direct case work advice and advocacy; manage a caseload to support and enable Service Users to resolve both immediate and crisis situations and more enduring issues. Post holder will make links and refer to appropriate partner agencies and other ICC services promoting a multiagency approach. Post holder will deliver services flexibly and efficiently across all areas of engagement including telephone / digital helpline; face to face appointments; community outreach and prison in reach. The post holder will also deliver health, wellbeing and other community initiatives / activities as identified.
Key responsibilities:
– Build relationships with members of the community living in or passing through ICC geographic footprint.
– Plan and deliver accessible, comprehensive and quality assured advice and meet individual needs and achieve positive outcomes, advocacy services that developing individual and community assets.
– Ensure casework delivered and completed in line with Advice Quality Standards
– Complete initial and ongoing assessments with Service Users of their skills, assets, presenting issues and support needs e.g. cultural, accommodation, mental and physical health, alcohol /drug use, offending, access to welfare benefits entitlements and social care needs.
– Actively promote a community asset based approach, based on community strengths and skills as an excellent tool in effecting systems change; utilising
these assets to plan and deliver health, wellbeing and other activities as identified (in contrast to more traditional deficit and needs focused delivery; identifying, nurturing and mobilising strengths; generating connectedness and social capital in order to achieve co-production, self-efficacy, empowerment and ultimately improved wellbeing and resilience)
– Work closely with Community Development and Engagement Programme to explore opportunities for community members to identify, share, celebrate and build community and individual strengths
– Work closely with the Community Development and Engagement Lead to strengthen community voice and representation in ICC and wider through Irish Voices. The aim is to ensure that the community will influence the design and development of services and activities; play a key role in identifying and addressing key issues and improving links and opportunities. This work will be undertaken regularly by you and the Community Development and Engagement Lead – you are expected to demonstrate a proactive and committed approach to this work programme.
– Ensure community are well informed about health and social care services, entitlements and opportunities for education, training and employment, civil society, leisure and recreation and facilitate access to these
– Support our communities to report hate crime
– Facilitate and deliver health and wellbeing activities and community initiatives
– Strengthen community representation across statutory, voluntary and private organisations
– Promote the importance of commercial and financial awareness; working at all times in an efficient and cost effective way considering budgets and financial constraints at all times
– Take responsibility to research and promote new funding opportunities for the organisation; sharing and developing new ideas that contribute to the sustainability and development of ICC
– Develop innovative ways to raise funds for the organisation and undertake at least one fundraising initiative/challenge each year for ICC
General responsibilities:
– Promote and take forward the strategic vision of ICC
– Embrace IT and wider technology to improve efficiency
– Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
– Work flexibly as required to deliver services, activities and new initiatives in line with business need
-Ensure services delivered in in compliance with Quality Standards
– Be an ambassador for ICC, professionally and positively representing the organisation at all times
– Ensure ICC maintains a high profile in all aspects of engagement and promotion
– Manage and maintain ICC’s social media and web-based platforms in relation to this area of work and in a wider context for ICC, underpinned by an effective communications strategy.
– Support colleagues, students and volunteers
– Identify and address particular trends and concerns as part of the ongoing development of the programme and the work of the organisation
– Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
– Maintain accurate and up to date records of all areas of work updating all records within 24 hours
– Monitor progress of work against agreed targets
– Present clear reports and summaries as requested to include board papers as requested by the Director
– Attend and participate in team meetings as per organisation standards
– Participate and engage in supervision and appraisal and avail of appropriate networking and training opportunities for personal and professional development
– Be accountable and work within the agency’s policies and procedures e.g. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Human Rights, Confidentiality, Safeguarding, Data Protection, Health and Safety (Full details supplied in Staff Handbook).
– It is the nature of the work at ICC that tasks and responsibilities are in many circumstances unpredictable and varied. All staff are therefore expected to work in a flexible way, when the occasion arises, when tasks not specifically covered in their job have to be undertaken
Please email icc.jobapplications@gmail.com for an application pack.
Irish Community Care – Business Development Lead
Term: 6 months
Hours: 35 hours
Salary: 27,000 per annum
Location: ICC 151 Dale St
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be instrumental in the growth, development and sustainability of Irish Community Care’s community engagement and participation programme and the redesign of our services. As a member of ICC’s Strategic Leadership Team the post holder will promote and develop ICC as a leading participant in the provision of advice guidance and support for all Irish communities in the North West. The post holder will lead on a range of regional programmes ensuring delivery and sustainability in line with business need.
Key responsibilities:
– Plan and design strategies and frameworks to manage, deliver and develop ICC regional programmes targeting new audiences to ensure maximum community engagement, development and participation
– Engage with the community in Cheshire West to develop an action plan to prioritise and take forward the recommendations of the recent ‘We’re Still Here’ community research
– Actively promote a community asset based approach, based on community strengths and skills as an excellent tool in effecting systems change; utilising these assets to plan and deliver health, wellbeing and other activities as identified (in contrast to more traditional deficit and needs focused delivery; identifying, nurturing and mobilising strengths; generating connectedness and social capital in order to achieve co-production, self-efficacy, empowerment and ultimately improved wellbeing and resilience)
– Lead on the development and implementation of a Marketing and Communications Plan for ICC
– Develop creative ways to engage target audiences; utilising technology and social media to create meaningful engagement opportunities
– Identify and address particular trends and concerns as part of the ongoing development of each programme; raising on appropriate agendas to effect change
– Provide direct line management and support for staff across the programme and undertake appraisals and supervision
– Set up and embed systems to monitor and evaluate project outcomes in line with targets and budget
– Report to funders as required
– Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders; strengthening current relationships; and identifying and developing new areas for statutory, community and wider partnerships across the region
– Work collaboratively with stakeholders to ensure our communities have a positive experience and adequate support to realise their ambitions and potential
– Build sustainability through relationships with commissioners, funders and mainstream providers and developing innovative ways to raise funds for the organisation
– Work closely with Community Development and Engagement Programme to explore opportunities for community members to identify, share, celebrate and build community and individual strengths
– Work closely with the Community Development and Engagement Lead to strengthen community voice and representation in ICC and wider through Irish Voices. The aim is to ensure that the community will influence the design and development of services and activities; play a key role in identifying and addressing key issues and improving links and opportunities. This work will be undertaken regularly by you and the Community Development and Engagement Lead – you are expected to demonstrate a proactive and committed approach to this work programme
– commercial and financial awareness; working at all times in an efficient Promote the importance of and cost effective way considering budgets and financial constraints at all times
– Take responsibility to research and promote new funding opportunities for the organisation; sharing and developing new ideas that contribute to the sustainability and development of ICC
– Develop innovative ways to raise funds for the organisation and undertake at least one fundraising initiative/challenge each year for ICC
General responsibilities:
– Promote and take forward the strategic vision of ICC
– Embrace IT and wider technology to improve efficiency
– Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
– Work flexibly as required to deliver services, activities and new initiatives in line with business need
– Ensure services delivered in in compliance with Quality Standards
– Be an ambassador for ICC, professionally and positively representing the organisation at all times
– Ensure ICC maintains a high profile in all aspects of engagement and promotion
– Manage and maintain ICC’s social media and web-based platforms in relation to this area of work and in a wider context for ICC, underpinned by an effective communications strategy.
– Support colleagues, students and volunteers
– Identify and address particular trends and concerns as part of the ongoing development of the programme and the work of the organisation
– Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
– Maintain accurate and up to date records of all areas of work updating all records within 24 hours
– Monitor progress of work against agreed targets
– Present clear reports and summaries as requested to include board papers as requested by the Director
– Attend and participate in team meetings as per organisation standards
– Participate and engage in supervision and appraisal and avail of appropriate networking and training opportunities for personal and professional development
– Be accountable and work within the agency’s policies and procedures e.g. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Human Rights, Confidentiality, Safeguarding, Data Protection, Health and Safety (Full details supplied in Staff Handbook).
-It is the nature of the work at ICC that tasks and responsibilities are in many circumstances unpredictable and varied. All staff are therefore expected to work in a flexible way, when the occasion arises, when tasks not specifically covered in their job have to be undertaken
Please email icc.jobapplications@gmail.com for an application pack.
Places of Worship Protective Security Fund
The government has relaunched the 2021 Places of Worship Protective Security Fund, with a deadline for applications of Friday 2 July. The maximum grant amount available to an individual organisation is £56,000.
There were some local places of worship who applied for funding last year but were sadly unsuccessful. Consequently, and to improve the chances of local places of worship being successful in this years’ round of applications, Liverpool City Council asked for feedback from the Home Office, in respect of the reasons for these applications being unsuccessful.
Below is the response that was received from the Home Office, in respect of that enquiry. In order to give your 2021 application the best possible chance of success, please ensure that it takes into account the issues highlighted.
“General feedback is that some applicants were able to demonstrate their vulnerability to hate crime more clearly by drawing on robust and credible sources. Stronger applications used multiple corroborative evidence sources, including photographs, hate crime statistics in the local area, crime reports, and anecdotal evidence from their worshippers. In some cases, applicants provided evidence of anti-social behaviour or other crimes, rather than hate crime. Whilst anti-social behaviour can be distressing, the scope of the scheme requires evidence of vulnerability to hate crime. Additionally, some applications focused on racially motivated hate crime. All forms of hate crime are unacceptable, but the scope of the scheme is for religiously motivated hate crime, and applicants providing evidence as to religiously motivated hate crime were more successful in their applications. Some applications were unfortunately unsuccessful as they were not a registered charity or have a relevant exemption.”
For further information and to apply for this fund, visit the government website.
Liverpool City Council Kickstart Jobs Fairs
Liverpool City Council has six month paid work placements available for 16-24-year-olds currently on Universal Credit and not earning. Find out more by attending a Kickstart Jobs Fair, taking place every Thursday at 12pm, via Zoom, until 22 July 2021.
If you are supporting a young person who is Kickstart eligible, then please invite them to attend the weekly jobs fair.
There are some really fantastic employment opportunities for young people. To receive the Zoom link for future sessions email anne.harrison@liveprool.gov.uk.
FareShare Merseyside Employability Scheme – New Horizons
FareShare Merseyside has launched its help into employment scheme, New Horizons, at the organisation’s site in Speke.
FareShare is the UK’s food redistribution charity, which provides frontline community groups and charities with surplus food to give to those who are facing food insecurity within their organisations. FareShare’s mission is to help fight poverty, which is why it is piloting a new project to help people gain financial stability through work.
New Horizons will offer trainees the opportunity to learn new skills, gain experience and receive tailored support to enter the job market, specifically within warehousing and logistics. The aim is to facilitate and empower people, so they can gain and sustain employment in a thriving sector.
The scheme also provides free and accredited fork lift truck certification, health and safety and manual handling training, wellbeing advice and guidance and employability skills support. Travel and lunch expenses are covered, and each of the trainees will become part of the wider team at FareShare Merseyside, so will be instrumental in helping fight hunger whilst tackling food waste.
For more information, please contact the FareShare employment coach via email at hannah.clarke@fareshare.org.uk.
Wildfire Rising paid associate artist development programme
Movema and Cheshire Dance are delighted to launch Wildfire Rising, a paid development programme for dance artists.
Dance organisation Movema has been developing, consulting and curating platforms with artists, dance organisations and funders in the northwest over the past 3 years, to really understand the barriers for underrepresented dance artists.
Now, thanks to Arts Council England and a collaboration with Cheshire Dance and other partners, Wildfire Rising is born.
This artist programme has been designed to remove the barriers of inequality, by investing in and supporting artists from the African, South Asian, East Asian and South East Asian Diasporas. Cheshire Dance and Movema are looking for three North West-based dance artists who will each take part in paid, bespoke professional development and reflection. Dancers will receive £3.5k, which includes a £1.5k commission, as well as support to develop their dance work.
Find out more via the video below and the Movema website.
Big Help Group Community Impact Fund
Big Help Group is offering funding of between £500 and £2,500 to people and organisations, based within the Liverpool City Region, with an innovative project idea that will support their area.
The funding is available to projects that:
Support local community needs
Support marginalised or excluded groups
Adapt services to meet new conditions
Funding can be provided to keep existing services running.
Projects must:
Take place within Liverpool City Region (Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, Halton, St Helens or Wirral)
Benefit your local community
Not be a specific religious or political cause
Funding must be spent within 12 months of receipt.
Through its Common Call grant fund, Do it Now Now will provide financial support to Black-led charities and social enterprises disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 in the UK. The £300,000 fund includes contributions from Barclays, National Emergencies Trust, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The Clothworkers’ Foundation and Comic Relief.
Who Can Apply?
UK-based Black-led charities and social enterprises working in communities across the UK can apply for unrestricted grants of £5,000 or £12,500.
Applications close on the 25 June 2021.
Lived Experience Leaders Fellowship Programme
In addition to the grant funding, Do It Now Now is also offering a Lived Experience Fellowship programme, in partnership with impact measurement organisation, Coalition for Efficiency.
This is a transformative 12-week program that will engage Black lived experience leaders in capacity building, impact measurement and evidence collection, to demonstrate the robustness of their interventions and impact COVID-19 recovery locally.
Imagine Independence is a third sector organisation that supports people to live full and meaningful lives. Imagine campaigns to promote the inclusion in society of individuals with a range of needs, from mental illness, learning disability, neurodiversity, and complex behaviour that challenges. Its portfolio of services is expanding and so this is a great time to join the organisation.
Position: Support Worker Job Reference: 21/39
Hours: 37.5 per week Salary: £17,419.05 per annum additional sleep in payment.
Based in: Southport, Merseyside – Supported Accommodation Service
We are looking for a professional, dedicated and experienced Support Worker who can offer commitment to delivering high quality community-based care to service users living in the Liverpool area. You will have experience of working with people with mental health and/or learning disability needs. You will need excellent communication skills and be flexible in approach. You will have a positive attitude and be non-judgmental.
It is essential to the role that you have a committed approach towards maintaining confidentiality protecting the dignity of the individual and promoting their independence.
It is desirable that you have at least an NVQ2 qualification in Health and Social Care.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
These posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory DBS check.
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date for applications: 17 June 2021 at 9am.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Imagine Independence is a third sector organisation that supports people to live full and meaningful lives. Imagine campaigns to promote the inclusion in society of individuals with a range of needs, from mental illness, learning disability, neurodiversity, and complex behaviour that challenges. Its portfolio of services is expanding and so this is a great time to join the organisation.
Position: IPS Employment Specialist Job Reference: 21/38
Hours: 37.5 hours per week Salary: £22,198.26 per annum
Temporary 12 month post
Based in: Sefton
Imagine Independence provide Employment Services following the national Individual Placement and Support Model. The Employment Specialist role involves working alongside mental health teams to support people with mental health needs to secure and retain employment.
We have a temporary vacancy within our Sefton team. You will ideally have some or all of the following attributes:
• Experience of supporting people into work
• Experience of supporting people with mental health needs
You will also need to be highly motivated and have excellent values.
This is an ideal opportunity to develop skills, enhance your career and improve the quality of peoples lives.
You will benefit from undertaking a structured training programme and will work alongside a supportive motivated team.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Closing date for applications: Friday 18 June 2021 at 9am.
Interviews are currently scheduled to take place on Friday 25 June 2021 but this date is subject to change.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Imagine Independence is a third sector organisation that supports people to live full and meaningful lives. Imagine campaigns to promote the inclusion in society of individuals with a range of needs, from mental illness, learning disability, neurodiversity, and complex behaviour that challenges. Its portfolio of services is expanding and so this is a great time to join the organisation.
Position: IPS Employment Specialist Job Reference: 21/37
Hours: 37.5 hours per week Salary: £22,198.26 per annum
Temporary 12 month post
Based in: St Helens
Imagine Independence provide Employment Services following the national Individual Placement and Support Model. The Employment Specialist role involves working alongside mental health teams to support people with mental health needs to secure and retain employment.
We have a temporary vacancy within our St Helens team. You will ideally have some or all of the following attributes:
• Experience of supporting people into work
• Experience of supporting people with mental health needs
You will also need to be highly motivated and have excellent values.
This is an ideal opportunity to develop skills, enhance your career and improve the quality of peoples lives.
You will benefit from undertaking a structured training programme and will work alongside a supportive motivated team.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Closing date for applications: Friday 18 June 2021 at 9am
Interviews are currently scheduled to take place on Friday 25 June 2021 but this date is subject to change.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Disability Youth and Play Worker – School Holiday Support
Term: Fixed Term Funded to 31st march 2022
Hours: 35 hours per week for 10 weeks of the school
holidays
Salary: £11.08 – £12.30 per hour – MYA Grade 4 Pt. 13-16
Location: Knowsley
Description: The post holder will supervise and support disabled children and young people through activities in a play setting during 10 weeks of the school holidays. The successful candidate will deliver creative ways to play which will enhance development and address physical and emotional needs.
The post holder will be enthusiastic, flexible and will hold a relevant qualification in a subject related to working with young people. The post holder will also have experience of working with disabled children and young people in a play setting.
Contact details: recruitment@mya.org.uk
Closing date: 5pm Friday 18 June 2021
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Youth Support Worker – Disability
Term: Fixed Term Funded to 31st March 2022
Hours: 2 x 10 hour posts and 1 x 7 hour post
Salary: £20,173 – £22,381 (pro rata) – MYA Grade 4
Pt. 13-16
Location: Knowsley
The post holder will work within a staff team to engage with disabled children and young people, to deliver short breaks provision and youth led activities. The post holder will assist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of short breaks provision, issue-based youth work and life skills programmes for disabled young people in line with funder requirements and service user needs. The post holder will work as part of a team, which provides support to disabled children and young people and assists them to participate in a full range of activities.
The post holder must hold qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a subject relevant to the requirements of the position.
This is an exciting opportunity for a practically minded individual with proven experience of onsite facilities management and maintaining standards. You will have held a similar role in the commercial, social enterprise or charitable sector and be able to demonstrate how this experience will translate to this new role. You will need to be flexible and willing to work with the whole team to solve problems we encounter as we grow. You will have a level of physical aptitude for basic maintenance tasks. You’ll be able to demonstrate your adaptability and willingness to learn. If you are hands on with good communications skills and facilities experience, we would love to hear from you!
Please do not just send in a CV. We will only consider applications that adhere to the application process found on The Reader website (Get Involved tab).
Closing date: Monday 14 June 2021, 9am
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Disabled Children and Young People’s Project Co-ordinator
Term: Fixed Term Funded to 31st March 2022
Hours: 35 Per Week
Salary: £27,541 – £29,950 – MYA Grade 6 Pt. 21-24
Location: Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 3DY
The post holder will be responsible for the direct co-ordination of inclusive services on behalf of disabled children and their families across Knowsley.
The post holder will be responsible for leading the short breaks team to deliver a number of inclusive play scheme programmes in Knowlsey including week, weekend and holiday provision. The post holder will co-ordinate project compliance of multiple Ofsted registered settings, on both the Early Years and Compulsory Childcare Registers. As project co-ordinator you will be responsible for ensuring the needs of disabled children are met in line with key funding requirements, and that outcomes and performance are monitored and recorded. To achieve this the successful applicant will have a high level of operational competence, including the ability to manage comprehensive administrative systems.
The post holder must hold relevant qualification to at least NVQ Level 4 or equivalent in a related subject.
Contact details: recruitment@mya.org.uk
Closing date: 5pm Friday 18 June 2021
Sahir House – Counsellor
Hours: One full time post or two part time posts
Salary: £24,491 pro rata
Location: L2 2AH / Home working
This is a re-advertisement, please do not overlook revised job pack. Previous applicants need not re-apply as they will be considered as per the recruitment process.
Sahir House has been offering HIV support, information and training across Merseyside since 1985. It offers a wide range of services to people living with or affected by HIV; HIV related training; up to date HIV information; prevention and testing; and opportunities to volunteer.
We are looking for a new counsellor to join the team as we grow our support offer and develop new services. Sahir House has been recognised as one of the best small health charities in the country and we have recently expanded our charitable objects to reflect our experience in engaging with and supporting not just people living with HIV, but also LGBT+ people and those seeking asylum.
We are recruiting a suitably qualified and experienced counsellor/s, who has worked in an organisational setting (not just their own practice), who can demonstrate:
Skills in supporting people with complex needs, who may have experienced trauma
Experience of delivering counselling services in an organisational setting
Ability to work as part of a wider team
Knowledge of how to evidence the impact and outcomes of counselling
Understanding of confidentiality and safeguarding processes
Commitment to equality, diversity, equity and social justice
Sahir House welcomes diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. We especially invite applications from people who reflect the diverse Sahir House service user population – people from BAME groups, HIV positive people, LGBT+ people.
The post is subject to a probationary period, satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check.
Applicant’s details form, job description, person specification and organisational information can be downloaded from the Sahir House website.
How to apply:
Please send your CV (up to two sides of A4) and a covering letter demonstrating how you meet the criteria in the person specification (max. two sides A4; please use specific, relevant examples and follow the order of the points in the specification), all in Word format please to: Gillian.lewis@sahir.uk.com
Closing date for applications: Monday 28 June 10am
Shortlisting will be held: from 30 June
Interviews will be held: Monday 5 July & Tuesday 6 July – afternoons
Ideal start date: 6 August (or sooner, if possible)
Healthwatch Liverpool – 2 x Information and Project Officers (Enquiry Focused)
Post 1: Salary £23,417 | Full time (35hr p/w – Maternity Cover) | Fixed term until 31 March 2022
Post 2: Salary £14,050 | Part time (21hr p/w) | Fixed term until 31 March 2023 with the possibility of a 2 year extension until 31st March 2025
*** For a suitably experienced candidate additional responsibilities as Team Lead may be available for which a supplement of £1200pa would be payable ***
Location: Liverpool City Centre (Intitally largely home-based due to the pandemic)
Main focus of post:
– To provide information and signposting to people, helping them get the most out of health and social care services in Liverpool
– To gain the views of the public in relation to their health and social care experiences
– Largely working in an office environment, talking to enquirers on the phone (due to the coronavirus pandemic the post holder will be temporarily home-based, responding to enquirers via telephone, email, text or post)
Invitation to bid: social prescribing link workers/health and wellbeing coaches
Two Primary Care Networks covering South Liverpool are looking for a new partner/partners to provide social prescribing link workers and health and wellbeing coaches across both networks.
Across South Liverpool are two established Primary Care Networks:
Childwall Wavertree – made up of six practices, serving 41,000 patients
SWAGGA made up of 17 practices serving 91,000 patients
Both networks operate independently, however they are working collaboratively to deliver a number of network components inclusive of their approach to improving the mental health and wellbeing of their patients.
This invitation to bid brings the option of three lots:
The provision of x3 social prescribing link workers for SWAGGA PCN
The provision of x3 Health and Wellbeing Coaches for Childwall Wavertree PCN
The provision of x3 Health and Wellbeing Coaches for SWAGGA PCN
Timeline:
Deadline for applications – 15 June 2021
Interviews – 28 June 2021
Award made – end of June 2021
How Covid-19 impacted children, young people parents and carers
In March 2021 Young People’s Advisory Service (YPAS) carried out a survey to find out how the Covid-19 pandemic impacted children, young people, parent and carers.
This unique data has been analysed and collated together in a video highlighting some of the key points and feedback.
YPAS wishes to thank everyone who contributed to the collection of data. The survey results can be seen in this video.
Community inclusion, equality, and diversity survey
The Voluntary and Community Sector Emergencies Partnership (VCSEP) is inviting representatives of local community organisations – particularly those with an equality and inclusion agenda – to take part in short, paid interviews.
The VCSEP is a collective of over 230 local and national organisations that share the aim of improving the timeliness, quality and relevance of emergency support to those who need it most.
The partnership connects 30 national organisations and over 200 local organisations in this shared endeavour, enabled by a small national and regional secretariat. At a local level, if an organisation, statutory agency, or community is having trouble meeting a need, the local partner is able to connect to regional and national colleagues to try to source the help. During the Covid-19 pandemic this has ranged from sourcing PPE, technology and food parcels to building volunteer capacity.
The VCSEP is now looking for ways to learn from the pandemic and make recommendations at local, regional and national levels. They wish to gather information on the experiences of equality, diversity and inclusion across marginalised communities, in order to learn from them, build better representation into future work and make recommendations to partners.
In order to do this, the partnership is inviting representatives of community groups to take part in a short interview about their organisation, the communities they work with and their experiences over the last 12-18 months.
The interview will take no more than 15-20 minutes. If you take part, a contribution of a £100 will be made to your organisation, to cover or your time and involvement.
To book your interview please call Lancashire BME Network on 01254 392974 or email raeesah.patel@lancashirebmenetwork.org.uk.
Comics Youth – Admin and Outreach Worker
Term: 10 months contract (subject to funding)
Hours: 20 hrs per week
Salary: £18k per annum (pro rata)
Location: Suite 3.3, The Tempest Building, L2 2DT (and online)
Responsible to: the project manager and management team.
You: will thrive in a fast paced, start-up environment, be highly motivated, with a passion for raising the voices of marginalised youth. We’re seeking someone creative, quick-thinking, charismatic, collaborative and driven, someone with a track record of administration and outreach work. You will have a strong moral compass, experience of taking action to fight oppression, and a proven commitment to building people’s capacity to challenge the injustices around them and within their own heads and hearts.
Your challenge: we are on the hunt for an admin and outreach worker within CY (relating to supporting our core projects), based within Liverpool City centre, with skill, passion, and originality. Your mission will be to recruit, develop and support marginalised youth aged 8-25 to engage with our programmes. An important aspect of this role will be to support our management team via office and administrative tasks.
Background: Comics Youth CIC is an innovative non-profit that delivers comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects for disadvantaged children and young people aged 8-25 within Merseyside and the wider Knowsley Borough. The overall ethos of the organisation is to break down participation barriers for marginalised groups including looked after children, LGBTQIA young people, care leavers, young carers and young people experiencing complex mental ill health within the Liverpool City Region to make, create and publish comic books about salient community issues. Sessions are delivered within safe, inclusive and indiscriminate community venues.
Position:
· Outreach work with schools, colleges, and youth groups and youth services across the region.
· Recruit young people to our projects through traditional and innovative means.
· General office administration.
· Responding to emails and phone calls.
· Maintaining accurate records and databases.
· Liaising with participants, partners, parents/guardians and suppliers by email, phone or face to face.
· Retention calls and communication with children, young people and their parents or guardians.
· To support the development of existing projects and partnerships that complement the offer we provide.
· Website support.
· To conduct appropriate research to inform our work.
· Creating and sending digital newsletters.
· Providing administrative support for merchandise and fundraising projects.
· Social media marketing, in line with our marketing strategy. This might include content creation including developing sharable images, GIFs, short videos, and writing blogs/pieces for our website.
· To have a strong commitment to the values of equality, LGBTQIA rights, and youth and community work, and the values held by Comics Youth CIC.
· To comply with Health and Safety requirements, including having an awareness of personal responsibilities to maintain a safe working environment.
· To comply with all other policies and procedures of Comics Youth CIC.
· Other tasks reasonably assigned.
How to apply
To apply, send a CV and a supporting statement (in either a Word Doc or PDF format), addressing how you would be suitable, to hi@comicsyouth.co.uk by 11 pm on Wednesday the 23 of June.
Deadline: Wednesday the 23 of June (11pm)
Africa Oyé – Trustee
Term: Ongoing
Hours: Bi-monthly meetings, sporadic hours throughout year
Salary: Voluntary (travel expenses)
Location: Liverpool
With Africa Oyé’s 30th anniversary taking place in 2022, the Liverpool cultural institution is seeking passionate trustees to help influence the direction of the festival and organisation for years to come.
Established in 1992, as part of its annual festival every June Africa Oyé has constantly strived to showcase representations of Africa by shining a light on the incredible array of cultures, food, arts – and of course music – that make the continent so vibrant and inspiring,
Focusing on inclusion and multiculturalism, Africa Oyé has become a truly international event and one of the highlights of Liverpool’s music calendar. Having grown from humble beginnings as a series of small gigs in Liverpool city centre, the past few years have seen record attendances, as up to 80,000 revellers flocked to the beautiful Sefton Park over the summer solstice festival weekend.
With the aim of promoting a positive image of Africa and making the continent and diaspora’s fantastic music and culture available for all, Africa Oyé’s popularity has seen it become not only the biggest African music festival in the UK, but also one of the largest in Europe, bringing in an estimated £2 million to the region’s economy every year.
In addition to the flagship annual festival, Africa Oyé works all year round, taking educational workshops across schools and youth groups; more recently it has also started streaming these sessions online for young people to enjoy remotely. These are hosted on Oyé’s Youtube and Facebook Pages, along with their brand new monthly magazine show – Africa Oyé: Nyumbani – which features concerts, interviews, DJ sets, cooking segments, and much more besides.
Team members also travel internationally to various world music conferences and events, promoting the work of the organisation and Liverpool as a destination and hub of culture and creativity.
In 2019, Africa Oyé won the Impact Award for International Reach and the People’s Choice Award at the Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards and was also shortlisted for Best Family Festival at the UK Festival Awards. Africa Oyé also features on the newly released Liverpool Edition of Monopoly, which is on sale now nationwide.
Oyé is particularly seeking new trustees with skills in the following areas:
* Company Admin
* Governance
* Finance / Accounting
* Fundraising & Business Development
Sonia Bassey, Chair of Africa Oyé, said, “We are looking for strategic thinkers with strong communication and we need people of integrity with a strong commitment to our aims and a collaborative approach. Our trustees act as a public advocate for the festival both nationally and internationally and will be on hand to help problem solve where necessary. In return you will be joining a Board with a genuine desire to make a difference.”
Applicants are asked to submit a CV by email and a letter of application, no more than 2 sides of A4, to info@africaoye.com.
Closing date: 31 July, 5pm
Savera UK – Business Development Manager (part-time)
Term: Fixed term for 12 months (extension subject to funding)
Hours: Part time, 3 days a week, 9am – 5pm
Salary: £31,000 (pro rata)
Location: Liverpool based & working across required areas
Savera UK is a leading national charity (no.1145564), its vision is to eliminate ‘honour-based’ abuse and harmful practices across the UK and beyond. Savera UK’s mission is to tackle the causes and effects of ‘honour’-based abuse and harmful practices by helping clients find their ‘savera’ – meaning ‘new beginning by providing one-to-one support for those at risk as well as delivering and providing consultancy and training, raising awareness, and contributing to research. Our values: approachable, respectful, empowering, collaborative, ambitious, leadership.
Job Summary:
To identify opportunities and secure additional funding; build and manage relationships and business opportunities that support the organisation’s strategy and ambition for growth.
To work with the CEO to develop and deliver the organisational strategy and business development plan, across all income streams.
For a full job description, person specification and application form please visit the Savera UK website.
Please note that we do not accept CV’s.
We encourage all to apply, in particular those from underrepresented groups. Please note that a Disclosure & Barring Service check (DBS) will be required for this post. Savera UK is an Equal Opportunities employer.
Registered address: 151 Dale Street, Liverpool L2 2AH Company Number 7564891 Charity Number 1145564
Closing date: 12pm on Tuesday 15 June 2021
Savera UK – HBA Support Worker (Women Only)
Term: Fixed contract for 12 months and extension subject to funding
Hours: 37.5 hours a week, Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm
Salary: £22,932 per annum
Location: Liverpool based (working across required areas)
Savera UK is a leading national charity (no.1145564) tackling culturally-specific abuse in the UK, including forced marriage and female genital mutilation. We advocate for those who need a voice and offer a completely confidential and non-judgemental service.
As occupational requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010, the post holder must be female under the Sex Discrimination Act, 1975 Part 7 to meet the needs of the majority of our service users.
Job summary:
The post holder will work with individuals/families that have been referred to Savera UK as a result of ‘honour’- based abuse and harmful practices or any other cultural specific abuse. Providing holistic support, advocacy and empowerment for self-help and independence. Promoting culturally sensitivity and understanding.
For a full job description, person specification, and application form visit the Savera UK website.
For further information [lease email jenny@saverauk.co.uk.
Closing date: 12 noon, Monday 14 June 2021
Bringing People Together – National Lottery Community Fund
Bringing People Together is a new fund from The National Lottery Community Fund’s (TNLCF) UK Portfolio. It seeks to support projects that will build stronger connections across communities, and improve the infrastructure and conditions that are needed to strengthen these connections. Specifically, projects must deliver across at least two countries in the UK (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales).
The UK Portfolio is where TNLCF explores new approaches, experiments with how to do things differently, and looks to fund work that is more future focussed.
It is expected that up to 20 awards will be made in 2021 – 2022.
At application stage, TNLCF is interested in hearing about your ideas and plans, rather than a receiving a detailed project description.
Area: UK-wide
Suitable for: Voluntary and community organisations
Funding size: up to £300,000 in total for up to two years
Application deadline: Ongoing
Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Expression of Interest – Summer 2021
Liverpool City Council has been allocated funding by the Department of Education to provide holiday activities and healthy food for disadvantaged children. The programme will cover the summer and Christmas holidays in 2021. Merseyside Play Action Council (MPAC), in partnership with LCVS, has been awarded the contract to deliver the HAF programme in Liverpool.
The focus of the programme is on children eligible for benefits-related free school meals. Local authorities are asked to ensure that the offer of free holiday club provision is available for all children eligible for free school meals, although it is accepted that not all eligible children will choose to participate.
The aim of the programme is to make free places available to children eligible for free school meals for the equivalent of at least four hours a day, four days a week, for six weeks a year. This covers four weeks in the summer and a week’s worth of provision in the Christmas holidays in 2021. It will enable children and young people to:
eat more healthily over the school holidays
be more active during the school holidays
take part in engaging and enriching activates which support the development of resilience, character, and well-being along with their wider education attainment
be safe and not to be socially isolated
have greater knowledge of health nutrition
be more engaged with school and other local services
The Expression of Interest (EoI)
To ensure that as many children as possible have access to free holiday activities and food during the summer, we are asking local groups to complete an expression of interest/eligibility form, which you will find at the bottom of this page.
This will help us gauge the capacity in the city to deliver, and allow us to work on the logistics of providing funding and training. Please note, at this stage this is not an application for funding. MPAC will be in touch with eligible groups once all expressions of interest have been looked at. Activities can include play, sports, arts and culture etc.
The main elements for you to consider are;
1. Does your organisation work with children and young people in Liverpool?
2. Are you able to provide activities and food for a minimum of 4 weeks in the summer for at least 4 hours per day?
3. Are you a constituted group with appropriate policies and insurances in place (e.g. safeguarding)?
4. Are you able to take part in training sessions in the run up to the summer?
The EoI form should enable us to gauge whether your organisation is eligible for funding. We want to encourage as many local groups as possible to take part, so that as many children and young people as possible are able to take part.
We can offer free training and support across a range of issues, including meeting the School Food Standards, safeguarding etc. If you feel that you could provide a programme given this additional support, let us know via the EoI. We appreciate that not every group or organisation will be fully up-to-date with School Food Standards but please don’t let that be a barrier to you completing the EoI; we can support you, to make sure that you can work towards the standards as part of your programme.
There is a tight turnaround for the EoI, which is why we have kept it short.
The Bluecoat – Participation Manager: Children and Families Lead (Maternity Cover)
Term: 6 months with possible extension
Hours: 37.5
Salary: £23000
Location: The Bluecoat, School Lane, L1 3BX
The ideal candidate will be able to inspire curiosity, deliver an inclusive programme and unlock the creative process for children and their families in a variety of settings. You’ll need to be a creative thinker, with an eye for detail and great organisational and interpersonal skills. Could this be you?
For further information, email your expression of interest to recruitment@thebluecoat.org.uk, or call The Bluecoat on 0151 702 5324.
The deadline to apply is 10pm, Wed 9 June.
Latest UK Government Coronavirus Volunteering Guidance, May 2021
The UK government has has updated its guidance regarding safe and effective volunteering during coronavirus, in line with the latest easing of lockdown restrictions.
The guidance, updated 17 May 2021, applies to volunteering activity in England and is essential reading for anyone coordinating volunteers or organising volunteer activity.
It covers the following:
Who can volunteer
Business and venue closures
Volunteering in groups and around others
Travelling to volunteer or while volunteering
Face coverings
Volunteers eligible for vaccines
Coronavirus testing for volunteers
Ensuring volunteers and their workplaces are safe
Safeguarding volunteers
Insurance and volunteers
Volunteers who claim benefits or who are ‘furloughed’
Involving volunteers in mutual aid groups and community support groups
Local information and resources
Term: 1 year, with the possibility of renewal dependent on funding
Hours: 35 per week
Salary: £17,290
Location: Liverpool
ACORN is looking for a community organiser to build power to fight for social and economic change in Liverpool, to start work on 23 August 2021.
ACORN is a mass membership organisation: a vehicle for collective action. By taking action on issues, we build the hopes, expectations and experience of our members and the communities they come from.
Our organising is premised on two simple truths: problems affecting working class communities—from unhealthy, unaffordable and insecure housing, to cuts to public services—stem from a lack of power, and; the most effective means of building power is for people to get organised.
We know that there are no shortcuts to building an effective, powerful organisation of everyday people, which is why we hire organisers to knock on doors, day in, day out, whatever the weather, to proactively seek out community members to bring together to make positive change in our cities, towns and neighbourhoods. If you are up for putting in the real leg work to build strong, diverse, resilient communities, door by door, street by street, then this might be the job for you!
About the job:
As a community organiser with ACORN, you will be responsible for recruiting, supporting and working with members to take action on issues affecting them and the communities they come from.
ACORN is a union in the community. Like any union our members pay membership dues so that they can have a sustainable independent organisation to fight for their interests.
You will be the organiser for ACORN in Liverpool. Your daily work will involve:
– Recruiting individual ACORN Members through door-knocking, social media and other means (door-knocking takes up around 50% of our organisers’ time),
– Managing organising drives to build new and maintain existing ACORN branches, groups, and teams,
Identifying issues of common concern at the neighbourhood and wider level,
– Identifying and supporting potential leaders to enable them to take on leadership roles in the organisation, and
– Supporting elected leaders to enable them to carry out their roles.
Qualifications:
No formal qualifications are necessary. We’re primarily looking for someone with a strong work ethic with good listening skills and the ability to motivate others.
Experience, skills and abilities:
The successful applicant will have:
– Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
– The ability to recruit dues-paying members to ACORN
– The ability to support the development of groups and teams
– The ability to motivate people
– The ability to work independently and manage a team of volunteers
– The ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment and be detail-oriented
– A willingness to work sometimes long and irregular hours, including evenings and weekends (usual working hours are 35hrs/week, 7hrs/day between 1000-2000 Mon-Fri, not including an hour’s unpaid lunch break)
– A willingness and enthusiasm for knocking on doors and talking to strangers year-round
In turn, ACORN is committed to investing in the continued professional development of our organising staff. Training and support will include:
– First week: ACORN Foundations of Community Organising training (5 days)
– During probation: Weekly 1:1 management supervision; daily recruitment practice with fellow organising staff; weekly group team call; on-call daily management support.
– After probation: bi-weekly 1:1 management supervision; daily recruitment practice with fellow organising staff; weekly group team call; on-call daily management support.
– Ongoing continuing professional development opportunities where identified.
To apply:
(1) Open this Google docs file to download the job description, person specification & selection criteria
(2) Open this Google docs file to access the application form
(3) Make a copy and complete the full application form, referring to the sections marked (A) in the job description, person specification & selection criteria
(4) Save your completed application form as a PDF with the file name e.g. JANE SMITH Liverpool CO.pdf
(5) Submit via email to workforacorn@acorntheunion.org.uk with ‘Application: Liverpool CO’ as the subject heading.
If you require paper versions of this application form and diversity monitoring form please write to info@acorntheunion.org.uk.
Deadline:
The deadline for applications is 11.59pm on Sunday 11 July 2021. Late applications will not be considered. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@acorntheunion.org.uk.
Interviews:
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an assessment day, involving an interview and two tasks. Currently due to the Government’s social distancing advice we are conducting assessments over Zoom video call. This may be subject to change if the Government’s guidelines change.
Assessment date: Thursday 22 July 2021.
Compass – Administrative Assistant / Receptionist
Term: 6 months with a view to extend
Hours: 18hr per week
Salary: £16,380 pro rata
Location: city centre location
To provide administrative support, with potential evening cover for Compass’ counselling services, including support to the volunteer and staff team to underpin the smooth running of our charity.
The post holder must work professionally at all times, working with sensitive and highly confidential material to provide a high quality, positive experience for service users.
To provide administration support for the counselling training courses that Compass offers.
General duties:
• Providing a friendly, efficient and informed front of house service for the local community seeking information about our services
• Providing support for counsellors including dealing with room bookings, appointment bookings and cancellations, liaising and working collaboratively to make best use of all our resources
• Taking initial referrals from clients from a diverse range of backgrounds over the phone using listening skills to gather information to inform our assessment process
• Providing a wide range of administrative support to the Counselling Service Managers, Director and Board of governors
• Working closely with the Office Administrator to ensure the smooth running of the office day to day and ensuring cover
• Providing accurate information verbally and via email regarding access to specific projects such as support for those seeking asylum or refugees
• Speedy and accurate data inputting to track trends and ensure quality and accountability
• Data protection adherence and fully confidential working practices to ensure our policy and procedures are maintained
• General office duties including high quality production of written materials and reports
• Locking up of office within the LCVS building at end of shift
• Provide administrative support for all aspects of our training provision
• Maintain accurate and robust data according to given processes to feed into service delivery reporting
• Contribute to work carried out by Office Administrator regarding social media and webpages
• Ability to produce high quality marketing and advertising material.
• Accurate transfer of data between computer systems.
Contact details: email recruitment@compass-counselling.org.uk for an application pack.
Closing date: Wednesday 9 June 2021
Ten Tonne Challenge: Textile Collection
The Ten Tonne Challenge aims to divert ten tonnes of textile from landfill. Liverpool World Centre is inviting schools to run a one-day, covid-safe textile collection, to do their bit for the planet and raise funds.
Would you like to join schools across Merseyside in tackling climate change?
Liverpool World Centre will provide you with sign up support via Bag2School and a parent’s pack, including a letter home to parents.
Understanding your child’s feelings (a taster course)
An excellent learning opportunity for parents and carers in our city, this taster course is being offered free-of-charge to Liverpool residents as part of the Solihull Approach Series.
Do you want to understand more about your child? If so, try this bite sized chunk of the larger course, Understanding Your Child.
This short course, Understanding Your Child’s Feelings, can be used as a refresher, if you have already taken the larger course. If you haven’t, it’s a great introduction to the Solihull Approach.
To access this taster course, visit inourplace.com and enter the access code PURPLEBIN. You will then be prompted to create an account.
Imagine Independence is a third sector organisation that supports people to live full and meaningful lives. Imagine campaigns to promote the inclusion in society of individuals with a range of needs, from mental illness, learning disability, neurodiversity, and complex behaviour that challenges. Its portfolio of services is expanding and so this is a great time to join the organisation.
Position: Support Worker Job Reference: 21/39
Hours: 37.5 per week Salary: £17,419.05 per annum
Based in: Merseyside – Supported Accommodation Service
We are looking for a professional, dedicated and experienced Support Worker who can offer commitment to delivering high quality community-based care to service users living in the Liverpool area. You will have experience of working with people with mental health and/or learning disability needs. You will need excellent communication skills and be flexible in approach. You will have a positive attitude and be non-judgmental.
It is essential to the role that you have a committed approach towards maintaining confidentiality protecting the dignity of the individual and promoting their independence.
It’s desirable that you have at least an NVQ2 qualification in Health and Social Care.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
These posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory DBS check.
Closing date for applications: 31 May 2021 at 9am.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community
Sounds in the Park
Calderstones Park Garden Theatre stage will burst into life during summer 2021, as The Reader presents Sounds in the Park – a series of open-air concerts in collaboration with Early Music as Education.
The very special series of events will feature live classical music performances, including a comic opera, 17th and 18th century chamber music selected in response to Book I of William Wordsworth’s The Prelude and a sacred music production based on the oldest written story on earth, The Epic of Gilgamesh.
Each musical performance has been chosen in response to texts from The Reader Bookshelf, an annual programme of carefully curated great literature which, this year, is based on the theme of ‘Walking The Earth’.
Sounds in the Park programme
Sunday 20 June, 3pm & Thursday 24 June, 7pm
The Early Music Youth Orchestra performing Stabat Mater by Emanuele Rincón d’Astorga, featuring performances from Julia Smith, Luke Freeney, Robin Datta, Armand Rabot, Alberto Sanna.
Sunday 1 August, 3pm
17th & 18th century chamber music performed by The Wondering Fiddlers – Marino Capulli, Elizabeth Elliott, Donatella Paiano, Alberto Sanna.
Thursday 5 August, 7pm & Friday 6 August, 7pm
La Serva Padrona (The Maid as Mistress) – a comic opera by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, featuring performances from Angelina Dorlin-Barlow, Armand Rabot, Early Music Youth Orchestra, Alberto Sanna. Directed by Harriet Feeny and Françoise Lecomte.
The Garden Theatre in Calderstones Park was added to the 19th Century Mansion in the 1940s, as part of the ‘Holidays at Home’ scheme, which took place during World War II. The theatre opens onto the Mansion’s Gardens – an arena where people once sat in deckchairs to watch outdoor performances.
Much like people did in the 40s, for all of The Reader’s outdoor performances you’ll need to bring your own picnic blanket or chair. For the daytime performances, you can order picnics to enjoy while you watch.
No matter what the weather the show will go on so be prepared and wrap up warm.
Social enterprise Compost Works is inviting community centres and local residents to take part in the Compost Is the Future project, which aims to raise awareness of food waste composting.
Are you part of a residents group, or just a group of neighbours, who would like to have a go at composting your food waste? If so, Compost Works can set up a compost system for you and provide support to help you and your fellow residents to run your communal compost efficiently.
The team is also running free Introduction to Composting training for Liverpool residents. Is your community centre interested in hosting these sessions for your service users? Or do you belong to a group of community gardeners who would like to learn about composting?
If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, contact info@compostworks.co.uk or call 0781 6500 503 (9am-5pm) to discuss taking part in the project or book a training session.
This project is funded by the Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor Community Environment Fund.
Have you booked your vaccination?
Public Health officials are strongly urging everybody eligible for the vaccine in Liverpool to book ASAP, if they haven’t done so already.
Although infection rates remain low in Liverpool, we are seeing an increase in the number of cases locally and across the Northwest, of a Covid-19 variant originally identified in India. This new variant has been identified as being more transmissible than other strains, and therefore there is the potential for rates to increase rapidly again, in the same way as we experienced before Christmas.
The Covid-19 vaccine is safe, free, and effective. By getting your vaccine you will help protect yourself, your friends, your family and your loved ones.
Booking is easy, please visit the NHS website or phone 119 free of charge.
‘Prevent’ community-based training projects
Liverpool City Council has secured funding from the Home Office to deliver community-based training, supporting and raising awareness of the local Prevent strategy, which helps protect vulnerable people from the harms of extremism.
Some sessions are designed for professionals and others aimed at young people. The objective of this project is to stimulate meaningful conversations, along with open and honest debate, and to help protect vulnerable people.
The project will help to improve the understanding of professional responsibilities in respect to the ‘prevent duty’ and enable everyone to better understand the different types of ideologies and extremist groups currently operating in the UK and abroad.
The sessions will present counter narratives and equip participants with the knowledge and confidence to recognise and be able to refer cases of concern.
These sessions are fully funded, so there is no cost implication to your organisation.
If you believe that you, your colleagues or the young people that you work with, would benefit from one of these sessions, please contact Declan Sammin, prevent engagement officer at Liverpool City Council, at declan.sammin@liverpool.gov.uk.
The Reader Organisation – Facilities Coordinator
Term: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week across 5 days, on a rota basis spanning 0800-2000 hours, Monday to Sunday
Salary: £17,340 – £22,440
Location: The Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18
This is an exciting opportunity for a practically minded individual with proven experience of onsite facilities management and maintaining standards. You will have held a similar role in the commercial, social enterprise or charitable sector and be able to demonstrate how this experience will translate to this new role. You will need to be flexible and willing to work with the whole team to solve problems we encounter as we grow. You will have a level of physical aptitude for basic maintenance tasks. You’ll be able to demonstrate your adaptability and willingness to learn. If you are hands on with good communications skills and facilities experience, we would love to hear from you!
Calderstones Mansion House is a beautiful Grade II Listed building sitting quietly in one of Liverpool’s best loved parks for families and the local community. You need to work hard to keep the site safe, clean, tidy, properly maintained, and to contribute to the organisation meeting its legal obligations. Working within the Facilities team, duties will include:
– To support with the management of all onsite facilities, dealing with all maintenance issues promptly and efficiently.
– To maintain the records we use to monitor the site, such as fire alarm tests.
– To take care of and appropriately maintain all buildings and outdoor spaces, through own work and through contractors.
– To act as point of contact on site when necessary for external contractors working on the site, including alarm engineers and security personnel
To access the full job description, recruitment pack and application form, visit The Reader website.
Closing date: 31 May 2021, 9am
Greenbank – Quality and Curriculum Business Manager
Term: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week (excluding meal breaks of 1 hour)
Salary: £35,000p.a.
Location: Greenbank Estate – Greenbank Lane
The purpose of the role of quality and curriculum manager is to ensure outstanding delivery to students, as defined by Ofsted.
As Ofsted nominee and a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), you will be working closely with the CEO, the SLT and the quality manager to oversee the implementation of Greenbank College’s journey to excellence.
As strategic lead for college standards and improvement, you will provide leadership and support to staff and challenge them when achievement gaps are identified. You will achieve this by overseeing the annual self-assessment and quality improvement planning process led by the quality manager, to ensure that Greenbank College’s ESFA funded provision is on target to achieve a grade 1 (Outstanding) judgement in its next Ofsted inspection.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Programme Development and Compliance
– Lead on timetabling, and oversee the development of our programmes to ensure that they have the right design and operational delivery to overachieve KPIs for all our students.
– Maximise delivery against all contracts and restricted grants in a timely manner.
– Developing a Quality Service
– Establish a robust framework (data and procedural) for student management, reporting and communicating on all elements of education and training.
– Ensure all educational delivery achieves as a minimum an Ofsted rating of ‘Good’ aspiring to ‘Outstanding’.
– Work with the CEO to guide the Quality Manager in producing the SAR. Ensure that the QIP is produced and regularly updated taking account of teaching, learning, assessment and support, and that Greenbank College’s intent, implementation and impact, meets the standards set out in the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework. Ensure that teams feed into the production, and lead on driving actions forward.
– Oversee all quality assurance, ensuring that quality policies and procedures are fit for purpose, regularly reviewed and that all staff are equipped and supported to deliver effectively.
– Act as Ofsted nominee.
– Lead on internal audit and compliance of learner files (all programmes).
– Maintain high levels of cross organisation communication to ensure an Ofsted excellent service for both students and other relevant third parties and build an outstanding reputation for service delivery.
– Work closely with SLT to ensure that the organisation is always appropriately prepared for Ofsted review.
– Develop through CPD an understanding of the education landscape and the implications of delivery for Greenbank College’s programmes to ensure an excellent service.
– Identify opportunities to improve working across Greenbank’s College and Sports Academy, utilising the skills of team members to continuously improve the student offer.
– Act as Greenbank’s Prevent Lead.
– As part of Greenbank’s safeguarding team, you will be the deputy designated safeguarding officer, acting in the absence of the Designated Safeguarding Officer.
Data Reporting and Compliance
– Lead on Greenbank’s monthly contract and quality reporting, including KPI monthly reports and dashboards and Greenbank’s termly Strategic Ambitions reporting.
– Critically analyse performance data from both a quality and contract delivery perspective, and identifying potential problems before they arise.
– Develop and implement effective performance management systems for delivery of all provision ensuring that concerns about recruitment, retention, achievement and progression are promptly identified and addressed and work with the wider KPI monitoring systems, ensuring that contract targets and requirements are fully met.
– Working closely with the data team, checking data and using it to inform decisions, including reports and data required by stakeholders and other partners.
– Ensure teams are using data effectively to make tactical changes to delivery to improve outcomes for learners.
– Ensure the integrity and accuracy of data.
– Leadership and Working in Partnership
– As a senior leader in the organisation, ensure that your team understands the GB’s vision and the role they play in fulfilling it. Create the right environment for organisational success (people/product/process). With SLT, take joint accountability for successes and challenges. Deliver the organisational KPIs and ensure your teams delivers their KPIs.
– Work closely and effectively with all teams across the organisation to ensure that you gain a thorough understanding of Greenbank and the needs of our students, employers, funding partners, local community and the processes that champion the quality of our work.Use that knowledge to develop the strategy for education and training in a way that delivers the organisation’s wider mission and the strategic ambitions set out in our five year plan.
Line Management and Working Collaboratively
– With the English & Mathematics Coordinator and all tutors, support wider curriculum planning, development and course delivery across all programmes and pathways.
– With Information, Advice and Guidance Officer ensure the right students are on the right courses, recruitment numbers maximise vocational offers and ESFA contracts, and that the Gatsby benchmarks are fully implemented.
– With Placement Officer ensure students gain greater confidence in their employability skills and that all students achieve positive progressions/destinations within their vocational area of study
With the SEND Business Manager, ensure students receive pastoral and wellbeing support as appropriate to their needs. Ensure that behavioural management strategies are in place to effectively support learners, and that SEN support plans are understood and actioned by tutors and learning support staff.
– With Finance and Resources Team ensure organisational GDPR compliance across the organisation
– With the Quality Manager:
* support the development of quality systems, particularly in relation to the growth of other ESFA funded programmes (T-Levels, Traineeships etc)
* increase the number of students on programmes and increase the vocational areas on offer by developing new programme/sectors
– Be responsible for the performance of staff who directly report to you, including their training, appraisals and reviews
– Manage departmental budgets, organising and co-ordinating the efficient deployment of learning resources and monitoring their effectiveness
Applications are through our application form only. Visit the Greenbank website for further information.
Closing date: Monday 31 May 2021
Imagine Independence – 21/36 Community Based Support Worker
Position: Community Based Support Worker for people with mental health needs or learning disabilities
Salary: £17,419.05 per annum
Hours per week: 37.5
Job Ref: 21/36
Covering North and South Sefton
Imagine Independence is a third sector organisation that supports people to live full and meaningful lives. Imagine campaigns to promote the inclusion in society of individuals with a range of needs, from mental illness, learning disability, neurodiversity, and complex behaviour that challenges. Its portfolio of services is expanding and so this is a great time to join the organisation.
Imagine Independence is recruiting support workers for its services in Sefton. These are delivered in the community into people’s own homes. The Support Worker’s role is to help the people using the service live with meaning, as independently as possible, so they can access the full range of services and resources in their local area.
You will also help to promote the health and wellbeing of those you support. This will include making sure people access the health services they need; have as healthy a diet as possible; and live in a home environment that supports their wellbeing. It is an interesting and rewarding role, where no two days are ever the same. This service needs people committed to delivering high quality, person centred support.
You may have experience of working with people with mental health issues and/or learning disabilities. Imagine looks for people with the right values and approach to their work. If you have an NVQ 2 in Health and Social Care, or its equivalent; are able to use IT; and are happy to travel between people’s homes, then this could be the role for you.
A good communicator, who can build valued relationships with others, you will be able to use your judgement and common sense to get the best possible results for each person you support. Your focus will always be on the person you are supporting, promoting their dignity, and ensuring the highest standards of confidentiality are maintained.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Closing date for applications: 11 June 2021 at 12pm.
Imagine Independence aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Money Advice Caseworker
Term: Permanent subject to funding
Hours: 35 per week (17.5 for part time)
Salary: £25,500 per annum (£12,750 for part time)
Location: Various locations across Liverpool and from home
The purpose of this role is to ensure that clients receive their full entitlement to all benefits, receive appropriate financial capability support and experience a positive customer experience from Citizens Advice Liverpool.
To be appointed as a money advice caseworker, you will need to have knowledge and experience of complex debt casework, covering priority and non-priority debt advice, options and insolvency solutions.
Contact details: recruitment@caliverpool.org.uk
Closing date: Friday 11 June 2021 at 9am
Anthony Walker Foundation – Programme Manager
Role: Programme Manager – Commercial and Consultancy
Term: 1 Year Fixed Term
Hours: 35
Salary: Circa £30,000 (plus PFP)
Location: Liverpool (travel required as needed)
INTRODUCTION
Established in 2005 after Anthony’s racially motivated murder, the Anthony Walker Foundation provides education and support services to tackle racism, hate and discrimination in its many forms.
Our vision is one of a global society where race, religion and ethnicity do not label any person or put them at risk; where racial intolerance/violence is unacceptable and cultural diversity is embraced.
Our mission is to promote racial harmony through education, sport, the arts and support people and communities who have experienced hate crime.
WHAT WE DELIVER
The Hate Crime Victim Support Service funded by the Ministry of Justice through the Office of the Police Crime Commissioner for Merseyside.
An extensive education programme locally and regionally.
Delivery of the a number of community progammes supported by funders including Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, National Lottery Community Fund, PH Holt, The JD Foundation and a number of individual donors.
An influential corporate and consultancy arm that is shaping high level, strategic cultural change with regards to tackling structural racism.
The foundation are now looking for a programme manager to support us in developing a growing consultancy focusing on anti-racism, equity, diversity and inclusion.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
Create and deliver project proposals, tenders and work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
Identify resources and assign responsibilities by working with AWF staff and bank of consultants.
Manage day-to-day operational aspects of the project(s).
Ensures project documents are complete, current, and appropriately stored.
Work closely with relevant corporate members and other stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the project(s).
Understand basic revenue models and P/L to ensure project meet financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing budgets; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances and initiating corrective actions.
Work closely with Strategy Lead and Finance Lead to generate business and help the organisation achieve sustainability.
Undertake other duties within the Foundation as agreed and directed.
Funded, accredited training from The Women’s Organisation
To mark Learning at Work Week, which will take place from 17 May 2021, The Women’s Organisation has launched a series of accredited, fully-funded training sessions on a wide range of topics, designed to support residents within Liverpool City Region (LCR).
The courses are open to anyone living within LCR who is looking to upskill or develop personally and professionally. They are fully-funded under the European Social Fund, and therefore require applicants to complete a registration form and provide proof of right to work in the UK.
Sessions include:
Digital Marketing – Level 3 accredited
Presenting Online (Zoom) – Level 3 accredited
Unconscious Bias – Level 2 accredited
Suicide Awareness – non-accredited
Stepping into Management – Level 2 accredited
Resilience – Level 2 accredited
Introduction to Microsoft Teams – non-accredited
A series of one hour sessions focusing on stress reduction, assertiveness and confidence
AIM Programme – aspiration, inspiration and motivation for 18 year olds
AIM is a development programme specifically designed for 18 year-olds who require direction, support, and guidance to realise their goals and drive successful futures.
The course is delivered over five consecutive afternoons via Zoom. It involves small groups and one-to-one intervention, to achieve maximum impact, and is tailored to meet individual needs. The programme also includes a recognised accredited qualification.
AIM programmes are beginning every Monday throughout May and June 2021.
The goals of the programme are to help young people:
develop self-awareness
build confidence and realise potential to succeed
develop interpersonal skill
create positive relationships
On completion of the SMART Action Plan, all participants will benefit from ongoing coaching, to support progression into their desired outcomes. This may be further education, training or employment.
One past participant said, “I was on a low when the course started and nearly dropped out, but Nicky kept me motivated. The First Aid Course was something I gained a lot from and I’m pleased that I have something beneficial to add to my CV. I do want a job and Nicky keeps me on a positive high. I feel positive and looked after and as though people have taken an interest in me for the first time”
To refer a young person to the programme, email recruitment@ce3enterprises.org.uk.
Sahir House has appointed a new CEO
Sahir House has announced the successful appointment of Helen Wilkinson as chief executive officer. Helen is an experienced director and CEO, having worked with boards and teams in the public, voluntary and social enterprise sectors, in executive and non-executive roles, at the national and community level. Her expertise spans leadership and management, governance, policy, media, communications, strategy, service transformation and programme delivery.
Helen commented: “I am delighted to be joining Sahir House’s award winning team, with its local roots, national reputation and global sensibility. This is a challenging time for everyone but we need to make sure those who are vulnerable and at risk of being stigmatised benefit from the support they need and have their voices heard. I am impressed by Sahir House’s innovative approach, evolving and expanding its services to meet new needs, such as refugees and asylum seekers facing additional challenges on account of their sexuality and their gender. The pandemic has exposed deep seated divides and health inequalities in our society and it is really important that Sahir House continues to amplify the voices and needs of the diverse communities we serve, and secures resources so that we can continue to develop our services, and reach out, enhancing individual and community wellbeing in the process”.
Sahir House has been offering HIV support, prevention, information and training across Merseyside since 1985. Sahir House increases HIV and sexual health knowledge, reduces stigma and campaigns for the rights for those living with HIV and related intersectionality’s (gender, sexuality, asylum status).
Maire Daley, chair of the board of trustees commented: “The board of trustees are looking forward to working with Helen. She brings with her energy and enthusiasm together with a wealth of skills and experience. In spite of the difficult times we find ourselves in the Board is confident that with Helen we have a safe pair of hands to lead Sahir House in the direction we know we need to go.”
Helen, who was born in Liverpool and currently lives in Wales, will begin her role as the new CEO on Monday 17 May 2021.
St George’s Hall Charitable Trust launches fundraiser for Mary Seacole Statue
Following an initial commission opportunity call out, St George’s Hall Charitable Trust has announced the second phase of their Mary Seacole statue campaign – kickstarting a fundraiser to mark International Nurses Day.
The Trust has launched the campaign to celebrate Mary’s legacy, in a tribute to the health professionals (including our precious NHS) and as a symbol of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Chair of the trust, Claire Dove CBE DL, said: “We believe our children deserve to see people of every colour celebrated in Liverpool’s iconic St George’s Hall. If we are to call a halt to generations of prejudice and distortion in the way our history is told, it is vital we make this change NOW. By erecting a statue of Mary Seacole to sit alongside those of her white contemporaries, we are both responding to the Black Lives Matter movement and celebrating Mary’s nursing legacy. A legacy which today lives on in the bravery of the nurses and doctors on the frontline of the COVID-19 crisis.”
Applications to the Coop Local Community Fund are now open, and will remain open until midnight on 30 May 2021. The fund wants to hear from local community groups that:
enable people to access food and co-operate together to feed everyone (NB: food donations are not supported through this fund but they are through the Coop’s FoodShare partnerships)
help improve people’s mental wellbeing
offer young people opportunities to develop new skills and make a difference in their community
Projects must also:
take place in the UK or Isle of Man
not have religious or political aims (although you can still apply if you’re a religious group)
meet the Co-op’s values
take place or will still be running after November 2022
benefit your local community.
Causes don’t need to be a member of The Coop to apply but will need to create an account on Cooperate before they start the application form.
For more details and to apply visit the Coop website.
Free Peer to Peer Networks
Peer Networks is a national peer-to-peer networking programme for business leaders that want to grow and develop their organisation for future success.
Funded by the Government and delivered in Liverpool City Region by Ai Change Management and Think Philanthropy, Peer Networks seeks to gather diverse cohorts of business leaders, to collaboratively work through common business issues.
Through interactive action learning, Peer Networks will enable you to discuss your own challenges, gain and reflect on valuable feedback and implement practical solutions to overcome them.
From finance and HR to sales, marketing and more, our facilitators will provide you with the flexibility to create a trusted support network that works for you, helping you to build and strengthen your organisation and improve its overall performance. The programme includes group sessions where you’ll solve problems with other leaders, and one-to-one time with experts, to share and act on issues in your business.
This programme isn’t just for the voluntary sector but voluntary sector organisations have joined and benefitted from previous programmes.
To be eligible you must:
Have been operating for at least a year
Have five employees or associates
Have a turnover of £100k (or have had this turnover pre-Covid)
Imagine Independence is a third sector organisation that supports people to live full and meaningful lives. Imagine campaigns to promote the inclusion in society of individuals with a range of needs, from mental illness, learning disability, neurodiversity, and complex behaviour that challenges. Its portfolio of services is expanding and so this is a great time to join the organisation.
Position: IPS Employment Specialist
Job Reference: 21/37
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £22,198.26 per annum
Temporary 12 month post
Based in: St Helens
Imagine Independence provides employment services following the national Individual Placement and Support Model. The employment specialist role involves working alongside mental health teams to support people with mental health needs to secure and retain employment.
We have a temporary vacancy within our St Helens team. You will ideally have some or all of the following attributes:
• Experience of supporting people into work
• Experience of supporting people with mental health needs
You will also need to be highly motivated and have excellent values.
This is an ideal opportunity to develop skills, enhance your career and improve the quality of peoples lives.
You will benefit from undertaking a structured training programme and will work alongside a supportive motivated team.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 26 May 2021 at 9am
Interviews are currently scheduled to take place on Thursday 3 June 2021 but this date is subject to change.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Imagine Independence – IPS Employment Specialist
Imagine Independence is a third sector organisation that supports people to live full and meaningful lives. Imagine campaigns to promote the inclusion in society of individuals with a range of needs, from mental illness, learning disability, neurodiversity, and complex behaviour that challenges. Its portfolio of services is expanding and so this is a great time to join the organisation.
Position: IPS Employment Specialist
Job Reference: 21/38
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £22,198.26 per annum
Temporary 12 month post
Based in: Sefton
Imagine Independence provides employment services following the national Individual Placement and Support Model. The employment specialist role involves working alongside mental health teams to support people with mental health needs to secure and retain employment.
We have a temporary vacancy within our Sefton team. You will ideally have some or all of the following attributes :
• Experience of supporting people into work
• Experience of supporting people with mental health needs
You will also need to be highly motivated and have excellent values.
This is an ideal opportunity to develop skills, enhance your career and improve the quality of peoples lives.
You will benefit from undertaking a structured training programme and will work alongside a supportive motivated team.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 26 May 2021 at 9am
Interviews are currently scheduled to take place on Thursday 3 June 2021 but this date is subject to change.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community
Imagine Independence – Community Based Support Worker
Imagine Independence is a third sector organisation that supports people to live full and meaningful lives. Imagine campaigns to promote the inclusion in society of individuals with a range of needs, from mental illness, learning disability, neurodiversity, and complex behaviour that challenges. Its portfolio of services is expanding and so this is a great time to join the organisation.
Position: Community Based Support Worker for people with mental health needs or learning disabilities
Salary: £17,419.05 per annum Hours per week: 37.5 Job Ref: 21/36
Covering North and South Sefton
Imagine Independence is recruiting Support Workers for its services in Sefton. These are delivered in the community into people’s own homes. The Support Worker’s role is to help the people using the service live with meaning, as independently as possible, so they can access the full range of services and resources in their local area.
You will also help to promote the health and wellbeing of those you support. This will include making sure people access the health services they need; have as healthy a diet as possible; and live in a home environment that supports their wellbeing. It is an interesting and rewarding role, where no two days are ever the same. This service needs people committed to delivering high quality, person centred support.
You may have experience of working with people with mental health issues and/or learning disabilities. Imagine looks for people with the right values and approach to their work. If you have an NVQ 2 in Health and Social Care, or its equivalent; are able to use IT; and are happy to travel between people’s homes, then this could be the role for you.
A good communicator, who can build valued relationships with others, you will be able to use your judgement and common sense to get the best possible results for each person you support. Your focus will always be on the person you are supporting, promoting their dignity, and ensuring the highest standards of confidentiality are maintained.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 26 May at 5pm.
Interviews are currently scheduled to take place on Tuesday 8 June but this date is subject to change.
Imagine Independence aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community
Liverpool Samaritans – Learning and Skills Coordinator
Term: 12 months fixed term contract
Hours: 37.5 per week
Salary: £22,250
Location: Liverpool
Main purpose and scope of the role:
1. Research, design and deliver workshop programmes, sessions, lesson plans and materials in line with relevant Samaritans learning platforms.
2. Facilitate inclusive group and / or one-to-one learning and development activities, including the use of appropriate digital training platforms.
3. Set up and administer systems for the promotion and registration of workshops and keep accurate delegate attendance and evaluation records.
4. Support the Branch Deputy Director for Training in setting up courses for new volunteers and with Ongoing Training sessions.
5. Assist the work of the Branch Development Manager in promoting the workshops to agreed statutory and voluntary organisations, including the production of appropriate promotional materials.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Learning and Skills Development:
– Identify learning and development needs of designated teams and contribute to the organisation’s plan.
– Facilitate inclusive group and / or one-to-one learning and development activities, including delivery via both face-to-face and digitally.
– Organise internal and external learning and development activities to ensure the competence and continuing development of designated teams.
– Assist the Deputy Director for Training in co-ordinating the assessment activities and competence of designated teams.
Workshop Facilitation:
– Support the Development Manager in developing the organisation’s workshop programme and where necessary adapt materials to meet the requirements of several different audiences.
– Develop a number of different workshops, to be delivered either face to face or via appropriate digital platforms as required.
– Ensure the active promotion of the workshops, including using platforms such as Eventbrite to reach a wider audience. Administer any booking systems as required.
– Develop effective systems to capture feedback to demonstrate learning objectives have been met when evaluating outcomes.
– Ensure quality standards and consistency are met when setting up and delivering any workshops so that they are provided in line with the organisational objectives.
– Facilitate follow up work with agencies to ensure the continued promotion of the service and maintain active links.
Promotion and Publicity:
– Develop links with relevant statutory and non-statutory agencies relevant to the role.
– Use skills and competences to promote the organisation and foster good relationships with external organisations.
– Act as an ambassador for Samaritans of Liverpool and Merseyside and ensure that the charity is appropriately represented on all relevant forums.
– Liaise with the Development Manager to ensure appropriate use is made of the media to raise the profile of Samaritans Liverpool and Merseyside including, use of current social media platforms.
– Produce a number of different promotional materials to publicise the workshop programmes in line with Samaritans Central Office requirements.
Governance:
– Attend meetings of the Branch Trustee Board as required.
– Help with the preparation of the annual report.
General Duties:
– Commitment to undertake training and self-development as deemed appropriate by the Branch Director and Trustee Board.
– Positively engage in supervision and appraisal meetings for the benefit of all Samaritans of Liverpool and Merseyside’s activities and events.
– At all times, promote the aims, principles, policies, interests and wellbeing of the charity and to protect its integrity and reputation.
– Undertake such other duties within the competency of the post holder, which may be reasonably required from time to time.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential Criteria:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of and a commitment to Samaritans vision, mission, and values.
2. Significant relevant experience of motivating staff and/or volunteers in a voluntary or charitable organisation to improve learning, development and performance.
3. Proven relevant experience in use of IT systems and packages and electronic resources in the provision of learning and development.
4. Proven record of accomplishment in delivering training within a voluntary or charitable organisation, including evaluating outcomes and expectations.
5. Demonstrate best practice when facilitating training and demonstrate understanding of the BEAR feedback model and how it links to training outcomes.
6. Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing, conduct research and analyse & interpret information to produce and present reports clearly.
7. Ability to create a positive working environment in which equality and diversity are well managed, dignity at work is upheld and staff are empowered and motivated to do their best.
8. Excellent verbal communication skills, demonstrating the ability to work with others to generate new ideas to solve problems and bring about improvements to services and resources.
9. Experience of raising the profile of a service or organisation through appropriate forums including the use of social media.
10. Willingness to complete the ‘Training in Samaritans’ course and where required, any relevant training underpinning the mission and values of Samaritans.
11. Desire and commitment to learn and develop as an individual and to help others learn and develop.
12. A willingness to work flexibly, including evening and some weekends, and have a focussed and self-motivated approach to work.
Desirable Criteria
– Experience of being managed by volunteers, such as Trustees, in a role of similar responsibility and authority.
To apply, access the job pack via this Google drive.
Closing date: 5pm on Friday 21 May 2021
LCVS – Community Development Officer
Department: Policy Partnership and Programmes Team
Salary Scale: £20,000 – £25,000
Accountable to: Policy Partnership and Programme Lead (Health & Wellbeing)
Based: The LCVS building, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool
Would you like to work for an organisation that supports and enables the vital work of the city’s voluntary, community and faith sector (VCFS)?
For over a century, Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) has been working to improve the wellbeing of individuals and communities in Liverpool, by supporting and encouraging charitable giving and voluntary action and by bringing people, organisations and resources together.
We provide support, advice, training, networking and representation for individuals and charitable organisations across Liverpool and we help donors distribute over £4 million every year to charitable organisations, both here in the UK and across the world.
We work in partnership with other organisations, agencies and individuals on our Community Impact Programmes. Our focus is on health, education, income stability and culture as the cornerstones to the wellbeing, both for individuals and for stronger communities.
Now is a time of development and expansion for LCVS, so it’s an exciting moment to join our team. When Covid restrictions allow, you’ll be based in the LCVS owned and managed 151 Dale Street, a beautiful art deco building and voluntary sector hub, in Liverpool’s cultural quarter.
The main purpose of the role:
To support the policy, partnership and programmes lead(s) in the provision of LCVS grant making, monitoring and evaluation processes
To provide administrative support the policy, partnership and programme lead(s) in their support and advocacy of the VCFS sector in Liverpool
Main responsibilities:
To be a key point of contact for grants queries, reviewing applications and assessing grant applications and ongoing relational grant management
To prepare papers for grant reviews by the funding award panels, summarising grant applications for grant meeting consideration
To enhance the LCVS offer to VCFS organisations, through the development and delivery of support and input into future grant strategies and programmes
To timetable and monitor, using Benefactor, evaluation reports from grant recipients and to identify any trends or emerging issues
To provide administrative support to specific charities and associations.
To work with voluntary sector organisations in Liverpool to research and present evidence on current provision and levels of need
Taking learning from working with the voluntary sector organisations, to input into the design, promotion and delivery of any grants programmes delivered by LCVS to meet the needs of voluntary sector organisations
To undertake specific research and development projects as required
To direct voluntary sector organisations to additional areas of support from within LCVS and other sources
To support voluntary sector organisations to access relevant training and capacity building, and promote workforce development across the sector
Send us your CV, along with a covering letter stating how you fit the job role and person specification.
This information should be sent to info@lcvs.org.uk with ‘Community Development Officer Vacancy’ in the subject field.
The closing date 10 June 2021.
Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeships at Alder Hey
The Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship is a brand new, exciting opportunity being offered by Alder Hey children’s hospital. It is a four-year, field specific training programme leading to a degree in nursing and entry onto the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) professional register.
The programme is supported by the University of Central Lancashire and combines academic learning and on-the-job training at Alder Hey. Apprentices will be employed for 30 hours a week and paid £19,737-£21,142 (pro-rata).
Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, they will be eligible to be appointed in the role of Band 5 Registered Nurse at Alder Hey.
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust provides care for more than 330,000 children and young people each year, and this is a fantastic opportunity to join the team.
The trust’s highly professional, skilled staff are recognised as being amongst the best in the world and Alder Hey is rated ‘Outstanding’ in the category of ‘Caring’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
This opportunity available on the NHS Jobs website. If you are interested in applying, you must register with NHS Jobs.
Applicants must be able to start their apprenticeship on the 2 August 2021.
Hemby Charitable Trust
Grants between £500 and £3,000 are available from Hemby Charitable Trust, for registered charities working in the fields of social need, youth and employment, help for older people, the arts and the environment.
Organisations must be based in Merseyside and Wirral, and applications must be for projects in Merseyside and Wirral. Priority will be given to projects benefitting the greatest number of residents in this area.
Grants are allocated three times a year. The deadline for the upcoming round of funding is 1 June 2021.
Sanctuary Family Support – Part-time Family Support Worker
Hours: 20 hours per week
Salary: £10,722 actual salary
Location: Sanctuary Family Support, 322-326 Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool L8 7QL
Sanctuary Family Support is recruiting a part time family support worker. This person needs to be experienced in dealing with families and have an understanding of the issues facing substance misusers and their families.
For an application pack, please contact ruth@sanctuaryfs.org or telephone 0151 735 0747.
Closing date: 14 May 2021
Anfield Boxing Club sessions for school and youth groups
Anfield Boxing Club has been successful in securing funding to deliver school assemblies for years 7 and 8. The club is also able to deliver sessions to other groups of young people in that age group, outside of school.
As part of this package, Anfield Boxing Club is also able to deliver one-to-one sessions with anyone seen as at risk of causing violence, or with those that have already caused violence to others.
For further information about these services, and to enquire on behalf of your school or youth group, contact the club at anfieldboxingclub@hotmail.co.uk.
Carbon Literate Communities Project
The Carbon Literate Communities Project provides fully funded Carbon Literacy Training for communities throughout the Liverpool City Region.
Energy Projects Plus, Faiths4Change and Zero Carbon Liverpool are offering a series of courses to certify 400 community members Carbon Literate through September 2021.
Fully- funded training is available anyone who is a members of a community or faith group and lives within the Liverpool City Region, who wants to learn about reducing carbon emissions and get support to turn their environmental commitments into local climate action.
The Onward Community Fund aims to support local groups and projects to get their ideas off the ground. The deadline for the next round of the fund is 15 May 2021.
Underpinned by Onward’s mission ‘To make a positive difference in the communities we serve’ groups can bid for up to £2,500 as long as they are based in an Onward Neighbourhood. Examples of things that may be funded include IT training, youth projects and community events.
Projects should aim to address one or more of the following:
• Theme 1 – Building Stronger Communities
Supporting individuals and neighbourhood community organisations to increase their expertise and develop their interest groups, in order to help the wider community and increase opportunities.
• Theme 2 – Employment and Training
Supporting individuals to access employment, training and enterprise opportunities.
• Theme 3 – Digital Inclusion
Being unable to interact and transact online has a direct and tangible impact on many key areas of everyday life. We will work in partnership in our communities to support customers to maximise their digital inclusion.
• Theme 4 – Building Community Food Resilience
Supporting efforts to address food insecurity within our communities, we will continue to support organisations at the forefront of tackling this current public health emergency.
• Theme 5 – Youth Provision
To ensure that the offer for young people evolves to meet changing needs. This is particularly important given the current economic situation, so we need to encourage collaboration between all providers to get the best for children and young people in terms of access to employment, training, and enterprise opportunities.
• Theme 6 – Mental Wellbeing and Greenspaces
All applicants must submit an expression of interest form, which can be found on the Onward website.
Cycling Projects – Liverpool City Region Inclusive Cycling Co‑ordinator
Term: 12 months
Hours: 28 hours per week
Salary: £22,295 pro-rata
Location: Liverpool City Region
Auditing inclusive cycling across Liverpool City Region, co-ordinating current provision and creating new opportunities for people of all abilities to cycle.
Preferred communication and engagement methods of four ethnic groups
A new document entitled Ethnicity Profiles in Cheshire & Merseyside, Communication and Engagement Methods has been produced by Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership, to help organisations communicate more effectively with different groups.
The Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership commissioned a research project to understand the impact of Covid-19 on ethnic minority communities living within the nine places covered by the partnership.
A key part of the project’s objective was to gain insight into preferred communication and engagement methods.
The partnership has now produced a document that explores the range of communication sources used by four ethnic minority groups, to find out information about Covid-19, and the varying levels of trust associated with them compared to the total sample of the survey.
This document will enable localities to have a better understanding of how to communicate with different ethnic minorities.
Guide to maintaining supporter engagement in uncertain times
Software company Access has created a guide, specifically for non-profit organisations, to help you maintain engagement with your supporters in uncertain times.
The guide is a summary of the taster digital skills workshop ‘Maintaining supporter engagement in uncertain times’ that was held as part of a recent Access All Areas virtual event. The workshop was led by George Norton, the not-for-profit customer success manager a Access, and the guide promises to be packed with tips and tricks to help your organisation engage and inspire current and new supporters.
Term: 3 years
Hours: 22.5 hours per week (Tues-Thurs)
Salary: £22,000 pro rata (£13,198)
Location: Bluecoat, Liverpool L1 3BX
Bluecoat’s Blue Room programme is renowned for providing high quality inclusive arts experiences for learning disabled and neurodivergent participants. After generous support from the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation we are delighted to be entering a three-year period of growth and development. As part of this process we are recruiting this key new role.
The successful candidate will provide excellent administrative support to our team, ensuring that all aspects of our planning and delivery are underpinned by up to date record keeping and timely and clear communication. We’re looking for a highly organised individual with great people skills and a real commitment to putting the right systems in place to enable learning disabled people to access our fantastic programme of activities.
To download an application pack please visit the Bluecoat website.
Closing date: 9am on Monday 10 May 2021
Sahir House – Counsellor
Sahir House has been offering HIV support, information and training across Merseyside since 1985. It offers a wide range of services to people living with or affected by HIV; HIV related training; up to date HIV information; prevention and testing; and opportunities to volunteer.
We are looking for a new counsellor to join the team as we grow our support offer and develop new services. Sahir House has been recognised as one of the best small health charities in the country and we have recently expanded our charitable objects to reflect our experience in engaging with and supporting not just people living with HIV, but also LGBT+ people and those seeking asylum.
Counsellor – one full-time post or two part-time posts, starting salary £24,491
We are recruiting a suitably qualified and experienced counsellor, who has worked in an organisational setting (not just their own practice), who can demonstrate:
Skills in supporting people with complex needs, who may have experienced trauma
Experience of delivering counselling services in a busy service user organisation
Ability to work as part of a wider team
Knowledge of how to evidence the impact and outcomes of counselling
Understanding of confidentiality and safeguarding processes
Commitment to equality, diversity, equity and social justice
Sahir House welcomes diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. We especially invite applications from people who reflect the diverse Sahir House service user population – people from BAME groups, HIV positive people, LGBT+ people.
The post is subject to a probationary period, satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check.
Applicant’s details form, job description, person specification and organisational information can be downloaded from the Sahir House website.
Closing date for applications: Monday 24 May 2021 by 10.00am
Shortlisting will be held: week of 24 May 2021
Interviews will be held: 1st, 2nd or 3rd June 2021
Ideal start date: 1 July 2021 (or sooner, if possible)
Life Story Network / Tide – Project Manager – Law for Dementia Carers
Term:Fixed Term to March 2022
Hours: 35
Salary: £28,500
Location: The post-holder will work remotely, with visits to the tide Head office at 151 Dale Street Liverpool, L2 2AH when required and circumstances allow
Law for Dementia Carers (L4DC) is a joint project with Making Space and funded by The Legal Education Foundation. Building on the work of the previous post-holder, the project manager will work to ensure the completion of the project on time, within budget and to the agreed quality criteria. For this second phase of the project the primary focus will be on the co-ordination, production and piloting of the development modules of the training package in the Greater Manchester area.
The post-holder will have an understanding of how the health and social care sectors work in respect of the care of people with dementia. They will be able to work autonomously and to manage high quality delivery to tight deadlines within financial boundaries. They will be adept at networking and influencing external partners. The post holder will be expected to undertake a broad range of responsibilities and duties in the delivery of the project. These include:
Project Management
Ensure that the project is delivered on-time, within scope and within budget, making adjustments where necessary to project constraints based on financial analysis
Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
Ensure resource availability and allocation
Develop a detailed project plan for the second phase of the L4DC project to monitor and track progress
Measure project performance, report and escalate issues as needed to achieve successful completion of the project
Manage relationships with all stakeholders
Perform risk management to minimise project risks
Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
Project development
Co-ordinate the production of the learning materials for the L4DC project
Make arrangements for the materials to be piloted in the Greater Manchester region
With the University of Manchester’s Justice Hub, update the project plan for involving carers in the research project
Contribute to the research project’s advisory group, recruiting carers as experts by experience to participate as appropriate
Working with Partners
Engage with a broad range of partner organisations, building on existing networks, including Dementia United and other projects to ensure wide ranging participation in the planning and design of all project outputs
Ensure tide carer members are represented in the planning and design of the project
Contribute to our internal and external evaluations to measure the impact, outcomes and reach of the tide network across England and the rest of the UK
To download the job application form and full job description, please visit the Tide website.
Closing date: Tuesday 4 May 12 noon
Relate Cheshire, Merseyside & Greater Manchester – Chair & Trustees
Term: Maximum 8 years
Hours: 4 meetings per year
Salary: Voluntary position
Location: Cheshire, Merseyside & Greater Manchester (meetings held online)
Would you like to support a vital charity while also developing your strategic leadership and governance skills? Relate Cheshire & Merseyside (incorporating Relate Greater Manchester) is seeking to appoint new trustees to its board, one of which will be the new chair.
Relationships with family, partners, friends and colleagues play a big part in how happy we are, and when our relationships aren’t healthy, we suffer. That’s why Relate is here to provide relationship support – for everyone. We develop and support healthy relationships particularly by helping couples, families and individuals to make their relationships work better.
The impact of the pandemic means that our support is more needed than ever, and we have worked hard to adapt to the changing circumstances. We are currently working entirely remotely and delivering counselling online to couples, families and young people across Cheshire, Merseyside & Greater Manchester. Part of the national federation of Relate, we are a local charity with a turnover of around £450,000 and around 30 employees. The board meets 4 times a year, with optional monthly informal catch-up meetings in between, all of which are held online in the late afternoon / early evening.
We are seeking committed and capable people to help lead the charity into its next phase of development. It is hoped that new board members might bring some or all of the following areas of expertise: digital; fundraising; finance; safeguarding; social sector. However, all applications will be considered. We are also seeking to strive for a wider diversity in our Board membership.
To apply, please send your CV and an expression of interest to Sarah.Hall@relatecm.org.uk.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact Lisa Knight at Lisa.Knight@relatecm.org.uk or on 07912 620 933.
Closing date: 23 May 2021
Interviews will be held on 10 June 2021.
Strawberry Field Steps to Volunteer training programme
Those currently unemployed could gain a level 2 qualification in volunteering, by taking part in the Strawberry Field Steps to Volunteer programme.
The flexible, 6 month programme is perfect for anyone seeking a friendly, supportive team and an opportunity to develop new skills.
Steps to Volunteering will:
support you in gaining a Level 2 qualification in volunteering
give you access to a variety of other short training courses
develop an action plan with you and help you to achieve your volunteering goals
meet with you regularly and provide you with one to one support along the way
enable you to gain experience of up to three different volunteer roles at Strawberry Field
support you with travel costs if needed
This is a six month programme with flexible hours.
Showcase your volunteer opportunities with the BBC
During May 2021, the BBC’s Happy Heads mental health campaign will be focusing on the mental health benefits of volunteering. For the duration of the campaign they will showcase two volunteering opportunities a day on BBC Radio Merseyside.
Producers from Radio Merseyside are inviting charitable organisations who will have live volunteer opportunities during May to contact them for possible inclusion.
If selected, the work of your organisation will be discussed on air and listeners will be told how they can support you by volunteering. For this reason, only organisations that are actively seeking volunteers at the time of the campaign will be considered.
Due to the broader themes of the Happy Heads campaign, opportunities that benefit children and young people may be favoured. However, all Liverpool voluntary sector organisations may apply.
If you would like your work and opportunities showcased on air, contact Joanne Krasner at BBC Radio Merseyside on joannekrasner@gmail.com, by 7th May.
The David Lewis Association funding deadline
The David Lewis Association makes grants to disadvantaged young people in Liverpool who need financial help to achieve life-changing goals. The rolling funding programme has announced it’s next deadline as 21 May 2021.
Applications submitted by 21 May will be considered by trustees in June.
The David Lewis Association has helped people on the road to sporting success, supported musicians, actors and dancers in their ambitions, given financial aid to young people volunteering overseas and helped to provide valuable resources to those wanting to further their academic studies.
Funders welcome applicants pursuing a range of dreams and ambitions. Grants are made through a process of sponsorship, rather than to the young applicants directly. This means that applicants need an organisation such as a school, sports club, charitable organisation or youth centre to sponsor their application and contact the David Lewis Association on their behalf.
Casting call for diverse performers to join The Drag Lab 2.0
A unique offering from the YEP Producers and Blabbermouth Productions, The Drag Lab is an exploratory promenade piece taking you through the conception and evolution of the artistry of drag. Organisers have put out a casting call to find diverse performers to join the 2021 event.
Like drag, The Drag Lab is totally inclusive. The event will take place this summer and is open to all audiences 12+.
Organisers want to hear from performers who have experience of performing drag in all of its beautiful forms – including drag kings, drag queens, gender fluid, queer and non-conforming performers.
They are looking for dancers, actors, performance artists, cabaret artists, comedy performers and all in-between, to share their stories and experiences of drag.
If you are interested in being a part of the project, having an input on what ‘The Drag Lab 2.0’ is going to be or are just interested in knowing more about the project, please email yepproducers2018@gmail.com with some information about what it is you do and how you would like to be involved.
This is a paid opportunity and availability between 26 July 2021 – 30 July 2021 would be needed.
n-compass – Merseyside Advocacy Service Manager
Term: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours a week
Salary: £31,066 per annum (FTE £31,066 per annum)
Location: Merseyside
n-compass is looking to recruit an advocacy service manager managing and leading our advocacy services across Merseyside. This role will support the operations of existing and new n-compass advocacy services in the Merseyside area. The post holder will undertake distinct project management duties such as staff management, monitoring performance/quality, reporting, implementing policy/process and stakeholder management.
Term: Fixed until December 2021
Hours: 35
Salary: £22,500
Location: Central Liverpool
Surviving to Thriving is a structured therapeutic programme of support for adults who have experienced childhood sexual abuse or exploitation and has been successfully provided by Compass over the last twelve months. The project seeks to provide clients with one to one and group support to enable them to move forward with their lives and develop their full potential. This role provides an exciting opportunity to be part of the expansion of this valuable service.
The role requires a skilled and compassionate counsellor with the capacity to form strong therapeutic alliances within which clients can make sense of their experiences, understand the impact of trauma upon them and be supported to make changes that enable them to make the changes they want in their lives. You will be a qualified counsellor, experienced in working with trauma and issues of childhood sexual abuse or exploitation. You will be a registered member of BACP and accredited or actively working towards accreditation. You will be expected work at all times within both the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions and Compass policies and procedures.
In addition to providing high quality one to one therapy you will be responsible for facilitation of small groups and should be able to demonstrate effective experience in training or group work that means you can adapt the work to a group setting to maximise support and self-help.
You will also support the project manager through development of regular materials to be posted to the Compass Counselling website and social media channels in order to raise the profile of the service and seek referrals to the service.
You will be a member of the Compass team and may be required to perform other duties as required. You will be required to attend the Annual General Meeting and may at times be requested to work flexible hours during evenings and weekends.
To apply, please email recruitment@compass-counselling.org.uk to request an application pack. You can also call Compass with any questions, on 0151 237 3993.
Closing date: 12 May 2021
Unitees creative competition for 14-18-year-olds
Unitees is a national schools competition that aims to spread a message of tolerance and understanding among young people by challenging them to design a t-shirt (or Unitee Shirt!) on the theme of unity.
It’s open to 14-18 year olds and closes on Friday 18 June 2021.
Students that take part will be in with a chance of winning prizes for themselves and their school.
Students
Students need a teacher’s code, from their teacher, in order to take part, so should tell their teacher about the project and ask them to register.
Teachers
Register to gain access to everything you need to brief your students on the competition, including classroom resources and a unique teacher’s code that your students will require in order to upload their designs.
Registering will also give you access to a portal where you’ll need to review and approve the unitees designs submitted by your students.
University of Liverpool research ethics committees require voluntary sector lay members
University of Liverpool research ethics committees are responsible for approving university-led research studies that are deemed to be higher risk. The university is seeking members of the voluntary sector able to offer their perspectives to these committees.
Recently, a number of higher risk studies considered by the committees have been seeking to recruit participants from charities and from vulnerable groups. As a result, the university has identified a need to bring on board some experienced committee lay members, able to provide insight into the voluntary/community sector world.
The role of these lay members is essentially to bring balance to discussions about research projects and to offer a different perspective in terms of how the study might be perceived by participants or the public. The input of lay members is incredibly valuable and valued by the university.
Those interested in becoming a lay member are invited to send a expression of interest by 21 May 2021.
Informal enquiries about the role should be directed to Matthew Billington, senior research ethics and integrity officer at mjbill2@liverpool.ac.uk.
FoodCycle is is seeking a second site in Liverpool
FoodCycle, the charity that fights food poverty and loneliness, has continued to operate in Dingle throughout the pandemic and is now seeking to open a second project in another part of the city.
The charity nourishes communities across the UK with free, nutritious meals. Under ‘normal’ circumstances, FoodCycle volunteers take surplus food and turn it into meals that are served communally, with the aim of reducing food waste, reducing food poverty and tackling social isolation. The meals are open to anyone is who hungry or lonely.
At the start of the pandemic FoodCycle quickly adapted to delivering food parcels. The team has now moved to providing a Cook and Collect takeaway service. In Liverpool, FoodCycle runs a cook and delivery service from St Cleopa’s Church in Dingle. The intention is for it to return to providing community meals by the summer, or as soon as government guidelines allow, but for the time being this site is operating at capacity.
The only way for FoodCycle to expand in Liverpool is to launch a second project. For this to happen, the charity needs to find an additional venue and more volunteers. Ideally the venue will tick the following boxes:
Home to a kitchen with a larger than domestic cooker (6 hobs, or 2 four hob cookers)
Elbow room for volunteer cooks and / or, ideally, a separate prep area
Storage for a few big pots and some dry goods
Seating for 35+ people to sit down together
Available for the same 4.5 – 5 hours every week
If you have a venue that you think could be perfect for FoodCycle (ideally outside of Toxteth, where the current project is situated) or you would like to volunteer your time to support the expansion, please email pamela@foodcycle.org.uk.
For more information about the charity, visit the FoodCycle website.
Imagine Independence – Female Mental Health Recovery Practitioner
Term: Permanent
Hours: Full time.
Full time shifts are worked in blocks of 4 on 4 off on a rolling rota. This equates to 37.5 hours per week.
Salary: £18,870.00
Location: Crosby, Liverpool
Imagine Independence is a third sector organisation that supports people to live full and meaningful lives. Imagine campaigns to promote the inclusion in society of individuals with a range of needs, from mental illness, learning disability, neurodiversity, and complex behaviour that challenges. Its portfolio of services is expanding and so this is a great time to join the organisation.
Are you ambitious, driven, enthusiastic and motivated? We are looking for women who are passionate about empowering women, a good listener and has a “can do” attitude. An exciting opportunity has arisen for motivated people to join Imagines’ Specialist Service portfolio.
Working as part of a team supporting women who have been discharged from secure services and have severe and enduring mental health diagnoses; these positions provide specialist input to empower women to continue on their journey to independence and support them to achieve their full potential. The service delivered is a psychologically informed and therapeutically driven environment that puts women at the heart of their own recovery.
The ideal candidate will have experience of women’s support and willingness to engage with the extensive training programme provided.
The successful candidate will be provided with a standard induction course along with a comprehensive package of specialist training. The candidates will be trained to deliver a service based on the principals of Cognitive Analytical Therapy and supervised monthly by our psychotherapist to ensure a consistently high-level of informed practice.
These are fantastic opportunities for someone with a positive mind set to recovery and inclusion who is looking for an opportunity to be part of a team committed to outstanding person centred delivery. In return Imagine offer development opportunities across the UK, exposure to well-coordinated multi-disciplinary team working (including our collaborative team approach with CPNs and Psychiatrists) and the opportunity to work in a well resourced, well respected supportive team environment.
These posts are open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational qualification under the Equality Act 2010.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date: Monday 3 May 2021.
Interviews will be held 12 May 2021
Youth unemployment survey requests feedback from young people
The House of Lords is holding an investigation into youth unemployment and Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) has been asked to provide evidence.
It’s important that what is fed back to the House of Lords committee be informed by the views and perceptions of the young people of our area. To this end, LCRCA has developed a short survey for young people to fill in. It is open now and available until 30 April 2021.
In addition to the survey, a focus group event will be held on 29 April from 5 – 6:30pm, to give young people opportunity to share their thoughts. Their opinions will be captured and included in the LCRCA response to the committee. The event is most suitable for young people aged 14 – 19, extending up to age 25 for those with special educational needs or disabilities.
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) is seeking bids from organisations wishing to access funding from the £220m UK Community Renewal Fund.
The Government has introduced the fund as it prepares for the launch of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in 2022, which will replace EU Structural and Investment Funds.
The UK Government anticipates supporting a range of projects by theme and size, but applicants are encouraged to maximise impact and deliverability through larger projects (£500,000+) where this is possible. The intention of the fund is “to support people and communities in need across the UK. It will invest in skills, communities, businesses, and by supporting people into employment.”
LCRCA is interested in bids in four key areas:
Investment in skills
Investment in local business
Investment in communities and place
Supporting people into employment
The invitation to bid covers the whole of the city region but applicants should note that, within the city region, St Helens is the only place identified amongst the Government’s 100 “priority places” across the UK.
The deadline for applications is Monday 17 May at 12 noon.
Projects must be delivered, and all activity completed, by 31 March 2022.
Those interested in applying for the fund should read all the relevant information and complete an expression of interest form as soon as possible, then email the form to community_renewal_fund@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk.
All relevant information and forms are available on the LCRCA website.
Stakeholder event
Everyone that expresses an interest will be invited to join a virtual stakeholder engagement Q&A event on Thursday 29 April at 2.30pm. Email community_renewal_fund@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk to sign up to the event.
Sanctuary Family Support – Part-Time Family Support Worker
Term: This is a funded post from Big Lottery Community Fund
Hours: 20 hrs per week
Salary:£10,722 actual salary
Location:
322-326 Upper Parliament Street
Liverpool
L8 7QL
Sanctuary Family Support is recruiting a part-time family support worker. This person needs to be experienced in dealing with families and have an understanding of the issues facing substance misusers and their families.
For an application pack please call 0151 735 0747 or email ruth@sanctuaryfs.org.
Closing date: 7 May 2021
Age Concern Liverpool and Sefton – Chief Executive Officer
Term: Permanent
Hours: 21 hours per week
Salary: £50,000 to £55,000 pro rata dependant on experience
Location: Liverpool
The main purpose of the role is to be responsible to the board of ACLS for overseeing the organisation’s ongoing operations and procedures and to act as an advisor to the board in establishing and implementing the strategic direction of the charity. This includes responsibility for the financial planning and to act as its representative as appropriate within the City of Liverpool and the North West.
The CEO ensures that resources are allocated to priorities, monitoring performance, managing risk, and ensures that the appropriate ways of working, processes and productivity tools are in place to help us deliver our goals to agreed budgets.
The position requires excellent people skills and business acumen along with the courage to think outside the box and lead the charity into a new and exciting era.
It is essential that the post holder is fully aligned with, and enthusiastic about the values and objectives of the charity.
Position: Engager Worker Job Reference: 21/31
Hours: 37.5 Hours – (Full time shifts are worked in blocks of 4 on 4 off, on a rolling rota and will
Include days, nights and weekends, flexibility is essential, shifts will be discussed at interview)
Salary: £20,750.00 pa
Based in: Liverpool
Imagine Independence is a third sector organisation that supports people to live full and meaningful lives. Imagine campaigns to promote the inclusion in society of individuals with a range of needs, from mental illness, learning disability, neurodiversity, and complex behaviour that challenges. Its portfolio of services is expanding and so this is a great time to join the organisation.
The role
NHS England & NOMS have jointly commissioned a Housing & Accommodation Support Service for male offenders with a personality disorder diagnosis who are on the offender pathway. The service will be delivered via a joint service model including health, criminal justice and specialist third sector housing & accommodation partners.
Are you a motivated, positive person who wants to support others to achieve their full potential? If yes, we would love to hear from you. We are looking for engager workers to join our team, ideally you will have some experience of working with people with complex issues and knowledge/understanding of personality disorders.
If you have the following assets, we would like to hear from you:
• Experience of developing therapeutic relationships with individuals with a range of support and emotional needs
• Strong skills in supporting individuals
• Knowledge and experience of supporting individuals regarding securing accommodation and developing skills in relation to tenancy sustainment
• A commitment to reducing repeat offending and improving psychological health & wellbeing
In return, we will offer you comprehensive training / career development opportunities and excellent terms and conditions. For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Please note that we shortlist from received application forms only, we do not accept CVs.
Our benefits include contributory pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 19 May 2021 at 5pm
Interviews are currently scheduled to take place on Tuesday 1 June 2021 but this date is subject to change.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community
Sharing and Caring – pregnancy and postpartum support
Sanctuary Family Support is offering support for prenatal and postpartum mums. The Sharing and Caring project provides a safe, non-judgemental space where mums are given the opportunity to offload their thoughts and experiences.
A representative of Sanctuary Family Support said of the service, “Talking about how you feel is the start to recovery of every kind.”
If you are a new or expectant mum interested in the service, contact Sanctuary Family Support for further information:
Stop Hate UK publishes guide to understanding LGBTQI+ hate crime
Stop Hate UK, a national organisation working to challenge all forms of hate crime and discrimination, has published a comprehensive document entitled Your Guide to Understanding LGBTQI+ Hate Crime.
The guide defines the different forms of LGBTQI+ hate crime and covers key points such as understanding hate crime law, online hate, how to report a hate crime, taking care of yourself after a crime, going to the police and going to court.
The resource will prove valuable to staff and volunteers right across the voluntary and public sectors.
Stop Hate UK also launched a Merseyside-wide hate crime reporting app last month, in conjunction with the Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner. Find out more about that and how to use it on the Stop Hate UK website.
FireFit Hub events for children and young people
FireFit Hub has now re-opened to young people and is hosting a busy timetable of in-person sessions each week, including basketball, rollerblading arts and crafts.
The centre is COVID secure and operating in full compliance with government guidance.
Events and activities take place every day of the week and even include a Saturday night roller disco for 11-19 year olds.
You’ll find the full timetable and booking information on the FireFit Hub website.
More activities, including adult fitness classes and commercial hire, will be added from 17 May 2021.
Stop Loan Sharks Annual Community Fund
Community organisations, charities and groups are encouraged to apply for grants of up to £5,000 from the England Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT), for projects to help tackle loan sharks. Collaborative bids between multiple agencies are also welcome. The funding comes from money seized from convicted loan sharks under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA).
The project’s sole focus must raise awareness of the dangers of loan sharks, how to report it and have a positive impact on communities. The closing date for applications is Wednesday, 30 June 2021.
To get the full details and download an application pack, please visit the Stop Loan Sharks website.
Thomas Wall Trust Grants
Grants up to £5,000 are available from the Thomas Wall Trust, for specific projects or core activities that support literacy, numeracy, digital and additional skills for learning that are likely to assist employment prospects.
To be eligible, your organisation must be a UK charity registered with the Charity Commission for at least three years and your annual turnover must not exceed £500,000.
The trust will prioritise charities that can provide compelling evidence of impact and those working with collaborative networks.
The deadline for submitting an expression of interest form is Friday 30 April 2021. Funds will be awarded in July.
Savera UK – 1-1 (‘honour’ based abuse) Support Service Manager (women-only)
Contract: Full-time, 12 months (subject to funding)
Salary: £28,000/£29,500 per-annum
Responsible to: CEO of Savera UK
Location: Liverpool based and working across required areas
Savera UK is a leading national charity (no.1145564) tackling culturally-specific abuse in the UK, including forced marriage and female genital mutilation. We advocate for those who need a voice and offer a completely confidential and non-judgemental service.
An occupational requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010, the post holder must be female under the Sex Discrimination Act, 1975 Part 7 to meet the needs of the majority of our service users.
Job Summary:
The post holder will be directly accountable to the CEO, supporting Savera UK clients and groups as well as providing expert guidance to professionals working with those at risk or under threat of ‘honour’-based abuse or/and harmful practices. The post holder will manage the small team and day-to-day work of the Support Service, including taking referrals, evaluation, offering advocacy and providing leadership to the team.
Accountabilities:
Client Support:
To manage and deal with all day-to-day issues of any clients, and referrals into the 1-1 Support Service and manage the caseload.
To work with the Senior Support Worker to ensure the service is always covered.
Provide 1-1 support and advocacy to clients, as and when required.
Liaise with professionals on any client issues and safeguarding.
Work closely with the Senior Support Worker and the team to ensure a high level of communication to support service provision and service delivery.
To maintain comprehensive, accurate and timely recording of case records.
To respond to all referrals/helpline and requests within the time set.
Attend any clients safeguarding meetings or other relevant meetings to advocate on behalf of Savera UK clients and support the team, eg Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC).
Manage and support the team on any complex client issues.
To ensure the service is accessible to all those requiring our support, advice and information (clients, professionals).
Management:
To manage all aspects of the 1-1 Support Service.
To provide and manage inductions, supervisions and appraisals of staff, volunteers and those on student placement, who are working within the 1-1 Support service.
To ensure all existing policies and procedures for the 1-1 Support Service are up to date, implemented and further developed, where necessary.
To keep CEO fully updated on Savera UK’s 1-1 Support Service activities and programmes on a weekly/regular basis.
Manage all training and development requests for staff working within the 1-1 Support Service, this includes staff, volunteers and students.
To liaise with all our existing partners/professionals to ensure service delivery.
Strengthen our existing relationships and build new partnerships where possible and appropriate.
To monitor the relevant finances for the 1-1 Support Service (eg client grant-making budget).
Organisational and Development:
To provide evaluation/monitoring and report to the CEO and Board when required.
To evaluate and develop the 1-1 Support Service, in line with the Savera UK vision.
To contribute to and support the delivery of the short/long term Savera UK strategic business plan and communication strategy.
To uphold the values of Savera UK, and all aspect of its confidentiality and Data Protection policies at all times, for the clients and the business of the organisation.
To maintain and advance the public profile of the organisation across all levels.
To work closely with the wider team of Savera UK; participate and contribute to all levels of communication and engagement.
Ensure that all materials and communications used are accurate and always represent and reflect the Savera UK branding.
To support the development and delivery of training/awareness-raising and undertake presentations, as required by the CEO.
Attend relevant meetings and partnership groups.
To present at Board meetings, when required.
To support with funding bids, as required.
To support in providing monitoring and evaluation report to external funders.
Health & Safety:
To be familiar with relevant policies concerning Health & Safety at work, Safeguarding and relevant health-related policies.
Act as the main point of contact for the 1-1 Support Service, regarding external/partner issues and share information with the CEO.
To assess and manage all risks related to Support Workers, clients and volunteers within the 1-1 Support Service.
To be the first point of contact for any safeguarding concerns, in line with the Savera UK Safeguarding Policy.
General and other:
To undertake training as identified and approved by the CEO and Board of Directors.
To carry out any other duties commensurate with the role, as required by the CEO and Board.
Review arrangements:
The details contained in this job description reflect the content of this job at the date of being prepared. It is, however, possible that over time the nature of the job will change. At that time the CEO/Savera UK Board will expect to revise this job description in consultation with the post holder.
For a full person specification, and to apply, please visit the Savera UK website.
For any enquiries, please contact jenny@saverauk.co.uk. Appointments are available for enquiries about the role.
We encourage all women to apply, in particular those from underrepresented groups. Please note that a Disclosure & Barring Service check (DBS) will be required for this post. Savera UK is an Equal Opportunities employer.
Closing date: 12pm Friday 30 April 2021
Free online fitness classes for adults over 50
Healthiness Limited, the local non-profits that helps older people stay fit and well, is continuing with its mission during lockdown by providing a full timetable of online fitness classes for adults over 50.
Classes on offer include stretch and tone, 50+ bootcamp, dance, functional fitness and more. All can be accessed free of charge via the Healthiness Facebook page and YouTube channels.
Girls Friendly Society – Group Coordinator Anfield
Permanent
Part time (Term time only)
5 hrs. per week
£12.86 per hr.(£2,535 per annum)
Based in Anfield
Girls Friendly Society (GFS) is a small national charity. We believe in challenging gender inequality by empowering girls and young women. As part of our growth plan, we are looking to recruit group coordinators to both new and existing GFS locations. Successful candidates will coordinate a local GFS group and gain experience in managing a team of volunteers.
You will be responsible for; promoting GFS in schools and local networks to recruit girls/young women; train and lead a team of volunteers to plan and deliver weekly GFS sessions.
You will need experience of youth work or a related field in particular developing and delivering activities for children/young people.
You should be able to; apply equality, diversity, and inclusive practices across your work, operate within GFS’s feminist values, and put girls and young women at the heart of decision making.
You will have the ability to lead, motivate, and inspire volunteers and work as part of a team to deliver a structured programme of activities.
You will be an effective communicator able connect to a variety of audiences; and build your local knowledge to develop effective partnerships with people and organisations.
This post will require unsocial hours (evenings and weekends).
Due to the nature of the role this post is restricted to female applicants only, under the Equality Act.
To apply please download the application pack from the GFS website and submit an application form to
recruitment@girlsfriendlysociety.org.uk.
Closing date: Monday 26 April 2021
Kickstart traineeships at FACT for 16-24 year olds on Universal Credit
FACT has teamed up with National Museums Liverpool, Tate Liverpool, Unity Theatre, 20 Stories High, First Take and Collective Encounters to create 30 new traineeships through the government’s Kickstart Scheme.
The Kickstart Scheme provides 6-month job placements for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment. There are five traineeships on offer at FACT.
VISITOR SERVICES ASSISTANTS x 4
Job Description
• Hours: 25hrs per week
• Duration: 6 months
• Hourly Rate of Pay: National Minimum Wage
• Closing Date: 26th April 2021
• Start Date: May 2021
OPERATIONS ASSISTANT x 1
Job Description
• Hours: 25hrs per week
• Duration: 6 months
• Hourly Rate of Pay: National Minimum Wage
• Closing Date: 26th April 2021
• Start Date: May 2021
For more information about the scheme and about these vacancies, visit the FACT website.
Black Access to Social Work: a route into the profession for diverse communities
This year sees the launch of a ground-breaking new degree programme at Liverpool Hope University, being run in conjunction with Liverpool City Council and spearheaded by the Lord Mayor Anna Rothery, who’s been a driving force behind the project.
The institutions say that too few people from the city’s Global Majority groups take-up roles in social work, which
has a significant knock-on effect for those needing care.
To combat that shortage the university and the council are creating 15 brand new spaces on Hope’s Social Work degree programme, exclusively for those from underrepresented communities.
One of the key elements of this Black Access to Social Work – a Route Into the Profession for Diverse Communities
course is that undergraduates won’t just complete a work placement, they’ll also be assigned an experienced mentor
– a black social worker already working on the front line for the council.
The idea is that the mentors can use their wealth of knowledge to guide students on their own career paths.
You can read all about the initiative, and meet the mentors, on the Liverpool Hope University website.
To launch Black Access to Social Work – a Route Into the Profession for Diverse Communities, a series of
fascinating webinars featuring some of the programme’s key figures (including the mentors) will be taking place throughout May, June and July 2021.
If you’re interested in applying, get more information by attending one of the webinars on:
To apply for the Black Access to Social Work – a Route Into the Profession for Diverse Communities applicants should first apply to the standard Social Work undergraduate degree at Hope through UCAS.
Once they’ve applied through UCAS, they should send details of their application, with their UCAS number, to socialwork@hope.ac.uk, stating that they wish to register their interest for the Black Access to Social Work – a Route Into the Profession for Diverse Communities pathway.
Applicants will then be contacted directly, with interviews due to take place in May and June.
LFC Street Soccer Programme
LFC Foundation will begin delivering the Street Soccer Programme from Friday 16 April 2021. The programme will begin with a taster session, which will be followed by 10 weeks of delivery.
Street Soccer is a 10 week learning and development programme for 18-25 year olds, which combines football coaching with mindset training and employability skills.
It provides young people the opportunity to:
Improve their physical and mental health
Increase fitness, confidence and self-belief
Create a more positive mindset
Improve employability prospects
Be in a safe and positive environment
Develop and improve key skills such as team work, goal-setting and communication
If you know any 18-25 year olds that would benefit from this opportunity, please contact James McCall at James.McCall@liverpoolfc.com for further information and a referral form.
Agent Acadmey – Programme Facilitator
Fancy being a key part of a forward thinking, social business that is changing people’s lives by delivering trailblazing, creative and digital skills programmes?
We are proud that our award-winning, industry-driven programmes are revolutionising talent development across the North West.
Bringing together the unique skills, talents and passions of our sister business, Agent, we design and deliver education experiences like no other.
Our success is stand-out; more than 170 young people have kick-started their careers as a result of the time and expertise our network of industry leaders dedicate to make a difference.
Our commitment to being an inclusive and open workplace can be seen in the work we do, the partners we work with and the action we take to make a difference.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented, passionate and committed programme facilitator to join our ambitious, dedicated and growing team, based in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle.
If this fast-paced, varied and extremely rewarding role sounds like it’s for you, please read on…
HERE’S WHAT THE ROLE WILL INVOLVE…
Programme Design and Delivery:
– Designing industry relevant learning programmes.
– Reviewing and improving curriculum content by listening to the needs of industry.
– Facilitating programme sessions.
– Overseeing preparation of session materials.
– Managing relationships with industry contributors.
– Managing the delivery of client work.
– Overseeing recruitment and facilitate interview days.
– Planning and management of events and presentations.
– Measuring and evidencing our impact by developing reporting structures.
Communications:
– Creating and executing regular content in-line with our communications strategy.
Network Development:
– Developing industry connections and initiating new business opportunities.
– Supporting our alumni network.
– Attending regular industry networking events.
– Planning and execution of engaging and well attended events that deliver valuable experiences for both partners and attendees.
– Delivering training events and digital skills sessions.
YOU’LL NEED TO HAVE…
– A strong set of values – people are at the heart of everything we do and our values are extremely important to us.
– An unrivalled passion for enabling others to reach their potential.
– 2-year’s relevant experience, working in the digital and creative industry or in education, if you think you have the right skillset then we want to hear from you.
– Understanding of the career opportunities that exist in the creative, digital and tech industry.
– Excellent people skills – the confidence and professionalism to quickly build trust and connections with people from every walk of life.
– Excellent organisation and project management skills with attention for detail.
– The confidence, creativity and insight to deliver exciting and enjoyable learning experiences that deliver measurable outcomes.
– Excellent presentation skills with the ability to easily engage any audience.
– A positive outlook and can do approach – you’ll push the boundaries to deliver exceptional work that smashes expectations.
– Excellent oral and written communication skills – you will be expected to communicate in an articulate, accurate and succinct way to get your point across.
– Flexibility and a willingness to host and attend out of hours’ events to represent and promote Agent Academy to existing and new networks.
– The ability to work as part of our strong team – you’ll be an open-minded, team player and work well with a variety of people from different disciplines and backgrounds.
– Discretion and trustworthiness – you will often handle confidential information
– A pragmatic yet creative approach to your work.
– Ambitious with a desire to succeed whilst enabling others to do the same!
THE TECHNICAL PART.
The salary for this role is £22,000 to £27,000 p.a. dependent on experience and ability. A full benefits package will be made available including flexible working hours, monthly massages, access to bikes and of course the opportunity to walk Agent’s head of security, Leo the poodle.
We don’t want to receive the ‘usual’ CVs and cover letters. Please make your submission stand out.
Tell us why this role is for you, what you’ve done before and what makes you tick! We’d love to see the work you’re most proud of!
Submissions can be emailed to Sophia Iqbal, communications assistant at sophia@agentacademy.org.uk or mailed / hand delivered to Agent Academy, 43 Jordan Street, Liverpool, L1 0BW. Please quote: ‘Programme Facilitator – Agent Academy’
The deadline for submissions is Monday 19 April 2021.
Bluecoat – Digital Programme Manager
Term: 9 months fixed term
Hours: 37.5
Salary: £32,000-£35,000 dependent on experience
Location: Bluecoat, Liverpool
Bluecoat is seeking a digital programme manager to collaborate with our existing team to design, direct and produce a coherent and consistent digital programme to match the quality of our physical programme. This comes at an important moment in our ambition to become an audience focused organisation.
To apply, download the application pack from the Bluecoat website.
If you require further information about this post email Adam Lewis-Smythe at adam.s@thebluecoat.org.uk.
Closing date: 28 April 2021
Bluecoat – Studio Facilitator
Term: 3 years fixed term
Hours: 22.5 hours per week
Salary: £21,000 pro rata
Location: Based at Bluecoat with some travel
Building on a successful pilot project, we are seeking a Studio Facilitator to contribute to our new inclusive artist development programme, Studio Me. You will support individual Blue Room members to develop their artistic practice, enabling them to identify and purposefully pursue their creative interests, developing new skills and networks. You will also engage and support a small network of artists to input into the programme through skills sharing and mentoring. This is a great opportunity for someone with existing experience to make an impact on accessibility of careers for learning disabled and neurodivergent artists.
To apply, download the application pack from the Bluecoat website.
If you require more information about this post please contact Laura Yates at laura.y@thebluecoat.org.uk.
Bluecoat – Blue Room Facilitator
Term: 3 years fixed term
Hours: 30 hours per week
Salary: £21,000 pro rata
Location: Based at Bluecoat with some travel
The Blue Room Facilitator will be responsible for planning and delivery of our core Blue Room programme at Bluecoat, working with 30+ regular learning disabled and neurodivergent members each week. Using Bluecoat’s contemporary arts and heritage programmes as inspiration you will devise and facilitate inclusive hands on arts experiences for three days every week, supported by a small team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to build on their existing experience of visual arts workshop facilitation in a unique and nurturing environment.
To apply, download the application pack from the Bluecoat website.
If you require further information please contact Laura Yates at laura.y@thebluecoat.org.uk.
Closing date: 9am on Monday 19 April 2021
Merseyside Youth Association – Navigator
Term: Fixed Term Funded to 31st March 2022
Hours: 35 Per Week
Salary: £23,469 – £26,769 – MYA Scale 5 Pt. 17-20
Location: Designated to NHS Hospital Trust
MYA is seeking to appoint two pro-active, resilient, and inspiring people to support the delivery of a hospital-based intervention service which is aimed at vulnerable 10 to 25-year-olds who attend the adult or paediatric emergency departments or Urgent Care Centres in Alder Hey, Royal Liverpool or Aintree Hospitals. The post holder will be part of a small team of case workers working alongside hospital staff to proactively identify vulnerable young people and help them to access and engage the support they need to prevent any potential escalation of violence and reduce the risk of repeat victimisation or exploitation. The post holder will be based within Accident and Emergency (A&E) Departments, co-ordinate the team to support relevant patients to ‘navigate’ their way away from violence, criminal activity or other harms (whether they are a victim, perpetrator, or both).
The post holder will be embedded into the hospital, co-ordinating support for those young people admitted to emergency departments right through to their discharge back into the community. The successful candidate will have experience of working with ‘high risk,’ vulnerable young people, be part of a multidisciplinary team, and have a flexible, empathetic approach to the work.
Successful candidates will hold a Level 3 qualification in a related subject, have substantial experience of working with vulnerable young people and have the ability to operate within principles of contextual safeguarding, trauma-informed and evidence-based interventions and demonstrate how they will actively maintain professional boundaries.
Merseyside Youth Association – Navigators Co-ordinator
Term: Fixed Term Funded to 31st March 2022
Hours: 35 Per Week
Salary: £27,541 – £29,950 – MYA Scale 6 Pt. 21-24
Location: Designated to NHS Hospital Trust
MYA is seeking to appoint a dynamic, resilient and flexible person to co-ordinate and deliver a hospital-based intervention service that is aimed at vulnerable 10 to 25-year-olds who attend the adult or paediatric emergency departments or Urgent Care Centres in Alder Hey, Royal Liverpool or Aintree Hospitals. The post holder will supervise a small team of case workers working alongside hospital staff to proactively identify vulnerable young people and help them to access and engage the support they need to prevent any potential escalation of violence and reduce the risk of repeat victimisation or exploitation. The post holder will be based within Accident and Emergency (A&E) Departments, co-ordinate the team to support relevant patients to ‘navigate’ their way away from violence, criminal activity or other harms (whether they are a victim, perpetrator, or both).
The post holder will be embedded into the hospital, co-ordinating support for those young people admitted to emergency departments right through to their discharge back into the community. The successful candidate will have experience of working with ‘high risk,’ vulnerable young people, be part of a multidisciplinary team, and have a flexible, empathetic approach to the work.
Successful candidates will hold a Level 4 qualification in a related subject, experience of line management and working with vulnerable young people and have the ability to operate within principles of contextual safeguarding, trauma-informed and evidence-based interventions and demonstrate how they will actively maintain professional boundaries.
Government coronavirus volunteering guidelines updated
The government guidelines on how to how to safely and effectively involve volunteers during the pandemic have been updated to reflect the new roadmap change.
The guidance for people who run volunteer-involving organisations or groups, or manage volunteers, was updated at the end of March.
It applies to England specifically and covers:
Who can volunteer
Business and venue closures
Volunteering in groups and around others
Political campaigning
Travelling to volunteer or while volunteering
Face coverings
Volunteers eligible for vaccines
Coronavirus testing for volunteers
Accommodation for volunteers
Ensuring volunteers and their workplaces are safe
Safeguarding volunteers
Insurance and volunteers
Volunteers who claim benefits or who are ‘furloughed’
Involving volunteers in mutual aid groups and community support groups
Local information and resources
Writing on the Wall is celebrating 21 years of radical writing
This year, Writing on the Wall (WoW) is celebrating a fantastic achievement – the 21st year of WoWFest. The line up for the 2021 festival, which begins next month, is available now, as is a special early bird discount on festival passes.
WoWFest: 21 Years of Radical Writing is a celebration of everything WoW stands for and continually strives to achieve, with a roster of brilliant high-profile guests including leading, iconic film makers, Booker Prize winners, legendary legal campaigners, musicians, spoken word artists, campaigners, activists and local writers and artists.
For 21 years Writing on the Wall has stayed true to its origins, giving a platform to working class writing and promoting social justice. Its reach has extended across the region and internationally. Its work has transformed lives promoted diversity, equality and inclusion, published countless new authors, discovered lost voices and campaigned against racism, sexism, discrimination and inequality in all its forms.
WoW has continuously pushed local, national and international issues and fights for justice and inspired local communities to address mental health, domestic abuse, women’s rights, refugees and asylum seekers, LGBTQIA+ issues, Trans rights and much, much more, through creativity.
Take a look at the full programme on the WoWFeast website, and get your festival pass soon to take advantage of the early bird price of just £21.
Young creatives invited to apply for this exciting new opportunity
Generations for Change is an exciting, paid, development and training opportunity for young people from Black, Asian and other diverse ethnic backgrounds, aged between 18 – 30 years and living within Liverpool City Region (LCR).
Funded by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and in partnership with Curious Minds, the project will train, equip and upskill young people aged 18-30 to deliver a series of creative action research projects focusing on the key issues and inequalities faced by Black, Asian and other diverse ethnic groups in the region. Six organisations across LCR will be host a total of six young people, for six months.
The six host organisations are: Arabic Arts Festival, Black Fest, Capoeira For All, Liverpool World Centre, Make CIC and Writing on the Wall.
For more information about the opportunity, and to submit an expression of interest, visit the Generations for Change website.
Speak Out! Stop Hate. Train the Trainer Sessions
Anthony Walker Foundation and Agent Academy are working in partnership on a new campaign to raise awareness of and tackle hate crime.
Speak Out! Stop Hate. is a vital new initiative to tackle and prevent racially and religiously discriminatory behaviour and those acting against others because of their race or faith.
In 2020 the Anthony Walker Foundation saw a 126% increase in people accessing support across Merseyside. The Speak Out! Stop Hate. project consists of a new hate crime reporting tool, a young people-led digital marketing campaign, and the delivery of a host of education and training opportunities to raise knowledge and confidence when tackling hate crime in the Liverpool City Region.
The Speak Out! Stop Hate. training aims to support communities and professionals to report hate crime, while providing improved awareness/understanding of consequences/impact of hate crime, and support transformation of prejudicial views, ignorance and faulty perceptions and beliefs.
Once the training is complete each participant will be able to access the Speak Out! Stop Hate. tool kit to aid in their delivery of sessions to young people in their communities.
Multiple dates are available to take part in this training session during April 2021. Sessions are free to attend, funded funded through the Race and Faith Grant scheme, run by the Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government.
See the list of dates and register your place via Eventbrite.
The Valley Theatre Short Play Festival is seeking submissions
The Valley Theatre invites individuals and groups who wish to perform their short plays at this year’s Valley Theatre Short Play Festival, to submit their entries by 25 May 2021.
This year’s festival will take place Friday – Sunday, 27 – 29 August 2021, at Valley Community Theatre, Childwall. It’s an ideal opportunity for rising writing and acting talent to burst onto the theatrical scene.
Plays must be approximately 10-30 minutes in length and ready to perform. Submission forms and more details can be obtained my emailing info@valleytheatre.co.uk.
The festival adjudicator this year will be Ms Sue Doherty, GODA ( Guild of Drama Adjudicators), who will offer comment and advice on the plays performed and assist in the selection of awards.
Anyone interested in acting at the festival or helping out backstage should email their contact details to info@valleytheatre.co.uk.
The Reader Organisation – Communications Coordinator
Term: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours a week Monday – Friday, with weekend working as and when required. Flexible working arrangements will be considered
Salary: £17,000-£22,000
Location: The Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18
The communications coordinator is a key role in a small, agile and multi-tasking team of communications professionals. The communications team is a vital part of the charity’s core team and its work supports The Reader’s strategic goals of:
growing the shared reading movement and
successfully establishing Calderstones and its businesses
We work hard and creatively to get complex messages in front of diverse audiences, including funders and commissioners, volunteers and Shared Reading group members, visitors who come to Calderstones to engage with our programme and / or who are our social enterprise customers, along with donors, magazine subscribers, our Friends, and many others. This is a key role in the communications team, which sits in the newly formed Literature
Directorate. As a member of the Literature Directorate you’ll be a keen reader, willing to learn more about reading, and the power of our work.
Please do not just send in a CV. We will only consider applications that arrive via The Reader website (select the ‘Get Involved’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form).
Closing date: 9am, 27 April
FareShare Merseyside – Operations Manager
Term: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 35 hrs per week
Salary: £26,000 per annum
Location: Speke
This role oversees the daily workings of the warehouse operations with accountability for health & safety, food safety, people and logistics to ensure the site meets agreed KPIs and business plans. You will provide leadership and direction to meet ambitious strategic and operational performance targets including oversight and monitoring of performance against budget. You will coordinate with central teams in FSUK and design, manage, deliver and report on specific projects to achieve the overall site strategy. You will manage the warehouse manager and other members of the team to ensure the wellbeing of our people and continuity of service for our members. You will lead by example to ensure that targets are met and ensure the continuity of delivery standards within the guidelines of FareShare UK policies and procedures. You will work in partnership with the site’s regional development manager to grow and develop strategies to support our delivery and service excellence.
Contact details
If you would like to apply for this role, please submit your CV, cover letter and equal opportunities form to recruitment@fareshare.org.uk.
Location: Belle Vale, Liverpool – operating city wide.
Reporting to: board of trustees
Hours: 14 hours per week (over 48 weeks)
Term: 1 year contract initially, on a self-employed basis. Extension available for a further 3 years.
Salary: £17.50 per hour, to be invoiced monthly. £11,760 per annum
Kindred Minds was established in 2012 and was born out of a need to provide a safe place where people with poor mental health could meet to offer each other support. In May 2015 we became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and in April 2020 we commenced our 5 year funding through the National Lottery Community Fund.
For this role we are looking for a highly motivated and competent individual to deliver the following services and tasks, in line with Kindred Minds policies and procedures.
Main duties and responsibilities:
1) Manage the Kindred Minds project; overseeing and leading activities and services
2) Organise programmes and activities in accordance with the mission and goals of the organisation
3) Lead on the promotion of the programme and services to reach the target audience
4) Monitor and evaluate the programme
5) Under the direction of the board, implement and manage change(s) and interventions to ensure project goals are achieved
6) Line-manage the volunteer and activity coordinator, sessional freelancers/tutors and undertake recruitment/appointment of such
7) Prepare and write reports for funders and for the Board
8) Manage the budget and undertake book keeping and produce finance reports
9) Make small grant applications
10) Organise and deliver fundraising events and excursions
11) Oversee and be proficient with social media and our blog
12) Work with developers to establish a website and maintain it
13) Administer insurance, accountancy, legal, leases, hire agreements etc
14) Lead on risk assessments & health and safety for the programme
15) Any other task as identified to fulfil the brief
Key working relationships:
The post holder will work under the direction of the board and an business consultant, but will be expected to work under their own initiative for periods of time. There is a need for high levels of motivation, excellent communication skills and the nurturing of relationships with service users, partner agencies and the potential stakeholders.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Knowledge, skills and experience
Experience
• 2 years’ experience in effective and efficient programme management and/or a similar role
• Proven experience of line managing people
• Experience of supporting people experiencing mental ill health
• Proven experience in managing budgets and financial record keeping and reporting
• Proven experience in beneficiary and stakeholder engagement and effective publicity and promotion techniques
• Experience in scoping and applying for small grants
Skills and abilities
• Ability to implement person centred care planning or similar tools
• Relationship building and motivational skills
• Ability to devise and implement monitoring and evaluation procedures and provide relevant reports
• Ability to produce accurate and informative reports
General abilities and knowledge
• Evidence of the ability to work calmly and remain resilient whilst under pressure
• Ability to communicate effectively and clearly to a range of individuals and audiences
• Understanding of the issues faced by people experiencing mental ill health
• The ability to use a range of office-based software packages and IT systems
• Proficient use of Facebook, Twitter and blogs
There are no specific qualifications required but evidence of relevant training and professional development to the role is desirable.
HOW TO APPLY:
You will need to:
a) Write a letter of application detailing your knowledge, skills and experience against the list above.
b) Submit an up-to-date CV
c) Provide details of 2 referees with at least one work related, preferably most recent.
Address your application to: paulakindredmindsliverpool@gmail.com
• Deadline for applications is Midday on Monday 19 April 2021
• Interviews will take place on Friday 23 April 2021
• We are looking for the successful candidate to start ASAP
NB: The appointed person will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
Merseyside Polonia launches interactive creative art project
From now until 11 April you could learn from local Polish artists and apply your newly acquired skills to Easter egg decorating, thanks to Merseyside Polonia’s New Beginnings project.
The egg has always been seen as a symbol of new life and rebirth. As we emerge from our year of lockdowns, the New Beginning’s project provides opportunity for creative reflection on these symbols of springtime, as well as on exactly what we want to create as we emerge into the ever changing ‘new normal’.
Five Liverpool-based Polish artists will be sharing techniques and inspiration every day until 11 April 2021, via the Merseyside Polonia Facebook page and website. There is something for everyone, from beginners to artists looking to develop more advanced techniques.
Those who participate by decorating their own eggs are encouraged to submit photos via email to info@merseysidepolonia.com, so that they can be displayed in the Facebook gallery.
Junior Mentoring for 5-12 year olds from Action for Children
Children aged 5-12 years who are experiencing difficulties, which may be having a negative impact on their learning, confidence, and social skills, can now be referred to Action for Children’s junior mentoring service.
The programme provides a solution focused approach to support a child to develop their inner resources and strengths. Building their self-esteem and finding positive alternatives to challenging behaviour that could otherwise
result in them not reaching their full potential.
The mentoring service:
Improves the emotional health and wellbeing of children who are having difficulties
Reduces behavioural issues
Improves family life, including relationships with parents and siblings.
Builds self-esteem and confidence through new experiences and challenges
Improves the parent/child relationships with the school
Increases the child’s ability to make and sustain friendships
This service is a tailored one-to-one mentoring package with a carefully screened, trained and supervised adult volunteers from within your own community. Volunteers are trained in using a solution focused approach to working with children. They cover safeguarding children and lone working before they are matched to a child.
How the program is delivered
The programme is delivered over a 9-month period and takes place outside of school hours, once a week. Sessions can be between 2-4 hours, depending on the needs of the child.
For more information on the programme and how to refer please email julie.riccio@actionforchildren.org.uk or lesley.stopforth@actionforchildren.org.uk. Alternatively call Action for Children on 0151 226 6577.
The Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland Social Entrepreneurs Programme
Would you like to start, build or scale your social impact organisation in 2021? Applications are now open for 10th round of The Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland Social Entrepreneurs Programme, in partnership with School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) and jointly funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.
This programme has helped more than 2,000 people to start up, build and scale social enterprises, charities, community projects and impact-led organisations.
You could receive support including:
A free learning programme, shaped by your needs, to help you adapt to a post-Covid new normal
A grant (£1,000 – £7,000)
A mentor
A supportive community of peers in similar roles to you
It’s Autism Awareness Week and Merseyside Police is working with Cheshire Autism Practical Support (CHAPS), as well as a number of other partners, to promote the Autism Attention Card. The card has been designed to support people with an autism spectrum condition, including Asperger syndrome.
It can be used:
in emergency situations
when dealing with the police
when using public transport
in any situation that arises where someone with Autism is anxious and wishes to explain their behaviour to another person
The card can only be issued to people with a medical diagnosis of autism and can be used to make emergency services aware of an individual’s needs.
Applying for an Autism Attention Card
People with a medical diagnosis of autism can apply for a card via the CHAPS website.
When you apply for a card, you can choose to register your details with Merseyside Police if you wish; this is entirely voluntary.
The Reader Organisation – Catering Assistant
Term: Fixed Term
Hours: 20 hours per week
Salary: £8.91
Location: The Mansion House, Calderstones Park, L18
This role will work across the catering provision of The Reader Group Enterprises, in our café, ice cream parlour, and events. They will work in a team developing and delivering a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with The Reader Group’s ethos and vision and consistently delivers a high level of customer service.
The café and ice cream parlour are open seven days a week and provide a quality and affordable offer for the local community in welcoming environments. We are looking for a hard-working, honest person to join our growing Enterprise team. You will be invited to participate fully in the development of our exciting social enterprise, which offers many opportunities for growth and development.
To apply, please visit The Reader website and select the ‘Get Involved’ tab for the full job description and application instructions.
Closing date: 9am, Monday 12 April 2021
Chair of TIDE and Life Story Network Jean Tottie announces her retirement
Jean Tottie, chair of TIDE and Life Story Network, will retire at the end of March. Jean has made the tough decision as she approaches her 70th birthday. She feels now is the right time to take a step back from the role as chair of TIDE – Together in dementia everyday and Life Story Network.
However, Jean will now become our first Patron of TIDE. This role will allow her to continue to champion the work of TIDE and give a voice to carers of people with dementia across the UK.
Jean has played a pivotal role in Life Story Network
Working in health and social care, initially as an occupational therapist and senior manager at local and regional levels, Jean has also been a dedicated volunteer for most of her adult life. She has been committed to the ethos of giving back, and connecting with her community. After her father was diagnosed with dementia in the early 2000’s, she witnessed first-hand the need for recognition of carers of those who had been diagnosed with dementia. Jean was determined to use her professional skills, network of contacts, and personal experience to make a difference to those who were caring for someone with dementia.
Jean first became aware of the power of life stories as a judge on an awards evening. She created with her father, his own life story. She saw the power of compiling a life story to help people with dementia share who they are, convey important information about themselves, and help enhance their sense of identity. From there on, Jean was committed to life story work for the prime benefit of the person with dementia, the carers, and for professionals.
It was clear there was a demand for a national network to promote life story work and share practice. Funding was found, leading to the launch of the Life Story Network at the Royal Armories in Leeds in February of 2010. Life Story Network began.
Jean’s role as chair has enabled TIDE to flourish, as demonstrated by her Lifetime Achievement Award in Dementia Care in November 2018. One judge commented, “Jean is a natural networker, driven by helping and empowering people to have a voice. She has demonstrated that where individuals have brought to her their experiences, she has been able to develop resources to share with and benefit many. A passionate advocate for improving the life of people living with dementia and their carers”.
TIDE thanks Jean for her tenacity and hard work in her role as chair. Her colleagues look forward to continuing their relationship with her, and benefitting from her wise advice in her new role as patron.
Eligible patients in Liverpool urged to book Covid vaccine
Anyone in Liverpool who is eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine but who hasn’t booked their first dose, is being asked by the NHS to make an appointment as soon as possible.
Members of the public can have the vaccine now, if they are:
Aged 50 or over
Clinically extremely vulnerable (asked to shield)
Aged 16–64 with an underlying condition that puts them more at risk from Covid
An unpaid carer
Groups of Liverpool GP practices are working together to invite patients to a network of local vaccination sites across the city. Eligible people will automatically be contacted by text, phone or letter – they don’t need to phone their own GP to request the vaccine.
Alternatively, some people may have received a letter or text message inviting them to access the national booking system and can use the link provided or call 119 to choose a slot at one of a number of sites across the region.
All vaccinations are by appointment only – no drop-ins are available.
Please be aware that people are asked not to make multiple appointments at different sites and should cancel any appointments they can no longer attend, so that they can be used by someone else.
About second doses
Those who will be due to have a second dose of the vaccine soon are being encouraged to make sure they attend their appointment too.
The latest guidance is that a second dose should be given between 77 and 84 days (11 to 12 weeks) after the first. People who booked their first dose through the national NHS Booking System or received their first dose at the regional vaccination centre, a local pharmacy or hospital, should have been offered a second vaccination appointment when they booked or received their first dose. If they didn’t, they can go online and book this now.
People who received their first dose at a local GP-led site will be contacted around a week and a half before their second dose is due and asked to make an appointment. This process is in place to make sure that the appointments offered to patients at GP-led sites match up with vaccine availability.
Those who are carers
Anyone in Liverpool who is already identified as a carer in their GP records, those who receive Carer’s Allowance, or those known to Liverpool City Council or Liverpool Carers Centre Local Solutions, will be automatically invited for a Covid-19 vaccination.
Anyone who thinks they might be eligible to receive a vaccine as a carer, but who doesn’t receive Carer’s Allowance or have their status recorded with any of the organisations mentioned above, should contact the Liverpool Carers Centre for help. This includes carers aged 16 – 18, as well as adult carers.
They can do this now, either by calling: 07545652775, by emailing carersvaccine@localsolutions.org.uk or by completing an e-referral form via the Local Solutions website.
Other languages and formats
You can access lots of helpful information and resources on Covid-19 and vaccination in different languages and formats via the Liverpool CCG website.
Further advice and support
For a list of local Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the vaccine, please visit the Liverpool CCG website.
LCVS – Community Accountant
Team: Community Accountancy
Job Title: Community Accountant
Salary Scale: £23,000 – £25,000
Accountable to: Senior Community Accountant
Main working contacts: Voluntary and community groups, other LCVS accountancy and finance team members, external advisors and funders
Main purpose of post
To deliver LCVS community accountancy services, primarily preparation of financial statements, independent examination fieldwork and practical support to clients in all aspects of their financial responsibilities.
Main responsibilities
1. To prepare the accounts of charities and other voluntary and community organisations in line with relevant law and recommended practice, including independent examination fieldwork.
2. To support organisations through the provision of book-keeping services, preparation of management accounts and other assignments including VAT, monitoring for funders, etc.
3. To present financial information and results to management and board meetings of charities and other voluntary and community organisations
4. To maintain an up to date knowledge of charity accounting issues, best practice and sector awareness.
5. To provide financial advice, information, guidance and support to organisations’ staff, committees and volunteers.
6. To participate in, deliver and arrange training and development as required
7. To work closely with organisations in designing good accounting systems specific to these organisations..
8. .To maintain confidentiality (subject to review and control procedures) of all information received from organisations
General
To work as part of a team and with other staff at LCVS.
To implement and follow organisational policies and procedures.
To undertake necessary training and participate in the organisation’s supervision and appraisal system, and identify further training and personal development needs.
To represent LCVS and undertake other tasks in support of the organisation as required by your line manager.
The post holder is expected to be flexible in the performance of duties and to undertake any other duties identified as appropriate to the post.
Equal opportunities
LCVS is committed to equal opportunities, anti-discrimination and anti-oppressive policy and practice. No one we have contact with may be discriminated against either directly or indirectly on the grounds of gender, race, nationality, religion, cultural group, marital status, sexual orientation, age, or impairment.
The policies apply to job applicants, employees, volunteers and users of our services.
All jobs are subject to change from time to time and this job description will be reviewed regularly.
This job description is a guide to the work you will be required to undertake and represents a range of responsibilities commensurate with the grade for the post.
To apply
To express interest or request further information, email info@lcvs.org.uk.
To apply, send a cover letter and CV to info@lcvs.org.uk FAO Graham Wright.
LCVS – Senior Community Accountant
Team: Community Accountancy
Job Title: Senior Community Accountant
Salary Range: £35,000
Accountable to: director of finance and resources
Staff Responsible for : Community Accountant(s) & Community Accountancy Technician(s)
Main working contacts: Voluntary and community groups, other LCVS teams, external advisors and other professional contacts
Main purpose of post
To lead, manage and develop delivery of the LCVS Community Accountancy Service, providing technical oversight, development of new services and day-to-day support, advice and supervision for members of the team. The role will also involve hands-on delivery of community accountancy services to boards and executives of voluntary organisations, training, file reviews and development of standardised systems representing best practice and ensuring a pro-active and exemplary service to clients.
Main responsibilities
1. To lead, manage and develop all aspects of the community accountancy function provided by LCVS with an emphasis on the quality of accounts preparation, review of independent examination files and advice / support on matters of taxation as they affect community accountancy clients.
2. To provide direct support, financial advice, information and guidance to all community accountancy clients, particularly representing the service at board level and working closely with organisations who require assistance with financial control and direction
3. To be responsible for the day-to-day scheduling of work of the community accountancy team, ensuring resources are used to maximum effect and that all external deadlines are met.
4. To prepare accounts and undertake independent examination fieldwork for charities and other voluntary and community organisations, completing files in line with relevant statutes and recommended practice, including file review of work undertaken by other members of the Community Accountancy Team.
5. To present financial information and results to management and board meetings of charities and other voluntary and community organisations
6. To maintain an up to date knowledge of charity accounting issues, best practice and sector awareness.
7. To participate in, deliver and arrange training both internally and externally.
8. To assist with the strategic development of the community accountancy service including implementation of new ideas & resources to ensure the service provided to clients continues to be cost-effective, compliant and relevant.
9. To maintain and develop the quality of all control procedures and processes in the service.
General
To work as part of a team and with other staff at LCVS.
To implement and follow organisational policies and procedures.
To undertake necessary training and participate in the organisation’s supervision and appraisal system, and identify further training and personal development needs.
To represent LCVS and undertake other tasks in support of the organisation as required by your line manager.
The post holder is expected to be flexible in the performance of duties and to undertake any other duties identified as appropriate to the post.
Equal opportunities
LCVS is committed to equal opportunities, anti-discrimination and anti-oppressive policy and practice. No one we have contact with may be discriminated against either directly or indirectly on the grounds of gender, race, nationality, religion, cultural group, marital status, sexual orientation, age, or impairment.
The policies apply to job applicants, employees, volunteers and users of our services.
All jobs are subject to change from time to time and this job description will be reviewed regularly.
This job description is a guide to the work you will be required to undertake and represents a range of responsibilities commensurate with the grade for the post.
To apply
To express interest or request further information, email info@lcvs.org.uk.
To apply, send a cover letter and CV to info@lcvs.org.uk FAO Graham Wright.
Positive Futures – Targeted Support Worker
Term: Fixed Term Contract until March 2022
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £25,000 pa
Location: L4
To provide support to young people on a wide variety of issues. Working closely with teachers, colleagues, social workers and other agencies to help understand children’s needs and provide a high-quality service in supporting them.
Some duties will include:
To provide a range of interventions that will improve the well-being of young people.
To engage and build good working relationships with parents, children and colleagues working in schools and other agencies.
To work holistically and effectively with parents/carers in ways that will improve their children’s well-being.
To work effectively and cooperatively with partner agencies using common processes including Early Help
Assessment, Team Around the Family (TAF) and Lead Professional (LP) roles.
To provide relevant information about, and access to appropriate support services and opportunities that enable young people to improve their skills.
To plan, deliver and offer support sessions on a one-to-one basis, e.g. using CBT, Art Therapy etc.
To work closely with relevant health professionals to support parents/carers in meeting the needs of their children.
To undertake home visits as and when required.
Benefits include:
Excellent salary.
Staff Health Cash Plan
25 days holiday
Travel & mileage paid
An extensive training program to ensure our staff are the best in their field.
Regular supervision and guidance
A supportive and approachable Management Team
The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families we have the pleasure of working with.
If you think you are what we are looking for then please visit the Positive Futures website and complete an application form.
All application forms are to be returned to info@positivefutures.org.uk Unfortunately, CV’s will not be accepted for the role.
All successful candidates will be invited to interview which will take place on Thursday 15 April 2021.
All data will be treated in line with GDPR.
The recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. The successful applicants will be appointed subject to references and enhanced DBS check.
Closing date: Friday 9 April at noon.
Local Solutions – Trustees (Voluntary)
Established since 1974, Local Solutions is a charity whose mission is to improve people’s lives. We deliver a range of services that assist vulnerable groups across the Liverpool City Region and North Wales. We provide adult social care and support services that assist young homeless people, individuals & families affected by domestic abuse, children affected by bullying, people in poverty, young people at risk and unpaid carers.
We are seeking to recruit two committed, talented and energetic people to serve on our board of trustees. Having reviewed the skills of our current board, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals with strong skills and professional experience in the following areas:
• HR related knowledge and expertise
• Business development / marketing skills
• Sector knowledge in our areas of operation
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates.
The board plays a key role in the development and governance of the charity. As well as six board meetings a year, trustees all serve on board committees which meet more regularly and who provide detailed governance on behalf of the entire board. Trustees will also be invited to attend events throughout the year, such as Local Solutions’ Long Service Awards, launches of new initiatives and Carer of the Year events.
Trustees play an important role and in joining our board you will be playing a key part in supporting our charity to continue to improve the lives of thousands of vulnerable people in our communities who need our services. The role will open up professional networking opportunities as well as help to build and strengthen relations with key leaders who are associated with our organisation. Trustees will find the breadth and scope of our work of interest and will be able to develop their skills and strategic experience.
If you would like to explore a role on our board of trustees please contact Karen Paton at kpaton@localsolutions.org.uk or on 07805409177 by Wednesday 7 April 2021. Karen can arrange for you to have an informal discussion with one of the trustees and also a senior member of staff relevant to your skills.
Application is by letter with accompanying CV, followed by interview.
Active Through Football community consultation
Liverpool Sport and Recreation Service is part of a consortium of organisations across the Liverpool City Region that is seeking feedback about the type of activities that you, your service users and your partner organisations take part in.
We are a region where people live and breathe football. Working together, football has the power to level up and make a lasting change in our communities. Your involvement in this consultation will help to shape the football activities on offer in your local area.
Active Through Football’s ambition is to increase activity levels and create sustained behaviour change, using a place-based approach. The consortium is keen to work with organisations on the ground, to ensure those hardest to reach are targeted, and to design a project that breaks down the barriers currently faced.
There is a stubbornly persistent gap in levels of participation between individuals from higher and lower socio-economic groups. Sport England’s latest Active Lives survey (2018-19) shows that 18% fewer people from lower social groups are active, compared to higher social groups. Research is showing that this gap in activity levels has not improved during the Covid-19 pandemic and suggestions are that inequalities will widen.
Please help us shape the Active Through Football project in your area by completing this survey, and sharing it with other relevant people.
Deadline for submissions is midnight on Sunday 28 March.
Local Solutions appoints new Interim Chief Executive
Tom Harrison has recently been appointed as interim chief executive of Local Solutions. He steps up to the role following the retirement of previous chief executive Steve Hawkins.
Tom has worked at Local Solutions since 2007, in a variety of roles combining operations and development. He has designed and developed new programmes to support vulnerable people and secured and delivered grants, contracts and social investments. He brings a track record of innovation and successful implementation.
Prior to taking up his new post, Tom was director of programmes and innovation, with responsibility for programme development, delivery and innovation across Local Solutions, with a particular focus on support and accommodation.
A graduate of Liverpool John Moores University, Tom also holds an MSc in Voluntary Sector Management from Cass Business School. He brings to the role a wealth of knowledge and is truly committed to developing the work of Local Solutions and making services more effective & efficient.
Of his appointment Tom said, “I have always been incredibly proud to be part of the Local Solutions family, and to lead through this new and exciting phase, with support from so many skilled and committed colleagues, is a great privilege.”
Liverpool’s Milap to premiere new Music for the Mind and Soul concert
Despite the ongoing national lockdown restrictions, Milap’s Music for the Mind & Soul concert series is continuing to thrive in its new digital format, with another fantastic concert lined up for this weekend.
A brand new jugalbandi performance, featuring Flute J.A.Jayant and acclaimed Sarod player Debasmita Bhattacharya, performing Raag ‘Sarasangi’ / ‘Nat Bhairav’, will take place on Saturday 27 March 2021,
For this brand new collaboration, they will be accompanied by Sai Giridhar on the mridangam and the rhythmic M.T. Aditya on the tabla. The show will be a live studio recording from ‘Offbeat Music Ventures’ in Chennai.
Established in 1985, Milap has a year round programme of Indian arts in London and Liverpool, and works both nationally and internationally to inspire, educate and entertain. Milap also founded the National Indian Arts Awards – now in it’s fifth year – in order to recognise the work of countless individuals, schools, teachers, performers, and art organisations, up and down the British Isles, who are working tirelessly to provide generous opportunities to learn or experience Indian arts.
All the Music for the Mind & Soul concerts can be viewed on the Milap Youtube Channel, where you can subscribe to make sure you don’t miss any future concerts.
Read Easy reading support is coming to Liverpool
Read Easy UK is a registered charity that supports adults who want to learn to read and develop their reading skills. There are plans for Read Easy to set up a reading group in Liverpool, to support adults within the Liverpool City Region who struggle with their reading.
The plans are in the early stages and Read Easy is hoping to find local people who might be interested in helping to get the group started. It’s an opportunity to become part of a team that will make a real difference to people’s lives.
Consider how often you read, be it a book, social media content, a text message, or a match day programme. Without the ability to read, everything in life is so much more difficult, whether it’s finding employment or just being able to place an order online. Read Easy helps people to overcome these obstacles.
There are opportunities to support the Liverpool project on a voluntary basis, either as a coach or as a member of the local management team. For further details email liverpoolpioneer@readeasy.org.uk, call 07769 332971 or visit the Read Easy website.
How 90s anthem ‘All Together Now’ helped people who couldn’t speak learn to sing again
An innovative project from The Brain Charity has helped people living with dementia, who couldn’t talk, re-learn how to sing, using a popular anthem from Liverpool band The Farm! Now the project is going virtual across the country.
Hundreds of care home residents across Merseyside have seen amazing results from The Brain Charity’s ground-breaking Music Makes Us! project, which combines singing and dance lessons with speech and language therapy and physiotherapy.
Music is known to activate different pathways to speech in the brain, and not only stimulates endorphins but can transport people living with dementia to happy moments in their pasts.
As well as seeing participants who couldn’t talk begin to sing to The Farm’s ‘All Together Now’, others with severe mobility problems began to dance to The Beatles.
Now The Brain Charity, a national charity headquartered in Liverpool, has launched the unique resource as a free 12-week online video programme, so that it can be accessed by anyone in the world.
Kym Ward, Dementia Project Coordinator at The Brain Charity, said: “We understand the past year has been especially tough for people living with dementia. We also know music can play a vital role in their daily care – it stirs memories and reduces agitation. That’s why we are delighted to be releasing this free, innovative music-based therapy series for people from anywhere in the world to take part in.
“Pre-COVID-19, our care home workshops were incredibly beneficial to hundreds of people across Merseyside living with dementia. It was truly remarkable to see first-hand how participants who had previously been non-verbal began to sing along, along, and those with severe dementia who struggled to engage with the world enjoyed moments of joyful connection with others through dance.
“So, we hope these videos will give easy access to this fantastic resource for households, care homes and people living with dementia across the UK and beyond.”
The Brain Charity’s unique programme is made up of five Music Makes Us! Move workshops, and seven Music Makes Us! Sing classes – all set to familiar classic tunes by artists like Elvis Presley.
Combining dance and physiotherapy is proven to minimise the risk of trips and falls and help people living with dementia retain independence by increasing their mobility and maintaining balance and flexibility.
And blending singing and speech and language therapy strengthens mouth muscles, improving communication and reducing swallowing and breathing difficulties.
Before COVID-19, these sessions were running in care homes and community settings across Merseyside and had helped nearly 250 people. Now, it is hoped that more than double that number will take part, from anywhere in the UK.
Anyone who signs up will receive one email per week containing a specialist exercise video and guidance on how to join in safely. Participants will also be able to consult with The Brain Charity’s speech and language therapist and physiotherapist about any specific issues faced.
There is also another version of the programme designed for people who may benefit from its effects but do not identify as living with dementia or have an official diagnosis.
The courses have already been proven to reduce anxiety and improve wellbeing for both participants and their carers and relatives, against a backdrop of reduced dementia support due to COVID-19 – something which has had a huge impact on people’s mental and physical health.
Kym added: “During the lockdowns, The Brain Charity assisted with research studies which revealed being unable to access support service due to COVID-19 worsened quality of life for those affected by dementia in the UK.
“So it is vital now, more than ever, that as many people as possible know about this free support – we have already seen its incredible benefits first hand. We hope this resource will be useful for loved ones at home, for residents in care homes and, when it’s safe again, for participants in community settings.”
Sahir House has been recognised as one of the best small health charities in the country and has recently expanded its charitable objects to reflect its experience in engaging with and supporting not just people living with HIV, but also LGBT+ people and those seeking asylum.
The current CEO is moving on, so Sahir House is now recruiting a suitably experienced CEO to guide the charity through its next stage of development. In particular they are looking for someone who can demonstrate:
· Strategic awareness and the ability to lead an organisation through a period of change
· Significant senior management experience in the voluntary sector
· A strong track record of securing funding from charitable trusts and foundations, service level agreements and contracts with statutory agencies, fundraising and the generation of income from training / trading activities.
· A commitment to equality, diversity, equity and social justice
Sahir House welcomes diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. The charity especially invites applications from groups which reflect the diverse nature of the Sahir House service user population – HIV positive people, people from BAME groups, LGBT+ people and those from refugee / asylum seeking communities.
For an informal chat about the role, email tessa.willow@sahir.uk.com with your phone number.
Closing date for applications: 12 noon Tuesday 6 April 2021
Interviews, stakeholder panel and on-line task: week starting 12 April 2021
Ideal start date: mid-May 2021, however we understand candidates may have longer notice periods and will accommodate this
Full details of how to apply, the job description and person specification can be downloaded from our website here:
(He)Arts and Minds is helping young people design their dream life
(He)Arts and Minds is a new project by Yellow House, designed to help young people cope through the challenges imposed by the lockdown.
Think of (He)Arts and Minds like a gym for your mind. Participants sign up to receive daily emails, containing videos and exercises.
Sessions take just 15 minutes a day. Monday to Thursday’s sessions can be done independently and Friday’s sessions offer opportunity for connection with others, entailing a 1-hour zoom call with fellow participants and the mentor of the project.
Each week brings a new theme and four weeks form a unit. The regular short sessions are designed to have a big impact and to change young people’s lives for the better.
A total of £8 million is available, from Julia and Hans Rausing Trust, to provide core funding for the costs of running youth centres and delivering youth work. Funding will cover the period from 1 April – 30 September 2021.
There’s a fast turnaround. The deadline for applications is 4pm 31 March 2021.
The aim of the fund is to ensure that youth centres remain viable and are able to re-open or continue to deliver services as the country emerges from Covid-19 restrictions.
The Fund is open to registered charities that run youth centres in England. They must offer youth services within a locality and operate out of a fixed space or venue. They should be at risk of being unable to re-open and resume services, of cutting provision, or of permanent closure for financial reasons by the end September 2021.
NHS launches an innovative approach to health and wellbeing in Liverpool
An estimated one in three people contact their GP with concerns that can’t be addressed clinically. Now a trailblazing new two-pronged approach to social prescribing has launched in Liverpool and a new campaign, promoting the benefits of social prescribing, has launched to support it.
In an approach that’s unique to Liverpool, patients can get rapid access to practical, high-quality support with housing and money matters, as well as emotional and community support.
The NHS is working with Liverpool City Council, Healthwatch Liverpool, Citizens Advice Liverpool, LCVS and a huge range of community organisations to provide a holistic approach to health and wellbeing. The partnership, called Wellbeing Liverpool, is launching a campaign to promote social prescribing with a series of short videos, which will be posted to social media and shown in GP waiting rooms. This first video, launched to coincide with Social Prescribing Day on 18 March, introduces the benefits of social prescribing.
The term social prescribing has been in use in the UK for a number of years. It describes an all-round personal care approach to health and wellbeing. Patients are put in touch with a ‘social prescriber’, more commonly described as a link worker, whose role is to support patients in unpicking often complex issues affecting their health and wellbeing.
Through social prescribing, patients are encouraged to explore what matters to them in life, and to work with their link worker to devise a wellbeing plan based on their individual needs.
Cheryl Mould, provider alliance director for NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) said:
“Social prescribers can offer a wealth of knowledge about the network of organisations that exist in a patient’s local community, and will work to help identify and link their patients to local services that can offer them relevant support and activities.
“Evidence shows that regular, meaningful contact with other people, for instance through simple activities such as gardening, reading groups, or dog-walking, can help us all to feel more connected, develop new skills, build confidence, and overcome setbacks. Social prescribing is something that can support and empower everyone to take charge of improving their own health and wellbeing.”
Dr. Cheryl Lowes, GP in Liverpool and community development lead for primary care, said:
“Spring this year feels particularly poignant. Twelve months on from the start of the pandemic it feels as if we may be embarking on a new, better chapter as the Liverpool Covid Vaccination Programme continues at remarkable pace.
“As a GP, I know that the pandemic has exacerbated many people’s concerns with issues such as housing and money matters, but also isolation and general mental distress. I am passionate about showing patients a way through, not with unnecessary clinical interventions, but by linking patients to practical advice and wellbeing support within our communities; also known as social prescribing.”
Social prescribing is for everyone. People can contact their GP for a referral to a link worker, or go online and browse the Wellbeing Liverpool directory to tailor a plan for themselves.
Internationally Recognised English Language Qualifications Available
Liverpool Lighthouse will soon begin providing English language tuition to a new cohort of students. The qualification on offer is useful for citizenship application and progression into further education.
Anfield-based charity Liverpool Lighthouse is an approved provider on Liverpool City Council’s AEP framework. The organisation has a proven track record of ESOL and EAL provision.
Lessons are delivered by professionally qualified tutors, using a variety of exciting teaching methods, tailored to the needs of the individual student, within a framework of effective behavioural management strategies.
Facilitators are familiar with the additional needs of speakers of other languages, and the programme includes activities that promote integration and the development of confidence within a safe environment.
This entry level and B1/B2 English language provision, leads to a Trinity College Certificate – internationally recognised qualifications on the Common European Framework. Liverpool Lighthouse is also registered with and connected to the Egress system for fast and efficient referrals.
To make a referral, complete this online form and somebody will get back to you. Or, further information, email esol@liverpoollighthouse.com.
The Reader Organisation – Development Manager
Term: Permanent
Hours: 21 hours per week
Salary: £22,000-£27,000
Location: The Mansion House, Calderstones Park, L18 3JB
The Development Manager will work to generate funds across all income streams, working to secure grants from Trusts and Foundations, seek commissioned income from NHS bodies, the criminal justice sector and local authorities, and secure support from corporate organisations.
The post holder will input into the strategic overview of the department and the development of the annual fundraising strategy. The role will work collaboratively across the organisation to identify and develop funding opportunities and will build relationships externally with existing and prospective funders. Partnership working will
be instrumental in the role.
To view the full job description, recruitment pack and application form, visit The Reader website and head to the ‘Get Involved’ section.
Closing date: 9am, 30 March 2021
The Reader Organisation – Development Administrator
Term: Permanent
Hours: 21 hours per week
Salary: £16,500-£17,000
Location: The Mansion House, Calderstones Park, L18 3JB
This post sits in the Development Team, which is responsible for delivering income to sustain and grow The Reader’s work and developing the relationships that can help make that work happen. You’ll be working in a small, fast-paced team that needs to flex to opportunities as they arise. This role will provide support functions for all key administrative and coordination activities related to the department and will gain experience across all income streams and fundraising activity.
To view the full job description, recruitment pack and application form, visit The Reader website and head to the ‘Get Involved’ section.
Closing date: 30 March 2021
LJMU Funded Internship Programme 2021
Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) invites organisations to host for a full time, remotely accessed internship this summer.
LJMU has a long history of supporting local small companies. The university has promoted graduate retention in the Liverpool City Region for over 20 years and knows that students and graduates are an important part of the labour market. Because the past year has been especially challenging, LJMU has decided to commit its entire 2021 funded Internship Programme to support local businesses.
Organisations are now invited to offer meaningful projects for students to undertake over the summer.
Internships are 140 hours in duration and are set to begin on one of two start dates – 17 May and 7 June 2021.
In return for hosting an intern, LJMU will cover the full cost of the wages of the student.
Could you offer the following within your organisation?
A supportive environment to learn about the workplace
An opportunity to get involved in, or lead, a short project with tangible results
The deadline for applications is Friday 2 April 2021 at 12 noon.
Restrictions
This scheme is not available if your organisation:
Has more than 250 employees
Has hosted an LJMU intern in the past 2 years
Is owned by LJMU staff
Is outside the Liverpool City Region
There are a limited number of interns available and projects will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.
Baobab Foundation, addressing funding inequalities for Black and Ethnic Minority communities
The pandemic and the Black Lives Matters movement exposed the inequity that exists in the funding received by Black and Ethnic Minority communities. Now a new organisation, led by the communities it serves, is taking steps to address the issues.
The following was written by By Joe Ferns, Programme Director at the Baobab Foundation, and originally shared on the NAVCA website.
Many foundations and funders have been thinking about what they should do next and some initially offered tailored funding programmes directly or via intermediaries.
That investment is welcome but we need to make sure that we change things for the long term and the only way we’ll do that is if we change the systems, processes and behaviours which have created the historic deficit.
That’s why we need something new.
The Baobab Foundation is a new organisation. Led by the communities it serves, Baobab will put power and money where it needs to be – in the hands of those who know what to do with it. Decisions about Baobab will be made by its members, that includes decisions about the organisation and decisions about funding.
Baobab will be a new force in the funding ecosystem in the UK, educating funders, challenging systems which disadvantage Black and Ethnic Minority communities, creating larger and more inclusive funding programmes than have ever been tried before. We’ll work with corporate foundations, charitable foundations and private philanthropy to offer innovative types of funding designed around the needs of community organisation. We’ll go beyond funding to create opportunities for new types of partnerships and networks so Black and Ethnic Minority community organisations can better communicate and collaborate.
Between January and July 2021 we will be hosting conversations with Black and Ethnic Minority communities across the country so that we can develop our strategy and make sure everyone’s voice is heard.
Part of that effort is this survey we have published which is asking organisations who focus on meeting the needs of Black and Ethnic Minority communities, to tell us about their experience and how we can add value to their work. We’re keen to hear from organisations and communities that are often not heard in these conversations – so if you’re based outside London, or coming from a community that is often missed, we need to hear from you!
When we launch in late 2021 we will immediately open for funding applications (we aim to have around £5m to distribute) and the decisions about those awards will be made by our members because we believe a funder’s job is to put power in the hands of those closest to the work. By the time we launch, we expect our membership to have grown to several hundred organisations and to be organised into regional groups because we know that centralised structures are part of the old way of thinking and have rarely served us well.
We will establish an endowment so that Baobab can be truly independent and sit, with equality, at the same table as the big funders. It will also mean we are sustainable and with you for the long term. To do this, we are aiming at an endowment of £1bn, which will allow us to make grants of around £50m per year.
We’re building a new way of looking at funding. A new organisation and a new way of working. We’ll make mistakes, we’ll try things that don’t work, we’ll learn as we go and we’ll get stronger every time we have the honesty and courage to talk about what needs to be better.
Already we are many but we need to grow further to ensure we can create connectivity for as many groups as possible, and start closing the divide for those in different parts of the UK or from groups that are often excluded, that includes young people, disabled people, women, trans people, faith communities and so on.
We have three types of Membership (all are free):
Members are not for profit organisations who are focussed on meeting the needs of Black and Ethnic Minority communities
Associate Members are not for profit organisations whose purpose is wider but who want to be involved in help deliver our impact
Supporters are individuals, groups or organisations who don’t fit the other classifications and who want to get our newsletters and stay updated on our work.
Does this sound like a movement you want to be a part of?
Join Baobab and please take 5 minutes to complete the survey (linked above), share this article or tell someone you think would be interested in Baobab and what we are trying to build.
Civil Society Book Club for Wellbeing and Connection
Civil Society Consulting CIC has launched a new, regular online event Book Club for Wellbeing and Connection, aimed at civil society workers, volunteers, trustees and service users.
The book club is an informal, low pressure, monthly event where attendees can explore the latest thinking on reducing loneliness and improving community wellbeing. Beyond that, each session is also an opportunity for people to share, learn, and build connections with one another.
Reading the book is not essential for participation – rather, organisers want to hear your thoughts and experiences of the topic on hand.
The sessions will be facilitated by Kate Shurety, the former executive director (now associate) of The Campaign to End Loneliness. Each session will begin with with a short Q&A between the author and Kate, followed by an opportunity for all participants to discuss and share ideas.
Upcoming session
The next instalment of the book club will take place on Tuesday 13 April at 7pm.
The guest this session will be Noreena Hertz, author of The Lonely Century. Noreena’s book traces the roots of the loneliness epidemic, and offers hopeful solutions for individuals and communities to reconcile and reconnect.
The first ten participants to sign up will receive a free copy of the book.
Ethical and eco organisations, put yourselves on the Mersey Green Map
Are you part of the ethical economy in Liverpool City Region? If so, put yourself on the map – the Mersey Green Map that is.
The Mersey Map is the largest of three national pilot projects, the others being in Gateshead and Oxford. It is a joint initiative, created by the Solidarity Economy Association UK and being added to by Transition Liverpool and Wirral Environmental Network.
The project aims to provide a resource for people who are committed to ethical, green and local shopping and encourage green, ethical and fair local businesses to put themselves on the map.
It is being provided to facilitate networking and opportunity to learn from one another and offer support. It is also hoped that the map will help to establish an alternative economy in Liverpool City Region, based on economic justice, equality and sustainability.
Representatives from The Mersey Map are currently looking for champions, to help populate the map with fair, green and ethical small enterprises.
To get involved or for further information please contact merseygreenmap@gmail.com.
UC Crew needs your help uncovering Merseyside’s break dancing history
Community hip hop organisation UC Crew is looking for people that have memories of break dancing happening in Liverpool between 1983 and 2020, for a cultural heritage project to help tell the stories of this hidden hip hop culture.
UC Crew has received funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to undertake this research project so that this history and culture isn’t lost to future generations.
If you have any stories, photos, videos, flyers, newspapers articles or memorabilia please get in touch with UC Crew by emailing hello@uccrew.co.uk.
The organisation would love be able to feature your memories in the Merseyside Break Dance History Archive for all to learn and enjoy.
Here is a little slice of our region’s hip hop history for you to enjoy:
Sahir House has been recognised as one of the best small health charities in the country and we have recently expanded our charitable objects to reflect our experience in engaging with and supporting not just people living with HIV, but also LGBT+ people and those seeking asylum. We are now looking for new trustees to help us with our work at this exciting time.
Skills and experience required
We are seeking people who are committed to the values of our charity; who are able to communicate with diplomacy and who can exercise fairness and good judgement. We are seeking a mix of skills and experience to complement the current board members. You do not have to have been a trustee before and we don’t expect you to have all of the skills below. We are particularly looking for any of the following skills / experience:
• Financial management and business planning – we welcome people with experience gained in the private sector who can give a different perspective on this aspect of the charity’s work.
• Digital media, communications and engagement – in a post-COVID world, more of our work will be delivered through digital means.
• Grant funding and service level agreements / contracts – Sahir House is funded through a mix of contracts, grant funding and income generated from fundraising and training activities. With new contracts due to be tendered within the next year, we are looking to strengthen the board in this area.
• Knowledge of health and social care systems – the following would help the board to develop: an understanding of how health and social care is funded, commissioned and delivered; experience of influencing decision makers and addressing health inequalities.
Sound interesting? For the trustee role description and additional information visit the Sahir House website.
To arrange an informal discussion with the chair, please email gillian.lewis@sahir.uk.com with your telephone number.
• Closing date for applications: Monday 29 March 2021
• Please send your CV and a covering letter – no more than one side of A4, telling us why you are interested in joining Sahir House and what you would bring to the organisation – to gillian.lewis@sahir.uk.com by Monday 29 March 2021.
• Please also complete the equal opportunities monitoring information
Sahir House welcomes diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. We especially invite applications from groups which reflect the diverse nature of the Sahir House service user population – HIV positive, disabled, BAME, LGBT+ and refugee/asylum seeking communities.
Comics Youth CIC – Camapign Development Officer
Term: 6 months
Hours: 22.5
Salary: £20k pro rata
Location: Liverpool (blended online and face-to-face youth qork)
We are on the hunt for a Campaigns Development Officer to support our campaign work within CY (Relating to Safe Spaces and our Marginal Activist project), based within Liverpool city centre, with skill, passion, and originality.
Your mission will be to recruit, develop and support marginalised youth aged 12-25 to develop campaigns and initiatives regarding salient community issues. An important aspect of this role will be to spark change in young people and enable them to speak truth to power through publishing comics/zines and developing art installations/safe spaces trails.
Background
Comics Youth CIC is an innovative non-profit that delivers comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects for disadvantaged children and young people aged 8-25 within Merseyside and the wider Knowsley Borough. The overall ethos of the organisation is to break down participation barriers for marginalised groups including looked after children, LGBTQIA young people, care leavers, young carers, and young people experiencing complex mental ill health within the Liverpool City Region to make, create and publish comic books about salient community issues. Sessions are delivered within safe, inclusive and indiscriminate community venues.
Contact details: For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Rhiannon Griffiths
M: 07525369624 or rhiannon@comicsyouth.co.uk
To apply, candidates will need to send a CV and a supporting application addressing the following set questions (No more than 1,000 words for all four questions). Please send your CV and supporting application to amy@comicsyouth.co.uk by 11pm, Monday 5 April.
1. Tell us about a social justice issue that makes you angry and why it matters to you.
2. Please describe a transformational lesson or workshop you have designed and delivered, and the journey it took participants on.
3. If you became the Prime Minister, what system change would you focus on and why?
4. What five things do you think every Youth Worker needs to know to be a good ally and advocate to their young people?
We actively encourage applications from people of colour, women, LGBTQIA folk and disabled people. Please let us know if you have any special requirements which we might need to consider in relation to the selection process. Any requests will be taken into account and will not affect your equal opportunity in the selection process.
Closing date: Monday 5 April at 11pm.
The Brain Charity – Counselling Coordinator
Counselling Coordinator
Salary: £11,027.25 (Under Review)
Contract: Fixed term until September 2023
Base: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, Liverpool, L3 8LR
Hours: 18.75hrs per week (hours to be negotiated but will fall between 9am and 5pm Mon – Fri)
Role Summary
We are looking for someone with excellent organisation and assessment skills who can work with individuals to offer them emotional support through a range of talking therapies.
The postholder will provide and co-ordinate a section of our counselling provision, manage waiting lists and identify referral pathways. They will also be responsible for client assessment and the implementation of risk management guidelines.
They will hold responsibility for the coordination of a team of volunteer counsellors as well as holding a small caseload of their own.
About The Brain Charity
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer conditions. We are there for every single one of them.
The Brain Charity has recently been successful in winning funding for several new areas of work including two new major employment projects. Our Directions & New Horizons projects, funded by the European Social Fund, are designed to support adults with multiple and complex barriers to work to enter the labour market.
We recognise that the pandemic has hit our service users hard, and that many of those we are here to support now face unemployment, financial difficulties and mental health issues.
Because of these reasons, we are expanding our front-line team.
Application information
We are an award-winning charity and have recently received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest accolade given by the Crown to Third Sector organisations.
If you are passionate about our cause and would like to become part of a vibrant and diverse team, we would love to hear from you.
For all roles, you will need to complete an application form. Please do not send in your C.V. or apply via the Guardian Jobs portal direct, as this will not be counted.
The Brain Charity prides itself on being an open and diverse place to work and we openly encourage those from minority groups to apply.
Closing date for all job roles: Wed 31 March 5pm. Interviews for successful applicants will take place during the week commencing the 12 April.
Please ring 0151 298 2999 or e-mail jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk to request your application pack.
Liverpool Lighthouse hopes to bring community cinema back to Anfield
Liverpool Lighthouse is based in the 430 seater auditorium and former cinema once known as Art Nouveau Gaumount Theatre. Now the charity is crowdfunding to buy state-of-the-art AV equipment that will allow it to bring affordable community cinema back to local residents.
For the past 25 years Liverpool Lighthouse has worked with some of the most disadvantaged people in Liverpool, bringing hope and opportunities, developing skills, improving health and wellbeing, reducing isolation, and improving social cohesion.
Until the start of the pandemic, live shows, concerts and other arts events brought over 30,000 people to the venue every year. Throughout the past year, the team has continued to engage with beneficiaries in other ways but now we have a roadmap back to some kind of normality, they are making exciting plans for a return to the venue.
When it opened in 1931, the Art Nouveau Gaumount Theatre was a cinema. As part of the Crowdfund Liverpool project, Liverpool Lighthouse is raising funds to purchase AV equipment that will enable the venue to operate as a cinema once again.
In consultations, they learned that many local residents have never been to a cinema before, because the expense makes it out of reach for low-income families. The Liverpool Lighthouse community cinema will target children and families, will be easily affordable to most and subsidised for those who cannot afford it. They hope to ensure that the cultural experience of film and cinema is accessible to all members of the community, by restoring the classic cinema experience our grandparents enjoyed, for a new generation of children and young people.
As yet, Liverpool Lighthouse has raised over £11,000 of their £27,500 target. The nature of the crowdfunding campaign is that anyone can pledge. So if you would like to support the project in a personal capacity, or become a corporate sponsor to help make this cinema happen, you can.
Find out more by visiting the crowdfunding page on the Spacehive platform.
Plans for first statue of a black woman to be installed in St George’s Hall
To mark International Women’s Day, St George’s Hall Charitable Trust has announced its intention to install a statue of Mary Seacole in the Great Hall.
Mary Jane Seacole (1805-1881) was voted the greatest black Briton in 2004 and the Trust believes that her outstanding achievements, as an influential black woman, a nurse, businesswoman and healer, deserve an enduring testament to our respect and recognition.
The trustees believe this statue will not only pay tribute to the heroine, but it will also act as a ‘thank you’ to the NHS for the extraordinary sacrifices they have made in keeping everyone safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
An application process for artists is now open to register interest in creating a marble portrait statue that will take pride of place in the stunning Great Hall.
The Mary Seacole statue will be the second female represented in St George’s Hall. The first, of pioneering health campaigner Kitty Wilkinson, was installed in 2012.
Free business support package to get your workplace physically active
Following the success of a 2016/17 pilot, a new Liverpool Active Workplaces programme has been launched for 2021. This time the scheme is responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the negative impact it has had on the ment mental health and physical activity levels of workers.
A package of free support is available now for employers.
Merseyside Sports Partnership (MSP) recently surveyed businesses in Liverpool. 91% reported that staff health and wellbeing has reduced as a result of Covid-19, and 85% said that staff don’t feel as connected to each other.
As we move through the different phases of the lockdown easing, there is a real opportunity for businesses and employees to start to adopt new behaviours that could result in better productivity, healthier staff and a greener environment.
Liverpool Active Workplaces is here to support your organisation, and by signing up you’ll receive a free package of support that includes:
Resources, staff activity challenges and group activities for employees, to help encourage them to be more active, including whilst working from home
Workshops for managers about how to improve staff health and wellbeing, and peer support training for colleagues
Workplace Toolkit – a practical guide to implementing workplace activity initiatives during/after Covid-19 and signposting to sources of support
Access to the Liverpool Active Workplace Conference, learning events and further staff consultation support
Becoming an active workplace is quick and simple – join in with the growing network of organisations across Liverpool who have signed up to the initiative, supporting Liverpool to become the most active core city in England.
Find out more and sign up now via the MSP website.
Lloyds Bank Foundation 2021 funding programme: unrestricted grants of £50k
The Lloyds Bank Foundation 2021 funding programme is now open, with £9.5m to distribute to small and local charities in England and Wales.
Registered charities helping complex social issues involving any of the following can apply: addiction and dependency, asylum seekers and refugees, care leavers, domestic abuse, homelessness and vulnerably housed, learning disabilities, mental health, offending, prison or community service or young parents.
In 2021, the Foundation will offer around 190 charities a two-year unrestricted grant of £50,000, which gives charities greater flexibility over how they use their resources.
Alongside the funding, charities will be supported by a regional manager, who will work with them to identify priority development needs, and support them to access a wide range of organisation development support to meet those needs.
This year the foundation will be open all year; rather than distributing grants via multiple funding rounds, applications will be considered at any time. This means that charities can apply for funds as and when they are ready.
To be eligible, charities need to have an annual income of between £25k and £1m.
For further information about the opportunity, including details of regional priority areas, visit the Lloyds Bank Foundation website.
Anthony Walker Foundation – Chief Executive
We’re excited to announce we’re looking to hire a Chief Executive Officer to lead the organisation on it’s next phase of delivery in tackling racism, supporting victims of hate crimes and educating communities.
Established in 2005, after Anthony’s racially motivated murder, the Anthony Walker Foundation continues to provide education and support services to tackle hate and discrimination in its many forms.
Our vision is one of a global society where race, religion and ethnicity do not label any person or put them at risk; where racial intolerance/violence is unacceptable and cultural diversity is embraced.
Our mission is to promote racial harmony through education, sport, the arts and support people and communities who have experienced hate crime.
What we deliver
The Hate Crime Victim Support Service funded by the Ministry of Justice through the Office of the Police Crime Commissioner for Merseyside.
An extensive education programme, locally and regionally.
Community programmes supported by funders including Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, National Lottery Community Fund, PH Holt, The JD Foundation and a number of individual donors.
An influential corporate and consultancy arm that is shaping high level, strategic cultural change to challenge and remove structural racism.
There has never been a more important time to increase the positive reach of the Foundation and so we are looking to appoint a Chief Executive Officer.
As our CEO, you will be an ambassador exerting a positive influence at all levels, ensuring that the AWF at the forefront of change in our mission to ensure that anti-racism becomes an active part of all our lives; you must be able to clearly articulate the work of the Foundation, the context within which it operates and how our work can be taken further.
Above all you will understand and embrace the reality that this role is a part of a mission, and the successful person will have more to offer than just matching a job description and a person specification.
If you are attracted to this role then in the first instance, we are asking that you email a brief expression of interest for the attention of our interim Chief Executive, John Denny on john.denny2013@gmail.com.
You will then be contacted for an initial conversation about the role, including the terms and conditions, which in the first instance will be part time and fixed term.
The closing date for initial expressions of interest is Friday the 12 of March.
The Anthony Walker Foundation is an equal opportunities employer and would welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We would encourage those from Black and ethnic minority communities to apply.
The Good Food Plan – Programme Coordinator
Term: Full-time, for a fixed period of three months. The placement would be well suited to a secondment from a partner organisation, collaboration or self-employed / consultancy contract
Salary: Negotiable
Location: Homebased
We want to live in a city where everyone is able to access healthy and nutritious food.
The City of Liverpool has a proud track record of working collaboratively to support the most vulnerable in our communities and ensuring basic needs are met. One such area is the ‘Right to Food’.
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, organisations across the city have responded to ensure emergency food has been provided where needed, and to work towards a future where everyone has access to and ability to use affordable and nutritious food; and that the supply of food into the city is sustainable.
A group of partners – including Liverpool City Council, Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services and Feeding Liverpool – has formed, seeking to produce a Good Food Plan for Liverpool. The plan will ultimately form part of the wider City Plan for Liverpool but set out a clear path to achieving the above objectives. The first few months of this plan are about establishing the foundations on which the plan will be built – gathering and articulating what we already know about food in the city; suggesting obvious measures we can take in the short term, and setting the basis for long-term change. This includes hearing the voices of those in our communities in line with City Plan principles.
Stage 1 of the Good Food Plan is due for completion in June 2021.
We are seeking an experienced programme manager to support the partnership in getting to this point. Individual work streams are already underway and we need someone to ‘pull it all together’.
Programme Coordinator Brief
This placement will be full-time, for a fixed period of three months. The placement would be well suited to a secondment from a partner organisation, collaboration or self-employed / consultancy contract.
The contract will be held by Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services on behalf of the Steering Group.
The Programme Manager will support the delivery of Liverpool’s Good Food Plan. Reporting to the Chairs of the Steering Group the main responsibilities of the post holder will be to:
-Work with the steering group and contracted creative agencies to lead the production of the Good Food Plan; including drafting, consultation, and dissemination of findings to stakeholders.
-Act as the main point of contact for the steering group and partners, providing coordination of the day-to-day operations of the group.
– Act as main point of contact for external organisations engaging with the Good Food Plan, ensuring requests for information are dealt with appropriately.
– Support the steering group in liaison with the National Food Strategy – including an interim submission on behalf of Liverpool partners.
– Take responsibility for the project management cycle ensuring milestones are met, risk is well-managed, deliverables are achieved, and inter-dependencies across the work of the group are identified and managed.
– Take responsibility for the project budget
– Providing support to the work stream leads to deliver these elements of the plan
– Communicate progress to the Chair(s) and Steering Group Members
The Ideal Candidate will have:
– Strong written and verbal communication skills:
o ability to write reports using both quantitative and qualitative research that are accessible to multiple audiences.
o ability to liaise with diverse stakeholders
– Proven ability in project management and experience of coordinating complex programmes of work.
-Experience of supplier and partner contract management – working with creative agencies to create a design and publication concepts.
– A passion for ensuring affordable, healthy and sustainable food provision in Liverpool. Experience in food planning is desirable.
– Experience of working across public, private and voluntary sectors at a senior level.
– Proven ability to work with a team of professionals as part of coordinated approach.
– Experience working in a public policy environment, and in particular with local government.
– Commitment to a positive, asset based way of working.
Process
Expressions of interest should be made by email to the Chairs of the Steering Group via its secretariat Brigid Parkinson at Brigid.Parkinson@liverpool.gov.uk.
Expressions of interest should come in the form of an email, setting out a short proposal which includes relevant skills and experience, track record with similar projects, and a short biography of any individuals to be involved in the project.
Closing date for expressions of interest will be 5pm on Thursday 18 March, with applicants invited to interview during the week beginning 22 March.
Got questions about the specifics of the project? Contact Brigid to arrange an informal conversation with a steering group member before the deadline.
Timetable and Outputs
We aim for this role to start at the beginning of April and run until the end of June. Individual workstreams are already underway.
We are working on a tight timetable to deliver a document and associated event in June. Detailed timetable to be agreed on contracting.
The Brain Charity – Welfare Benefits & Employment Law Officer
Welfare Benefits & Employment Law Officer
Salary: £22,054.50 (Under Review) (+10% Pension after successful completion of probationary period)
Contract: Permanent
Base: The Brain Charity, Liverpool. L3 8LR
Hours: 37.5 hrs per week
Role Summary
The legislation and regulation that surrounds the welfare benefits and employment system can often be highly technical and difficult for many individuals to navigate. If you are someone who lives with a neurological condition, it can be impossible to seek out the information you need and use it to protect your rights or apply for the support you’re entitled to.
Our Welfare Benefits and Employment Law Officer will act as a specialist within our wider employment & welfare team, supporting individuals with any complex requirements they may present by providing high quality casework.
If you are a technically-minded individual with a keen eye for detail and an interest in law, we would love to hear from you.
About The Brain Charity
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer conditions. We are there for every single one of them.
The Brain Charity has recently been successful in winning funding for several new areas of work including two new major employment projects. Our Directions & New Horizons projects, funded by the European Social Fund, are designed to support adults with multiple and complex barriers to work to enter the labour market.
We recognise that the pandemic has hit our service users hard, and that many of those we are here to support now face unemployment, financial difficulties and mental health issues.
Because of these reasons, we are expanding our front-line team.
Application information
We are an award-winning charity and have recently received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest accolade given by the Crown to Third Sector organisations.
If you are passionate about our cause and would like to become part of a vibrant and diverse team, we would love to hear from you.
For all roles, you will need to complete an application form. Please do not send in your C.V. or apply via the Guardian Jobs portal direct, as this will not be counted.
The Brain Charity prides itself on being an open and diverse place to work and we openly encourage those from minority groups to apply.
Closing date for all job roles: Wed 31 March 5pm. Interviews for successful applicants will take place during the week commencing the 12 April.
Please ring 0151 298 2999 or e-mail jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk to request your application pack.
Merseyside Law Centre – Our Liverpool Caseworker
Term: June 2022
Hours: up to 28
Salary: £22,500 prop rata
Location: Liverpool City Centre
Merseyside Law Centre was established in 2017. We are a small but growing and ambitious, regional law centre committed to providing access to justice. We have secured an extension to funding for our work assisting asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants and are recruiting a caseworker to help us to continue to deliver and develop this successful project.
If you share our commitment to social justice and fighting for equality please apply.
Personal Assistant
Salary: £11,029.20 per annum (+10% Pension after successful completion of probationary period)
Contract: Permanent
Base: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, Liverpool. L3 8LR
Hours:21 hours per week (hours to be negotiated but will fall between 9am and 5pm Mon – Fri)
Role Summary
As a key employer of individuals with neurological conditions, ensuring our staff are offered the highest levels of support to carry out their role is a key priority.
As a Personal Assistant, you will support our Community & Events Fundraiser to organise and prioritise their workload through effective use of Microsoft Office and Outlook, minute-taking and proof-reading their written communications.
We are seeking a highly organised and supportive individual with excellent literary and numeracy skills.
About The Brain Charity
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer conditions. We are there for every single one of them.
The Brain Charity has recently been successful in winning funding for several new areas of work including two new major employment projects. Our Directions & New Horizons projects, funded by the European Social Fund, are designed to support adults with multiple and complex barriers to work to enter the labour market.
We recognise that the pandemic has hit our service users hard, and that many of those we are here to support now face unemployment, financial difficulties and mental health issues.
Because of these reasons, we are expanding our front-line team.
Application information
We are an award-winning charity and have recently received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest accolade given by the Crown to Third Sector organisations.
If you are passionate about our cause and would like to become part of a vibrant and diverse team, we would love to hear from you.
For all roles, you will need to complete an application form. Please do not send in your C.V. or apply via the Guardian Jobs portal direct, as this will not be counted.
The Brain Charity prides itself on being an open and diverse place to work and we openly encourage those from minority groups to apply.
Closing date for all job roles: Wed 31 March 5pm. Interviews for successful applicants will take place during the week commencing the 12 April.
Please ring 0151 298 2999 or e-mail jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk to request your application pack.
The Brain Charity – Employment Confidence Coach
Employment Confidence Coach
Salary: £11,027.25 (Under Review)
Contract: Fixed term until September 2023
Base: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, Liverpool, L3 8LR
Hours: 18.75 hrs per week (hours to be negotiated but will fall between 9am and 5pm Mon – Fri)
Role Summary
We are seeking a confidence coach who will work one-on-one with our service users to improve their confidence, in order to boost their chances of gaining work.
We are looking for a motivational individual with strong communication skills who can access a wide range of techniques and services which encourage people to make the necessary changes to their mindset to reach their full potential.
About The Brain Charity
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer conditions. We are there for every single one of them.
The Brain Charity has recently been successful in winning funding for several new areas of work including two new major employment projects. Our Directions & New Horizons projects, funded by the European Social Fund, are designed to support adults with multiple and complex barriers to work to enter the labour market.
We recognise that the pandemic has hit our service users hard, and that many of those we are here to support now face unemployment, financial difficulties and mental health issues.
Because of these reasons, we are expanding our front-line team.
Application information
We are an award-winning charity and have recently received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest accolade given by the Crown to Third Sector organisations.
If you are passionate about our cause and would like to become part of a vibrant and diverse team, we would love to hear from you.
For all roles, you will need to complete an application form. Please do not send in your C.V. or apply via the Guardian Jobs portal direct, as this will not be counted.
The Brain Charity prides itself on being an open and diverse place to work and we openly encourage those from minority groups to apply.
Closing date for all job roles: Wed 31 March 5pm. Interviews for successful applicants will take place during the week commencing the 12 April.
Please ring 0151 298 2999 or e-mail jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk to request your application pack.
The Brain Charity – Employer Relationship Officer
Employer Relationship Officer
Salary: £22,054.50 (Under Review)
Contract: Fixed term until September 2023
Base: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, Liverpool, L3 8LR
Hours: 37.5 hrs per week
Role Summary
One of the key barriers our client group faces when it comes to finding employment is discrimination. Getting a foot in the door can be the very first hurdle.
Your job will be to cultivate relationships with local employers to raise awareness of the talent and skills of our service users. By skilfully brokering introductions between potential applicants and major Liverpool City Region employers, you will play a vital role in supporting our service users to find work.
We are seeking an individual with good business sense and great communication skills. If you are good at building business relationships with a wide variety of partners, we would love to hear from you.
About The Brain Charity
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer conditions. We are there for every single one of them.
The Brain Charity has recently been successful in winning funding for several new areas of work including two new major employment projects. Our Directions & New Horizons projects, funded by the European Social Fund, are designed to support adults with multiple and complex barriers to work to enter the labour market.
We recognise that the pandemic has hit our service users hard, and that many of those we are here to support now face unemployment, financial difficulties and mental health issues.
Because of these reasons, we are expanding our front-line team.
Application information
We are an award-winning charity and have recently received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest accolade given by the Crown to Third Sector organisations.
If you are passionate about our cause and would like to become part of a vibrant and diverse team, we would love to hear from you.
For all roles, you will need to complete an application form. Please do not send in your C.V. or apply via the Guardian Jobs portal direct, as this will not be counted.
The Brain Charity prides itself on being an open and diverse place to work and we openly encourage those from minority groups to apply.
Closing date for all job roles: Wed 31 March 5pm. Interviews for successful applicants will take place during the week commencing the 12 April.
Please ring 0151 298 2999 or e-mail jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk to request your application pack.
The Brain Charity – Information and Advice Officer
Advice & Information Officer
Salary: £22,054.50 (Under review) (+10% Pension after successful completion of probationary period)
Contract: Permanent
Base: Various Acute Hospital Trusts across the Liverpool area.
Hours: Hours: 37.5 per week
Role Summary
Offering a listening ear and giving practical information on things such as employment, benefits and housing is a key part of The Brain Charity’s work.
As one of our Information and Advice Officers, you will be at the front line of this service, delivering support directly to those who need it.
We’re looking for an individual with excellent communication and assessment skills to work with in and out-patients at The Walton Centre neurological hospital and other relevant health settings in the Liverpool area.
About The Brain Charity
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer conditions. We are there for every single one of them.
The Brain Charity has recently been successful in winning funding for several new areas of work including two new major employment projects. Our Directions & New Horizons projects, funded by the European Social Fund, are designed to support adults with multiple and complex barriers to work to enter the labour market.
We recognise that the pandemic has hit our service users hard, and that many of those we are here to support now face unemployment, financial difficulties and mental health issues.
Because of these reasons, we are expanding our front-line team.
Application information
We are an award-winning charity and have recently received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest accolade given by the Crown to Third Sector organisations.
If you are passionate about our cause and would like to become part of a vibrant and diverse team, we would love to hear from you.
For all roles, you will need to complete an application form. Please do not send in your C.V. or apply via the Guardian Jobs portal direct, as this will not be counted.
The Brain Charity prides itself on being an open and diverse place to work and we openly encourage those from minority groups to apply.
Closing date for all job roles: Wed 31 March 5pm. Interviews for successful applicants will take place during the week commencing the 12 April.
Please ring 0151 298 2999 or e-mail jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk to request your application pack.
The Brain Charity – Employment Project Officer
Employment Project Officer
Salary: £22,054.50 (Under Review)
Contract: Fixed term until September 2023
Base: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, Liverpool, L3 8LR
Hours: 37.5 hrs per week
Role Summary
We are seeking a hands-on and positive person to support individuals with neurological conditions in their search for work.
Our service users might be looking for work for the first time, returning to the job market after several months of illness or launching a whole new career after a life-changing event or diagnosis.
You will work creatively to find the right solutions for the individuals you work with, and provide expert practical support to get them to where they want to be.
About The Brain Charity
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer conditions. We are there for every single one of them.
The Brain Charity has recently been successful in winning funding for several new areas of work including two new major employment projects. Our Directions & New Horizons projects, funded by the European Social Fund, are designed to support adults with multiple and complex barriers to work to enter the labour market.
We recognise that the pandemic has hit our service users hard, and that many of those we are here to support now face unemployment, financial difficulties and mental health issues.
Because of these reasons, we are expanding our front-line team.
Application information
We are an award-winning charity and have recently received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest accolade given by the Crown to Third Sector organisations.
If you are passionate about our cause and would like to become part of a vibrant and diverse team, we would love to hear from you.
For all roles, you will need to complete an application form. Please do not send in your C.V. or apply via the Guardian Jobs portal direct, as this will not be counted.
The Brain Charity prides itself on being an open and diverse place to work and we openly encourage those from minority groups to apply.
Closing date for all job roles: Wed 31 March 5pm. Interviews for successful applicants will take place during the week commencing the 5 April.
Please ring 0151 298 2999 or e-mail jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk to request your application pack.
Compass Director of Counselling and Operations
Term: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week Monday-Friday Flexibility in working hours /days as required.
Salary: £38,000 per annum
Location: Liverpool
Compass Counselling is an established provider of affordable counselling and counselling training to adults throughout Merseyside. We are a vibrant counselling community of qualified and trainee volunteer counsellors, supervisors and trainers.
We are recruiting a Director of Counselling and Operations to lead Compass in growing and developing our services. The role will involve the organisation and oversight of current services and management of these in combination with new service development to meet the changing mental health needs of people on Merseyside.
The successful candidate will lead a team of staff and volunteers, being responsible for the operational success and strategic development of services.
All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS clearance, employment references and a six-month probation period. Compass seeks to avoid all forms of discrimination and is an equal opportunities employer. If you require these materials in an alternative format, please contact us to arrange this.
For more information and a complete job description visit the Compass website.
If you would like to apply for this role, please request an information pack by ringing 0151 237 3993 or by emailing recruitment@compass-counselling.org.uk
Closing date: 19 March 2021
Interview Date: 30 March 2021
The Brain Charity – Projects Manager (Employment and Welfare)
Projects Manager (Employment & Welfare)
Salary: £31,512.00 (Under Review)
Contract: Fixed term until September 2023
Base: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, Liverpool, L3 8LR
Hours: 37.5 hrs per week
We are seeking a motivational leader to manage our innovative new employment and welfare projects.
The postholder will need to be a target driven and dynamic individual who can drive change and inspire those around them to tackle challenges head on.
If you have a proven track record in project management or service delivery, we would love to hear from you.
About The Brain Charity
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and many rarer conditions. We are there for every single one of them.
The Brain Charity has recently been successful in winning funding for several new areas of work including two new major employment projects. Our Directions & New Horizons projects, funded by the European Social Fund, are designed to support adults with multiple and complex barriers to work to enter the labour market.
We recognise that the pandemic has hit our service users hard, and that many of those we are here to support now face unemployment, financial difficulties and mental health issues.
Because of these reasons, we are expanding our front-line team.
Application information
We are an award-winning charity and have recently received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest accolade given by the Crown to Third Sector organisations.
If you are passionate about our cause and would like to become part of a vibrant and diverse team, we would love to hear from you.
For all roles, you will need to complete an application form. Please do not send in your C.V. or apply via the Guardian Jobs portal direct, as this will not be counted.
The Brain Charity prides itself on being an open and diverse place to work and we openly encourage those from minority groups to apply.
Closing date for all job roles: Wed 31 March 5pm. Interviews for successful applicants will take place during the week commencing the 5 April.
Please ring 0151 298 2999 or e-mail jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk to request your application pack.
The Good Food Plan – Creative Agency
Term: April – June
Hours: N/A
Salary: £11,000 – inclusive of all costs.
Location:
We want to live in a city where everyone is able to access healthy and nutritious food. The City of Liverpool has a proud track record of working collaboratively to support the most vulnerable in our communities and ensuring basic needs are met. One such area is the ‘Right to Food’.
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, organisations across the city have responded to ensure emergency food has been provided where needed, and to work towards a future where everyone has access to and ability to use affordable and nutritious food; and that the supply of food into the city is sustainable.
A group of partners – including Liverpool City Council, Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services and Feeding Liverpool – has formed and is seeking to produce a Good Food Plan for Liverpool. The plan will ultimately form part of the wider City Plan for Liverpool but set out a clear path to achieving the above objectives.
The first few months of this plan are about establishing the foundations on which the plan will be built – gathering and articulating what we already know about food in the city; suggesting obvious measures we can take in the short term, and setting the basis for long-term change. This includes hearing the voices of those in our communities in line with City Plan principles.
Stage 1 of the Good Food Plan is due for completion in June 2021. We anticipate this stage accumulating in a stakeholder event and report, with additional public facing outputs (such as videos).
This stage will bring together three key elements of the plan: data, listening and mapping.
The listening project will seek to listen to the experiences of residents across Liverpool experiencing food insecurity to:
a) Build a stronger understanding of the lived experiences of residents as part of the first stage of Liverpool’s Good Food Plan
b) Raise public awareness of the lived experiences of those experiencing food insecurity
c) Inform the future development of the Good Food Plan
We will do this through 5 x focus groups with local organisations and 12 x interviews with individual experiencing food insecurity.
The mapping project will include developing public facing maps to support both organisations and individuals as they navigate food provision across the city. This will build on the initial Feeding Liverpool map of affordable food provision in our city.
Creative Agency Brief
We are looking to engage an experienced creative agency (or individual) who can work with us on the Good Food Plan, supporting both the overall design and look of the plan and specific aspects of the plan, including The Listening Project – ensure the stories and findings are communicated in accessible, engaging ways – and The Mapping Project – supporting us to communicate public facing food provision maps.
As a minimum we are envisaging:
– The formation of a campaign brand for the Good Food Plan – including a logo that can be used across all outputs
– The design/production of 2 PDF reports – a longer report and executive summary and an infographic of the key findings (for June 2021)
– Editable assets (Word and PowerPoint templates)
Specific to the listening project:
– Production of a set of short videos (filmed on location, or animated videos if participants need to stay anonymous)
– Infographic/visualisation or similar of focus group findings (could be via graphic facilitation)
Specific to the mapping project:
-Support to communicate the public facing food provision maps: this may include a creative flow diagram to show organisations and the public which level of food provision they need to access / short 30 second videos explain how to use the maps
The maps will be hosted on Feeding Liverpool’s website.
Visual maps of specific case study areas may also be needed in the final report
In both of these elements we are open to hearing your vision for creatively communicating these aspects of the Good Food Plan.
The budget is £11,000, inclusive of all costs.
The role will be contracted through Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services, with the creative agency reporting to the Good Food Plan Project Manager and working with relevant project partners such as Feeding Liverpool.
Expressions of interest should be made by email to the Chair (s) of the Good Food Plan Steering Group via its secretariat: Brigid Parkinson on Brigid.Parkinson@liverpool.gov.uk
These should be no more than 2 pages and include links to your previous work and details of your experience in this area.
Closing date: Thursday 18 March with applicants invited to pitch during the week beginning 22 March.
The Brain Charity launches music-based therapy series for people with dementia
Music can play a vital role in daily care for people living with dementia. It stirs memories, reduces agitation and creates moments of joyful connection. This new 12 week course from The Brain Charity is designed to do all of that, even while live workshops are unable to go ahead.
Over the past few months, the dementia project team at The Brian Charity has been busy preparing and filming the music-based therapy workshops they usually offer in the community, so that they can be shared in households and care homes all over the UK.
The 12-week video programme is now complete and available! It’s made up of singing workshops, with a focus on speech and language therapy, as well as dance workshops, coupled with physiotherapy. All of these are set to familiar classic tunes to keep participants engaged.
Anyone who takes part will receive one email per week containing a specialist exercise video and guidance on how to join in safely. During the 12 weeks, you will also have the opportunity to book a consultation with a speech and language therapist or physiotherapist from the charity, to discuss any specific issues that you, or the person you care for, might be facing.
Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership (MVRP)
Grade D – £ 23,817- £26,016
City Centre Office location
36.5 hrs per week
12-month secondment – up to 31/03/22 with option to extend (dependent upon Home Office funding position)
Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership brings together partners from across Merseyside with the shared aim of reducing serious violence, which has an impact upon our communities. The partnership is funded by the Home Office and uses a public health approach to tackling serious violence by identifying the root causes of violence and designing and implementing solutions to prevent people, and particularly young people, from having their lives impacted by violence – “we believe that all communities across Merseyside have the right to be free from violence in order to provide the best life chances for all”.
MVRP has staff from the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner, Public Health, Merseyside Local Authorities, Community Safety Partnerships, Education, Probation, Youth Justice, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service and Merseyside Police who work together towards the collective aims to reduce the effects of serious violence and improve life chances for all.
In recognition of the need to fully understand our serious violence problem on Merseyside we are investing in additional analytical resources to enable MVRP to continue to evolve and to effectively develop their public health approach to reducing serious violence.
Job Purpose
To support the VRP Evidence hub manager and VRP Evidence Hub Analyst in the production of strategic analysis and research reports, in order to inform decision making throughout the partnership regarding better understanding of the problem of serious violence.
Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership (MVRP)
Grade F – £32,673 – £38,376
City Centre Office location
36.5 hrs per week
12-month secondment – up to 31/03/22 with option to extend (dependent upon Home Office funding position)
Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership brings together partners from across Merseyside with the shared aim of reducing serious violence, which impacts upon our communities. The partnership is funded by the Home Office and uses a public health approach to tackling serious violence by identifying the root causes of violence and designing and implementing solutions to prevent people, and particularly young people, from having their lives impacted by violence – “we believe that all communities across Merseyside have the right to be free from violence in order to provide the best life chances for all”.
MVRP has staff from the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner, Public Health, Merseyside Local Authorities, Community Safety Partnerships, Education, Probation, Youth Justice, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service and Merseyside Police who work together towards the collective aims to reduce the effects of serious violence and improve life chances for all.
In recognition of the need to fully understand our serious violence problem on Merseyside we are investing in additional analytical resources to enable MVRP to continue to evolve and to effectively develop their public health approach to reducing serious violence.
Job Purpose
You will manage a new analytical team who will shape and direct the activities of MVRP. They will work closely with key stakeholders and a broad range of partners to maximise the value of varied data sources and ensure that MVRP activity is evidence led. Working with academic partners, Home Office colleagues and learning from good practice obtained from other national VRU’s, literature reviews and such like, you will be well placed to influence the future of Merseyside’s approach to providing a brighter and safer future for our young people.
Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership (MVRP)
Grade E – £26,865 – £31,725
City Centre Office location
36.5 hrs per week
12-month secondment – up to 31/03/22 with option to extend (dependent upon Home Office funding position)
Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership brings together partners from across Merseyside with the shared aim of reducing serious violence, which impacts upon our communities. The partnership is funded by the Home Office and uses a public health approach to tackling serious violence by identifying the root causes of violence and designing and implementing solutions to prevent people, and particularly young people, from having their lives impacted by violence – “we believe that all communities across Merseyside have the right to be free from violence in order to provide the best life chances for all”.
MVRP has staff from the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner, Public Health, Merseyside Local Authorities, Community Safety Partnerships, Education, Probation, Youth Justice, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service and Merseyside Police who work together towards the collective aims to reduce the effects of serious violence and improve life chances for all.
In recognition of the need to fully understand our serious violence problem on Merseyside we are investing in additional analytical resources to enable MVRP to continue to evolve and to effectively develop their public health approach to reducing serious violence.
Job Purpose
Provide a strategic analytical product to inform and direct senior decision makers throughout the violence reduction partnership. Interpret and analyse data, internal and external factors, research material, and environmental scanning, to ensure better understanding of the problem of serious violence in order to provide the best life chances for all.
National charity Fuel Bank Foundation offers support and assistance to people experiencing fuel poverty in the UK.
The key aims of the charity are:
PREVENT
To improve mental and physical health by preventing energy self-disconnection.
RECOVER
To give people in crisis the breathing space to get back on their feet.
SUPPORT
To enable more people to access longer term support.
CHANGE
To raise awareness for the heat or eat dilemma and bring about energy system change.
The Fuel Bank Foundation website is an excellent resource for individuals in need of support. It states ‘Our mission is addressing head on financial vulnerability and the impact of this on the essential energy families’ and individuals need.’
imagine Independence – Mental Health Outreach Support Worker
Position: Mental Health Outreach Support Worker Job Reference: 21/15
Outreach Services, Sefton (Including North and South Sefton)
Hours: 25 per week, Monday-Friday (hours flexible between 9-5)
Salary: £17,047.60 per annum
We are looking for a professional, dedicated and experienced Support Worker who can offer commitment to delivering high quality community-based care to service users living in the Sefton area. You will have experience of working with people with mental health and/or learning disability needs. You will need excellent communication skills and be flexible in approach. You will have a positive attitude and be non-judgmental.
It is essential to the role that you have a committed approach towards maintaining confidentiality protecting the dignity of the individual and promoting their independence.
It’s desirable that you have at least an NVQ2 qualification in Health and Social Care. For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Closing date for applications: Monday 15 March 2021 at 9am.
Interview date to be confirmed.
Imagine Independence aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community
Greenbank – Learning Support Coordinator
Term: Permanent Full-time
Hours: 35 hours per week (excluding meal breaks of 1 hour)
Salary: £22,658p.a. (SCP 25)
Location: The main place of work is Greenbank College, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool L17 1AG. The post may require work in different locations from time to time.
Greenbank is looking for a Learning Support Coordinator to co-ordinate the Learning Support Worker team to ensure students have all necessary support to enable them to achieve their goals.
If you have the skills or experience to manage a team, coupled with a passion for removing barriers that may prevent learners achieve their goals, then this may be the role for you.
Job Purpose
To support the SEND Manager to provide a support service for students with additional needs or barriers to learning. Responsibilities include being a key member of the safeguarding team and management of Learning Support Workers including the coordination of support timetables in line with funding.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
1. To coordinate a team of Learning Support Workers, including line management and timetabling of support.
2. To be responsible for the safe administration and storage of student medication including liaising with parents/carers and students to regularly review.
3. To carry out risk assessments for students in line with College policies and procedures.
4. To be a key, active member of the safeguarding team.
5. To Support the Education, Health and Care Plan process and annual reviews.
6. To provide welfare themed interventions to students where there are barriers to learning.
7. To work with SEND Teaching and Learning Support Officer to identify barriers to learning and work to overcome these.
8. To support quality and participate in college observation process, specifically focusing on Learning Support Workers.
9. To support IAG with transition days for new students.
10. To maintain accurate records of all interventions and student information.
11. To oversee the safe practice of personal care, ensuring that training needs are identified and stock levels are maintained.
12. To liaise with external agencies such as mental health services, welfare rights and others to ensure students are receiving appropriate support.
13. To undertake administrative duties; maintain confidential records and monitor, review and audit learning support evidence records in line with quality standards.
14. To comply with Greenbank’s confidentiality policies and procedures
15. To comply with Greenbank’s Health and Safety policy and procedures.
16. Ensure compliance with Equal Opportunities and other legislative requirements
17. Undergo training as recommended by the line manager
18. Carry out other duties as assigned by Greenbank’s senior management team
Additional vacancy details
This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post at the time of writing and is not intended to be exhaustive. The jobholder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. This job description may be reviewed when necessary in line with the development of the organisation.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and adhering to the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.
Applicants should note that the successful candidate will be asked to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Term Permanent
Hours: Full-Time
Salary:c. £32,000
Location: Merseyside
This is a rare opportunity to develop your career by becoming the leader of a small charity.
Aftermath Support began as a pilot scheme for Merseyside, funded and supported by the Home Office, with the single aim of improving the support provided to victims of incidents involving road death and serious injury. The pilot scheme ended in 2005 and since then the charity has grown to be a registered charity that offers free, confidential advice and support from trained volunteers. This ranges from emotional support on how to cope with grief to practical support such as advice on funeral Grants and civil law.
The charity works closely with victims and bereaved families and is supported by numerous other organisations to form a considerable network of support. An essential component of this work is that it empowers victims to make informed choices in relation to the support available to them as well as raising public awareness of the devastation road traffic collisions cause to the victims and their families.
As one client said:
“I found it very hard to process and cope after my accident. Julie guided me through it and I always felt that I could trust her 100%. I don’t know how I would have coped without her help and can honestly say that the work you do is fantastic”.
Following the retirement of the current General Manager, the Board are keen to appoint a new leader that can work with them to develop the charity further. The role is about building internal capacity and resources, especially IT and systems. It’s also about continuing to expand and develop a skilled and passionate group of volunteers who work directly with clients and partner organisations.
You’ll be someone that has management experience and is ready for a leadership role. You’ll have the skills to motivate staff and volunteers and the personal drive and energy to bring about change in the organisation.
As you’d expect with a small organisation, you’ll need to roll your sleeves up and help deliver the service – supporting the staff team and volunteers in working directly with victims and families. You’ll also manage the organisation – its finances and processes, so fundraising skills would be a huge advantage. In return, you’ll get a job that is fast-paced, flexible, important and incredibly rewarding.
How To Apply
Please email us at recruitment@brucetaitassociates.com or call us on 01786 542 224 to request an information pack, full job description and person specification.
Please get in touch well in advance of the closing date to give us time to consider your application and pre-interview the strongest applicants.
Closing Date: Midday, Monday 22 March 2021
Interview Date: Friday 2 April 2021
Feeding Liverpool – Administration Support
Term: Fixed term, self employed contract March 2021 – June 2021
Hours: 28 hours per week
Salary: £11 per hour
Location: Homebased
Feeding Liverpool is Liverpool’s Food Alliance. We connect organisations and individuals who are concerned about hunger and food insecurity in Liverpool, whilst acting as what Bishop Paul describes as: ‘a line of sight to the street and back’ for local and national decision makers.
Our aims are to:
Create arenas for practitioners to share and shape good practices in relation to tackling hunger and food insecurity in Liverpool
Draw on experiences from the ground to contribute to and influence policy debates locally and nationally
Raise awareness and develop greater public understanding of food policy and related issues
Feeding Liverpool is a partner on the ‘Food insecurity Taskforce’ working to develop a Good Food Plan for Liverpool. Feeding Liverpool has been asked to lead on two elements of Stage 1 of this plan: 1) Listening to those with lived experience of food insecurity, and 2) Mapping existing emergency food provision, and affordable food provision, in our city.
We are seeking an administrator to support us with these projects, our existing projects, and the development of Feeding Liverpool. This placement will be for 28 hours per week, from March 2021 – end of June 2021 and will be paid £11 per hour, via monthly invoices.
We are looking to engage someone on a self-employed temporary / fixed term employment contract. The post holder will be responsible for filing their tax returns and the payment of any tax or national insurance.
The role will be contracted through Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services, with supervision from Dr Naomi Maynard, Network Coordinator of Feeding Liverpool.
The role:
The administrator will support Feeding Liverpool, reporting to Feeding Liverpool’s Network Coordinator and the Feeding Liverpool Steering Group.
The main responsibilities of the post holder would be to:
Scoping out the most appropriate format for the maps (currently a Google Map)
Connecting with organisations delivering food provision in Liverpool, recording and inputting information onto the maps
Checking and responding to emails, making telephone calls, conducting social media and internet searches
Working with the Network Coordinator to ensure clear communication of the maps
Providing administrative support for the Good Food Plan Listening project, including supporting the Listening Project Facilitator
Providing support on Feeding Liverpool’s existing projects, including the Winter Boost initiative, this may involve inputting monitoring data and taking minutes
Updating Feeding Liverpool’s website and communications
Supporting the steering group in the development of Feeding Liverpool, this may involve desk-based research, writing clear briefs for the steering group and identifying potential future funding opportunities
The ideal candidate will have:
Administration experience
Strong communication skills, including a good telephone manner and be confident doing internet and social media searches
Experience using Microsoft packages including Excel and Word
Experience of the voluntary sector, in a voluntary or paid capacity
An understanding of issues surrounding food insecurity
A familiarity with the city of Liverpool
Ability to work as part of a team
Commitment to a positive, proactive, professional way of working
Ability to work from home and access to personal homeworking equipment (i.e. internet and a laptop)
Process:
A Covering letter and CV should be sent to Dr Naomi Maynard, Network Coordinator Feeding Liverpool on
feedingliverpool@gmail.com by 12 noon Friday 5 March 2021.
Support for young people struggling with self-harm
Alumina offers support for 14-19 year olds struggling with self-harm, in the form of a free, online, seven week course.
Each course accommodates up to 8 young people, who all access the sessions from their own phones, tablets or laptops, from anywhere in the UK.
Courses take place on different evenings of the week and are run by friendly, trained counsellors and volunteer youth workers. Young people don’t need an adult to refer them or sign them up, and no-one will see or hear them during the sessions – they simply just join in via the chatbox.
Alumina aims to help young people find their next steps towards recovery.
Food Waste Action Week is taking place between 1-7 March 2021. To mark the occasion, Southport Eco Centre is launching a competition, in partnership with Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority, inviting children to get creative about tackling food waste.
The food we waste accounts for more global greenhouse gas emissions than all the world’s commercial flights. The processes of growing, making, distributing, storing and cooking our food use a massive amount of energy, fuel and water. To put it into perspective; if food waste were a country, that country would have the third biggest carbon footprint (after the USA and China)!
To raise awareness with children and families, Southport Eco Centre is asking you to look at how you could reduce your own food waste, and to come up with some fun recipe ideas that use the leftovers we frequently throw away, or the random tins that so often live in our kitchen cupboards.
The best entries will be adopted as official Eco Recipes and shared with schools and communities across the whole of the Northwest. They will also be included as downloadable recipe cards on partner websites.
Southport Eco Centre is an official learning destination for the Children’s University, so any participation can count towards Children’s University credits.
Writing on the Wall announced as Arts Organisation of the Year
Writing on the Wall has been awarded Art’s Organisation of the Year at this year’s LCR Culture and Creativity Awards.
More than 700 organisations were nominated and over 30 organisations and individuals shortlisted for the awards that recognise the cultural impact and vital work of creative organisations in the Liverpool City Region.
Writing on the Wall (WoW) was the only finalist shortlisted in three categories – the People’s Choice Award, the Covid-19 Creative Response (organisations) Award and, of course, the Arts Organisation of the Year Award.
The title of Art’s Organisation of the Year was awarded in recognition of the incredible work produced over the last year by the literary charity. This work included the launch of two month-long festivals, 14 projects, and writing centre The Writer’s Bloc. The Writer’s Bloc has been in the hearts and plans of WoW from its start and has now reached over 100,000 people digitally, since it came to fruition.
A statement from co-directors Mike Morris and Madeline Heneghan reads:
‘This award is a wonderful recognition of our work in 2020 and makes our 21st anniversary year celebrations even more special. We dedicate this to our supporters, funders, trustees, partners, participants, audiences, and the WoW Team. It is through their commitment to WoW that we have been able to achieve so much and this award is as much theirs as it is ours.’
The European Social Fund (ESF) Community Grant Programme is already helping many people in the Liverpool City Region, who face additional barriers in the workplace, to improve their employability and gain employment. Now ESF is gearing up to launch its Moving-On Round on 1 March 2021.
The Moving-On round is seeking applications from a wide range of voluntary organisations that are ready to reach out using approaches that tackle the new and emerging barriers arising from the impact of COVID 19. Organisations can work both remotely and in person, within social distancing requirements, once restrictions are eased.
Small grants of up to £20,000 are available across Liverpool City Region, to eligible organisations in the VCSE sector.
Projects should look to develop and maintain participant connections to learning experiences. Project activity should support, maintain and improve participant employability and resilience. Activities should develop progression routes into employment, further education and training, for participants.
All project activity must be within the current government COVID restrictions but should include flexibility to adapt as and when those restrictions change in the coming months.
The funding can help all who are out of work or economically inactive but especially those that:
have disabilities, learning difficulties or health conditions
are from ethnic minorities
are aged over 50
All eligible participants must be aged 19+ and live in the Merseyside or Halton area (this depends on which area the project is based).
Follow ESF Community Grants on Twitter at @ESF_WEANW.
Calling local writers to participate in #LiverpoolWrites, 2021 Year of Writing
In 2020 we celebrated the year of Reading in Liverpool. This year, we are continuing our journey of celebrating all things literary and literacy, by marking 2021 as the Year of Writing. Anyone can get involved and there right now there’s a fantastic opportunity for local writers to get some free promotion.
There are lots of free resources available, as well as events and activities taking place and more will be added all the time.
Join the conversation on Twitter using #LiverpoolWrites
Are you a writer based in Liverpool City Region? #LiverpoolWrites, 2021 Year of Writing, is putting together a directory of local freelance writers. They’d love to include anything you have to offer, including workshops, readings and other activities, and use that to promote writers to schools, colleges, universities, agents and publishers.
If you’d like to discuss anything in relation to the Year of Writing, get in touch with project coordinator John Maguire at info.2021yearofwriting@gmail.com.
FareShare Merseyside – Operations Manager
Term: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week, Monday – Friday. Flexibility in working hours / days will be required, between 7am – 7pm.
Salary: £26,000 per annum
Location: Speke
This role oversees the daily workings of the warehouse operations with accountability for health & safety, food safety, people and logistics to ensure the site meets agreed KPIs and business plans. You will provide leadership and direction to meet ambitious strategic and operational performance targets including oversight and monitoring of performance against budget. You will coordinate with central teams in FSUK and design, manage, deliver and report on specific projects to achieve the overall site strategy. You will manage the Warehouse Manager and other members of the team to ensure the wellbeing of our people and continuity of service for our members. You will lead by example to ensure that targets are met and ensure the continuity of delivery standards within the guidelines of FareShare UK policies and procedures. You will work in partnership with the site’s Regional Development Manager to grow and develop strategies to support our delivery and service excellence.
For more information and a complete job description visit the FareShare website.
If you would like to apply for this role, please send a copy of your CV, Cover Letter and an Equal Opportunities Form to recruitment@fareshare.org.uk. Please reply with your full name saved in the title of the cover letter and CV as well as in the body of the document. Please also indicate which out of the 3 FareShare regional centre’s you’re applying for on your application.
Closing date: 3 March 2021
Interview date: week commencing 8 March 2021
Survey for service user volunteers/peer mentors
Russell Webster and Revolving Doors Agency are co-producing a guide to better support service users working as volunteers (often as peer mentors). This guide will be shared widely, so that organisations can learn how to better treat and assist service user volunteers.
Those producing the guide are currently conducting a survey of service users working as volunteers in the UK.
If you have previously been a service user of a criminal justice, drug and alcohol, homeless or complex needs organisation and and you have worked as a volunteer for one or more organisations in these areas, within the last three years, please consider completing this confidential survey.
Free 6-week BSL program for Merseyside staff and volunteers
A new initiative to encourage more members of the public to take up sign language as an extra language and skill, is now available to residents of Merseyside. The Signs4Life scheme aims to help people to communicate and engage with children and adults who may have hearing impairments, by offering them free training in British Sign Language (BSL).
Hana Riaz, Signs4Life partnerships officer, said, “There are more than nine million hearing-impaired people registered in the UK. We have already worked with social workers, housing staff, teachers, the local NHS, and Royal Mail. We wanted to open our programs to the general public, who might also have an interest in learning sign language, especially now that many people are stuck at home during this third lockdown.
“We are offering a free 6-week BSL program, which you can enjoy and access from the comfort of your homes, delivered through Zoom”.
Signs4Life is leading efforts towards a society in which people with disabilities have full access and are working to raise the public and political awareness of disability provision.
For more details on the free community program, due to start after Easter half-term, please email Hana, on community@signs4life.org marking your email as ‘Merseyside’.
Female stars from Zanzibar will join LCR talent for Africa Oyé’s latest online showcase
Artists from Haiti, Zanzibar, South Africa and the Wirral make up an eclectic line-up for the latest episode of Africa Oyé’s new online series, Nyumbani.
This edition of Nyumbani, which takes its name from the Swahili word for ‘at home’, will premiere on the Liverpool institution’s Facebook and Youtube pages at 7pm on Friday 26 February 2021, with future episodes airing monthly.
The series, which debuted last December, features original concerts, interviews, documentaries and DJ sets from artists across Africa and the Diaspora.
One of the stand-out performers from the most recent festival in Sefton Park – back in 2019 – the Haitian Voodoo Priestess, Moonlight Benjamin, will return to delight the Oyé audience with a never-before-seen set, showcasing her unique take on blues rock.
Born and raised in Haiti, Moonlight spent her childhood with a priest who raised her and taught her Christian hymns. However, she quickly emancipated herself from this genre and began to discover her own style of music. Those tuning in to Nyumbani can expect 60s & 70s blues, rushing riffs and saturated electric guitars – all filtered through Caribbean voodoo – topped with Moonlight’s incredibly powerful and raw voice.
For those wanting a soundtrack while they get to work in the kitchen, Zanzibari Mim Suleiman will not only be performing songs as part of this episode, but will also be joining host Spykatcha for a special, cook-a-long interview!
The singer songwriter who performed in Sefton Park as part of the festival in 2018, will be sharing her recipe for Kachori – a delicious, deep-fried snack – and viewers can try their hand at making some themselves by downloading the step-by-step guide from the episode page on the Africa Oyé website before the show.
Adding some local flavour to proceedings will be the Wirral’s own, Tabitha Jade, who will be showcasing her latest single, Intuition, featuring PRIDO, a Manchester-based rapper of Zambian heritage.
Tabitha opened the Africa Oyé festival on the Sunday of the 2019 weekend – proudly celebrating her own Jamaican heritage – as part of the hugely successful ‘Oyé Introduces’ programme; her profile has gone from strength to strength ever since.
The FREE online show – airing on the Africa Oyé Youtube and Facebook pages – will also feature a DJ set from one of most exciting selectors on the South African scene right now, SNO.
Africa Oyé: Nyumbani, Episode 3 will premiere on the Africa Oyé Facebook Page and Youtube Channel at 7pm on Friday 26th Febuary. There is no charge to watch the stream but donations are welcomed via africaoye.com.
Merseyside Play Action Council – Holiday Activities and Food Coordinator
Term: 2 years
Hours: 35
Salary: £35k
Location: Merseyside Play Action Council
Main areas of responsibility
The post holder will co-ordinate the development and delivery of the Holiday Activity and Food programme (HAF) in Liverpool including:
Developing a full programme during each school holiday period in partnership with local delivery agencies, Liverpool City Council, LCVS and the Play Partnership Steering Group
Developing a training and development program including training re. School Food Standards, and Safeguarding
Managing the budget and ensuring that funds are allocated in an open and transparent way to meet the aims of the programme
Developing new partnerships with providers to support the aims of the programme
Ensuring that there are measurable outcomes and reporting systems in place
Providing regular reports and updates as required by LCC and the project Steering Group
Skills and knowledge
We are particularly interested from receiving applications from people with a wide range of knowledge and skills that have experience working in the Voluntary. Community and Faith Sector including;
A background in children’s play
Experience of partnership working at a senior level, including with elected members, City Council Officers, Funders and VCF organisations
Experience of grant making process and fundraising experience
Experience of developing and delivering strategic plans
Experience of managing large scale projects in the VCF sector
Managing Risk and risk mitigation
Please read the job description and ensure your application covers how you meet the criteria for this post.
Candidates who meet the shortlisting criteria will be invited to interview which will be conducted remotely given current Covid restrictions.
You will need to show the panel that you are committed to achieving high quality standards through the programme by delivering a ten minute presentation at interview.
Interviews are scheduled to take place on 10th of March. If you have any specific requirements to help you take part in the interview please let us know.
Additional information
The post will be based at the MPAC city centre building but during the current Covid restrictions the successful applicant will have the option for home working in line with Government guidance.
How to apply
In writing to Anne.hughes@merseyplay.com or by post to MPAC 1-27 Bridport Street, Liverpool L3 5QF enclosing a full CV and a one side A4 covering letter outlining how you meet the criteria for the post set out in the job description.
Closing date for applications is 5pm on the 3 March 2021.
MPAC is committed to equal opportunities, anti-discrimination and anti-oppressive policy and practice. No one we have contact with may be discriminated against either directly or indirectly on the grounds of gender, race, nationality, religion, cultural group, marital status, sexual orientation, age, or impairment. The policies apply to job applicants, employees, volunteers and users of our services.
PCC urges victims of crime to help to shape future support services
Victims of crime in Merseyside are being urged to share their experience of the support they received in order to help others.
Merseyside’s Police Commissioner, Jane Kennedy, is asking anyone who has been affected by crime in the last three years to share their views in order to help shape and improve the support services that are provided in the future.
Jane is responsible for commissioning many local support services for victims of crime and these are promoted and organised through the Victim Care Merseyside service. Over the last year, more than 6,000 victims have been supported by those services.
The Commissioner is now reviewing this provision to ensure they still meet the needs of victims. She is carrying out a consultation to consider how care and support should be delivered from 2022-2026, in preparation for a new PCC being elected in May who will carry the work forward.
As part of an eight-week Merseyside-wide consultation, the Commissioner is asking people to take part in a short online survey that aims to test how well existing referral processes and support services are working, and where improvements might be made in the future.
Jane said: “The Victim Care Merseyside service has been running for six years offering guidance, care and support to thousands of victims of crime, helping people who have been hurt and shocked by their experience to cope and recover.
“The service is doing vital work providing often life-changing care for victims every day, but we’re not complacent about the need to constantly look for ways we can improve. It is essential that victims of crime in Merseyside have access to the best support services and it is only by listening intently to the voices of those who have been a victim and gone through this experience that we can be sure we are doing the best we can.
“I don’t want to second guess the needs of victims or the decisions that a new PCC might make. I hope that those who have used the services will complete the survey to help shape the services in the future.
“Victims of crime often rely on support services to help them to recover from what can be a traumatic event, no matter what the offence. They deserve to feel involved in the criminal justice process, to be kept up-to-date on their cases and treated with dignity and respect at all time.
“By taking part in this consultation and sharing their experiences, they will be helping to ensure the support victims of crime receive is the best it can be.“
As well as the online survey, victims will also have the opportunity to share their experiences in a focus group or a one-to-one interview either online or by telephone.
The Commissioner’s team will also be consulting with community organisations and groups and directly with the services which support victims to look at the overall picture of support for victims in Merseyside.
Victim Care Merseyside
Victim Care Merseyside is a package of support and care which includes a dedicated victim’s referral mechanism embedded within Merseyside Police, seven specialist support services and the Victim Care Merseyside website, which acts as one-stop shop of information and advice for victims.
It is designed to prevent people becoming repeat victims, protect victims from further harm and help them to better cope and recover following the crime. It also ensures services are joined-up and consistent around the region, preventing anyone from being subjected to a postcode lottery of care.
There is evidence that structural inequalities are affecting the outcomes of BAME residents within the Liverpool City Region (LCR). This is demonstrated through labour market indicators: in LCR Black residents are less likely to be in employment and are more likely to be paid lower wages, with lower wage growth.
As a result, the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) has commissioned Innervision to undertake research and evidence gathering, with a view to providing practical recommendations and solutions to address the barriers and issues in the City Region.
Innervision Consultancy is a Black led, socially responsible business whose purpose is to improve the quality of life for people experiencing inequality.
You are invited to contribute to this research by completing this positive action survey.
There are also a series of focus groups that you may wish to take part in. They can be booked by clicking the links below:
Rosa and Smallwood Trust are working together to administer the Women Thrive Fund to women’s and girls’ organisations in the UK. With £1.79 million of Tampon Tax money, this partnership fund will give grants of up to £40,000 to organisations supporting women and girls to improve their mental health and wellbeing and/or improve their financial resilience.
This programme will fund work supporting the UK’s most vulnerable, disadvantaged and/or under-represented women and girls to:
Improve their mental health and well-being, gaining confidence, tools, skills and support to sustain those improvements; and/or
Improve their financial resilience, increasing their routes out of poverty, gaining confidence, tools, skills and support to secure a stable financial future.
The funders are particularly looking for proposals from organisations that address the needs of women and girls who miss out the most, including: Black and minoritised women and girls, disabled women and girls, LGBT+ women and girls, financially vulnerable women and girls, and older women.
The Women Thrive Fund is giving grants of up to:
£15,000 for organisations with a turnover of £200,000 inclusive
£40,000 for organisations with a turnover of £200,001 – £999,999
Organisations can also apply for an additional 25% of their grant request for work which will strengthen their organisation.
For more information about the Women Thrive Fund, including how to apply, application guidelines and FAQs visit the Rosa UK website.
Rosa will be running a ‘how to apply’ webinar on four separate dates in the coming weeks. If you would like to attend, click on a date below to book your place:
The deadline for applications is 5.00pm on Thursday 25th March.
Ovacome is seeking local partners for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Ovacome, the UK’s national ovarian cancer support charity, is encouraging community organisations based in the North West to help raise awareness of the disease during Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, March 2021.
Ovacome have small pots of funding to share with community organisations, to enable them to run a campaign:
raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer
raising awareness of Ovacome’s support services among communities that face barriers to accessing reliable information and support
Awareness resources are available in 6 community languages: Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu. There are also phone lines available in these languages, so support and information can be offered via an interpreter. The focus of the month’s campaigning should be distributing these resources.
Ovacome is keen to work in partnership with organisations, and able to tailor the campaign to best reach communities with this important messaging.
More information about this work can be found on the Ovacome website.
If your organisation is interested in partnering with Ovacome during March 2021, please contact I.Stone@ovacome.org.uk.
Merseyside Youth Association – Neurodiverse Youth Hub Intensive Mentor
Term: Fixed Term Funded to 31st March 2022
Hours: 35 Per Week (May Include Some Evening and Weekend Work)
Salary: £23,009 p.a. – £26,244 p.a.
Location: Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 3DY
To effectively engage young people with neurodiverse conditions. To create a pathway to employment for young people aged 18-24 who are not in education, training, or work. To provide intensive mentoring to young people, managing a case load of 15 young people at any one time. To recruit, undertake initial assessments and to develop a personalised pathway utilising personal development tools designed for the programme. To undertake supported signposting into other services within the Youth Hub and externally. To enhance young people’s employability and support entry into employment including post-employment support.
To hold a recognised qualification to at least to NVQ level 3 in a subject related to Young People
Merseyside Youth Association Limited Actively Promotes the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults, Young People and Children.
The above post will be subject to Enhanced Disclosure.
Closing Date for Completed Applications: 5pm Friday 26 February 2021.
For an application pack and further information please email recruitment@mya.org.uk or visit the MYA website.
Alternatively you can send a large SAE for £1.83 (stating clearly the post you are interested in applying for) to: The HR Department, Merseyside Youth Association Ltd, 65-67 Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 3DY
Please note, CV’s will not be accepted and should not be part of your supporting information.
Merseyside Youth Association Limited/the Youth Federation is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to maintaining a non-abusive environment.
Merseyside Youth Association – Youth Hub Coordinator
Term: Fixed Term Funded to 31 March 20922
Hours: 35 Per Week (May Include Some Evening and Weekend Work)
Salary: £27,001 p.a. – £29,363 p.a.
Location: Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 3DY
We wish to employ a specialist Youth Hub Co-ordinator for the Liverpool Youth Hub, who will sit within our Employment Team. This exciting role will be responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination of co-locating partners and activities within the Hub.
They will develop and build on existing links with Jobcentre Plus Advisors, act as a conduit between the Youth Hub and external partners and organisations who provide access for young people into Employment, Education and Training opportunities within the Liverpool City Region.
The successful candidate must hold relevant qualification at Level 4 or above.
Merseyside Youth Association Limited (MYA) Actively Promotes the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults, Young People and Children.
The above post will be subject to Enhanced Disclosure
Closing Date for Completed Applications: 5pm Friday 26 February 2021.
For an application pack and further information please email recruitment@mya.org.uk or visit the MYA website.
Alternatively you can send a large SAE for £1.83 (stating clearly the post you are interested in applying for) to: The HR Department, Merseyside Youth Association Ltd, 65-67 Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 3DY
Please note, CV’s will not be accepted and should not be part of your supporting information.
Merseyside Youth Association Limited is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to maintaining a non-abusive environment.
Merseyside Youth Association – Employment Support Mentor
Term: Fixed Term Funded to 30 April 2022
Hours: 35 Per Week (may include some evening and weekend work)
Salary: £23,009 p.a. – 26,244 p.a.
Location: Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 3DY
The successful candidate will be required to support and assist the pipeline of employment, education and training routes within Talen Match Plus. The postholder will deliver effective personalised pathway to employment for people who are not in education, training or work.
The successful candidate will hold a recognised qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 in a relevant subject. They will also have substantive experience of 1-1 mentoring, as well as groupwork delivery, caseload management, supporting people into meaningful progressions, together with post employment support. The successful candidate will have an excellent track record in ensuring individual and project targets are met.
Merseyside Youth Association Limited (MYA) actively promotes the safeguarding of vulnerable adults, young people and children.
The above post will be subject to Enhanced Disclosure.
Closing Date for Completed Applications: 5pm Friday 26 February 2021.
For an application pack and further information please email recruitment@mya.org.uk or visit the MYA website.
Alternatively you can send a large SAE for £1.83 (stating clearly the post you are interested in applying for) to: The HR Department, Merseyside Youth Association Ltd, 65-67 Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 3DY
Please note, CV’s will not be accepted and should not be part of your supporting information.
Merseyside Youth Association Limited/the Youth Federation is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to maintaining a non-abusive environment.
Imagine Independence – Bridge Builder
Term: Temporary post until June 2021
Hours: 37.5 per week
Salary: £18,523,86
Location: Home working and in Knowsley
Temporary post until June 2021 – N.B. for internal applicants this will be a secondment.
Imagine Independence is a charity that promotes recovery and inclusion, enabling and supporting people to live full and independent lives. We are proud to have the support of up to 150 volunteers and over 200 staff members to help those who need us.
Imagine is recruiting for a Bridge Builder role in the Knowsley area. Bridge Building support focuses on strengthening the quality of life for people with mental health problems. You will help individuals become less isolated and socially excluded through facilitating and supporting access to a range of community mainstream activities, including education, employment, health and appropriate groups and clubs.
You will have experience of working with people who have been excluded from mainstream society with a focus on recovery, person centred planning and empowerment.
You must be capable of building partnerships with community organisations in order to expand the range of possibilities for people accessing the service.
Please note that we shortlist from received application forms only, we do not accept CVs.
Our benefits include contributory Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Contact details:
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Completed application forms are to be returned by no later than the closing date/time either by email to recruitment@imagineindependence.org.uk or post to 25 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ.
Imagine Independence – Engager Worker
Term: Permanent
Hours: Full Time (Shifts)
Salary: £18,500.00
Location: Canning Street, Liverpool, Merseyside
Hours: 37.5 Hours – (Full time shifts are worked in blocks of 4 on 4 off on a rolling rota and will include days, nights and weekends)
Imagine Independence is a charity that promotes recovery and inclusion, enabling and supporting people to live full and independent lives. We are proud to have the support of up to 150 volunteers and over 200 staff members to help those who need us.
NHS England & NOMS have jointly commissioned a Housing & Accommodation Support Service for male offenders with a personality disorder diagnosis who are on the offender pathway. The service will be delivered via a joint service model including health, criminal justice and specialist third sector housing & accommodation partners.
Are you a motivated, positive person who wants to support others to achieve their full potential? If yes, we would love to hear from you. We are looking for Engager Workers to join our team, ideally you will have some experience of working with people with complex issues and knowledge/understanding of personality disorders.
If you have the following assets, we would like to hear from you:
• Experience of developing therapeutic relationships with individuals with a range of support and emotional needs
• Strong skills in supporting individuals
• Knowledge and experience of supporting individuals regarding securing accommodation and developing skills in relation to tenancy sustainment;
• A commitment to reducing repeat offending and improving psychological health & wellbeing.
In return, we will offer you comprehensive training / career development opportunities and excellent terms and conditions.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Completed application forms are to be returned by no later than the closing date/time either by email to recruitment@imagineindependence.org.uk or post to 25 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ.
Please note that we shortlist from received application forms only, we do not accept CVs.
Our benefits include contributory pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date for applications: Thursday 25 February 2021 at 5pm
Interviews are currently scheduled to take place on Monday 8 March 2021 but this date is subject to change.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Community Champion Programme – Expression of Interest to be a host organisation
Liverpool City Council has been successful in securing funding from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government to deliver the Community Champions Programme. The funding is to support BAME communities and people with disabilities who have been disproportionately impacted by Covid 19.
More information can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/minister-for-equalities-sets-out-government-action-to-tackle-covid-disparities
It is proposed that Community Champions will be based within existing voluntary and community sector organsiations and support existing public health communication strategies.
Common Job descriptions will include:
– Regular street level engagement- at the front door, shops and businesses
– Regular online engagement- on mutual aid and community Facebook groups.
– Identifying, supporting and bolstering the positive work that the community, local leaders and informal champions already do.
– Support a new cycle of intelligence with LCC and MHCLG:
– Listening to individuals within the target group, and ensuring their voices are heard by LCC and other key networks (e.g. through Community Cohesion Forum)
– Developing and delivering initiatives that build trust between key organisations and the target group/ community.
– Checking individual and community understanding of new information and guidance.
– Organising and delivering health promoting activities
– Motivating, empowering and supporting individuals, families and communities to access the services they need.
– Leading community engagement efforts in the case of local outbreaks and key policy changes (e.g. testing, vaccines, lockdown measures)
– Working with LCC Communications and Public Health teams to co-produce messages, assets and resources, so that they are useful to the target group.
Guidance on completion of an Expression of Interest
If you are interested in expressing an interest in hosting a Community Champion please complete the attached form and return it to Communitychampions@liverpool.gov.uk by 12.00 noon on 1st March 2021.
It is expected that the funding transferred to hosting organisations will include salary costs (expected to be approx. £29,000) plus on costs and additional operational expenses. The Expression of interest gives you an opportunity to explain how you will host a champion, how it will complement the work you do and support Covid Recovery.
We currently have funding for 7 possibly 8 posts and expect they will be spread across a number of hosting organisations but work collectively.
The applications will be considered by a panel and organisations may be contacted for clarification of information in the EOI of for a follow up meeting.
If you require additional information please send any enquiries into communitychampions@liverpool.gov.uk
We expect to make the decisions and notify the successful applicants by mid-March 2021 and successful applicants will be required to sign a Grant Agreement and recruit to the post by the end of April 2021.
We look forward to hearing from you and are excited about the future Community Champion Programme.
Inquiry into racial inequality in health and social care workplaces
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has launched an inquiry into racial inequality in health and social care workplaces.
The Commission wants to understand the experiences of ethnic minority people working on the frontline in lower-paid roles, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Based on the evidence, it will make recommendations aimed at employers, governments and other agencies, to improve conditions for ethnic minority workers.
The inquiry is considering how the treatment of ethnic minority health and social care workers who are employed in low-paid roles has been influenced by their:
ethnicity
employment status
immigration status
working conditions
It is calling on people to complete a confidential survey to share their experiences, or to submit evidence via email. The Commission wants to hear from the following groups:
Ethnic minority workers in lower paid roles in health and social care
Co-workers of ethnic minority workers
Health and social care employers
Organisations who support workers, e.g trade unions
Acting Mayor launches funding to help residents, to help the city build back better
The Acting Mayor of Liverpool Wendy Simon has launched a new round of Crowdfund Liverpool funding. The money will put Liverpool people at the heart of efforts to help the city build back better, through more vibrant, resilient, connected communities.
Crowdfund Liverpool is an initiative that aims to give local people, with ideas about how to improve their area, opportunity to gain funding via the UK’s leading civic crowdfunding platform, Spacehive. The aim of the project is simple – to fund and deliver exciting, innovative ideas by the local community, for the local community.
The Acting Mayor has allocated a dedicated fund of £100,000 per year for projects taking part in the programme. So far over 800 residents, businesses and other organisations, have joined her in getting behind 20 ideas. Almost £25,000 has been raised across the city. From food composting initiatives and festivals, to community cycling schemes and cafes, Crowdfund Liverpool is helping people bring their ideas to life.
One project already crowdfunding via Spacehive is The Liverpool Lighthouse. The team is raising funds for a new community cinema screen. Sarah Jones, manager of the venue, said, “Words cannot describe how grateful we are to receive the full £10,000 pledge from the Mayoral Inclusive Growth fund to help make this dream of ours a reality for North Liverpool! Particularly during these times, we all really need something to look forward to, and by receiving this amazing funding it puts us one step closer to bringing film back to our disadvantaged area. 2021 will be the year for our community and we cannot wait to be hosting film screenings on the regular.”
Acting Mayor Wendy Simon said, “We’re excited to launch the third funding round of Crowdfund Liverpool with Spacehive and I can’t wait to see the ideas that are put forward. One of the positives over the last few months has been the enthusiasm to reimagine spaces in our city and to do things differently. We need to grasp the chance to build on this as part of the city’s recovery and I want local people to be at the very heart of that. They know best the challenges and opportunities where they live and Crowdfund Liverpool gives them a much stronger voice in shaping those places, putting them and their ideas in the driving seat to help build more resilient and connected communities.”
Cllr Liz Parsons said, “I’m also calling on companies and foundations that love Liverpool to join us in offering support – whether funding or in-kind – to the ideas people post on the platform so we can work together to make them a real success. The more people that get involved in Crowdfund Liverpool the more amazing places we can create together.”
Setting up your Crowdfund Liverpool project
The deadline to put forward your own idea is 21 April 2021. You can get started by simply visiting Spacehive’s website and creating your own project page.
For more information about the project and advice on how to create your project, contact info@spacehive.com.
Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority Community Fund
A share of £165,000 is up for grabs to help community groups make the Liverpool City Region a cleaner and greener place.
The funding has been made available for community and voluntary groups, schools and not-for-profit organisations who can reduce household waste, encourage recycling and resource, re-use and prevent carbon emissions. The projects will also have to demonstrate wider positive impacts on the environment, health and education.
The money is coming from the Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority and Veolia Community Fund 2021/22, which has been running annually since 2006.
Chairperson of Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority (MRWA), Councillor Tony Concepcion, said, “We know that there are a lot of communities concerned about climate change and sustainable living. Giving groups the opportunity to get involved in looking after their environment can only bring benefits to all and can help us appreciate items as valuable resources rather than something which otherwise might be just thrown away.
“We’ve seen that previous projects have continued to deliver benefits beyond the first year, through their legacy and ongoing impact on behavioural change, and in many cases through new or continuing activities.”
Successful applicants can be awarded up to £30,000 for schemes which operate across all six districts in Merseyside and Halton, and between £1,000 and £8,000 for projects which work solely at one local authority level.
Bids must tackle one or more of the four priority household waste materials which have been identified by MRWA as key, namely food, plastics, textiles and furniture. An analysis of waste in the region highlighted that a greater amount of these materials could be re-used or recycled. Projects can also include other household waste materials, for example paper, card, metals.
Previous Community Fund projects have included local recycling guidebooks, cookery clubs to improve people’s diet and reduce food waste, restoring old furniture to sell for charity and refurbishing unwanted rugs for resale.
One organisation to benefit from the Community Fund is the British Dietetic Association who received £25,000 in 2019/20 and £29,000 in 2020/21 for the Let’s Get Cooking and Let’s Get Saving in Merseyside projects. The funding has been used to reduce avoidable household food waste through a series of training clubs, school visits, a waste-saving tips pamphlet and a community event. Community fridges have been placed around the region, which form a part of a national network. The fridges are maintained by local communities and each save on average half a tonne of food per month.
Let’s Get Cooking Project Manager Suzanne Mitchell said, “The funding was crucial in allowing us to run the Let’s Get Cooking and Let’s Get Saving initiatives over the past couple of years, which has helped the local community improve their cooking skills and reduce food waste, and to help those who need to access fresh and healthy food.”
Councillor Tony Concepcion continued, “Covid-19 has obviously affected our ongoing projects, but they’ve adapted very admirably whether that’s through remote learning and training videos, or simply keeping socially distanced during activities. Local groups need funding now more than ever and we’re excited to see what new projects come in.”
Applying for the fund
Interested groups can download the application pack via the MRWA website.
Questions should be directed to the authority at communityfund.2021-2022@merseysidewda.gov.uk.
If groups aren’t sure whether their project is appropriate for consideration, they can submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) via email to MRWA before Monday 21 February.
Successful projects should receive the funding by mid May 2021 and will have ten months to deliver their schemes by 31 March 2022.
The deadline for submissions is 11.59pm on Sunday 14 March 2021.
Free, ongoing support for those affected by suicide
Amparo invites you to attend a free introductory Zoom session, to learn about the kind of support suicide liaison workers can offer to those affected by suicide.
Amparo means ‘shelter’ or ‘safe haven’ in Spanish. The organisation offers a free, easy-to-access service and referrals can be made by anyone. The team works with and encourages referrals from emergency support services, coroners, the NHS and other local support agencies. They also accept self-referrals and aim to make contact with all referrals within 24 hours.
Locally-based suicide liaison workers work with beneficiaries, helping them with practical issues arising from suicide, and ensuring that they are linked into local support networks. Support is offered for as long as it’s required, up to and beyond an inquest.
If you would like to know more about the service, join Amparo for one these upcoming sessions. The same session is repeated on each date, so you only need to book one. It lasts for around 50 minutes:
To book a place, email paul.etherington@listening-ear.co.uk, stating the session that you wish to attend.
FareShare Merseyside and North Wales – Volunteer Manager
Term: 6 month contract
Hours: 35 hrs
Salary: £22k to £25K pro rata
Location: Speke
The volunteer manager is the key point of contact between our volunteers and the organisation.
You will work alongside the regional team and the wider FareShare UK (FSUK) Volunteering Team to provide an experience which is enjoyable, rewarding and safe for our volunteers.
You will be in charge of the volunteer journey from start to finish, with responsibility for all recruitment, on boarding and training, on-going supervision and support alongside administering volunteer records and data systems.
The volunteer manager is also key in developing and delivering a range of volunteer engagement activities throughout the year.
Main areas of responsibility
Volunteer recruitment:
Have ownership of volunteer recruitment, reaching out to a diverse range of volunteers, ensuring there are enough suitable volunteers to support operational needs
Build and maintain partnerships and engagement with existing sources of volunteers within the community (e.g corporate volunteering opportunities)
Liaise with other Regional Centres and the FSUK Volunteering Team to capitalise on UK wide initiatives
Volunteer engagement:
Deliver the induction training and support volunteers throughout their journey with FareShare
Help develop and deliver training to ensure volunteers meet their potential and are comfortable and capable in their roles
Devise and implement an engagement programme which celebrates and recognises the contributions of volunteers in the Regional Centre in collaboration with the FSUK Volunteering Team
Be the first point of contact for volunteers requiring support and information
Liaise with regional and national marketing to share volunteer success stories and case studies
Manage and input engagement and contribution data using the Salesforce Volunteer Management System
Implement FareShare policies and procedures
Adhere to the Volunteer Management policies and procedures in line with guidance from the FSUK Volunteering Team. Ensure that these are followed by volunteers within the Regional Centre.
Opportunity to develop new policies or update existing policies in collaboration with the FSUK Volunteering Team.
Regularly share best practice with other Regional Centres across the network
Make FareShare a destination for volunteering:
Combine the above responsibilities to ensure that volunteers enjoy what they do, feel proud of their contribution to the FareShare mission and are ambassadors for FareShare as a great place to volunteer!
How to apply
If you would like to apply for this role, please send a copy of your CV, along with a cover letter and an equal opportunities form to recruitment@fareshare.org.uk. Please reply with your full name saved in the title of the cover letter and CV as well as in the body of the document.
Closing date 12 February 2021
Prince’s Trust Development Award Funding for 16-30s
Prince’s Trust has funding available for 16-30 year olds across Merseyside and Cheshire, to help young people facing financial barriers to access education, employment or training.
Development Awards are grants of around £150 per person, which can help applicants with a range of things including equipment, laptops, travel, uniforms etc. The young person must be in financial need and there must be a positive outcome such as a job or college course.
Eligibility
The applicant must be able to evidence their positive outcome, which could be a job interview, new job, college course, online course, apprenticeship or structured volunteering.
This funding aims to remove the financial barriers for the young person. Each application is assessed by us on a case-by-case basis, so please avoid making any promises to young people before funding is approved.
Examples of recently funded awards include:
Laptop for a college course
Bicycle for a young person to get to a new job
Uniform or equipment for a new job/college course
Clothing for a job interview
ID or DBS for a new job
There are certain things can’t be funded, such as hardship (household bills, food etc), petrol or taxi costs, childcare, SIA badges, one-day courses and anything that has already been paid for.
How to apply
To refer a young person for a Development Award, please call 0800 842 842 or email developmentawards-north@princes-trust.org.uk.
If you have any queries, you can email Paula Marshall directly at paula.marshall@princes-trust.org.uk.
Could your organisation accommodate a student community researcher?
Interchange is seeking applications from voluntary sector organisations that would like at Interchange student to be placed with them from September.
Are you a voluntary and community organisation (VCO)?
Do you require research or a work-based learning (WBL) research project that will support the aims of your organisation?
Are you a registered charity or not for profit group?
Can you support a student community researcher for 20weeks?
If you have answered yes to any of the above then read on.
Interchange is a registered charity that connects higher education institutions (HEIs) with voluntary and community organisations (VCOs) for the purpose of research and work-based learning research projects. This is The Interchange Experience (TIE).
Where is Interchange based?
In the University of Liverpool.
Who are the students?
Interchange students are 3rd year students, mainly from the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology within the School of Law and Social Justice at the University of Liverpool.
Which area does Interchange work in?
Interchange works mainly in the Greater Merseyside area, with organisations that are not-for-profit and/or have charitable aims.
How will TIE benefit my organisation?
A WBL research project can provide assistance with a specific task planned by the VCO. Both a research project
and WBL research project can provide evidence for VCOs to assist with areas to include:
Business planning
Annual reports
Funding applications
Service improvements
Becoming more sustainable
When will the project start?
Students will start with their VCO in September 2021 and produce a final report in May 2022.
Is there a charge for this service?
We make no charge for the service but Interchange does ask VCOs to meet the basic travel expenses incurred by the student(s) and to pay for the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) if required.
Do VCOs get a copy of the report?
The VCO will receive a copy of the report at the end of the research project.
If you have a project idea please contact interchange@liv.ac.uk to request the required forms.
If you have any queries or would like to talk to the interchange co-ordinator before completing the forms please contact 0151 794 2986.
Assura Community Fund Rugby League World Cup 2021 Grants Programme
Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) and the tournament’s official community health partner Assura PLC, have opened applications for the Assura Community Fund RLWC2021 Grants Programme.
With a minimum of £100,000 available to help charitable and voluntary sector organisations deliver health and wellbeing activities, the partnership will support the tournament’s vision of creating opportunities and delivering widespread positive social impact.
The grants will be given to health projects working from or with Rugby League community clubs, existing recipients of the ‘RLWC2021 CreatedBy Capital Grants Programme’, and those within the eighteen RLWC2021 host towns and cities. Liverpool is one of these host cities, making local organisations eligible.
The grants will educate and teach skills to contribute to improved emotional health and wellbeing, gaining support for life challenges and providing increased activities and opportunities to improve self-confidence, self-esteem and belonging.
Online applications opened on 1 February 2021.
The submission deadline is 28 February 2021.
Successful applicants will receive one-year grants by 15 May 2021.
Term: Permanent
Hours: Full Time and Part Time
Salary: £19,216 -£21500
Location: Liverpool
Positive Futures Homes (PFH) is a new trading company setup by the youth development charity Positive Futures (PF) Liverpool. We want to invest in the long-term outcomes of the young people in our care. As such we will reinvest any surplus profit back into our homes, and Positive Futures. By doing this, we can ensure that we make a real difference to the lives of our young people we care for while making our homes a great place to work at.
What makes us different?
• We invest heavily in ensuring homes are in the nicest locations and beautifully decorated, allowing children to express their characters, feel safe and enrich their lives.
• Mainly 3 bed homes, with an absolute max of 4.
• We will offer a mental health provision as standard for every young person in our care
• We will give them preferential access to all the services offered by Positive Futures, be that Targeted Support, Counselling skills, CBT skills, recreational or social provision.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for passionate, child-centered individuals who share our ethos in wanting to provide the best quality of care to the young people who reside in our homes. As a PFH employee you will be responsible for providing the highest standard of care for our children and help promote a safe and nurturing environment for their development. The children that we care for demonstrate a wide range of challenging behaviours and can be very demanding of your time, attention, and emotions. You will need a high level of self-resilience and can understand that the challenging behaviours our children may display are often the result of abuse and or neglect and other negative early childhood experiences. As part of your hours, you will be required to work weekends, unsocial hours, Bank Holidays, and sleep-in duties.
In return we will offer:
• An excellent salary with sleep-ins payments additional to this.
• Health Cash Plan
• 25 days holiday
• An extensive training program to ensure our staff are the best in their field.
• Fast track and clear career progression for all our employees.
• Regular supervision and guidance
• A supportive and approachable Management Team
• The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families we have the pleasure of working with.
If you think you are what we are looking for then please visit the PF Homes website for further information, including a person specification and job descriptions, and to complete an application form.
All application forms are to be returned to info@pfhomes.org.uk. CV’s will not be accepted.
Closing date for initial interest in the role is 19th February 2021 at 12 noon.
All successful candidates will be invited to a virtual interview which will take place on either Thursday 25 or Friday 26 February 2021.
All data will be treated in line with GDPR.
The recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. The successful applicants will be appointed subject to references and enhanced DBS check.
Contact details: info@pfhomes.org.uk
Closing date: 19 February 2021 at 12 noon
PF Homes – Senior Residential Care Worker
Term: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary:£21,634 – £25,500
Location: Liverpool
Positive Futures Homes (PFH) is a new trading company setup by the youth development charity Positive Futures (PF) Liverpool. We want to invest in the long-term outcomes of the young people in our care. As such we will reinvest any surplus profit back into our homes, and Positive Futures. By doing this, we can ensure that we make a real difference to the lives of our young people we care for while making our homes a great place to work at.
What makes us different?
• We invest heavily in ensuring homes are in the nicest locations and beautifully decorated, allowing children to express their characters, feel safe and enrich their lives.
• Mainly 3 bed homes, with an absolute max of 4.
• We will offer a mental health provision as standard for every young person in our care
• We will give them preferential access to all the services offered by Positive Futures, be that Targeted Support, Counselling skills, CBT skills, recreational or social provision.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for passionate, child-centered individuals who share our ethos in wanting to provide the best quality of care to the young people who reside in our homes. As a PFH employee you will be responsible for providing the highest standard of care for our children and help promote a safe and nurturing environment for their development. The children that we care for demonstrate a wide range of challenging behaviours and can be very demanding of your time, attention, and emotions. You will need a high level of self-resilience and can understand that the challenging behaviours our children may display are often the result of abuse and or neglect and other negative early childhood experiences. As part of your hours, you will be required to work weekends, unsocial hours, Bank Holidays, and sleep-in duties.
In return we will offer:
• An excellent salary with sleep-ins payments additional to this.
• Health Cash Plan
• 25 days holiday
• An extensive training program to ensure our staff are the best in their field.
• Fast track and clear career progression for all our employees.
• Regular supervision and guidance
• A supportive and approachable Management Team
• The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families we have the pleasure of working with.
If you think you are what we are looking for then please visit the PF Homes website for further information, including a person specification and job descriptions, and to complete an application form.
All application forms are to be returned to info@pfhomes.org.uk CV’s will not be accepted.
Closing date for initial interest in the role is 19 February 2021 at 12 noon.
All successful candidates will be invited to a virtual interview which will take place on either Thursday 25 or Friday 26 February 2021.
All data will be treated in line with GDPR.
The recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. The successful applicants will be appointed subject to references and enhanced DBS check.
Contact details: info@pfhomes.org.uk
Closing date: 19 February 2021 at 12 noon
PF Homes – Residential Support Worker
Term: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: £18,471 – £19,000
Location: Liverpool
Positive Futures Homes (PFH) is a new trading company setup by the youth development charity Positive Futures (PF) Liverpool. We want to invest in the long-term outcomes of the young people in our care. As such, we will reinvest any surplus profit back into our homes, and Positive Futures. By doing this, we can ensure that we make a real difference to the lives of our young people we care for while making our homes a great place to work at.
What makes us different?
• We invest heavily in ensuring homes are in the nicest locations and beautifully decorated, allowing children to express their characters, feel safe and enrich their lives.
• Mainly 3 bed homes, with an absolute max of 4.
• We will offer a mental health provision as standard for every young person in our care
• We will give them preferential access to all the services offered by Positive Futures, be that Targeted Support, Counselling skills, CBT skills, recreational or social provision.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for passionate, child-centered individuals who share our ethos in wanting to provide the best quality of care to the young people who reside in our homes. As a PFH employee you will be responsible for providing the highest standard of care for our children and help promote a safe and nurturing environment for their development. The children that we care for demonstrate a wide range of challenging behaviours and can be very demanding of your time, attention, and emotions. You will need a high level of self-resilience and can understand that the challenging behaviours our children may display are often the result of abuse and or neglect and other negative early childhood experiences. As part of your hours, you will be required to work weekends, unsocial hours, Bank Holidays, and sleep-in duties.
In return we will offer:
• An excellent salary with sleep-ins payments additional to this.
• Health Cash Plan
• 25 days holiday
• An extensive training program to ensure our staff are the best in their field.
• Fast track and clear career progression for all our employees.
• Regular supervision and guidance
• A supportive and approachable Management Team
• The opportunity to make a real difference with the children and families we have the pleasure of working with.
If you think you are what we are looking for then please visit the PF Homes website for further information, including a person specification and job descriptions, and to complete an application form.
All application forms are to be returned to info@pfhomes.org.uk. CV’s will not be accepted.
Closing date for initial interest in the role is 19 February 2021 at 12 noon.
All successful candidates will be invited to a virtual interview which will take place on either Thursday 25 or Friday 26 February 2021.
All data will be treated in line with GDPR.
The recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. The successful applicants will be appointed subject to references and enhanced DBS check.
Contact details: info@pfhomes.org.uk
Closing date: 19 February 2021 at 12 noon
Kinship Carers Liverpool – Trustee
Kinship Carers is a charity set up to support Kinship families, that being any person, family or friend, who have taken on the responsibility of raising grandchildren, nephews, nieces etc. when their biological parents can no longer raise them.
We promote equality, health and education, and offer advice and support to all family members.
We are looking to expand our board of trustees, the role of which is to maintain the general control and administration of the charity by having a long-term overview of the organisation and its work, making strategic decisions about the organisations objectives, policies and procedures and monitoring the work of the organisation.
We are particularly interested in people who may have knowledge in; education, technical skills, finance skills, campaigning and activism.
We currently meet as a board once every six weeks for appox. 2 hours. In addition, there will be opportunities to get involved in a variety of other activities that may be of interest to you.
To contact the organisation and express an interest in this opportunity, visit the Kinship Carers website.
closing date: ongoing
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival – Marketing and Communications Manager
Term: 12-month contract
Hours: 2 days per week
Salary: £10,800 (£27,000 per annum pro rota at 2 days per week)
Location: Office is based in Bluecoat, Liverpool. Remote working will be considered.
How to apply:
Please visit the LAAF website to download the LAAF marketing and communications manager job description and equal opportunities form.
To apply, please email the following to admin@arabicartsfestival.co.uk with the subject line ‘Marketing & Communications Manager application’:
– A covering letter (maximum 2 sides of A4) demonstrating your suitability to the role in relation to the Responsibilities and Knowledge, Skills and Experience.
– Your CV
– Contact details of 2 referees, one of whom should be a current employer
– Completed Equal Opportunities form
LAAF is actively committed to widening access in the arts to support people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skills. We particularly welcome applications from ethnic communities currently under-represented in the arts.
Closing date: 12pm, Wednesday 17 February 2021.
Interviews will be held via Zoom w/c 22 February 2021.
Liverpool Domestic Abuse Service – Domestic Abuse Caseworker/Advocate
Term: Long term contract
Hours: 35
Salary: £23,700 – £26,000 (depending on experience)
Location: Kensington Liverpool
Liverpool Domestic Abuse Service (LDAS) is looking for an experienced domestic abuse caseworker/advocate to join their team. LDAS provides a high-quality frontline specialist service to victims/survivors of domestic abuse in Liverpool.
The purpose of the role is to provide specialist domestic abuse support to women who have experienced domestic abuse. Support will be survivor led and involve emotional and practical support in regards to the impact created by the abuse as well as providing women with options that reduce the risk of harm or fatality.
This is a challenging yet rewarding role, which will offer role diversity through delivery of a range of early intervention and prevention support. You will work closely with clients to empower and assist them to recognise the features and dynamics of the domestic abuse they are suffering from, and ultimately support them to regain control of their lives.
This is a fantastic opportunity to secure employment with a well-respected charity in Liverpool and the chance to join an experienced and friendly team of IDVAs. Along with a competitive salary, pension contribution and generous holiday entitlement, you will also be given the opportunity to receive fantastic training, offering the chance to further your career.
For further details and to apply, contact paulanolan@heatkensington.org.uk.
The closing date for applications is 19 February 2021.
Bullybusters one-to-one session for children
Bullybusters is now able to offer one-to-one sessions to children and young people who may be finding returning to school during the pandemic difficult.
This could be for reasons including:
Moving from primary to secondary school without saying goodbye to friends and teachers
Losing the support they had in place prior to lockdown
Being in a bubble without their friends
Children who have been isolated at home, possibly witnessing, or dealing with things they have found difficult/traumatic
Children and Young people who are worried about loved ones
Loss of confidence
Feels unsafe returning to school
If you know a child or young person who you feel may benefit from some additional emotional support, at what may be a really challenging time for them, please contact bbusters@localsolutions.org.uk or 0151 330 2012.
Online community learning for Liverpool
Liverpool Adult Learning Service can bring bespoke, short online learning to your community. Courses are designed for personal development towards finding work, working in the community and health and wellbeing.
All have progression routes and can lead towards accredited qualifications. Many of our courses are free to those in receipt of Job Seekers Allowance, Employment Support Allowance (Work Related Activity Group Only), Universal Credit, Income Support, Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit, Working Tax Credit, ESA (Support Group). Courses are also free to those earning less than £18,600.
The minimum numbers of learners required is 6 people and the maximum number is 12.
Courses include:
Health & Wellbeing: Introduction To Laughter Yoga and Relaxation Techniques
Health & Wellbeing: Introduction to Mindfulness
Health & Wellbeing: 5 Ways to Wellbeing
Health & Wellbeing: Managing Stress
Introduction Mental Health First Aid
Health & Wellbeing: Art
Health & Wellbeing: Cookery
Community Learning Taster in Spanish or French Languages
Health & Wellbeing: Creative Writing
Health & Wellbeing: Introduction to Photography
Photography L1 Award
Level 1 & L2 Award in Interpreting in the Community
NCFE L1 Volunteering
Introduction to Computers
ICT – Essential Digital Skills E3
ICT – Essential Digital Skills Level 1
Working with Zoom or Microsoft Teams
Business Administration E3 Award
Employability Skills – Interviewing Skills – Get That Job
Hospitality Food and Beverage Service and or Front of House Reception
If you are a community organiser / partner please email Karen.Allen@liverpool.gov.uk or call 07481 295694 for more information.
Can Do activity sessions for young people aged 10-35 with disabilities
Leonard Cheshire charity has launched its Can Do Spring Sessions – a programme of events for young people aged 10-35 with disabilities, long term health conditions and additional needs.
The charity supports individuals to live, learn and work as independently as they choose, whatever their ability.
The latest season of Can Do sessions are live now, running until the end of March 2021. There are a variety of activities to choose from, including fitness, art, poetry, theatre, yoga, wellbeing, dance and more.
Can Do session coordinators work with attendees to help them build new skills and increase confidence.
Are you a parent or grandparent going to court without a lawyer?
Are you worried about your rights as a parent or grandparent?
Are you unable to reach an agreement about arrangements for your children?
Do you need help with court forms?
Liverpool Law Clinic Family Law Service can help you.
The service provides free, confidential legal advice and support for cases concerning children. It is run by specialist family law solicitors and volunteer law students.
Two services are available – advice appointments and support appointments. Details below.
Advice appointments
Free, confidential advice appointments with a solicitor are available every Friday.
During your appointment the solicitor will:
give you advice on the strengths and weaknesses of your case
explain the court process
help you plan what to say to a judge
help you fill in forms or write a statement
Support appointments
Free, confidential support appointments with a solicitor are available every Thursday.
In a support appointment, two students will go through your situation with you and help you to complete the
documents needed.
The students will not be able to give you legal advice but if you need help filling in forms or writing a statement, Liverpool Law Clinic may be able to offer an appointment to assist you with this.
To book an appointment email clinic@liverpool.ac.uk or call 07774 779132 or 07385 395681.
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre launches bereavement support service
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre is proud to launch the Tommy Monoghan Bereavement Support Service, which was created in memory of the centre’s late board member and longest standing local community supporter.
The support service aims to help those who have suffered a bereavement and need advice in regards to their benefits, debt and funeral payments. Vauxhall Law Centre is able to help families and individuals with assessing any benefit entitlements or any debt issues arising from a bereavement. The service can also help to establish whether there could be any charitable support or grants applicable to them, as well as providing general advice and guidance.
Alongside this service, Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre has produced a comprehensive information pack, which will be continuously updated with the latest advice.
If you need practical support following the loss of a loved one, or have questions with regard to the information in the pack, contact Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre on 0151 482 2540 or advice@vauxhalllawcentre.org.uk.
Due to COVID-19 and the latest government guidance, all services are currently being delivered via telephone and email. If your call is not answered first time round, please leave a message with your name and number. Somebody will get back to you as soon as possible.
Imagine Independence – 21/03 Outreach Support Worker
Position: Mental Health Outreach Support Worker
Job Reference: 21/03
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday
Salary: £17,047.60 per annum
Based in: Outreach Services, Liverpool
We are looking for a professional, dedicated and experienced support worker who can offer commitment to delivering high quality community-based care to service users living in the Liverpool area. You will have experience of working with people with mental health and/or learning disability needs. You will need excellent communication skills and be flexible in approach. You will have a positive attitude and be non-judgmental.
It is essential to the role that you have a committed approach towards maintaining confidentiality protecting the dignity of the individual and promoting their independence.
It’s desirable that you have at least an NVQ2 qualification in Health and Social Care. For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Our benefits include contributory pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
These posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory DBS check.
Closing date for applications: 9am on Monday 1 February 2021
Interviews are currently scheduled to take place w/c 8 February 2021.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community
Imagine Independence – 21/02 Floating Support Worker
Position: Floating Support Worker Job Reference: 21/02
Working flexibly across Imagines Merseyside Supported Accommodation and Outreach Services in Liverpool & Sefton
Hours: x2 posts available – 1 post at 37.5 hours per week and 1 post at 18.75 hours per week, plus sleep in with an additional payment.
Salary: £17,047.60 p.a. (pro rata for part time)
We are looking for professional, dedicated and experienced support workers who can offer commitment to delivering high quality, person centred care to service users living in Imagine supported accommodation services and receiving outreach support across the Merseyside area. You will have experience of working with people with mental health and/or learning disability needs. You will need excellent communication skills and be flexible in approach. You will have a positive attitude and be non-judgmental.
It is essential to the role that you have a committed approach towards maintaining confidentiality, protecting the dignity of the individual and promoting their independence.
It’s desirable that you have at least an NVQ level 2 qualification in Health and Social Care.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Our benefits include contributory pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date for applications: 9am on Monday 1 February 2021
Interviews are currently scheduled to take place w/c 8 February 2021.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community
Position: Bridge Builder Job Reference: 20/54
Hours: 37.5 per week
Salary: £18,523.86 per annum
Based in: Homeworking and in Knowsley
Temporary post until June 2021 – N.B. for internal applicants this will be a secondment.
Imagine is recruiting for a Bridge Builder role in the Knowsley area. Bridge Building support focuses on strengthening the quality of life for people with mental health problems. You will help individuals become less isolated and socially excluded through facilitating and supporting access to a range of community mainstream activities, including education, employment, health and appropriate groups and clubs.
You will have experience of working with people who have been excluded from mainstream society with a focus on recovery, person centred planning and empowerment.
You must be capable of building partnerships with community organisations in order to expand the range of possibilities for people accessing the service.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Benefits include contributory company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities. An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date for applications: 9am on Monday 1 February 2021.
Interviews will be held virtually.
Successful applicant must be able to start ASAP.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Arts Council England Culture Recovery Fund
The second round of the Culture Recovery Fund grant and the repayable finance close to applications this week. If applying for the first time you must register by midday 21 Jan 2021. All applications must be in by midday 26 Jan.
Culture Recovery Fund: Grants Second Round
This is now available for cultural organisations as they transition back to a viable and sustainable operating model with a funding period restricted to April-June 2021.
The minimum grant amount you can apply for is £25,000. The maximum is £3m.
Sahir House HIV Awareness & Stigma Reduction Online 2021 Updates
Sahir House is offering free bite size online updates, to refresh and update your HIV knowledge and understanding.
Ideal for professionals working in the broad public sectors in Merseyside, each session will provide an update on basic HIV facts and discuss a different focus on the wider issues affecting HIV prevention, testing, treatment and support.
Available updates include:
HIV testing: why, where, when | Thursday 28 January 10am – 11.30am
Understanding the lived experience of HIV, the voice of a positive speaker | Friday 26 February 10am – 11.30am
PrEP and PEP | Tuesday 30 March 10am – 11.30am
Importance of adherence to HIV medication and the U=U campaign TBC | Wednesday 28 April 10am – 11.30am
Sessions will be as interactive and accessible as possible, therefore places are limited.
Book now via the Sahir House website or contact training@sahir.uk.com to request a booking form.
Onward Community Fund
The next round of the Onward Community Fund closes to applications on 31 January 2021.
Groups can apply for up to £5,000 of the £25,000 available for projects that aim to address one or more of the following:
Support employment, skills and training
Promote healthy lifestyles and wellbeing
Support the environment
Bring the community together
The project must benefit Onward neighbourhoods and organisations must be constituted, and have their own bank account.
There is a two stage process starting with an expression of interest form which must be completed online. A member of the Social Investment Team will contact you to discuss your project in more detail and check you eligibility to our fund.
Get more details and complete an expression of interest form on the Onward website.
Disability newspaper All Together NOW! hires first development officer
One of the Liverpool Echo’s top sales managers has joined the team at the free health and disability newspaper, All Together NOW!
Helen McLoughlin was recently recruited as the charity’s first ever development officer and now takes responsibility for all advertising, sponsorships and funding opportunities.
Helen said, “I’ve been fortunate to have had a long and rewarding career with the Echo, Trinity and Reach. Now I’m really looking forward to ensuring that All Together NOW! becomes an even better publication that can help even more people and organisations across the region.”
One of Helen’s first targets is to forge more relationships with public sector bodies.
“All Together NOW! is perfectly placed to help health trusts and councils get vital messages to huge numbers of readers who are faced with disability and long-term health issues.”
More than 60,000 copies of the paper are picked up, mainly at supermarkets and hospitals across Merseyside and Cheshire.
Printed by the Echo, All Together NOW! was launched in 2005 with funding from the former North West Development Agency, Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, and a number of other grants.
Since then, the newspaper has gone from strength to strength, winning a string of community and media awards and attracting funding from local charitable trusts including the Steve Morgan Foundation, John Moores Foundation, PH Holt Foundation, Eleanor Rathbone Charitable Trust, Medicash Foundation, the Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund and the Liverpool Metro Mayor’s Emergency Covid-19 Fund.
Funding for McLoughlin’s new role has been provided jointly by the Government’s Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Steve Morgan Foundation.
A bumper spring edition of All Together NOW! is due to roll off the presses towards the end of next month.
If you would like to know more about the publication you can contact Helen at helen@alltogethernow.org.uk.
Could you join The National Lottery Heritage Fund Committee?
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is on the lookout for a new committee member to join the team in the North of England.
Are you passionate about equitability, heritage and the North of England? If so, you may be interested to join the upcoming event, to learn more about being on the committee.
For this role in particular, the Heritage Fund is looking for someone with knowledge and experience in equality, diversity and inclusion, to help the fund improve its policies and procedures and help remove barriers to engagement for underrepresented groups.
Being a committee member for one of the only UK-wide National Lottery funders, the successful applicant will gain a unique insight into how a national organisation works, as well as experience of working towards one national strategy while striving to achieve local priorities. They will also be involved in ensuring that the fund supports and invests in a wide breadth of heritage projects that bring people together, inspire pride in communities and boost investment in local economies.
Join this informal coffee drop-in on 21 January, to find out more.
Free ‘carbon monoxide risks in the home’ workshop
The Gas Safe Charity is offering a free, online Zoom workshop aimed at front line staff and volunteers who visit or work in the homes of vulnerable people.
The workshop lasts about an hour and explains the sources, signs and symptoms of high and low level carbon monoxide risks in the home. It also includes relevant scenarios, explaining what steps to take if carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected.
There are numerous dates available between now and the end of March 2021. To register your free place, visit the Eventbrite page.
Paid training scheme for those passionate about racial justice
A new, remote, 11-month paid training programme at the UK’s leading race equality think tank.
Runnymede Trust is recruiting for Runnymede Unbound, a paid training and development scheme that is open to adults of all ages and backgrounds passionate about racial justice in the UK.
The Runnymede Trust is the UK’s leading race equality think tank. It was founded in 1968 to ‘nail the lie’ on racism, providing evidence for policymakers and the wider public, so that racial inequalities are better tackled in Britain. Over the years Runnymede has had many achievements and successes. Runnymede Unbound is your opportunity to join the organisation in its mission and to develop your skills, knowledge and experience in policy, communications, operations, partnerships and research.
You are not required to have a degree, nor to come from any particular class or ethnic background. You may be thinking of a career change, you may be returning to the labour market after a long absence, or, you may indeed be a graduate. You will need to be passionate about Runnymede’s work and be able to work with a high degree of flexibility, responsibility and autonomy. You will also need excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the capacity to work remotely.
Applications are accepted from anywhere in the UK.
The programme will pay you the London Living Wage or National Living Wage, whichever applies, and you need to be free to start as soon as possible from beginning February 2021.
This is a full time position, meaning 35 hours per week, but Runnymede is open to those who want to job share, on a pro rata basis.
To express interest and find out more:
lease call and speak with Carol at the Runnymede office on 0207 377 9222 for an informal chat about the scheme.
To apply:
Send in a 1-page CV, plus a 1-page cover letter, of no more than 400 words, stating how you see joining this training scheme will develop you, and listing 3 of your key training and development objectives.
Send this to carol@runnymedetrust.org.
CVs without a cover letter and completed monitoring form will not be accepted.
Healthwatch Liverpool – Engagement and Project Officer
Term: Fixed term until 31st March 2023 with the possibility of a 2 year extension until 31st March 2025.
Hours: 35 hours p/w (job share considered)
Salary: £23,185
Location: Liverpool City Centre (although mostly home-based in the immediate future)
Healthwatch Liverpool is the independent champion for people using local health and social care services. We listen to what people like about services and what could be improved and share these views with those with the power to make change happen. People can also speak to us to find information about health and wellbeing services and activities available locally.
Your focus in this post will be on health and social care issues as they impact on children and young people and their families/carers. This will involve working/engaging with a diverse range of C&YP, service providers and commissioners (e.g. Alder Hey, LivPaC, CAMHS Partnership, SEND Partnership, CCG, LCC, schools, colleges and universities and children’s centres), and supporting them to share their feedback, experiences and recommendations with decision makers.
Main Focus of Post:
1. As a key member of the Engagement Team, your focus will be on gaining the views of the public in relation to their experiences of health and social care services in Liverpool.
2. You will work closely with service providers, commissioners, public bodies and Liverpool’s diverse communities, using the feedback obtained from the public to improve health & social care services in Liverpool.
3. This role encompasses office based and community based activities and may require frequent attendance at meetings with health & social care providers, commissioners and diverse patient and service user groups.
Tide – Together in Dementia Everyday – Operations Manager
Term: Fixed term to October 2021 – with potential to extend
Hours: 35
Salary: £35,000
Location: Homeworking with visits to the tide Head office at 151 Dale Street Liverpool, L2 2AH
Together in dementia every day (tide) achieved charitable status in December 2019. A core principle of tide is to value, respect and support carers and former carers of people living with dementia. Using lived experience, tide enables a diverse range of carers to have a powerful collective voice, which raises awareness of their unique needs and rights, ensuring that these influence practice, policy and research at all levels. The Life Story Network CIC (LSN) is now the wholly owned subsidiary company of tide charity. LSN offers consultancy and training in relation to the use of life story work and narrative practice to support vulnerable people, as well as broader strategy review and development, particularly concerning dementia.
The tide operations manager will be responsible for implementing the regional delivery plans to achieve tide’s key outcomes for the National Lottery Fund (NLF) grant and for the day to day management of the team of staff. This will include internal and external evaluation of the programme, dissemination of learning, liaison with external partners and associated campaigning to promote tide and its activities. The postholder will oversee initiatives to ensure that carers are fully involved in the development of tide.
Tide – Together in Dementia Everyday – Governance Manager
Term: Full time, Fixed Term Contract to October 2021 – with potential to extend
Hours: 35
Salary: £35,000
Location: Homeworking with occasional visits to the tide head office at 151 Dale Street Liverpool, L2 2AH
Our vision is a world where carers of people with dementia can easily connect with others and use their voices, and where society reflects and responds to their unique needs.
At tide, we value, respect and support carers and former carers of people living with dementia. We use lived experience to enable a diverse range of carers to have a powerful collective voice. This helps carers to raises awareness of their unique needs and rights, and influences practice, policy and research at all levels.
The Life Story Network CIC (LSN) is a key part of the tide charity and offers consultancy and training to support vulnerable people, as well as being part of a broader strategy review, with key links across health and social care professionals.
The governance manager role is key in providing a vital link across the LSN and tide charity and will support the Chief Executive and Board to fulfil their responsibilities.
The role is a key interface between the Senior Management Team and the Trustees and will be responsible for ensuring governance responsibilities are managed efficiently and effectively, in accordance with industry best practice. This includes acting as company secretary, advising and supporting the governance arrangements, issuing notices of meetings, preparation and circulation of relevant papers and recording the business transacted. The role will also be responsible for internal governance, including the development and oversight of organizational policies and procedures, working closely with the Senior Management Team to establish processes that ensure material compliance.
For further details and to download the application form please visit the Tide website.
Closing date: 21 January 2021
Tide – Together in Dementia Everyday – Business Development Manager
Term: Full time, Fixed Term Contract
Hours:35
Salary:£30,000
Location: Homeworking, with visits to the tide head office at 151 Dale Street Liverpool, L2 2AH
At tide – together in dementia everyday, we firmly believe that carers and former carers are the true agents of sustainable change. We unlock their skills and confidence by investing in them through our Development Programme and through the collective voice of our UK Wide Involvement Network. Carers use their lived experiences to influence communities, society, health and social care organisations, research and policy development.
We do this because carers make up the largest dementia workforce (44%) and they contribute £13.9 billion to the care economy every year. Working with carers of people with dementia as equal partners leads to better outcomes for people with dementia and carers and enables staff to do a better job.
We believe that carers lived experience and voice should be equally respected, valued, heard and acted upon as equal partners alongside professionals.
For further details and to download the application form please visit the Tide website.
Closing date: 21 January 2021
Mary Seacole House – Operations Manager
Term: permanent subject to funding
Hours: 35
Salary: £30,451 – £32,000
Location: Liverpool 8
Granby Community Mental Health Group – Mary Seacole House
Mary Seacole House is a mental health charity and resource service that provides mental health and well-being support to meet the diverse cultural needs of the primarily Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee communities of Liverpool.
The service focuses on delivering activities that maximise recovery for people who experience mental health problems, helping them to live, work, study, and access leisure alongside other members of the community.
To be considered for the role of operations manager you must be an experienced operations professional with at least 2 years’ experience. You will take responsibility for the day to day operations. You will ideally have worked in a charity setting and be comfortable in a social and flexible environment. You will have substantial experience of management and be able to demonstrate a strong track record in maintaining accurate and comprehensive records.
A minimum NVQ Level 4 or equivalent in management or related field is required.
GCMHG – Mary Seacole House is a diverse and culturally sensitive organisation.
If you would like to apply for this post, please email mo@maryseacolehouse.com. An information pack containing the job description and person specification will then be sent to you. Please note that we do not accept CV applications.
Closing date: 4pm, Friday 29 January 2021
Interviews will take place week commencing 8 February 2021
Please note that a Disclosure & Barring Service check (DBS) will be required for this post.
Granby Community Mental Health Group is an Equal Opportunities employer.
West Derby Vaccination Programme – call for volunteer marshalls
The West Derby Covid-19 vaccination programme goes live this week, with 900 people over the age of 80 expected to receive a coronavirus vaccination.
Liverpool CCG’s workforce is mobilising to ensure that this programme is a success and that as many of West Derby’s vulnerable population as possible can visit West Derby Medical Centre for their injection.
To make this happen, they are in need of volunteers to help marshall and direct patients – from the car park to the medical centre, as well as to and from the various vaccination rooms around the centre.
Delivery of vaccines will take place on either the 13, 14 or 15 January 2021. Beyond that, a 3 day clinic will run, in order to facilitate vaccinations of all eligible patients.
Could you help?
If so, contact Diana from the NHS Liverpool Provider Alliance on dianna.mannhart@liverpoolccg.nhs.uk.
Merseyside Polonia – Help Link Officer
Term: 6 months fixed term (may be extended)
Hours: 7h a week
Salary: £13 per hour
Location: due to the COVID-19 restrictions the role will be home based with possibility of working at the office in the later months
The Help Link Officer will offer support to the Polish community across Liverpool City Region and especially those who are unable to communicate in English to have a point of contact for the community when they face difficulties and are looking for help.
The role will fulfil those needs and focus on the following deliverables:
Prepare and promote accessible and easy to understand on-line information on matters such as housing difficulties, issues at work, health problems, finances, budgeting etc
Offer virtual and face-to-face (as appropriate) support for those who are in difficult circumstances and may need additional help
Re-establish partnerships with local frontline services to provide more up-to-date information and support
Position: Bridge Builder Job Reference: 20/55
Hours: 37.5 per week Salary: £18,523.86 per annum
Based in: Homeworking and in Sefton working with the Aspergers Team
Temporary 12 month post starting 1 February 2021
Imagine is recruiting for a Vocational Bridge Builder role to work in an exciting new service in the Sefton area for people on the Autistic Spectrum. Bridge Building support focuses on strengthening the quality of life for people who have been excluded. You will help individuals become less isolated and more socially included through facilitating and supporting access to; education; volunteering; employment. You will work closely with the Aspergers Team and also with Imagine’s IPS Service in Sefton.
You will have experience of working with people who have a diagnosis of Autism/Aspergers and/or mental health issues, who have been excluded from mainstream society. You must have a focus on recovery, be skilled in person centred planning and empowerment.
You must be capable of building partnerships with community organisations in order to expand the range of possibilities for people accessing the service.
You will have experience of supporting excluded groups into vocational activities
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Our benefits include contributory Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 12 January 2021 at 5pm.
Interviews will be held virtually.
Successful applicant must be able to start on 1 February 2021
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community
Imagine Independence – Bridge Builder – Knowsley
Position: Bridge Builder Job Reference: 20/54
Hours: 37.5 per week Salary: £18,523.86 per annum
Based in: Homeworking and in Knowsley
Temporary post until June 2021 – N.B. for internal applicants this will be a secondment.
Imagine is recruiting for a Bridge Builder role in the Knowsley area. Bridge Building support focuses on strengthening the quality of life for people with mental health problems. You will help individuals become less isolated and socially excluded through facilitating and supporting access to a range of community mainstream activities, including education, employment, health and appropriate groups and clubs.
You will have experience of working with people who have been excluded from mainstream society with a focus on recovery, person centred planning and empowerment.
You must be capable of building partnerships with community organisations in order to expand the range of possibilities for people accessing the service.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 12 January 2021 at 5pm.
Interviews will be held virtually.
Successful applicant must be able to start ASAP.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Sport England Tackling Inequalities Fund for Merseyside
Merseyside Sport Partnership (MSP) is working with Sport England on the Tackling Inequalities Funding Programme, which will support people across Merseyside to be more active with the additional challenges faced due to Covid-19.
This funding will support organisations in the community for ‘here and now’, so that they have a future to plan for. It will provide financial support to organisations that are experiencing financial hardship and/or providing opportunities for priority audiences to be active at this time by adapting offers or providing new offers.
MSP is currently accepting funding applications of up to £2,000 from charitable organisations and constituted sports clubs who feel that they would be able to help support people in at least one of four priority groups:
People from lower socio-economic groups
People from ethnically diverse communities
People with a disability
People with long-term health conditions
Research and data analysis undertaken by Sport England has highlighted that Covid-19 is widening the existing inequalities in physical activity participation levels across these groups.
MSP will review applications from partners working in all areas of Merseyside, including Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral.
Projects can help people of any age, and could for example include ideas that support:
people who are isolating
the use of digital technology
older adults
tackling loneliness
family play
stay at home activity
managing your service’s/club’s ‘return to play’ procedures
For further information and to download the funding guidance document and application form please visit the Merseyside Sport Partnership website.
Applications must be returned to sport@merseysidesport.com by 12pm Monday 18 January 2021, however applications will be forwarded to Sport England on an ongoing basis between now and this date therefore we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
FareShare employment coach – A unique opportunity to join an amazing team.
FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 17 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to almost 11,000 frontline charities and community groups. We support 10,962 local charities and community groups. Over the past year 24,074 tonnes of food were redistributed by FareShare Regional Centres and FareShare Go nationwide, our charity network serves 933,578 people every week.
General Background
Our team at FareShare Merseyside has been working tirelessly through the pandemic to help communities throughout the region. From our Regional Centre in Speke surplus food has been redistributed to hundreds of charities supporting thousands of local families and delivering enough food for over a million meals since March. This work has been critical during the initial phase of the pandemic.
Sadly we are already beginning to see some of the long-term economic impacts of the pandemic with many retail businesses closing, companies making staff redundant and a rise in people suffering from periods of isolation and anxiety about the future. A silver lining has been a huge growth in demand for people to work in the logistics sector – especially food businesses. FareShare is in a unique position to help people gain work in this sector.
In February 2021 we will be launching an Employability Project in our Merseyside regional centre which will support people back in to work. This 18 month project will see participants become involved in our warehousing and logistics operation. Whilst on the programme participants will receive:
Vocational experience – helping us in the warehouse and to deliver food across the region
Skills training – like manual handling and how to operate a forklift truck
Employment support – coaching support in finding, applying for and securing a job
Well-being support – a key focus on the individual’s wellbeing and support to help them develop physically, mentally and socially
The Role
We are looking to recruit an employability coach to join the project team. Whilst direct experience supporting people to find work will be an advantage, we would also encourage applicants with experience supporting individuals in other areas.
The participants will be at the heart of our project and we want to create positive, person-centric approach. Whilst we aim for 50% of participants to gain employment, we want everyone to be positively impacted by coming through our programme. This role will also suit applicants who have experience in working with people holistically, are able to take a strength based approach and are able to adapt their support to enable and encourage the people on the programme to succeed.
The Package
Full Time 18 month contract
25 days holiday
Salary £21,000 – £24,000
The need for FareShare’s services will be greater than ever in 2021 this is an opportunity to join an amazing team, support your local community and help change people’s lives for good in these difficult times.
For more information and to download the application pack please visit the FareShare website or email hr@fareshare.org.uk.
Closing date: 8 January 2021
Raise – Volunteer and Training Co-ordinator
Term: permanent
Hours: 35
Salary: £21,589
Location: Liverpool
Established in 1999 Raise is an advice service that supports clients within their own home with welfare benefits, debt and financial capability advice at a specialist level.
This is an opportunity to be a key player in the delivery of our New Horizons employability project as well as delivery of our long term volunteer strategy.
The role will recruit, train and manage volunteers in administration and advice skills to support delivery of Raise advice services. It will use a personalised volunteer learning journey approach to ensure that volunteers develop at an appropriate pace for them whilst delivering high quality services to our clients.
We are looking for a highly motivated individual who is passionate about empowering people to learn new skills and in supporting them to overcome barriers on their learning and work journey.
You will be experienced with working with volunteers and job seekers. You will have excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to relate to and work with a large variety of different people. You will work in partnership with the Employment and Skills Advisor to deliver the best outcomes for all our volunteers and clients.
Contact details: For a job pack please visit the Raise website or email admin@benefitsadviceteam.co.uk. Please note, we do not accept applications via CV.
Closing date: 14 January 2021
Interviews will be held on: 20 January 2021
Together Liverpool – Social Action Lead Officer
Term: Fixed Term Part Time
Hours: 21 hours per week
Salary: £14632.80 pa
Location: Working remotely from home, other suitable venues for training events and a hot desk in St James House, Liverpool.
This role will champion social justice throughout the Diocese of Liverpool area, increasing the number, range, impact, and quality of faith-based social action projects within parishes, as part of the Diocese’s vision for a Bigger Church, Bigger Difference. To enable and equip parishes to develop their social action with programmes, tools, skills and connections, supporting parishes to identify and address issues of importance to the communities they serve.
Main Responsibilities:
– To work with local, national, and regional partner organisations to develop a toolkit for asset-based community development to be applied in practice across the Diocese of Liverpool area. This includes mapping, understanding and promoting existing good practice models of social action.
– Identify, train and support community activists (both lay people and clergy) in using such social action methods within churches and other faith-based organisations across the Diocese of Liverpool area.
– To develop Together Liverpool’s Network of Kindness, engaging and networking socially active people and churches at different levels: by geography, topic, demographic and / or clergy/laity.
– To oversee the delivery of social action projects across the Liverpool Diocese area where appropriate, including Places of Welcome and Linking Lives UK, promoting these to parishes were appropriate
– To work with Together Liverpool and the Diocese of Liverpool to monitor and report on social action projects as part of the Network of Kindness across the Diocese of Liverpool area.
– To enable diverse faith communities working together to foster mutual coordination and understanding, working together in particular on areas of social justice such as asylum, addiction recovery and basic human rights.
– To work across the Diocese of Liverpool area to strengthen community leadership by providing appropriate social action training, including for faith leaders who are building their own communities.
– To support Together Liverpool in developing its thinking around best-practice and asset-based methodology, including peer-led and self-reliance approaches.
– To work alongside the Diocese of Liverpool to support social action within Deanery Mission Plans as appropriate.
To represent the wider work of Together Liverpool at appropriate local, regional and national levels.
General responsibilities
– To work as part of a wider Together Liverpool team, promoting social action by contributing to other work programmes, events, networks and communications as appropriate.
To work collaboratively with colleagues as part of Together Liverpool
– To assist in the general efficient operation of Together Liverpool
To maintain confidentiality at all times in respect of Together Liverpool matters and to prevent disclosure of confidential or sensitive information.
– To promote the ethos and values of Together Liverpool and the Diocese of Liverpool by supporting the policies and procedures.
Job Outcomes:
– Increase number, range, impact and quality of faith-based social action projects within the Diocese of Liverpool area
– Increase community leadership from the faith sector
Increasing faith-based conversations; allowing people to explore their own identity, purpose and behaviours
– Increasing personal wellbeing through participation in community / socially minded activities
– Building inter and intra-faith partnerships delivering greater impact
Term: permanent
Hours: 21
Salary: £17,364 pro-rata
Location: Liverpool
Established in 1999, Raise is an advice service that supports clients within their own home with welfare benefits, debt and financial capability advice at a specialist level.
This is an opportunity to be involved in the delivery of our ESF New Horizons employability project to individuals wanting to improve their work prospects of work by undertaking a volunteering placement.
In order to achieve this we need a highly motivated individual who is passionate about organisation and ensuring process and controls for the project team. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, attention to detail and can work on your own initiative.
For a job pack please visit the Raise website or email admin@benefitsadviceteam.co.uk. Please note, we do not accept applications by CV.
Closing date: 14 January 2021
Interviews will be held on: 21 January 2021
Raise – Employment and Skills Advisor
Term: permanent
Hours: 35
Salary: £21,589
Location: Liverpool
Established in 1999, Raise is an advice service that supports clients within their own home with welfare benefits, debt and financial capability advice at a specialist level.
This is an opportunity to be a key player in the delivery of our New Horizons employability project. This role is important to delivery of the project as well as part of our long term strategy.
The role will support people to re-engage with education, training and employment as part of a volunteer placement using a personalised learning journey approach. It will assist people to become job ready through coaching and skills training to overcome their barriers to work.
We are looking for a highly motivated individual who is passionate about empowering people to learn new skills and wants to play an active role in supporting disadvantaged people into work. You will support them to deliver high quality administration and advice services during their time on the programme.
You will be experienced with working with volunteers and job seekers. You will have excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to relate and work with a large variety of different people. You will work in partnership with the volunteer and training coordinator to deliver the best outcomes to our volunteers seeking education, training and back to work support.
Contact details: For a job pack please visit the Raise website or email admin@benefitsadviceteam.co.uk. Please note, we do not accept applications by CV.
Closing date: 14 January 2021
Interviews will be held on: 19 January 2021
The Women’s Organisation – Positive Action Trainee Business Advisor
Term: 6 Months with intention to extend when funding secured.
Hours: Full Time
Salary: £25,000 pa
Location: Liverpool
We are seeking to recruit a trainee business adviser to support the delivery of the Nia Black Business Hub (NBBH) services throughout the Liverpool City Region (LCR). This pilot intends to confirm and develop our understanding of the multiple complex barriers faced by BAME communities when trying to access business support and advice.
The NBBH is an innovative pilot led by The Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre in partnership with The Women’s Organisation. It will be the LCR’s first business incubation and support hub that focuses on supporting potential and already existing Black owned businesses. The NBBH will enable, empower, and encourage members of the BAME community to start and grow their own businesses within LCR. The NBBH, which will be established within the Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre, will provide a range of opportunities including offering business support and incubation as its main priority.
This role is a positive action post to support the diversifying of the professional business advice and support profile by increasing the number of BAME business advisers in LCR.
This role will be employed by The Women’s Organisation and trained within their highly skilled business advice team. At The Women’s Organisation we are committed to flexible working and applicants applying for full time or part time posts will be considered.
If you are have an understanding of the multiple challenges that BAME communities face, including when starting or growing their businesses, and are interested in gaining the knowledge and skills to become a business adviser, please visit The Women’s Organisation website for an application pack.
Closing date: Wednesday 20 January 2020
Mary Seacole House – Operations Manager
Term: Permanent subject to funding
Hours: 35
Salary: £30,451 – £32,000
Location: Liverpool 8
Mary Seacole House is a mental health charity and resource service. We are a diverse and culturally sensitive organisation.
We are seeking to recruit an operations manager.
Do the following resonate with you:
Mental health
Wellbeing support
Diverse cultural needs
Primarily Black Asian Minority Ethnic Refugee communities
Are you:
An operations manager with at least 2 years’ experience
Able to take responsibility for the day-to-day operations including management of a range of projects. You will ideally have worked in SME
Comfortable in a social and flexible environment
Able to demonstrate a strong track record in maintaining accurate and comprehensive records
Qualified to a minimum of NVQ 4 or equivalent in Management or related field
If you would like to apply for this post, please email: info@maryseacolehouse.com. An information pack containing a job description, including salary and person specification, will then be sent to you.
Please note that we do not accept CV applications.
Please note that a Disclosure & Barring Service check (DBS) will be required for this post.
Contact details: info@maryseacolehouse.com
Closing date: 4pm, Friday 8 January 2021
Accessing help and support over the festive period
Liverpool City Council (LCC) has put together a dedicated webpage detailing where, when and how people can continue to access support services throughout the festive period.
Over the festive period, organisations providing Covid welfare support may be operating reduced opening hours and it could be difficult for people to get the help and support they need. LCC is encouraging people to plan ahead and make sure that, as far as possible, they have what they need to cover this time.
They are also encouraging people to reach out to vulnerable family, friends and neighbours to offer support. If you know of someone vulnerable that could find the holiday period challenging, or could need a little extra support to stay healthy and well during this time, please do reach out.
To help ensure that people are able to find what they need, LCC has put together a list of places people can turn for guidance and support during the festive period. The list includes places to turn if you need help from volunteers, foodbanks, mental health support services and more.
Please share this webpage with anyone who could potentially need some extra support this Christmas.
Healthwatch Liverpool – Information and Project Officers (enquiry focused)
2 full-time posts available: one is fixed term until 31 March 2023, the other is 12 months maternity cover
Hours: 35 hours p/w (job share considered)
Salary: £23,185
Location: Liverpool City Centre (although mostly home-based in the immediate future)
Healthwatch Liverpool is the independent champion for people using local health and social care services. We listen to what people like about services and what could be improved and share these views with those with the power to make change happen. People can also speak to us to find information about health and wellbeing services and activities available locally.
For many people you will be the first contact they have with Healthwatch so a key aspect of this role will be to promote the organisation by explaining our work and the ways of being involved in this. Our work is constantly evolving so the ability to adapt and pick-up new skills and approaches is essential.
Main Focus of Post
– To provide information and signposting to people, helping them get the most out of health and social care services in Liverpool
– To gain the views of the public in relation to their health and social care experiences
– Largely working in an office environment, talking to enquirers on the phone (due to the Coronavirus pandemic the post holder will be temporarily home based, responding to enquirers via telephone, email, text or post)
Graphic design and typography competition from MyClubmoor
MyClubmoor has teamed up with designer and illustrator Aaron Givens to launch a creative lockdown competition that will appeal to anyone interested in graphic design, illustration, typography or art.
Aaron is the competition winning artist responsible for giving the shutters at MyClubmoor’s Community Hub a makeover. The words ‘come together’ now adorn the building, thanks to his talented handiwork. Not did Aaron create stylish, slick design but the shutters now give visitors a sense of the community spirit that MyClubmoor is all about.
Unfortunately we can’t come together in person right now, but MyClubmoor and Aaron have created this competition to introduce a bit of solidarity amongst budding creatives (of all ability levels), as well as provide an enjoyable way to hone skills and flex creative muscles during these difficult times.
Get involved to win a prize
Anyone interested in taking part is invited to come up with a word, words or even a whole message that inspires, uplifts and reflects what community means to you.
If your design is selected amongst the top three you will win £100!
To enter download a mural pack and follow the instructions from the MyClubmoor website.
Africa Oyé launches NYUMBANI, a new series of online concerts, interviews and more
Africa Oyé has announced a brand new series of original concerts, interviews, documentaries and DJ sets, which will stream for free online.
The first episode of Africa Oyé: Nyumbani, which takes its name from the Swahili word for ‘at home’, will premiere on the Liverpool institution’s Facebook and Youtube pages at 7pm on Friday 18 December, with future episodes airing monthly.
Featuring on the inaugural edition will be an original concert and interview with Mauritanian singer-songwriter, and festival alumnus Daby Touré, who has played the annual festival in Sefton Park three times during his career, most recently in 2017.
Africa Oyé’s Artistic Director, Paul Duhaney, said of the new venture, “It’s been a really tough year, not least for the arts, but myself and the team were determined to end it on a high, so we’re really pleased to be able to bring everyone this first episode of Nyumbani before the New Year. If it helps just a few people scratch that festival itch and bring some smiles to people’s faces then that’s a win for us.”
Episode 1 will also feature a DJ set from Chief Commander Yaaba – the leader of London-based hi-life/afro-funk band, Yaaba Funk – who played the festival in both 2012 and in 2013.
This year’s Africa Oyé Festival was scheduled to take place in June but like so many other events, had to be postponed. Thanks for this new series you can now enjoy a taste of the festival at home.
Follow Africa Oyé on the following platforms, so you can tune in Friday 18 December (and ongoing, on a monthly basis):
How has Covid has impacted black, Asian and minority ethnic communities? Share your experiences
Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership is undertaking an important piece of research to gain a deeper understanding of how Covid-19 has impacted black, Asian and minority ethnic communities in our areas.
We know these communities have been disproportionally impacted by Covid and this research will provide essential insight to help the partnership create more targeted interventions and communication.
The survey should take around 15 minutes to complete, and all finished surveys will be entered into a prize draw to win one of 20 £50 Amazon vouchers.
If you are black, Asian or minority ethnic and live in Merseyside or Cheshire, please take the survey to help create a better understanding of the impact Covid-19 has had on you and your community.
Voluntary organisations working in the criminal justice system with an annual income under £250,000 can apply to Clinks now for grant funding to support their vital work through the winter. The deadline for applications is 9am on Monday 4 January 2021, although early applications are encouraged.
This summer Clinks was able to distribute £300,000 to small and medium organisations on behalf of Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). However, the organisation’s research showed that organisations are not fully confident about their long-term sustainability and there is growing concern about the future availability of funding from trusts and foundations and cuts to government funding.
After working closely with HMPPS and MoJ to advocate for the sector, Clinks is pleased to be able to distribute a further £143,500 on behalf of HMPPS and MoJ to support small and specialist organisations. There’s a particular focus on organisations that are black, Asian and minority ethnic led and focussed, and those supporting people with protected characteristics.
Read more about this round of the grants programme and download the supporting documentation from the Clinks website.
Suicide awareness and conflict prevention training courses
YMCA Liverpool will host training courses include Using a Relational Approach to Preventing Conflict and Suicide Awareness and Prevention in January and February 2021. The suicide awareness training is free of charge.
Courses currently available from YMCA Liverpool include:
FREE Suicide Awareness & Prevention Training
Duration: 4 hours
The aim of the training is to increase learners’ understanding and knowledge of practical suicide prevention techniques, to enable them to confidently make appropriate and timely interventions if they think someone is feeling suicidal.
By the end of the session learners will be able to:
Identify signs that might suggest someone is thinking about suicide
Recognise risk and identify key risk factors
Have increased confidence to ask direct questions about suicide
List key support services for people who feel suicidal
Using a Relational Approach to Preventing Conflict
Duration: 9.30am-4.30pm
Based on our time working with people with multiple and complex needs in particular, we use a psychologically informed and relational approach to preventing and avoiding conflict; focusing proactively upon behaviours in a CAT* informed way – both on service users’** behaviours and our own as professionals, improving continuous self awareness; identifying and responding to relational patterns in a non-punitive and safe way.
The session is interactive (including activities based on a dialogical approach to preventing conflict) and we measure delegates’ confidence in terms of preventing conflict at the start and end of the session. We don’t focus on responding to physical aggression (i.e. self defence/restraint,) as our approach is much more preventative. We can bespoke the session slightly to your needs in terms of content.
Delegates will receive a resource pack to apply learning in the workplace using practical tools, along with a certificate.
For further information about all of the above, or to book, contact Emma Carruthers on 0151 600 3530 or emma.carruthers@liverpoolymca.org.uk.
Santa’s on his way to Belle Vale
Two Belle Vale charities, Active Community Enterprise (ACE) and St Cyril’s Children & Youth Project (SCCYP) , have teamed up to bring festive activities and Father Christmas to their community this December.
For many people in Belle Vale and the surrounding areas, the ACE Santa sleigh-ride signals the start of the festive season. It brings a lot of joy to the children’s faces, when they come out of the house and see the man himself in their street.
This year’s festivities will be a little different due to the Covid-19 restrictions but rest-assured that Santa will still be making his rounds. ACE, a charity that supports adults with learning difficulties, has teamed up with SCCYP, an initiative that provides year-round activities for children aged 6+ in the local area. Between them, the organisations plan to offer a unique after school and holiday play scheme, with free activities for all children aged 6+. SCCYP has also been delivering essential food parcels to the most vulnerable, isolating and struggling families in the community.
Santa’s sleigh ride
On Friday 18 December 2020 AC and SCCYP will travel around the Belle Vale and Naylorsfield areas, stopping off to hand out selection boxes to the children and offer socially-distanced photo opportunities with Santa and his elves!
The route:
Santa’s sleigh will leave the SCCYP building at 6pm
travel left upon to Southbrook road
then onto Handle road
followed by Bloom Hill Close
onto Naylorsfield Road
returning onto Southbrook road and back at SCCYP building
Please give a warm welcome to Santa and his elves
and be safe by ensuring that you distance yourselves,
Smile and wave, enjoy our Christmas celebration
and enjoy a festive moment free from isolation!
Marcus Rashford launches winter emergency food provision map
A new website is being launched by LFC footballer Marcus Rashford, as part of the next stage of his campaign to #EndChildFoodPoverty.
The site will provide those in a vulnerable situation with information about the help available to them locally, through their council, local charities, food banks and any other businesses or organisations helping to tackle hunger this winter. A main feature will be a map, allowing people to locate their nearest support.
The BBC will be releasing a documentary about Marcus Rashford’s campaign on BBC One, Monday 21 December 2020. It is estimated that around 8 million people will watch the film. Many of those watching may need help themselves, and will visit the website to see what support is available to them. That’s why it is important that local authorities, charities, foodbanks, and other businesses have submitted their details before then, in order to have their services included on the #EndChildFoodPoverty website and map.
Put yourself on the map
If you are a local council, charity, food bank or any other type of business that will be providing emergency food aid to children and families during winter 2020/21, complete this Google docs form, to ensure that your services are added to the #EndChildFoodPoverty map.
Please share this page with other organisations, anywhere in the country, that are tackling hunger this winter.
Community Covid-19 pop-up testing sites now open
Dingle, Kirkdale and Old Swan One Stop Shops are opening as SMART testing pop-up sites.
LCVS is encouraging everyone living, working or studying in Liverpool to get a free Covid-19 test, as part of the city’s SMART testing programme.
SMART stands for Systematic Meaningful Asymptomatic Repeated Testing, which is the model being used for community testing in the city.
If you have NO SYMPTOMS you can just pop in for a quick lateral flow Covid test. Don’t forget to take your mobile phone, if you have one, and your face covering.
Click the links below to download the following information as PDF documents:
A new National Lottery Fund aimed at reducing loneliness will open for applications on 5 January 2021.
The Local Connections Fund is a new £4 million fund to help charities and community groups in England that are working to reduce loneliness by helping them build connections across their communities.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and The National Lottery Community Fund are investing £2 million each.
This will be used to fund hundreds of microgrants, between £300 and £2,500, so that small, local organisations (with an annual income of £50,000 or less) can bring people and communities together.
The first round of funding will be open for applications on 5 January and close on 26 January 2021. Successful applicants must have spent the money and finished their project by 31 March 2021. A second round will follow in the summer.
Merseyside Youth Association – Neurodiverse Youth Hub Intensive Mentor
Term: Fixed Term Funded to 31st March 2022
Hours: 35 Hours
Salary: £23,009 p.a. – £26,244 p.a.- MYA Scale 5 – Pt. 17-20
Location: 65-67 Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 3DY
To effectively engage young people with neurodiverse conditions. To create a pathway to employment for young people aged 18-24 who are not in education, training, or work. To provide intensive mentoring to young people, managing a case load of 15 young people at any one time. To recruit, undertake initial assessments and to develop a personalised pathway utilising personal development tools designed for the programme. To undertake supported signposting into other services within the Youth Hub and externally. To enhance young people’s employability and support entry into employment including post-employment support.
To hold a recognised qualification to at least to NVQ level 3 in a subject related to Young People
For an application pack and further information please forward your request to recruitment@mya.org.uk alternatively visit the Merseyside Youth Association website.
Closing date: 5pm, Friday 18 December 2020.
Merseyside Youth Association – BAME Youth Outreach and Intensive Mentor
Term: Fixed Term Funded to 31st March 2022
Hours: 35 Hours
Salary: £23,009 p.a.– £26,244 p.a – MYA Scale 5 – Pt. 17-20
Location: 65-67 Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 3DY
To deliver effective outreach activities to engage young people from BAME Communities. To create a pathway to employment for young people aged 18-24 who are not in education, training or work. To provide intensive mentoring to young people, managing a caseload of approximately 15 young people at any one time. To recruit through outreach, undertake initial assessments and to develop a personalised pathway utilising personal development tools designed for the programme. To undertake supported signposting into other services within the Youth Hub and externally. To enhance young people’s employability and support entry into employment including post-employment support.
To hold a recognised qualification to at least to NVQ level 3 in a subject related to young people
For an application pack and further information please forward your request to recruitment@mya.org.uk alternatively visit the Merseyside Youth Association website.
Closing date: 5pm – Friday 18 December 2020.
Merseyside Youth Association – Youth Hub Coordinator
Term: Fixed Term Funded to 31st March 2022
Hours: 35 Hours
Salary: £27,001 p.a. – £29,363 p.a. – MYA Scale 6 – Pt. 21-24
Location: 65-67 Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 3DY
We wish to employ a specialist Youth Hub Co-ordinator for the Liverpool Youth Hub, who will sit within our Employment Team. This exciting role will be responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination of co-locating partners and activities within the hub.
They will develop and build on existing links with Jobcentre Plus Advisors, act as a conduit between the Youth Hub and external partners and organisations who provide access for young people into employment, education and training opportunities within the Liverpool City Region.
The successful candidate must hold relevant qualification at Level 4 or above.
For an application pack and further information please forward your request to recruitment@mya.org.uk alternatively visit the Merseyside Youth Association website.
Closing date: 5pm – Friday 18 December 2020.
Home Office launches #YouAreNotAlone Covid-19 domestic abuse campaign
The government has relaunched the #YouAreNotAlone campaign (originally launched in April) to support those experiencing domestic abuse during the pandemic.
Advertising on social media and paid search signposts to a designated campaign gov.uk webpage where
victims, perpetrators and members of the public can find out how to get support if they or someone they know may be experiencing domestic abuse.
The information on that page (linked above) includes Easy Read guidance, as well as information about organisations that can provide support in other languages and tailored to those living with disabilities.
The campaign hashtag #YouAreNotAlone shows solidarity and support for victims of abuse. The government’s hope is that supporters and the public will continue to share this message to ensure as many people as possible are reached.
‘Something’s not right’ campaign supports young people suffering harm
The Home Office has launched a campaign that aims to support secondary-age children to recognise abuse when it happens to them, or to others, and to seek appropriate support.
The ‘Something’s not right’ campaign was developed in close collaboration with the NSPCC, Barnardo’s, The Children’s Society, Internet Watch Foundation and the Marie Collins Foundation, in response to evidence that
suggests young people faced a greater risk of sexual abuse, criminal exploitation and domestic abuse due to the impact of coronavirus.
It is targeted at 13 – 18 year olds in England who have become victim to these harms and aims to empower those young people to get the help and support they need.
Children and young people can head to the Childline website for more information, and those that work with young people are encouraged to share this website with anyone who they feel could benefit from the information.
The campaign materials are designed to help young people identify abusive behaviour and safely seek help. They contain information such as:
how to make an appointment with a doctor
when to call the police
how to bring up the subject of abuse with a trusted adult
looking after your mental health
To help you spread the word about this campaign you can also download free:
Position: Bridge Builder Job Reference: 20/55
Hours: 37.5 per week
Salary: £18,523.86 per annum
Based in: Homeworking and in Sefton working with the Aspergers Team
Temporary 12 month post starting 1 February 2021
Imagine is recruiting for a vocational bridge builder role to work in an exciting new service in the Sefton area for people on the autistic spectrum. Bridge building support focuses on strengthening the quality of life for people who have been excluded. You will help individuals become less isolated and more socially included through facilitating and supporting access to; education; volunteering; employment. You will work closely with the Aspergers Team and also with Imagine’s IPS Service in Sefton.
You will have experience of working with people who have a diagnosis of autism/aspergers and/or mental health issues, who have been excluded from mainstream society. You must have a focus on recovery, be skilled in person centred planning and empowerment.
You must be capable of building partnerships with community organisations in order to expand the range of possibilities for people accessing the service.
You will have experience of supporting excluded groups into vocational activities.
Please note that we shortlist from received application forms only, we do not accept CVs.
Our benefits include contributory company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities. An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date for applications: 14 December 2020 at 5pm.
Interviews will be held virtually on Friday 18 December 2020.
Successful applicant must be able to start on 1 February 2021.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Construction career opportunities for young people from BAME communities
Are you from the BAME community and interested in starting a career in the construction industry?
From January, Liverpool City Council is able to offer:
Training & CSCS Card
Work placements on major sites in the city
Apprenticeships and job opportunities
For more information about the opportunities available contact Lynne Debbazi at lynne.debbazi@liverpool.gov.uk.
LCC is particularly keen to support BAME women and young people, aged 16-24 years, with this scheme.
The Women’s Organisation – Community Relationship & Engagement Coordinator
Term: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours
Salary: Up to £ 29,000 per annum (depending on experience).
Location: Liverpool, L1
The Women’s Organisation is an innovative, social enterprise that provides quality enterprise and employment services and influences policy in order to improve the economic position of women.
We are pleased to be expanding our team and are seeking to recruit a Community Relationship & Engagement Coordinator to support the high-quality delivery of women’s economic development services throughout the Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester.
If you have the relevant experience and skills to support a marketing and engagement team to further their reach, and would like to work for award winning women’s economic development organisation, visit The Woman’s Organisation website to apply. Alternatively, call 0151 706 8111 or email info@thewo.org.uk for an application pack.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon, Wednesday 6 January 2021.
Interviews are anticipated to take place week beginning 11 January 2021.
The Women’s Organisation – PR and Communications Coordinator
Term: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours
Salary: Up to £ 29,000 per annum (depending on experience).
Location: Liverpool, L1
The Women’s Organisation is an innovative, social enterprise that provides quality enterprise and employment services and influences policy in order to improve the economic position of women.
We are pleased to be expanding our team and are seeking to recruit a PR & Communications Coordinator to support the high-quality delivery of women’s economic development services throughout the Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester.
If you have the relevant experience and skills to support a marketing and communications team boasting a cutting edge social media presence and a track record of quality PR and communications, and you would like to work for award winning women’s economic development organisation visit The Women’s Organisation website to apply. Alternatively, contact 0151 706 8111 or email info@thewo.org.uk.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon, Wednesday 6 January 2021.
Interviews anticipated to take place week beginning 11 January 2021.
Mental Health Sustainability Programme Small Grants Fund
Association of Mental Health Providers (AMHP) is pleased to announce the launch of the small grants fund as part of the Mental Health Sustainability Programme. This fund will be used to provide grants of up to £5,000 to support the sustainability of mental health voluntary, community and social enterprise provider organisations, with a turnover of £25-500k.
VCSE mental health organisations have a vital role working in the community providing support to anyone who has a mental health need but continues to face many challenges in delivering services during COVID-19, intensified by the lockdowns and varying tier systems. It is vital that service providers working in the community are supported to enable them to continue delivering essential, life-saving services to people who need it most so it can be effective and sustainable during and after the pandemic.
As such, AMHP is looking at funding costs that can positively impact the sustainability of an organisation – specifically those that are supporting the mental health and wellbeing of communities disproportionately impacted by Covid-19; with a focus on organisations that are led by and/or are supporting Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic communities. Applications will also be considered from organisations supporting other disadvantaged groups such as the homeless community, those in contact with the criminal justice system, children and young people, women and girls, victims of domestic violence etc.
If you would like to arrange an initial, informal discussion contact Gill Miller, chair of trustees at gill.miller@aol.com or Mary Clayton, coordinator at musicplace@liverpool.ac.uk. Alternatively forward your CV and letter of application to musicplace@liverpool.ac.uk.
Closing date: 4 January 2021
The Women’s Organisation – Training and Development Specialist
Term: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours
Salary: £26,000 – £29,000 per annum
Location: Liverpool, L1
The Women’s Organisation is an innovative not for profit organisation that works with diverse communities across the Liverpool City Region providing quality enterprise and employment services and influences policy in order to improve the economic position of women.
We are pleased to be expanding our team and are seeking to recruit an experienced Training and Development Specialist to support the high quality delivery of women’s economic development services throughout the Liverpool City Region (Merseyside and Halton areas). We are committed to flexible working and applicants applying for full time or part time posts will be considered.
If you have the relevant experience and skills to support a busy training team, willingness to learn and would like to work with an award winning women’s economic development organisation please visit The Women’s Organisation website, call 0151 706 8111 or email info@thewo.org.uk for an application pack.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 12pm, Monday 11 January 2021.
Interviews for short listed applicants will be held week commencing 18 January 2021.
CIC launches creative podcast to help combat loneliness and boost wellbeing
Manchester-based theatre company, Made by Mortals CIC, has launched a new interactive fictional podcast designed to bring people of all ages together, combat loneliness and improve wellbeing – helping listeners to stay happy and healthy.
Armchair Adventures is for children, teachers, imaginative older people, carers and activity coordinators. Unlike other podcasts, it is interactive and comes with an optional activity pack that includes drama, movement and music-making activities to enjoy and experiment with as you create your own Armchair Adventure.
The podcast and optional activity pack can be used as solo or group activities, during recreational time, family visits, in-person or over Zoom… there are lots of possibilities.
Armchair Adventures podcast
Each podcast episode features 15 year old Connie and her band of plucky explorers. Connie has found herself stuck at home, in a flat above her family’s travel agents. They specialise in holidays for the over 55’s, but with all of them cancelled the business is in major trouble! Connie knows she has to do something or they could end up going bust. So, she reaches out to her amazing customers and together, they come up with an alternative approach to a traditional vacation. All it takes is a little bit of imagination.
Each month, Connie and one of her amazing customers takes the listeners on an armchair adventure. The voices that you’ll hear in each episode belong to real over 55’s stuck in isolation, who are really keen to experience the outside world through the power of imagination.
You can listen to the podcast for free at Podfollow. It’s also available wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts.
The optional activity pack combines written and audio instructions that guide you through a step-by-step process to create your own Armchair Adventure. It contains loads of drama, movement and music-making activities, which can be used by organisations to help their members or residents create their own adventure from their armchair.
Physical copies are also available, for the digitally excluded. These come with CDs and/or personal MP3 players pre-loaded with all of the activity pack audio. Physical copies are £20 each (multiple purchase offers available) and are selling fast.
Greenbank becomes official partner for UK Charity Week
Greenbank, a charity that focuses on delivering inclusive education, sport and leisure activities to the people in the Liverpool City Region, is very proud to be one of the official partners of UK Charity Week, which takes place 7 – 13 December 2020.
UK Charity Week (#UKCharityWeek) is a media campaign that is designed to give the people in the UK an opportunity to place awareness on and raise funds for charities high on the national agenda. This year has been harder than ever for everyone and charities have been hit especially hard with a lot of planned fundraising events having to be cancelled as well as the extra strain in supporting their local communities through these tough times. It is more important than ever to work together and support charities as best we can.
Mary Beaumont, Greenbank CEO, said:
“We are delighted to be an official partner of UK Charity Week in what has been a very difficult year all round. Having this outlet will help raise awareness of our charity not only for fundraising purposes, but also to let people know what we can offer them in terms of providing inclusive opportunities in education, sport and leisure.”
How you can help
Join the Cake & Coffee Morning:
The theme on Wednesday 9 December is Charity Big Bake, so Greenbank is hosting a virtual coffee and cake morning. As it is a virtual event, you will need to provide your own coffee (or tea!) and homemade cakes if you fancy showing off your baking skills but this is not essential, shop bought is fine too! At the event, you will get to show off your homebaked cakes, join a baking themed quiz, have a natter and find out more about the work that Greenbank does and how you can support the charity.
You can support Greenbank throughout the week by following the charity on social media and sharing posts. Find Greenbak on Twitter at @greenbankchty and Facebook at @greenbankcharity.
Donate:
You can donate via the Greenbank website or via text message by sending GREENBANK along with the amount you wish to donate (eg GREENBANK 5) to 70085. You will be charged your donation amount plus a standard rate message.
New campaign launched to tackle online loan sharks
The England Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) has launched a new campaign aimed at tackling illegal money lending on the internet and warning of the dangers of online loan sharks.
The campaign comes amid concerns more people are falling prey to unscrupulous lenders online as statistics show one in five victims met their lender on social media in the first half of 2020.
Loan sharks are increasingly using social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, to advertise their illegal loans and target potential victims.
These criminals will lure people in with seemingly attractive loan offers but will quickly resort to intimidation, threats and violence to enforce repayment and trap borrowers in a spiral of debt.
The campaign, titled #SharkFreeSurfing, will run across the Stop Loan Sharks social media platforms from 30 November to 6 December. It is hoped that the campaign will help encourage not just victims but the wider community to report online illegal money lending activity.
The IMLT will also release short audio stories on the Stop Loan Sharks podcast platform to help people spot the many different tactics used by loan sharks and promote the support available to those affected.
Tony Quigley, Head of the England Illegal Money Lending Team, said: “We are aware that loan sharks are becoming more active on social media, particularly in community groups and on local selling pages, which we will not tolerate.
“Loan sharks are using online platforms to advertise their predatory lending activities and target potential victims. People throughout our communities are struggling financially due to the pandemic and the increased pressures to not only meet monthly bills, but also the added expense of Christmas, may make them more at risk of being targeted by illegal money lenders.
“I urge people to remain vigilant when online – if you spot a suspicious loan advert on social media, report it to us. If you need to borrow money, always check the lender is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority and contact your local credit union about ethical financial products and services.”
How to protect yourself from loan sharks online:
Know who you’re dealing with. If you’ve only ever met someone online or are unsure of the legitimacy of a lender, take some time to do a bit more research
Check the lender is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). If not, don’t borrow from them – report to the Stop Loan Sharks team
Beware of loan adverts with no credit checks. Loan sharks have been known to advertise in community groups and on local selling pages. They may seem friendly and accommodating, but their behaviour can quickly change, and you might be harassed or threatened if you get behind with your repayments
Lenders must carry out credit checks to make sure borrowers can afford to pay back their loans. You should never hand over your bank details to strangers, even if they lure you with attractive offers. Remember, if it looks too good to be true, it probably is
Beware of any requests for your details or money. Loan sharks may ask for copies of your passport or pictures of your house, the street and your house number. Never send money or give card details, online account details or copies of personal documents to anyone you don’t know or trust
If you suspect someone may be a loan shark or they are acting inappropriately, you can report them anonymously to www.stoploansharks.co.uk or by calling the Stop Loan Sharks Helpline on 0300 555 2222.
Alternatively, you can email the team reportaloanshark@stoploansharks.gov.uk or access support via live chat on the website Monday to Friday between 9am-5pm.
The Stop Loan Sharks App is free to download on both iOS and Android devices from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre – Housing and Social Welfare Solicitor
Term: Permanent
Hours: Up to 35
Salary: Up to £30,000
Location: Liverpool
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre is a small community-based Law Centre and has been in existence since 1973 serving the community of the City of Liverpool. We have recently acquired funding for a Housing & Social Welfare Solicitor who will be joining our team.
We are looking for the successful applicant to start as soon as possible and would welcome secondment applications.
Please email for an application pack which includes a full job description and person specification.
BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme
Do you work with children and families who could be struggling to meet some basic needs? The BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme is available to support them and you could make a referral today.
The Emergency Essentials Programme supports children and young people who are facing exceptionally difficult circumstances, and is delivered by Family Fund Business Services.
The programme provides items that meet a child’s most basic needs, such as a bed to sleep in, a cooker to provide a hot meal and other items or services critical to a child’s wellbeing.
During this time, lots of families are facing financial challenges. Applications to this fund must be made by a registered referrer, so if you’re working with vulnerable children up to the age of 18, find out how the Emergency Essentials Programme could help – visit the Family Fund Services website for details.
COVID-19 and Northern Powerhouse – Tackling inequalities for UK health and productivity
A Northern Powerhouse Report, focused on tackling inequalities for UK health and productivity and commissioned by the Northern Health Science Alliance, has been released today, Monday 30 November 2020.
According to the report, the North of England’s economy has been hit harder than the rest of the country during the COVID-19 pandemic, with inequalities between the North and the rest of the country exacerbated.
It states that the pandemic hit the North harder and more deeply, and that mitigating measures must be put in place to stop inequalities rising further and faster.
The report conservatively estimates the economic cost of the increased mortality in the North during the pandemic at £6.86bn and the reductions in mental health in the region due to the pandemic at around £5bn a year.
The increased mortality rates in the Northern Powerhouse remain significant, even after accounting for deprivation, ethnicity and the age-structure of the population. Figures show austerity simultaneously put the region in a more vulnerable position by reducing health and wellbeing. This has cost the UK around £2bn a year in lost productivity, with over £16bn lost since 2011.
The report, led by scientists from Newcastle University, the University of Manchester, University of York and University of Liverpool found:
An extra 57.7 more people per 100,000 died in the Northern Powerhouse than the rest of England between March and July and this could cost the UK economy an additional £6.86bn in reduced productivity
Mental and financial wellbeing was hardest hit in the Northern Powerhouse, as was loneliness
Reductions in mental wellbeing in the Northern Powerhouse could cost the UK economy up to £5 billion in reduced productivity
Austerity disproportionately affected the Northern Powerhouse, particularly areas of high deprivation which led to reduced productivity
Reductions in the core spending power of local authorities in the Northern Powerhouse by £1 per-head cost £3.17 per-head in lost productivity, equivalent to around a £2bn loss in GDP per-year, or £16bn between 2011 and 2018
Pre-pandemic child health, a key predictor of life-long health and economic productivity, was poor and deteriorating in the Northern Powerhouse. Since the pandemic, adverse trends in poverty, education, employment and mental health for children and young people have been exacerbated
Economic outcomes, particularly unemployment rates, were hardest hit in the Northern Powerhouse.
Across the board, these estimates are likely to be conservative as the North of England has been hardest hit during the second wave of the pandemic and these modelling exercises focused on outcomes from the first wave.
The report authors make the following series of recommendations to stop further deteriorations in the level of inequalities:
Place additional resource into the Test and Trace system in the Northern Powerhouse and deliver through local primary care, public health, NHS labs and local authority services to ensure full population coverage.
Target clinically vulnerable and deprived communities in the Northern Powerhouse in the first phase of the roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine
Increase NHS and local authority resources and service provision for mental health in the Northern Powerhouse. Invest in research into mental health interventions in the North
Reduce child poverty – increase child benefit, increase the child element of Universal Credit by £20 per week, extend provision of free childcare, remove the benefit cap and the two-child limit; and extend provision of free school meals. Invest in children’s services by increasing government grants to local authorities in the Northern Powerhouse
Maintain and increase the additional £1,000 extra funding of Universal Credit
Provide additional resource to local authorities and the NHS in the Northern Powerhouse by increasing the existing NHS health inequalities weighting within the NHS funding formula in its reset and restore plans
Deliver a £1 billion fund ring-fenced to tackle health inequalities at a regional level and increase local authority public health funding to address the higher levels of deprivation and public health need in the North
Create northern ‘Health for Life’ centres offering a life-long programme of health and wellbeing advice and support services from pre-natal to healthy ageing programmes. Targeted at the most deprived areas in the North, they will take a preventative approach to health directly into the communities that need it most
Deliver health and mental health promotion interventions together with industry and employers, targeted at employee mental and physical health
Level up investment in health R&D in the North of England to create high value jobs and support local health and drive the economy
Recommit to ending child poverty
Develop a national strategy for action on the social determinants of health with the aim of reducing inequalities in health, with a key focus on children
The small grants and main grants programmes from Children in Need have now reopened. The deadline for both programmes is 21 December 2020.
Small grants provide up to £10,000 per year for up to 3 years, while main grants offer £10,000 upwards for up to 3 years. The focus for all grants is on children and young people aged 18 and under, experiencing disadvantage through:
Illness, distress, abuse or neglect
Any kind of disability
Behavioural or psychological difficulties
Living in poverty or situations of deprivation
Children in Need encourage applications for:
Project delivery (including staffing and salary costs)
Creative solutions to deliver much needed services
Organisational costs to support stability and adaptation (Including the day-to-day running costs of an organisation, as opposed to specific project costs)
All applications will have to show how this funding will make a difference to children and young people’s lives during this crisis.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) has resumed accepting small and medium project funding applications and launched an interest free loans pilot.
The first phase of reopening will offer grants between £3,000 to £10,000 and £10,000 to £100,000, with the focus on supporting organisational resilience and inclusion. It is not available for capital works.
NLHF anticipates that the second phase, launching February 2021, will include provision for capital works. Phase two will offer grants between £100,000 to £250,000 and £250,000 to £5,000,000.
In addition to these grants, Heritage Recovery and Resilience Loans of £50,000 to £250,000 are also available.
These loans are designed to help fund activities and costs that will develop and restart your organisation’s income generating potential. They are well suited to organisations who have already been working on resilience, and are currently operating with a mixed income model of enterprise and grant funding, who require support to meet operating costs or adjust their operating model as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.
This blog by Ros Kerslake, CEO, NLHF provides insight into the organisation’s plans and priorities to support the heritage sector.
Together in Dementia Everyday – Business Development Manager
Term: Fixed
Hours: Full time
Salary: £30,000
Location: Liverpool
Can you bring in new business to support our community enterprise and charitable objectives? This post will take the lead role in securing commissions for the business, using learning from successful projects to follow up appropriate leads.
Term: Fixed
Hours:Full Time
Salary:£35,000
Location: Liverpool
Do you have an eye for detail and a passion for efficiency?
The Governance Manager will provide a vital link across the LSN and tide charity and will support the Chief Executive and Board to fulfil their responsibilities. You will be responsible for all internal systems and reporting arrangements and for meeting our requirements with external bodies. This includes acting as company secretary.
Together in Dementia Everyday – Operations Manager
Term: Fixed
Hours: Full time
Salary: £35,000
Location: Liverpool
Are you skilled at delivering big projects successfully?
The tide Operations Manager will be responsible for implementing the delivery plans to achieve tide’s key outcomes for the NLF funded grant and for the day to day management of the team of staff.
Life Story Network – Training and Development Manager
Term: Fixed
Hours: Full time
Salary: £30,000
Location: Liverpool
Are you enthusiastic about training products that have a real impact on attitudes and behaviours? Our Training and Development Manager will need to be skilled at promoting our training products to generate new business as well as delivering the courses directly.
Free gas central heating systems for eligible Liverpool homes
Liverpool residents who own their own homes, have never had a gas central heating system in place and are in receipt of certain welfare benefits could be eligible for a free central heating system. Those in receipt of a low income, who have a health condition may also be eligible for the scheme
Liverpool City Council has been awarded a grant of £1.27 million from the Warm Homes Fund for the installation of first time gas central heating systems. The offer is being match funded by NEXT Energy Solutions, who will be responsible for the installation of the systems.
Benefits to having a gas central heating system:
More efficient way of heating your home
Control temperature in every room
Reduce condensation and mould growth
Can reduce illnesses related to living in a cold home such as pneumonia, asthma and bronchitis
To find out whether you qualify:
call the Healthy Homes Team on freephone 0800 012 1754
Moulana Iranian Community is the latest organisation to have moved into the LCVS building at 151 Dale Street, Liverpool.
The charity moved into its new home back in August, becoming the 23 resident organisation. We would like to take this opportunity to formerly welcome Moulana CIC to the building.
Moulana offers a wide range of services to all asylum seekers, with a special focus on Iranians. The charity assists with immigration, housing and Covid-19 support, as well as running a food bank.
Before the pandemic, Moulana was known to host traditional Persian music concerts. While, unfortunately, those are on hold for now because of coronavirus restrictions, the team has continued to offer online music classes for service users. They are currently in the planning stages of the Moulana online gym.
Vahid Madanpisheh from Moulana said, “We moved into 151 Dale Street because of its central location and conferencing facilities, which we’ll begin using when restrictions allow. But the biggest draw was the ability to base the organisation in a building where all of our neighbours, like us, are involved in fundraising, charity work and voluntary programs.
“With so many people working from home we haven’t had the opportunity to meet everyone yet but we look forward to working with the other LCVS resident organisations in the future.”
Term: ongoing
Hours: 8-10
Salary: £6,000
Location: Liverpool
Could you lead GoodGym in Liverpool and make it a healthier and better connected place?
GoodGym is a growing community of runners, walkers and cyclists who get fit by doing good. We shift earth instead of weights and use our exercise to visit older people instead of running still on treadmills.
We employ people who really care about their community to lead GoodGym in their local area. If you’re passionate about health and care about the world around you, we want to work with you in Liverpool. You’ll be developing a fitness community through helping charitable organisations across the city.
We welcome applications from people who are in full time employment as this role can be done flexibly outside of normal office hours.
Responsibilities
As the GoodGym Liverpool area activator, you’ll be responsible for the success of GoodGym in the city. You will increase participation by supporting a network of GoodGym members and local community projects. You will do this by:
Creating a supportive community of members
Encouraging engagement by promoting GoodGym activities
Recruiting members to assist with the above activities
Increasing participation on GoodGym group sessions
Increasing the number of GoodGym group sessions being listed
Person Specification
All applicants must have:
A passion for making communities better
Experience of making something happen from scratch; football club, PTA, club night, – anything that shows you get involved
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Good computer and social media skills
You would also need access to the internet and a computer so you can use the GoodGym website and engage with your members.
We want GoodGym to reflect the diversity of the areas in which we operate. Liverpool is a diverse city with residents, businesses, charities and community groups from a wide range of backgrounds. We are particularly keen to hear from applicants who have a connection to the communities and groups which GoodGym serves.
Good to have:
Volunteer management experience
Knowledge of local community initiatives and charities
A personal fitness qualification or Leadership in Running Fitness (LiRF) through England Athletics
Working Hours
We estimate this all to take between 8 – 10 hours each week, to be worked flexibly across the week.
Pay
£6,000 a year on a monthly freelance contract.
How to apply
Deadline for applications is 9am on Friday 11th December
Interviews will take place on Tuesday 15 December via an online video call. Please ensure you have this date free.
To ensure that our recruitment process is fair, we are using a standardised application form for all applicants, this will replace the need to send us a CV and cover letter.
If you wish to discuss the role or have any questions please contact jobs@goodgym.org.
Detailed Job Description
We are looking for the best people to help us provide support to millions of people affected by loneliness in the UK. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardless of race, sex, gender identity, disability, age, nationality, religious or philosophical belief, age, sexual orientation, educational attainment, family status, trade union activity or any other factor. We see diversity as strength and want everyone to be able to be their whole themselves at work.
We have a code of conduct in place, and are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels safe and respected.
Person Specification
Skills and knowledge
Local knowledge of community groups and charities
Ability to use social media and Google Apps (mail / calendar)
Good computer and web skills
Good communication and negotiation skills
Personal attributes
Ability to develop positive relationships with people from all backgrounds
Ability to coach and mentor people
Self-motivation: the ability to use self initiative and makes opportunities happen
Friendly and approachable
Passion for fitness
Experience
Experience of leading running groups and improving fitness of participants is desirable
Running/fitness
GoodGym is a community of runners, walkers and cyclists. Fitness is central to what we do and a key reason why people get involved. Whilst you don’t need to be a fitness coach or instructor for this job we would expect the successful applicants to have an interest in improving the fitness of GoodGym members. We are able to provide training for those who wish to lead groups.
Working Hours
8-10 hours per week with no set hours. We expect the post holder to respond to email queries within 48 hours.
Responsibilities
As a GoodGym area activator, you’ll be responsible for the success of GoodGym in your area. This is done by working alongside the area TaskForce, a group of local GoodGym members.
Supporting TaskForce
Supporting them to use the website
Answering their queries
Supporting them in finding organisations to work with
Supporting them in building long term relationships with organisations
Regular communication with TaskForce
Encourage TaskForce to rotate responsibilities
Identifying and encouraging new TaskForce members
Resolving issues / disputes between TaskForce members
Ensuring TaskForce meet the GoodGym code of conduct and guidelines
Building relationships with task organisations
Contacting new organisations with whom we might be able to do tasks
Ensuring positive connections are maintained with the organisation long term
Encouraging new task owners to use the task referral form
Task relationships to be built through shared inbox with TaskForce.
Monitoring safety
Supporting TaskForce in listing tasks that comply with GoodGym guidelines and safety rules
Ensure all TaskForce have completed relevant training
Reporting safety concerns
Reporting learning
Short weekly report on where impact is being made and what you have learned
Support and monitoring
You will report to a named person in the GoodGym Central Team.
Support groups/learning groups on video chat on a monthly basis with a regional group of 4-5 people.
Success of the role will be gauged on overall levels of participation in the area overall.
Management, Support and Reporting
On joining GoodGym you will receive training on the role. Due to Covid-19 restrictions this may be over video-conferencing or in person.
You will be assigned a named contact at GoodGym who will then catch-up and review your area’s performance every 2 months. This catch-up lasts around one hour and can be held online if agreed in advance. During this time, you must have access to a computer to review your dashboard and feedback from the runners on the GoodGym website.
Your contact at GoodGym will be available for support and advice 5 days a week between 9.30am – 6pm.
You are obliged to attend a yearly review to update you on new GoodGym policy, technology and to what’s working well and what could be improved. You are also obliged to complete online training every year to ensure you have a full understanding of essential health and safety processes and responsibilities.
Tide rolls out a season of events for carers supporting people with dementia
Tide invites carers and former carers of people living with dementia to sign up to a series of upcoming events, designed to help them to build the skills, knowledge and confidence to speak up and influence our society.
Tide stands for together in dementia everyday and that is exactly what the network is – a group of people coming together, as they support those living with dementia. If you fall into that group, you can join Tide for free. You may also be interested in attending one or more of these upcoming events:
Weekly
Merseyside/Cheshire Virtual Meet-Up – Every Thursday, 12 – 1pm
All carers and former carers of people living with dementia are welcome to this local virtual meet-up for peer support, discussion, advice and ideas. You can register on the link below & a zoom link will be automatically sent to you. Register via Zoom to receive the link.
Merseyside/Cheshire workshop sessions 2021
Welcome to Tide
An overview of Tide’s work and the variety of opportunities available.
When caring for someone living with dementia, loss is not only felt at the end of life. This session acknowledges and gives you the opportunity to talk about the grief and loss felt while caring for someone living with dementia.
The Brain Charity launches Christmas appeal to raise £6k for the 1 in 6 people with neurological conditions
The Brain Charity has launched its first ever Christmas appeal. The 2020 campaign is seeking to raise £6,000 to support the one in six people that live with neurological conditions.
This year, coronavirus saw the national charity, which provides practical help, counselling and social activities for people with all forms of neurological condition, forced to cancel multiple fundraising events including its annual Snow Ball.
Over the same period, The Brain Charity faced a 70% surge in referrals to its services. This was due to the neurological complications caused by Covid-19, the increased mental health impact of social isolation caused by the pandemic and a bleak unemployment landscape.
More people with neurological conditions need the charity’s help than ever before. This December The Brain Charity is calling on the public to support its #Sixmas campaign.
The organisation is asking people from all over the UK to organise and participate in a sponsored – virtual or covid-safe – event themed around the number six, to highlight the fact one in six people has a neurological condition.
Events and activities might entail walking, running, rolling, cycling or otherwise travelling 600m, 6km, six miles, 16km, 60 miles or even 600km. You could take sponsorship for a six-hour sponsored silence, a six-day sporting challenge, a six season TV show marathon or even bouncing on a trampoline non-stop for six hours!
When the current national lockdown ends in December, if the rule of six is reinstated, fundraisers could choose to plan six-person bake sales, afternoon teas, gameathons, sponsored film nights and garage clear-outs. If not, they could meet as a group of six, 16, 60, 66 or more on Zoom for a virtual murder mystery, karaoke session, quiz or race night.
Tui Benjamin, head of communications and fundraising at The Brain Charity, said: “There are more than 600 different neurological conditions in existence, including stroke, brain injury, dementia and many much rarer ones too. We are the only charity in the UK to be here for every single one of them, as we have been for the last 26 years.
“2020 has been an unprecedented year for everyone; and, as has been the case for many charities, we’ve been unable to engage in public fundraising events and activities in the same way we usually would.
“But at the same time, demand for our services has rocketed like never before.
“One in six people have a neurological condition, and more than ever need the life-changing support we provide.
“That’s why, this December, we are calling on anyone affected by a neurological condition in some way – most people will know someone living with one – to support our #Sixmas appeal.”
Anyone who does not want to register as a #Sixmas fundraiser is invited to make a donation instead.
£6 can reduce social isolation by paying for two people with neurological conditions to attend a coffee morning at The Brain Charity.
£60 funds three members of The Brain Charity’s information and advice team to provide vital support about living with a condition to someone with a new diagnosis
£600 enables The Brain Charity to be there for patients and their families as soon as they are diagnosed, by funding a hospital-based outreach worker and the vital wraparound support the charity provides alongside this for 12 hours
Supporters and fundraisers can shout about their donation or fundraising on social media using the hashtags #Sixmas, #ShareWithSix and #SupportingThe1in6 while nominating six friends to do the same.
Become a mental health champion with free, Government-funded online courses
Fully-funded level 2 qualifications from Free Courses in England are ideal for anyone who wishes to increase their knowledge of mental health problems, the factors that cause mental ill-health and the ways that these problems can be managed.
69% of adults within the UK are feeling uncertain and worried about the impact COVID-19 is having on their life. The majority of which are feeling stressed and anxious in regard to their future. These completely free sessions could help you to make a difference to the lives of your friends and colleagues.
Spaces are available on the following online courses:
House of Memories is raising money to reach isolated older people and people living with dementia
Between 1 – 8 December 2020 National Museums Liverpool will be fundraising for a new project called House of Memories: Connect My Memories – a tablet loan service. The service will provide technology for socially isolated and vulnerable older people, as well as people living with dementia, to enable them to access the My House of Memories app.
The campaign is part of the Big Give Christmas Challenge. This means that every donation will be doubled, thanks to match funding. The challenge starts at midday on Tuesday 1 December 2020 and ends at midday on Tuesday 8 December, so that leaves just 7 days to reach the fundraising target of £39,000.
If you deliver sporting activity, now is the time to give your input on Sport England’s new 10 year strategy.
Following 18 months of research and consultation, Sport England will publish a new 10 year strategy in January 2021, setting out its mission and goals for the next decade.
The organisation has entered the final phase of that consultation by launching an online platform, which will remain open for four weeks. The site will host a series of engagement opportunities, including surveys, workshops and webinars, that will enable stakeholders to take a deeper look at the major themes of the strategy.
If you would like to contribute, sign up to the online platform now, to be guided through the activities.
The employment coach role will form part of a project team with the FareShare warehouse trainer. The project team will be responsible to deliver all aspects of the project. The employment coach will deliver the employment support element and also, jointly with the warehouse trainer, deliver the wellbeing element of the project.
We are looking for someone dynamic and engaging, with excellent communication and employment mentoring skills, as well as a commitment to delivering a high quality service in line with our mission and core values.
In addition to working with the warehouse trainer you will work closely with the team at FareShare Merseyside and be supported by the FareShare Employability Team.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities of the role:
Effectively maintain a caseload of trainees ensuring their attendance at regular one to one support,
group sessions and other programme activities
Complete induction interviews and create Individual Development Plans for each trainee
Offer appropriate information, advice and guidance to help overcome their barriers to employment,
including signposting to relevant support agencies and partners
Devise and monitor the trainee’s job search plan and set SMART targets at each review stage
Support trainees to prepare for and sustain employment once secured
Ensure that detailed participant records are maintained
Deliver employability coaching and other relevant training as required
Achieve job outcome targets to meet the overall project target for employment
Ensure that job outcome evidence requirements are met
Account manage the long term relationships and to create new effective relationships with the local
business community, public, community and voluntary sector organisations
Provide support to employers who offer employment opportunities to trainees
Motivate trainees, to ensure continual engagement
Attend team meetings with FareShare Merseyside and the FareShare Employability Team
Complete paperwork and to ensure that trainee files are maintained
Adopt a coaching/motivational interviewing approach to supporting trainees
Work with trainees holistically and encourage, support and enable them to achieve defined
employment and wellbeing goals
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the local labour market and sector developments
Other aims for the post:
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of issues, trends, policy developments and legislation relating to the role
Take part in any training course relevant to the post
Work in accordance with the Equality and Diversity, Health & Safety and safeguarding policies
Undertake any additional tasks as reasonably required by post holder’s line manager
Work within and promote the values, promises and policies and procedures laid down by FareShare and be involved in the development and review of policies and procedures as required
Attend supervision and appraisal meetings as specified by the post holder’s line manager
Represent FareShare and promote employability to other regional centres and FareShare partners
The warehouse trainer role will form part of a project team with the FareShare employment coach. The project team will be responsible to deliver all aspects of the project. The warehouse trainer will deliver the warehouse and training element and also, jointly with the employment coach, deliver the Wellbeing element of the project. We are looking for someone dynamic and engaging, with excellent training, coaching and mentoring skills, as well as a commitment to delivering a high quality service in line with our mission and core values. In addition to working with the employment coach you will work closely with the team at FareShare Merseyside and be supported by the FareShare Employability Team.
Main tasks and responsibilities of the role:
Effectively maintain a caseload of trainees ensuring their attendance during their work experience in the warehouse, regular one to one support, group sessions and other programme activities
Complete induction interviews and create Individual Development Plans for each trainee
Offer appropriate information, advice and training to help Trainees to become competent within the warehouse environment
Devise and monitor the trainee’s learning plan, within their Individual Development Plan, set SMART targets and regularly review
Support trainees to prepare for employment in a warehouse environment
Ensure that detailed participant records are maintained
Deliver coaching and other relevant training as required
Work with the employment coach to meet the overall project target for employment
Motivate trainees, to ensure continual engagement
Attend team meetings with FareShare Merseyside and the FareShare Employability Team
Complete paperwork and to ensure that trainee files are maintained
Work with trainees holistically and encourage, support and enable them to achieve defined training and wellbeing goals
Work with the FareShare Merseyside operations team to ensure the project is planned to support the overall operation
Other aims for the post:
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of issues, trends, and legislation relating to the role
Take part in any training course relevant to the post
Work in accordance with the Equality and Diversity, Health & Safety and Safe-guarding policies
Undertake any additional tasks as reasonably required by post holder’s line manager
Work within and promote the values, promises and policies and procedures laid down by FareShare and be involved in the development and review of policies and procedures as required
Attend supervision and appraisal meetings as specified by the post holder’s line manager
Represent FareShare and promote employability to other regional centres and FareShare partners
The closing date for applications is Tuesday 1 December 2020.
Liverpool City Region invites young people to awaken their inner entrepreneur
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) has launched Youthquake, a free 18-week traineeship that will give young people first-hand experience of planning and running a business.
Delivered by the Learning Foundry, Youthquake will start in January 2021. It is open to young people from LCR who are aged 16-18 and not currently in education, training or employment. The intention of the programme is to help young people awaken their inner entrepreneur, shape their career path and make a difference to the area where they live in the process.
Participants will work in groups and individually to come up with a unique business proposal. They will learn about and consider products, branding, websites, ethics, audiences and lots more! They’ll hear inspirational talks from local business leaders, go on site visits and gain real work experience by participating in an 8-week placement.
After completing programme, participants will be supported to find employment through an apprenticeship.
There are 20 places available and the registration process ends on 4 December 2020.
For more information and to complete an expression of interest form, visit the LCRCA Youthquake site.
Council Tax Support Scheme Consultation
Liverpool City Council is currently deciding whether to change its Council Tax Support Scheme for 2021/2022 and a number of options are being considered.
As a result, the council is undertaking a consultation exercise, to enable all interested parties to give their views on the options. Findings from this consultation will help the council decide whether or not to make changes.
The survey is intended for Liverpool residents. All information received will be treated confidentially. The closing date for responses is 29 November 2020.
If you experience any problems with completing this survey please email assurance.team@liverpool.gov.uk with your details including a contact telephone number.
Liverpool Methodist District – Female Part-Time Administrator
Term: Permanent
Hours: 4 hours per week to start
Salary: £10.00 per hour
Location: Warrington
Church Action on Sexual Abuse issues (CASAI) requires a part-time female* office administrator, based at The Gateway, Warrington, commencing in January 2021.
The position entails office and administrative support for CASAI in its day to day duties and operation.
Duties include:
• maintaining secure records and managing databases;
• researching funding streams and completing grant applications;
• managing the office budget;
• liaising with those who access the service;
• organising meetings, CASAI events and conferences.
Good IT and communication skills are essential.
Salary: up to £10 per hour (depending on qualifications and experience).
4 hours per week, with opportunity for increased hours post Covid, (times to be negotiated).
Closing date for applications: Thursday 26 November – 5pm.
Interviews (via Zoom): Tuesday 8 December – pm, and Wednesday 9 December – am.
For more details, a full job description and a person specification contact Margaret Sadler at admin@liverpoolmethodist.org.uk, or on 07442 164 690.
*Due to the nature of the work of CASAI this role is open to female applicants only. Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
UK Youth announces £2million Covid relief fund for youth organisations
Youth organisations across England are invited to apply to the £2 million UK Youth Fund – Covid Relief by completing a short questionnaire. The funder hopes all youth organisations will respond, telling them about the impact that Covid-19 has had on service providers and the young people they support.
Throughout the pandemic, UK Youth has been working hard to unlock additional funding and has been met with the same questions each time:
What funding has been lost?
What is the impact on youth provision across England?
What are the barriers and opportunities facing organisations?
How many organisations are at risk of closure?
What are the priorities for supporting young people now and in the future as we recover?
They need more robust answers to these questions. That’s why they are now asking EVERY youth organisation in England to complete this questionnaire. It won’t take long and the information you provide will help to unlock more funding for your work.
UK Youth has secured £2 million to support small youth organisations who have not had access to the crisis funding they require to survive the Covid pandemic. The UK Youth Fund – Covid Relief is funded through the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) Community Match Challenge scheme, with funding from DCMS, Pears Foundation and Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Government’s £750m charities package.
Organisations that are based in, and deliver work in, England with a turnover of less than £250,000, are eligible to apply for grants of up to £50,000. The grants are available to organisations that have lost funding, face the threat of closure, or had to reduce delivery or services supporting young people, and will directly support young people. Awarded organisations can use the funds to cover staff salaries, project running costs, organisational development and goods and equipment which support delivery.
If you are eligible for the funding, please complete the questionnaire. Your responses will be used as your application for funding.
UK Youth is particularly keen to hear from organisations that support young people who are most affected by systemic oppression and discrimination. This includes Black, Asian and other groups who experience racism, deaf/disabled people and those who identify as sitting at the intersections of several minoritized identities, those who identify as LGBT+, as well as those who have not had financial support growing up.
Even if you are not eligible for this funding please still complete the questionnaire. The information you provide will be invaluable and will enable us to secure additional income streams to support your work.
Term: Full time
Hours: 37 (9am – 5pm, Monday – Friday)
Salary: £18,115 to £19,176
Location: Allerton, Liverpool
Nugent is excited to offer the opportunity for an ambitious and enthusiastic individual to manage the organisation’s charity shop. This role will form part of the fundraising, marketing and communications team and will be integral to the delivery of the charity’s income generation target. The successful candidate, will have retail management experience, be commercially aware, passionate about the charity sector, and keen to engage with your local community.
As charity shop manager, you will provide a welcoming and commercial environment for our customers. Highly organised, you will co-ordinate donations to gain the best value by selling them through the charity shop, external recycling organisations or online. Responsible for creative displays and seasonal merchandising, you will manage a team of volunteers to deliver a high standard of retail operations to ensure the customer has a positive shopping experience.
Contribute to the Liverpool City Region Spatial Development Strategy
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) is continuing work on developing its first Spatial Development Strategy (SDS).
The metro mayor and combined authority are committed to ensuring that local people have the opportunity to genuinely influence local decision-making. As such, they are seeking further views on a proposed vision and set of objectives, along with approaches to several key policy areas.
This is the second stage ‘Our Places’ engagement. The overriding purpose of the engagement is to make sure the SDS continues to be shaped positively and meaningfully by the people of the Liverpool City Region.
The Brain Charity and Farm Urban launch innovative eco crowdfunder
The Brain Charity has launched a £15,000 appeal to become the first charity in the UK to have its own edible wall!
Working with social enterprise Farm Urban, the charity hopes to teach hundreds of people with neurological conditions how to grow healthy, sustainable food using hydroponics – a vertical, soilless and pesticide-free method of farming.
Inviting The Brain Charity’s service users to install and maintain the 2m by 1.8m wall will have mental health and environmental benefits. It will also provide free, healthy food for The Brain Food Café, The Brain Charity’s on-site restaurant.
A crowdfunding appeal was launched on 10 November 2020, to raise cash needed to install and maintain the living wall at The Brain Charity’s HQ on Norton Street. Money raised will also be used to create an edible wall educational programme.
Tui Benjamin, head of communications and fundraising at The Brain Charity, said, “The impact of a neurological diagnosis can be devastating. Life can become very lonely and frightening – meaning physical and mental health suffer and malnutrition can be common.
“Many of our service users live on or below the poverty line, with 31% saying they have barely enough money to live on despite receiving welfare benefits. Social isolation is also a huge issue, with more than half telling us they regularly feel lonely.
“We therefore hope this pioneering project, the first of its kind in the UK, will not only allow us to significantly improve the mental health of some of our most vulnerable service users – after all, taking care of plants is a known mood booster – but help them make more healthy food choices, learn new skills, make friends and do their bit for the planet too.
“The edible wall is an incredible opportunity to empower our service users – a community so often marginalised – to know they can contribute to a better, healthier future; for themselves and for the planet.”
Farm Urban created Liverpool’s first vertical farm in 2019 and over the past five years have been educating schools, businesses and communities across Merseyside. The organisation has already installed an eight-tower living wall in the Bruntwood offices, in Liverpool’s Cotton Exchange.
Hydroponics uses energy-efficient LED lights and circulating water to grow leafy greens and herbs all year round, whatever the weather. The futuristic indoor farming technique was recently featured in Netflix documentary David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet, as a key component of the battle against climate change.
Dr Paul Myers, managing director of Farm Urban, said, “Farm Urban uses aquaponics as a focal point around which communities can come together.
“The food we eat also has a huge effect on our health and wellbeing – we seek to help people understand the importance of eating well by providing the fresh food that makes that possible in a way that doesn’t harm the planet.
“Partnering with The Brain Charity will allow us the opportunity to share our food revolution with a wider audience than ever before.
“The Brain Charity pilot will be used to develop an educational programme around accessible, indoor food growing which will be shared with communities across the UK and beyond.
“We hope this will lay the groundwork for bringing an innovative approach to urban farming to groups all over the world.”
On 16 November 2020 the crowdfunding campaign will open to Aviva employees, who are given £250,000 in total each quarter to distribute to projects of their choice, in this way.
Members of the public can donate to the fund in exchange for rewards, such as Brain Charity merchandise, Farm Urban ‘Greens For Good’ boxes of leafy greens and herbs and ‘pay it forward’ donated meals.
To find out more about this innovative project and donate, to grab a great reward, via the Aviva Community Fund page.
Funded mindfulness and counselling for women, from Blackburne House
Liverpool women’s charity Blackburne House is offering a range of fully funded mindfulness sessions and counselling services to women. All of the following are offered online, and are therefore completely Covid-secure ways to look after your mental health during these challenging times.
Fully funded mindfulness sessions
Intro to Mindfulness – a one and a half-hour session
In these ever-changing, challenging and uncertain times it is essential that we are physically and mentally healthy. Mindfulness and meditation are great ways to help us maintain our mental health. This introductory mindfulness session could start you on a journey to boost your health, happiness and wellbeing. It is perfect for those wanting to explore mindfulness prior to committing to the full programme.
Mindfulness half days – four three-hour sessions
Living mindfully can promote wellbeing and resilience. Mindfulness assists with confidence, attention and focus. It also enables us to quiet the mind and see things as they are. Meditation is a tool to reduce stress and anxiety. It can inspire a different way of thinking and addressing negative thinking patterns, ruminating about the past and worrying about the future.
Mindfulness for Self Esteem and Confidence – a one and a half-hour session
Research has shown that living mindfully, together with meditating, can improve confidence and self-esteem. It helps to quieten the mind and see things as they are. Meditation can be used to reduce stress and anxiety and inspires a different way of thinking, helping us to be more present and enjoy the now – something that is often overlooked.
Bespoke mindfulness – sessions for your workplace or group
In addition to the above sessions, Blackburne House can also offer a bespoke service to meet the needs of your workplace, group or community.
All of the above are available to women only, free-of-charge. For more information, or to enquire about booking sessions, email wellness@blackburnehouse.co.uk.
Fully funded counselling sessions
One to one counselling – a maximum of six sessions
Individuals can access personal counselling in a confidential, safe and non-judgemental space, offered by a qualified and highly experienced integrative counsellor who, as the name suggests, uses a combined approach that brings together different elements of specific therapies.
Group counselling – weekly sessions
A collection of women with similar issues meet as a group, with a trained counsellor, to discuss learn and share experiences. Themed group sessions can cover topics including relationship problems, work-related stress, grief and bereavement, communication and social skills, anxiety and depression, anger etc.
All counselling sessions are delivered via Zoom and are fully funded for women aged 18+ who live in Liverpool City Region. For more information, or to enquire about booking sessions, email wellness@blackburnehouse.co.uk.
VCF Sector Resilience Survey deadline extended
We’ve been able to extend the deadline of our Liverpool Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector Resilience Survey. You now have until 5pm, Wednesday 18 November 2020 to have your say on investment into and support for voluntary, community and faith sector groups.
Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) and Liverpool City Council (LCC) have jointly created a survey to gather information about the impact of Covid-19 on local voluntary and community organisations.
Both LCVS and LCC recognise that the voluntary, community and faith sector organisations are playing a vital role in Liverpool’s Covid-19 pandemic response. It is also clear that these organisations are under increased pressure at a time when they are critically needed.
As such, we need to hear from you about the impact of Covid-19 on your organisation.
Your responses will shape support services provided by both LCVS and LCC, as well as being shared with funders and other agencies as they look to see how they can support the VCF sector.
This may include the provision of additional direct investment into the sector through grants or other support, so the more evidence received about the issues impacting on your organisation, the stronger the case for support.
Are you running a project or organisation that exists to improve a local neighbourhood, village or town? Do you want to recover and rebuild income from trading and pandemic-proof your business? Apply for this free support programme before Wednesday 2 December 2020.
This programme will give you the head-space, support network and funding needed to adapt, digitise and diversify your income from trading. You’ll become a stronger, more sustainable community business as a result.
The School for Social Entrepreneurs is welcoming applications from all community businesses with priority given to those who meet any of these criteria:
BAME-led (over 51% BAME leadership in staff or trustees/directors)
Located in and giving support to black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) local communities
Located in and giving support to very deprived or disadvantaged local communities
Key features of the Community Business Trade Up Programme include:
A free learning programme, to help you recover and rebuild your income and impact
Up to £10,000 Trade Back grant
An opportunity to meet regularly with other people running organisations like yours, so you can help each other out
What to do if you have a dental problem during the COVID-19 pandemic
The following information was provided by NHS Northwest.
If you have a dental issue during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important that you know how to access help when you need it.
All dental practices in the Northwest are now open and have resumed face-to-face care. Due to the requirements around personal protective equipment and infection protection and control measures all dental practices are currently unable to see as many patients as before and may not yet be able to offer the full range of services due to increased infection, prevention and control measures.
Some dental practices may be required to close if the staff are required to self-isolate. In this case, patients will be advised by the dental practice of how to access emergency and urgent dental care until face-to-face care is available again.
If you need dental help or advice, please contact your dental practice over the phone first, rather than in person. You will be assessed over the phone and may be given advice, medication or a face-to-face appointment if needed.
Your practice will look different than normal, as it will be operating in a way that observes COVID-19 social distancing and hygiene rules as part of measures taken to ensure your safety and that of the dental team. For all face-to-face care, infection prevention and control measures and personal protective equipment requirements are in place to ensure patient and staff safety.
Patients who require completion of pre-COVID-19 treatment plans will be prioritised alongside high-risk patients and children.
Urgent dental services have been established across the region for patients and the public during the COVID-19 pandemic and they are continuing to see and treat patients on referral by a dentist who may not offer specific treatments.
If you are in pain or in need of support, help or advice, please telephone your dental practice in the usual way.
If you don’t have a usual dentist and you have an urgent need you can call your local dental helpline. For those living in Merseyside that number is 0161 476 9651.
You will be assessed and given advice over the phone, which may result in a remote consultation with a dentist or a face-to-face appointment.
To support NHS services, it is important that you do not visit hospitals or doctors’ surgeries with dental problems
Help us to get Liverpool tested and reopen our city
As you may already have heard, mass COVID-19 testing has started in the city. Everyone living or working in Liverpool will now be offered COVID-19 testing, whether they have symptoms or not.
This is the first pilot of whole-city testing in England, meaning that, once again, Liverpool is at the forefront of medical innovation. It has been made possible by the dramatic increase in testing capacity and new technologies.
Testing will be carried out at multiple sites across the city, to make it as accessible as possible. There will be a variety of ways to book a test, including online, by dropping into a test centre and by invitation from the local authority. Testing will be carried out in hospitals, care homes, schools, universities, workplaces, at new and existing test sites and using home testing kits.
Voluntary, community and faith sector support
LCVS is asking for the voluntary sector’s support in delivering this news far and wide, and in encouraging Liverpool’s communities to get regularly tested over the coming weeks.
The greater the number of people that participate, the quicker we will be able to supress the virus and enable communities to get back to doing more of the normal things they like to do.
As someone working at the heart of the community, you are well placed to encourage residents who may be unsure about getting tested, to go ahead for the good of the wider community.
Please help to get the message out through:
inclusion in your communications plans and marketing campaigns
reaching out to all of your service users and local contacts
creating social media campaigns that help spread the word
The more imaginative and creative the approach the better!
Just a few places remain available on this fantastic training opportunity, funded by Macmillan in Liverpool. The course of eight sessions is tailor-made for social prescribing link workers and anyone else who works in the community, to improve health and wellbeing.
Sessions cover the following topics:
Moving from Deficit to Asset Based Community Development - focus on what’s strong not what’s wrong
The Six Building Blocks of Community
The Role of the Professional in Citizen Space
The Craft and Power of using Questions to Build Community
Learning Conversations & Developing Community Builder Skills
The Role of Connectors and Animators
The 8 Touchstones Community Building Framework Pt: 1
The 8 Touchstones of Community Building Framework Pt 2
Dates for the above sessions are 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 26 and 27 November 2020. All training will take place between 11:30am – 1pm on those days.
To register your place contact Claire Evans from Macmillan at clevans@macmillan.org.uk.
Please be aware that the small amount of remaining places are expected to book up quickly!
Have your say on fair employment in Liverpool City Region
In 2019 Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor, set out to improve the world of work in the Liverpool City Region. Since then, the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) has engaged with people about their experiences of work and asked businesses, staff, trade unions and others what should be included in the Liverpool City Region’s first Fair Employment Charter.
Consultation to date has been positive about the areas included in the Charter but there are some areas that they wish to explore further. LCRCA is therefore keen to hear from all residents, workers, employers, and other interested parties on the latest draft, to help make Liverpool City Region the best place to work in the country.
The survey is open until midnight on Wednesday 18 November 2020.
Imagine Independence – Community Project Facilitator
Position: Community Project Facilitator – this is a 6 month position
Job Reference: 20/48
Hours: 37.5hrs per week
Salary: £25,000 p.a.
Based: Home working and in Liverpool
Current Scheduled Interview Date: Friday 13 November 2020
Applicants must be able to commence in post Tuesday 01 December 2020
This is an exciting role to work with Imagine Independence on its Building Up Stronger (BUS) project for a period of 6 months.
A place focused, proof of concept offering a new service in 9 inner-city wards of Liverpool, BUS will bring forward a new, scalable service-model fit for the post Covid-19 environment. By focusing on individuals’ lived experience of the Covid-19 pandemic, BUS will offer sustainable, effective interventions to promote and protect people’s well-being, in both the short and longer-term. It will do this by maximising their access to non-clinical VCSE services.
As a Community Project Facilitator (CPS), you will provide high quality support to people struggling with their mental health, so that they emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic with their wellbeing maximised. Building on their existing assets for health, you will support each individual to develop and/or improve their social and other networks, so that they recover more quickly from any impacts of the recent lockdown and the socio-economic dislocation that the pandemic has created.
Working with individuals referred to BUS, a bespoke, time limited plan will be co-created with each person to support their recovery; enable them to be more prepared for any future lockdowns; develop and/or maintain their educational/vocational skills; and enable them to use digital platforms to access goods/services/maintain their social links.
Completed application forms are to be returned by email to recruitment@imagineindependence.org.uk by 5pm Wednesday 11 November 2020.
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Amparo to host further sessions introducing suicide liaison workers
Due to high levels of demand, Amparo, the organisation that offers support following suicide, has announced a number of additional dates for its popular introductory Zoom sessions.
Last month we shared that the Amparo team was inviting you to attend a free introductory Zoom session to find out how the service works ‘on the ground’ and learn about the kind of support suicide liaison workers can offer to those who have been affected by suicide.
Those sessions were heavily oversubscribed and feedback was exceptional, so additional dates have now been added.
If you would like to know more about Amparo, and how suicide liaison workers support those affected by suicide, sign up for one the the following 30 minute sessions:
Thursday 19 Nov @ 5pm
Wednesday 25 Nov @ 3pm
Wednesday 2 Dec @ 9.30am
Wednesday 9 Dec @ 2pm
Monday 14 Dec @ 12pm
Thursday 17 Dec @ 4pm
To book a place, email Paul.Etherington@listening-ear.co.uk.
Complete this sector survey for a chance to win £100
Match funding platform The Big Give is investigating the state of the charity sector ahead of the Christmas giving season.
Voluntary organisations are invited to complete a state of the charity sector survey, which should take only five minutes to complete.
The Big Give intends to publish the results of the survey ahead of the Christmas giving season, and hope the findings will highlight the importance of supporting charities more than ever this year.
As a thank you, the organisation will select three charities at random, from those who completed the survey, and make a donation of £100 to each.
The deadline to complete the survey is Sunday 9 November.
World AIDS Day Rock the Red Ribbon Art Competition
Sahir House invites you to get creative with the international symbol of the red ribbon for the charity’s World AIDS Day art competition Rock the Red Ribbon.
Supported by Tate, Cass Art and Dot-Art, Rock the Red Ribbon Art Competition is an exciting opportunity for local, aspiring artists to gain exposure, support their local HIV charity and have their work judged by award winning artists and designers.
Organisers invite artists to create a piece of art that:
uniquely incorporates the red ribbon, the international symbol of HIV
presents a clear visual image that represents and promotes the work of Sahir House
The winning image will be used in future campaigns and events.
Artwork can be submitted in any format that can be displayed in a still image. Different forms of art are actively encouraged, with the Sahir House team saying that they want to see as many forms as possible, from pencil to paint and from digital art to sculpture.
There are some fantastic prizes to be won:
Winner: Tate membership, which includes entry to the current Don McCullin exhibition, and an art goodie bag
1st runner up: a £50 art supply bundle from Cass Art
2nd runner up: dot-art online art class
3rd runner up: a £30 art supply bundle from Cass Art
Deadline for submissions is Wednesday 25 November 2020.
Milap to celebrate Diwali with a packed programme of Indian Arts
Milap, the UK’s leading Indian arts and culture charity, is preparing to celebrate Diwali with a week-long programme of music and dance that can be enjoyed from the comfort of your own home between 9-15 November 2020.
Diwali is the Indian festival of lights, usually lasting five days and celebrated during the Hindu Lunisolar month Kartika. One of the most popular festivals of India, Diwali symbolizes the spiritual ‘victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance’.
Rising stars and internationally renowned performers will feature on Milap’s digital programme. The ever-popular Music for the Mind & Soul series will return to the fore, with several concerts taking place across the week. Morning, afternoon and evening Raaga performances will featur instruments which are rarely seen in a concert setting in the UK, such as the mandolin and the nadaswaram.
More highlights include a performance choreographed using the language of the ancient art form of Kutiyattam, one of India’s oldest living theatrical traditions.
For those feeling a little bit active, there will be two participatory sessions with Milap’s artist in residence, Sheetal Maru.
The festival of events will kicks off with internationally renowned sitarist Shakir Khan, one of the most promising young exponents of the legendary Etawah Gharana, energetically following in the musical footsteps of his prodigious father and guru, sitar maestro Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan.
Milap’s programme of Diwali events will take place from 9 – 15 November 2020 across various streaming platforms. You can access all the events and see the full line-up and schedule on the Milap website.
All Together NOW! – Development Officer
Term: Full time/2-year fixed term contract subject to a 6-month probationary period/annual monitoring, with a potential contract extension subject to further secured funding
Hours: 35
Salary: £25-27K p.a
Location: Liverpool / remotely
All Together NOW! is the North West’s unique and multi award-winning newspaper that’s helping hundreds of thousands of people affected by disability and wide-ranging health issues.
We’re an ambitious charity with an impressive track record, working with public and private sector bodies to reach and engage with a rapidly growing sector of the community.
Based in Liverpool, our FREE newspaper is a lifeline to huge numbers of people across Merseyside, Lancashire and Cheshire.
We are now looking for someone with the passion and skills who can help make us even bigger and better.
Our new Development Officer will be self-motivated, possess plenty of successful fundraising experience, and have excellent communication skills.
The role will include:
Researching, identifying, and securing donations from trusts, foundations, statutory-making bodies, corporate and community donors.
Gathering data including analysis and reporting of data to help the charity measure the impact of its work.
Raising the profile of and actively promoting the work of the charity through social media platforms and other creative ways.
Proactively identifying ways to increase productivity by raising the financial reserves of the charity.
Ability to work as part of a team to achieve organisational objectives.
Communicating to both internal and external networks to forge strong professional relationships and partnerships.
Meeting all fundraising strategy targets, deadlines and income projections.
Having resilience to thrive and remain optimistic within highly challenging and competitive times.
Working within the confines of confidentiality and ensuring that professional boundaries are always maintained.
Being able to work flexibly and occasionally out of normal working hours.
HOW TO APPLY
If the chance to work for this exciting charity appeals to you, send a CV and tailored covering letter outlining your suitability for the role to admin@alltogethernow.org.uk. For further information, visit the All Together NOW! website.
Closing date for applications: Friday 13 November
Free weekly food vouchers for families from Healthy Start
Healthy Start provides weekly food and vitamin vouchers to pregnant people and families with young children. Vouchers can be claimed by people who are pregnant, or have a child under the age of four, and are on certain benefits. They can also be claimed by those who are pregnant and under 18.
Vouchers can be spent on milk, fresh, frozen and tinned fruit and vegetables, fresh, dried, and tinned pulses, and infant formula milk. You can also get free vitamins.
Healthy Start is a government scheme aimed at improving the health of low-income pregnant women and families with young children on benefits and tax credits. It provides a great opportunity for health professionals and others working with pregnant women and families to offer encouragement, information and advice on issues such as healthy eating, breastfeeding and vitamins.
How much do families get?
Pregnant women receive one voucher each week (£3.10)
Babies under one year old get two vouchers each week (£6.20)
Children aged from one to four years get one voucher a week (£3.10)
Find information for individuals, professionals and retailers, as well as food and health tips, on the Healthy Start website.
Mayor of Liverpool invests £58,000 in community crowdfundng projects
Rebuilding a community radio station, converting a container into a clubhouse and installing a new community cinema screen are among nine ambitious new projects that have been given a major boost towards their crowdfunding targets by the Mayor of Liverpool.
The chosen ideas, which were created for the local community, by the local community, were selected from suggestions put forward as part of crowdfunding programme, Crowdfund Liverpool.
Anybody can chip in as little as £2 to help bring these local projects to life. Leading from the front, the Mayor of Liverpool has put forward a dedicated £100,000 fund to help projects running crowdfunding campaigns get off the ground.
The following new projects are crowdfunding now. Collectively, they recently received pledges from the Mayor totalling £58,558. You can still chip in to any that you would like to support:
Anfield Community Cinema: £10,000 from Mayor Anderson will support the installation of a new screen to help bring the Liverpool Lighthouse cinema back to life
Thrive-Care Leavers Career Hub: £4,760 from Mayor Anderson will help a project that connects employers with young people in care and care leavers who are experiencing digital poverty to help them live happy, safe and fulfilling lives
Grandison Road Allotments Accessible Clubhouse: £4,430 from Mayor Anderson will help convert a container into a tearoom and clubhouse, providing a place for the community of Clubmoor to connect
Toxteth Community Radio: £7,618 from Mayor Anderson will support the relaunch of a community radio station for Toxteth, providing a way for young people to create and air their own shows while lifting community spirits
Culture And Sports Community Cafe: £10,000 from Mayor Anderson will contribute towards the creation of the Dingle Cultural Hub Café, proving a space for communities in Toxteth to enjoy
Community Kitchen @ The Unity: £9,650 from Mayor Anderson will help build a community kitchen that will host multicultural, intergenerational cookery projects that tackle food poverty and food waste
Let’s Get Active Tuebrook: £690 from Mayor Anderson will help ensure ex-offenders have access to exercise sessions that will help them rehabilitate back into the local community of Tuebrook
The Pop Up Panto: £7,390 from Mayor Anderson will help convert a van into a touring theatre show that employs local performers to entertain schoolchildren safely across the city
Gardening to Combat Anxiety & Loneliness: £4,020 from Mayor Anderson will enable a therapist to work with people with social anxiety to get involved in local projects to enhance green spaces
These crowdfunding campaigns are part of a joint initiative between the Mayor of Liverpool and Spacehive, the UK’s leading civic crowdfunding platform. Crowdfund Liverpool provides the people of Liverpool with chance to pitch creative, community-led projects and secure funding of up to £10,000 from the Mayoral Inclusive Growth Fund, alongside pledges from their community.
Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson, said, “It is now more important than ever that our communities stay resilient and keep connected, so I am thrilled to back these brilliant new campaigns, which put local people at the very heart of our city’s recovery.
Crowdfund Liverpool gives them a much stronger voice in shaping their area, while offering everyone the chance to be part of the change they want to see.
I encourage everyone who can, to get involved in shaping Liverpool’s future, whether it’s through pledging towards campaigns or providing the skills and resources that will help the projects flourish.”
Sarah Jones, Venue Manager at Liverpool Lighthouse said, “Words cannot describe how grateful we are to receive the full £10,000 pledge from the Mayoral Inclusive Growth fund to help make this dream of ours a reality for North Liverpool! To be able to bring back the picture house history of Liverpool Lighthouse, which originally opened as Gaumont Palace in 1931 has always been a huge passion of ours and the community.”
“Particularly during these times, we all really need something to look forward to, and by receiving this amazing funding it puts us one step closer to bringing film back to our disadvantaged area. 2021 will be the year for our community and we cannot wait to be hosting film screenings on the regular.”
Crowdfund Liverpool forms part of a new approach to civic planning by Liverpool City Council which sees crowdfunding as a key channel to involve communities in regeneration.
For more information on all of the above projects, as well as other local campaigns, and to help the projects hit their funding target visit Crowdfund Liverpool’s Spacehive page.
If you are interested in taking part in the next funding round of Crowdfund Liverpool, either to raise money for your own project or to provide funding support, please contact info@spacehive.com.
Prince’s Trust Liverpool launches virtual training for young people
Beginning 3 November 2020, Prince’s Trust Liverpool’s new rolling Explore programme will run online every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Young people can join at leave at any time, picking and choosing the sessions they engage with.
Explore is a virtually delivered programme focusing on building confidence and developing skills for life and work. The online workshops will include engaging games and activities that will help inspire positive life choices, covering a range of topics such as healthy lifestyles, communication, employability, independent living and many more.
This programme will equip those that take part with the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to move forward into employment, education or training. Young people will receive one-to-one support to work on their individual goals and help them to take their next steps into their future.
The programme includes 12 sessions split across 4 weeks, running every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday starting on the 3 November. It will operate as a roll on roll off programme, meaning young people can start and finish at any point, pick and choose what sessions they would like to attend. Since young people do not need to attend every day, the programme can be supplementary support for those in part-time work or education.
Explore is for young people aged 16-25, living in the Liverpool City Region or Cheshire. If you have questions or would like to refer a young person, contact daniel.pearse@princes-trust.org.uk, or call Dan on 07483366340.
Return to Play Fund Launched
Sport England has launched a new £16.5 million fund to give additional help to the sport and physical activity sector during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Return to Play Fund will support groups, clubs and organisations who’ve been impacted by restrictions brought in to tackle the disease, and is part of Sport England’s overall response to the crisis, which now includes more than £220m of government and National Lottery funding.
Chief executive of Sport England, Tim Hollingsworth, said the fund would particularly focus on tackling inequalities in activity that have worsened over the last six months.
“A key priority for us has been to support our sector and all those who deliver sport and activity,” he added. “The disruption we’ve all experienced over the past few months has been unprecedented, with the ability to be active being just one way we’ve been affected, particularly at a time when keeping active and healthy has never been more important.
“With ever changing restrictions and measures being put in place throughout England, there is a continuing urgent need for us to try and support grassroots organisations to put in place the necessary support to safely get everyone active in local areas over the coming months.”
The fund, which is now open to applications, is made up of three parts.
£10m – Return to Play: Small Grants
This will provide grants of between £300 and £10,000 to help sport and activity groups, clubs and organisations respond to the immediate challenges of returning to play in a Covid-19-safe environment.
It’ll help community sport respond to the challenges posed, such as having to deliver in smaller groups, having the correct hygiene and safety equipment and giving training to club volunteers.
It’ll also cover making necessary changes to facilities, supplying additional sports equipment and new signage to meet current government and national governing body rules and guidance.
£5m – Return to Play: Community Asset Fund
This will provide grants ranging in value from £10,001 to £50,000. It’ll help local sports clubs and organisations to adapt and open important places and spaces that can help them welcome back their local community safely.
This will include helping groups, clubs and organisations address the challenges they’re facing by:
adapting how they use space and improving ventilation
converting existing space to meet social distancing requirements, such as additional changing space
making improvements to buildings or open spaces for temporary use to get more people active by using a vacant warehouse, shop or community centre.
£1.5m – Return to Play: Active Together
This crowdfunding initiative will help sports clubs and organisations set up their own campaigns to help sustain them through the crisis.
It’s a great alternative if they don’t meet the priority groups of the other parts of the Return to Play package, and we’ll match crowd funds of up to £10,000 to help cover the loss of income.
The partnership with Crowdfunder will also include advice, guidance and training to help create successful campaigns.
The Return to Play Fund will especially seek to support those groups and organisations working with audiences we’ve identified as finding it more difficult to be active at this time.
These include:
Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities
people on lower incomes
those disproportionately affected financially as a result of the crisis
disabled people and people with long-term health conditions
those who are experiencing a greater burden of care responsibilities since the pandemic began
Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston said the new funding would make a big difference as winter approached.
“Local clubs offer so much to their communities and it’s hugely important that we support them to keep people fit and healthy as we head into winter,” he explained.
“This welcome funding will enable people across the country to enjoy sport safely, boosting their mental and physical health in the months ahead.”
Updated guidance for managing youth sector activities
The National Youth Agency (NYA) has published updated guidance relating to managing youth sector activities and spaces during COVID-19, following the government’s latest announcements on local tiers and guidelines.
NYA, as the professional statutory and regulatory body for youth work in England, has developed youth sector specific advice and guidance, in consultation with Public Health England and the Health and Safety Executive. The guidance will support local providers, leaders, volunteers and young people to remain safe when engaging in youth sector activities. It is intended to guide the youth sector in opening up services for young people at the right pace and time.
This guidance must be used in conjunction with the readiness framework and your existing safeguarding policies and procedures. It is complementary to government guidance on social distancing, travel and other measures which must be adhered to.
If this information pertains to you, you should also read the guidance in full via the NYA website.
Raise and LCA – Money Advice Technical Supervisor (trainee)
Term: permanent (subject to continued funding)
Hours: 35
Salary: £27,668
Location: Liverpool
This is an exciting development opportunity for an experienced caseworker, ready to work towards a technical supervisor role. It is a trainee role, supported by the GMMAP quality team, leading to a permanent technical supervisor position, subject to future funding.
The focus is sharing your skills and knowledge to coach and support advisors and trainees to meet MaPS quality standards whilst developing your supervisory and leadership skills.
Your role is to support money advice caseworkers and trainees within Raise and Liverpool Community Advice (LCA) to deliver a money advice service within the Greater Merseyside Money Advice Partnership (GMMAP) under the Money and Pensions Service quality standards framework.
You will be involved in managing and achieving the quality requirement of the MaPS contract. In order to achieve this, we need a highly motivated and organised individual who is passionate about money advice and has meticulous attention to detail. You will be experienced in providing specialist money advice and be able to support and develop a team to achieve high standards of quality of advice and share best practice.
Your time will be split between the two agencies.
Interviews will be held via Zoom, week commencing 23 November 2020. Please note we do not accept CVs.
For a job pack please email admin@raiseadvice.org.uk.
About us
The Greater Merseyside Money Advice Project (GMMAP) is committed to improving the provision of free, confidential, impartial high quality debt advice in Greater Merseyside.
Set up in 2006 the GMMAP project is now funded by The Money Advice Service – an independent service set up by government to help anyone and everyone make the most of their money.
Knowsley Citizens Advice is the lead organisation in the GMMAP project and as such manages a network of 12 Participants and 37 debt advisors that are experienced in providing advice and assistance to individuals who are over indebted including anyone being in crisis debt. The demand for money advice is growing and the project aims to increase the provision of debt advice, particularly in areas of high financial exclusion across Merseyside and parts of Cheshire. Providing more ways for people to access advice such as face to face, telephone, video call and email is now also making it easier for people to make the first contact with advice services.
Established in 1999, Raise is an advice service that supports clients within their own home with welfare benefits, debt and financial capability advice at a specialist level. Advice Quality Standard (AQS) accredited.Due to Covid-19 restrictions, we are currently only offering telephone advice.
Our Money Advice team comprises of 3 caseworkers and an advice assistant, delivering 1200 advice sessions per year. We are based in Scotland Road, close to the city centre and currently have 22 employees. We have a flexible working policy, home working, and 24-hour access to the office.
Registered charity number 1112830.
LCA provides free, independent and confidential advice to approximately 14,000 clients per year. We hold both the Advice Quality Standard (AQS) and the Specialist Quality Mark (SQM). We hold a 2018 Face-to-Face Civil Contract for Housing Advice the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme at Liverpool County Court. We act as agents for Shelter at Wigan, St Helens and Birkenhead County Court. We deliver our Face-to-Face contract to 600 clients per year across the Liverpool City Region.
We provide a specialist welfare rights service up to and including representation at First-tier Tribunal.
Registered charity number 513239
For a job pack please email admin@raiseadvice.org.uk.
Closing date: 20 November
Tender opportunity for social prescribing link workers
Local Primary Care Network (PCN) iGPC is looking to commission the services of social prescribing link workers as part of network development.
PCNs help to integrate primary care with secondary and community services and bridge the gap between general practice and emerging Integrated Care Systems. iGPC is a PCN of six practices in Liverpool, with a patient population of 42.000, working in partnership with local services and NHS organisations to develop and improve services for patients.
There are an increasing number of people presenting to their GP with non-medical needs. This is leaving patients and GPs feeling frustrated. There are a wealth of community assets sitting across Liverpool, however patients are not connecting with them as well as they could.
To support this, NHS England has made funds available to Primary Care Networks for provision of social prescribing through link workers.
Social prescribing is a way for general practice to refer patients to a link worker. Link workers give people time, focusing on what matters to them, and take an holistic approach to people’s health and wellbeing. They connect 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.
Download the invitation to tender documents from the iGPC website.
Deadline for submission is noon 27 November 2020.
Queries regarding this opportunity will be answered up to 13 November via igpc@livgp.nhs.uk
All queries and responses will be published on the iGPC website.
Asylum Link Merseyside – Volunteer and Operations Manager
Term: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Salary: £30,451
Location: Liverpool L7 3HJ
Description: Asylum Link Merseyside is an established, well-respected charity based in the heart of Liverpool, serving the needs of asylum seekers and refugees throughout the Liverpool City Region. The team is looking for a well organised, creative, committed, enthusiastic leader to join the centre’s management team and help the charity develop.
The issue of asylum and immigration is one of the most controversial of our time. Behind the newspaper headlines there are real people often with desperate stories who are trying to navigate a system that is complex and unforgiving. ALM engages with asylum seekers from across the world to provide services that include social work, ESOL provision, access to legal advocacy and access to destitution services to meet the acute practical needs of our clients. We also provide a range of social and well-being activities that address the isolation and loneliness many asylum seekers experience. All of these functions run out of our bustling centre in Edge Hill, Liverpool in a four storey listed Victorian former presbytery.
You will report to ALM’s centre manager and be responsible for ensuring that the day to day operation of the centre is well organised and smooth-running. This will be partly ensuring that the centre is being well managed and partly developing and leading the team of volunteers and staff who help deliver the services.
Working in this sector is often challenging, sometimes extremely difficult, but ultimately incredibly rewarding; there are ample opportunities for personal and professional development. The successful applicant will be inspired by the opportunity to make a difference to the lives of some of the most marginalised people in society.
Help for heritage organisations to build better businesses
National Lottery Heritage Fund has invested just over £4million in business support and enterprise development training programmes across the UK. The programmes will help organisations that work with heritage to increase their capacity and resilience and consider new ways of working.
How you can benefit
Three of the programmes are now accepting applications to take part. The two that are relevant to organisations in our region are detailed below (the third is specific to Scotland).
Rebuilding Heritage
One-to-one and small group support delivered by the Heritage Alliance for organisations and individuals that work with heritage across the UK.
The programme will help participants build confidence, overcome immediate challenges and plan for a sustainable future, with a focus on:
business planning
fundraising
marketing and communications
Opportunities are being offered on a rolling basis, with bi-monthly deadlines. Apply for the January/February group by 15 December. Find out more about Rebuilding Heritage.
Heritage Compass
A programme for small and medium sized heritage organisations in England, delivered by Cause4 in partnership with the Arts Marketing Association and Creative United.
It will work with 150 heritage organisations across the next two years to:
promote skills development
grow operational knowledge
strengthen leadership
diversify funding
identify solutions to financial and environmental threats
Further opportunities for organisations to benefit from training will be announced soon, including two UK-wide enterprise development programmes led by Social Enterprise Academy and School for Social Entrepreneurs. The aim of these programmes it to strengthen strategic leadership and create sustainable revenue models.
Eilish McGuinness, Executive Director of Business Delivery at The Fund, said: “The coronavirus pandemic has brought with it unprecedented uncertainty and challenges. Alongside our grant funding – which is helping protect heritage and save jobs from the immediate impact of the COVID-19 crisis – it is important that we also take a longer-term approach to the resilience of the sector.
“Through supporting the development of leadership and income generation skills, we aim to ensure that organisations across the UK who work with our heritage have the knowledge and the confidence to face any future challenges that might come their way.”
New service for people experiencing deafness and hearing loss
I CAN is a brand new project delivered by the Deafness Resource Centre, working across Merseyside to support people of all ages who experience deafness and hearing loss.
The project is aimed at supporting families from the point of diagnosis, throughout their journey, by providing impartial information and guidance on issues relating to a range of situations. It can be accessed by people in St Helens, Liverpool, Knowsley, Halton and Sefton.
Fun and engaging activities for children and young people are being delivered as part of the project. The intention of these activities is to help to increase confidence and motivation, and provide opportunities to meet new people and engage with their peers.
The I CAN project provides support for the whole family by delivering activities such as family sign sessions, social groups and Happy Hands – a family support group for children under 10 years old (and their carers).
For more information on the project, or to make a referral:
Liverpool Philharmonic is back with a season of live concerts
Following an opening concert that The Daily Telegraph described as ‘a marvellous relaunch of Liverpool’s concert life’ and ‘a superb evening of live music-making,’ Liverpool Philharmonic has announced a new season of live events.
November Concerts
Enjoy a varied programme of orchestral favourites in November, including Haydn’s ‘Surprise’ Symphony (conducted by Vasily Petrenko), Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (conducted by Stephanie Childress) and Beethoven’s Symphony No 7 (conducted by Kahchun Wong). The Phil’ will also welcome ensembles from the Orchestra (including the Ensemble of St Luke’s performing in Discover: Beethoven String Quartets) and recitals by pianist Isata Kanneh Mason and the guitarists the Katona Twins.
Christmas concerts
Enjoy Christmas carols and other seasonal favourites as members of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir shine in aglorious a cappella concert, or delight the whole family and enjoy The Snowman with Live Orchestra, and Nutcracker – Reimagined with pianist Alexandra Dariescu and the Orchestra’s brass ensemble.
Christmas and New Year offerings are courtesy of Liverpool Philharmonic favourites Connie Lush and Perfectly Frank.
In addition, Chief Conductor Designate Domingo Hindoyan returns to conduct a programme of Debussy, Ravel and Prokofiev.
Staying Covid-safe
Lots of considerations have been made to ensure that everyone remains safe during their visit to Liverpool Philharmonic. These include limited seating sales to enable social distancing, the requirement of face coverings and entrance/exit strategies designed to limit close contact.
If you’re unable to make the live events, you can watch some of these concerts from home with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on Demand. The concerts on 5 November and 3 December will be available to watch online about a week after the live event, preceded by a live preconcert talk on Zoom with BBC Radio 3 broadcaster and author Stephen Johnson, and a post-concert Q&A session with musicians, conductors and composers in a sort of ‘post match analysis’, where you can ask questions and participate.
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust launches Life Rooms Online
The Life Rooms, an award-winning social prescribing model by Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, marked World Mental Health Day (WMHD) with the launch of a new online learning platform, Life Rooms Online. The intention of the service is to help people look after their mental and physical health throughout the pandemic restrictions and beyond.
When lockdown forced the closure of five Life Rooms centres in March, classrooms were converted into call centres to ensure that Life Rooms’ 5,000 service users and frontline staff retained access to the vital health and wellbeing information provided by the service. Many courses that had been hosted in person, pre-pandemic, were moved online.
This model proved so successful that Life Rooms has now officially launched a new online learning platform, where anyone can access its 28 courses. Sessions cover diverse topics such as healthy cooking, Life Rooms fit camp, understanding sleep and problem solving, as well as courses hosted by some fantastic local partner organisations.
Partners for the Life Rooms Online include Liverpool Philharmonic, Movema and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse theatres. Between them they have created a suite of creative arts based activities for all to access. The Life Rooms at Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse theatres is funded through a £40,000 grant from Space to Connect, a partnership between Co-Op Foundation and Government.
Michael Crilly, Mersey Care’s director of social inclusion and participation, said, “As we continue to co-exist with the coronavirus, it’s become necessary to radically rethink how we can deliver our essential Life Rooms support safely and in a way that can provide learning and community support for mental and physical health and well-being.
“We can’t open our physical buildings but instead we’re opening The Life Rooms Online, as a fully functioning digital environment through which the full Life Rooms experience will be made available, not only to our own local communities but also to a much wider audience.”
Free content from The Life Rooms was viewed online over 6,000 times between April and August. Over 90 film-based courses had more than 14,000 views on The Life Rooms YouTube channel.
Courses offer entertainment, as well as practical help for people who may be struggling to cope. Many are led by tutors who have themselves experienced mental health issues.
Tackling Loneliness Digitally – New British Red Cross Resources
British Red Cross has launched a new programme called Tackling Loneliness Digitally , funded by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). It focusses on reaching young people, people from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, the digitally excluded, refugees, asylum seekers and other vulnerable migrants, people at risk of loneliness due to health issues and older people.
As part of the programme, Red Cross has created a suite of online resources to help empower people who may be feeling lonely, by providing them with tools to build confidence, reach out to others and look to the future.
In addition to a range of online resources, the page also includes a helpline number that people can call if they are feeling lonely and would like to speak to someone.
Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards 2020, nominations
Nominations have opened for the Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards 2020.
The awards will be a celebration of our city region’s thriving cultural and creative scene. Part of the Metro Mayor’s Percent for Culture initiative, they were created to recognise the value that the arts, cultural and creative sector can bring in reinforcing the city region as one of the most vibrant and exciting places to live, work, study, visit or do business.
Categories include Arts Organisation of the Year, Artist of the Year, Student Inspiration Award, Impact Award – Health and Wellbeing, Impact Award – Environmental Sustainability, and many more.
Two new categories have been introduced this year, to recognise the innovative ways that people and organisation’s have found to produce and create work, in light of the extremely difficult circumstances they are facing at the moment. Those categories are:
Nominees must live, study and/or work in the Liverpool City Region (Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral) or have created work / projects that significantly benefit the residents or visitors to the LCR and / or has positively contributed to the development of the economy of the LCR.
The 2020 awards will recognise arts and cultural events, innovative and creative activity that has taken place within the Liverpool City Region during the period 1 April 2019 to 12 November 2020.
Get the full details and make your nominations now on the LCRCA website.
Community Business Renewal Fund
Power to Change has launched the Community Business Renewal Initiative, in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The £3million Community Business Renewal Fund forms part of this support package for the community business sector.
The fund will provide grants of between £10,000 and £20,000 to community businesses in England affected by the Covid-19 crisis, helping them to adapt, renew and rebuild their business so they can remain financially viable. It is aimed at organisations delivering services in their local community and designed to support those who have been most affected by the Covid-19 crisis.
The main priority support areas for the fund include areas of England facing high levels of deprivation, organisations supporting and led by disabled people and black, Asian and minority ethnic led or supporting businesses.
The Community Business Renewal Fund will have three application rounds.
Round One – Tuesday 3 November 2020, 10am-1pm
Round Two – Tuesday 12 January 2021, 10am-1pm
Round Three – Tuesday 2 March 2021, 10am-1pm
Find out more and apply for the Community Business Renewal Fund on the Power to Change website.
Share your views on language services in the local NHS
NHS Liverpool CCG is looking at improving language services in the local NHS for those who need interpreters, translations, or information in alternative formats.
Currently, NHS Liverpool CCG commissions language services for GPs in Liverpool, Sefton CCGs commission them for Sefton GPs, and each of the local NHS Trusts commission their own services too. However this can lead to variations in the quality and consistency of the services being provided.
The NHS is now looking at introducing a more consistent approach to contracting arrangements across the whole local healthcare system. This will cover local NHS hospitals, GPs, out of hours GPs, community healthcare, and mental health services.
They would like to understand what is important to people who use language services, to make sure they get the arrangements right and improve standards. In order to do this, they want to gather a wide range of views from NHS colleagues, service users, VCSE organisations, and language interpreters/translators.
Term: Fixed Term Funded to 31st December 2021
Hours: 35 per week (May Include Some Evening and Weekend Work)
Salary: £23,009 p.a. – £26,244 p.a. – MYA Scale 5 – Pt. 17-20
Location: Liverpool
To deliver effective personalised pathway towards employment for young people aged 16-29 years who have not been in education, training or work for over 12 months and present with multiple and complex needs.
They will provide intensive mentoring to young people on the programme managing a case load of approximately 15 young people. To support recruitment, undertake initial assessments and to develop personalised pathway utilising personal development tools designed for the programme. To undertake supported signposting into other services and to record distance travelled. To enhance young people’s employability and support entry into employment including post employment mentoring. To hold a recognised qualification to least an NVQ level 3 in a subject relating to Young People.
For an application pack and further information please forward your request to recruitment@mya.org.uk alternatively visit the Merseyside Youth Association website or send a large SAE for £1.20 (stating clearly the post you are interested in applying for) to The HR Department, Merseyside Youth Association Ltd, 65-67 Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 3DY.
Closing date: 5pm Friday 30 October 2020
Kindred Minds – Volunteer and Activity Coordinator
Term: Initial one year contract.
Hours: 10hrs per week with 17hrs offered until 31/03/21
Salary: £13 per hr
Location: Belle Vale, Liverpool
Kindred Minds was established in 2012 and was born out of a need to provide a safe place where people with poor mental health could meet to offer each other support. In May 2015 we became a charitable incorporated organisation and in April 2020 we commenced our 5 year funding through the National Lottery Community Fund.
For this role we are looking for a highly motivated and competent individual to deliver the following services and tasks in line with Kindred Minds policies and procedures.
Main duties and responsibilities:
1. To recruit, select, train and match volunteers to service users to assist with DWP and professional appointments.
2. To build relationships with agencies and academic institutions to help us identify potential chaperones.
3. To arrange and monitor chaperone appointments and any phone calls/video chat.
4. To supervise all volunteers ensuring paperwork is in place, completed thoroughly and regular contact is maintained.
5. To assist/lead with service activities, both online and in person by; overseeing sessions, liaising with tutors and ‘Service User Activity Leads’.
6. To assist the Programme Manager with service evaluation and all aspects of programme monitoring.
7. Manage the reimbursement of expenses for volunteers and Service User Activity Leads.
8. Compile and formulate reports and updates for the Board of Trustees on a monthly basis.
9. Liaise with Programme Manager and other sessional staff to identify opportunities for volunteers and Activity Leads within the whole programme.
10. Any other reasonable tasks, as directed by management.
The post holder will work under the direction of the programme manager, but will be expected to work under their own initiative for periods of time. There is a need for high levels of motivation, excellent communication skills and the nurturing of relationships with service users, partner agencies and the potential stakeholders.
Please apply to Paula Harrison, at paulakindredmindsliverpool@gmail.com, with your CV and covering letter, stating how you meet the duties as outlined above.
Closing date: 29/10/20
Healthiness fitness classes available online every day
Following the latest Government guidance, non-profit health and exercise provider Healthiness is once again unable to deliver face-to-face classes. However, the organisation is determined to keep the most vulnerable in our society active and connected, through online class delivery.
Healthiness will run daily classes live on Facebook (search for Healthiness Ltd on Facebook to find those). 30 minute exercise videos will also be uploaded to the organisation’s YouTube channel.
All sessions can be followed by participants in their own homes, with no equipment necessary, to enable them to keep active and, in the case of the live streams, connected socially.
The timetable of classes will include toning, boxercise and functional fitness, as well as the specialised ESCAPE-Pain programme.
Liverpool enters tier-3: a message from Liverpool City Council
The following statement was issued by Tony Reeves, chief executive, Liverpool City Council, on Wednesday 14 October 2020:
Liverpool has now entered tier-3 of the new coronavirus restrictions.
They are the toughest rules in the country, because we face some of the highest infection rates in the country.
More than 3,000 new cases have been confirmed over the past week.
We have 250 people in hospital with COVID-19.
It is a very serious situation.
The only way out of it is by working together to reduce the spread.
City leaders have come together with a strong message for us all:
It is vital that as a city we respond to the message and work together to keep our residents safe. We would be grateful if you could share this widely across your communications channels and networks.
Regards
Tony Reeves, chief executive, Liverpool City Council
Liverpool Community Advice – Debt Advice Outreach Caseworker
Term: 12 Months Fixed Term
Hours: 18 Hours Per Week
Salary: Point 25, £28,785 pro rata – actual salary £18,803
Location: Primarily based at Kensington Fields Community Association
An opportunity has arisen for a debt adviser to join our new United Utilities funded project. This targeted project is a partnership between Liverpool Community Advice (LCA) and Kensington Fields Community Association (KFCA). Based at KFCA, the project will provide debt advice to residents of Central and Kensington & Fairfield wards, whilst helping KFCA to develop their own skills and experience so that they may begin to deliver a quality assured debt advice service. You should have substantial knowledge and experience of providing debt advice and be able to demonstrate an ability to deal with a complex range of money advice issues.
Crowdfunder is offering 100% free fundraising for those starting up a new business after being affected by coronavirus.
You could use the crowdfunder.co.uk platform to build your customer based and raise the funds you need to start up at the same time.
If your idea is ready to go, simply add it to the Crowdfunder platform and begin promotion. You’ll need to set a target for how much you want to reach and create rewards that people who donate will receive when you reach your total and launch.
If the idea of crowdfunding is completely new to you, or even if it isn’t, watch the Crowdfunder Startups webinar before you begin.
If you’re wondering whether to go for it or not, or you want any help to set up your non-profit organisation, register for the LCVS Start-Up Workshop in November (free for organisations and individuals based in Liverpool). If you can’t wait that long, contact our Capacity Building Team on info@lcvs.org.uk.
B&Q Foundation opens with grants of up to £5k available
B&Q has set up a new foundation, with grants of up to £5,000 available for local charities that support people experiencing bad housing or homelessness, as well as community projects looking to improve their spaces.
The B&Q Foundation officially launched 5 October 2020 with an initial fund of £500,000, raised this year to date by B&Q to support charities across the UK.
It has already awarded its first grants and is now calling for charities to apply for the next round of funding, which will be awarded before the end of the year.
The Foundation awarded £175,000 in its first round of grants to 39 charities across the UK, ranging from homelessness and abuse charities, to children’s hospices and rehabilitation centres. The grants will be used for projects including creating community gardens, redecorating properties, and converting rooms at hostels to additional bedrooms.
One of the first grants has been awarded to homelessness charity St Martins in Norwich, which supports vulnerable adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The £3,500 grant is being used to create a safe and welcoming outdoor area for clients to wait for appointments, and meet and socialise in without the fear of being moved on.
Another charity, Herts Young Homeless charity in Hatfield, is using its £5,000 grant from the B&Q Foundation to help furnish accommodation for the vulnerable 16-24 year olds at risk of homelessness it supports.
Catherine Burge, Transformation Director, B&Q and Chair, B&Q Foundation, said:
“The B&Q Foundation was born out of a belief that anyone can improve where they live to make life better. We are committed to helping charities transform the environment around their clients, to have a positive impact on their physical and mental health. This year has been difficult for so many in different ways, with charities suffering the double whammy of falling donations and increased need for their services. It felt the right time to launch the Foundation and we look forward to supporting more charities and communities over the months and years to come.”
The £500,000 raised this year to date was primarily from the sale of facemasks at B&Q, with all profits going to the B&Q Foundation. B&Q will continue to support the B&Q Foundation by launching further initiatives to raise funds in-store, as well as providing volunteers from its teams and donating products.
Autistic Spectrum Disorder drop-in Zoom sessions for parents
The Liverpool Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Training Team is offering a series of virtual drop-in advisory sessions via zoom. They are for parent/carers wishing to address any questions or concerns they may have about their child, in a private one-to-one setting.
You do not require a diagnosis of ASD to book your place.
Session dates and time slots for October and November are listed below. To book your place please email your choice of date and time to asdtrainingteam@liverpool.gov.uk.
Available dates:
Monday 19th October
Tuesday 20th October
Wednesday 21st October
Thursday 22nd October
Monday 26th October
Tuesday 27th October
Wednesday 28th October
Monday 2nd November
Friday 6th November
Monday 9th November
Wednesday 11th November
Wednesday 18th November
Thursday 19th November
Friday 20th November
Monday 23rd November
Tuesday 24th November
Wednesday 25th November
Thursday 26th November
On each of the above dates, there are two sessions available at each of the following times:
9.30– 10.15
10.30 – 11.15
11.30 – 12.15
1.00 – 1.45
2.00 – 2.45
The charity changing how schools build their governing boards
Education and Employers is a small charity changing how schools find people to govern, in order to increase governing board diversity.
The charity works to improve the life chances of children and young people by connecting them with volunteers from the world of work. Volunteers interested in becoming a school governor can register for a free programme called Inspiring Governance and connect with schools who have governor vacancies.
Schools welcome people from all backgrounds, who have the right skills, and it is so important that the people making decisions about schools reflect the communities they serve.
By joining a governing board, you could:
Bring a different way of thinking
Be a role model
Give your local community confidence in its schools
Provide insight on issues faced by young people
Help create a culture of inclusion
Gain skills to grow yourself
Develop your leadership skills and enhance your CV
From there you can sign up as a volunteer and employers can sign up to be School Governor Champions, promoting governor volunteering opportunities across their workforce.
Introducing Amparo – effective, timely support for those affected by suicide
The Amparo team is inviting you to attend a free introductory Zoom session, so you can find out how the service works ‘on the ground’ and learn about the kind of support suicide liaison workers can offer to those who have been affected by suicide.
Amparo means ‘shelter’ or ‘safe haven’ in Spanish. It offers a free, easy-to-access service, backed up by a telephone number and/or simple online referral form. Referrals can be made by anyone; the team works with and encourages referrals from emergency support services, coroners, the NHS and other local support agencies. They also accept self-referrals and aim to make contact with all referrals within 24 hours of.
Locally-based Suicide Liaison Workers work with beneficiaries, helping them with practical issues arising from suicide and ensuring they are linked into local support networks. Support is offered for as long as it’s required, up to and beyond an inquest.
If you would like to know more about the service, join Amparo for one the the following 30 minute sessions:
Monday 12 Oct – 9.30am
Tuesday 20 Oct – 4pm
Friday 30 Oct – 2pm
To book a place, email Paul.Etherington@listening-ear.co.uk.
Mandela8 announces LFC and England player as newest patron
Liverpool charity, Mandela8 has announced Liverpool FC and England international, Trent Alexander-Arnold as its newest patron.
The West Derby-born twenty-one-year-old has played for both his boyhood club and his country at various levels, making his senior debut for LFC in 2016 and for the England first-team in 2018. He has won both the PFA Young Player of the Year and the inaugural Premier League Young Player of the Season awards, has twice been named in the PFA Team of the Year, and most recently helped end Liverpool’s 30-year league title drought by winning the 2019–20 Premier League earlier this year.
The announcement comes as Mandela8, the organisation behind the new Nelson Mandela memorial in Princes Park, is preparing its next ‘Roots and Wings’ community programme, designed for young people who lack positive role models and are at risk of criminal exploitation or violent crime.
The Roots to Wings programme
Over 12 weeks, participants in the programme will be guided through possible solutions to prevent them re-engaging with crime and violence, building their resilience and strength to say ‘no’ and not get involved in situations that could put them at risk.
Alexander-Arnold was recently the subject of a documentary by local model and filmmaker Rubi Deschamps, in which the ‘Liverpool lad whose dream came true’ spoke of his childhood, his school life, and growing up under the spotlight.
Speaking on the responsibility he feels as a role model for young people, Alexander-Arnold said, “I’ve got a big platform; I know a lot of kids look up to me. It’s not just about being a role model on the pitch. I want to be someone who feels as though I’ve made a change in the way that people think. If I get through my career and I haven’t done that, then I’d see that as a failure on my part.
“The Roots and Wings programme and the work that Mandela8 does for young people in Liverpool will give kids a chance at avoiding the kind of pitfalls that are so easy to fall into if you don’t have the right guidance at that age. It’s why I’m delighted to become not only a supporter of the programme, but also patron for Mandela8”.
The young people taking part in the Roots and Wings programme live in areas of high deprivation, where fear of crime is not unusual, and are frequently disengaged from school and at risk of permanent exclusion. This can lead to them becoming socially and economically excluded in their communities.
The programme includes restorative justice practices and aims to find enduring solutions to prevent the young people from becoming involved in crime and violence and will support them to recognise consequences, understand cause and effect, reduce naivety and increase their resilience and strength.
It will also support cultural change around the acceptability of carrying weapons and help them not succumb to peer pressure in order to develop into young leaders of the future.
Chair of Mandela8, Sonia Bassey, said, “We feel blessed that Trent wants to join Mandela8 as a patron; so many young people need role models like Trent to give them hope and aspiration. Life is really tough for young people currently, and has been for some time, so to have a positive, successful young role model to work with us is truly significant for our young people.”
More on Mandela8 and the Roots and Wings programme can be found on the Mandela8 website.
Community Environment Fund
Community environment groups across the city region are set to benefit from a £500,000 fund launched by Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region.
The Community Environment Fund aims to:
Improve the environment in the Liverpool City Region (LCR)
Encourage long-term behavioural change
Promote community engagement and participation in environmental projects
Speaking about the fund, Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, said, “This year might have been dominated by the battle against the Coronavirus and its impacts, but we cannot forget the long-term existential threat that the climate crisis poses.
“During lockdown, we had a taste of how a greener world might feel, when we enjoyed cleaner air, less congested roads and local green spaces a lot more.
“I’ve been working to battle the climate emergency since I was elected. We were one of the first city regions to declare a climate emergency, have plans to be net zero carbon a whole decade before national targets and a greener city region is at the heart of my plans to Build Back Better.
“The Community Environment Fund will help local groups to improve their environment at a local level. We all have our part to play – from individuals to multinational businesses – in tackling the climate crisis. Only by us all working together will we defeat climate change.”
The fund will support a wide range of projects covering the following themes:
Climate change and resilience
Air quality and transport
Water
Accessible green spaces, habitats and biodiversity
Waste and resources
Health and wellbeing
Carbon and environment literacy
Energy reduction
Food and agriculture
The fund is available to a wide range of not-for-profit groups, including charities, schools and colleges, faith groups, residents’ associations and ‘friends of’ groups.
It has been set up to aid a green recovery by assisting organisations to expand their good work and to support communities to engage in a range of environmental activities.
The David Lewis Association is once again open to receiving grant applications for disadvantaged young people in Liverpool, who need financial help to achieve life-changing goals.
Applications close on 30 October 2020 for consideration by the trustees in December.
The David Lewis Association has helped people on the road to sporting success, supported musicians, actors and dancers in their ambitions, given financial aid to young people volunteering overseas and helped to provide valuable resources to those wanting to further their academic studies.
Grants are made through a process of sponsorship, rather than to the young applicants directly. This means that applicants need an organisation such as a school, sports club, charitable organisation or youth centre to sponsor their application and contact the David Lewis Association on their behalf.
Term: Fixed term contract until March 2023
Hours: 14 Hours per week
Salary: £22,100 per year – pro rata
Location: Liverpool L4
The VOSS project co-ordinator is the one to keep us on track and ensure that we achieve our wider aims, they can evidence what we have done and the impact it has had and work with us to address the succession of VOSS once funding comes to an end.
Some duties will include:
Good organisational and planning skills
Can network and build relationships both within the VOSS group and with key stakeholders
Be trusted to run the project transparently and has the skills and experience to co-ordinate, monitor and evaluate the project
Ultimately facilitate the development of good practice in youth work and a better understanding of its value
Please send completed application forms to info@positivefutures.org.uk by 5pm, Tuesday 20 October 2020. CV’s will not be accepted.
Contact details: info@positivefutures.org.uk
Closing date: Tuesday 20 October 2020 at 5pm
Liverpool Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector Resilience Survey
Your chance to shape investment into and support for voluntary, community and faith sector groups.
Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) and Liverpool City Council (LCC) have jointly created a survey to gather information about the impact of Covid-19 on local voluntary and community organisations.
Both LCVS and LCC recognise that the voluntary, community and faith sector organisations are playing a vital role in Liverpool’s Covid-19 pandemic response. It is also clear that these organisations are under increased pressure at a time when they are critically needed.
As such, we need to hear from you about the impact of Covid-19 on your organisation.
Your responses will shape support services provided by both LCVS and LCC, as well as being shared with funders and other agencies as they look to see how they can support the VCF sector.
This may include the provision of additional direct investment into the sector through grants or other support, so the more evidence received about the issues impacting on your organisation, the stronger the case for support.
This survey should take 10 minutes to complete.
Please share this survey with your VCF sector colleagues.
The deadline for submitting your response is 12pm on Friday 23 October.
If you have any questions regarding this survey, please contact info@lcvs.org.uk.
MDVS – Charity Strategic Business Planning Development Lead
Job Title: Charity Strategic Business Planning Development Lead
Salary: £30,784 pro rata
Status of Employee: Part-time
Hours of Duty: 21 hours per week (actual salary £17,472)
Contract Duration: 16 months
Merseyside Domestic Violence Service (MDVS) is an award-winning charity serving families and individuals throughout Merseyside, well-established since 2003. We are looking for an experienced, multi-disciplined Charity Strategic Business Planning Development Lead to help deliver our mission of improving the lives of the most vulnerable members of our communities. If you are an accomplished team player with excellent knowledge of the third sector and want to help us build long-term relationships with a diverse range of supporters, then we want to hear from you!
The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience in developing fundraising strategies, managing a diverse portfolio of supporters, particularly trusts and foundations, knowledge of tendering portals, and writing engaging technical proposals to an extremely high standard. The successful candidate will have in depth knowledge of the voluntary sector and will work confidently meet inflexible, externally determined, deadlines.
We are looking for someone who will lead our organization and help us navigate through these difficult times, more so since Covid-19. You will have both strategic, business planning and operational leadership experience within the charitable sector and understand the diverse range of income streams and community engagement involved. You will form great relationships, be authentic and professional, be someone who embodies a commercial culture within the voluntary sector.
As a strong commercial leader with a proven track record of achieving substantial income targets, you will drive growth and brand development. But it is not all about targets, it is about how you reach those targets as an empathic and enabling leader you will empower our talent and commitment bringing out the best in people to bring about change, growth and sustainability.
We offer flexibility and autonomy within a supportive organization, especially as we face challenging times ahead with Covid-19.
You will be expected to regularly liaise with the CEO, staff, and volunteers, providing feedback and progress reports and to report to the Board of Trustees as required.
The main duties of the post holder will be:
Fundraising, including meeting all fundraising strategy targets, deadlines, and income projections
Developing the strategic direction of the charity
Developing KPI’s and robust monitoring and evaluation of services
Ability to work as part of a team to achieve organizational objective
This is an exciting development opportunity for an experienced caseworker, ready to work towards a technical supervisor role. It is a trainee role, supported by the GMMAP quality team, leading to a permanent technical supervisor position (subject to future funding).
The focus is sharing your skills and knowledge to coach and support advisors and trainees to meet MaPS quality standards whilst developing your supervisory and leadership skills.
Your role is to support money advice caseworkers and trainees within Raise and LCA to deliver a money advice service within the Greater Merseyside Money Advice Partnership (GMMAP) under the Money and Pensions Service quality standards framework.
You will be involved in managing and achieving the quality requirement of the MaPS contract. In order to achieve this, we need a highly motivated and organised individual who is passionate about money advice and has meticulous attention to detail. You will be experienced in providing specialist money advice and be able to support and develop a team to achieve high standards of quality of advice and share best practice.
Your time will be split between the two agencies.
About us
Established in 1999, Raise is an advice service that supports clients within their own home with welfare benefits, debt and financial capability advice at a specialist level. Advice Quality Standard (AQS) accredited.
Due to Covid-19 restrictions we are currently only offering telephone advice.
Our Money Advice Team comprises 3 caseworkers and an advice assistant, delivering 1,200 advice sessions per year. We are based in Scotland Road, close to the city centre and currently have 22 employees. We have a flexible working policy, home working, and 24 hour access to the office.
Registered charity number 1112830
LCA provides free, independent and confidential advice to approximately 14,000 clients per year. We hold both the Advice Quality Standard (AQS) and the Specialist Quality Mark (SQM). We hold a 2018 Face-to-Face Civil Contract for Housing Advice the Housing Possession Court duty Scheme at Liverpool County Court. We act as agents for Shelter at Wigan, St Helens and Birkenhead County Court. We deliver our face-to-face contract to 600 clients per year across Liverpool City Region.
We provide a specialist welfare rights service up to and including representation at First-tier Tribunal.
Registered charity number 513239
For a job pack please visit the Raise website or email admin@raiseadvice.org.uk. Please note we do not accept C.V.s
Closing date: Thursday 15 October 2020
Interviews will be held via Zoom, week commencing 19 October 2020
Action Tutoring offers online help for Liverpool students
National education charity Action Tutoring has begun to offer online sessions to young people across Liverpool. This was always the plan for the charity, which supports pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds to reach a meaningful level of academic attainment in their SATs and GCSEs, but the move has been brought forward in response to the pandemic.
In order to help pupils progress on to further education, employment or training, Action Tutoring uses volunteer tutors, who support pupils with their high school English or maths, through weekly one hour sessions at a local partner school.
The charity’s Liverpool activities have grown of late. Schools in the city centre, Toxteth, Kensington, Fazakerley and West Derby, to name just a few, have now partnered.
The Action Tutoring team worked extremely hard to find the right online classroom, convert their resources to online templates and ensure that the technology works well. So far the feedback relating to online sessions has been extremely positive and the team is excited to be able to offer both face-to-face and online tuition across the country this year.
To make this support possible, Action Tutoring relies on volunteer tutors, and with more Liverpool schools signed up than ever, they are on the look out for local volunteers. If you could offer just one hour a week to support a young person to achieve, or if you would like to know more about the services on offer, visit the Action Tutoring website.
Free cycle skills courses for commuters
Bikeright is offering free one-to-one and group Cycle Skills courses for Merseyside commuters. These tailored training sessions are based on the National Cycle Training Standards and geared towards making safe and efficient commuter journeys by bike.
If you would like to arrange a free group session Give BikeRight a call on 0151 207 3140
Bespoke sessions can be arranged for your company, complying fully with Covid-19 regulations.
Transport Survey – LCR needs your views
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is seeking people’s views on the way they travel around the Liverpool City Region at the moment and how they expect to travel in the future. Everyone aged 16+ based in LCR is encouraged to complete this survey, which should take around 10 minutes to complete.
Your feedback will be used to help shape future services.
As a thank you for taking part, all survey completions will be eligible for entry into a prize draw to win one of three £50 Love2Shop vouchers.
The closing date for entries is Sunday 11 October 2020.
•Accountable for the day-to-day performance of the warehouse
•Responsible for the development and management of resource plans to meet fluctuating food volumes, CFM demand, volunteer availability and growth plans
•Responsible for logistics planning to ensure safe, timely and cost effective distribution of food to meet CFM needs
•Analyse performance, food volumes, waste and volunteer requirements against KPIs and produce reports as required by the Merseyside Development Manager
•Manage and provide leadership and support to your staff team of Warehouse Coordinators and Drivers, as well as the volunteer workforce
•Ensure a smooth introduction and consistently high standard of service to all new and existing CFMs throughout their membership of FareShare
•Responsible for contributing to the continuous improvement of FareShare by identifying, recommending and implementing innovative operational efficiencies to working practices to achieve growth plans
•Manage and use the in-house stock management system, with responsibility for the training of warehouse staff and volunteers
•Make all efforts to minimise waste whilst achieving required targets for food volumes and CFMs served
•Maintain good relations and communications with food partners and CFMs. Liaising and assisting teams across FareShare with their queries and carrying out reasonable management requests to support other teams as required
•To carry out any other duties which may be reasonably requested
Standards
•Accountable for ensuring the FareShare warehouse and logistics operate within the guidelines of FareShare policies and procedures, the required legislation covering all aspects of Food Safety and Health & Safety and to ensure that all staff, volunteers, donors, recipients and visitors adhere to them as appropriate
•Ensure the highest standard of attainment is delivered in all external and internal audits. Plus fully participate in any other audit, as required by food partners or external parties
•Carry out and update risk assessments as defined by the FareShare operating manual, relevant legislation and ensure risk assessments for all new activity are in place
•Comply with monitoring and evaluation systems and report regularly to the Merseyside Development Manager or FSUK Operations team as required
People
•Manage the Warehouse Coordinators and Drivers to achieve a positive and motivational working environment, encouraging great team morale and cohesive teamwork at all times
•Provide leadership and support to your staff team of Warehouse Coordinators and Drivers
•Conduct regular performance reviews with your staff team of Warehouse Coordinators and Drivers and aid in their development to meet their individual and FareShare needs through leading, coaching, mentoring
•Work closely with the Volunteer Manager in FareShare Merseyside to support the recruitment, training and retention of volunteers
Person Specification
As an employer committed to equal opportunities, we will assess applications in line with these criteria that we consider either as being essential or desirable in this role.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
•Significant warehouse experience with minimum 5 years managing and team leading
•Familiar with recruitment, training and performance management practices with evidence of demonstrating a flexible approach to team working
•Excellent communicator, able to deliver change and comfortable reporting to management
•Resilient and determined and able to demonstrate that you are capable of leading in challenging conditions and make decisions
•Considerable Health and Safety experience, completing risk assessments, maintaining standards and implementing improvements
•Highly numerate and literate, capable of analysing data and reports with excellent attention to detail
•Ability to work on own initiative, manage own workload and prioritise tasks to meet objectives
•Friendly and approachable team leader, able to build strong working relationships internally and externally
•Strong IT skills, especially with MS Excel and willing to learn our food management system
•Experienced driver, with full, clean driving licence
•Eligibility to work in UK
Desirable
•Experience working in regulated food environment
•Working with people who may have additional support needs
•Driving vans/medium sized vehicles
Competencies and behaviours
Essential
•An understanding of, and passion for, the mission and values of FareShare
•Personable with a good sense of humour and excellent communication skills
•Gravitas and confidence to direct staff and volunteers
•Calm under pressure
•Organised and able to deal with conflicting priorities and make “on the spot” decisions
•Approachable and sensitive attitude towards a diverse workforce of volunteers, comprising of students, retirees, working people, job seekers, serving prisoners, people with additional needs, corporate volunteers etc
•Commitment to FareShare’s Equality & Diversity ethos
Qualifications
If the jobholder does not hold these qualifications they must be willing to train to attain:
• Level 3 Food Safety Supervision
• HACCP Planning
• IOSHH Managing Safely
• Emergency First Aid at Work
• ITSSAR Fork lift truck licence
• SEMA Rack Safety Awareness
Contact details:
To register your interest in this role, please submit your CV and cover letter and equal opportunities form to recruitment@fareshare.org.uk to be considered for the position.
Closing date:
Friday 16 October, 5pm
Steve Morgan to give £20m to charities from new fund
Philanthropist Steve Morgan will give another £20m to charities struggling with the impact of Covid-19.
Mr Morgan is match-funding a £10m award from Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and said the new £20m fund will help hundreds of charities stay open.
The philanthropist has already given out £50m in grants and committed another £250m since launching the Steve Morgan Foundation in 2001 but warned that the charity sector faced an unprecedented challenge because of the pandemic.
Steve commented, “I’m honoured that the work of the Steve Morgan Foundation has been recognised by the Government with this award of £10m and, by match-funding it, we have £20m to get out to those charities in the most need. It will help millions of some of the most vulnerable people in the UK.”
The £10m comes from a new £85m Community Match Challenge Fund by the DCMS and is part of the Government’s £750m support package for charities.
Under the terms of the award, Mr Morgan has agreed to match-fund, meaning that his foundation will have £20m to distribute to charities.
The new initiative is completely separate to the Covid-19 Emergency Fund launched by the Steve Morgan Foundation in March 2020 with the promise of up to £1m a week to help struggling charities across Merseyside, North Wales and Cheshire.
The Covid-19 Emergency Fund has made over 600 awards to charities tackling everything from food poverty, mental health, homelessness, domestic violence, bereavement and social isolation and helped 1.5m people in the process.
Mr Morgan, who is the founder of housebuilder Redrow, said the money from the Community Match Challenge Fund will be split between around 100 smaller North West-based charities and four larger charities – Maggie’s; JDRF; Onside Youth Zones; and The Reader.
JDRF is the world’s leading type 1 diabetes research charity and since Covid-19 has seen its annual income drop by over £2m in the UK.
Karen Addington, JDRF’s UK chief executive said, “We will continue to face financial uncertainty in the months ahead but this grant will help provide resilience, preserving the momentum on our mission to cure type 1 diabetes and support those affected by it.”
Maggie’s is almost exclusively reliant on voluntary donations. Chief executive Laura Lee said, “We are incredibly grateful for this funding as it means we can make sure as many people as possible living with cancer across England will get the crucial emotional and psychological support they need at this time.”
Mr Morgan said the DCMS award was a validation of the Steve Morgan Foundation’s work in helping vulnerable people for nearly 20 years. He went on to say, “we know that the North West has some of the highest levels of social deprivation in the UK so the importance of this £20m can’t be underestimated.”
Minister for Civil Society, Baroness Barran said: “I’m delighted the Community Match Challenge, part of the £750 million support package we have delivered for charities, has allowed us to double donations to good causes and help those most in need in the North West.
“Alongside generous individuals like Steve Morgan and his foundation, we are determined to do all we can to support our communities in the months ahead.”
Mr Morgan explained how the £20m would be allocated, saying, “It’s two-fold. Part of the funding will provide support for around 100 North West-based charities and community organisations with annual income of £5 million or under. The remainder of the £20m will go to medium sized charities addressing national issues including cancer, type 1 diabetes and helping disadvantaged young people, all of whom face a disproportionate impact from Covid-19.”
Under the terms of the DCMS funding the £10m award has to be spent by 31 March, 2021, at which point the Steve Morgan Foundation match-funding will kick in.
The Women’s Organisation – Finance and Monitoring Administrator
Term: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Salary: £20,000 – £30,000 depending on experience
Location: 54 St James Street, Liverpool, L1 0AB
The Women’s Organisation is an innovative, social enterprise that provides quality enterprise and employment services and influences policy in order to improve the economic position of women.
We are pleased to be expanding our team and are seeking to recruit a finance and monitoring administrator to support the high-quality delivery of women’s economic development services throughout the Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester.
If you have the relevant experience and skills to support a busy finance and monitoring team, willingness to learn and would like to work with an award winning women’s economic development organisation please call 0151 706 8111 or email info@thewo.org.uk for an application pack.
Why The Women’s Organisation?
The Women’s Organisation is a dynamic, growing and award winning social enterprise. As well as a commitment to our clients, we are committed to providing a stimulating working environment that allows our team to grow and develop. With that in mind we offer a number of additional employee benefits to our team including:
• Structured and personalised learning and development plan
• Flexible working practices
• Employers pension contribution up to 3%
• Access to Medicash scheme
• Support to apply for a Costco card
Completed application should be returned FAO Lisa Sayonas, The Women’s Organisation, 54 St James Street, Liverpool, L1 0AB or via info@thewo.org.uk
Closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon, Wednesday 30 September 2020. We anticipate scheduling interviews the week starting 5 October 2020.
The Women’s Organisation is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community particularly disabled women and women from black and minority ethnic communities.
This post is part funded by European Structural and Investment Funds.
Contact details: info@thewo.org.uk 0151 706 8111
Closing date: 30 September 2020 12pm
Greenbank – Casual Learning Coach Support Workers
Term: Temporary
Hours: As and when required. Term time only working.
Salary: £8.72 per hour
Location: The main place of work is Greenbank College, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool L17 1AG. The post may require work in different locations from time to time.
To help with our continued development, we are looking to recruit a number of casual learning coach / support workers to our casual workers register. As a casual worker you could be contacted to work various hours as required during term time, possibly at short notice. There is no commitment by you to work any hours that may be offered, so it may appeal to you if you are looking for a more flexible working arrangement.
The ideal candidates will combine strong interpersonal skills and the ability to take a ‘hands on’ approach when required. Above all they must want to make a difference to the lives of young people and vulnerable adults.
If you believe that you have the skills and experience to undertake this role and want that flexibility as to when you are available to work, then this role may be just what you are looking for and we want to hear from you.
Job Purpose
The post holder is responsible for supporting students during education/vocational learning sessions and work placements and for providing on course assistance/support to tutors during sessions. You will also be responsible for some personal care needs including feeding, use of toilet, changing, hoist etc, where this enables access to learning.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
– Support students during learning sessions/activities and work together with tutors in the delivery of learning opportunities.
– Undertake break and lunchtime supervision as required.
– To develop a flexible working practice to achieve students identified and agreed learning objectives.
– To provide personal care if required to facilitate access to learning.
– Liaise with relevant staff across the organisation and relevant external agencies contributing to the student’s individual action plan and agreed learning/work goals.
– Take an active role in the student review process supporting the student, tutor and student’s representative in contributing to the learning process.
– Responsible for undertaking job task analysis whilst supporting students on work placement and work with students to ensure they can proficiently undertake each element of the job.
– Undertake administrative duties, maintain records, monitor and review work in compliance with Greenbank’s quality standards.
– Report any issues relating to student progress or additional support requirements to the Line Manager.
– Required to work as part of a team, sharing resource development and promoting good practice; attend team and staff meetings as required.
– Required to undergo training recommended by the line manager.
– To comply with all Greenbank’s policies and procedures and quality assurance measures.
– Required to carry out other duties as assigned by Greenbank’s senior management team.
Additional vacancy details
This is an opportunity to be included on Greenbank’s casual register. Whilst included on this register, Greenbank does not make any guarantee of offering paid work. Whilst included on the register, casuals are not required to accept any offer of work that may be made to them.
Any offers of work will be for periods during term time and likely to be any number of hours between the hours of 8.30am and 4.30pm.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and adhering to the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.
Applicants should note that the successful candidate will be asked to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Term: Permanent
Salary: SCP 24 – 27, £21,962 – £24,174 p.a. / £5,590 – £6,043 p.a pro-rata
Hours: 10 hours
Location: The main place of work is Greenbank College, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool L17 1AG but all employees are required to be flexible in their approach to working conditions and expected to work at other sites as and when required.
Greenbank College, part of the Greenbank Project Charity, provides a variety of educational services for people from within and around the Liverpool City Region. We are particularly supportive of providing relevant opportunities for disabled people and other disadvantaged groups.
Our vision is to transform lives through challenging perceptions and inspiring self-belief. The college offers supportive, inclusive learning opportunities for young people and adults. We offer work related study programmes to people aged 16-18 and up to 24 to those with an EHC Plan as well as courses to adults.
To help with our continued development, we are looking to recruit a part time tutor to take forward the development and delivery of our ICT programme, which includes the delivery of BTEC L1 & 2 Office Applications & Multimedia.
The role comprises of teaching and delivering practical lessons, assessing and marking students work, keeping accurate assessment records as well as undertaking personal tutoring and assessments.
The role would suit someone with experience of delivering sessions to diverse groups and a passion of working and developing students of all abilities.
Job Purpose
To develop and support curriculum delivery across ICT programmes. To support initial assessment, teaching performance, student achievement, attendance and retention, target setting, resource development and other quality measures as required by awarding and inspection bodies and funders.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
– Responsible for the delivery of the ICT curriculum at level 1 and 2.
– Responsible for developing lesson plans, schemes of work and tutorial resources to an agreed format for use within the ICT department. To adapt and provide user-friendly resources including interactive resources for the delivery of courses.
– Assess students in accordance with Awarding Body guidelines; liaising with the appropriate Awarding Body as and when necessary and ensuring compliance with their policies/procedures.
– Ensure adherence to an efficient student tracking system in compliance with Greenbank’s quality systems and funding body guidelines. Monitor and support student attendance, retention and achievement providing accurate management information as and when required. Take part in evaluating the college Self-Assessment Report (SAR).
– Undertake administrative duties, maintaining confidential records, monitor, review and evaluate work in line with quality standards.
– Comply with Greenbank’s confidentiality policies and procedures.
– Ensure Health and Safety Policy is implemented and maintained.
– Ensure compliance with equal opportunities and other legislative requirements.
– Required to work as part of a team, sharing resource development and promoting good practice; attend team and staff meetings as required.
– Required to undergo training recommended by the line manager.
– Required to carry out other duties as assigned by Greenbank’s senior management team.
This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post at the time of writing and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. This job description may be reviewed when necessary in line with the development of the organisation.
Additional vacancy details
Classes currently run between 8.45am – 4.15pm
College operating hours are from 8.30am – 5.00pm
Flexibility of the above working arrangements may be required to meet the needs of the college going forward. In addition, flexibility may be required to facilitate any changes as a consequence of the COVID 19 pandemic or other such occurrence.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and adhering to the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.
Applicants should note that the successful candidate will be asked to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Giving World partners with businesses and charities to get brand new essential items to the people who need them most. The service is available now, to charities across Liverpool.
They have a wide range of products available, including clothing for adults and children, toiletries, baby products, toys, bedding, kitchen equipment and other household items, books, crafts and ambient foods. Goods are for your organisation’s beneficiaries and cannot be sold or used for fundraising.
If the service sounds useful to your organisation you can register with Giving World to view available products and request items for free.
Goods can be collected or, if this is not possible, Giving World can arrange delivery at cost. Delivery costs range from £10 for a box of items to £65 for a full pallet and Giving World always endeavours to keep the final charge is as low as possible.
call 0116 251 6205 (dedicated support line open 9.30am-4pm Monday-Thursday and 9.30am-12.30pm Friday)
email info@givingworld.org.uk
Together Liverpool – Operations Support Lead Officer
Term: Fixed term up to 3 years
Hours: 21 hours per week
Salary: £14632 pa
Location: Desk space available at St James’ House, L1 7BY
You will be responsible for providing support to enable the smooth operational running of Together Liverpool and equipping our frontline staff and trustees to use their time and skills to greatest effect. The role forms the central connection point between staff, trustees, joint venture partners (Church Urban Fund and Diocese of Liverpool) and wider stakeholders. This role supports and facilitates the effective delivery of each of Together Liverpool’s projects and ensures this work is successfully supported technically and communicated.
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) Bus Alliance is looking to commission community and voluntary sector organisations to carry out research into LCR citizens’ attitudes towards travelling by bus in the era of COVID-19. The main aim is to identify actionable insights that will help to inform future marketing campaigns and messaging to increase bus patronage, as part of Liverpool City Region’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
During the outbreak of COVID-19, Merseytravel and transport operators have been working together, to provide the best service possible and have conducted a number of tracker surveys. As part of this, LCRCA want to engage with diverse groups to obtain a better understanding of citizens attitudes towards bus use and to provide more inclusive insight into future delivery of services. They are looking to engage with citizens across the 6 district of Liverpool City Region (Liverpool, Knowsley, Halton, Sefton, St. Helens and Wirral).
They are seeking applications from you to deliver a number of focus groups within this community.
Follow this link to download the brief as a Word document, which includes specifications and timescales: Bus Focus Group Brief final
There is a tight deadline for this delivery. The deadline for outline proposals is to be submitted to community@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk is midnight, 27 September 2020.
LCRCA will notify applicants by the 28th September and focus groups and final report will need to be submitted by 12th October 2020.
Additional note: Organisations can apply to deliver one or all of the focus groups. The budget can be used for staff costs, and how the sessions are delivered is up to the organisation delivering them.
WoW is seeking budding writers for Write to Work course
Applications are open for the next intake of Writing on the Wall’s Write to Work course. A free writing development course led by industry professionals, Write to Work supports unemployed learners in the Liverpool City Region (LCR) to develop key writing skills, build confidence and take the next positive steps into work or further education.
To apply you must be unemployed, have the legal right to live and work in the UK, be 18 years or older and be living in LCR (including the areas of Wirral classed as Merseyside). The course is online so you will also need access to the internet.
This will be a friendly, interactive 10 week online course delivered by industry professionals through Zoom group workshops. At the end of the course, participants’ work is published in an anthology, which will then be sold in local bookstores, Waterstones and online.
One to one mentoring will be provided to all participants.
Applications are open until 12 noon, Friday 25 September 2020.
For full details concerning eligibility and for information about how to apply, visit the Writing on the Wall website.
Fréa – Sustainability Lead
Fréa is a community interest company bringing together three independent charities in the North of England: Irish Community Care Manchester, Irish Community Care (based in Liverpool and delivering services in North West) and Leeds Irish Health & Homes.
Fréa is from the Irish word *fréamh*, meaning ‘root’, and reflects how as charities we are anchored and strengthened by our shared heritage, which, through careful cultivation and ambitious growth, enables us to flourish. The work of the charities focuses on improving the health and well-being of vulnerable members of the Irish communities across the Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester metropolitan districts. Over the past 12 months collectively the charities have supported 3500 individuals.
Fréa aims to combine the fundraising activities of each of the charities in order to maximise the financial sustainability of each organisation to ensure the continuation of care, culture and community within our communities.
Job Title: Sustainability Lead
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic self motivated individual with an excellent track record of fundraising to build on Fréa achievements to date; linking with high net worth individuals and patrons. You will lead a programme of income generation; sustaining existing and developing new links with businesses and business networks to secure corporate and philanthropic support. You will engage Irish community partners in areas of sport, culture and heritage to promote Fréa and work collaboratively to deliver fundraising activities to support the work of the charities. You will also explore other fundraising opportunities e.g. workplace giving, giving through wills and
legacies etc.
Hours: Full Time 35 hours per week
Contract: Fixed Term Contract
Salary: 30 – 35 k per annum depending on experience and track record
Location: Homeworking with travel across M62 corridor and nationally as required
Fréa is an equal opportunities employer. We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as belonging to a minority group.
For informal discussion contact Fréa directors: Ant Hanlon 07739212733; Breege McDaid 07971482817; Martin Moran 07813128726
For application pack contact: Freajobapplications@gmail.com
All applicants are required to complete a Disclosure and Barring Check.
Closing Date: Monday 12 October Interviews: w/c 2 November
Imagine Independence – IPS Employment Specialist
Position: IPS Employment Specialist, Job Reference: 20/40
Hours: 37.5 hours per week Salary: £21,763 per annum
Temporary Position until 31/03/2021
Based in: St Helens
Imagine Independence provides employment services following the national Individual Placement and Support Model. The employment specialist role involves working alongside mental health teams to support people with mental health needs to secure and retain employment.
We have a temporary vacancy within our St Helens team. You will ideally have some or all of the following attributes:
Experience of supporting people into work
Experience of supporting people with mental health needs
You will also need to be highly motivated and have excellent values.
This is an ideal opportunity to develop skills, enhance your career and improve the quality of peoples lives.
You will benefit from undertaking a structured training programme and will work alongside a supportive motivated team.
CVs are to be returned either by email to recruitment@imagineindependence.org.uk or post to 25 Hope street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ.
Our benefits include contributory company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities. An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
No closing date has been set as we need to fill this post asap, therefore if you are interested please send a CV asap.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Imagine Independence – Learning Disabilities Support Worker
Position: Learning Disabilities Support Worker
Job Reference: 20/38
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, working a rolling rota
Salary: £17,047.60 p.a
Based in: Accommodation Service, Anfield area, Liverpool
We are looking for a professional, dedicated and experienced support worker who can offer commitment to delivering high quality community-based care to service users living in the Liverpool area. You will have experience of working with people with mental health and/or learning disability needs. You will need excellent communication skills and be flexible in approach. You will have a positive attitude and be non-judgemental.
It is essential to the role that you have a committed approach towards maintaining confidentiality protecting the dignity of the individual and promoting their independence.
It’s desirable that you have at least an NVQ2 qualification in Health and Social Care.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Closing date for applications: 30 September 2020
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Aviva Community Fund now open
Once again there is £250,000 of funding available, as well as year-round support to help charities gain crucial skills, confidence and experience in online fundraising with Crowdfunder, to help them survive and thrive.
For the current round of funding, Aviva is especially keen to attract applications focusing on:
Climate/environmental issues
Financial resilience and inclusion
Using innovation to bring about change and build communities
Applications for this round of the Aviva Community Fund are now open until 23:59 Tuesday 13 October.
The Green Recovery Challenge Fund is a short-term competitive fund to kick-start environmental renewal whilst creating and retaining a range of jobs. It is open to environmental charities and their partners to deliver projects in England.
The aim of the fund is to support projects that are ready to deliver and focus on nature restoration, nature-based solutions and connecting people with nature, delivering against the goals of the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan (25YEP), whilst helping to sustain and build capacity in the sector.
The £40million fund has been developed by Defra and its Arm’s-Length Bodies, including Natural England, Forestry Commission, Environment Agency and others. The National Lottery Heritage Fund is distributing and monitoring this government money.
Grants of £50,000 – £5million to deliver environmental projects in England
Open to environmental charities and their partners
Projects must be ready to deliver and funding must be spent by 31 March 2022
The Fund covers three themes:
Nature conservation and restoration, including ecosystem restoration and species recovery;
Nature-based solutions, particularly for climate change mitigation and adaptation; and
Connecting people with nature.
All projects will need to deliver against at least one of these themes, but may contribute to more than one or all of the above.
The Green Recovery Challenge Fund is accepting applications for two grant levels:
£50,000 – £250,000. Deadline noon 2 October 2020
£250,000 – £5million. Deadline for Expressions of Interest noon 24 September 2020
Kindred Minds – Volunteer and Activity Coordinator
Term: 1 year with possible 3 year extension
Hours: 10 per week (with additional 7 per week until 31/03/20).
Salary: £13 per hour
Location: Belle Vale, Liverpool, to work city wide.
Kindred Minds was established in 2012 and was born out of a need to provide a safe place, where people with poor mental health could meet to offer each other support. In May 2015 we became a charitable incorporated organisation and in April 2020 we commenced our 5 year funding through the National Lottery Community Fund.
For this role we are looking for a highly motivated and competent individual to deliver the following services and tasks in line with Kindred Minds policies and procedures.
Main duties and responsibilities:
1. To recruit, select, train and match volunteers to service users to assist with DWP and professional appointments.
2. To build relationships with agencies and academic institutions to help us identify potential chaperones.
3. To arrange and monitor chaperone appointments and any phone calls/video chat.
4. To supervise all volunteers ensuring paperwork is in place, completed thoroughly and regular contact is maintained.
5. To assist/lead with service activities, both online and in person by; overseeing sessions, liaising with tutors and ‘Service User Activity Leads’.
6. To assist the Programme Manager with service evaluation and all aspects of programme monitoring.
7. Manage the reimbursement of expenses for volunteers and Service User Activity Leads.
8. Compile and formulate reports and updates for the Board of Trustees on a monthly basis.
9. Liaise with Programme Manager and other sessional staff to identify opportunities for volunteers and Activity Leads within the whole programme.
10. Any other reasonable tasks, as directed by management.
The post holder will work under the direction of the programme manager, but will be expected to work under their own initiative for periods of time. There is a need for high levels of motivation, excellent communication skills and the nurturing of relationships with service users, partner agencies and the potential stakeholders.
Contact details: Paula Harrison paulakindredmindsliverpool@gmail.com
Closing date: 5pm Monday 5 October 2020
Intersectional Feminist Bootcamp to launch October 2020
An exciting online bootcamp is launching this October, to kick start a new era of people-powered feminism. Intersectional Feminist Bootcamp aims to bring people together to learn about feminism and nurture feminist activists. Adult and under 18 sessions are available.
Intersectional Feminist Bootcamp is a product of Love and Power, a new non-profit organisation (with a great name!) that exists to support women and girls to take action on the issues that matter to them. They are building a grassroots movement with a mass membership that trains, supports, connects, and organises those who want to make change in their communities.
The adult bootcamp is running 14 – 16 October 2020
The under 18’s bootcamp is running 26 – 29 October (this specialist programme is for those who, in 2019/20 were in the school years 11 and 12, or equivalent).
There is a fee for the camp but, thanks to the project’s funders, Love and Power is able to offer scholarships, so that the course is free to those who would otherwise have difficulty paying.
Term: permanent, subject to satisfactory probation period
Hours: 35
Salary: £30,000.00
Location: Bromborough, Wirral
Reporting to the board of trustees, you will be accountable for the leadership and day to day delivery of services, including your own caseload of clients.
You will be responsible for supervising and supporting a small team of two part-time staff and recruiting and training volunteer support workers.
Making grant applications and fundraising is a key aspect of the role, as is raising awareness and delivering presentation sessions around the impact of road traffic collisions.
Contact details: Send your CV to rc@seriouslaw.co.uk, together with a covering letter setting out clearly how you meet the requirements of the job.
Closing date: 23 September (interviews will be held 7 October)
Positive Futures – VOSS Project Co-ordinator
Term: Fixed term contract until March 2023
Hours: 14 Hours per week
Salary: £22,100 per year – Pro rata
Location: Liverpool L4
The VOSS project co-ordinator is the one to keep us on track and ensure that we achieve our wider aims, they can evidence what we have done and the impact it has had and work with us to address the succession of VOSS once funding comes to an end.
Some duties will include:
Good organisational and planning skills
Can network and build relationships both within the VOSS group and with key stakeholders
Be trusted to run the project transparently and has the skills and experience to co-ordinate, monitor and evaluate the project
Ultimately facilitate the development of good practice in youth work and a better understanding of its value
Please send completed application forms to info@positivefutures.org.uk by 5pm, Tuesday 29 September 2020.
FareShare Merseyside and North Wales – North Wales Community Coordinator
Term: One year Fixed Term Contract
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £19K to £23K dependant on experience.
Location: Speke (must have own transport as travel in involved)
As a community coordinator, your role will focus on the delivery and sustainability of the FareShare Community Food Membership programme; through maximising relationships and adding value to create the best experience for our charity community. The successful candidate will be an exceptional communicator, with an approachable nature who will play a vital role in securing, developing and maintaining charity relationships, plus raising awareness of FareShare across the region.
The community coordinator will work across their region, with the following key outcomes:
Charity welcoming and engagement: you will carry out welcome visits to new charities and be responsible for ensuring that KPIs are reached and maintained. Using your analysis of charity needs, plus your knowledge of FareShare’s available food, you will use these visits to maximise the offer to charities, ensuring the service meets their requirements.
Community capacity building: as part of the welcome visit and building relationships with charities, you will seek opportunities to enable and empower charities to increase their capacity and ability to take more food, more often, to ultimately increase the redistribution of surplus food to those in need.
Sustainability and compliance: you will work with your regional development manager and other team colleagues to identify where re-engagement activities are needed to improve charity satisfaction and charity compliance. Liaising with your regional centre colleagues and FareShare UK Operations Team, you will work to maximise the amount of food collected by charities with lower levels of compliance, providing face to face interventions as necessary. You will also be responsible for undertaking annual food safety checks within the agreed time frame.
Charity engagement: you will play a key role in maintaining strong charity relationships across your region. You will take an active role in any meet and greets with charities and their representatives, where required. Plus you will be responsible for maintaining regular contact with the relevant charity and other stakeholders in your region, sensitively dealing with any issues in a professional manner, as and when they arise.
FareShare network engagement: we aim to become ‘one FareShare’. These roles are an integral part of our FareShare network and you will partner closely with the FareShare Go Team(s) in your area. You will work on joint initiatives which improve and grow the FareShare community, ensuring that charities have access to the FareShare service which best meet their needs.
Community engagement: you will work with your regional team to ensure that we are continuing to build and grow the FareShare community. You will take an active role in leading community events and networking activities, supported by your regional centre colleagues, volunteers and FareShare UK in the organisation and delivery of these events.
If this sounds like you we can’t wait to hear from you.
Please send in your CV and equal opportunities form send along with a personal statement explaining why you are a suitable candidate for the role and return torecruitment@fareshare.org.uk
Closing date, Friday 2 October 2020, 5pm.
University of Liverpool Law Clinic offers free legal advice
Ahead of the new term, University of Liverpool Law Clinic has announced a number of new services.
The clinic is known for its immigration work, and immigration advice will continue to be offered, but there are also two other important areas of law that it is able to provide support with.
Free Family Advice Law Clinic
The clinic has two solicitors specialising in family work.
They are able to offer appointments to advise on child arrangement orders (contact and issues surrounding where children should live), special guardianship orders, social services issues and other family related problems. They are not able to advice on financial matters.
In addition, they plan to hold regular information events to explain court procedures and how decisions are made. These will be held online.
Support with online/remote court hearings in relation to child arrangement/SGO hearings is also available,
Appointments will take place online but, depending on Covid restrictions, may also be available at the clinic itself.
Free Special Educational Needs Clinic
The clinic’s specialist education solicitor works with students to assist parents and carers of disabled children to gain the support they need at school or college. This might be making them aware of the duties schools have to support children with additional needs or, most likely, assisting parents in their application for support through an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). Solicitors help parents understand the EHC process. This includes advising parents about the right to request a particular school for their child and obtaining the therapeutic services their child may need.
Help can be provided at any stage of the process, up to and including an appeal to the SEN Tribunal. The clinic provides advice and assistance in relation to grounds of appeal to the SEN Tribunal, and may be able to help parents prepare appeals to the Tribunal – providing advice and assistance about evidence gathering, potential lines of argument and procedural matters. They also hope to be able to offer parents who are otherwise unsupported, assistance from students at an appeal. Though students will not represent parents, they will be able to support parents on the day of the hearing.
How the clinic works
Staff are legally qualified solicitors. They are assisted by undergraduate and postgraduate law students. Students are trained and supervised throughout their placements and advice is given only by solicitors.
The clinic is completely free.
Solicitors are unable to formally represent clients but are able to advise and support through proceedings where agreed. They will explain to clients about legal aid eligibility and other funding options.
Due to current restrictions, online appointments are available.
How to refer
You can phone the clinic on 07774 779132, or email clinic@liverpool.ac.uk to make an appointment.
Due to demand, urgent appointments are rarely available and you should be prepared to wait up to three weeks for an appointment – sometimes longer out of term time.
If you would like cards with the clinic’s contact details, to provide to clients, please contact Elaine at the clinic (using the details above).
Funding win for Merseyside Domestic Violence Service
Merseyside Domestic Violence Service (MDVS) has been awarded £52k by Children in Need. The money will allow the charity to hire a family safety worker to directly engage with children and young people who are either impacted by or perpetrators of domestic violence.
MDVS provides holistic, integrated whole-family support. Through it’s Males Actively Seeking Change (MASC) programme, perpetrators of domestic violence are encouraged to take responsibility for their actions. There are separate activities for women and for children, to ensure that the entire family is supported in ways that feel safe.
During lockdown there was a huge spike in domestic violence nation-wide. The necessary cancellation of in-person events, including regular play schemes run by MDVS and an annual Christmas party, has made it more difficult than ever for children and young people to be engaged and supported, when they need it most. This funding win will change that.
Jacqui Nasuh, CEO of Merseyside Domestic Violence Service said, “The grant will be used to provide family safety worker to reach and engage with children and young people and for staff training in digital online safety, in relation to the same group. Children and young people supported by this grant will come from families where domestic violence is happening or has happened; they may need support because their parents are accessing programmes, they may be at risk of harm due to family violence and they may be perpetrating child to parent abuse.
“We must be prepared for the implications of a second wave of the pandemic and another lockdown. Children and young people must be reached and their voices must be heard. They must not fall off the radar. Our aim is to ensure this group is within the reach of our services, and connected to other networks able to add additional areas of engagement and support.
“We work with over 100 male perpetrators a year and with their partners or ex-partners. Between them there are over 200 children and young people. Decisions in court proceedings take place regarding their futures without their voices being heard. They have been invisible for too long and our aim is to empower them to take control of their lives.”
LCVS Funding Advisor John McCormack provided bid writing support and feedback that helped MDVS to secure the funding.
Of the award, John said, “Merseyside Domestic Violence Service performs an absolutely unique and vital role. I don’t think it is overstating things to say that they have saved lives during lockdown. I am always pleased to be able to assist Jacqui and the team in any way I can. This win is incredibly well-deserved.”
Mencap Liverpool and Sefton – Volunteer Coordinator
Based: Mencap Cottage House, Crosby (2 days a week) with home and remote working for the remaining hours
Hours: 37.5 hours week Monday-Friday, (flexible and term-time working available)
Salary: £22,500
Responsible to: Outreach Manager
Closing Date: 9am Monday 28th September
Interview Date: Tuesday 6th October
Proposed Start Date: 10am Monday 2nd November
Job summary: We’re looking for a capable project co-ordinator to set up a new volunteering programme. You’ll be responsible for recruiting, training and supporting 24 new volunteers, placing them in appropriate roles within Mencap Liverpool and Sefton and developing placement opportunities with our health & social care partners.
Send your CV and cover letter to Jacqui.Bouch@mencapliverpool.org.uk.
Have your say and make Liverpool City Region a better place to age
Later this month, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority will submit its application to join the World Health Organisation Network of Age Friendly Communities. If you would like to help make Liverpool City Region a better place to age, you can now join the newly established residents forum.
The authority joined the UK Network of Age Friendly Communities back in May; You can read the Metro Mayor’s Letter of Commitment here.
The newly formed Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor Network 55+, is an opportunity and a call to action for all residents. It is an online group and those who join have no minimum commitment. You can get involved as much or as little as you like and can leave at any time.
The group has attracted over 100 members in the very short period since its launch but more are still needed. In particular, the authority would like to encourage representatives from the wider City Region and BAME communities to get involved.
Hours: Part time, (3 days a week, flexible)
Salary: £19,500 (pro-rata)
Location: Merseyside & Cheshire
We are looking for an efficient, experienced, motivated and highly competent personal assistant/administrator, to provide secretarial and administrative support to the CEO/founder of Savera UK.
The post holder will need excellent communication and interpersonal skills so they are able to communicate effectively with a range of people including professionals, external agencies, service users, the public, and staff at all levels.
Term: September 2022
Hours: 15 Hours per week
Salary: £21,840 per year, pro rata
Location: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, Liverpool, L3 8LR
The Brain Charity supports individuals with neurological conditions such as brain injury, dementia, learning disability, stroke and brain tumour.
Our support services offer high quality practical help, social activities and emotional support to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
Role Summary:
The Counselling Service Lead will be part of The Brain Charity Services Team, which offers counselling and therapeutic interventions to people affected by a neurological condition, their friends, family or carers including young people. The post holder will provide and co-ordinate counselling provision. They will manage the counselling waiting list, the referral pathways, be responsible for client assessment and the implementation of the risk management guidelines. They will hold responsibility for the co-ordination of a team of volunteer counsellors and they will also hold a small caseload of their own.
If you are passionate about our cause and would like to become part of a vibrant and diverse team we would love to hear from you.
Interviews for successful applicants will take place during the week commencing Monday 28th September
Contact details: Email jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk or call 0151 298 2999
Closing date: 1st October 2020
Social Enterprise Support Fund
The current round of the Social Enterprise Support Fund is open from 1pm on 10 September to 1pm 17 September 2020.
The fund provides essential financial support to help social enterprises in England during COVID-19. It will help social enterprises to meet additional demands, change the way they work, make their spaces COVID-secure, and manage liquidity during the next six months.
Five social enterprise support agencies have come together to deliver the fund. Big Issue Invest, The Key Fund, Resonance, the School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) and UnLtd will jointly deliver £18.7 million in grants, with support from CAF Venturesome, the Young Foundation and Ashoka.
This has been made possible thanks to The National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF), the largest funder of community activity in the UK.
The partnership is one of five the The National Lottery Community Fund is supporting as part of its COVID crisis response.
Key facts
IMPACT FOCUS: People who are at high risk from COVID-19 and/or who are most likely to face increased challenges as a result of the COVID-19, which are led by people from BAME and LGBTQ+ communities, people with disabilities, and leaders with lived experience of the particular issues the enterprise is addressing.
FUND SIZE: £18.7m in grants from the National Lottery Community Fund
GRANT SIZE: £10,000 to £300,000
WHO CAN APPLY?: Social enterprises in England with an annual income between £20,000 – £1.8m (prior to COVID-19)
WHEN: Applications will be received in three rounds. The first and second rounds are closed. The third round closes at 1pm on 17 September 2020
Comics Youth CIC is working on a comic based on the experiences of a young person (K) who grew up in an abusive household. The team hopes that by getting K’s story out there, they can make people more aware of the abuse that can sometimes happen in plain sight. The project is also a way to offer solidarity with those who have lived through similar experiences, and to provide resources.
When reading the story by K, it is hard not to feel that he must have fallen through the cracks of safeguarding; the system wasn’t enough to help him. Comics Youth wishes to address some questions that K has raised. In order to do so, the organisation would like to gain the insight from social workers.
Comics Youth said in a statement, “We know that social workers are both underpaid and overworked. This isn’t an attack on social workers; we value the service you provide and understand how hard it is, we would just like to highlight the issues in the system, to help fix them.”
The answers given may be included in the published book but nobody will be identified.
Imagine Independence launches Building Up Stronger
Imagine Independence is launching a new project that will support to people to re-engage with their community following lockdown, whilst building up their skills and resilience to adapt to any potential future lockdown that may materialise.
The exciting new pilot project, Building Up Stronger (BUS), will be launched in October 2020.
BUS will support people – particularly those whose mental health was affected by Covid-19 – to access social, training and education opportunities in the community, as well as to enhance their digital skills, helping them stay connected to families, friends and wider networks.
By focusing on individuals’ lived experience of the Covid-19 pandemic, BUS will offer sustainable, effective interventions to promote and protect people’s well-being, in both the short and longer-term. It will do this by maximising their access to non-clinical VCSE services.
Funded by the National Lottery and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport for a period of 6 months, BUS will provide support in the following Liverpool wards: Princes Park, Riverside, Central, Kirkdale, Everton, Kensington and Fairfield, Picton, Anfield and Norris Green.
More information will follow, with regard to engaging with the project. Right now, Imagine Independence is recruiting a new team to deliver BUS. Find those roles on the LCVS vacancies page.
Imagine Independence – Project Manager
Term: Temporary – 6 months
Hours: 18.75 per week
Salary: £30,906p.a. pro rata
Location: Homeworking, and in Liverpool
This is an exciting role to work with Imagine Independence on its new Building Up Stronger (BUS) project, funded by the National Lottery and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport for a period of 6 months. A place focused, proof of concept, offering a new service in the 6 inner-city wards of Liverpool, BUS will bring forward a new, scalable service model fit for the post Covid 19 environment. By focusing on individuals’ lived experience of the Covid 19 pandemic, BUS will offer sustainable, effective interventions to promote and protect people’s well-being, in both the short and longer-term. It will do this by maximising their access to non-clinical VCSE services
As the Project Manager (PM) you will oversee the successful delivery of this pilot project, which will support people struggling with their mental health so that they emerge from the Covid 19 pandemic with their wellbeing maximised. This role will require strong organisational, communication and high-level digital skills. You will oversee the delivery of the project implementation plan; manage the ‘BUS’ team to achieve the outcomes of the project; promote the project to a range of partners and stakeholders across the city; develop links with other VCSE organisations; oversee the effective monitoring and evaluation of the project; and help identify and bid for funding to continue/scale up the project.
A confident communicator, you will help ensure that the ‘BUS’ project becomes known for its cutting edge, innovative approach to third sector support for the promotion of mental health and wellbeing. You will attend and report to any appropriate Steering Committee meetings about the progress of the project.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Closing date for completed application forms: 5pm Tuesday 15 September 2020.
Interviews for this post are currently scheduled for Friday 18 September 2020; you must be able to commence in post Monday 05 October 2020.
Term: Temporary – 6 months
Hours: 37.5 per week
Salary: £25,000 p.a. equivalent
Location: Home-working, and in Liverpool
This is an exciting role to work with Imagine Independence on its new Building Up Stronger (BUS) project, funded by the National Lottery and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport for a period of 6 months. A place focused, proof of concept, offering a new service in the 6 inner-city wards of Liverpool, BUS will bring forward a new, scalable service model fit for the post Covid 19 environment. By focusing on individuals’ lived experience of the Covid 19 pandemic, BUS will offer sustainable, effective interventions to promote and protect people’s well-being, in both the short and longer-term. It will do this by maximising their access to non-clinical VCSE services
As a BUS Project Facilitator (BPS), you will provide high quality support to people currently using Imagine’s services in Liverpool, so that they emerge from the Covid 19 pandemic with their wellbeing maximised. Building on their existing assets for health, you will support colleagues from Imagine to work with each individual to develop and/or improve their social and other networks, so that they recover more quickly from any impacts of the recent lockdown and the socio-economic dislocation that the pandemic has created. Helping Imagine’s support workers, you will ensure that individuals referred to BUS have a bespoke, time limited ‘BUS’ plan. This will be co-created with each person to support their recovery; enable them to be more prepared for any future lockdowns; develop and/or maintain their educational/vocational skills; and enable them to use digital platforms to access goods/services/maintain their social links. You will help your colleagues to engage in these processes using a digital platform to record and monitor/evaluate the outcomes achieved for each person.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please the Imagine Independence website.
Closing date for completed application forms: 5pm Tuesday 15 September 2020.
Interviews for this post are currently scheduled for Monday 21 September 2020; you must be able to commence in post Monday 05 October 2020.
Ronald McDonald House Liverpool – Fundraising Trustee (Volunteer)
Term: 3 years
Hours: Flexible
Salary: Volunteer
Location: Liverpool
Ronald McDonald House at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool is the largest Ronald McDonald House in Europe. The 84-bedroomed house exists to provide a ‘home away from home’ for families supporting critically ill children and is entirely funded by charitable donations.
An exciting philanthropic opportunity has arisen for a fundraising trustee to join the board of this vital support charity, in a valued voluntary role.
As a trustee you will
• Join the existing trustees to support the chair in delivering the charity’s vision
• In addition to normal governance roles and responsibilities, you will chair the Fundraising Committee.
• Demonstrate proven fundraising skills and experiences maintain an overview of the fundraising strategy and act as critical friend.
• Have demonstrable knowledge of marketing and communications, and the ability to support the charity in these areas.
• Report back to the board on a quarterly basis ensuring they have a sound understanding of the fundraising strategy challenges and successes.
• Above all you will be committed to dedicating the required time and energy to steer this worthwhile charity to the next phase in its future.
Tenure for trustee positions is a minimum of two years, with re-election every two years.
You will serve on the board and chair the fundraising committee. There is a minimum of eight meetings a year, though a commitment to support the fundraising team outside of these meetings will also be needed.
Imagine Independence – Community Project Facilitator
Term: Temporary – 6 months
Hours: 37.5 per week
Salary: £25,000p.a. equivalent
Location: Homeworking, and in Liverpool
This is an exciting role to work with Imagine Independence on its new Building Up Stronger (BUS) project, funded by the National Lottery and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport for a period of 6 months. A place focused, proof of concept, offering a new service in the 6 inner-city wards of Liverpool, BUS will bring forward a new, scalable service model fit for the post Covid 19 environment. By focusing on individuals’ lived experience of the Covid 19 pandemic, BUS will offer sustainable, effective interventions to promote and protect people’s well-being, in both the short and longer-term. It will do this by maximising their access to non-clinical VCSE services
As a Community Project Facilitator (CPS), you will provide high quality support to people struggling with their mental health, so that they emerge from the Covid 19 pandemic with their wellbeing maximised. Building on their existing assets for health, you will support each individual to develop and/or improve their social and other networks, so that they recover more quickly from any impacts of the recent lockdown and the socio-economic dislocation that the pandemic has created. Working with individuals referred to BUS, a bespoke, time limited plan will be co-created with each person to support their recovery; enable them to be more prepared for any future lockdowns; develop and/or maintain their educational/vocational skills; and enable them to use digital platforms to access goods/services/maintain their social links.
Vital to the sustainability and long-term success of the project will be the recruitment of a cohort of local people to act as volunteer community navigators. You will help to recruit, train and deploy these individuals.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Closing date for completed application forms: 5pm Tuesday 15 September 2020.
Interviews for this post are currently scheduled for Monday 21 September 2020; you must be able to commence in post Monday 05 October 2020.
Term: Temporary – 6 months position
Hours: 25 hours per week
Salary: £21,500 p.a. pro rata
Location: Liverpool
This is an exciting role to work with Imagine Independence on its new Building Up Stronger (BUS) project, funded by the National Lottery and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport for a period of 6 months. A place focused, proof of concept, offering a new service in the 6 inner-city wards of Liverpool, BUS will bring forward a new, scalable service model fit for the post Covid 19 environment. By focusing on individuals’ lived experience of the Covid 19 pandemic, BUS will offer sustainable, effective interventions to promote and protect people’s well-being, in both the short and longer-term. It will do this by maximising their access to non-clinical VCSE services
As the Project Support Officer (PSO) you will be key to the successful delivery of this pilot project, which will support people struggling with their mental health so that they emerge from the Covid 19 pandemic with their wellbeing maximised. This will be a fast-paced job – strong organisational, communication and high-level digital skills are vital. You will have experience of working at a high level in an administration role, with knowledge and experience of using data to support the monitoring and evaluation of similar community work. Adept at using the Microsoft Office suite, you will also be capable of scheduling meetings, supporting committees and helping the team to keep the project on track.
A confident communicator, you will help to promote the project using a range of tools, including social media.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Closing date for completed application forms: 5pm Tuesday 15 September 2020.
Interviews for this post are currently scheduled for Friday 18 September 2020; you must be able to commence in post Monday 05 October 2020.
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Live webinars from HMRC offer Covid-19 employer support
Extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and flexible furloughing
Changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme from 1 September 2020 mean that employers will need to fund 10% of furloughed employees’ usual wages for the hours they do not work and continue to pay their National Insurance and pension contributions.
Make sure you have the latest information by joining this live webinar titled Extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and flexible furloughing.
During the session you’ll get an overview of the scheme, including flexible furloughing, examples of how to work out the amount you can claim and the changes for September and October. You’ll also get information on the Job Retention Bonus, including how to check if you’re eligible.
In case you haven’t been able to join the popular webinar about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme, more dates have now been added. Get the latest information on:
You can ask questions during all of these live webinars, using the on-screen text box.
England Illegal Money Lending Team short story competition
As part of National Stop Loan Sharks Week 2020, which will take place between 1-7 December, the England Illegal Money Lending Team is running a short story competition.
There are 7 categories and the winner of each will receive a £50 Amazon voucher and have their story turned into a podcast.
The competition is open to everyone. It is aimed predominantly at adults, though young people are welcome to enter.
The closing date is 16 October.
Full details about the categories, the guidelines and how to enter, can be found on the short story brief document, which you can download here. Click on the hyper link to download the Word document: Stop Loan Sharke Short Story Brief
Community Impact Fund reopens with October deadline
Our Community Impact Fund helps voluntary sector organisations and registered charities do even more to build stronger communities across Liverpool and Merseyside.
The fund has reopened today, with updated criteria designed to help organisations adapt and bring their communities back together safely, in line with Covid-19 guidelines.
Eligible organisations can apply for grants of up to £3,000, for projects that meet one or more of our four main priority areas:
Health
Education
Income stability
Arts and culture
Applications will be assessed on the impact that the project will have on the lives of those who benefit.
What you can apply for
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a real impact on communities and on organisations working in those communities. We recognise the vital work that voluntary and community organisations have been doing throughout the current crisis and the pressure on budgets as a result of lockdown. While many organisations have been able to adapt their services to support people during lockdown, we are aware that many have been unable to do so, owing to the nature of their service. These organisations in particular will have been hit hard as they have not been able to access funds from the various Covid Response grants available.
We want to try to support organisations to get back on track and will support general running costs; including staff costs, alterations to buildings to ensure Covid-secure environments and projects that help bring communities back together in a safe way.
Who can apply
Organisations wishing to apply must be registered charities, or have charitable aims as part of their governing document, and must be able to register with the Charity Commission if their income exceeds £5,000.
Community Interest Companies (CICs) can apply but please refer to the detailed guidance notes for more information about specific criteria for CICs.
The deadline for applications is 9am, 8 October 2020.
LCVS appoints new chief executive
On behalf of the board of trustees, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Clare White to the position of CEO of LCVS, beginning 1 September 2020.
Clare is a familiar face to many, as a result of her previous role at Alder Hey Children’s Charity where she was CEO for six years.
During her time at Alder Hey, Clare restructured the charity to make it more sustainable, trebled income by diversifying income streams and delivered £40 million income over two appeals.
Since her departure at the end of 2018, Clare has run her own consultancy, supporting third sector leaders and teams in the areas of leadership, strategy, fundraising and governance.
Clare previously held the post of chief executive at The Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace, the only UK organisation founded by victims of terrorism, which supports those affected by political violence, conflict and acts of terror.
The board wish to thank previous Co-CEO’s Graham Wright and Colin Heaney for their stewardship of LCVS over the last 3 years. Both Graham and Colin remain at LCVS as director of finance and resources and director of policy, partnerships and programmes respectively.
Heather Akehurst
Chair
Police Commissioner invites ‘imaginative’ bids to keep young people safe over autumn half term
Merseyside’s police commissioner is inviting community groups to submit ‘imaginative’ bids for projects which will divert young people away from crime and anti-social behaviour during the autumn half-term; essential work in spite of the challenges posed by Covid-19.
Jane Kennedy has announced that she is releasing a new round of funding from the Police Property Act Fund (PPA), which allows money raised from the sale of unclaimed stolen goods or property recovered by the police to be used for good causes.
It is the eleventh time the commissioner has invited community organisations, charities and groups to apply for grants of up to £5,000 for grassroots initiatives which are working to help young people to make the right choices.
This year the commissioner is encouraging community groups to be even more creative in their bids into the £45,000 fund given the challenges posed by the coronavirus outbreak and the current restrictions on large gatherings.
Jane said, “I am delighted to once again open up the Police Property Act Fund for bids of up to £5,000 to organisations which are engaging with local young people during the busy autumn half term, with the aim of making their communities safer.
“Local people know their communities best. They know what works when engaging with young people. Running diversionary projects and activities is going be harder than normal this year given the current challenges imposed by the Covid-19 crisis, but I know how creative community groups across Merseyside can be and they will not be deterred.
“I would encourage everyone applying to be as imaginative and ingenious as possible about how we can involve young people in safe, well-run, organised activities during Halloween and Bonfire Night despite the current restrictions.”
Jane has awarded more than £420,000 through the PPA to organisations that are making a difference in their communities over the last eight years. Since July 2015, she has used the fund to specifically focus on youth engagement initiatives.
Last year, this small pot of funding was shared between 24 community groups and used to deliver safe, organised activities for approximately 11,000 young people over the Halloween and Bonfire Night period.
Jane said: “Halloween and Bonfire Night are times of great fun and excitement for many people across Merseyside, but sometimes it can go too far and sadly some communities still experience a rise in criminal and anti-social behaviour. This usually makes it a particularly busy time for the police and the fire service.
“Through these grants, I want to help alleviate these issues and prevent local young people from making mistakes they may later regret. Once a young person gets a criminal record it can blight their future prospects. By using these grants to fund a wide range of well-organised community activities, I hope we can help to prevent young people from getting drawn into any activities which could become intimidating, anti-social or even dangerous to other members of the community.
“These projects will support the excellent diversionary work carried out by Merseyside Police and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, ensuring that young people can enjoy the autumn festivities in a safe and enjoyable way which is properly supervised.”
The PPA fund is administered by the Community Foundation for Merseyside, (CFM) on behalf of the commissioner. CFM holds funds from individuals and organisations as donors who wish to support deserving causes in Merseyside.
All applications must be submitted online via the Community Foundation for Merseyside by 5pm on Monday 28th September 2020. To apply, please visit the Community Foundation for Merseyside website.
Violence reduction funding for the LCR sports sector
MSP has been appointed to commission the sports sector to provide effective projects which target young people who may be at risk of experiencing or becoming involved with violent crime, gang culture or anti-social behaviour. The organisation is now seeking organisations who can create and deliver effective sport and physical activity projects that can really change people’s lives.
The £112,500 funding pot has been provided by the Home Office to Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP). The VRP uses a multi-agency ‘public health’ approach to tackling serious violence; partners from the public, third and voluntary sectors work together using prevention and early intervention as a model of delivery.
Projects seeking funding must operate in one or more of thirteen key wards across the City Region and target a wide range of young people in these communities. Grants of between £2,000 and £40,000 are available to sports projects in:
Birkenhead and Tranmere, Wirral.
Town Centre, St Helens.
Kensington and Fairfield, Liverpool.
Riverside, Liverpool.
County, Liverpool.
Kirkdale, Liverpool.
Tuebrook & Stoneycroft, Liverpool.
Everton, Liverpool.
Princes Park, Liverpool.
Warbreck, Liverpool.
Speke & Garston, Liverpool.
Anfield, Liverpool.
Picton, Liverpool.
All projects will need to start at the earliest opportunity, with all project monies spent by 31st March 2021.
Are you looking for training and support that will help you get the job you want?
Liverpool Ways to Work is offering free tailored help to local residents aged 16+ who are struggling to secure long-term employment.
They have a huge range of programmes designed to help everyone – even the most vulnerable individuals who need extra support and mentoring.
Ways to Work will work with you to build your confidence and widen your skillset, so you become ‘job ready’ and improve your chances of gaining the job you want.
Fit For Me-We Are Undefeatable physical activity campaign
Liverpool City Council is working with Sport England and NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group to launch a campaign to encourage people aged 40 – 75 living with a health condition to be active.
The campaign launches today – 1 September 2020 – under the city’s physical activity brand, Fit For Me, which as reached over 100,000 people since its launch in 2016. The campaign is aligned to the Sport England campaign, We Are Undefeatable.
Local insight highlights that a significant number of people in the city living with a health condition do not meet the physical activity guidelines. This campaign offers the opportunity to motivate people to improve their health and wellbeing and quality of life, and to encourage positive changes to their lifestyles.
There will be a media campaign run across radio, the Liverpool Echo and social media. In addition, free campaign resources are available.
Public Health Liverpool wishes to thank the many organisations who have already shown their support by ordering free resources. If you would like to obtain these resources you can do so below. They will be delivered during the first few weeks of September.
Savera UK – Community Support Worker (Female Only)
Term: Fixed term for 12 months & subject to funding
Hours: 30 hours per week
Salary: £22,932 per annum, pro rata
Location: Merseyside & Cheshire
The post holder will be required to work with individuals/families that have been referred into the service as a result of ‘honour’-based abuse and/or harmful practices or any other cultural abuse. They will be tasked with providing the holistic support necessary.
Interventions will be developed to promote culturally sensitive and appropriate support, as well as promoting independence and improve self-esteem by empowering clients to identify their needs.
If you have any questions please contact shaunal@saverauk.co.uk.
Friday 18 September, 5pm
St Giles Trust – Data Coordinator
Term: Fixed Term Contract ending 31 March 2021
Hours: 21 hours pw
Salary: £11,908 p/a (FTE is £19,847)
Location: Liverpool/Merseyside
Ref code: DCR-201
Are you a proactive, organised individual with an eye for detail and experience of working in a fast paced environment? Then join St Giles as a Data Coordinator and you will be embarking on a highly rewarding and career-enhancing position.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
County Lines is a phenomenon in which criminal drug dealing operations are expanding their operations outside of the larger cities, taking over drug markets in smaller towns. Gangs target vulnerable children and young people and coerce them to transport and distribute mainly Class A drugs into areas where there is less police presence, less competition and high demand for their product.
About this key role
You will be embedded into the County Lines Team, coordinating administrative support; report writing, collecting data to demonstrate impact, monitor compliance with systems and procedures. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team, and have a flexible, empathetic approach to your work.
We actively encourage people with personal experience of the criminal justice system or lived experience of the issues facing this client group to apply for this role.
What we are looking for:
Experience providing administrative support to a small team, working together to achieve a common goal
Strong attention to detail and proven ability to produce accurate work
Strong IT skills including proven experience of using Word, Excel and Outlook in similar work environment. Ability to work with case database on a day-to-day basis
Good organisational and communication skills, particularly in relation to managing queries
Ability to work on own initiative or with little supervision, escalating to a management where appropriate
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, access to clinical supervision flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, season ticket loan and much more.
Contact details: HR@stgilestrust.org.uk
Closing date: 11pm, 7 September 2020.
Interviews: 11 September 2020 (likely to be held via video)
Compass Counselling Services- Online Group Facilitator
Term: sessional at least 6 months
Location: Remote
We are a charity based in Liverpool providing high quality counselling services and training to the Merseyside and Wirral community for the past 40 years. We are a proactive service offering a number of targeted projects and commissioned work in addition to our core work of providing accessible counselling to adults across Liverpool and Merseyside.
We are delighted to have been granted funding to enable Compass to extend our provision to include counselling via video link to further support the mental health of the local community at this time. This funding from the Coronavirus Support Fund, distributed by the National Lottery Community Fund includes specialist supervision support for our staff and volunteers who are new to this way of working. It also includes funding to provide our volunteer counsellors with access to a facilitated support group to ensure they can share their experiences with their peers in a safe environment and maximise self care as we move to this new area. We are extremely grateful to the government for making this possible.
We want to build on our excellent reputation and demonstrable impact and effectiveness in our face to face work to incorporate the same high standard of remote working by recruiting the following sessional workers.
This sessional work is to provide a regular facilitated support group, designed to support counsellors within Compass as they move into this new area of service provision. This is designed to help maximise peer support and self care through an experienced facilitator who can offer an online group to help counsellors to develop their skills, confidence and self care through this new phase.
As this is a specialised role we ask for applications via CV with covering letter. Please include in the covering letter your regular availability to hold this group and your hourly rate. Please also detail your experience and training in this specialised area.
Contact details: enquiries@compass-counselling.org.uk or 0151 237 3993
Closing date: Friday 11th September 2020
The Women’s Organisation – Finance and Monitoring Administrator
Salary:£ 17,000- £20,000 per annum (depending on experience).
Location: Liverpool, L1
We are pleased to be expanding our team and are seeking to recruit a Finance and Monitoring Administrator to support the high-quality delivery of women’s economic development services throughout the Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester.
If you have the relevant experience and skills to support a busy finance and monitoring team, willingness to learn and would like to work with an award winning women’s economic development organisation, please visit The Women’s Organisation website, call 0151 706 8111 or email info@thewo.org.uk for an application pack.
Completed application should be returned FAO Lisa Sayonas, The Women’s Organisation, 54 St James Street, Liverpool, L1 0AB or via info@thewo.org.uk.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon, Wednesday 30 September 2020. We anticipate scheduling interviews the week starting 5 October 2020.
Compass Counselling Services – Supervisor and Facilitator
Term:6 months
Hours: 16 hrs per month
Salary: £50.00 per hour on a sessional basis
Location: Remote / LCVS building
We are a charity based in Liverpool providing high quality counselling services and training to the Merseyside and Wirral community for the past 40 years. We are a proactive service offering a number of targeted projects and commissioned work in addition to our core work of providing accessible counselling to adults across Liverpool and Merseyside.
We are delighted to have been granted funding to enable Compass to extend our provision to include counselling via video link to further support the mental health of the local community at this time. This funding from the Coronavirus Support Fund, distributed by the National Lottery Community Fund includes specialist supervision support for our staff and volunteers who are new to this way of working. It also includes funding to provide our volunteer counsellors with access to a facilitated support group to ensure they can share their experiences with their peers in a safe environment and maximise self care as we move to this new area. We are extremely grateful to the government for making this possible.
We want to build on our excellent reputation and demonstrable impact and effectiveness in our face to face work to incorporate the same high standard of remote working by recruiting the following sessional workers.
Supervisor role
This is a new area for us, our volunteers and our clients and we are looking for an experienced supervisor with expertise in this area to help Compass to make this transition quickly. We are looking for a supervisor to be available from the end of September 2020 on a sessional basis.
Please request a person specification and an application form via enquiries@compass-counselling.org.uk or 0151 237 3993 (Mon-Thur 10-4pm)
Closing date Friday 11th September 2020.
Sexual health and body confidence workshops for young women
Talk the Talk Education CIC is offering free body confidence workshops to young women in Merseyside.
Thanks to funding from the Tampon Tax fund and Merseyside Community Foundation, the training organisation is delivering the Vulva Revolution project – offering organisations in Merseyside free educational sessions, to be delivered to groups of girls and women.
The need for these sessions
Education and training delivered by Talk the Talk is designed to tackle woman and girl’s health inequalities. Genital and reproductive health awareness is still a massive taboo topic for most young people and even adults. This lack of awareness and knowledge leads to:
Poor genital hygiene leading to infections such as thrush and BV
Shame and embarrassment of their genital area as they are not fully aware of the physical changes that happen during puberty
Turning down appointments for cervical smear tests due to embarrassment and minimal knowledge of the procedure
Young girls associating sex with pain
Late detection of women’s cancers such as cervical and ovarian
Talk the Talk is changing this by empowering girls and women to take ownership of their bodies and make positive decisions about their sexual health. Over the long term this will have a massive impact on their health but also their wellbeing in relationships, as well as their partner’s understanding, leading to healthier relationships.
What the sessions deliver
The sessions are designed to educate, empower, build body confidence and build self-resilience by making girls and women fully genital aware. Delivered in an age appropriate, sensitive yet straight talking style, they cover the anatomy of the genitals by using resources such as 3D models that allow them to educate girls and women about their bodies. Prior to the sessions, many girls don’t even know the correct terminology for their own anatomy in this area.
In a sensitive, safe, engaging learning environment the team cover aspects of female health including periods, sexual health, personal hygiene, gynaecological health, menopause, self-esteem and body confidence. They also explore body positivity in a safe and age appropriate way, that empowers girls and women.
The sessions are flexible and can be tailored to the needs of a specific group.
Outcomes include:
Improved knowledge and understanding of women’s genitals
Improved understanding of menstruation, healthy relationships, sexual health and consent
Improved knowledge and understanding of gynaecological health, including periods and women’s cancers
Improved confidence
Participants feeling improved empowerment about their bodies
For more information or to book a session, email enquiries@talkthetalkeducation.com or phone Rachel Fitzsimmons on 07769264025.
Free Clinks membership for voluntary organisations
Clinks, a charity that supports the voluntary sector working in the criminal justice system, is now offering free membership, lasting until the end of March 2021. Both new and existing members can enjoy free membership during this time.
If your organisation isn’t already a Clinks member, join today to make the most of this offer. If you are already a member you will be contacted to arrange a refund.
All voluntary organisations will receive free membership until March 2021. Voluntary organisations with an annual income less than £100,000 will receive free membership until the end of March 2023.
Clinks is able to make this offer thanks to funding from the Garfield Weston Foundation.
Why join Clinks?
‘Clinks gives us a real insight into what is going on in the criminal justice system and that’s really helpful to us.’
– Clinks member
Be heard – Clinks membership gives you a stronger voice to influence change
Stay informed – Clinks provides concise, targeted information, so you can stay up-to-date quickly and easily
Share good practice – spread the word about your latest work, campaign, report and more through our extensive network of over 10,000 people working in criminal justice
Network – Clinks offers events where voluntary organisations can meet peers and discuss a range issues affecting people in the criminal justice system
If your organisation employs staff that normally work out of an office within the borough of Liverpool (even if they are currently based outside of the borough working from home), please select a representative of your organisation to complete this survey.
Merseyside Sports Partnership (MSP), Liverpool City Council and NHS Liverpool CCG are working together to understand the impact of Covid-19 on the health and wellbeing of employees in Liverpool as part of a programme called Liverpool Active Workplaces.
Programme partners are asking employers in the city to provide feedback so that they can put together a range of resources and interventions to help improve the physical and mental wellbeing of the regoin’s workforce through physical activity.
A suitable representative from each local organisation, e.g. a HR colleague, chief executive or senior manager, is invited to complete the survey by 4pm, Friday 11 September 2020.
If you choose to submit your contact details you will be informed once the data has been analysed and support is made available through Liverpool Active Workplaces.
If you have any questions about Liverpool Active Workplaces, or the consultation survey, please contact MSP at activeworkplaces@merseysidesport.com.
Worried about a young person? Contact the See, Hear, Respond Partnership
Anyone who is worried about a child or young person, who is not supported by a statutory agency, can now refer them to a single response centre for England: the See, Hear, Respond Partnership.
You may be all to aware that the coronavirus pandemic means many children and young people are hidden from support services. Those same children are ones that could benefit from early support before they meet the statutory crisis threshold. They may be experiencing mental health difficulties, feeling lonely or isolated, be at risk of engaging in criminal activity, be at risk of exploitation, or be worried about returning to education in September. Children and young people in these situations can all be referred to the partnership.
With the help of a £7m package of support from the Department for Education, the See, Hear, Respond Partnership is being managed by Barnardo’s. Its members include a wide range of national and local organisations, working together to identify and support those experiencing negative impacts on their health and wellbeing, as well as those at risk of harm.
See, Hear, Respond will contact every referral made to them, so no child is missed. They will then find a partner best placed to support the most isolated and at risk children in your area.
Young people will then receive help in one or more of four ways:
an online hub of support and information
online counselling and therapy
face-to-face support for those most affected and at risk
helping children and young people reintegrate back into school
You can refer any child or young person you are worried about, and who is not already supported by a statutory agency.
To do so, call 0800 157 7015 (open 9am to 9pm Monday to Friday, and 10am to 6pm at weekends) or complete a secure referral form via the Barnardos website.
If you have any queries in relation to the service or how to make a referral for a child or family you are working with, call the helpline detailed above (if calling from a mobile, select the North region).
Job skills support for Irish communities
Irish Community Care is working with unemployed members of Irish communities across Liverpool City Region, to help them improve their employability.
The organisation is one of 14 local partners involved in the newly launched Directions programme, which will improve the employability of nearly 2,000 local residents currently not in work.
Directions will:
support individuals to develop their confidence and self esteem
support people into training and education
enable people to participate in active job search
connect participants to volunteering, specific job and job trial opportunities
support a third of all participants to be in employment 6 months after leaving the project
Irish Community Care’s Directions Programme works with members of Irish communities to achieve the above outcomes, through support to gain basic skills in numeracy and literacy (including digital literacy) and by providing pathways to employability, education, training and economic opportunities.
COVID-19: Guidance for the safe use of multi-purpose community facilities
The UK government has updated its guidance for those managing community centres, village halls and other community facilities, on safely re-opening multi-purpose buildings.
The communal nature of community centres means that they are places where coronavirus could spread. As such, those running these spaces must stay up-to-date with the latest safety guidance.
This guidance, first published at the end of June 2020, is being updated as restrictions are lifted an new guidance is produced. It was last updated on 15 August 2020. If it applies to you and you haven’t read through it since then please do.
Amongst other things it provides guidance on:
a range of different activities that can take place in community spaces
the responsibility of employers whose employees work in community centres
New Facebook group for Liverpool Children’s Centres
Learning in Liverpool Children’s Centres is a new centralised Facebook group for all of the children’s centres in the city. Launched last week, it is already packed with videos and other content, including current advice and support for children and families.
The facebook group has the central purpose of promoting children’s centre services across the city and organisers are aiming to attract as many new members as possible in the coming weeks. If you would like to know what’s happening at Liverpool’s children’s centres, to stay up-to-date with useful advice for families or to contribute your own activities and information, please join the group now.
You will need a Facebook profile to be able to access the group. If you have one, follow this link and log in to visit and join Learning in Liverpool’s Children’s Centres.
Research Study looking for community groups to participate
Would you like to contribute to a research study about how community organisations, groups and volunteers have been affected by and adapted to the risks posed by the covid-19 pandemic?
The University of Liverpool is looking for people who run a community group, or who volunteer within their local community, to take part in a telephone interview about the experience of their group/ organisation and community during these unusual times.
If you think you might like to take part, or if you would just like more information, please contact Katharine Abba at email: k.abba@liverpool.ac.uk or telephone: 07884 378 515.
Promotional opportunity for physical activity providers
This Girl Can is inviting physical activity and sport providers across the city to get involved in a new campaign encouraging women and girls to get active.
To be part of the campaign you must be able to offer ‘free first sessions’ to women and girls over 14, for four weeks. In return, you’ll gain some free promotion and you could win £250 worth of equipment or training.
Could you offer a free initial session to females over 14, for four weeks from 14 September 2020?
Sign up now and you’ll receive:
Chance to win £250 worth of equipment or training for your organisation/session*
Promotion of your organisation via the campaign website and social media
Introduction to potential new clients
Affiliation with the high profile national This Girl Can Campaign and Liverpool’s Fit for Me campaign
Promotion of your sessions via the campaign website, social media and other channels
FREE training workshop for 1 member of your organisation, to be delivered virtually week beginning 7th September
*entry into prize draw is based on attendance at a virtual training session and provision of monitoring and evaluation at the end of the first session free offer.
Sign up by Friday 4 September 2020, by completing an entry form on the This Girl Can website.
Free #NextSteps Employability Course
Access Education has launched a free employability course designed to support individuals to gain the confidence, skills and knowledge that they need to help secure a job or further training.
The fully funded course will support people to achieve their personal objectives and provide opportunity to work towards a nationally recognised qualification.
If you are over 16 and not currently in employment, sign up to this free six week course to gain:
Loads of confidence
The opportunity to meet new people
Increased likelihood of gaining a job of further training
A professional CV
The chance to work towards a nationally recognised employability qualification
Health Equalities Group (HEG) is a public health charity started in 2005 under the original name ‘Heart of Mersey’. The charity undertakes research, policy change activities, and delivers public health interventions and education programmes relating to the prevention of non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancers) and reduction of health inequalities in the United Kingdom and beyond.
Our influence and impact over the last 15 years has been significant. HEG was the lead agency to advocate for an introduction of smoke-free policies in Liverpool ahead of national legislation in 2007 and was formative in bringing about the UK Government’s ‘Sugar Tax’ in 2018. HEG currently leads the North West’s healthy weight programme (Food Active), whilst our Healthy Stadia programme is UEFA’s current partner for health and wellbeing, resulting in high profile health projects delivered for EURO 2016 and Champions League Finals.
We are continuing a period of growth and development as we aim to increase our social impact at regional, national and international levels. Our Board of Trustees currently includes preeminent figures from epidemiology, finance, public health, marketing, the education sector, human resources and legal services.
As part of our plans for growth we are seeking new trustees to play a strategic role for the charity with skills and experience in the following disciplines. Please note we are particularly keen to recruit female candidates for this intake to our board:
• Business Development: An individual with a strong track record of income generation, securing new contracts through tendering and business development strategies. Your skills will be essential in helping to plan and enhance HEG’s growth over the years ahead. Financial acumen would also be a distinct advantage for this role.
• Communications: We are particularly keen to secure new trustees from a communications background, with a specific focus on corporate communications and media relations. HEG currently delivers life changing programmes at both national and international level, and we need to strengthen public awareness of our work and the issues we are tackling through engagement of the mass media and targeted stakeholders.
What can we offer you?
In return for attending four evening-based trustee meetings per year, and occasional sub-committee meetings, you will be part of an ambitious, growing organisation that is delivering public benefit through our research, health interventions, campaigns and advocacy activities. You will be joining and supporting an organisation that is recognised at European-level for our work on tackling health inequalities. You will also be able to act as an ‘Ambassador’ for the group at events and ceremonies throughout the year.
We will also, where possible, offer you professional development opportunities and the opportunity to be included in the press and publicity of our work.
Please note that as we are a registered charity we are unable to pay trustees. Reasonable expenses will however be reimbursed.
Interested?
If you are interested in applying for a trustee position with Health Equalities Group, please send your CV and a one page letter of application illustrating why you are interested in the role, how your skills and experience are aligned to the areas of expertise we require, any previous experience of acting as a trustee, and how you will add overall value to the Board.
We will be interviewing for new trustees in late September, so please respond to us by Wednesday 16th September 2020 at the latest.
Please send CV and brief letter of application to: matthew.philpott@healthystadia.eu
For any initial enquiries or an informal chat about these roles, please contact HEG Executive Director, Matthew Philpott at matthew.philpott@healthystadia.eu or on 07826533013.
St Giles Trust – Senior Gangs Mentor & Groupwork Facilitator
Term: Fixed term contract until 30th September 2021
Hours: 39 hrs pw
Salary: £22,526-£26,501 pa (please note successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale and consideration may be given to a higher salary depending on the experience of the individual)
Location: St Helens, Merseyside
Are you a confident and resilient individual with lived experience of the issues facing vulnerable young people (i.e. involvement in gangs or knife crime) and a proven ability to engage successfully with individuals despite their challenging behaviour? St Giles Trust is looking for a Senior Gangs Mentor & Groupwork Facilitator to join our SOS+ team and deliver a vital service that will address these important social issues in the St. Helens area.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
Our award-winning SOS+ Service works with young people in a variety of settings by delivering sessions and workshops in schools, Pupil Referral Units (PRUs), Community Centres and to Youth Offender Teams. The mission of SOS+ is to prevent children and young people becoming involved in gangs and youth violence by equipping them with tools, knowledge and support delivered by experts with lived experience.
About this vital role
Delivering preventative and early intervention Gangs, Serious Youth Violence & Exploitation group sessions to children and young people, parents and professionals on criminal justice issues is what’s needed here. We’ll also rely on you to provide targeted 1:1 mentoring support for 11-18 year olds who have been identified as being high risk. A great opportunity to contribute towards the overarching aim of reducing exclusions, it will involve working closely with schools and PRUs and developing relationships based on trust while prioritising safeguarding. You’ll also work alongside an Early Help team and other multi-agency teams, attend key meetings and feed intelligence back in.
What we are looking for:
• Personal experience of the criminal justice system, or lived experience of the issues facing this client group (i.e. involved in gangs or knife crime)
• A track record of working positively with socially excluded children, young people or adults, including delivering sessions to groups and/or mentoring young people effectively
• Proven experience of assessing the needs of children and young people who are at risk of significant harm providing support, advice and advocacy and communicating the needs of clients to other professionals
• The ability to work as part of a multiagency team in a high intensity environment to achieve positive outcomes for young people and establishing links to further the aims of a project
• Self-motivation, a positive attitude and flexible approach, the confidence to speak in front of large groups and ability to effectively manage your own wellbeing
• A relevant qualification (or currently working towards one), strong IT skills, plus a full driving licence and willingness to drive
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, access to clinical supervision, season ticket loan and much more.
Interviews: 21 September (likely to be held via video).
The Women’s Organisation – Business Adviser
Salary: £30,000 – £36,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Location: Liverpool, L1
We are pleased to be expanding our team and are seeking to recruit an experienced Business Adviser to support the high quality delivery of women’s economic development services throughout the Liverpool City Region (Merseyside and Halton areas). We are committed to flexible working and applicants applying for full time or part time posts will be considered.
If you are experienced in supporting the start-up of new enterprises and the growth of ambitious young businesses; in private or social enterprise sectors and would like to work with an award winning women’s economic development organisation please visit The Women’s Organisation website, call 0151 706 8111 or email info@thewo.org.uk for an application pack.
Completed application should be returned FAO Lisa Sayonas, The Women’s Organisation, 54 St James Street, Liverpool, L1 0AB
Closing date for receipt of applications is 12pm, Wednesday 9 September 2020.
Interviews for short listed applicants will be held week commencing 21 September 2020.
The Women’s Organisation – Training and Development Specialist
Salary: £26,000 per annum
Location: Liverpool, L1
We are pleased to be expanding our team and are seeking to recruit an experienced Training and Development Specialist to support the high quality delivery of women’s economic development services throughout the Liverpool City Region (Merseyside and Halton areas). We are committed to flexible working and applicants applying for full time or part time posts will be considered.
If you have the relevant experience and skills to support a busy training team, willingness to learn and would like to work with an award winning women’s economic development organisation please visit The Women’s Organisation website, call 0151 706 8111 or email info@thewo.org.uk for an application pack.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 12pm, Wednesday 9 September 2020
Interviews for short listed applicants will be held week commencing 21 September 2020.
The Women’s Organisation – Programme Manager
Salary: £33,000 – £36,000 per annum (depending on experience).
Location: Liverpool, L1
We are pleased to be expanding our team and are seeking to recruit an experienced Programme Manager to support the high quality delivery of women’s economic development services throughout the Liverpool City Region (Merseyside and Halton areas). We are committed to flexible working and applicants applying for full time or part time posts will be considered.
If you are experienced in project and programme management please visit The Women’s Organisation website for an application pack. Alternatively you can call 0151 706 8111 or email info@thewo.org.uk.
Completed applications should be returned FAO Lisa Sayonas, The Women’s Organisation, 54 St James Street, Liverpool, L1 0AB.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 12pm, Wednesday 9 September 2020.
Interviews for short listed applicants will be held week commencing 21 September 2020.
Positive Futures – VOSS Project Co-ordinator
Term: Fixed term contract until March 2023.
Hours: 14 hours per week
Salary: £22,100 per year – Pro rata
Location: Liverpool L4
Objective of Post
The VOSS Project Co-ordinator is the one to keep us on track and ensure that we achieve our wider aims; can evidence what we have done and the impact it has had; and work with us to address the succession of VOSS once funding comes to an end.
Some duties will include:
Good organisational and planning skills
Can network and build relationships both within the VOSS group and with key stakeholders
Be trusted to run the project transparently and has the skills and experience to co-ordinate, monitor and evaluate the project
Ultimately facilitate the development of good practice in youth work and a better understanding of its value.
Please send completed applications to info@positivefutures.org.uk
Closing date 5pm, Tuesday 1 September 2020.
Liverpool CSP Violence Reduction Partnership Grants Programme
Citysafe – Liverpool’s Community Safety Partnership- are launching a £180k grant fund to support delivery of the public health approach to violence reduction.
This places an emphasis on a collective and partnership approach; therefore Liverpool City Council and the Community Foundation for Merseyside are operating a grants programme to local organisations focused on targeted geographical areas (priority wards), based on the areas of highest need.
The closing date for applications is 28 August 2020. Groups should hear the outcome by 19 September and successful applicants will need to deliver their projects and have spent the allocated funding by 31 March 2021.
What is the fund?
The Citysafe Violence Reduction grant round will fund work in Liverpool which supports young people at risk of youth violence which can be delivered whilst adhering to UK government social distancing guidelines. It is linked to the work of the city’s DISARM strategic partnership and covers the following thematic areas identified in the Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership Strategy;
Early Help (including engagement and outreach)
Early Years
Speech and Language Therapy and school readiness
Youth Diversion and outreach (including provision of safe spaces for young people to meet)
Targeted Interventions with at risk young people
Local Education initiatives (especially workforce development, Criminal Exploitation and online grooming awareness)
The fund is open to community organisations in all parts of Liverpool though priority will be given to work undertaken in (or with young people resident within) the following wards of the city:
Everton
Anfield
Princes Park
Riverside
Speke/ Garston
Kirkdale
Kensington and Tuebrook
County
How much funding can organisations apply for?
Grants of between £5,000 and £50,000 are available and the grants panel anticipate awarding a variety of different sized projects within the budget available. Grants awarded will be proportionate to the turnover of the organisation(s) applying.
What activities and work will it fund?
This grant round will focus on funding the following activity that can be delivered whilst adhering to social distancing guidelines, specifically:
Youth Work projects – Projects that provide outreach/detached/ remote youth work to engage children and YP at risk of criminality/exploitation
Provision of safe spaces for YP – Fitness and wellness based provision/community and youth activity provision/provision of physical spaces to meet
Face-to-face activity delivered within schools, including activities to help vulnerable young people return to school
Workforce Development- particularly in schools to help them to deal with issues such as DA, CE, mental health enabling identification of early warning signs, using appropriate language, gain trust and know how to deal with vulnerable C&YP
CE and online grooming parental and C&YP’s guidance and campaign to promote awareness to young people and their parents.
Mentoring Projects- including girl’s projects/youth mentoring/school support schemes/positive role model projects/volunteer mentoring
The grants panel are also looking for applications which:
Consider contingencies in the event of further Covid 19 disruption wherever possible or feasible.
Demonstrate sustainability and long-term social, economic and environmental value beyond the funding period
Focus on the outcomes of increasing the community and young people’s resilience, feelings of safety and raising aspirations.
Demonstrate how the project will work with citizens as equal partners
Who can apply?
Voluntary, community and faith organisations, registered charities, not for profit social businesses and public sector bodies.
What cannot be funded?
Individuals
Organisations with less than 3 unrelated Trustees/Directors/Management Committee members
Projects and activities classed as a statutory responsibility
Private Businesses or CICs limited by shares
Retrospective funding
Politically connected or exclusively religious activities
The Girls’ Network – Network Manager for Merseyside
Term:Permanent
Hours: Full time
Salary:£25,000
Location: Merseyside
The Girls’ Network is an award-winning charity that works with girls from low-income communities and provides them with a female mentor to open up opportunities and networks that they otherwise would not have access to. We have a large and growing network of supporters, mentors and schools and work across seven regions of England at the moment, with a view to expand. We are looking for someone to help us maintain the quality of our programme and expand our reach to more schools and partners.
Key roles and responsibilities:
1. Drive growth and manage a regional programme
– Provide management of The Girls’ Network activities within Merseyside, alongside Senior Network Manager
– Maintain and develop effective partnerships with new schools, on-boarding and supporting them into the The Girls’ Network programme
– Establish and maintain professional partnerships and sponsorship with local and national businesses
– Evaluate and report on the progress and impact of The Girls’ Network initiatives in the region
2. Manage and support impactful mentoring relationships
– Manage and support impactful mentoring relationships
– Manage the performance of mentors in the regions you are working in to ensure a consistently high standard of mentoring is maintained
– Track the progress of mentoring relationships using data
– Deliver excellent training for mentors and mentees
– Plan, deliver and evaluate engaging and inspiring workshops for mentees and ambassadors
3. Grow our network in Merseyside
– Advocate and promote The Girls’ Network at every opportunity in the regions you are working in, through local media, PR activities and social media
– Report significant successes and achievements to The Girls’ Network senior team
– Identify opportunities along with the Merseyside Senior Network Manager to build the reputation of The Girls’ Network in Merseyside and surrounding areas through events and networking
4. Contribute to the growth and ongoing success of The Girls’ Network:
– Understand the development of school initiatives nationally and in the regions, and understand their impact and implications for The Girls’ Network programmes
– Develop and propose new programme initiatives to the senior team for consideration
– Work with the Director of Corporate Partnerships and Fundraising to meet regional and national funding targets
Competencies:
– You are deeply passionate and driven to achieve equal opportunities for all and will keep the girls we work with at the heart of your work
– You are able to build and manage a number of relationships with a variety of different people and are confident speaking to both young people and adults within schools and businesses
– You are comfortable with delivering set training sessions
– You care about the details and have above average organisation skills
– You are target oriented and will work towards achieving KPIs of the region
– You are flexible in your approach to working with a small organisation and understand the time and resource imitations
Working with The Girls’ Network:
The Girls’ Network values commitment, courage, collaboration and excellence. We are currently a small team of passionate and dedicated people all working towards our mission of achieving unlimited futures for all women. We work flexibly and in a collaborative and incredibly supportive environment and communicate regularly with staff across the country.
New staff go through an in-depth and thorough training programme at the beginning and are given the opportunity to observe and shadow others. Our development programme following this runs for up to two years with opportunities to attend training throughout the year.
Compensation
• Salary: £25,500
• Permanent contract: probation period of 3 months with view to extend
How to apply:
Please email amy@thegirlsnetwork.org.uk with the subject line “[Your Name] / Merseyside Network Manager”, with your CV and a detailed covering letter outlining why you would like to work for us and what makes you suitable for the role by midnight on Sunday 30th August 2020.
Interviews will be held between 9am-5pm on Thursday 3rd September 2020 via Zoom.
We value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates of all genders and backgrounds.
Contact details: amy@thegirlsnetwork.org.uk
Closing date: 30th August (Midnight)
Liverpool Cares is creating connections to combat isolation
Whilst many of us are taking steps to move out of lockdown and back into reality, many of our older neighbours this is still a time of increased isolation. Local charity Liverpool Cares is running the Phone a Friend programme, providing company and conversation to older neighbours over the phone, and it’s proving to be a lifeline for people across the city.
Liverpool Cares is a charity that connects younger and older neighbours to one another for support, fun and friendship, with an aim of reducing the loneliness and disconnection in the city.
In normal times, one of the ways they do this is through their Love Your Neighbour programme, which brings together older and younger people to share time and friendship one-to-one, often in people’s homes. Friends share meals, games, company and companionship, bringing a little of the outside world in for people who can struggle to get out. Now that all of us are more physically distant, these relationships have moved onto the phones. Long-standing friends are calling one another regularly, on the phone or FaceTime.
The pandemic has meant that there are more people than ever in need of this service, so Liverpool Cares is also busy making new matches between younger and older neighbours. Those matched through the Phone a Friend project scheme will speak often for the duration of the crisis.
One of the older neighbours receiving regular calls is Marjorie, 71, who said, “I’m so grateful for your call. It’s so nice to know that younger people are giving their time to people that need it. I really appreciate all of the support”
Right now there are older neighbours waiting to be matched to a friend. If you could spare just an hour a week, Liverpool Cares would love to hear from you.
If you have just one spare hour a week, to make a difference in the life of an isolated older person enquire about the Phone a Friend programme now via the Liverpool Cares website. After you complete your details a member of the team will get in touch.
Free professional writing development course
Do you enjoy writing? Are you currently unemployed? Writing on the Wall (WoW) is offering an opportunity to explore a diverse range of writing skills, build your portfolio, develop professional connections and take positive next steps into employment or further education.
Write to Work, the innovative writing course by WoW, is accepting applications now, until 17 August 2020.
Over 12 weeks, beginning, WoW will run the course (online, via Zoom) with the aim of helping participants develop the writing skills and the confidence they need to find the job they want. Workshops, master classes and social meetings will be hosted by published writers and industry professionals, all offering their personal insights and tips for success. Participants will also receive one-to-one mentoring by industry professionals.
To apply, you must be unemployed, 18 or over and resident within Liverpool City Region.
It’s About Time media and arts project: participants wanted
Would you like free BBC training in podcast production? Richmond Fellowship is seeking 40 people from across Merseyside, with a passion for media and the arts, to sign up to a fantastic new project called It’s About Time. Participants must be 50+ and not currently in paid employment.
Successful applicants will be trained online by the BBC to produce a podcast relating to mental health and wellbeing, with a focus on the idea that participants can create For wellbeing.
The aim is to draw out participants’ stories and experiences to inspire listeners, provide insight into lived experiences of mental health issues and offer people’s personal approaches to achieving and maintaining wellbeing. Ideally, those taking part should be seeking to gain employment in the field of media, arts and culture.
It’s About Time, which will run until the end of March 2021, is funded by the European Social Fund Liverpool programme. The project is facilitated by Our Time time bank (part of Richmond Fellowship) in partnership with BBC Radio Merseyside, Voluntary Arts England and Timebanking UK.
Participant eligibility criteria:
A passion for media, culture and the arts
Aged 50+ (though we have a little flexibility with this – more details on request)
A commitment to completing eight hours of online media training, eight hours of non-guided learning and producing a podcast focused on mental health and wellbeing
Currently not in paid employment
Resident within the Liverpool City Region
Have the legal right to live and work in the U.K. for the duration of the project
It’s About Time will support each participant member to complete:
8 hours of specialist online training delivered by BBC Radio Merseyside in partnership with Voluntary Arts England, including:
– An introduction to BBC Radio Merseyside with virtual tour
– How to plan and produce a podcast as part of a team of fellow project members (online)
– Digital storytelling techniques and methods
– How to conduct interviews and book guests
– Methods to develop of a social media strategy to promote a podcast
8 hours of non-guided learning (studies, timebanking activities)
– Visits to cultural sites, arts, dance performances and timebanking activities (co-ordinated by Our Time, in person – Covid-19 permitting) (reasonable expenses met by Timebanking UK)
All trainee-produced radio content will be promoted on BBC Radio Merseyside and members may be invited to give an interview for a radio show as part of this.
Participation will include signing up to Our Time time bank for the duration of the project (and beyond March 2021, should they wish to remain a member). The DWP has confirmed that time bank membership as part of TBUK will not affect receipt of benefits (more details can be provided on request).
To refer someone to the project or receive an application form please contact vicki.pritchard@richmondfellowship.org.uk or 07901 517336.
Application forms must be returned by 21 August 2020.
Irish Community Care – CARA Co-ordinator
Term: 6 months
Hours: Full Time 35 Hours per week
Salary: £24,000 per annum
Location: Liverpool
Irish Community Care is a charitable company whose aim is to ensure well informed, empowered and vibrant Irish communities in the North West. We are working with Irish community organisations across the North West of England to deliver CARA Irish Communities Together through COVID-19; a dedicated COVID-19 response service which aims to support our communities to stay safe, well and connected through lockdown (and beyond).
CARA partners are: Brian Boru Club in Wigan, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, GAA (Liverpool John Mitchels GFC and Wolfe Tones GAA), Institute of Irish Studies at the University of Liverpool, Irish Community Care, Irish Community Care Manchester, Liverpool Irish Centre, Liverpool Irish Festival, Mersey Harps and Shenanigans.
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic community focused individual to lead on this nationally recognised initiative ensuring vulnerable people in our communities stay safe, well and connected during COVID-19. You will lead on the co-ordination of the Volunteer Befriending and Shopping Buddy Service, develop and implement a programme of digital inclusion, maintain excellent working relationships with CARA partners, co-ordinate and promote the monthly CARA newsletter and be an ambassador for this nationally recognised project.
For further information please contact 0151 237 3987 or admin@iccm.org.uk.
Citizens Advice Liverpool – Macmillan Right by You Link Worker
Term: Fixed Term 12 months
Hours: 35 per week
Salary: £23,500
Location: Liverpool
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking for a link worker to join the Macmillan Right by You Team.
The aim of the Right by You project is to help with the different challenges faced by people living with cancer in social and economic deprived circumstances and communities. The project covers areas that have higher rates of cancer diagnosis in Liverpool. In addition, they are also focused on having clarity around the needs of different target groups of people living with cancer including BAME groups, women, young people, homeless people, LGBT, people with disabilities and people living with other health conditions and their families and carers.
To be successful in this role, you will need to be confident, motivated and willing to try new things, have excellent communication skills with an ability to work under pressure to achieve targets and outcomes with minimum supervision.
For further information email recruitment@caliverpool.org.uk
Closing date: 21st August 2020 12 noon
Citizens Advice Liverpool – APP Link Worker
Term: Permanent subject to funding
Hours: 35 per week
Salary: £23,500 per annum
Location: Liverpool
Launched in 2015 by NHS Liverpool CCG, in partnership with Citizens Advice Liverpool, the service enables all Liverpool GPs to refer patients for assistance from Citizens Advice advisers on a range of non-medical issues including housing, homelessness, job loss, complex debts, fuel poverty and welfare benefits.
The service offers a practical treatment option for GPs and currently provides 50 advice clinics in Liverpool health settings every week, receiving 730 referrals per month.
Vacancies will be based in Liverpool including the North Liverpool Primary Care Network.
To be successful in these roles, you will need to be confident, motivated and willing to try new things, have excellent communication skills with an ability to work under pressure to achieve targets and outcomes with minimum supervision.
For further information please contact recruitment@caliverpool.org.uk
Closing date: 21st August 2020
Free 12 week self-development course for 16-25-year-olds
The Prince’s Trust Teams Programme is a free 12-week self development course designed to improve communication and teamwork skills, as well as enhancing confidence to improve future employability, in 16-25-year-olds not currently in work, education or training.
The course, delivered thanks to a partnership between Prince’s Trust and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, is a unique opportunity for young people to:
Develop key social & practical skills by problem solving & working with others
Access career advice & improve job prospects
Give something back by taking part in a community project
Make new friends, boost confidence & self esteem
New courses start regularly across Merseyside.
What others have said about the course
“This course has helped me gain employment.”
– Bryan, aged 22
“It helps you make new friends, new memories and brings you out of your shell.”
– Alex, aged 23
“I now know I can accomplish anything!”
– Amy, aged 19
Find out more
For further information, email youthengagementteam@merseyfire.gov.uk or call 0151 296 4000.
Important information for voluntary and community groups in Princes Park ward
If your organisation is based in, or works in, the Princes Park ward please read the information below from Public Health colleagues in Liverpool.
Dear colleague
We have been asked by our partners at Public Health to pass on the following information to all community organisations in the Princes Park ward.
Due to an outbreak of coronavirus in the community in Princes Park ward, an enhanced action plan is in place to prevent further spread of the virus. This is to protect the vulnerable and elderly from serious illness.
All community venues are being asked to close in the area for face to face contact and just to offer phone or virtual services/support
Cultural and social events should be cancelled
Do not visit other households unless the visit is essential. If you have to carry out an essential visit, it is really important that you socially distance from each other at all times – stay at least 2 metres away from anyone from a different household
Avoid social gatherings
Make sure to wear face coverings in shops, and on public transport
Wash your hands frequently
Do not stay overnight in another household you do not live in
If you have symptoms of coronavirus – cough, high temperature, loss of sense of taste or smell, go home and self-isolate for 10 days, only leave home to go and get tested. If you have symptoms, you can get tested at a local testing site in the car park of Princes Park Health Centre – open daily from Saturday 1st August, from 9am-4pm, for one week
If you have any questions please send them to covidresponse@lcvs.org.uk and we will pass them on directly to Public Health.
Many thanks, stay safe,
Colin Heaney, co-CEO, LCVS
Theatre workshop for community groups
Make it Write, a collective of artists working to improve opportunities for new writing and fringe performance in Liverpool, is offering a theatre workshop designed especially for community groups.
Stephanie Pitchers, a specialist in community theatre, will be running a 12-week course on how to devise issue-based shows.
“I enjoy devising issue-based theatre and working with people from diverse backgrounds,” says Stephanie who has a BA in Community Drama from LIPA and certificates in Education and Training from Blackburne House.
The system uses collaboration with those affected by issues to explore new ideas and solutions.
“Actors become creators, directors need to be able to facilitate workshops, characters can be played with and transformed throughout the process. It is a great way to engage community groups and enables people from all walks of life to have their story told,” explains Stephanie.
This course, planned to start on Monday November 9, would be ideal for anyone who is interested in creating theatre and performing or working with community groups.
Her recent roles have taken her to such diverse places as Chester Zoo where she was a penguin, to being director and facilitator for a community play about breast cancer at Breastfest in Manchester. Stephanie also played a wicked banker in Here is Thy Sting for Make it Write, at Hope Street Theatre, Liverpool. Earlier, Stephanie ran a Theatre for Democracy course in Kirkby and is also skilled in puppetry and the art of clowning.
This will begin as a virtual course but it is hoped that there will also be a couple of face to face sessions.
For further information contact stephanie.pitchers@gmail.com.
Host a prison officer for a free work placement
Unlocked Graduates is currently looking for host organisations for its 2021 prison officer work placements.
Organisations can host a prison officer for two weeks, to share best practice between the frontline and external organisations. Officers can undertake set projects, research new work or advise organisations on working with prison staff.
Placements take place between January and June 2021. They can take place nationally but Unlocked Graduates is particularly keen to source placements in the North West and the Midlands.
Registrations are open now.
Please contact Shuwanna.Aaron@unlockedgrads.org.uk for more information.
Imagine Independence – Learning Disabilities Support Worker
Position: Learning Disabilities Support Worker
Job Reference: 20/28
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, working a rolling rota
Salary: £17,047.60 p.a
Based in: Accommodation Service, Anfield area, Liverpool
We are looking for a professional, dedicated and experienced support worker who can offer commitment to delivering high quality community-based care to service users living in the Liverpool area. You will have experience of working with people with mental health and/or learning disability needs. You will need excellent communication skills and be flexible in approach. You will have a positive attitude and be non-judgemental.
It is essential to the role that you have a committed approach towards maintaining confidentiality protecting the dignity of the individual and promoting their independence.
It’s desirable that you have at least an NVQ2 qualification in Health and Social Care.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Benefits include contributory company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
These posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory DBS check. An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date for applications: 19th August 2020
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Nugent – Corporate Events Fundraiser
Term: Permanent
Hours: 37
Salary: £26,491- £28,462 per annum
Location: Liverpool
The Fundraising, Marketing and Communications Team have a crucial role to play in delivering the income generation targets that help support the vital work that Nugent does with the vulnerable and less advantaged in our communities across the North West region, through our schools, homes and community services.
To achieve success for our service users, we need a team of driven and ambitious professionals to complement our current team, people who can lead in their fields of expertise, support our services and help us be outstanding.
The role of corporate events fundraiser is focused on developing corporate support across the catchment to attract payroll giving, charity of the year partnerships and develop challenge and high-end events aimed at the business community.
The role is aimed at building relationships and collaboration and requires a focus on business networks to improve profile leading to sponsorships and other partnership and will lead on development of major high profile events aimed at achieving targets in the income generation plan.
Cycle safety training available for young people as lockdown eases
Thousands of young people are set to benefit from cycle safety training now that Merseytravel’s popular and long-running Bikeability scheme has restarted.
The scheme, which trains 8,000 young people a year to cycle safely, is temporarily being moved from schools to community venues across Merseyside as lockdown eases.
With more and more people choosing to get around by bike, the vital training will help young people to cycle safely and confidently, with sessions being held throughout the summer holidays.
The training is usually given to classes of pupils in years 5, 6 and 7 but with schools having been closed to most students due to coronavirus, Bikeability training is instead being hosted at community venues, including King’s Leadership Academy in Bootle, HYPE community hub in Birkenhead, All Saints High School in Kirkby and at Bikeright! in Sandhills.
The sessions will help teach young people the practical skills and understanding they need to travel by bike, including reading road signs, recognising hazards and sharing space with pedestrians and road users.
This summer it’s time to get involved in some football fun in your local park, and to bring your mum, aunt or nan along with you!
Running for four weeks, across 14 parks, with potential to reach up to 80 participants a day, the LFC Founation’s Open Goals team is working in partnership with Liverpool City Council and national campaign This Girl Can to get women playing Liverpool’s favourite sport in our favourite parks.
The focus is on fun in the sun, the rain and the wind!
Book a session and head to your local park to get:
Free 40 minuet session covering fun games and family inclusive activities
Free breakfast or lunch depending on what time slot you sign up to
Free map of all the Liverpool city parks
Free map of the Get Going walk, run or cycle routes
Free wildlife trail for you to investigate nature
Access to the table tennis tables in participating parks
Access to the playgrounds across all the parks
Weekly challenges for you and the whole family to get involved with
The programme is being run with limited spaces to ensure compliance with the social distancing measures in place due to Covid-19, so be sure to register as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
When you register you will be asked to answer Covid-19 questions and when at a session you will be required to use the sanitation station at the start and the end of the session. The coaching staff will be wearing masks to help keep everyone safe.
Sessions will take place in:
Princes Park
The Epsy
Wavertree Park – The Mystery
Norris Green Park
Garston Park
Springfield Park
Coronation Park
Bowersdale Park
Jubilee Sports Bank
Rice Lane Recreation Ground
Stanley Park
Doric Park
Newsham Park
Crown Park
Term: 1 year
Hours: 14 per week
Salary: £28,338 pro-rata
Location: Liverpool
These Walls Must Fall is a campaign to challenge the use of immigration detention in the UK. We believe that detention is never the answer, for anyone, and we are working to bring the policy to an end.
Supported by Right to Remain, we are building a network of locally-based campaigns, made up of people directly impacted by detention and allies from across all communities. How we campaign is just as important as the ultimate goal of ending detention.
Main tasks of the job:
Supporting a local campaign group of people who have experienced or who are at risk of immigration detention.
Running a programme to help people to develop, share and use their skills and experience to play a leading role in campaigning for change.
Building links with allies from all communities.
Collectively planning, organising, and supporting local campaign activities.
National Lottery Heritage Fund – Cultural Recovery Fund – deadline noon, 17 August 2020
The Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage will support organisations across the heritage ecosystem that were financially sustainable before COVID-19, have exhausted all other financing options, and are now at risk of failure.
grants from £10,000 to £3million
for organisations in England only
funding must be spent by the end of this financial year, 31 March 2021
This programme will support organisations across the heritage ecosystem to ensure that by 31 March 2021, successful applicants can reopen or, if reopening under social distancing is not permissible or does not represent a value for money approach, operate on a sustainable and cost-efficient basis so that they are able to reopen at a later date.
Applications are being accepted now until noon on 17 August 2020. For applications up to £1million, decisions will be made by the end of September,.
Applications for £1million or more will be reviewed by an independent board appointed by DCMS, with decisions taking slightly longer.
Term: Fixed Term Contract till 31 March 2021
Hours:Full-Time (35 hrs p/w)
Salary: £19,847 p/a
Location: Merseyside/ Liverpool and Cheshire, with frequent travel locally and further afield
Ref code: CMW-202
Are you a driven, proactive and compassionate individual looking to make a significant difference to the lives of vulnerable children and young people? Have you had personal experience of the criminal justice system or a proven track record of engaging positively with young offenders or other vulnerable groups?
St Giles is looking for a Caseworker to join their rescue team and to play an integral role within the pioneering project.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
County Lines is a phenomenon in which criminal drug dealing operations are expanding their operations outside of the larger cities, taking over drug markets in smaller towns. Gangs target vulnerable children and young people and coerce them to transport and distribute mainly Class A drugs into areas where there is less police presence, less competition and high demand for their product.
About this opportunity
This pivotal role will see you referring clients, with reference to St Giles Trust/Rescue and Response assessment practices. You will also need to produce support plans and risk management and planning process, and to include appropriate agencies in the delivery of the service.
You will also deliver a holistic support service, working independently or with colleagues, which will include providing social and housing support, education, training and employment options, benefits work, debt advice, and appearing in court. Developing and maintaining strong relationships with regional agencies including police and social services is a key aspect of the role.
What we are looking for:
Personal experience of the criminal justice system, lived experience of the issues facing this client group and/or experience of working with ‘high risk’, vulnerable children, young people and/or families
Experience of engaging successfully with ‘challenging’ young people
Substantial experience of providing support, advice and advocacy and communicating effectively, the needs of clients to other professionals
Strong IT skills, particularly MS Office, and the ability to work with a case database
The ability to use and develop monitoring systems to record all aspects of the project
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, access to clinical supervision, season ticket loan and much more.
We very much welcome and encourage individuals from a BAME background to apply. This role is also open to external secondments.
To enquire please call 07867 002 674 or email HR@stgilestrust.org.uk
Closing date: 11pm, 9th August 2020.
Interviews: 13th August (likely to be held via video).
Mary’s Meals UK – Supporter Engagement Officer
Term: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £25,137
Location: Liverpool
The Supporter Engagement Officer plays a key role in the development and implementation of Mary’s Meals UK’s fundraising activities and contribution to the development of strategy and plans within a local area, in order to secure increased support and funding for the organisation’s overseas school feeding programmes.
This role has particular responsibility for prioritising the growth and nurturing of the volunteer network by building relationships with and resourcing our community volunteers and growing for our grassroots work within churches, schools and faith groups, in order to secure increased support and funding for the organisation’s overseas school feeding programmes.
Deadline reminder for National Lottery Community Fund
If you’re planning to apply for the Government allocation of funding being distributed by the National Lottery Community Fund via the Coronavirus Community Support Fund (CCSF), you must apply by 12 noon on 17 August 2020. The fund will close on this date.
After this, you can still apply for emergency National Lottery funded grants in England to help your community through COVID-19. However, after 17 August, the National Lottery Community Fund will be focusing on funding for organisations supporting people and communities who experience disproportionate challenge and difficulty as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, specifically for user-led equality groups supporting:
black, Asian, minority ethnic and refugee (BAMER) communities
This is for six months’ emergency funding, for small and medium organisations and for between £300 and £100K. Other National Lottery funding will be available again later this year. The National Lottery Community Fund is also working with specialist partners to reach specific groups as quickly as they can.
Apply by 17 August 2020 for:
Government funding to support organisations in the delivery of services to people and communities affected by COVID-19. Funds can also help organisations overcome any acute financial difficulties they face as a result of the pandemic.
£50k funding available as the second round of Crowdfund Liverpool is launched
Mayor Joe Anderson has already pledged over £30,000 in funding towards community crowdfunding campaigns, as part of Crowdfund Liverpool’s first round. With some of the first round projects already having reached their funding goals, and others with time left to get there, the second round of the scheme has now launched.
If you have a good idea that would improve your local community, this could be your opportunity to gain funding via the UK’s leading civic crowdfunding platform Spacehive.
Whether you are an existing community organisation of not, you have until 9 September 2020 to upload your project to the Spacehive platform. Crowdfunding works by getting, well, a crowd to fund your project, so if you decide to take the opportunity then be sure to get your local community behind you and encourage those who could benefit from the service to share and pledge. That community support, coupled with the possibility of benefiting from a share of the £50,000 that Mayor Anderson has designated for this round, could turn your idea into a reality.
Mayor Anderson has allocated a dedicated fund of £100,000 for projects taking part in the programme, which so far include a food composting initiative, a festival, a community cycling scheme, a pop up cafe and more. Over 400 local residents and businesses have joined the mayor in pledging.
Mayor Anderson said, “We’re excited to launch the second funding round of Crowdfund Liverpool with Spacehive and I can’t wait to see the ideas that are put forward. One of the positives over the last few months has been the enthusiasm to reimagine spaces in our city and to do things differently. We need to grasp the chance to build on this as part of the city’s recovery and I want local people to be at the very heart of that. They know best the challenges and opportunities where they live and Crowdfund Liverpool gives them a much stronger voice in shaping those places, putting them and their ideas in the driving seat to help build more resilient and connected communities.
“I’m also calling on companies and foundations that love Liverpool to join us in offering support – whether funding or in-kind – to the ideas people post on the platform so we can work together to make them a real success. The more people that get involved in Crowdfund Liverpool the more amazing places we can create together.”
Lockdown has given us a glimpse of how lonely life can be when the people and places we love get taken away but Sense has created Virtual Buddying, pairing people up for fun, creative remote sessions to help tackle social isolation.
Sense has been matching people with complex disabilities, uncluding deafblindness, with volunteers throughout lockdown. Virtual Buddy volunteers are matched with someone based on shared hobbies and interests, with a focus on growing a friendship with each other. The sessions they share are a great way to meet new people and have fun.
Sense is now on the lookout for new volunteers from Liverpool who may wish to become buddies and take part in sessions.
Buddies might catch up about their week or take part in activities together, such as attending a group dance class over Zoom, watching a film, gardening or baking together. One buddy matche recently baked together. The volunteer said, “We weighed out the baking ingredients together and I was able to help [her] do it over video, it was nice to feel like we were doing it together.”
Liam and Sarah
Liam’s a teenager who loves spending time with people – laughing, smiling, and singing with them whenever there’s an opportunity. He loves Sense Holidays and still talks about the volunteers from his holiday in 2018, especially Sarah, with whom he quickly formed a strong bond.
Unfortunately, Liam’s Sense Holiday this year had to be cancelled, adding to the social isolation he’s experienced since lockdown. He’s been even more isolated than many because members of the household are shielding, and his school has been unable to provide the support he needs in order to attend.
Sense was able to make Sarah Liam’s Virtual Buddy, meaning they could see each other weekly for phone and video calls to chat, sing, and play music together. Talking about the support Liam’s received from Sarah, his Grandad said: “There’s been lots of laughing and giggling going on – he seems to really enjoy himself and is very excited to talk to her.”
If you would like the opportunity to meet new people and could spare around an hour a week to become a Virtual Buddy, contact Sense at buddying@sense.org.uk. Full training will be provided.
sPark It Liverpool is looking for community partners
Would you like to create an exciting installation on the streets of Liverpool? sPark It Liverpool is coming to a parking space near you, and looking for applications from organisations wanting to take part in the event.
sPark It Liverpool is a project designed to give a platform to the great work going on in our community. Next summer it will take over the streets of Liverpool, allowing community organisations and independent businesses to create pop-up installations in on-street parking bays in order to engage, inspire and entertain people. It is inspired by Park(ing) Day – an event that has fired imaginations all over the globe.
Transition Liverpool, the organisation behind sPark It, is now looking to build partnerships with other community organisations, and with the creatives, artists and independents, that may wish to get involved in this unique opportunity.
If you are a community group or voluntary organisation who want to shout about your work, or a creative who feels they can bring something exciting to our streets, please get in touch with Transition Liverpool to be considered for a space at sPark It.
As a sPark It partner, you’ll have the opportunity to transform an on-street parking space in the city centre, in whatever way you want. You’ll also get:
£200 towards the cost of your installation
An article on the Transition website to promote your project
Your project shared across Transition’s platforms (and partners)
Support from a network of professionals, from creatives through to chartered architects, in order to make your ideas come to life
If you would like to get involved in the project, either an exhibitor or in any other manner, get in touch with Transition Liverpool at network@transitionliverpool.org.
Henshaws – Childrens and Young People Enablement Officer
Term: Fixed term for 12 months
Hours: 21
Salary: £11,629.80 per year/£10.65 per hour
Location: Liverpool
Henshaws Community Services enable people of all ages living with sight loss and a range of other disabilities to make informed choices about their future. Independence and friendship are at the heart of what we do to help people find the confidence to go beyond their expectations.
Henshaws is a northern charity that helps people living with sight loss and a range of other disabilities to achieve their ambitions and go beyond expectations. Our support, advice and training enables people and their families to build skills, develop confidence, help each other and look forward to a more positive future.
As a Children and Young People’s (CYP) Enablement Officer as part of this project, you will implement Henshaws Children and Young People’s Pathway with specific focus on delivering Friendship Matters Activities for CYP across Merseyside.
Our Friendship Matters (FM) activity programs provide CYP opportunity to take part in fun, social and leisure activities and challenge themselves to take part in new experiences while meeting and making friends and developing their self-esteem, confidence and independence ensuring CYP have the same social and leisure opportunities as their sighted peers.
Experience of working with and supporting children or young people aged 0 to 18 years or working with or supporting parents, families and carers including group activities and/or one to one activities is essential. Experience of supporting children and young people and/or adults with disabilities is preferred but full training and induction will be given.
The successful candidate will need to be able to demonstrate sensitivity towards diverse needs and difficulties faced by children, young people and families where disability has impacted on their lives.
Closing date: 12 noon on Monday 10 August 2020
To apply. please visit the Henshaws website. For further information please contact recruitment@henshaws.org.uk
Henshaws aims to employ a diverse workforce and is committed to equality of employment and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
Registered Charity No: 221888
Join the new LCR Combined Authority VCFSE Suppliers List
Whether or not you have signed up in the past, you are now invited to join the newly revised Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) Suppliers List.
Previous registrations will expire Monday 10 August 2020 and your organisations details from that previous list will be deleted but don’t worry you can still register after this date.
To date, LCRCA has commissioned over £30,000 worth of projects from organisations on the current list and provided training opportunities for members and staff from those organisations via the Combined Authority Learning Hub. A recent example of this is the delivery of the first ever Metro Mayor’s Youth Advisory Group, where Sefton Youth Advisors were employed to engage with over 200 young people on the how COVID-19 had impacted their lives.
By becoming a member you will be able to apply for support with travel via the LCRCA Tickets for Opportunities project. Further information on this and other projects will be available shortly.
LCRCA has also announced new family bikeability sessions. If you know any children who will be age 10 by 31 August 2020, you can sign them up for Liverpool City Region Bikeability session throughout the summer by visiting the Bikeright website.
To enable your organisation to get the best out of being a member and for LCRCA, you must now update your previous registration by visiting the Community Suppliers Registration Form.
If you have any queries, or would like further information, please contact communites@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk
VS6 Welcomes Liverpool City Region pledge to Build Back Better
The VS6 Partnership is pleased to hear the Metro Mayor today pledge to Build Back Better, with the release of an Economic Recovery Plan for the Liverpool City Region. This plan highlights the need to make our society fairer for everyone, providing employment, health and happiness for the most vulnerable in our community.
This report, which was produced in consultation with the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector, proposes a £25 million VCFSE Sector Resilience and Capacity Fund for the region. This will build on the sector’s unique access to and understanding of our most vulnerable communities which has put it at the heart of local pandemic response efforts. The VCFSE Resilience and Capacity Fund would provide cross-sector investment to develop the sector’s long term capacity and resilience and help VCFSE organisations to replenish and prepare for their ongoing role in mitigating the worst effects of the pandemic.
As highlighted in the report, the sector was quick to adapt to meet the needs of LCR communities during the pandemic. It had to simultaneously adapt its operations to lockdown, rapidly scale up activities and coordinate the work of an extra 5,000 volunteers. This has been a huge challenge and one that the sector has risen to with great success.
Ellen Loudon, Chair of the VS6 Partnership, said:
“We welcome the publication of this recovery plan and the recognition that it gives to the role that the VCFSE sector can play in helping the Liverpool City Region to Build Back Better. We in the VCFSE sector will continue to support our communities in whatever way we can and we are pleased to see that the report acknowledges the need for the sector to be properly resourced if this is to happen effectively.”
St Giles Trust – Gangs Groupwork Facilitator and Mentor
Term: Fixed term contract until 31st August 2021
Hours: Full-time (35 hrs p/w)
Salary:£22,526 – £26,501
Location:St. Helens, Merseyside
Are you a confident and resilient individual with lived experience of the issues facing vulnerable young people (i.e. involvement in gangs or knife crime) and a proven ability to engage successfully with individuals despite their challenging behaviour?
If so, St Giles Trust is looking for a gangs groupwork facilitator & mentor to join our SOS+ team and deliver a vital service that will address these important social issues in the St. Helens area.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
Our award-winning SOS+ Service works with young people in a variety of settings by delivering sessions and workshops in schools, Pupil Referral Units (PRUs), Community Centres and to Youth Offender Teams. The mission of SOS+ is to prevent children and young people becoming involved in gangs and youth violence by equipping them with tools, knowledge and support delivered by experts with lived experience.
About this vital role
Delivering preventative and early intervention Gangs, Serious Youth Violence & Exploitation group sessions to children and young people, parents and professionals on criminal justice issues is what’s needed here. We’ll also rely on you to provide targeted 1:1 mentoring support for 11-18 year olds who have been identified as being high risk. A great opportunity to contribute towards the overarching aim of reducing exclusions, it will involve working closely with schools and PRUs and developing relationships based on trust while prioritising safeguarding. You’ll also work alongside an Early Help team and other multi-agency teams, attend key meetings and feed intelligence back in. And, when it comes to developing new content in partnership with the service’s content & quality lead, again, we’ll count on you.
What we are looking for:
• A track record of working positively with socially excluded children, young people or adults, including delivering sessions to groups and/or mentoring young people effectively
• Proven experience of assessing the needs of children and young people who are at risk of significant harm
• providing support, advice and advocacy and communicating the needs of clients to other professionals
• The ability to work as part of a multiagency team in a high intensity environment to achieve positive outcomes for young people and establishing links to further the aims of a project
• Self-motivation, a positive attitude and flexible approach, the confidence to speak in front of large groups and ability to effectively manage your own wellbeing
• A relevant qualification (or currently working towards one), strong IT skills, plus a full driving licence and willingness to drive
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, access to clinical supervision, season ticket loan and much more.
For further information, or to apply, please visit the St Giles Trust website or contact 07867 002 674 / HR@stgilestrust.org.uk
Closing date: 11pm, Sunday 9th August 2020.
Interviews: 18th August (likely to be held via video)
BBC Children in Need Inspiring Futures Programme
BBC Children in Need and Youth Futures Foundation are partnering to deliver Inspiring Futures, a £6 million programme to fund positive activities which support children and young people to achieve their potential on their journey towards employment.
The programme is open to applications now. It will close at 11:30am on Friday 31 July 2020.
There are concerns that the impact of lockdown and prolonged social distancing post-lockdown will have a particularly detrimental effect on those who are already struggling to gain employment, and it will also reduce the opportunity for others to learn the skills and gain experiences that would help them gain employment when they are older.
The ambition behind this fund is to transform young lives by unlocking potential and addressing the root causes of youth unemployment.
Eligible organisations can apply for between £10,000 and £80,000 for work commencing in October 2020.
Funding will be for project and organisational costs, including planning and development for the future, and will support:
Between 12 and 18 months of delivery
Working with children and young people aged:
10 to 24 in England
10 to 18 In Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
National Lottery Community Fund – Still Open to Support the Sector
National Lottery Community Fund’s Awards for All and Reaching Communities funds continue to operate under the name of Coronavirus Community Support Fund.
Up to £100,000 remains available to organisations over a 6 month period, who are either:
Working to support communities through Covid-19; or
Have been financially impacted by Covid-19 through lost income/reduced fundraising.
The fund exists to support communities through Covid-19, but also to support community organisations through this difficult period.
If your organisation is delivering activities relating to Covid-19, they want to hear from you. However, even if your organisation is temporarily closed or not delivering Covid-19 specific activity, you can still apply.
If your organisation has lost income during Covid-19 e.g. through lost fundraising/trading, you can apply to specifically replace that lost income. If your organisation sufferers liquidity challenges as a result of Covid-19, you can still apply.
Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: The Old Library, Green Lane, L13
Starting Salary: £15,870.40 (National Minimum Wage)
Job Purpose
To support the overall daily operation of the café – both front and back of house – as well as catering for The Old Library’s various user groups on an ad hoc basis.
Key Duties
Prepare and deliver all items offered on the café menu
Prepare and deliver all meals offered to childcare services
Prepare and deliver all catering requirements for functions
Assist in menu planning for all aspects of The Old Library’s catering services
Work within a team (including agency workers on occasion)
Maintain the highest standards of customer service when working front of house
Ensure best practice and adhere to the required Food Hygiene legislation at all times
Follow all safe systems of work and ensure your own safety and those with whom you are working
Assist in monitoring and controlling stock or wastage, including but not limited to; stock rotation, regular stock takes, and ensuring deliveries are checked for accurate quantity and quality products
Maintain and upkeep the cafe and kitchen equipment, including but not limited to; ensuring equipment is regularly and properly cleaned and ensuring the safe operation of all equipment or machinery
Maintain high levels of cleanliness and hygiene in the café and kitchen at all times, including but not limited to; cleaning schedules, food and fridge temperature checks, ensuring all food safety regulations and environmental standards are adhered to at all times
Attend daily management meetings and weekly operations meetings as required
Contribute to a culture of equality and demonstrate a commitment to removing all forms of discrimination
Act within our stated values and comply with our policies and procedures
Represent the organisation in a positive manner
Adopt a flexible approach as additional duties commensurate with the nature of the role
Online arts workshops for children with neurological conditions
The Brain Charity is now offering innovative dance and craft workshops, free-of-charge to children with neurological conditions based anywhere in in the UK.
The Brain Changer Arts Project was launched last year by The Brain Charity, a Liverpool organisation with a national reach, thanks to funding from BBC Children in Need. The project harnesses the power of the arts to help some of the more than 500,000 young people across the UK with neurological conditions or brain injuries.
Up to this point the workshops have only been available to specific school groups in Liverpool but now, thanks to safe, private video technology and a second instalment of funding, The Brain Charity has been able to open the project up to young people from anywhere in the UK.
From 25 July 2020 fun, weekly, online video sessions will provide occupational therapy through arts and crafts, as well as physiotherapy through dance. They will be open to children of any age.
All activities provided in the sessions are specifically designed to stimulate multiple parts of the brain and to improve cognitive function; dancing boosts motor control and balance, reduces stress and increases serotonin levels, while crafting assists with dexterity, hand-eye coordination and memory. Sessions also provide opportunity for children and their parents or carers to make new friends.
In the project’s first year organisers have noticed life-changing benefits for the young people taking part. More than a third of participants found their mobility improved and confidence levels increased among more than half of attendees. It is fantastic news that the Brain Charity is now able to role these sessions out to a much larger number of children.
Nanette Mellor, CEO of The Brain Charity, said: “We are so excited to have been awarded this funding by BBC Children in Need.
“Access to physiotherapy for our young people is so limited these days, and we are sure these workshops will improve their wellbeing and set them up for as healthy and active a life as possible.”
Join the first session
The first hour-long public taster session will take place at 11am on Saturday 25 July 2020.
Children can look forward to taking part in physiotherapy through creative dance, with help from a professional physiotherapist and dance instructor.
Partners of Prisoners – Community Based Family Support Worker (Merseyside)
Term: 12 months Fixed Term Contract
Hours: 37.5 per Week
Salary: £23,458.50 pa
Location: POPS Office, Liverpool
The purpose of the post is to work with the families across Merseyside. Providing practical and emotional advice and support to family members to promote the successful resettlement of offenders from custody back to the community and reduce the potential for reoffending. Experience of community engagement and working with individuals with complex needs is essential. The role involves travelling to community locations and probation offices across Merseyside therefore access to a car is essential.
Term: Fixed Term Contract till 31 March 2021
Hours: Full-Time (35 hrs p/w)
Salary: £19,847 p/a
Location: Merseyside / Liverpool and Cheshire, with frequent travel locally and further afield
Are you a driven, proactive and compassionate individual looking to make a significant difference to the lives of vulnerable children and young people? Have you had personal experience of the Criminal Justice System or a proven track record of engaging positively with young offenders or other vulnerable groups?
If so, St Giles is looking for a Caseworker to join their rescue team and to play an integral role within the pioneering project.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
County Lines is a phenomenon in which criminal drug dealing operations are expanding their operations outside of the larger cities, taking over drug markets in smaller towns. Gangs target vulnerable children and young people and coerce them to transport and distribute mainly Class A drugs into areas where there is less police presence, less competition and high demand for their product.
About this exciting opportunity
This pivotal role will see you referring clients, with reference to St Giles Trust/Rescue and Response assessment practices. You will also need to produce support plans and risk management and planning process, and to include appropriate agencies in the delivery of the service.
You will also deliver a holistic support service, working independently or with colleagues, which will include providing social and housing support, education, training and employment options, benefits work, debt advice, and appearing in court. Developing and maintaining strong relationships with regional agencies including police and social services is a key aspect of the role.
What we are looking for:
Personal experience of the criminal justice system, lived experience of the issues facing this client group and/or experience of working with ‘high risk’, vulnerable children, young people and/or families
Experience of engaging successfully with ‘challenging’ young people
Substantial experience of providing support, advice and advocacy and communicating effectively, the needs of clients to other professionals
Strong IT skills, particularly MS Office, and the ability to work with a case database
The ability to use and develop monitoring systems to record all aspects of the project
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, access to clinical supervision, season ticket loan and much more.
To apply, visit the St Giles Trust website. For queries please call 07867 002 674 or email HR@stgilestrust.org.uk.
Closing date: 11pm, 19 July 2020
New resource on SEND parenting in Liverpool
A new blog relating to SEND parenting in Liverpool has been produced by Liverpool City Council and Liverpool Parent and Carers Forum (LivPac).
The blog posts provide an insight into people’s experiences of parenting children with special education needs and/or disabilities during the pandemic. In addition to these posts, written by local parents, the website also includes resources on a range of topics that parents, carers and professionals may find helpful.
Topics covered include the following, as well as plenty more besides:
SEND resources and support
Bereavement resources
Liverpool SEND support groups
Mental health support
Preparing for adult life
Supporting families during Covid-19
Supporting children through Covid-19
Transitioning back to school
The SEND Toolkit – an introduction to supporting children with additional needs in the classroom
In addition to this, the Liverpool City Council Early Help Team has also developed an online resource to help people navigate pandemic parenting. To read that, head to Parenting Through Covid-19 on Culture Liverpool.
Homebaked – Freelance Community Engagement Officer
Homebaked Community Land Trust is looking for a freelance community engagement officer. This is a challenging, but exciting time for Homebaked and we want someone who can ensure we remain community led in everything we do in the next 6 months. We are about to move into our next phase of developing a terrace of 9 houses into homes and community business space. You would be key to ensuring our members and the wider community are engaged in this and the work of our Board generally.
If you are self-motivated, community minded and great at communicating….then we want to hear from you!
The role is a day a week for 6 months, funded through the Lottery Community Fund.
We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.
For a job description and application details, visit the Homebaked website.
The deadline for returns is NOON, Friday 24th July 2020, with interviews on Wednesday 29th July 2020.
Liverpool Cares – Programme Coordinator (Love Your Neighbour)
Term: Initial 12-month contract
Hours: Full-time
Salary: £26,000
Location: Liverpool
As Liverpool Cares continues to adapt to the pandemic, we’re hiring a programme coordinator to join the team, and to lead our Love Your Neighbour Programme.
The successful candidate will work closely with our head of programmes and the rest of our small team to develop, deepen and expand Love Your Neighbour. You will meet older and younger people in communities all across Liverpool, create friendships across the generations, support those friendships to deepen and thrive, and ensure our safeguarding, records and storytelling procedures are upheld to the highest standards.
We are looking for someone who can talk to and relate to people from all backgrounds, no matter their circumstances – someone equally comfortable discussing illness and isolation with a 95-year-old housebound older neighbour as they are talking about work and weddings with a 25-year-old. If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
To apply for this role please send a CV of a maximum of two pages, along with a covering letter
outlining your qualification for the role, of no more than one page, to recruitment@thecaresfamily.org.uk
Closing date: Friday, July 24th, 9am
St Giles Trust – County Lines Team Leader
Term: Fixed term contract until 31st March 2021
Hours: 35 hours pw – full time
Salary: £24,276 p/a
Location: Merseyside/ Liverpool and Cheshire, with frequent travel locally and further afield
Are you a proactive, compassionate and inspiring individual with strong project management and leadership qualities? Do you have a passion for improving the lives of vulnerable children and young people?
Then come and join St Giles as a team leader to join their County Lines team, where you will play a pivotal role on our pioneering project.
About St Giles
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
County Lines is a phenomenon in which criminal drug dealing operations are expanding their operations outside of the larger cities, taking over drug markets in smaller towns. Gangs target vulnerable children and young people and coerce them to transport and distribute mainly Class A drugs into areas where there is less police presence, less competition and high demand for their product.
About this exciting opportunity
You will provide valuable support and guidance to team members and attached volunteers and work closely with regional manager in the development and delivery of the project. This will involve planning and supporting the team’s daily workload, monitoring and reviewing probation periods, conducting annual performance reviews and regular one-to-ones, as well as reviewing ongoing personal development plans.
You will also attend partnership and contract monitoring meetings, ensure that referred clients are assessed with reference to St Giles Trust practices, plus develop and maintain relationships with referral agencies, including the police, YOT and children services. Ensuring that staff produce risk management plans based on assessments and promoting inter-agency collaboration in the assessment and planning process are also key elements of the role.
What we are looking for:
The ability to provide support, supervision and coaching to staff, including the capacity to successfully manage personnel and disciplinary issues
Strong interpersonal, relationship-building and negotiating qualities
Experience of working with vulnerable young people and adults
The ability to work with people who have multiple and complex needs
Experience of setting up and operating systems to monitor and report on work with clients
Project management experience, including coordinating activity and liaison with a range of stakeholders
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, season ticket loan and much more.
Position: Engager Worker
Job Reference: 20/26
Hours: Full time and Part time positions available
Salary: £18,500.00 pa (pro rata for part time)
Based in: Liverpool
NHS England & NOMS have jointly commissioned a housing and accommodation support service for male offenders with a personality disorder diagnosis who are on the offender pathway. The service will be delivered via a joint service model including health, criminal justice and specialist third sector housing and accommodation partners.
Are you a motivated, positive person who wants to support others to achieve their full potential? If yes, we would love to hear from you. We are looking for engager workers to join our team, ideally with some experience of working with people with complex issues and knowledge/understanding of personality disorders.
If you have the following assets, we would like to hear from you:
Experience of developing therapeutic relationships with individuals with a range of support and emotional needs
Strong skills in supporting individuals
Knowledge and experience of supporting individuals regarding securing accommodation and developing skills in relation to tenancy sustainment
A commitment to reducing repeat offending and improving psychological health & wellbeing.
In return, we will offer you comprehensive training / career development opportunities and excellent terms and conditions. For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Completed application forms are to be returned by no later than the closing date/time either by email or post to 25 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ.
Please note that we shortlist from received application forms only, we do not accept CVs.
Our benefits include contributory company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date for applications: 23rd July 2020 – Phone Interviews to be held 30th July 2020.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community
Imagine Independence – Women’s Mental Health Recovery Practitioner
Position: Women’s Mental Health Recovery Practitioner
Job Reference: 20/25
Hours: 37.5 per week
Salary: £18,500.00 pa
Based in: Crosby
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated person to join Imagines’ Specialist Service portfolio.
Working as part of a team supporting women who have been discharged from secure services and have severe and enduring mental health diagnoses; this position provides specialist input to empower women to continue on their journey to independence and support them to achieve their full potential. The service delivered is a psychologically informed and therapeutically driven environment that puts women at the heart of their own recovery.
The ideal candidate will have experience/knowledge of women’s support, forensic or mental health services. Are you a motivated, positive person who wants to develop personally and support other women to live life to their full potential…if yes then we would love to hear from you. Full training and support will be provided.
The successful candidate will be provided with an on-site induction course along with a comprehensive package of specialist training. The candidate will be trained to deliver a service based on the principals of Cognitive Analytical Therapy and supervised monthly by our psychotherapist to ensure a consistently high-level of informed practice.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a positive mindset to recovery and inclusion and is looking for an opportunity to be part of a team committed to outstanding person centred delivery.
These posts are open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine Occupational qualification under the Equality Act 2010.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Completed application forms are to be returned by no later than the closing date/time either by email to recruitment@imagineindependence.org.uk or post to the Hope Street address below.
Please note that we shortlist from received application forms only, we do not accept CVs.
Our benefits include contributory company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date for applications: 24th July 2020 – Interviews to be held 3rd/4th August 2020
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
LCR is Helping Households Into Work
Households into Work is an innovative programme from Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. It is aimed at people living in households across the Liverpool City Region who, because of their circumstances, have difficulty finding and sustaining employment.
As advocates, the Households Into Work team provide people who start on the programme with 1:1 support, helping them tackle and resolve the issues which are preventing them from seeking employment.
The issues faced by people on the programme are often varied, including debt, housing, skills, poor mental and physical health, domestic violence, isolation and disaffection. Until such issues are tackled, finding and sustaining employment is a very unlikely and unrealistic expectation.
People can remain on the programme for up to 12 months, during which time their advocate will offer them personalised support, motivation and encouragement and will connect them with the right services to resolve their issues.
Once they have the right foundations in place, they will be supported to access education, training or employment, depending on their goal.
Unlike similar programmes, which work with people on an individual basis, Households Into Work takes a whole household approach, so that issues can be addressed collectively as well as individually.
They recognise that other members of the household can contribute to the problems, as well as to the resolution of any issues experienced by the individual. So involving other members of the household is more likely to achieve a longer lasting solution to a person’s problems, compared with working with them in isolation.
Members of the same household do not have to be family, nor do they need to live at the same address.
Households Into Work clients are asked the following eligibility questions prior to registration:
Do you live in Liverpool City Region?
Are you aged 16 or over?
Is there at least one other person you can register with?
For more information on the programme or to make a referral, visit the Households Into Work website. Alternatively, you can email hiw@liverpool.gov.uk or call the team on 07802 378 808.
Term:3 years
Hours: Minimum 6 hours a month
Salary:Voluntary
Location: Liverpool
An exciting philanthropic opportunity has arisen for a financially savvy individual to join our board of trustees in the position of treasurer.
We are looking for someone who wants to make a difference and support us in collectively steering this amazing charity to the next phase of its future. It is crucial that you are aligned to and willing to adopt Nolan’s seven principles of public life: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership. In return you will gain a wealth of experience including strategic planning, decision making, budget control and not forgetting working alongside a great team.
About Kelton
Kelton Nursery and After School is a unique not-for-profit nursery, funded and run by parents. It provides high quality care for children from 6 weeks to 11 years, 51 weeks a year. At Kelton we value all children as individuals and are committed to helping them fulfil their potential in a safe, caring and stimulating environment where each child feels happy and secure.
Role
As a trustee you will:
join the existing trustees to support the chair in delivering the charity’s vision
in addition to normal governance roles and responsibilities, use your proven financial management skills to maintain an overview of the organisation’s affairs, ensuring its financial viability and ensuring that proper financial records and procedures are maintained
as a worthy team player, possess sound negotiation skills and a ‘can do’ attitude
above all, be committed to dedicating the required time and energy to steer this worthwhile charity to the next phase in its future
Tenure for trustee positions is a minimum of three years, extendable by election for a further three years at a time.
You will serve on the Main Committee and on the Budget & Audit Committee. You will be required to attend a minimum of 8 meetings a year for 2/3 hours.
To find out more about this role or arrange a nursery visit, please contact Wendy Carson, chair of trustees, on 07900784396.
Readiness level for the youth sector updated to amber
The readiness level for youth sector has now changed from red to amber. This means several things have changed. The following youth sector activity is now permitted, subject to a COVID-19 Action Plan and Risk Assessment:
Online and digital youth services
Detached local youth activities, including pre-planned outdoor activities
1-2-1 indoor sessions with young people
Indoor group sessions
The National Youth Agency (NYA) as the Professional Statutory and Regulatory Body for youth work in England has, in consultation with Public Health England and the Health and Safety Executive, developed youth sector specific advice and guidance.
The guidance will support local providers, leaders, volunteers and young people to remain safe when engaging in youth sector activities. It is intended to guide the youth sector in opening up services for young people at the right pace and time.
If this change of status impacts you in any way, please follow this link to read the guidance in full on the NYA website.
Re-Connect Priority Grants
The ESF Community Grant Programme is already helping many people across the Liverpool City Region who face additional barriers in the workplace to improve their employability and gain employment. Whilst the formal bidding rounds are currently closed, the programme is launching a targeted grant programme in response to COVID-19.
This round is called Re-Connect and seeks applications from a wide range of voluntary organisations who are ready to reach out, by using approaches which tackle the new and emerging barriers arising from the impact of COVID-19.
Small grants of up to £20,000 are available across the Liverpool City Region to eligible organisations in the VCSE sector.
Projects should look to develop and maintain participant connections to learning experiences. Project activity should support, maintain and improve participant employability and resilience.
All project activity must be within the current government COVID restrictions, but should include flexibility to adapt as and when those restrictions change in future months.
Funded activities will target those aged 19 and over, from the hardest to reach communities. The funding can help ALL who are out of work or economically inactive but especially those that:
have disabilities, learning difficulties or health conditions
are from ethnic minorities
are aged over 50
are lone parents
All eligible participants must live in the Liverpool City Region.
To apply, organisations must meet the organisational eligibility criteria below.
Are you a Third sector organisation run on a not for profit basis? This includes constituted voluntary / community groups, social enterprises (not for profit), registered charities, community interest companies (CIC) or companies limited by guarantee. Please note that private companies ltd by shares cannot apply. If you are not sure of your organisational status or your constitution/governing document please speak to the ESF Grants Team before submitting your application for further guidance.
Do you have an annual turnover equal to or under £600,000
Do you employ no more than 49 full time equivalent employees
Has your organisation been in operation for a min of 12 months
Does your organisation have a Governing Document/Constitution?
Does your organisation have an Independent Bank Account into which the grant can be paid?
Are you not already in direct receipt of funding from the European Social Fund, or other ESF co-financing with the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP), Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA), or National Offender Management Service (NOMS).
Are you applying for funding to work with unemployed & economically inactive people?
Are the people you plan to work with at least 19 years old?
Is your proposed activity taking place within the Liverpool City Region?
Please note: the project start date must be on or after 2 November 2020 and all activity must be completed by 31 May 2021.
If you can answer YES to all of the questions above, you may be eligible to apply for a Re-Connect ESF Community Grant.
Re-Connect for the Liverpool City Region opens on Wednesday 8 July 2020.
The deadline for applications is noon on Wednesday 29 July 2020.
Briefing sessions
Information sessions will take place via Zoom from Tues 14 July – Thurs 16 July. Please e-mail ESFGrantsLCR@WEA.org.uk if you would like further details about these briefings.
The Skelton Charity is now open to applications
The Skelton Charity has approximately £100,000 in 2020 for grants to registered charities in Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside (including the unitary authorities of Blackpool, Blackburn, Warrington, and Halton).
Modest grants, usually for between £500 and £3,000 may be awarded:
normally only to registered charities
to charities operating within the eligible geographical boundaries
for one-off costs
for projects or capital costs (this could include sessional costs and volunteer costs)
to charities that focus on good causes
The trustees are also willing to consider particular needs caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and by adapting to new ways of working.
Grants are not made to individuals.
Grants are not made for salaries or other recurring costs.
Applications from charities in successive years are not viewed favourably.
The trustees do not usually fund large building appeals or revenue expenditure.
Completed applications must be received before 5pm on Friday 4 September 2020.
Applications will be considered at the trustee’s meeting in October.
If, after visiting the website and application page, you have any queries about applying, contact the LCVS Grants Team on 0151 227 5177.
The Whitechapel Centre – Move-on Officer (Halton)
Post: Move-on Officer (Halton)
Grade: National Joint Council (NJC) SCP 11-22 (£21,166 – £26,317)
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Location: Halton
The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic, tailored support so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.
Working closely with Halton Borough Council our aim is to provide targeted rehousing advice and support to enable people who have complex needs or who are rough sleeping, or at risk of rough sleeping, to find their route into the right accommodation.
The successful candidate for this role must be able to demonstrate at least two years’ experience of delivering support and advice services to clients around benefits maximisation, substance misuse, domestic abuse, care and mental health services and have the ability to navigate local homelessness systems and services including private sector solutions in order to secure the most appropriate accommodation for each client.
Highly organised and with the confidence to work well in a multi-agency setting, you will be comfortable using your own initiative to make informed and effective decisions and have the energy and commitment needed to make a real difference in the Borough.
In return we offer a supportive working environment, good pension and health benefits.
Funding for this post is for one year in the first instance.
Please note: we do not accept CVs without an accompanying application form. You can request an application pack via Human.Resources@Whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 207 8624. Packs can also be downloaded from the Whitechapel Centre website.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 12pm on Monday 20 July 2020.
This post is subject to an Enhanced level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). Car use will be desirable.
The Whitechapel Centre. Committed to addressing discrimination and promoting equality and diversity in the provision of services and employment.
The Whitechapel Centre – Rough Sleeper Navigator (St Helens)
Post: Rough Sleeper Navigator – Secondment Opportunity with St Helen’s Council
Salary range: £24,799 – £26,317 (Pay award pending)
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Location: St Helens
The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic, tailored support so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.
In partnership with St Helens Council we are looking to recruit a Rough Sleeper Navigator who will work within St Helens to co-ordinate and manage access to and move on from the Borough’s emergency rough sleeper services. This will provide rough sleepers who have complex needs with the support that they need to move on from the streets and secure appropriate accommodation.
A skilled support worker with the confidence to work well as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will have an up-to-date knowledge of housing / homelessness legislation and local systems/services, welfare rights and relevant civil and criminal legislation. You will also have experience of developing personalised support plans and providing advice and support to clients with complex needs who may have a wide range of associated issues such as substance misuse, offending and poor mental health in order to break down system barriers and ensure clients are able to take up key support services.
Highly organised and with first class IT skills you will demonstrate an ability to plan and organise your work, including a high level of contact with clients on a day to day basis, ensuring all target outcomes are achieved.
The successful applicant will be seconded to St Helens Council and will be expected to have some flexibility to work at weekends and during the early mornings and late evenings by arrangement. Funding is for one year in the first instance.
Please note: we do not accept CVs without an accompanying application form. You can request an application pack via Human.Resources@Whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 207 8624. Packs can also be downloaded from the Whitechapel Centre website.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 12pm on Monday 20 July 2020.
This post is subject to an Enhanced level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). Car use will be desirable.
The Whitechapel Centre. Committed to addressing discrimination and promoting equality and diversity in the provision of services and employment.
Closing date:
The Whitechapel Centre – Assertive Rehousing Worker (Knowsley)
Post: Assertive Rehousing Worker (Knowsley)
Grade: National Joint Council (NJC) SCP 11-22 (£21,166 – £26,317)
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Location: Knowsley
The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic, tailored support so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.
In partnership with Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council we are looking to recruit an exceptional intensive support worker who can meet the housing and support needs of people who are rough sleeping or at risk of rough sleeping, including people staying in the Council’s emergency accommodation services.
With a good working knowledge of Housing and Welfare Rights, you will have at least 2 years’ experience of working in a homelessness, housing or support setting, working with hostels, Registered Providers and negotiating with private landlords in order to deliver appropriate support and rapid rehousing solutions.
You will bring experience of discharging creative and innovative resettlement / support plans, and an ability to provide first class advice and support to people about benefits maximisation, substance misuse problems, domestic abuse, care and mental health services, utilising a case conference approach to manage clients’ needs/risk. Highly motivated and confident, you will be comfortable using your own initiative to make informed and effective decisions.
In return we offer a supportive work environment and good pension and health benefits.
Funding for this post is for one year in the first instance.
Please note: we do not accept CVs without an accompanying application form. You can request an application pack via Human.Resources@Whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 207 8624. Packs can also be downloaded from from the Whitechapel Centre website.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 12pm on Monday 20 July 2020.
This post is subject to an Enhanced level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). Car use will be desirable.
The Whitechapel Centre. Committed to addressing discrimination and promoting equality and diversity in the provision of services and employment.
Contact details:
Closing date:
The Whitechapel Centre – Intensive Support Worker, Halton
Post: Intensive Support Worker (Halton)
Grade: National Joint Council (NJC) SCP 11-22 (£21,166 – £26,317)
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Location: Halton
The Whitechapel Centre’s mission is to prevent and resolve homelessness, social exclusion and housing poverty by providing practical, realistic, tailored support so that each person can find a route out of homelessness, maintain a home and achieve their individual potential.
We have been awarded funding from Halton Borough Council to deliver a new Intensive Support Service for people with multiple and complex needs. The aims of the service are to engage with clients over the long term and through their journey from crisis and into care, treatment and support enabling them to achieve better and more sustainable personal outcomes including better housing, health and well-being and a reduction in offending behaviour.
We are looking for an exceptional Intensive Support Worker with a good working knowledge of Housing and Welfare Rights, at least 2 years’ experience of working in a homelessness, housing or support setting, discharging creative and innovative resettlement / support plans, and providing first class advice and support to people about benefits maximisation, substance misuse problems, domestic abuse, care and mental health services.
Highly motivated, tenacious and confident, you will be comfortable using your own initiative to provide initial crisis intervention and to make informed and effective decisions when representing your clients best interests within key mainstream and specialist housing, welfare benefits, health and social care services.
Applicants are expected to offer some flexibility to work at weekends and during the early mornings and late evenings by arrangement. Funding for this post is for one year in the first instance.
The Whitechapel Centre offer a supportive work environment and good pension and health benefits.
Please note: we do not accept CVs without an accompanying application form. You can request an application pack via Human.Resources@Whitechapelcentre.co.uk or by ringing 207 8624. Packs can also be downloaded from the Whitechapel Centre website.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 12pm on Monday 20th July 2020.
This post is subject to an Enhanced level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). Car use will be desirable.
The Whitechapel Centre. Committed to addressing discrimination and promoting equality and diversity in the provision of services and employment.
LCVS Statement Regarding Black Lives Matter
The following statement was released by LCVS on 7 July 2020. It reflects the organisation’s current position in relation to Black Lives Matter:
Collectively, as the board and staff at LCVS, we wish to express our solidarity and support for the Black Lives Matter campaign.
Going forward, we will strive to do much more than simply state our support; we will review what we do and the ways that we do it. This will include a review of the heritage funds that we hold and administer to support the VCF sector.
We will commit to looking into our own governance and leadership, and to doing better.
We will work with our colleagues in the VCF sector across the city region and with our colleagues in the public and private sectors to challenge the status quo and ensure that we are leading by example.
Further actions and statements will follow.
COVID-19 Community Research: Understanding Unmet Needs
We are supporting researchers from the Public Health Institute, LJMU, to carry out a survey to understand the impact of COVID-19 on voluntary, community, faith and enterprise sector organisations across our local region. This research will provide evidence about:
The needs of voluntary, community, faith and enterprise sector organisations and the support required to support infrastructure and sustainability in the short and longer-term; and,
Whether there are specific groups within communities who are vulnerable and for whom there are specific concerns, and where an appropriate response is required to ‘reach out’ to provide immediate support.
The survey will take up to 20 minutes to complete.
We would like to capture views from as many organisations as possible across our local region. Please share this survey with colleagues, as appropriate.
The survey will be open until 24th July 2020.
For more information about the research, please contact Dr Hannah Timpson, Reader in Socioeconomic Engagement in Health, Public Health Institute, LJMU: H.Timpson@ljmu.ac.uk.
Term: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week (excluding breaks). The successful candidate will need to be flexible and there may be a need to work the occasional evening and weekend.
Salary: £25,000 per year
Location: The main place of work is the internship host business site. All employees are required to be flexible in their approach and would be expected to work at other sites as and when required.
About the job:
Greenbank College, part of the Greenbank charity, provides a variety of educational services for people from in and around Liverpool City Region. We are particularly supportive of providing relevant opportunities for disabled people and other disadvantaged groups.
Our vision is to transform lives through challenging perceptions and inspiring self-belief. The College offers supportive, inclusive learning opportunities for young people and adults. We offer work related study programmes to people aged 16-18 and up to 24 to those with an EHC Plan as well as courses to adults.
To build on our vision and enhance the future job opportunities of our students, Greenbank, together with Liverpool City Council, Project Search & host employers are working in partnership to offer the first whole life approach to supporting young disabled people in transition from education to employment.
Based in the internship host business site, which initially will be at Broad Green Hospital, Liverpool, the successful applicant will have a passion and knowledge that will help enable enable our students to successfully transition to the workplace and therefore help them better secure their future wellbeing.
The purpose of the job is:
To co-ordinate the delivery of a transition to work programme for young people with a learning disability based initially at Broadgreen hospital, Liverpool.
To identify a student’s strengths, interests, and abilities related to skill acquisition, job development and employment.
To deliver an employability curriculum whilst embedding English and maths and use job coaching techniques to support young people’s development towards employability.
To seek appropriate employment consistent with the student’s interests and skills and to work with local business and industry to meet their employment needs.
To determine and refer young people on the programme to appropriate support services for training and successful employment.
Term: Full time
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £26,500 per annum
Location: Liverpool
Description: GMMAP Money Advice Supervisor Role to work for partner agencies LCA/Citizens Advice Liverpool/Raise.
Contact details: recruitment@caliverpool.org.uk
Closing date: 24 July 2020 at 12 noon
LCR Pride Foundation Community Fund
LCR Pride Foundation has opened applications to a £20,000 fund, for projects that support the LGBT+ community in the Liverpool City Region.
The first tranche of funding, supported by Barclays, comes from reserves initially allocated to deliver the city region’s Pride weekend celebrations. The funding is available as part of three separate pots, a General Fund, Film Fund and an Inclusive Physical Activity and Sport Fund.
All funds in this first round will close to applications at Midnight on the 3rd August 2020.
The Funds
Open Grants – For projects which aim to bring the LGBT+ community together. Grants available up to £1000
Inclusive Physical Activity & Sport – For projects getting the LGBT+ community participating in physical activity. Grants available up to £500
Short Film Commissions – For LGBT+ Film Makers and films about the LGBT+ Community. Grants available up to £1000
All three funds are now open and applications from marginalised or underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged. The deadline for submissions is Midnight on Monday 3rd August 2020 and the first grants are expected to be awarded the following week.
All projects must be completed, or on track to be completed, by April 2021.
To champion the fight against poverty and inequality enabling people to take control of their lives.
Based in Liverpool but travel to the surrounding areas
Role: Money Advice Caseworker
Hours: 28 hours per week
Pay: Scale 6 point 19-22 £24,799 – £26,317 (Pro rata)
Established in 1999 Raise is an advice service that supports clients within their own home with welfare benefits, debt and financial capability advice at a specialist level. You will be working within a team of Money Advice caseworkers to deliver a caseworker service within the Greater Merseyside Money Advice Partnership (GMMAP) under the Money and Pensions Service quality standards framework.
This is an opportunity to be involved in the delivery of our money advice service to clients in the Liverpool City Region. In order to achieve this we need a highly motivated individual who is passionate about empowering individuals to manage their money worries. You will be experienced in providing high level money advice within a performance management framework. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to relate and work with a large variety of different people.
Closing date: Friday 17 July 12 noon
Interviews will be held on: Wednesday 22 July 2020
Term: Permanent
Hours: 36 hrs per week
Salary: £17,784 – £19,656
Location: Liverpool L9
Positive Futures Homes (PFHomes) is a new trading company setup by the youth development charity Positive Futures Liverpool. We have created PFHomes as we want to invest in the long-term outcomes of the young people in our care. The profits will be reinvested back into the home, and Positive Futures, benefiting young people.
What will I do as a Residential Care Worker:
Use the training you have received from PFHomes to help the young people understand and manage their behaviour in order to reach their full potential
Support our young people with their daily life routines, including supporting them during the school day and other fun social activities including those on offer at Positive Futures
Nurture positive behaviours and care for the well-being of the young person
Prepare the young people for adulthood through the teaching of life lessons, personal responsibility and practical skills
Be required to work flexibly and to undertake shift work including early shifts, late shifts, waking nights and weekends
What you will need to have:
Full clean driving license (Preferred)
NVQ Level 3 in Children and Young People (Preferred)
Experience of working with young people within a residential setting
Contact details: 0151 207 6003
Closing date: 8th July 2020
Raise – Finance Officer (maternity cover)
To champion the fight against poverty and inequality enabling people to take control of their live
Based in Liverpool (some homeworking if required)
Role: Finance Officer (Maternity Leave cover)
Hours: 21 hours per week
Salary Scale: Scale 6, Point 19 – 22 £24,799 – £26,317 (pro rata)
Fixed term: Ten months with a possible extension
About Raise
Established in 1999 Raise is an advice service that supports clients within their own home with welfare benefits, debt and financial capability advice.
We are looking for maternity cover for our Finance Officer from October 2020. You will be working with the senior management team ensuring that the finances and payroll for the organisation continue to run smoothly.
In order to achieve this, we need a highly motivated individual who has knowledge or experience of QuickBooks accounting software and QuickBooks Advanced Payroll, has strong organisation skills and has good attention to detail.
Closing date: 10 July 12 noon
Interviews will be held on: Monday 13 July 2020 – (via zoom/Teams)
Please note we do not accept C.V.s
Safer Recruitment – ‘A safer setting starts with safer staff’. This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.
LCR Cares Fund increases maximum grant amount
The LCR Cares Fund, currently being administered by the Community Foundation for Merseyside in partnership with Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram, has increased the amount that you can apply for from £5k to 10K.
New applicants may be prioritised but organisations that have previously received funding (once) can apply again, as long as the previous funds have been spent and a monitoring form has been submitted.
The LCR Cares COVID-19 Community Support Fund was established at the start of the pandemic to support community and voluntary organisations on the frontline.
Train for a return to work the Springboard Charity
The Springboard Charity helps people gain the skills, knowledge and experience needed to enter the hospitality workforce.
Springboard’s online training and support – the Digital Hospitality Academy – is now available for free to unemployed people across the UK and Ireland.
If you are currently not working or are unable to work due to Covid-19 and you would like to keep busy and to prepare for when social distancing is relaxed, Springboard is here for you. The charity is offering tailored support to help you find a job.
What’s on offer:
1-week or 3-week courses, depending on your needs
Your own member of Springboard’s specialist employability team for 121 careers advice, support, and mentoring
A connected team environment: live group training and webinars
Upskill and re-train with over 40 online modules, which are accessible for you to complete 24/7
Supported job search and introductions to employers recruiting now
Example courses
1 week – equivalent of 4 hours per day:
121 mentoring and support from a Springboard employability specialist
Online modules, with certificates for each:
– Customer Service
– Food Safety Level 2
– DrinkIQ
– Health & Safety Level 2
– Once you complete your course, an 18-month licence to then access to all 40+ modules,
Live group training:
– Confidence & Assertiveness
– CV Development
– Interview Skills
– Transferrable Skills
– Guest Speakers
Interview practice with employers
3 weeks – equivalent of 3 hours per day
121 mentoring and support from a Springboard employability specialist
Online modules, with certificates for each:
– Customer Service
– Food Safety Level 2
– Health & Safety Level 2
– Licensing
– Cocktails
– Specialist knowledge modules for the following roles: The Waiter, The Receptionist, The Bartender, The Housekeeper
– Wine
– Coffee
– Cask Ale
– Once you complete your course, an 18-month licence to then access to all 40+ modules
Group training:
– Confidence & Assertiveness
– CV Development
– Interview Skills
– Transferable Skills
– Guest Speakers
Term: One year contact
Hours: 14 hours per week
Salary: £22,000- £25,000 (salary dependent on experience) pro rata
Location: Liverpool
We are looking for someone dynamic and engaging, with excellent communication and volunteer management skills, as well as a commitment to delivering a high quality service in line with our mission and core values. In addition, to working with the team in the FareShare Regional Centre you will also work closely with the FareShare National Volunteering Team. You will work together to provide a consistent volunteer experience across the FareShare network, which is enjoyable, rewarding and safe for our volunteers.
You should be self-motivated, with experience of working within volunteer management and able to manage ad-hoc corporate groups, short term volunteering schemes as well as long-term and regular volunteers. Additionally, you should be able to deliver end to end volunteer recruitment activities and provide on-going supervision and support to volunteers, ensuring that their training needs are met. You should also be able to develop and deliver a range of local volunteer engagement activities. Furthermore you should have experience promoting and championing the role of volunteers, so that they are respected and valued for their contribution to the organisation.
Contact:
recruitment@fareshare.org.uk
Closing date:
Friday, 17th July 2020, 5pm
Women and Problem Gambling, free webinar
Only approximately 1% of women affected by gambling harms seek help through the National Gambling Helpline and GameCare wants to change this.
GamCare is the leading national provider of free information, advice and support for anyone affected by problem gambling. From 2014/15 to 2018/19 the organisation saw a 35% increase in calls from women seeking gambling support for themselves as a gambler, or as a person impacted by someone else’s gambling.
The GameCare Women’s Programme is now offering a webinar to ensure agencies and professionals feel confident in identifying and referring women for appropriate support. The session is aimed at groups and agencies in the North West of England.
This 1 hour 45 minute webinar will help you:
Learn about the risks, causes and impacts of problem gambling
Understand the issues specific to women that can create barriers to support and treatment
Gain vital knowledge about referral pathways for local support and treatment
Feedback: “Loved it. Wish I had made it mandatory for all staff”, Women’s Centre Manager
This session will be held by:
Nadine Ashworth, Women’s Programme Outreach Officer North West
A certificate of attendance and follow up links will be sent after the event.
Liverpool City Region Community-led Housing Hub Launched
Safe Regeneration is proud to announce the launch of the Liverpool City Region Community-led Housing Hub (The Hub).
The Hub is being incubated by Safe Regeneration, with support from Power to Change and Community Led Homes, as well as a steering group of other community-led housing projects.
Liverpool City Region has a strong history of local people setting up their own community-led housing projects, especially housing co-operatives. A new energy has emerged in recent years focused on place-based approaches to housing and neighbourhood development; Granby 4 Streets and Homebaked Community Land Trust’s being shining examples, alongside Safe Regeneration in Bootle.
The vision for The Hub is that it will promote the different models of community-led housing right across the region, as well as supporting people and groups to develop and deliver their own community-led housing schemes. The vision is underpinned by a belief that housing should be of a high standard, affordable, environmentally sustainable and in the ownership of local communities.
Paul Kelly took up the position of director of The Hub on 1 April 2020. He is keen to hear from organisations interested in developing a community-led housing scheme. If you are working with a particular community or age group and you are keen to do more, get in touch with Paul at paul.kelly@saferegen.org.uk.
Irish Community Care – Advice Advocacy and Support Worker
Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £22,500 per annum
Location: Dale Street, Liverpool
We need a dynamic community focused individual to deliver one to one case work interventions with the communities living in or passing through Cheshire West. You will offer support to individuals to identify strengths and assets which help to resolve immediate and crisis situations and more enduring issues; make links with and refer to appropriate partner agencies; promoting a multiagency approach.
For application pack:
Telephone: Josie Gibson on 0151 2373987
Email: icc.jobapplications@gmail.com
For informal discussion contact Breege McDaid or Win Lawlor on 0151 2373987
All applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check
Closing Date: 12 noon Friday 14 August 2020
Irish Community Care is an equal opportunities employer. We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as belonging to a minority group. Our policy is to help all our staff to reach their potential; we offer excellent training and development opportunities to build on your strengths and competencies.
Irish Community Care – Community Development Worker
Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £22,500 per annum
Location: Dale Street, Liverpool
Community development work brings people together. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about working with the community to identify, map, share, celebrate and build community, family and individual strengths. These include leadership, capacity, skills, confidence, and aspirations and will collectively be used to positively effect systems and social change to improve quality of life in the local area across Cheshire West’s rural and urban areas.
For informal discussion contact Breege McDaid or Win Lawlor on 0151 2373987
For application pack:
Telephone: Josie Gibson on 0151 2373987
Email: icc.jobapplications@gmail.com
All applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check.
Closing Date: 12 noon Friday 14 August 2020
Irish Community Care is an equal opportunities employer. We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as belonging to a minority group. Our policy is to help all our staff to reach their potential; we offer excellent training and development opportunities to build on your strengths and competencies.
Irish Community Care – Project Co-ordinator
Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £26,000 per annum
Location: Dale Street Liverpool
This is an exciting opportunity to develop an asset based strategic approach to engagement with the communities across West Cheshire. You will be responsible for managing, developing and ensuring delivery and sustainability of culturally appropriate advice advocacy support and community development services.
For informal discussion about the job opportunities contact Breege McDaid or Win Lawlor on 0151 2373987
All applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check.
Closing date:12 noon Friday 14 August 2020
Irish Community Care is an equal opportunities employer. We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as belonging to a minority group. Our policy is to help all our staff to reach their potential; we offer excellent training and development opportunities to build on your strengths and competencies.
Enterprise 18-30 supports young people to become their own bosses!
The Prince’s Trust Liverpool is recruiting now for Enterprise 18-30 – Be Your Own Boss!
This enterprise programme can help turn a business dream into a profitable reality. Here is a taster of what you could get from the programme:
Opportunity to learn about sales, marketing and finance, and to explore your skills, values and ideas
Level 1 or 2 in enterprise qualifications
Free mentoring and 1 to 1 support for up to 2 years after your business launches
Financial support to help get you started
Access to a wide range of contacts and workshops to support you and your business
The next course will be running in July and will be delivered using a combination of online and telephone sessions. For more information or to refer a young person, please contact Kerri Fisher on 07484 009387 or email kerri.fisher@princes-trust.org.uk
Mandela8 launches crowdfunder to provide support to the city’s vulnerable
The Liverpool charity behind the new Nelson Mandela memorial in Princes Park has launched a crowdfunder to provide emergency food and hygiene parcels to the most vulnerable and elderly in our communities.
Mandela8 has begun co-ordination of the project with Granby Toxteth Development Trust to ensure volunteers will be delivering parcels to those in desperate need for support during the ongoing pandemic, particularly families and individuals from refugee and migrant communities.
Chair of Mandela8, Sonia Bassey said, “We’ve had a great response to the project so far but we need the support of the people of Liverpool to make sure we reach as many people as possible.
“The deliveries themselves will be at no cost to the project as it is a time of need and we want all resources to go into the food and hygiene parcels.”
As well as the food and hygiene packs, creative art packs will also be provided to young people in families that are supported.
The charity aims to deliver an initial 1,000 packs to those aged over 70 and with underlying health problems with another 3,600 people being identified as vulnerable and needing support.
“The Council are busy organising services to make sure the vulnerable are catered for but they can’t do this alone and need community and voluntary sector support”, continued Sonia.
An estimated 55,000 Liverpool families have been hit by a wave of government cutbacks to benefits and local services in recent years and child poverty has continued to rise since 2015.
The funds raised by Mandela8 would ensure pressure is lifted from staff already stretched in local authority services, build morale and add valuable resources to support our most vulnerable during isolation.
Food donations available to Liverpool charities via Food Drop
Food Drop is a platform that ensures unsold food from the high street doesn’t go to waste. In Liverpool, Food Drop has opportunities for charities to regularly collect surplus food from Pret stores and there is no cost for the service or the food.
The platform launched in London last year and in Liverpool earlier this year. A number of local charities have accessed free food via Food Drop so far and there is still more available every day!
Unity Theatre Liverpool said, “The Unity are receiving generous donations from Pret in Liverpool city centre. We include the tasty treats with our education and food support packs delivered to 50 families with children every week. These support packs are given out twice a week for the duration of school closures. Thanks Pret, you’re amazing!”
So far, Food Drop has worked with both of Liverpool’s Pret stores to redistribute food via local charities. With a third store due to open on Old Hall Street, there will soon be even more surplus available.
To access this food, all you need to do is sign up to the Food Drop website and select your collection time slot.
Many people are facing significant, disproportionate barriers to being active during the coronavirus outbreak. Sport England has launched an open call to find existing or adaptable innovative solutions that solve specific Covid-19 related challenges and support those most affected to be active at this time.
The challenges they are focusing on first are:
1. changes in circumstances due to Covid-19
2. mental health impacts
3. at risk of digital exclusion
The open call is about how innovation can help address inequalities. Sport England wants to hear from individuals and organisations that offer solutions specifically developed to support women, people on low incomes, older adults, people from BAME backgrounds, disabled people or people living with long-term health conditions. They welcome ideas that work at the intersection of these audiences.
They want to help these audiences quickly, therefore are looking for products or solutions that are already developed and ready to deliver positive impact within the next six months.
Innovation comes in all shapes and sizes. You might know someone in your locality who has a whole new product, a new way of delivering an existing product or an idea for a tiny change that could have a big impact. Please share this open call with anyone you know that may be interested in this opportunity. Sport England is particularly interested in supporting organisations that are new to them or that may never have heard of Sport England before.
They are offering a range of support, including access to their connections, advice, research and insight, as well as a small amount of funding.
Writing on the Wall launches new virtual writing centre
Aspiring novelists, playwrights and poets from across Liverpool are invited to share their stories and experiences from the Covid-19 pandemic as part of a new virtual writing centre created by Writing on the Wall.
Established in a bid to inspire the next generation of writers and champion those already in the field, The Writer’s Bloc: Community & Creativity will be home to resident ‘Writers on the Bloc’ and provide access to free workshops and discussions featuring literary experts.
Tackling emotive and hard-hitting subjects such as the Black Lives Matter movement, mental health and domestic abuse during lockdown, the Writer’s Bloc aims to connect people virtually. It is hoped that the programme will be expanded to encompass a physical event at a later stage.
The Writing on the Wall website states:
“The Writer’s Bloc is a digital space responding to the mental health and social emergency arising out of Covid-19. The Bloc will help people to share stories and experiences during this pandemic, develop new writing skills, reduce social isolation and support the arts industry across the Liverpool City region. Combining social engagement with activism and literature the Writer’s Bloc is a unique online writing centre that looks to find new ways to connect people now, to be followed by a live, physical Writer’s Bloc in the future.”
Covid-19 psychological first aid course available now
Get psychological first aid (PFA) training and help people with different needs to cope with the emotional impact of Covid-19.
Psychological First Aid (PFA) is the globally recommended training for supporting people during emergencies and offers guidance on delivering psychosocial care in the immediate aftermath of the emergency event.
A new course, developed by Public Health England and available to frontline workers and volunteers dealing with the public during the Covid-19 pandemic, explores the psychological impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and instructs participants on what they can do to help people cope.
The course will teach participants the key principles of giving psychological first aid in emergencies. It has been produced by Public Health England and is based on international guidance from the World Health Organisation, United Nations and partners.
Support package of almost £38 million for debt advice providers
An extra £37.8 million support package will be available to debt advice providers this year (20-21) so they can continue to provide essential services to help more people who are struggling with their finances due to coronavirus, minsters have announced.
The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS), will oversee the allocation of the funds, including to charities, for debt advice and other money guidance services.
The support package, which will bring the MaPS budget for debt advice to over £100 million this financial year, will help providers to deliver advice to more people in England who may be experiencing financial problems due to coronavirus. It will also help providers who have seen a fall in their income streams, enabling them to continue their vital work and supporting their staff to deliver these services.
The funding consists of £20.6 million from the government and £14.2 million raised through a one-off increase to the Financial Services Levy. In addition, MaPS will also be contributing a further £3 million from their existing budget.
Chief Executive at the Money and Pensions Service, Caroline Siarkiewicz, said:
“The impact the Coronavirus pandemic will have on people’s financial wellbeing is significant and will continue for some time. We know there will be increased demand for free, expert debt advice services over the coming months and this extra funding will help to ensure that more people can access help more quickly. Our MaPS services are here to provide support for people when they need it and to help them navigate the tricky months ahead.”
MaPS will set out the process for allocating funds in the coming weeks. When they do, details will be available on the Money and Pensions Service website.
New support for reopening and recovery of high streets
A new government task force has been established to help our high streets reopen and recover. The High Streets Task Force provides access to tools, training, information and advice for high streets across England.
The support is available to local councils and all organisations involved with high streets. It includes free access to online training programmes, webinars, data and intelligence on topics including recovery planning and coordination, public space and place marketing.
This initial offering represents one part of the task force’s 4-year programme, which will focus on the long-term transformation of town and city centres and on helping communities to reimagine and revitalise their high streets.
A boost for Liverpool’s highstreets
This week has also seen the launch of a new scheme called Liverpool Without Walls, aimed at helping Liverpool’s hospitality industry.
The scheme will involve road closures – Bold Street and Castle Street will close to traffic – pop up parks, architecturally designed furniture, a business grant scheme and free trading permits. The intention is to give organisations in Liverpool the best chance of being ready to trade as soon as restrictions on hospitality businesses trading are lifted by the government.
From 1 July 2020, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is changing.
Employers will be able to bring previously furloughed employees back to work part-time and decide the hours and shift patterns they work to suit the needs of their business. From 1 August, employers will be asked to contribute towards wages costs.
For the latest information, join the following live webinar by HM Revenue and Customs:
Extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and flexible furloughing – during this session you’ll be taken through the changes, flexible furloughing, claim periods and key dates.
HM Revenue and Customs has also added more dates to theis popular live webinar:
Coronavirus COVID-19 Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme – this session will give you the latest on who can claim, who they can claim for, how to make a claim, what you may be entitled to and more.
Innovative Liverpool community projects need your help to launch
12 Liverpool community projects are actively campaigning to the public for support, to help them get off the ground.
The first round of the Crowdfund Liverpool project is underway and lots of unique community initiatives are running crowdfunding campaigns via the Spacehive platform right now.
The Mayor of Liverpool has put forward a fund of £100,000 for projects that boost the resilience of our communities and campaigns that prove popular could receive a share of that funding – in fact, some already have. The Mayoral Inclusive Growth Fund Committee met last week and eight live projects received pledges of between £2,000 and £5,500. As a result, some of those projects have now reached 90% of the total they need for success. Those projects that did not receive a pledge following last week’s meeting have been given a target number of backers to reach by 26 June. If they reach that target, the committee will consider pledging.
So please take a look at each of the campaigns detailed below and consider offering your support by backing them (with as little as £2), sharing them or both!
Crowdfund Liverpool campaigns
Click the headings below to visit individual projects or follow this link for more information on Crowdfund Liverpool.
Pavilion PreSchool Aigburth – a community led preschool, est in 1969 by six local super mums and cherished by the community ever since. In July 2020 this will be replaced with a fabulous new community preschool building. The new building will open the preschool out to more of our community with new family services, allowing more people to access our magic, volunteer or become part of the team. It has been a dream to have a kitchen that children can access to make, bake and learn. The new building has the perfect space for garden and playground, which needs developing with play surfaces, veg boxes, plants, mud kitchen, water play, a magical story telling chair & toadstools.
‘Lift the Lid on It’ – The Coffee Pod – this project will convert a disused container located at St James Community Centre into a ‘Coffee Pod’ selling premium quality, affordable coffee (and other hot/cold non-alcoholic beverages) to local residents, students and the public. Container Coffee will be run by volunteers who will gain skills, increase confidence, and improve their career opportunities. All profits will be used to help families across the city experiencing domestic violence.
Liverpool Cloth Nappy Library – Liverpool Cloth Nappy Library hires kits of reusable nappies to help families reduce their reliance on disposables, save money and the environment.
Restoring Pathways in Croxteth Park – This project aims to restore or replace some of the existing pathways in Croxteth Park, some of which are currently hazardous, enhancing the natural environment and improving public access.
Blue River Support Services – aiming to create an inclusive cycling culture in Liverpool by encouraging diverse communities to choose cycling and remove barriers and stereotypes that have prevented them previously from enjoying the benefits of cycling. It also aims to create cycle themed employment and self-employment opportunities in the community. Due to COVID-19 the project has adapted its focus to supporting frontline/key workers to enable them to cycle in the current environment.
St. Vincent’s School – the project goal is to bring people of all abilities together via a fun and exciting method of education using literature and visual art, delivered through an explicitly designed, fully accessible cloud application. Each of the seven comics will use a City of Liverpool Icon to present key messages for reflection, research and engagement. Each comic and the wording within the cloud application will be available in 3 different languages.
sPark It – 2005, California; a group of friends paid for a parking space for a day. Within the confines of that box, they laid out some grass, a park bench, and a potted tree. Within minutes, a man sat down to eat his lunch. 15 years on, people are temporarily turning on-street parking into bowling greens, parks and ball pools. sPark It Liverpool will open the imagination to the idea that our streets can be so much more than space for cars
Miss Furlong and The Art of Living – The Sound Agents will establish and launch ‘The Art of Living’ stories for radio and theatre project to reach elderly and isolated people to entertain and engage them with true Liverpool stories. The focus of the first piece, The Life and Times of Miss June Furlong will help to unify people who might also feel isolated and disconnected in these difficult times.
Bee Workers to Key Workers – Liverpool bees helping Liverpool key workers by providing them with balms to help soothe tired dry skin. The project will offer employment, volunteering and training opportunities in beekeeping in Liverpool.
Compost Liverpool – The aim of this project is to build four community compost stations in different areas of Liverpool, enabling local residents to compost their household food waste.
Letting off Steam – The project aims to promote positive well-being with the community by providing support groups for children in Liverpool, to promote positive mental health.
Contrast Mural Festival – International mural festival brightening up the streets of Liverpool with an array of world class street artwork! Contrast Mural Festival is now in its third year and needs your support.
Announcement from LCVS trustees
The trustees of LCVS have agreed that the time is right for the organisation, in considering its strategic development and future financial sustainability, to move to a single CEO post. We are tremendously grateful to the work and commitment given by the existing co-CEOs, Colin Heaney and Graham Wright. The new post will build upon their work.
We are seeking to build upon the continuing work of LCVS as we make our appointment. We look forward to continuing to build on the foundations in place, in the spirit of partnership and striving to do the best for the communities we serve.
Keep your eyes open to child criminal exploitation
Merseyside’s Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) is asking everyone to keep their eyes open to the signs of drug gangs grooming our county’s kids.
At the moment, professionals who may be more aware of the signs of child criminal exploitation (CCE) are having less contact with children and young people, so it falls to all of is to be vigilant to the signs of grooming and report potential issues when we see them. The first step, of course, is to learn what the signs are.
To that end, the VRP has produced the Eyes Open Campaign Pack and website. The pack details what the signs of grooming for CCE are and what to do if you have concerns.
Why we need the Eyes Open campaign
After London, Merseyside’s drug gangs are the second largest abusers of children. Merseyside’s VRP, supported by numerous organisations such as Merseyside Police, local authorities, Youth Offending Service and schools, felt compelled to do something to let people know and to ask for the public’s help in fighting the issue.
The Eyes Open campaign has been driven by the rising numbers of kids, from all sorts of backgrounds, being abused by local drug gangs attempting to hide criminal activity. Gangs choose children and young people because they are easy to manipulate and exploit, and less likely to be stopped by the police. Using children for their criminal activities saves members of drug gangs from being caught and reduces the risk of conviction.
This is an important issue that could impact any child, regardless of their background.
The Eyes Open Campaign Pack
We encourage you to click the link below and download the Eyes Open Campaign Pack, which includes lots of helpful information such as posters, videos and social media content, all detailing the signs of grooming and what people can do if they have concerns.
Following the appointment of Matt Ashton as Liverpool Director of Public Health, the Public Health team is reviewing the way it works, both internally and with its partners.
If you work with Public Health in any capacity, please consider taking five minutes to complete this short survey. Your answers will help to shape the way the Liverpool team works with you in the future, by identify strengths and areas for improvement.
The BBC Children in Need Next Steps Programme is now open to grant applications, from established organisations already delivering help to children and young people.
Eligible organisations can apply for between £5,000 and £80,000 for projects commencing in September 2020. These grants can last up to 18 months and are designed to fund sustained responses to the COVID-19 situation.
The fund will help organisations with more complex service adaption, including additional staffing requirements. It is designed to be as flexible as possible, covering a wide range of activities.
A high level of interest is expected. A list of priorities is available on the BBC Children in Need website, along with eligibility criteria and application guidelines.
Rotunda College specialises in accredited Career Foundation Courses for adults. Having recently launched Rotunda Online Learning, the organisation is now offering a long list of online courses absolutely free to people who are currently furloughed, unemployed or on an income of less than £17,500.
Courses include:
Business Administration Academy
A two week course that provides three qualifications:
Entry 3 Award in Employability
Level1 Award in Customer Service
Level 1 Certificate in Business Administration
Health and Social Care
A two week course that provides three nationally recognised qualifications:
Entry 3 Award in Employability
Level Award in Customer Service
Level 2 Certificate in Health & Social Care
Hospitality and Events
A two week course offering opportunities for employment in many different services and providing a Level 2 qualification in Hospitality and Events.
Writing on the Wall is seeking budding writers for an upcoming course
Do you enjoy writing? Are you currently unemployed? Writing on the Wall (WoW) is offering an opportunity to explore a diverse range of writing skills, build your portfolio, develop professional connections and take positive next steps into employment or further education.
Write to Work, the innovative writing course by WoW, will begin with a new intake of budding writers at the end of this month. Applications are open now, until 17 June 2020.
Over 12 weeks, beginning 30 June 2020, Wow will run the course (online, via Zoom) with the aim of helping participants develop the writing skills and the confidence they need to find the job they want. Workshops, master classes and social meetings will be hosted by published writers and industry professionals, all offering their personal insights and tips for success. For the first time since Write to Work began, those on the course will also receive one-to-one mentoring by industry professionals.
To apply, you must be unemployed, 16 or over and resident within Liverpool City Region.
Citizens Advice Sefton is looking for an experienced adviser to join the existing team of advisers, caseworkers and financial capability workers to help people in Sefton who seek help with the problems they face, particularly with universal credit, other welfare benefits and debt. The post holder will be expected to work in outreach such as Job centres as well as the Citizens Advice centres.
For an application pack, visit the Citizens Advice Sefton website, email recruitment@seftoncab.org.uk or telephone 0151 282 5650.
Closing date: 5pm 26 June 2020
Faiths4Change – Food, Land and Wellbeing Coordinator
Term: long term
Hours: 21 per week
Salary: £21,840.00 pro rata
Location: Liverpool
An exciting opportunity for a community minded food grower / gardener to manage and coordinate a range of community garden projects, including online activity & engagement.
Term: Permanent
Hours:
1 x 15.5 hours per week £8,510 – £9,367p.a.
1 x 11 hours per week £6,039 – £6,647p.a.
Salary: SCP 24 – 27 (£21,962 – £24,174 Pro-rata)
Location: The main place of work is Greenbank College, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool L17 1AG but all employees are required to be flexible in their approach to working conditions and expected to work at other sites as and when required.
Description: Greenbank College, part of the Greenbank Project Charity, provides a variety of educational services for people from within and around the Liverpool City Region. We are particularly supportive of providing relevant opportunities for disabled people and other disadvantaged groups.
Our vision is to transform lives through challenging perceptions and inspiring self-belief. The college offers supportive, inclusive learning opportunities for young people and adults. We offer work related study programmes to people aged 16-18 and up to 24 to those with an EHC Plan as well as courses to adults.
To help with our continued development, we are looking to recruit 2-part time tutors to take forward the development and delivery of our ICT programme, which includes the delivery of BTEC L1 & 2 Office Applications & Multimedia.
The role comprises of teaching and delivering practical lessons, assessing and marking students work, keeping accurate assessment records as well as undertaking personal tutoring and assessments.
The role would suit someone with experience of delivering sessions to diverse groups and a passion of working and developing students of all abilities.
Job Purpose
To develop and support curriculum delivery across ICT programmes. To support initial assessment, teaching performance, student achievement, attendance and retention, target setting, resource development and other quality measures as required by awarding and inspection bodies and funders.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
– Responsible for the delivery of the ICT curriculum at level 1 and 2.
– Responsible for developing lesson plans, schemes of work and tutorial resources to an agreed format for use within the ICT department. To adapt and provide user-friendly resources including interactive resources for the delivery of courses.
– Assess students in accordance with Awarding Body guidelines; liaising with the appropriate Awarding Body as and when necessary and ensuring compliance with their policies/procedures.
– Ensure adherence to an efficient student tracking system in compliance with Greenbank’s quality systems and funding body guidelines. Monitor and support student attendance, retention and achievement providing accurate management information as and when required. Take part in evaluating the college Self-Assessment Report (SAR).
– Undertake administrative duties, maintaining confidential records, monitor, review and evaluate work in line with quality standards.
– Comply with Greenbank’s confidentiality policies and procedures.Ensure Health and Safety Policy is implemented and maintained.
– Ensure compliance with equal opportunities and other legislative requirements.
– Required to work as part of a team, sharing resource development and promoting good practice; attend team and staff meetings as required.
– Required to undergo training recommended by the line manager.
– Required to carry out other duties as assigned by Greenbank’s senior management team.
This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post at the time of writing and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. This job description may be reviewed when necessary in line with the development of the organisation.
Additional vacancy details
Class sessions are provisionally planned for:
Monday morning and afternoon
Tuesday morning
Thursday morning and afternoon
To cover these sessions, we have two vacancies as follows:
1 vacancy x 15.5 hours per week
1 vacancy x 11 hours per week
Please state in your application which position you are applying for. If you wish to be considered for both positions, you need only complete one application form and state that you are applying for both.
Current college teaching/operating hours
Classes currently run from 9.00am – 4.00pm inclusive of 1-hour lunch break.
College operating hours are from 8.30am – 5.00pm
Flexibility of the above working arrangements may be required to meet the needs of the college going forward. In addition, flexibility may be required to facilitate any changes as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic or other such occurrence.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and adhering to the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.
Applicants should note that the successful candidate will be asked to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service
Completed application forms to be returned to: applications@greenbank.org.uk
Closing date: Monday 22nd June 2020
Greenbank – Estate Caretaker
Term: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week. The role requires flexibility of start and finish times during the normal working week (Monday – Friday) and will include the occasional requirement to work weekends.
Salary: SCP 18 – 21 (£18,070 – £20,138pa)
Location: Greenbank – College and Academy sites based on Greenbank Lane, Liverpool L17 1AG
Greenbank is an independent charity that, for over 35 years, has given young people and vulnerable adults in Liverpool access to some amazing opportunities. Greenbank prides itself on being friendly, trustworthy and out of the ordinary in its approach.
The charity currently has a vacancy for an estate caretaker. Reporting to the estate advisor, the job holder will undertake basic repairs and supervise a team of maintenance operatives to clean and maintain the Greenbank estate, which includes the college and sports academy buildings, ensuring a safe and secure environment for all users. The ideal candidate will have experience of working as a facilities supervisor/caretaker, possess good interpersonal skills, and have a ‘hands on’ approach when required.
Job Purpose
To support the management and development of the Greenbank estate. This will include managing premises maintenance requirements as they arise, ensuring that the premises are fit for purpose and meet requirements of health and safety legislation, curriculum and service users.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
– Supervise maintenance oOperatives to ensure maintenance and cleaning of building and outside areas meet required standards. Liaise with GB estate advisor if any concerns about ability to maintain cleaning standards.
– Manage effective maintenance, repairs and improvements within capability and training, to ensure that equipment is suitable for use and facilities meet required standards.
– Minor repairs to include internal and external decoration, plumbing, joinery, plastering, glazing.
– Security, including testing and operation of the burglar alarm.
– Being a Primary key holder and first point of contact in an emergency call out situation.
– Responsible for custodian duties at times whilst on duty, also maintaining keys in their possession for emergency call out on all designated sites.
– Opening and closing of Greenbank premises, including college and sports academy.
– Maintaining the heating and lighting across all premises.
– Undertake PAT testing across the estate, ensuring all portable electrical appliances are safe to use.
– Health & Safety matters included in standard documents covering working practices.
– Undertake and complete health and safety risk assessments across Greenbank estate.
– Oversight of delivery, use, recording and monitoring of all essential services e.g. gas, oil, water, electricity consumption and have a regard to the need for energy conservation and management.
– Maintaining adequate levels of consumable items and equipment.
– Cleaning and maintaining satisfactory standards of appearance of designated areas not covered by alternative arrangements, e.g. outside areas, drains, boiler houses, stores etc.
– Cleaning of non-routine nature, to include the removal of graffiti and spillage during occupation.
– Portage duties, receive goods delivered and distribute to correct department or location on site.
– Liaise with police and fire officers in the event of damages or community emergency.
– Liaise with contractors and other site visitors as necessary, ensuring works and inspections are completed to the required standards.
– Responsible for the audit of stock control.
– Organise security patrol staff when required.
– Assist GB estate advisor/CEO with fire evacuation procedures (including the testing and resetting of the fire alarm/s).
– Undertake the safety checks in water temperature guidelines and other required checks i.e. legionella.
– Attend Greenbank Health & Safety Committee meetings.
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post at the time of writing and are not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary.
Additional vacancy details
Greenbank is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and adhering to the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.
Completed application forms to be returned to: applications@greenbank.org.uk
Closing date: Monday 22nd June 2020
New weekly online storytime for children under 7
My Clubmoor and The Bookworm Players have begun hosting a weekly virtual storytime session, for children aged 7 and under, every Saturday at 10am.
A mix of pre-recorded and live interactive workshops, the stories, songs and silliness are designed to brighten your day in an imaginative way.
Videos are broadcast on the My Clubmoor Facebook page and The Bookworm Players Facebook page. Access them live at 10am every Saturday, or login throughout the week to catch up, all on the My Clubmoor Facebook page.
Talk Liverpool is here to help during COVID-19
LCVS tenant organisation Talk Liverpool has issued the following statement, reassuring the public that it is still open and here to help and support those experiencing mental health problems during the pandemic:
‘During these unprecedented times, we wanted to make you all aware that Talk Liverpool remains open, and we are still taking new referrals into the service.
Talk Liverpool is still here to support those experiencing common mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety disorders. However given the current guidance on social distancing and Covid-19, to keep both our patients and staff safe we have cancelled all our courses and face to face appointments for the foreseeable future. Instead we are offering assessment and treatment via telephone, as well as using digital therapy platforms including computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (SilverCloud), as well as virtual face to face input via video calls, using laptops / tablets / smart phones.
We have step by step guidance on the home page of our website www.talkliverpool.nhs.uk for those patients who may be apprehensive when using virtual face to face therapy. They can watch videos and even set up a test call which will hopefully allay any fears they may have. Alternatively they can also speak to the therapist or a member of our business support team on 0151 228 2300 who would be happy to help and give guidance.
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust has also introduced a support line for those aged 16+ who feel anxious or low as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic or have been impacted as a result of the many recent changes to daily life. The support line operates between 8.00am and 8.00pm 7 days a week. Whilst this is not a telephone therapy line, it provides a listening ear service; allowing people the chance to talk about how they are feeling, and leading to them being given advice, self-help materials, and / or sign posting information as needed.
Members of the public are able to make contact with the response line by calling 0151 473 0303 and asking for the psychological support line.’
Voluntary Sector Support Grants available from Liverpool City Council
Voluntary Sector Support Grants are now available via Liverpool City Council (LCC), as part of the Covid-19 Discretionary Business Grants Scheme.
One of four grants available under the scheme, Voluntary Sector Support Grants are for businesses that are given charitable business rates relief on a premises with a rateable value of £51,000 or less and have more than six month’s ongoing fixed property cost as evidenced by a mortgage, lease or rental agreement.
Applications are open now to small and micro organisations (less than £10.2m per year turnover and less than 50 employees) that have suffered a significant fall in income due to Covid-19.
About the scheme
Liverpool’s Covid-19 Discretionary Business Grants Scheme uses a fund given to LCC by government.
LCC will use it to award grants to small or micro businesses and charities that do not already qualify for any of the following:
Small Business Grant
Retail Hospitality and Leisure Grant
The Fisheries Response Fund
Domestic Seafood Supply Scheme
The Zoos Support Fund
The Dairy Hardship Fund
The scheme is split into four separate grants with different criteria. The Voluntary Sector Support Grant detailed above, as well as:
Business Support Grant – for a business that does not pay business rates but has more than six month’s ongoing fixed property costs of less than £51,000 per annum as evidenced by a mortgage, lease or rental agreement. Or a business that currently pays business rates between £15,000 and £51,000 per annum and was excluded from the Small Business Grant based upon rateable value.
Bed and Breakfast Support Grant – for a bed and breakfast that pays Council Tax, not business rates, and has more than six month’s ongoing fixed property cost as evidenced by a mortgage, lease or rental agreement.
Anchor Visitor Economy Grant – for a retail, hospitality or leisure business that pays business rates in excess of £51,000 and has more than six month’s ongoing fixed property costs as evidenced by a mortgage, lease or rental agreement.
The Liverpool Facebook group where potential volunteers are waiting
On 13 March 2020, right after the the World Health Organisation declared Covid-19 to be a global pandemic, local resident Áine Ní Nope set up a Facebook group called Liverpool Covid-19 Mutual Aid. The group grew rapidly, as people rallied to offer their support. It now has over 6,000 members, many of whom joined with the hope of finding meaningful ways to volunteer their time during the crisis.
Next time you’re seeking volunteers, don’t forget to let them know.
Like many people in the group, Áine found herself with time on her hands when Covid-19 changed the way we live, “I was a dog walker, but lost all my work when the pandemic started,” said Áine, “I decided to use my free time to set up a mutual aid group for Liverpool when I saw that other cities had done the same.”
The platform proved to be so popular that she soon needed to bring in extra admin support. Liverpool Covid-19 Mutual Aid is now managed by a team of seven local volunteers (most of whom are pictured here). The group’s focus so far has been on signposting volunteers to ways that they can offer help, as well as signposting people who need help to the services and organisations best placed to provide it. It has achieved an impressive amount in a short space of time.
So far the group has been used to organise:
shopping / prescription deliveries
food parcels for the vulnerable / elderly
support and donations for local services (food banks etc)
practical help with errands (dog walking, gardening, DIY)
signposting to information and services regarding rent, employment and benefits advice
provision of support, goods and services to key workers (including PPE)
Kevin Brownrigg, a member of the Liverpool Covid-19 Mutual Aid team, said, “We keep our page clutter free by maintaining and adhering to a strict group rules, which are published on the group for all to see. We accept posts from people requesting help and also invite posts from organisations. Organisations are welcome to promote the support they are offering to the community, and to let the members of our group know what support they need in order to provide it.”
Advertising for volunteers on Liverpool Covid-19 Mutual Aid Group
If you are in need of volunteers right now, to assist with your organisation or group’s response to the pandemic, bear in mind that Liverpool Covid-19 Mutual Aid Group is available to you as a platform.
You do need a Facebook account in order to access it. You also need to adhere to the rules of the group, which you’ll find pinned to the top of the group page and should read through before posting anything.
There are thousands of people in the city eager and able to help those in need through the coronavirus crisis. Many of them have joined this group in order to find meaningful ways to do that.
When posting in the group remember:
provide full details the volunteer opportunity
give people information about your group/organisation and its impacts, so they know what difference they can make
make it clear how people should apply for the volunteer role and include contact details
group members have not been vetted in any way – a post to this group is a public advert – so you will need to have your own volunteer recruitment process in place
We’d like to take this opportunity to say a huge ‘well done and thank you’ to the Liverpool Covid-19 Mutual Aid Group team – Áine Ní Nope, Kevin Brownrigg, Christina McDermott-McGarrigle, Fliss Radomska, Jacob Bolton, Maxine Martin and Lauren Rose – for leaping into action so quickly in the face of the crisis and creating such a helpful platform.
Savera UK – Senior Community Support Worker (Female Only)
Term: Fixed term for 12 months (subject to funding)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 9am- 5pm.
Salary: £25,799 per annum
Location: Liverpool based, working across Merseyside & Cheshire
The post holder will have the overall responsibilities to coordinate the work of the 1-1 support service and supporting staff to provide and deliver a holistic support for those referred to the service as result of ‘honour’-based abuse and harmful practices. The post holder will develop and create opportunities of engagement for all individuals and families supported by Savera UK.
Interventions will be developed in such a way as to promote culturally sensitive and appropriate support. The post holder will be promoting independence and improve self-esteem by empowering clients to identify their yet unmet needs.
Further details and to apply, visit the Savera UK website or email Shauna Lacy at shaunal@saverauk.co.uk.
Closing date: Thursday 18th June 2020 at 5pm
Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The Coronavirus Community Support Fund is now open!
Government has committed £200 million for small and medium sized charities and social enterprises. This funding will help maintain and enhance services for vulnerable people affected by the current crisis, where delivery organisations are experiencing income disruption and/or increased demand.
The money is being distributed by the National Lottery Community Fund, alongside its own funding.
What they can fund
Activities supporting people and communities affected by Covid-19. They can also help organisations overcome acute financial difficulties they’re facing because of the pandemic.
How much you can apply for and for how long
Grants of £300 – £10,000 or grants over £10,000, to cover your spending for up to six months.
Larger awards and longer timeframes will be considered on a case by case basis, particularly for organisations working across more than one area of England.
Government pledge of £750 million
This fund is part of the Government’s £750m financial support package for charities and social enterprises. We’ve set up a dedicated Government Covid-19 Funding page on the LCVS website, where you can find out more about that money and the other funds available as part of it.
In response to the coronavirus, BBC Children in Need has temporarily paused its current grants programmes and launched two new Covid-19 Response Grants. The aim of these new grants is to enable organisations to continue supporting disadvantaged children and young people aged 18 years and under.
The funding will be open to current grantees and new applicants, to help them to respond and adapt to the impact of the coronavirus.
Current grant-holders can apply for funding of up to £5,000, over a six-month period, through the Covid-19 2020 Booster Grants Programme, which opened on 18 May 2020.
From the 8 June 2020, registered not-for-profit organisations will be able to apply to the Covid-19 Large Grants programme for funding of up to £80,000 over an 18-month period.
Alcoholics Anonymous is still running during lockdown. Anyone who has a desire to stop drinking, or needs support to stay sober, can contact the Liverpool Alcoholics Anonymous helpline on 0800 9177650.
It isn’t possible for people to meet face to face at the moment but rest assured that plenty of help is available via telephone and the web. A complete list of all local meetings, currently running via Zoom, can be downloaded as a PDF document by clicking this link: Liverpool AA Meetings
If you come across members of your services, or even friends and family who may be drinking a bit too much, please pass on these details.
Remote artist residencies available with Metal
In response to the impact felt by many freelance artists and creative practitioners as a result of the Covid-19 global health crisis, arts organisation Metal has reframed its usual, annual Programme of Artists in Residence to create 18 new Remote Residencies – on offer to our local creative communities in Liverpool, Peterborough and Southend-on-Sea. Each residency has a stipend of £1000.
Metal works with artists working in all artistic disciplines.
A remote residency will allow artists to continue to work from their own home or studio but access the staff support, networks and resources available from Metal, for the period of a month.
The deadline for round one has already passed. Details or rounds two and three are as follows:
MyClubmoor is keeping the community connected during lockdown, by inviting people to join them once a week for a virtual coffee morning.
You’ll have to provide the coffee yourself but there will be plenty of friendly faces on the Zoom call to welcome you and provide opportunity to have a good catch up.
Join the MyClubmoor team at 10am on Thursday mornings.
If you’ve never used Zoom before, that’s not a problem. MyClubmoor has produced a training document to help you get set up and can even arrange a test meeting with you in advance of the event, to iron out any tech issues.
No camera? limited internet? That’s no problem either! You can dial in for free via a landline or mobile.
To sign up for the event get in touch with MyClubmoor at admin@myclubmoor.org.uk and ask them for the Zoom link for the upcoming virtual coffee morning. Don’t forget to let them know if you need help getting set up on Zoom.
How to claim coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay
The coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme will launch online on 26 May.
The scheme will enable employers with fewer than 250 employees to claim coronavirus-related Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). Tax agents will also be able to make claims on behalf of employers.
You’re eligible to use the scheme if:
you’re claiming for an employee who’s eligible for sick pay due to coronavirus
you had a PAYE payroll scheme in operation before 28 February 2020
you had fewer than 250 employees across all PAYE schemes on 28 February 2020
you’re eligible to receive State Aid under the EU Commission Temporary Framework
The repayment will cover up to two weeks of the applicable rate of SSP, and is payable if a current or former employee was unable to work on or after 13 March 2020 and entitled to SSP, because they either:
have coronavirus
are self-isolating and unable to work from home
are shielding because they’ve been advised that they’re at high risk of severe illness from coronavirus
To prepare to make a claim, you should keep records of all the SSP payments you wish to claim for.
For more information about eligibility and how employers can prepare to use the scheme, please visit GOV.UK and search ‘Check if you can claim back Statutory Sick Pay paid to employees due to coronavirus (COVID-19)’.
You can find out more about this coronavirus support measure, and others such as HMRC’s Job Retention Scheme, by signing up to one of the government webinars. For more information on those please visit GOV.UK and search for ‘Help and support if your business is affected by coronavirus (COVID-19)’.
WoWFest Lockdown – happening now!
In these unprecedented times Writing on the Wall (W0W) is proud to present a brand new digital programme – WoWFest20: Lockdown. Writing and literature has an important part to play in these trying times and now, more than ever, the significance of how we create and connect is being challenged.
WoWFest: Lockdown brings you an inspiring and passionate collection of artists to help us all through, and to galvanise us towards reshaping the ‘new normal’.
Featuring:
acclaimed writer and scholar Noam Chomsky
Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh
renowned theatre-critic Lyn Gardner
acclaimed editor and writer Nikesh Shukla
multi-award-winning short story writer AL Kennedy
comedian Francesca Martinez
writer and philosopher Raoul Martinez
journalist Maya Goodfellow
Muslim Drag Queen’s Glamrou and Asifa Lahore
activist and psychiatrist Dr. Mona Kamal
WoWFest is also a showcase for the best of Liverpool talent, with:
La Violette Società Light Night spoken word performances
a specially curated Lockdown playlist from Roger Hill
a life-writing workshop with author Tony Wailey
a screening of The Football Men documentary, with panel discussion from Lizzi Doyle from the Anfield Wrap, author Emy Onuora, and journalist Brian Reade with spoken word responses from Amina Atiq and Ash Nugent
WoW has played a critical role, as one of the longest running writing and literary organisations in the country, in bringing the best of culture from across the country and internationally to audiences throughout the Liverpool City Region.
If you or someone you know is struggling with the online skills required to stay well-connected during lockdown, Include IT can help.
The Include IT Digital Champion volunteers are now available at the end of the phone to help beginners from right across Liverpool City Region learn how to use digital technology.
They can help with WiFi connection problems, as well as advising people on how to use smartphones, tablets, laptops and PC’s to access things like:
Email
Online shopping for food/ gifts/ clothes etc
Skype, Zoom and other, similar services
Universal Credit
Online GP services
YouTube
Please note that in order to make use of this service you need to have an internet connection and the relevant equipment. Digital Champions are cannot help anyone to secure earlier shopping delivery slots.
To refer yourself or someone else to this service, please email your name, telephone number and query to includeitmersey@seftoncvs.org.uk or call Lauren on 07860 846 605. A Digital Champion to call you back.
Include-IT Mersey is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and European Social Fund.
Survey for employers within Liverpool City Region
During the outbreak of Covid-19, the Metro Mayor, Growth Platform, and Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, have been undertaking surveys to touch base with businesses throughout Liverpool City Region.
In this survey they are seeking to understand the impact of Covid-19 on employers, considering recruitment, retention, and redundancy plans, as well as employers’ plans to ‘build back better’. Your honest feedback will help them to better understand the impacts of Covid-19 on businesses within the Liverpool City Region and allow them to make informed decisions on support and recovery.
Cats Protection is #HereForTheCats during Covid-19.
If you live in a Liverpool City Council postcode area and need someone to look after your cat because you are being admitted to hospital as a coronavirus patient Cats Protection can help.
If you find yourself in this situation, contact the charity on 01978 809 168.
When you call that number you can arrange for your cat to be kept safe and cared for by the wonderful team at Cats Protection Wrexham Adoption Centre* until you have recovered (the drop off and pick up of cats will need to be arranged by you, as the cat owner, or by someone acting on your behalf. Social distancing protocols will be in place).
When you return home from hospital and are feeling better, you and your cat can be reunited.
Public Health advice to help you ‘live your life well’ during lockdown
Public Health officials have updated Liverpool’s health advice and support website liveyourlifewell.info to make it more relevant to life during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The site is now packed with up-to-date information, advice and support to help people look after themselves during this time.
It includes:
healthy recipes for any budget
ways to get active at home
personalised tips to help reduce drinking
advice on ways to look after mental wellbeing
tips on how helping others, staying connected and getting support with financial worries can help you to feel better
Help for young people to get started in health care
Prince’s Trust Liverpool is working with Liverpool Home Carers CIC to deliver an exciting new programme that supports 18-30-year-old to begin working in the care industry.
The young people who access the course will receive 3 months mentoring support, as well as being guaranteed interviews to 20 live job vacancies in Liverpool.
This course will begin week commencing 25 May and will take place online, through Microsoft teams.
Each participant can expect to receive the following:
Teaching in relation to the sector and what roles are available in care
Virtual jobs fair with at least 20 care assistant vacancies in liverpool
CV and interview prep
Understanding of personal strengths and values as they fit within the NHS values
Support applying for a DBS
Coaching and mentoring post programme, even when in employment
For further information on the course, call, text or email Programme Executive Kerri Fisher – kerri.fisher@princes-trust.org.uk / 07484 009387
Health, care and wellbeing services survey
Our colleagues at Healthwatch want to know how the coronavirus has affected you and your family. They want to let health and care services in Liverpool know what they’re doing well during the pandemic, as well as where people feel their care and communication could be improved.
Healthwatch works with local health and care services to make sure they are working as best they can for the people who use them. They will share the information gathered with providers, with the local CCG, and with Liverpool City Council to help make sure that their response to the pandemic takes into account the needs and experiences of local people as the situation progresses.
They are keen to have as many people as possible complete the survey, in particular those who are experiencing homelessness, or are marginalised in other ways, and those working with such individuals.
Barclays’ 100×100 UK COVID-19 Community Relief Programme
Barclays Bank has announced plans to make 100 donations of £100,000 each to UK charities working to support vulnerable communities impacted by COVID-19, and the associated social and economic hardship caused by the crisis. The Barclays’ 100×100 UK COVID-19 Community Relief Programme is open to applications now, until the closing date of Friday 22 May 2020.
The programme will focus on supporting charity partners who are meeting the immediate needs of people in our communities, including low income families, those facing financial hardship, isolated elderly people and key workers.
UK registered charities are invited to apply for a donation to support their relief work.
PPE survey for people who employ personal care assistants
Social care advocacy organisation Advance PSS CIC want to know whether people who employ personal care assistants in their own homes have access to the right personal protective equipment (PPE) at this time.
PPE is extremely important for the NHS, care homes, and home care agencies right now, in the fight against Covid-19, but employers of personal assistants and people who receive informal care in their own homes also need PPE. On 10th April 2020 The UK Government produced its plan and guidelines about the Covid-19: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). An identified ‘setting’ where people receive health and care is an individual’s own home.
If you employ a home-based personal assistant, or make informal arrangements to receive care in your home, please complete the survey. It is being supported by Liverpool City Council and Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group and data collected could help identify and plug gaps in the supply chain.
Suicide prevention training from Zero Suicide Alliance is now available online for free.
The aims of this training are to:
enable people to identify when someone is presenting with suicidal thoughts/behaviour
enable people to be able to speak out in a supportive manner
empower people to signpost the individual to the correct services or support
The Zero Suicide Alliance is a collaborative of National Health Service trusts, businesses and individuals who are all committed to suicide prevention in the UK and beyond.
The training takes just 20 minutes to complete and is available now, for free, via the Zero Suicide Alliance website.
Our colleagues over at Merseyside Sports Partnership (MSP) urgently need to understand what’s stopping people in Merseyside being active as a result of the lockdown, as well as the new ways that people are getting active because of it. This understanding will help the sport and physical activity sector adapt to support the needs of our community.
In order to gather this information, MSP has created a short survey centred around attitudes and behaviours towards physical activity during this period of government-imposed lockdown.
They will be using the information gathered from responses to help support more people to be active during and beyond the crisis.
The survey takes approximately eight minutes and we’d be grateful if you could spare that time to complete it.
ONE Programme Connexion – Bread Making Facilitator/Community Outreach
Term: 12 months fixed term
Hours: 15 hours per week
Salary: £7,254 per annum
Location: Somewhere Else, 96 Bold Street, Second Floor, Liverpool, L14HY
We are looking for a young person who is:
– vibrant, committed and open to new and exciting leadership opportunities in a city centre setting
– passionate about participating fully in all aspects of a diverse and inclusive Christian community.
What is the role about?
– Reaching out with ‘outrageous hospitality’ to all who cross our threshold
– Developing your practical and spiritual leadership skills
– Growing the work to connect with more local young people and showing them by example how special and rewarding a life with Christ can be.
What’s in it for you?
– An exciting opportunity to use your gifts and skills, learn and hone new ones, explore your vocation/calling in a unique environment of acceptance, and flourish with our support.
Occupational requirements
– Age 18-23
– To be a Christian
Contact details: Melody Clarke on 07817 807555 or email clarkem@methodistchurch.org.uk
Closing date: 11th June 2020 at noon
Community survey on the impact of social distancing
Could you spare a few minutes to complete a survey?
Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) Public Health Institute and School of Psychology have published a survey aiming to help them to understand more about the needs of people in our communities at this time.
Information gathered will be used to design services and deliver support to those who need it most.
LJMU is specifically interested in understanding how people understand and adhere to the current guidance about staying at home and social distancing, and the impact this has on wider health and wellbeing (including violence).
The research will explore positive and negative impacts, and understand differences between population groups (including black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, and LGBTQ+ communities).
Anyone over the age of 18, living in the North West of England, can complete the survey. To read the full guidance from LJMU and take part in the survey, click on the title below:
Covid-19 Funding – €400k Available Through VINCI UK Foundation
Funding is now available from VINCI UK Foundation, to charities supporting people during the pandemic. The full statement from VINCI UK Foundation, issued 23 April, is below:
‘Following the message from VINCI announcing an extraordinary €10m of funds made available to help charities in the fight against COVID-19. We are extremely pleased to announce that €400k of these funds have been allocated to the VINCI UK Foundation.
We are therefore actively looking to make this fund work quickly to support charities assisting in the fight against COVID-19.
Here are some guidelines which will need to be adhered to:
The money can only be provided to “not for profit” organisation
The money is not intended to be donated to the NHS as its impact will not be significant enough
The aim is to assist charitable organisation that provide assistance in one of three main target areas:
1. Assisting doctors/nurses/hospital staff (but not buying PPE), such as fitting out break out areas in emergency hospitals – furniture/coffee machines etc., providing assistance with transport for staff, accommodation, food and other logistical assistance.
2. Assisting schools and students to maintain contact and continue education – examples could be providing computing equipment, remote learning material etc.
3. Wider healthcare/social care in the community – providing shelter to homeless, food to those who cannot afford it, house care cleaning products, assistance to carers in the community etc.
There are some differences from the normal Foundation rules;
Firstly, any charities that have already received grants are encouraged to come forward again if they are active in the fight against COVID-19.
There is no need for a member of staff to be a sponsor but to be encouraged if possible
There is no limit in terms of funding, it just needs to be realistic in terms of their actions.
We are now asking your help to identify local charities who could benefit from the help of the VINCI UK Foundation. We will be taking applications from now until further notice and those successful will receive funding within a few weeks of submission.
Kind regards,
Ruth Ottley
Head Coordinator for the VINCI UK Foundation’
Crowdfund Liverpool says #LetsPullTogether through the crisis
The Crowdfund Liverpool programme continues to run during the crisis. The Mayor of Liverpool has put forward a fund of £100,000 for projects that boost the resilience of Liverpool’s communities and welcomes people to come forward with their ideas ahead of the deadline on 30 April.
People are pulling together to help each other in these uncertain times. Do you have an idea for a project that will help your community through the Covid-19 crisis and beyond? Whether it be by enhancing high streets, neighbourhoods, or parks; or supporting vulnerable people and bringing communities together virtually, you can make your idea a reality with Crowdfund Liverpool.
Crowdfunding offers a way to raise funds rapidly by connecting people with local causes. Anyone can back a campaign with as little as £2, and can do so safely online. In addition to funds raised, crowdfunding can raise awareness of your project locally which could help you mobilise volunteers and additional in-kind support. And, as part of its #LetsPullTogether initiative to support communities during the crisis, Spacehive is waiving its fees for all Crowdfund Liverpool projects.
To take part in the Spring funding round, you need to have created your project page and pitched to the Mayoral Inclusive Growth Fund on Spacehive by 30 April. Organisations running campaigns can pitch for up to £10,000 to help hit their targets.
If you’re still wondering exactly what crowdfunding is, find out via the Spacehive website.
Migrant Help has gathered together a fantastic range of coronavirus resources for migrants, asylum seekers and anyone requiring information in a language other than English at this time.
It contains everything from information about where to go for emergency support to changes to the asylum process. There are resources for children, wellbeing and health.
The Migrant Help coronavirus page also includes government, NHS and lots of other Covid-19 information translated into over 40 languages and it is being updated on a regular basis.
There are loads of ways to get fit and stay active while staying home.
Fit For Me has pulled together a long list of activity ideas and resources, and there is enough variety to inspire everyone to action. Whatever your fitness level, whatever your age or circumstance, take a look at this list; there will be something here for you.
It includes ideas for those who are already active, as well as people just thinking about getting started. There are options targeting people with mobility issues, specific resources for pregnant women and lots of fun activities to keep children and young people engaged and moving for hours.
New Liverpool Clatterbridge Cancer Centre needs volunteers
The planned opening of a new Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Liverpool has been brought forward. In order to support the NHS in the North West, and provide additional capacity for cancer patients, the flagship hospital is now aiming to open in May 2020.
The new hospital will provide vital support to the NHS by releasing a significant number of beds in acute hospitals across Cheshire and Merseyside, enabling them to be used to treat patients with serious illness related to COVID-19.
The Wirral Clatterbridge site will remain open as an out-patient facility.
In order to assist the opening of the new hospital, Clatterbridge is urgently seeking local people interested and willing to join a team of volunteers. Those volunteers will perform such tasks as signposting, escorting patients to where they need to be, handing out masks, offering hand gel and providing assistance with things like patient drinks in ward areas. This list is by no means exhaustive.
Those interested in becoming volunteers will be asked to complete an induction in at the end of April. The roles will begin when the hospital opens mid-May.
If you would like to volunteer for Clatterbridge, please email ccf-tr.volunteersatccc@nhs.net, requesting further details and an application form.
Mental Health Response Fund, for organisations providing mental health services
Voluntary and community sector (VCS) mental health organisations have a vital role working in the community providing support to anyone who has a mental health need.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, demand for mental health services is increasing.
To help VCS organisations based in England continue to provide mental health services – or provide additional support – organisations can apply for a Coronavirus Mental Health Response Fund (CMHRF) grant, from the Association of Mental Health Providers (AMHP).
Thanks to £5m support from government (the Department of Health and Social Care), grants of £20,000 or £50,000 are available for projects lasting up to 12 months.
As part of this funding programme, the National Survivor User Network (NSUN) will be administering a fund to support user-led organisations and smaller, unconstituted community organisations, who might not otherwise be eligible for a grant. For further details of this visit the NSUN website.
Emotional support for women, through Covid-19 and beyond
Women’s Health and Information & Support Centre (WHISC) has been providing emotional support to women for over 36 years.
Now, in the time of coronavirus, WHISC is providing a listening ear service via telephone. This is a service that allows any woman in the area who needs some extra support, to have someone to talk to.
To access the service:
Call 07708 381 568, leave your name and number and someone will call you back
Or
Send a message to the WHISC Facebook page with your number to have someone call you back.
CARA: Irish Communities Together Through Covid 19
Irish Community Care is working in partnership with Irish community groups across the North West, to launch an important new programme named CARA. The CARA programme will support Irish communities to stay safe, well and connected through Covid 19.
There are many members of these communities who may need a helping hand or a listening ear to get through the Covid 19 pandemic. Many are older, in poor health, live alone or live far from family and friends.
The Cara Programme needs your help
If you would like to get involved as a volunteer (this might mean picking up the phone for a chat or picking up groceries or a prescription) please follow this link to complete a short volunteer form.
If you or, someone you know, cannot leave home because of the coronavirus threat and need help because there is no-one locally who can provide support, please let the Cara team know by following this link to complete a request for support.
Alternatively, call 0151 237 3987 for further information.
Shopping guides for people on special diets
A whopping 6.4 million people (10% of the total UK population) may have special dietary requirements. There are many reasons why people may exclude foods from their diet. These include allergies, intolerances, autoimmune diseases and personal beliefs, as well as religious, philosophical and cultural beliefs.
It is vital that the national effort to shop for the most vulnerable considers these needs. To help, Vegetarian for Life, a charity that supports older vegetarians and vegans, has put together some simple guidance to help ensure that community grocery boxes are inclusive for all.
Profitable charity shop available to lease in Wavertree
A long-established Liverpool charity is reluctantly terminating its lease on a charity shop in Wavertree.
The shop is located on Picton Road. As well as generating income for the charity it serves a social function for the inhabitants of Wavertree. It has an average profitability of £22-25k per year from 4 days opening per week.
The fully stocked shop sells bric a brac, household items, furniture, adults’ and children’s clothes, toys and books. It has seven committed volunteers who are keen to continue.
Anyone interested in taking over the lease should contact van@vmminternational.org
Legal & General launch coronavirus emergency charity funding
Legal and General has launched a £500,000 emergency community fund for charities and voluntary organisations that are supporting elderly and vulnerable people through the COVID 19 crisis.
The application process is open until 20 April.
Charitable organisations who generate under £1.5m of income doing amazing community work for the elderly or vulnerable people, can receive a grant of £5,000-£10,000. To qualify, you need to:
Help elderly or vulnerable people or people with chronic underlying health conditions or diseases in self-isolation or quarantine who need access to food, medicines or social care
Offer counselling, suicide prevention and mental health support for those who are affected by the coronavirus crisis (who have, for example, lost their jobs, are grieving or are in crisis)
For a round up of all the currently available funding pots we’ve found to support you through the crisis, visit our Covid-19 Funding and Support page.
Supporting people suffering with domestic abuse
As you may already be aware, domestic abuse during the lockdown is a very real concern and many people will be at an increased risk. If you are supporting people at risk, it is important to be proactive in asking appropriate and safe questions while families are in lockdown. To assist with this, Liverpool City Council has produced a document outlining welfare questions that you could ask. It also provides plenty of information about helplines and other available support.
You can download this document here (clicking the link will dowload a Word document to your device): Welfare Questions
999 silent solution
If you are supporting someone who is suffering with domestic abuse, speaking out is not always an option when someone is in real danger, so please encourage use of the 999 silent call.
The 999 call system allows all 999 callers to access support if they are unable to speak during the call. It is important that either a noise is made or that 55 is pressed. For example, if you can only make noise, such as tapping the handset, coughing, crying or even talking to the offender, then these actions will alert the attention of the BT operator.
Please reassure service users that the Police Force and specially trained officers are still there for people during the lockdown. The below list details services which are also available:
For support:
In an emergency always, ring 999. Using a silent 999 call followed by 55 (or tapping/coughing into the phone) will enable police to respond.
National Domestic Abuse 24 hour Support Helpline: 0808 2000 247
RESPECT National Helpline, perpetrators (9am to 5pm): 0808 802 4040
Young Persons Advisory Service (YPAS) 0151 707 1025
NSPCC
Support for men:
Men’s Advice Line (Freephone) 0808 801 0327
Coronavirus Resilience Questionnaire for Voluntary Organisations and Groups
Dear Organisation or Group
Liverpool City Council and LCVS both recognise the amazing work you are doing during this very difficult and testing time and we are committed to supporting you not only to carry on now, where possible, but also to continue when this dreadful virus is under control.
In order to offer the best support possible it would help if we had a clear picture of what you are doing, the pressures you are facing as a result and what you think would help.
Remember this isn’t just about this moment in time, we are also looking at how we can future proof the voluntary sector so that afterwards the sector is as resilient as possible.
We have developed a short questionnaire for you to complete which can be found here:
If you would prefer to complete the survey over the phone or if you want to discuss the situation in more detail please email the City Conversation Team at cityconversation@liverpool.gov.uk and someone will call you back.
We are also calling as many groups as we can so you may also receive a call from one of the City Conversation Team.
Demand for help is increasing and groups are being placed under pressure to work differently to support those who need them in the community. If your organisation needs ongoing support around governance, funding, managing change, partnership development etc. then you can still contact the Capacity Building Team at LCVS via info@lcvs.org.uk or via www.lcvs.org.uk.
Thank you in advance for your feedback.
We’d appreciate a quick response if possible.
Free telephone support service from The Psychological Therapies Unit
The Psychological Therapies Unit CIC has set up a free telephone service, staffed by volunteers trained in talking therapies, to offer short, frequent calls to people struggling with the current situation.
The Liverpool-based non-profit organisation has suspended all face-to-face therapeutic sessions but the telephone service, entitled ‘Let’s Keep Talking’ aims to help people feel less alone during this challenging time.
A statement from The Psychological Therapies Unit read; ‘During these difficult times when our social contact with each other is limited, we would like to make a small contribution to helping keep people feeling sane and connected.
‘We aim to do this through the simple act of talking, perhaps just for 10 or 15 minutes on a regular basis, over the phone, to anyone who is feeling isolated, frustrated or scared by their current situation, or who would like a chat about making the best of a difficult time.’
To access the service call or text Kate on 07894 612249 or email suzi@psychological-therapies-unit.co.uk (including your phone number in the message).
Charity offers free audiobooks for people with health conditions
If you’re self-isolating right now due to a health condition and feel you could benefit from the company that audiobooks can provide, you may find that you are able to access thousands of titles absolutely free!
Listening Books is a UK charity that provides an audiobook lending service for anyone with an illness, disability, learning difficulty or mental health condition that affects their ability to read or hold books.
Membership fees are between £20 and £45 per year but there are also a number of funded, free memberships available to people who find the cost difficult to cover.
Over 9,000 titles are already available in the Listening Books library and more are being added all the time. The audiobooks can be streamed over WiFi to computers, laptops and tablets, or downloaded to devices, including smartphones, for offline listening. Members can borrow 2 titles at a time (up to 10 per week).
The dedicated Listening Books membership team can provide telephone support for setting up the online service if needed.
Alternatively please call 020 7407 9417, or email cgosden@listening-books.org.uk.
One Knowsley – Social Prescribing Link Workers
In conjunction with Primary Care Network Kirkby, One Knowsley is looking to recruit two social prescribing link workers.
Social prescribing empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to non-medical link workers who give their time, focus on ‘what matters to me’ and take an 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. They also help people to start new community groups, working collaboratively with all local partners.
Social prescribing can help to strengthen community resilience and personal resilience. It reduces health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health, such as debt, poor housing and physical inactivity and 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.
Initially the role will assist in providing support to individuals deemed to be at the highest risk, in response to the Covid- 19 pandemic, and mobilising community networks to support those same individuals.
The closing date for applications is 16th April 2020.
For further details and to apply, follow the link below to download the job description and person specification (it will download to your computer as a Word document):
UK Government announces financial aid for charities
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a £750m package to keep struggling charities afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.
As reported by BBC News, cash grants will be given directly to charities that are providing key services during the crisis; £360m will be directly allocated by government departments to those charities, while a further £370m will go to small local charities, including those delivering food and essential medicines and providing financial advice.
Announcing the move, Mr Sunak also said charities were eligible for help through the government’s job retention scheme.
We will keep you updated as we learn more about these measures.
PH Holt Emergency Fund Now Open
In response to the pandemic, PH Holt Foundation has opened an emergency fund. The funder is now welcoming applications from small and medium sized Merseyside charities.
Funding can be used to help as you deliver new programmes to reach people affected by the pandemic, or to help keep your vital charity services running.
To be eligible for an emergency grant, you must be a registered charity in Merseyside with an income under £1 million.
Grants start at £1,000, with most awards falling between £5,000-£10,000. These are for a single year.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Get the full details and apply now, via the PH Holt website.
All of the above was correct as of 8 April 2020.
Free, live online exercises classes from Healthiness
Local exercise provider Healthiness is offering a full timetable of free, live online exercises classes.
Ordinarily the Toxteth based non-profit would host the classes in person but has quickly adapted its services to continue meeting the needs of the community during lockdown.
A statement from Healthiness said, ‘There are huge health implications of older and vulnerable people being isolated and confined to their homes for possibly months on end. With that in mind we have flipped our service and are delivering online exercise classes, instead of our usual face-to-face service.
‘We are streaming classes live on Facebook and are also posting shorter, 30 minute exercise videos on our website.
‘The sessions can be followed by participants in their own homes, with no equipment necessary, to enable them to keep active and connected.’
The online timetable includes chair-based exercises, Better Balance, Postural Stability, Functional Fitness and many more.
View the full timetable and find out how to access the classes by visiting the Healthiness website.
Culture Liverpool is Connecting Our Communities
Culture Liverpool has launched a new project for local residents to stay active, engaged and connected during Coronavirus.
With local and national partners, the organisation has pulled together resources for all the family, to help them keep culture at their fingertips during this time.
Connecting Our Communities has everything from virtual tours of museums and galleries, to live-streamed gigs and concerts, plus exercise classes that can be enjoyed from the comfort of your living room.
Welsh charity Same but Different strives to make a positive difference to the lives of those affected by rare diseases and has recently expanded its service area to include Liverpool.
Through a service called Rare Navigator, the charity offers emotional and practical support and information to individuals, their families and all involved in their care, from the point of diagnosis and beyond.
This individualised support and advocacy service aims to ensure that each family is able to access the level of support they require. The Same but Different team can help people to access beneficial services and equipment, and can provide helpful information, tools and resources that encourage understanding of rare diseases and how they may affect your family.
Same but Different works closely with national and local health and social care providers, to ensure that families are informed and have access to optimum care, treatment and services that can assist daily life and increase opportunities for independence and social interaction.
The support area of North Wales has now been expanded to include Liverpool. Even if the team is unable to help you, they will put you in touch with colleagues in disease specific support organisations.
Katy Parry, the Rare Navigator covering the Liverpool area, has a personal and professional understanding of the complexities and difficulties that families face and can support you in navigating your way through your rare disease journey. Some of the ways she supports families include:
Home visits (whenever necessary)
Supporting families to understand the choices of care that may be available
Helping families to access their local healthcare services
Liaising with local health and social care teams, which may include occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and social workers
Working with schools and teaching staff to provide information to support children in attending and achieving at school
Accompanying individuals and families to clinic appointments or meetings
For more information on the service, please contact enquiries@samebutdifferentcic.org.uk or call 01352 757007.
Help Beechley Stables Survive
Beechley Stables provides horse riding opportunities to children and adults across Merseyside with disabilities. The Allerton-based charity is only able to do this as a result of income from lessons and charitable donations.
Now, as a result of Covid-19, the charity has had to close its gates to the public and is relying on donations to stay afloat.
Beechley provides a safe haven for riders and volunteers, where acceptance and nurturing are in abundance. Without Beechley, many individuals and families would lose the vital opportunity to take exercise and therapy.
One parent said of the charity, “As a parent of a disabled child, who unfortunately hasn’t a choice of too many hobbies, it’s fantastic to find a hobby that [she] can actually enjoy and fully participate in. The staff and volunteers are amazing.”
HMPPS CFO Activity Hubs – Call for Expressions of Interest
HM Prisons & Probation Service (HMPPS) is commissioning activity hubs in community locations that will offer wide ranging tailored support for offenders – in particular those who are considered disadvantaged, facing multiple barriers to employment and not fully supported by existing programmes.
Achieve North West intends to bid for HMPPS Activity Hubs in the North West contract package area. The organisation is therefore looking for Expressions of Interest from organisations of all sizes, who provide high quality services, to partner with.
Achieve North West is seeking provision that will help participants not to re-offend, increase their access to mainstream opportunities and move them closer to the labour market. Offender participation will be voluntary.
Hubs will provide bespoke support through the provision of activities focused on personal development and citizenship, as well as social and economic integration into the community. The organisation is seeking provision including (please see draft specification on our portal for full details):
Arts including crafts, drama, media, music and dance; sports; delivery of one off community projects
Family support, relationship coaching, community development activity, literacy and numeracy, life skills, debt advice, work-related mentoring, accommodation advice and support
Achieve North West Connect delivers a range of services to offenders, both in custody and in the community, across North West England, including the HMPPS Co-Financing Organisation/European Social Fund Project ‘’CFO3’’.
Since 2010 the award-winning service has built a proven track record of delivering high impact services to offenders. Through direct delivery and a network of partners and sub-contractors, it provides specialist services in offender focused education, training, employment (ETE) and social inclusion. Achieve North West Connect is a wholly owned subsidiary of Career Connect, a charity providing wide ranging support, information, advice and guidance to people of all ages to help them enter and sustain education, training and employment.
The deadline for completion is 5pm, 20 April 2020.
National Lottery Heritage Emergency Fund Announced
National Lottery Heritage Fund is making £50million available for a Heritage Emergency Fund to support the UK heritage sector as an immediate response to the COVID-19 crisis.
They will be investing the £50m where it is needed most, by providing short-term funding for organisations delivering heritage projects or running previously funded projects, and safeguarding heritage sites they have previously invested in to ensure they are not lost to the public.
The Heritage Emergency Fund will be available as:
A fund that organisations can access over the next three-six months as short-term funding to stabilise operations and manage unforeseen risks. Grants of between £3,000-£50,000 will be available
A select number of key strategic investments where heritage is identified as at greatest risk. This could include grant increases to funded projects that are currently underway
In addition, they are also supporting the heritage sector in a number of other ways.
Coronavirus guidance for Community Interest Companies
According to a government statement released 30 March 2020, the Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies (CICs) has robust plans in place to maintain services for CICs and protect the welfare of employees during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Understandably, CICs are concerned about the business and community impact of the coronavirus outbreak. The Regulator’s approach to registration and regulation will be as flexible and pragmatic as possible during this period.
In response to the spread of the virus, the Regulator’s office is following Public Health guidelines. The situation is dynamic and may change quickly so they are preparing for a number of situations.
The Regulator’s priority is to protect the welfare of employees. Therefore, paper documents may not be processed as quickly as previously. The Regulator is investigating alternative methods of considering any paper filings and payments, and doing this urgently to ensure its ability to maintain services for CICs.
Open Awards is doing its bit to support volunteers by officially recognising the amazing volunteering being done to support communities in these difficult times.
If you’re a charity coordinating volunteers, a business with staff who are volunteering, or you know someone doing something great as part of the #Bekind #Keepsafe movement they’d love to hear from you.
Open Awards, completely free of charge, will recognise any voluntary activity that lasts for at least 1 hour and can be approved by either a line manager, volunteer supervisor or coordinator. Upon completion of a short registration and approval form, the volunteer will receive an Open Awards e-certificate confirming the incredible things they have done to support those in need during these special measures.
The LCVS Capacity Building Team is still here for you
The current Covid-19 situation means that community groups are needed more than ever.
Demands for help are increasing and groups are being placed under pressure to work differently, to support those who need them in the community.
As you navigate these challenging times, please keep in mind that the LCVS Capacity Building Team is still here for you.
We can assist you to:
understand any changes there may have been to the rules governing your organisation
carry out the day-to-day governance or admin that still needs doing
think through what changes you might need to make to your services and whether you need new plans or procedures
put in place resources to help you work remotely
find funding to support your work
get new projects off the ground
connect with possible partners, to help your organisation respond to local need
If you would like help with any of the above, or you want to reach out to our team for any other reason, please complete our enquiry form. Alternatively, you can drop us a line at info@lcvs.org.uk.
We’ve also compiled a funding and support resource specific to the Covid-19 crisis. Follow this link to visit our Covid-19 Funding and Support page.
For anything else, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Wishing you well,
Richard Davies, LCVS Capacity Building Team Leader
Liverpool Cares launches 30 creative ways to stay #AloneTogether this April
Liverpool Cares, the charity that brings young professionals together with their older neighbours to hang out and help one another, has created a unique way for people to keep their spirits high during this period of social distancing. The #AloneTogether pack contains 30 creative activities to see us through the 30 days of April, and can be downloaded now.
Liverpool Cares usually hosts a wide range of social events every month, so the charity’s activities have changed pretty drastically in the past few weeks. However, not discouraged by the challenges we’re facing right now, the team has launched the #AloneTogether campaign.
The campaign isn’t just for our older neighbours. If you or anyone you know are in need of ideas to keep them creatively engaged and socially connected throughout this time, they can join in. Head over to the Liverpool Cares website, download the #AloneTogether activity page and you’ll have an activity a day for the whole of April.
You can also donate online to help the team get the next activity pack to 559 older neighbours throughout Liverpool, who are likely to be missing their regular socials.
Liverpool Irish Festival is looking for new trustees.
Since 2003, the Liverpool Irish Festival (LIF) has brought Liverpool and Ireland closer together using arts and culture. As a charitable company, LIF relies on enthusiastic and committed trustees to set our strategy and future direction. They have the opportunity to offer significant influence within a key Liverpool institution
We are looking for up to 4 skilled, experienced and enthusiastic individuals to join our board, to guide and support the organisation through its next exciting phase of development. You will help us become more sustainable through the growth of commercial income, audience development and funding opportunities. We are particularly keen to hear from applicants with skills or experience in business development, fundraising, and finance. Ideally, new trustees will have experience of the cultural sector and a familiarity with Liverpool Irish arts and culture. Applications will be particularly welcomed from underrepresented groups, such as (but not limited to) young people, BAME, LGBTQI+ and women.
Our trustees have strategic vision, independent judgement and a willingness to give time and commitment to the Liverpool Irish Festival. Trustees normally commit to 10 Board meetings a year. The meetings generally take place in the early evening.
Our current Trustee with financial responsibility is retiring and so we are also looking for someone who will put their finance skills to good use on our behalf. This Trustee will monitor, review and report to the Board on the financial aspects of the Festival.
For an informal discussion please contact: John Chandler – chair@liverpoolirishfestival.com Tel: 07762 943697. Expressions of interest should be made by submitting your CV and a one-page letter setting out the skills, experience and networks you could bring to the role, and why you would like to serve on the Festival Board, to chair@liverpoolirishfestival.com. Closing date 30th June 2020.
Trustee person specification
Board members are expected to:
• Support the work of the Festival by contributing knowledgeably to strategy development and planning
• Ensure the charity understands and fulfils its legal and governance responsibilities.
• Advocate for, and raise the profile of, LIF and to extend our networks for fundraising
• Fulfil any other functions of board membership, including representing LIF at key events.
Each trustee should have: (* denotes ‘desirable’):
Skills and abilities
• Communication skills
• Financial skills*
• IT skills*
• Ability to think creatively
• Expertise in business*
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team and to take decisions for the good of the Festival
• Ability to apply the principles of: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership
Knowledge
• Knowledge of arts/creative sector
• Knowledge/awareness of the Liverpool Irish community
• Knowledge/awareness of historical/heritage/cultural issues
• HR expertise/knowledge*
• Understanding and acceptance of trustees’ legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities
Experience
• Previous Board experience, particularly in the charitable, arts or voluntary sector*
Personal style and behaviour
• Commitment to the organisation
• Willingness to devote the necessary time and effort
• Creativity/inspiration/Strategic vision
• Good, independent judgement
• Willingness to speak their mind
Role description for the trustee lead for finance
The Trustee will monitor, review and report on the financial aspects of the Festival and ensure its sustainability. The Trustee works with the Festival Director and LIF’s accountants (at year end) to ensure that the Festival’s financial affairs are legal, constitutional and within accepted accounting practice. Generally the Trustee helps the Board carry out our financial responsibilities by:
• presenting financial reports to the board in a format that helps the board understand the charity’s financial position
• sharing a financial report at each Board meeting
• advising the board on how to carry out its financial responsibilities
• liaising with professional advisors
• managing financial risks
• overseeing the preparation of annual accounts that give a true and fair view of the financial affairs of the company.
• when necessary, taking on some financial duties, such as book-keeping, budgeting and preparation of reports and funding bids.
LCRCares COVID-19 Community Support Fund – Phase 1 Now Open
Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram, in partnership with the Community Foundation for Merseyside, has launched the LCR Cares COVID-19 Community Support Fund to support community and voluntary organisations on the frontline. Funding has also been provided by the National Emergencies Trust (NET) to support local need.
Funding will be initially awarded under the following priorities:
Foodbanks
Food/care package delivery to vulnerable people self-isolating
Delivery of services and projects supporting the most vulnerable, such as older people e.g. a telephone support/friendship service or delivering online activities to help reduce isolation
Emotional and mental health wellbeing
Financial Inclusion, support to access benefits and debt advice
These priorities will be reviewed regularly and changed/additions made as fundraising and the outbreak develops.
Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) has launched a rapid response fund to help smaller charitable organisations affected by the impact of Covid-19. Grants of up to £10,000 will help them to continue to deliver much needed support to our communities across the UK.
This is intended as a rapid response fund, so CAF aims to make payments to selected organisations within 14 days of application.
Who can apply?
Organisations with a charitable purpose and charitable activities, which had income of £1million or less in their last financial year.
This includes:
UK registered charities (registered with Charity Commission, Scottish Charity Regulator or Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, or as shown in the Charities Act 2010)
Organisations registered with Companies House or the Public Mutuals Register, as a charitable or not-for-profit entity, eg Community Interest Companies, Companies Limited by Guarantee and others
Unregistered entities and social enterprises
How much can you apply for?
Organisations in the UK with charitable activities can apply for up to £10,000 to support day to day activities in the current health emergency or your Covid-19 emergency response activities.
It is possible that not all grants will be made at the full amount. Please apply for an amount that will make a suitable difference to the size and activities of your organisation.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Support available in Liverpool now
The Liverpool Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Partnership has adapted as coronavirus has begun to impact our everyday lives. Partners are working hard to ensure children, young people and families get the support they need during this time.
Click the link below to find details of the support available from each partner and how this support can be accessed.
It’s important to note that CAMHS partners will review the support available regularly to manage demand and resources. Regular updates will be posted on the CAMHS website.
Government agrees measures with energy industry to support vulnerable people through COVID-19
Proposals have been agreed to ensure vulnerable customers who may fall into debt remain supplied with energy while in self isolation.
Measures include ensuring prepayment and pay-as-you go customers remain supplied with energy through challenging times and supporting all customers in financial distress
industry agreement signed by all UK domestic suppliers and will come into force immediately
New emergency measures with the energy industry have been agreed by the government, to protect the domestic energy supply of those most in need during the disruption caused by COVID-19.
From 19 March, customers with pre-payment meters who may not be able to add credit can speak to their supplier about options to keep them supplied. This will benefit over 4 million customers.
This could include nominating a third party for credit top ups, having a discretionary fund added to their credit, or being sent a pre-loaded top up card so that their supply is not interrupted.
More broadly, any energy customer in financial distress will also be supported by their supplier, which could include debt repayments and bill payments being reassessed, reduced or paused where necessary, while disconnection of credit meters will be completely suspended.
Secretary of State for Business and Energy, Alok Sharma, said:
“While friends and family will play a role in helping people impacted by the Coronavirus, we recognise there will be many customers who will need additional support and reassurance, particularly those who are financially impacted or in vulnerable circumstances.
“The government has committed to do whatever it takes to get our nation through the impacts of this coronavirus pandemic. Today those most in need can rest assured that a secure supply of energy will continue to flow into their homes during this difficult time.”
The government and energy industry have agreed to prioritise those existing customers most in need, while identifying customers whose circumstances may have changed as a direct or indirect result of COVID-19.
Chief Executive of Citizens Advice, Dame Gillian Guy, said:
“This is an uncertain time for many people. Energy suppliers need to play their part by communicating clearly and supporting their customers as much as possible. Keeping people on supply, making sure they have warm homes and don’t face additional financial or other stresses about their energy supply will be essential.
“Suppliers will need to put in place support measures for people on prepayment meters, people and families who need to self-isolate or take steps to reduce social contact, and people who may otherwise be in vulnerable situations.”
The measures set out and agreed will be implemented immediately by energy suppliers to alleviate pressure on energy customers.
Chief executive of Energy UK, Audrey Gallacher, said:
“As providers of essential services and critical infrastructure, the energy industry has well-practised contingency plans in order to ensure the delivery of services and is working closely with the Government on a daily basis to ensure there is no disruption to the generation and supply of energy to customers during these extraordinary circumstances.
“The sector is very conscious of the potential consequences for customers confined to their homes for prolonged periods and in particular those customers in vulnerable circumstances or on prepayment meters who may need additional help. Suppliers will be doing all they can to identify such customers and provide additional support wherever possible.
“Ofgem will continue to ensure suppliers meet their regulatory obligations. However the government also recognises this will be a challenging time for many supply businesses.”
The Chancellor has this week set out a package of targeted measures to support businesses through this period of disruption caused by COVID-19. This includes £330 billion for companies to access loans, a business rates holiday, and help for small firms without insurance. In addition, a new temporary Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme is to be launched in days to support businesses access £1 billion of additional bank lending.
Chief Executive of Energy Networks Association, David Smith, said:
“These are unprecedented times but the energy industry is working hard to keep gas and electricity flowing, look after our vulnerable customers and keep customers and staff safe. The UK’s electricity and gas network is one of the most reliable in the world and over 36,000 employees are working flat out to continue to provide a safe and reliable supply of energy during this time.
“Customers that are unable to top up their pre-payment meter are advised to contact their supplier immediately to discuss how they can be kept on supply. Ofgem recommends consumers leave the meter box unlocked if they need someone else to top up the meter. Smart meter customers should be able to top-up remotely, such as by phone, mobile application or online.”
The UK government is working in lock step with the Devolved Administrations, World Health Organization, and international partners to keep the whole of the UK safe. Its approach is clinically led, based on the expert advice of the UK’s Chief Medical Officer for England, the NHS and Public Health England.
The National Lottery Community Fund, funding approach in response to COVID-19
The following statement was issued 27 March 2020. It has been replicated below from The National Lottery Community Fund website. Click here to view the original source.
At this extraordinarily difficult time, we are all being challenged and moved in ways that seemed unimaginable just weeks ago.
Here at The National Lottery Community Fund, our first priority is to support people and communities through our funding in the best way we can, recognising that we cannot help everyone.
As many of you know, we have been talking to grant holders and partners to understand the nature of their response to COVID-19 and to see what we can do to support them.
So far, we have of course honoured our existing commitments to grant holders and offered them flexibility so that they can focus on supporting their communities.
We have now made two additional decisions. Firstly, all the funding decisions we make for the next six months (up to £300m of National Lottery funding) will be devoted to addressing the current crisis. In addition, we will accelerate the cash part of this funding as much as we can, so that we can get money to where it needs to be. This is not new money, but it will be faster money and we know that we must act quickly and with confidence.
In deciding how to implement this approach we have to make some tough choices about how we get that money out quickly to those communities and organisations that need it most. We will do our best to be fair and true to our principles and to you.
To reach those groups best placed to support their communities at this vital time, we will prioritise the following faster payments for existing grant holders and applicants using the following criteria:
Activities specifically geared to supporting communities through this crisis
Helping organisations overcome any liquidity issues caused by COVID-19
We are doing this because we know it is critical right now to work harder as a funder to get cash out of the door and hope that by acting quickly we can help organisations at the fore-front of the current crisis, when support is needed most.
Should we get through this initial tranche of support with some funding left or circumstances change, we will move to set new priorities. We know that this means some groups will not be able to access our funding over the coming months and we will endeavour to return to our broader support as soon as we can.
Things are moving at pace and we will keep our approach under constant review. We are also going to continue our exploration of how this crisis is changing how we live as communities and how civil society itself is changed.
Keep talking to us, keep sharing your stories, and keep telling us what we can do differently to help. If we can, we will.
Yours
Dawn Austwick
CEO, The National Lottery Community Fund
For all the latest updates from The National Lottery Community Fund, follow this link to visit their dedicated COVID-19 page.
Safeguarding Advice for those assisting their community
The government has issued a Safeguarding Factsheet for community volunteers during COVID-19 outbreak.
The factsheet is designed to address specific concerns that people involved in supporting their community may have at this time.
There is also an FAQ document to accompany the Safeguarding Factsheet. This document is designed to address specific concerns that people involved in supporting their community may have at this time, and is split into two sections:
Advice for those organising a community volunteer group, and
Advice for individuals wanting to assist those in their local community
The National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA) has published a range of resources to support the sector during the coronavirus crisis.
Topics covered include:
Operational and remote working resources
Guidance on working with different sectors of the community
Funding and fundraising
Safeguarding
Governance
Legislation
There is a wealth of information available under each heading.
Free online yoga for charities during self isolation
There is no doubt that these are challenging times, not just for organisations but on a personal level too. Keeping our minds and bodies in as healthy condition as possible is going to serve us well as we adjust to the ever-changing state of things. So it’s luck for us that whatCharity has teamed up with leading online yoga teaching platform Yogaia to bring charities one week’s worth of free yoga classes.
Yogaia.com is home to lots of both live streamed and pre-recorded yoga classes that you can practice from your own home. There is something on there for everyone from beginner to advanced level.
To find out more and take advantage of this offer, follow this link to the What Charity website.
There are also lots of great, local, Liverpool yoga teachers, like this one, offering free and donation-based online classes right now too.
Get the help you need in a crisis
If you are struggling to make ends meet, need debt or benefits advice or require help and support with many other issues that can arise in day-to-day life, help is available in Liverpool.
The images below detail a range of useful phone numbers and websites. You can also download the information in an accessible, pdf format below, or you can follow this link to visit the Come Together web portal from Liverpool City Council.
Liverpool Domestic Abuse Service, service altered by Covid-19
A statement from Liverpool Domestic Abuse Service regarding Covid-19:
Following the Government advice regarding Coronavirus, Liverpool Domestic Abuse Service (LDAS) will now be delivering an out-of-office only support service. What this means is we are no longer able to conduct any face-to-face contact in the manner we have always done. LDAS will be utilising all electronic means at our disposal to ensure the continuation of support to our clients and will do this to the best of our ability.
Staff will be delivering the service from home offices, and will have access to phones, IT, internet and all information they may need to complete their role, and as such are contactable within normal delivery times.
We appreciate this is a challenging time for all services and are certain you appreciate the heightened risks survivors will currently be facing, especially those confined to their homes with their abuser.
LDAS receive high volumes of referrals directly from survivors and those who have not had the benefit of specialist expert support in any capacity. During this period of change we will be prioritising these referrals. This does not mean we will cease to accept referrals, it means those most in need will receive an expedited response and may mean there is a short delay in responding to referrals where there is already an active specialist already delivering a support element.
If you have any questions, the team are happy to respond to these via the normal contact methods.
We will continue to deliver our information, advice and support services as far as it is practical by telephone: 0151 263 7474 email: enquiries@ldaservice.or.uk and social media including Facebook and Twitter.
Our staff are available to provide support: Monday and Thursday 9am -4.30pm and Friday 9am-3pm.
We hope all our colleagues citywide stay safe healthy and well until we return to normal working conditions, see you soon
The Brain Charity is appealing for help with a new ‘meals on wheels’ service
The Brain Charity has established a ‘meals on wheels’ and community delivery service to protect those most vulnerable to Covid-19 across Liverpool City Region and they need your help to deliver it.
After having to close the extremely popular community café, The Brain Charity is now taking action to transform the service. The newest service is a ‘meals on wheels’ delivery service for those who are most vulnerable in their community. The vast majority of The Brain Charity’s service users had to self-isolate before the lockdown ever begun. So now, The Brain Food Café will be creating delicious, nutritious meals that will be delivered to those who need it, free of charge.
Not only that but the charity will be offering to pick up prescriptions, pop down to the shop to top up people’s gas meter credits and even take the dog to the vet if it falls ill.
For over 27 years The Brain Charity has been fighting against loneliness and breaking down barriers for those who have been isolated due to their neurological condition. Nanette Mellor, CEO of the charity, says, “This is not the time for us to close down our services. Yes we have to change what we do but that doesn’t mean offering less, now’s the time to ramp things up.”
The Brain Charity also intends to replace its weekly social activities with online group chats and workshops, and it’s highly sought after counselling service is preparing to continue support via telephone and video conferencing.
“We knew that we had to act quickly to protect those who most rely on The Brain Charity the most,” continues Nanette, “Many of our services, up until now, have been strongly based on face-to-face contact and so adapting to the Covid-19 situation was critical. We’ve always prided ourselves on our strong community and that is one thing that will never change.”
The Brain Charity is calling for community volunteers to join their team and seeking donations to support their appeal. If you have a spare hour or two a week, have your own transport and are in good health, they would love to hear from you. To get involved please email volunteering@thebraincharity.org.uk.
The impact of COVID-19 on those experiencing domestic abuse
Many residents will be following the local and national advice around household isolation and social distancing, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This advice is in place to limit the spread of the virus and keep as many people as safe and well as possible.
We know that there are vulnerable people in our communities who will be more concerned than others about the prospect of staying at home for a number of reasons, including those who have been the victims of domestic abuse such as violence or coercive and controlling behaviour.
While all public services are adapting to new ways of working during this pandemic, our message to anyone who is experiencing domestic abuse is clear: You are not alone and you don’t have to suffer in silence – we will still be here for you, no matter what.
Liverpool City Council, Merseyside Police, Local Authorities and providers of domestic abuse support across Merseyside will continue working together to maintain essential services and contacts for anyone affected by domestic abuse during the weeks and months to come.
Support will still be available by telephone, text message or online services.
Who to contact:
If you, your child or anyone in the family are at immediate risk of harm, you should contact the police urgently, call 999.
If you are a Liverpool resident and are experiencing domestic abuse or believe someone you know is please contact support services via the following links:
National Domestic Violence Helpline: 0808 2000 247 (24 hours)
Refuge (includes information for men) – 0808 200 0247 (24 hours)
The Men’s Advice Line, for male domestic abuse survivors – 0808 801 0327
National LGBT+ Domestic Abuse Helpline – 0800 999 5428
Samaritans (24/7 service) – 116 123
Your NHS needs you! Join NHS Volunteer Responders
NHS Volunteer Responders has been set up to support the NHS during the COVID-19 outbreak. To do this they need an ‘army’ of volunteers who can support the 1.5m people in England who are at most risk from the virus to stay well. Doctors, nurses and other professionals will be able to refer people in to NHS Volunteer Responders and be confident that they have been matched with a reliable, named volunteer.
You can help by signing up for one or more of the tasks listed on the NHS Volunteer Responders web page. Once you have registered and checks are complete you will be provided a log-in to the GoodSAM Responder app. Switch the app to ‘on duty’, and you’ll see live and local volunteer tasks to pick from nearby.
This programme enables volunteers to provide care or to help a vulnerable person, which is permitted under the new rules announced by the Government on 23rd March 2020. Volunteers may be asked to show the active task they are responding to if asked.
Your NHS needs you! Join our team today.
Volunteers must be 18 or over, and fit and well with no symptoms. Those in higher-risk groups (including those over 70, those who are pregnant or with underlying medical conditions) will be able to offer support by telephone.
Your safety is priority. The majority of tasks can be undertaken while social distancing and volunteers will receive guidance through a ‘getting started pack’. If you do become ill you can pause your volunteering.
Patient transport drivers will require an enhanced DBS check and will receive guidance to do this role safely, also included within the ‘getting started pack’.
Voluntary, community and faith groups, along with the rest of society, are facing a very difficult period. The restrictions on travel announced yesterday only serve to highlight the seriousness of the situation.
At LCVS we are working closely with Liverpool City Council (LCC) on the community response and clearly people are trying their best to help those who need it most. Our aim is to try and make sure that no part of the city and no individual is left behind. To do that, we need your help.
We know that many of you are already doing great work in difficult circumstances. We also know that groups are struggling to know how best to respond to the crisis.
There are are few things that you may be able to do, if you are not doing them already:
If you have capacity or resources that could help others, register with the LCC portal, via the section titled Volunteer to Help, so that we have a clearer picture of where help is available and in what form. Follow this link to visit the Volunteer to Help page.
If you can, contact all the people who use your service as regularly as possible, to make sure that they have the support they need. If you pick up an issue, you can let us know and we can feed that back into the wider system; there may be additional support we can tap into.Any individuals who need help can register with the LCC portal via the section titled Request Support. You may be able to help them to do that. Follow this link to visit the Request Support page.
Email us via covidresponse@lcvs.org.uk with any community issues. While we can’t guarantee that we will have the capacity to respond directly, be assured that the information will be used to help coordinate the citywide response.
As ever, if you need to speak to one of the team, send us an email.
If you are managing to help support people, let us know how you are doing this. It may be something that could be replicated in other parts of the city.
One thing we should mention is that some areas of the city (some of which are perhaps thought of as being more affluent) have less in the way of voluntary sector resources than others. We are looking at how people in these areas, who may be feeling isolated and vulnerable, can be supported. That’s one reason why it’s important to know what is happening across the city.
Thank you for everything you are doing to support those most in need.
Stay in touch, stay well and we will see you soon,
Imagine Independence – Mental Health Support Worker
Job Reference: 20/10
Hours: 37.5 per week as part of a rota (includes evenings and weekends)
Salary: £16,050.55 per annum plus £82.10 – sleep in payment
Based in: Southport
We are looking for professional, dedicated and experienced Support Workers who can offer commitment to delivering high quality community based care to service users living in the Sefton/Liverpool area. You will have experience of working with people with mental health and/or learning disability needs. You will need excellent communication skills and be flexible in approach. You will have a positive attitude and be non-judgmental.#
It’s essential to the role that you have a committed approach towards maintaining confidentiality protecting the dignity of the individual and promoting their independence.
You should either hold or be willing to work towards NVQ3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent.
Completed application forms are to be returned by no later than the closing date/time either by email to ewindle@imagineindependence.org.uk or post to Emma Windle, 25 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ.
Please note that we shortlist from received application forms only, we do not accept CVs.
Our benefits include a generous holiday allowance, contributory pension scheme and career development opportunities.
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date for applications: 30th March 2020 at 17:00
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Food vouchers available to pupils on free school meals
Parents/guardians of pupils on free school meals are entitled to a weekly £10 food voucher for their child whilst the school is closed during term time. Goods can be redeemed online or in store at ASDA supermarkets.
To collect the voucher, people should visit their designated children’s centre from Monday 23 March (see list below).
If they are in self-isolation and cannot collect, the advice is to call their centre and they will arrange for it to be posted out.
In the event of a local children’s centre being closed, the number to call is 0151 233 3000 and they will be re-directed to their nearest local centre.
Parents/guardians will need to take a letter issued by their school and ID. Vouchers cannot be distributed to children and young people.
Designated Children’s Centres
Anfield ward
Anfield Children’s Centre, Oakfield, L4 2QG, Tel: 233 4001
Belle Vale, Allerton and Hunts Cross & Mossley Hill Wards
Belle Vale & Hunts Cross & Mossley Hill Children’s Centre
Our Lady of Assumption site: Hedgefield Road, L25 2RW. Tel: 233 1705
Dovedale School site: Dovedale Road. Tel: 233 6870
Coronavirus advice for employers and employees from Acas
Acas, the independent workplace advisory, conciliation and arbitration service, has published comprehensive guidance for employers and employees, in relation to Covid-19.
The guidance includes information on:
home working and supporting employees to work remotely
self-isolation and sick pay
what to do if an employee needs time off to look after someone
Acas will also be running a coronavirus advisory webinar for employers.
These events will cover:
steps that can help reduce the spread of the virus
effective ways of communicating with employees
self-isolating, time off, sickness certification and sick pay
altering working hours, shift patterns and working arrangements
Currently available dates include 2-3pm Monday 30 March, as well as 10:30-11:30am Thursday 2 April and Tuesday 7 April 2020. Further dates will be announced soon.
The Coronavirus Charity Help Fund has been set up by Martin Lewis of Money Saving Expert, to help those affected by the coronavirus. Small or local charities are able to apply to receive a grant of £5-20K for specific coronavirus poverty relief projects. As a guide – small charities are considered to be those with a turnover of £10 million or less. They will also consider applications from subsidaries of larger parent charities.
They are especially interested in projects that directly help people affected by the effects of the virus, such as projects that provide access to food, toiletries and basic necessities, as well as community projects that help people in isolation.
The fund is seeking to support projects that can help people now, so will welcome applications for existing projects that could be scaled up with extra money, or projects that are in the process of being set up.
Time is of the essence you are encouraged to highlight your project’s objectives and outcomes concisely; consider using bullet points rather than lengthy answers. Data will only be used for the purpose of giving grants.
This is all about speedy delivery. Applications will close at 11:59pm, Wednesday 25 March 2020, so act now.
Kooth.com offers free online support for young people
Kooth is a free, web based confidential support service for young people. It provides a safe and secure means of accessing mental health and wellbeing support and it is available now, throughout the current crisis.
Kooth offers young people (aged 14-25) in Liverpool the opportunity to have a text-based conversation with a qualified counsellor. Counsellors are available from 12noon to 10pm on weekdays and from 6pm to 10 pm at weekends, every day of the year on a drop-in basis. Young people can access regular booked online counselling sessions as needed. Outside counselling hours’ young people can message the Kooth team, to receive support by the next day.
When students register with Kooth they have support available to them now and in the future. Support can be gained articles, forums and discussion boards, as well as the core service of counselling. All content is age appropriate, clinically approved and fully moderated.
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Steve Morgan Foundation has introduced an emergency hardship fund to support charities and not-for-profit companies in the foundation’s remit area (Merseyside, North Wales and Cheshire west of M6).
The fund, of up to £1 million a week for an initial 12 weeks, will be open to charities and not-for-profit organisations across the region, to help with the costs of additional emergency services to support people affected by the virus; it will also help charities experiencing a loss of fundraising revenue to stay in business.
Please note that this fund is not open to individuals. Any individual seeking help should refer to organisations and charities in their local area which are supported by Steve Morgan Foundation.
For the duration of this grant, all other new applications will be on hold.
In order to ensure that the Steve Morgan Foundation team is free to process applications received, applications will only be accepted on line.
Updated statement from The National Lottery Community Fund: COVID-19
The following statement was issued 17 March 2020. It has been replicated below from The National Lottery Community Fund website. Click here to view the original source.
We know that many charities and community organisations across the UK are facing increasing challenges as a result of COVID-19 and we want to support those we fund as far as is possible at this difficult time.
Following the latest government guidance we have asked our staff to work from home and they are all equipped to do so. Our plan is to continue to deliver our services to applicants, grant holders and communities across the UK as normally as we can.
We have already started to shift application deadlines for some of our funds that were due to close soon. We also want to be flexible where grant-holders get into difficulty or see problems on the way.
We are however in uncharted territory and things will occur that we hadn’t expected and we will get things wrong. Please bear with us if we do, let us know, and we will be as helpful as possible as the situation unfolds.
At the moment our priority is to keep money flowing to support people, communities and the organisations.
Being flexible
We will support you to support your communities – we trust you to know what is best. This means that:
We will be flexible with regards to your current grant: for example,
– accommodating changes to timelines
– accommodating changes to activity to respond to the current climate and critical local needs
We will support you and your teams through this crisis: for example,
– continuing to pay staff salary so that you can support existing staff who need to be off sick, self-isolate or have caring responsibilities
– considering any requests for support if you experience particular financial pressures as a result of the situation
We don’t want you to worry about deadlines and reporting: for example,
– we will be flexible with regards to reporting
– if you record any changes you are making to your project, we can reconcile it all later.
Getting in touch
Our funding officers can answer questions you might have, do get in touch with them if you need to. However, to avoid delays, we trust you to focus on supporting your communities.
We are currently testing new capability to service our advice lines so that they can operate remotely. For the next 24 hours you can use the email addresses on this page to contact us.
Following that the Advice Line will be fully operational again.
Given the unprecedented nature of the situation, we have been considering what else the Fund can do to support people and communities.
We are reaching out across our network of grantees, partners and stakeholders to understand how they are already responding to COVID-19 and what we can do to support them in the short and longer term. We will keep you posted as our response continues to develop.
Finally, I want to say at this very challenging time how moving it is to see people coming together to support each other.
Yours
Dawn Austwick
CEO, The National Lottery Community Fund
LCVS and Covid-19
We are working with Liverpool City Council on ways in which, as a sector, we can support the most vulnerable in our communities.
During this period of uncertainty LCVS will continue, as far as possible, to support organisations through our normal range of services.
All LCVS training and events scheduled to take place before the end of April have been postponed but we are exploring alternative training delivery methods.
We will provide regular updates as the situation develops. In the meantime, stay well and look after each other.
Best wishes from the team at LCVS
Savera UK – Community Support Worker
Term: Fixed term for 12 months (subject to funding)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £24,473 (including NI & pension) per annum.
Location: Liverpool based, working across Merseyside & Cheshire
Savera UK is a charity registered, dedicated to tackling honour based abuse and harmful practices across the UK.
Savera UK will be offering an opportunity to join the team and apply for the Community Support Worker post. The post holder will be required to work with individuals/families that have been referred into the service as a result of honour based abuse and or harmful practices, provide the holistic support necessary.
Interventions will be developed in such a way as to promote culturally sensitive and appropriate support as well as promoting independence and improve self-esteem by empowering clients to identify their as yet unmet needs.
For further information and to apply follow this link to visit the Savera UK website.
Contact details: shaunal@saverauk.co.uk
Closing date: Friday 20th March
Skelton Charity Fund Now Open
The fund supports registered charities from within Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside, particularly favouring:
Equipment for organisations supporting the elderly and people with disability and for youth groups,
Holidays for disadvantaged children and carers
The trustees prefer to make grants of a capital rather than a revenue nature. They are inclined to favour specific capital projects of proven viability rather than making contributions to general expenditure. It is their preferred policy to make relatively modest grants to a wide number of applicants rather than large grants to a small number of applicants.
Grants are only made to legally constituted, registered charities. Grants are not made to individuals. Applications from charities in successive years are not viewed favourably. The Trustees do not usually fund large building appeals or revenue expenditure.
The closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday 22 May 2020.
Irish Community Care – Project Co-ordinator
Job Title: Project Co-ordinator
Hours: Full Time 35 hours per week
Salary: £26,000 per annum
This is an exciting opportunity to develop an asset based strategic approach to engagement with the communities across West Cheshire. You will be responsible for managing, developing and ensuring delivery and sustainability of culturally appropriate advice advocacy support and community development services.
Irish Community Care is an equal opportunities employer. We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as belonging to a minority group. Our policy is to help all our staff to reach their potential; we offer excellent training and development opportunities to build on your strengths and competencies.
For informal discussion contact Breege McDaid or Win Lawlor on 0151 2373987
For application pack contact Josie Gibson on 0151 2373987; email: icc.applications@gmail.com
All applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check
Closing Date: 12 noon Friday 3 April 2020 Interviews: 29 & 30 April 2020
Citizens Advice Liverpool Invites Tender Applications
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking for an individual or organisation to undertake an evaluation of its health programme, CA: Ways to Wellbeing Liverpool.
The evaluation will focus on the health professional side of the service including: How has the service impacted on health professionals’ approach to social welfare issues in terms of:
Time spent on social welfare issues?
Improved identification by primary care staff of those at risk of poverty and social exclusion?
Increased confidence in primary care staff in identifying and supporting patients with economic and social needs?
How do health professionals experience the integration of the service into health care settings in terms of:
– Accessibility o Joint/multidisciplinary working
– Outcomes for patients
The outcome/findings will direct the programme management team and steering group in future planning.
Irish Community Care – Advice, Advocacy and Support Worker
Job Title: Advice Advocacy and Support Worker
Hours: Full Time 35 hours per week
Salary: £22,500 per annum
We need a dynamic community focused individual to deliver one to one case work interventions with the communities living in or passing through Cheshire West. You will offer support to individuals to identify strengths and assets which help to resolve immediate and crisis situations and more enduring issues; make links with and refer to appropriate partner agencies; promoting a multiagency approach.
Irish Community Care is an equal opportunities employer. We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as belonging to a minority group. Our policy is to help all our staff to reach their potential; we offer excellent training and development opportunities to build on your strengths and competencies.
For informal discussion contact Breege McDaid or Win Lawlor on 0151 2373987
For application pack contact Josie Gibson on 0151 2373987; email: icc.jobapplications@gmail.com
All applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check
Closing Date: 12 noon Friday 3 April 2020 Interviews: 29 & 30 April 2020
Irish Community Care – Community Development Worker
Job Title: Community Development Worker
Hours: Full Time 35 hours per week
Salary: £22,500 per annum
Community development work brings people together. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about working with the community to identify, map, share, celebrate and build community, family and individual strengths. These include leadership, capacity, skills, confidence, and aspirations and will collectively be used to positively effect systems and social change to improve quality of life in the local area across Cheshire West’s rural and urban areas.
Irish Community Care is an equal opportunities employer. We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as belonging to a minority group. Our policy is to help all our staff to reach their potential; we offer excellent training and development opportunities to build on your strengths and competencies.
For informal discussion contact Breege McDaid or Win Lawlor on 0151 2373987
For application pack contact Josie Gibson on 0151 2373987; email: icc.jobapplications@gmail.com
All applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check
Closing Date: 12 noon Friday 3 April 2020 Interviews: 29 & 30 April 2020
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival – Festival Marketing Assistant
Term: 40 days from w/c 13 April until 31 July 2020 (fixed-term)
Hours: 16 hours (2 days) per week
Salary: £3,000 fee
Location: The LAAF office is based at Bluecoat in Liverpool. Festival events will take place at leading cultural venues across the city.
Description: LAAF is looking to recruit a Festival Marketing Assistant to play a key role in delivering marketing for this year’s festival.
You will be an excellent communicator who enjoys working both independently and closely with a team. You will be skilled in using social media and updating websites, while possessing strong attention to detail. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your marketing skills and experience while working within a busy festival environment.
Contact details: Please follow this link to visit the LAAF website for full details at to apply.
Closing date: 5pm, Monday 23 March 2020.
Irish Community Care – Community Engagement and Participation Lead
Irish Community Care is a charitable company whose aim is to ensure well informed, empowered and vibrant Irish communities in the North West. We are recruiting a dynamic individual with a track record of leadership and innovation to join our team.
Hours: Full Time 35 hours per week
Salary: £25,000 per annum
The is an exciting and unique opportunity to play a lead role in planning and delivering a new programme of community engagement and participation with a particular focus on young people in Liverpool and our communities in Wigan. You will be instrumental in the growth and redesign of Irish Community Care’s services, developing relationships with a range of stakeholders.
We are looking for dynamic individuals who can lead on community engagement. You must be able to demonstrate excellent leadership skills and innovative ways to engage people in the future development of our organisation.
Irish Community Care is an equal opportunities employer. We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as belonging to a minority group. Our policy is to help all our staff to reach their potential; we offer excellent training and development opportunities to build on your strengths and competencies.
To request an application pack email: icc.jobapplications@gmail.com
For informal discussion contact Breege McDaid or Win Lawlor: 0151 2373987
All applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check
Closing Date: 12 noon Friday 3 April 2020 Interviews 29 & 30 April 2020
Positive Futures Homes – Residential Care Worker (Children and Young People)
Hours: Full time (36 hours a week)
Salary: £17,784.00 – £19,656 depending on experience
Location: Liverpool – L9
PFHomes is a new trading company setup by the youth development charity Positive Futures Liverpool. We have created PFHomes as we want to invest in the long-term outcomes of the young people in our care. The profits will be reinvested back into the home, and Positive Futures, benefiting young people.
Positive Futures commits to providing:
The best paid team
The best trained team
The best possible homes
The nicest locations
Mainly 3 bed homes, with an absolute max of 4
In addition they will offer a mental health provision, as standard, for every young person in their care. They will give them preferential access to all the services offered by Positive Futures, be that targeted support, counselling skills, CBT skills, recreational or social provision.
Positive Futures will provide extensive training & development for the team, to ensure not only that the young people receive the best service possible, but that team members grow with the organisation over the years.
As well as the NVQ3, staff will have access to a range of programmes including counselling skills, CBT training, trauma informed working practices and ACE.
The First Home
The first home is a large bungalow in a quiet side cul-de-sac in Liverpool, close to Orrell Park train station. It is a home for up to 4 young people in medium to long term care. It is being fully refurbished to a very high standard and will be ready to move into around July 2020.
What will I do as a residential care worker?
Use the training you have received from PFHomes to help the young people understand and manage their behaviour, in order to reach their full potential
Support young people with their daily life routines, including supporting them during the school day and other fun social activities including those on offer at Positive Futures
Nurture positive behaviours and care for the well-being of the young person
Prepare the young people for adulthood through the teaching of life lessons, personal responsibility and practical skills
Be required to work flexibly and to undertake shift work including early shifts, late shifts, waking nights and weekends
What you will need to have:
Full clean driving license
NVQ Level 3 in Children and Young People (preferred)
Experience of working with young people
Benefits:
Living Wage based salary
Extensive training
Health Care Cash Plan – giving access to optical, dental, physical therapies as well as many others
PFHomes will pay for your DBS
Due to Ofsted Regulations Positive Futures can only accept applicants over the age of 20.
Closing date for applications is Friday 13th March 12 noon.
All applicants will need to complete an application form. CV will not be considered. Please email info@pfhomes.org.uk to request an application form.
All successful applicants will be invited to an Assessment / Interview Day on Friday 20th March.
All data will be treated in line with GDPR.
The recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. The successful applicants will be appointed subject to references and enhanced DBS check.
Contact details: info@pfhomes.org.uk
Capacity Building and Project Delivery Grants Available from Comic Relief Community Fund (England)
The Comic Relief Community Fund (England) is offering grants to grassroots community organisations with an income of less than £250,000.
There are two types of grants available to organisations whose work delivers on one of Comic Relief’s four strategic themes:
Children Survive and Thrive: projects that support children under the age of 5 to reach their potential and have the best start in life.
Fighting for Gender Justice: projects that improve equality for women, girls and initiatives that help people affected by domestic violence, abuse or exploitation due to their gender.
A Safe Place to Be: projects that support people who are rebuilding their lives because of homelessness or forced migration.
Mental Health Matters: projects that support good mental health in communities, improve access to support and tackle stigma and discrimination.
Funding is available to help you develop your organisation through a Capacity Building Grant or to deliver projects through a Project Delivery Grant. This new and exciting programme aims to deliver long lasting community driven change. We will work closely with successful projects to gather learning from the programme to share widely.
Administration of the local funding is being managed by community charity, Groundwork, which specialises in transforming communities and the local environment for the better.
For full information and to apply, follow this link to visit the Groundwork website.
Nominations are Open for the North West Charity Awards
The North West Charity Awards is back for the fourth year and nominations are open!
The awards were created to shout about all the great things charities do in the North West. It is absolutely free to enter a nomination and applicants can make as many nominations as they wish. If you know of a charity, a charity worker or a volunteer that should be celebrated, enter their details now.
The deadline for this year’s nominations is Friday 22 May 2020.
LSCP Young Advisors Recruitment Opportunity
Are you aged 15 – 21 (up to 24 with additional needs)?
Are you from Liverpool and interested in young people being heard about issues that matter?
Are you a good communicator and a team player?
Do you know someone who fits the above description?
If so, you might be interested to learn more about the role of Liverpool Safeguarding Children Partnership (LSCP) Young Advisor.
LSCP is on the lookout for new advisors now. To apply, follow this link to the LSCP website.
Free Visual Impairment Awareness Training
As part of VISPA and Sports England, Daisy Inclusive UK is able to offer Visual Impairment Awareness Training, for free, to employers, employees, volunteers and beneficiaries. This training will enable people to feel more confident in supporting people with a visual impairment to access your service provision, or to be employed or volunteer at your organisation.
The training will:
Give participants an awareness of the needs and requirements of visually impaired people
Illustrate how, with the right help and adaptations, visually impaired people can be included in the workplace
Provide opportunity to gain key personal skills, empathy, confidence, self-esteem, motivation and team cohesion
Enable employers to realise the potential of visually impaired people and learn how to include them in the workplace
Give employees and employers a greater awareness of what is available to help visually impaired people access the workplace (e.g. adapted equipment, access to work and accessibility)
These sessions can be tailored to fit around the needs and requirements of your business/organisation from point of contact training, visual awareness through sport and visual impairment awareness training.
For more information or to book a free workshop please contact a member of Team Daisy on 0151 261 0309 or info@dasiyuk.com.
Access Free Resources from Giving World
Giving World is a registered charity that redirects end-of-line and discontinued stock (e.g. warm clothing, food, toiletries, all in new condition) for free to the most deprived communities in the UK.
If your charity could benefit from accessing free resources, register with Giving World to find out what could be made available to you.
Partner charities tell Giving World that the goods help to:
extend services – the goods provided by Giving World enable charities to diversify their approach and meet the needs of their local communities
reach more people – life essential goods are a unique source of recruitment for the hard to reach, drawing in those in need who are not actively seeking support e.g. those suffering with addiction
increase charity capacity – increased reach and awareness of the charity can attract more volunteers and funding. Many beneficiaries go on to give back by volunteering themselves
To access free goods, follow this link to register with Giving World or contact Louise on 0116 251 6051.
Africa Oye – Board of Trustees (Voluntary)
Term: Ongoing
Hours: Six Board Meetings Per Year
Salary: Unpaid
Location: Liverpool
Description:
Liverpool based International Music Festival, Africa Oye are inviting applications for new trustees to join their Board. This role could be ideal for you.
Established in 1992, Africa Oyé has constantly strived to showcase representations of Africa by shining a light on the incredible array of cultures, foods, music and arts that make the continent so vibrant and inspiring. Focusing on tolerance and multiculturalism, Africa Oyé has become a truly international festival and one of the highlights of Liverpool’s music calendar. Having grown from humble beginnings as a series of small gigs in Liverpool city centre, the past few years have seen record attendances, as up to 80,000 revellers flocked to the beautiful Sefton Park over the June festival weekend.
With the aim of promoting a positive image of Africa and making the continent and diaspora’s fantastic music and culture available for all, Africa Oyé’s popularity has seen it become not only the biggest African music festival in the UK, but also one of the largest in Europe. Our diverse and colourful event proved to be a cornerstone of Liverpool’s Capital of Culture celebrations in 2008 and it brings in an estimated £2 million to the region’s economy.
In addition to the flagship annual festival, Africa Oyé works all year round taking educational workshops across Schools and Youth Groups and travels internationally to various world music conferences and events, promoting the work of the organisation and Liverpool as a destination and hub of culture and creativity.
In 2019, Africa Oyé won the Impact Award for International Reach and the People’s Choice Award at the Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards, and was also shortlisted for Best Family Festival at the UK Festival Awards. This year also saw Africa Oyé featured on the Liverpool Edition of Monopoly, which is on sale now nationwide.
With our 30th anniversary taking place in 2022 we are seeking trustees who will be passionate about the direction of the organisation as we embark on an ambitious, new strategy, now is an incredibly exciting time to be joining our Board. We are particularly looking for new trustees with expertise in the following areas:
* Company Secretary
* Treasurer
* Fundraising & Business Development
More details on each trustee role above can be found by heading to the link below and clicking on the role links:
We are looking for strategic thinkers with strong communication and we need people of integrity with a strong commitment to our aims and a collaborative approach.
Trustees act as a public advocate for the festival nationally and internationally and will be on hand to help problem solve where necessary.
In return you will be joining a Board with a genuine desire to make a difference.
The role is voluntary, though travel / expenses will be covered.
Location: Liverpool City Region
Please submit your CV by email to info@africaoye.com and a letter of application no more than 2 sides of A4 indicating why you a the best person for the role with examples of how you meet the person specification for the role.
For further information please leave a message on 0151 703 6742 or call 07974 159 802.
The deadline has been EXTENDED to Tuesday 31st March 2020 at 5pm.
Lister Steps – Finance Manager
Term: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Salary: £27,000
Location: Liverpool L13
Description:
Lister Steps is looking for an individual with an excellent grasp of numbers, with exceptional communication and analytical skills to join us at this very exciting time in our charity’s development, as we move into our fully refurbished grade 11 listed home and expand our operations to include the delivery of both charitable and commercial services.
This is an excellent opportunity for somebody with a commercial acumen and social vision to help shape the evolving business processes. As such the right person will have the ability to manage the day to day finances of the company whilst looking to the future to identify opportunities for business development and commercial growth.
A forward thinking culture where your voice is heard and real opportunities exist to shape the way your role fits into our senior management function. We are already achieving our vision to be the spark that regenerates our community, making lasting change for people in L13 and beyond.
Bringing together charitable values and commercial activity, we are at the start of an exciting journey and are looking for the right individual to join our team to ensure that we maximise the value and impact of our resources.
Job purpose:
To assume a hands on role with responsibility for the end to end financial operations of Lister Steps liaising with a range of people both internally and externally
To develop and maintain appropriate financial systems for Lister Steps, to ensure systems are regularly updated and provide appropriate information to support claims, budgets and financial forecasting
To provide sound financial advice to the Trustees and the Chief Executive
To be a proactive member of the Senior Management Team providing financial information to enable the effective management of department budgets
To apply:
Read the full job description and apply online by following this link to the Lister Steps careers site or call 0151 254 1394 for more information.
Closing date:
Monday 16 March 2020
Health Equalities Group – Trustee Positions – Business Development & Communications
Health Equalities Group (HEG) is a public health charity started in 2005 under the original name ‘Heart of Mersey’. The charity undertakes research, policy change activities, and delivers public health interventions and education programmes relating to the prevention of non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancers) and reduction of health inequalities in the United Kingdom and beyond.
Our influence and impact over the last 15 years has been significant. HEG was the lead agency to advocate for an introduction of smoke-free policies in Liverpool ahead of national legislation in 2007 and was formative in bringing about the UK Government’s ‘Sugar Tax’ in 2018. HEG currently leads the North West’s healthy weight programme (Food Active), whilst our Healthy Stadia programme is UEFA’s current partner for health and wellbeing, resulting in high profile health projects delivered for EURO 2016 and Champions League Finals.
We are continuing a period of growth and development as we aim to increase our social impact at regional, national and international levels. Our Board of Trustees currently includes preeminent figures from epidemiology, finance, public health, marketing, the education sector, human resources and legal services.
As part of our plans for growth we are seeking new trustees to play a strategic role for the charity with skills and experience in the following disciplines:
Business Development: An individual with a strong track record of income generation, securing new contracts through tendering and business development strategies. Your skills will be essential in helping to plan and enhance HEG’s growth over the years ahead. Financial acumen would also be a distinct advantage for this role.
Communications: We are particularly keen to secure new trustees from a communications background, with a specific focus on corporate communications and media relations. HEG currently delivers life changing programmes at both national and international level, and we need to strengthen public awareness of our work and the issues we are tackling through engagement of the mass media and targeted stakeholders.
What can we offer you?
In return for attending four evening-based Trustee meetings per year, and occasional sub-committee meetings, you will be part of an ambitious, growing organisation that is delivering public benefit through our research, health interventions, campaigns and advocacy activities. You will be joining and supporting an organisation that is recognised at European-level for our work on tackling health inequalities. You will also be able to act as an ‘Ambassador’ for the group at events and ceremonies throughout the year.
We will also, where possible, offer you professional development opportunities and the opportunity to be included in the press and publicity of our work.
Please note that as we are a registered charity we are unable to pay Trustees. Reasonable expenses will however be reimbursed.
Interested?
If you are interested in applying for a trustee position with Health Equalities Group, please send your CV and a one page letter of application illustrating why you are interested in the role, how your skills and experience are aligned to the areas of expertise we require, any previous experience of acting as a trustee, and how you will add overall value to the Board.
We will be interviewing for new trustees in early April, so please respond to us by Monday 23rd March 2020 at the latest.
Please send CV and brief letter of application to: matthew.philpott@healthystadia.eu
For any initial enquiries or an informal chat about these roles, please contact HEG Executive Director, Matthew Philpott on 0151 702 5554
Mencap Liverpool – Activities Coordinator
Term: Part-time, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
Hours: 15 hours per week
Salary: £9.30-11.30 per hour
Location: Mencap Cottage House, Crosby (with some time spent at the Mencap Liverpool office, Liverpool City Centre)
This position is a fantastic opportunity for anyone who wants to make a difference.
You will be developing and running a programme of activities for people who have a learning disability. The activities will be based from Mencap Cottage House, but you’ll also be working with other local community groups to connect our beneficiaries with their opportunities
You will design and lead a social program, which will be adaptable for people of differing levels and with multiple needs.
The activities you run will help people who’ve previously been lonely and socially isolated to develop and maintain friendships. The activities will also help to increase confidence and self-esteem as well as giving people the opportunity to try new things.
You will work closely with your colleagues to ensure that our work is holistic, person-centred and constantly strengthened by the voice of our beneficiaries.
Term: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours Full time. Monday – Friday 8.30am – 4.30pm, (inclusive of 1hour break). Evening & Weekend on occasions.
Salary: £22,658 p.a.
Location: Time Out Café & Conference areas within Greenbank Sports Academy and the wider Greenbank Estate.
Greenbank provides a variety of educational services for people from within and around the Liverpool City Region. We are particularly supportive of providing relevant opportunities for disabled people and other disadvantaged groups.
There are exciting times for Greenbank as we are currently developing our strategy to take us through the next five years. Our vision is to transform lives through challenging perceptions and inspiring self-belief.
To help with our continued development, we are looking to recruit a Café Catering and Development Manager to lead our catering team in our Time Out Café facility based in our Sports Academy. In addition, the post holder will help facilitate student placements within the Time out Café to ensure they experience working in a real working environment.
The role would suit someone experienced in team leadership and student assessment within the hospitality and service sector at levels 1 & 2.
Job Purpose
– To manage a team to provide effective operation of catering and conference requirements of the Time Out Café and conference service areas, during opening hours.
– Manage and develop a team to ensure the provision of an excellent customer service experience for all our patrons.
– To assess Greenbank students working towards Industry Qualifications / NVQs, whilst on placement within the Time Out Café service areas.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
-Responsible for the direction, supervision, performance management, training, and evaluation of team members within the department.
-Develop, coach and lead Time Out Café team to deliver the highest levels of customer service, ensuring the highest quality of product is constantly delivered.
– Set and review standards of service provision and delivery, ensuring all team members maintain desired levels of achievement.
– Support the bar, beverage and kitchen services in the Time Out Café as required, to ensure customer service is maintained.
– Manage and develop food and drink menus to further develop the service. Manage the cost effectiveness of Time Out Café services.
– Supervise and maintain inventory of stocks; processing orders and deliveries for bar and kitchen areas. Putting in place measures to ensure stock security and hygiene requirements are met.
– Produce reports as required, providing updates on operational targets and other reportable requirements as requested, including management of Time Out Café budgets.
– Consistently advocate and strive to exceed guest expectations and provide the highest level of service.
– Build and maintain healthy business relations with clients ensuring high customer satisfaction; establish systems / procedures thereby contributing in a major way towards growth and profitability levels.
– Ensure that the department is run in compliance with all company policies, rules, and regulations. Review and implement new procedures as required to ensure Time Out Café is run effectively and adheres to all legislation in respect of conference, food and beverage services provided. This includes all food hygiene and health & safety requirements.
NVQ Assessment
– Assessing students in catering and associate delivery services up to NVQ level 2 and 3.
– To observe, mark, assess and review the work of the learners and ensure that the learners are working to required standards to achieve their qualifications.
Additional vacancy details
The Café facility is open 7 days a week, including daytime and evening opening. The job holder hours of work will primarily be 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday, but there will be a requirement to cover Café opening times during the evenings and weekends as required, for example this may be to facilitate large sporting events and private parties/functions.
This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post at the time of writing and is not intended to be exhaustive. The Job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and adhering to the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.
Applicants should note that the successful candidate will be asked to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Imagine Independence – Mental Health Support Worker
Position: Mental Health Support Worker
Job Reference: 20/10
Hours: 37.5 per week as part of a rota (includes evenings and weekends)
Salary: £16,050.55 per annum plus £82.10 – sleep in payment
Based in: Southport
We are looking for professional, dedicated and experienced support workers who can offer commitment to delivering high quality community based care to service users living in the Sefton/Liverpool area. You will have experience of working with people with mental health and/or learning disability needs. You will need excellent communication skills and be flexible in approach. You will have a positive attitude and be non-judgemental.
It’s essential to the role that you have a committed approach towards maintaining confidentiality, protecting the dignity of the individual and promoting their independence.
You should either hold or be willing to work towards NVQ3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent.
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please follow this link to visit the Imagine Independence website.
Completed application forms are to be returned by no later than the closing date/time either by email to ewindle@imagineindependence.org.uk or post to Emma Windle, 25 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ.
Please note that we shortlist from received application forms only, we do not accept CVs.
Our benefits include a generous holiday allowance, contributory pension scheme and career development opportunities.
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date for applications: 19 March 2020 at 17:00
Interviews are currently scheduled to take place on 31 March 2020 but this date is subject to change.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
The Women’s Organisation – Business Support Officer
Term:Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Salary: £20,000 – £23,000 doe
Location: Liverpool
Description: To provide a high quality and effective business and administration support contributing to the facilitation of services offered by The Women’s Organisation inc its training accreditation centre and 54 St James Street.
Directly responsible to: Operations Manager
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Administration of enrolment and registration of clients with relevant parties onto a range of recording systems in an accurate and efficient manner.
• End to end administration support for the training and accreditation provision within The Women’s Organisation including registration of clients, assignment tracking and issuing of course completion certificates.
• To undertake internal audits and compliance checks in relation to funded programmes.
• To support the management reporting and data collation process through the production of complex management information and board reports.
• To assist with internal social accounting by summarising data provided within client evaluations and feedback.
• To provide high quality administrative support to the Board and Senior Management team by coordinating procurement, booking travel and accommodation and minute taking for full team meetings.
• To contribute to effective record keeping and communication including diary and filing systems.
• To work in a flexible manner and as part of a team.
• To assist and support the facilities team as needed, to provide a high level of customer care through reception duties including greeting, welcoming, directing clients and answering, screening, forwarding any incoming phone calls while providing general information and message taking as required.
• To provide reception, clerical and administration services on a flexible basis including regular evenings and weekends as required.
• To contribute to the smooth running of the organisation and the building by maintaining appropriate systems.
• To contribute to publicity and awareness raising events as directed by the management team.
Royal Osteoporosis Society Launches New Programme of Events
The Royal Osteoporosis Society has launched a new programme of events that will take place in Liverpool, throughout spring and summer 2020. All of the events listed below are open to anyone interested in learning about osteoporosis and anyone diagnosed with the condition.
The events are organised by the Liverpool Osteoporosis Support Group.
Thursday 12 March
Annual Medical Update on Osteoporosis
Dr M.A. Siddiqi, consultant physician
2pm, The Wolfson Theatre, Aintree University Hospital, Lower Lane, Liverpool, L9 7AL
Monday 18 May
From the womb to the tomb
how everyday movements shape our skeleton throughout life
Dr Alex Ireland, Manchester Metropolitan University
2pm, Lecture Theatre, Education Centre, Education Building, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool, L7 8XP
Monday 29 June
Fashion, Flair and Fractures: how to deal with body shape changes
Suzanne Hewitt former model and ROS ambassador
2pm, Lecture Theatre, Education Centre, Education Building, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool, L7 8XP
Monday 21 September
Update on bone health services across Merseyside
Speaker to be confirmed
2pm, Lecture Theatre, Education Centre, Education Building, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool, L7 8XP
For further information please contact:
Fiona Cooper
Development Manager
The Royal Osteoporosis Society
Tel: 0771 252 4880 E-mail: fiona.cooper@theros.org.uk
Topics/speakers may change due to circumstances beyond our control.
In times of adverse weather conditions, please make contact with the ROS to confirm that the meeting is going ahead
Liverpool celebrates 100 days of change
Parenting courses, opportunities for young apprentices and a child-friendly app all about local services are just some of the big ideas that are taking shape in communities across Liverpool, at the climax of the city’s own 100 Day Challenge.
On 7 November 2019, frontline staff and community leaders in three areas of Liverpool (Anfield-Everton, Princes Park and Speke-Garston) got together to generate ideas about how they could improve life for young people.
Supported by a host of organisations including the council, innovation charity Nesta, Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS), Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, Merseyside Police, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and Power to Change, the challenge aimed to unlock local knowledge, experience and skills for the benefit of young people.
The ensuing 100 days have seen more than 20 groups and organisations join forces to generate 17 ground-breaking ideas, many of which are now beginning to come to life.
These include a popular new ‘Cake Club’ in Speke which gives parents the chance to get together to have their say about the local community and an Anfield-based project that has seen firefighters working with families to encourage children to stay in school (pictured).
Other great ideas include community members in Princes Park working together to generate apprenticeship for young people, which has so far netted 10 new opportunities.
On Tuesday 3 March, all those involved converged on Liverpool’s Cunard Building to mark the 100th day, share the stories and the knowledge they have gained and celebrate the scheme’s success.
Liverpool City Council’s Cabinet Member for Communities, Cllr Liz Parsons, said: “When we set out on this journey we wanted to empower community members and frontline workers to bring about the changes they knew would help improve life in their areas. We believe that the people who are closest to the challenges are the ones who are best placed to come up with the solutions. The level of involvement and enthusiasm for this project has been truly inspiring and we believe that the ideas that have been generated will help to bring about real change and improve the life chances for young people across Liverpool. The challenge doesn’t end at day 100, in fact, this is just the beginning and everyone is looking forward to seeing how these brilliant ideas continue to take shape and shape our future.”
Becky Vipond, co-director of community business Squash said: “The process has made us work differently – everyone has invested time and energy in the challenge working outside of their organisation’s main agendas to focus on some shared community issues. I think whatever the outcomes – the challenge has already been a huge success in bringing leaders and workers within L8 organisations together to share ideas, concerns, issues and to look for shared solutions. There has also been lots of laughs and many new friendships made.”
Anfield Children’s Centre Co-ordinator Margie Kelly, who has been involved with the firefighters’ back to school initiative said: “Because we concentrated on attendance and we had data it helped us focus on what we can do realistically. We used what we had, but in a joined-up way, like a jigsaw puzzle. The tools are there: it’s all about the network.”
Transforming Choice CIC – Bank Workers
Hours: to cover holidays and sick leave
Salary: £17,000
Location: Sefton Park
Transforming Choice delivers an innovative residential detox and rehabilitation program using the person centred approach. This is an opportunity for anyone who is interested in experiencing a wholly person centred environment.
Contact details: ellen@transformingchoice.org.uk
Closing date: 31st March 2020
The Reader Organisation – Storyhunter
Term: Fixed
Hours: 20
Salary: £8.21 per hour with rolled up holiday pay (Pay award pending)
Location: The Storybarn, Calderstones Park, L18 3JB
Description: About the role:
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.” — Dr. Seuss
The Storybarn is a creative, interactive environment in which children can feel thoroughly alive and creative in the company of quality literature. With Shared Reading at the heart of all that we do, we believe that books offer children a way to understand the world in which they live and the worlds inside themselves. The Reader exists to provide book-routes into this inner space, and to develop shared understandings of both it, and the outer world.
Training will be provided with space for creative adaptation of delivery for applicants to really make the role their own.
This role could be for you if you:
• Passionately believe in the value of reading
• Are flexible, enthusiastic and positive
• Are incredible outgoing and confident working with children and families
• Are compassionate and creative
How to Apply
Note: Please do not just send in a CV. We will only consider applications that adhere to the following process:
Visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Please complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk.
Your covering letter is an opportunity for you to include any additional information which could not be explained within the application form.
Deadline for applications: 9am, Wednesday 18th March.
NB: applications arriving after 9am will not be considered.
Volume of applications may make replies to everyone impossible.
Please note you may be required to deliver a presentation or complete a task at the interview. If this is the case, you will be informed of this when you are invited to interview.
Start Date: As soon as possible
Contact details: laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk
Closing date: 9am, 18th March 2020.
The Reader Organisation – Summer Storyhunter
Term: Fixed
Hours: 25
Salary: £8.21 per hour (Rolled up holiday pay and pay award pending)
Location: The Storybarn, Calderstones Park, L18 3JB.
Description:
About the role:
With shared reading at the heart of all that we do, we believe that books offer children a way to understand the world in which they live and the worlds inside themselves. Our Super Reading Heroes project builds on The Reader’s existing work in Liverpool with children in care, on the edge of care or in other difficult situations, creating the habit of reading for pleasure where ‘reading is not for me’. We are pleased to be planning an exciting programme of summer activities for our Reading Heroes and are now looking for dynamic, energetic and resilient Summer Storyhunters to bring our scheduled activities and workshops to life! The key ingredients here are great books, kind, dedicated and well-trained staff and volunteers and our amazing Mansion House, Storybarn and greenspace in Calderstones Park.
This role could be for you if you:
• Passionately believe in the value of reading
• Are flexible, enthusiastic and positive
• Are incredibly outgoing and confident working with children
• Are compassionate, creative and can keep a cool head, un-phased by the unexpected!
How to Apply
Note: Please do not just send in a CV. We will only consider applications that adhere to the following process:
Visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Please complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk.
Your covering letter is an opportunity for you to include any additional information which could not be explained within the application form.
Deadline for applications: 9am, Wednesday 18th March
NB: applications arriving after 9am will not be considered.
Volume of applications may make replies to everyone impossible.
Please note you may be required to deliver a presentation or complete a task at the interview. If this is the case, you will be informed of this when you are invited to interview.
Start Date: 30th July 2020
Contact details: laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk
Closing date: 9am, 18th March 2020
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd Disabled Children & Young People’s Team Leader
Term: Fixed Term Funded to 31st August 2020
Hours: 14 per week increasing to 35 hours during 11
weeks of school holidays
Salary: £22,558 – £25,729 (Pro Rata)
Location: Knowsley
Description:
The post holder will lead a team of sessional disability youth workers, to engage disabled children and young people aged 4-18 years through a short breaks service across Knowsley.
The post holder will assist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of short breaks provision, issue based youth work and life skills programmes for disabled young people in line with funder requirements and service user needs. The post holder will work as part of a team, which provides support to disabled children and young people and assists them to participate in a full range of activities.
The post holder must hold qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a subject relevant to the requirements of the position.
Contact details: Request application pack from recruitment@mya.org.uk
Closing date: 5pm Monday 16th March 2020
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd Disability Youth and Play Worker – School Holiday Support
Term: Fixed Term Funded to 31st August 2020
Hours: 28 hours per week for 11 weeks of the school holidays
Salary: £10.65 – £11.81 per hour
Location: Knowsley
Description:
The post holder will supervise and support disabled children and young people through activities in a play setting during 11 weeks of the school holidays. The successful candidate will deliver creative ways to play which will enhance development and address physical and emotional needs.
The post holder will be enthusiastic, flexible and will hold a relevant qualification in a subject related to working with young people. The post holder will also have experience of working with disabled children and young people in a play setting
Contact details: Request a application pack from recruitment@mya.org.uk
Closing date: 5pm Monday 16th March 2020
Mencap Liverpool and Sefton – Activities Co-ordinator
Term: 12mths
Hours: 15/wk, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Salary: £9.30-11.30/hr
Location: Mencap Cottage House, Crosby (with some time spent at the Mencap Liverpool office, Liverpool City Centre)
Description: Job Details
This position is a fantastic opportunity for anyone who wants to make a difference.
You will be developing and running a programme of activities for people who have a learning disability. The activities will be based from Mencap Cottage House, but you’ll also be working with other local community groups to connect our beneficiaries with their opportunities.
You will design and lead a social program, which will be adaptable for people of differing levels and with multiple needs.
The activities you run will help people who’ve previously been lonely and socially isolated to develop and maintain friendships. The activities will also help to increase confidence and self-esteem as well as giving people the opportunity to try new things.
You will work closely with your colleagues to ensure that our work is holistic, person-centred and constantly strengthened by the voice of our beneficiaries.
Access great tasting surplus food for free, with Food Drop
Food Drop, a platform that ensures unsold food from the high street goes to local charities, is coming to Liverpool!
Cafes and restaurants are often forced to throw away perfectly edible food at the end of the day. Food Drop makes it easy for this food to be collected by nearby charities, helping to reduce food waste and strengthen local communities.
Since launching in London last summer, Food Drop has partnered with Pret A Manger, Caffe Nero and Hummingbird Bakery to help distribute over 20,000 items to more than 50 charities. Food Drop is launching in Liverpool very soon, with three Pret A Manger stores.
The best part – it’s completely free! That means the only thing you will have to worry about is what great tasting sandwiches, salads and sweet treats you want to collect.
Janette Collins, CEO of The Crib, one of Food Drop’s charity partners in Hackney, added: “Using Food Drop helped us to reduce our costs as we are able to provide snacks to the 100 young people we support weekly. The platform makes it easy to share collections between myself and four other support workers!”
If you have any questions please email hello@fooddrop.co.uk, or call 020 8106 0600.
Refugee Action – Liverpool City Region Resettlement Service Manager
Term: 12 month fixed term maternity cover
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £35,934
Location: Liverpool
Description:
Refugee Action is looking for a Resettlement Service Manager to manage and have responsibility for Refugee Action’s part of the resettlement of refugees in Liverpool City Region.
The successful candidate will provide overall management and leadership of the team and ensure that Refugee Action’s vision, values and culture remain key in the planning, development and management of staff, volunteers and the service itself.
Operation Black Vote, in partnership with Liverpool City Council, has launched a unique civic leadership programme, with the aim of finding an nurturing Liverpool’s future leaders.
The programme is designed to encourage people from black and minority ethnicity communities to get more involved in civic and political leadership.
If you take part in the programme you will have the opportunity to observe many areas of public life. Experience gained will cover roles such as:
School governor
Magistrate
Councillor
Safer neighbourhood panel
Board of Liverpool Health Services
NHS Trust
Charity or NGO board trustee
If you are over 18, from a black or minority ethnic background, and are interested in the opportunity to become a future civic leader of Liverpool, please contact:
Film Futures – free filmmaking training for unemployed people
Do you like the idea of pursuing a career in film or television?
Liverpool-based film makers First Take are running free filmmaking training for unemployed people, based in Liverpool.
You could begin your filmmaking journey by learning the basic skills needed for a range of different roles, including camera operator, sound recordist, boom operator, Director, art director, production manager and editor. You’ll learn all of this while working on your own short film project.
The course includes a visit to BBC Media City, CV writing and opportunity to find out about jobs in the industry.
We Are Undefeatable is a physical activity campaign aimed at inspiring individuals with health conditions to be physically active.
The organisation is currently looking for ambassadors, who have a health condition and live in Liverpool, to be part of the campaign.
Do you know anyone who is physically active and living with a health condition?
They are looking for people aged between 40-60 living in Liverpool, open to sharing their story to inspire people with health conditions to be more active.
Anyone interested can email PublicHealth@Liverpool.gov.uk
Call for evidence launched into the economics of Universal Credit
The Economic Affairs Committee launches its inquiry into the economics of Universal Credit and invites written contributions to its investigation. The deadline for submissions is 29 February 2020.
This inquiry is investigating:
the economic impacts of Universal Credit
whether Universal Credit is meeting its original objectives
whether the policy assumptions reflected in its design are appropriate for different groups of claimants
the extent to which Universal Credit meets the needs of claimants in today’s labour market and changing world of work
The Committee will make recommendations to the Government.
The Committee is seeking evidence on the following questions:
How well has Universal Credit met its original objectives?
Were the original objectives and assumptions the right ones? How should they change?
What have been the positive and negative economic effects of Universal Credit?
What effect has fiscal retrenchment had on the ability of Universal Credit to successfully deliver its objectives?
Which claimants have benefited most from the Universal Credit reforms and which have lost out?
How has the world of work changed since the introduction of Universal Credit? Does Universal Credit’s design adequately reflect the reality of low-paid work?
If Universal Credit does not adequately reflect the lived experiences of low-paid workers, how should it be reformed?
This is a public call for written evidence to be submitted to the Committee. We encourage anyone with experience or expertise on the issue under investigation to share their views with the Committee, with the full knowledge that their views have value and are welcome.
The deadline is 29 February for anyone interested in making a response.
Help shape the future of Clubmoor!
Do you live or work in Clubmoor (L4, L9, L11, L13)?
Could you spare a few days or evenings in the next few weeks to make a lasting difference?
If so, contact My Clubmoor to register for a training session, where you’ll find out how to hold great conversations with residents, and how to put those skills to use in the coming weeks, to help make Clubmoor the best it can be.
No prior experience is needed! Childcare and travel costs will be covered and food will be provided at each session.
For more info contact Karen at admin@myclubmoor.org.uk or on 0151 287 3477.
Upcoming Events at Lister Steps
Lister Steps are restoring The Old Library on Green Lane into a new multi-use space for the community. Get involved with our springtime events & activities to be part of the story!
Every Friday | Researching our Roots | 1pm to 3pm at Lister Steps
Interested in local history? Our volunteers will help you carry out your own research into L13’s heritage & share what they’ve discovered so far. Drop in once or come every week!
24 February | Knit & Natter | Every Monday, 10am to 12pm at Lister Steps
Join us every Monday & learn to knit over a cup of tea and a friendly chat. Equipment provided, beginners welcome!
5 March | Try out Bellydancing | 6.30pm to 7.30pm at Lister Steps
Have fun & keep fit at our bellydancing trial session. No experience needed & everyone is welcome. Contact olivia.johnson@listersteps.co.uk or call 07988 778372 to book your free place.
14 March | The Old Library Open Day | 10am to 3pm at The Old Library
Visit The Old Library to see the latest progress on site. Sturdy footwear is essential.
26 March | Liverpool’s heritage: people, places & spaces | Doors open at 6.30pmat The Racquet Club, L3 9AG
Join us for an evening of fundraising as we debate how old buildings across our city can bring new life to communities. Tickets can be booked online https://bit.ly/2HH5D2g or by calling 07988 778372.
28 March | Community Litter Pick | 10.30am to 12pm at Newsham Park
Meet at Lake View Kiosk Cafe & help us tidy up the park for the Great British Spring Clean. All equipment provided.
1 April | One Year on Site | 6.30pm to 8pm at St Cecilia’s Club
Hear from members of the project team as we look back at the first 12 months on site & our plans once we relocate.
For more information, contact olivia.johnson@listersteps.co.uk or call 07988 778372. You can also visit www.listerstepshub.co.uk.
Memory Fit and Local History Sessions Now on in Croxteth
Memory Fit
An event including chair based exercise and active bingo, launched on 20th February 2020 at Porchfield Community Centre, Porchfield Close (off Storrington Avenue), Croxteth, L11 9DT.
Sessions will now take place regularly, 1-2pm on Thursdays, at a price of £3.50 per session.
Come a long and bring a friend! All exercises are done while sitting down.
If you would like to attend the next Memory Fit, call and speak to Gerri on 0151 547 4455.
Local History Group
The local history group will beging meeting on Thursday 27th February 2020 at Porchfield Community Centre, Porchfield Close (off Storrington Avenue), Croxteth, L11 9DT.
The six week course will run 10.30am to 12.30pm on Thursdays, at a price of £3.50 per session.
If you would like to know more or join the group, call and speak to Gerri on 0151 547 4455.
Savera UK – Community Support Worker
Term: 12 months (subject to funding)
Hours: 37.5 hours
Salary: £24,473 (including IN & pension,) per annum.
Location: Merseyside
Description:
Savera UK will be offering an opportunity to join the team and apply for the Community Support Worker post. The post holder will be required to work with individuals/families that have been referred into the service as a result of honour based abuse and or harmful practices , provide the holistic support necessary.
Interventions will be developed in such a way as to promote culturally sensitive and appropriate support as well as promoting independence and improve self-esteem by empowering clients to identify their as yet unmet needs.
Term: 12 months fixed term, subject to a 3 month probationary period
Hours: 21 – 35 hours per week (to be discussed with the successful applicant)
Salary: £14,683 – £24,472
Location: Liverpool Community Advice, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2JH
Description: Liverpool Community Advice holds a 2018 Standard Civil Contract and a contract to provide Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme (HPCDS) services. We wish to recruit a Housing Adviser to join our city centre based team. You will have at least 12 months experience of providing housing advice to clients in an advice centre, law centre, legal firm or similar organisation. You will also have experience of representing clients at Court.
Term: 12 Months
Hours: 35
Salary: £18,770
Location: Liverpool Community Advice, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2JH
Description: Liverpool Community Advice is a member of the Greater Merseyside Money Advice Partnership and wishes to recruit a Trainee Debt Adviser to join our city centre based team. You will have at least 12 months experience, either paid or unpaid, of providing advice to clients in an advice centre, law centre, legal firm or similar organisation. You will be willing to work towards the requisite Money and Pensions Service accreditation.
Description: Liverpool Community Advice is a member of the Greater Merseyside Money Advice Partnership and wishes to recruit a Debt Caseworker or Supervisor (depending on experience) to join our city centre based team. You will have substantial experience of providing debt casework in an advice, legal or financial services setting. You will have the requisite Money and Pensions Service accreditation for the role for which are applying.
Imagine Independence – 20/04 Learning Disabilities Support Worker
Imagine Independence is a charity that promotes recovery and inclusion, enabling and supporting people to live full and independent lives. We are proud to have the support of up to 150 volunteers and over 200 staff members to help those who need us.
Position: Learning Disabilities Support Worker
Job Reference: 20/04
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, working a rolling rota
Salary: £16,050.55 p.a
Based in: Accommodation Service, Anfield area, Liverpool
We are looking for a professional, dedicated and experienced Support Worker who can offer commitment to delivering high quality community-based care to service users living in the Liverpool area. You will have experience of working with people with mental health and/or learning disability needs. You will need excellent communication skills and be flexible in approach. You will have a positive attitude and be non-judgmental.
It is essential to the role that you have a committed approach towards maintaining confidentiality protecting the dignity of the individual and promoting their independence.
It’s desirable that you have at least an NVQ2 qualification in Health and Social Care
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit the Imagine Independence website.
Completed application forms are to be returned by no later than the closing date/time either by email to ewindle@imagineindependence.org.uk or post to Emma Windle at the Hope Street address below.
Please note that we shortlist from received application forms only, we do not accept CVs.
Our benefits include contributory Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
These posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory DBS check
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date for applications: 25th February 2020
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community
Imagine Independence 20/03 – Learning Disabilities Support Worker
Imagine Independence is a charity that promotes recovery and inclusion, enabling and supporting people to live full and independent lives. We are proud to have the support of up to 150 volunteers and over 200 staff members to help those who need us.
Position: Learning Disabilities Support Worker
Job Reference: 20/03
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, working a rolling rota
Salary: £16,050.55 p.a
Based in: Accommodation Service, Tuebrook area, Liverpool
We are looking for a professional, dedicated and experienced Support Worker who can offer commitment to delivering high quality community-based care to service users living in the Liverpool area. You will have experience of working with people with mental health and/or learning disability needs. You will need excellent communication skills and be flexible in approach. You will have a positive attitude and be non-judgmental.
It is essential to the role that you have a committed approach towards maintaining confidentiality protecting the dignity of the individual and promoting their independence.
It’s desirable that you have at least an NVQ2 qualification in Health and Social Care
For further details and to download an application form and job description, please follow this link to visit the Imagine Independence website.
Completed application forms are to be returned by no later than the closing date/time either by email to ewindle@imagineindependence.org.uk or post to Emma Windle at the Hope Street address below.
Please note that we shortlist from received application forms only, we do not accept CVs.
Our benefits include contributory Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
These posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory DBS check
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 25th February 2020.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community
Have your say on the city’s equality objectives
Liverpool City Council is reviewing its equality objectives and wants your views. The council has set out its commitment to achieving equality for all by reducing discrimination in employment and service delivery on the grounds of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation and socio-economic status.
The proposed objectives for 2020-2024 are:
Understand our diverse communities
Strengthen our communities and neighbourhoods
Accessible information and services
A fair and inclusive employer
Reduce inequalities
A welcoming city
Th council is now seeking your views on these proposed equality objectives.
Description: Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking for a highly motivated Finance Assistant to join the Finance Team.
You will have recent experience of office administration and of meeting deadlines and setting priorities. You will be highly literate and numerate with an interest in developing a role in finance/accountancy. You will have experience of using QuickBooks or a similar accounting/book-keeping package and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.
We’re looking for someone who is self-reliant, able to problem solve and able to input large amounts of data in an accurate and timely fashion.
Only applications using our application form will be accepted.
Closing date: 9 March 2020 at 12.00 noon
Community Impact Fund Now Open
Our Community Impact Fund helps voluntary sector organisations and registered charities do even more to build stronger communities across Liverpool and Merseyside. The current round will close Friday 6 March 2020, so get your application in now.
How does it work?
Eligible organisations can apply for grants of up to £3,000 for projects that meet one or more of our four main priority areas:
Health
Education
Income stability
Arts and culture
Applications are assessed on the impact that the project will have on the lives of those who benefit. We’re looking for projects that help make a change for those most in need. For this round, we are particularly interested in projects that target and offer support to parents and families.
Organisations wishing to apply must be registered charities, or have charitable aims as part of their governing document, and must be able to register with the Charity Commission if their income exceeds £5,000.
Community Interest Companies (CICs) can apply, but there is detailed guidance for more information about specific criteria for CICs.
Play your part in developing a city plan for Liverpool
Partners in Liverpool are working collaboratively to develop a City Plan which focuses on improving the long term outcomes of residents in Liverpool.
The Plan sets out a proposed shared vision, commitments, six aims each with a set of priorities and outcomes, and new ways of working to make a real difference and deliver those outcomes.
You can now view the draft plan online and offer your views on the emerging framework.
The City Plan survey will be live until Friday 28th February 2020.
Unity Theatre is one of Liverpool’s core performance venues, cemented in the hearts and minds of the city, and considered a ‘must play’ venue on the UK touring circuit. We are now looking for a new Chair of Trustees to lead our passionate and committed Board.
Our ambitious plans over the next three years will see us build on our societal roots, developing work that challenges and provokes whilst being more sustainable through the growth of commercial income, audience development and funding opportunities.
We are looking for an individual with influence and authority, strategic thinking and sound judgement. They will have a willingness to share thoughts, challenge ideas and support the team to meet the organisation’s ambitions and strategic aims.
Demonstrable experience of the demands and trends within the UK performing arts sector is desirable, be that in a paid senior position in an organisation or at Board level. A passion for the role of the arts within local communities is essential.
We strive to ensure that our Board represents a diverse range of experiences and backgrounds, reflecting the communities we work with. We actively encourage those from backgrounds currently underrepresented at Board level to apply.
To apply:
Please send a CV and a cover letter, setting out the skills, experience and networks you could bring to the role, plus why you would like to serve on the Board of Unity.
The deadline for expressions of interest is midday on Monday 16th March.
Applications should be sent to info@unitytheatre.co.uk with the heading ‘Chair of Trustees’.
If you would like an informal conversation about the role, please contact Gordon Millar, Artistic Director/CEO, via annemariemartin@unitytheatre.co.uk or 0151 709 6502, to arrange a conversation.
£165,000 waste prevention fund for Liverpool City Region community groups
A share of £165,000 is up for grabs to help make the Liverpool City Region a cleaner and greener place.
The funding has been made available for community and voluntary groups, schools and not-for-profit organisations, who can reduce household waste, encourage recycling and resource re-use and prevent carbon emissions. The projects will also have to demonstrate wider positive impacts on the environment, health and education.
The money is coming from the Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority and Veolia Community Fund 2020/21, which has been running annually since 2006.
Successful applicants can be awarded up to £30,000 for schemes which operate across all six districts in Merseyside and Halton, and between £1000 and £8,000 for projects which work solely at one local authority level.
Chairperson of Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA), Councillor Tony Concepcion, said: “We know that there are a lot of communities concerned about climate change and sustainable living. Giving groups the opportunity to get involved in looking after their environment can only bring benefits to all and can help us appreciate items as valuable resources rather than something which otherwise might be just thrown away.
“We’ve seen that previous projects have continued to deliver benefits beyond the first year, through their legacy and ongoing impact on behavioural change, and in many cases through new or continuing activities. We’re excited to see what projects come in.”
The impact of the 2018/19 fund saw 12 projects divert 673 tonnes of material from disposal, 26,643 people directly engaged, participation by 50,533 volunteers, and a 1419 tonne reduction in CO2 equivalent emissions.
Bids must tackle one or more of the four priority household waste materials which have been identified by MRWA as key, namely Food, Plastics, Textiles and Furniture. An analysis of waste in the region highlighted that a greater amount of these materials could be re-used or recycled. Projects can also include other household waste materials, for example paper, card, metals.
Previous Community Fund projects have included local recycling guidebooks, cookery clubs to improve people’s diet and reduce food waste, restoring old furniture to sell for charity and refurbishing unwanted rugs for resale.
One organisation to benefit from the Community Fund is Kirkby-based charity Centre 63 who last year received £8000 for the ‘Remake Yourself Hub’. This project received donations of unwanted furniture from the local community which was then refurbished and donated to young people, who have experienced homelessness and are starting out in their tenancies for the first time. Reuse, Repair and Upcycling workshops have been delivered to help give young people in Kirkby the skills needed to upcycle unwanted furniture.
Cheryl Roach, Centre 63 Business Development Manager, said: “The funding was crucial in allowing us to run the Remake Yourself Hub and has ensured that the young people taking part have the knowledge and skills to refurbish and repair rather than having to buy new.”
Successful projects should receive the funding in May 2020 and will have ten months to deliver their schemes.
Organisations interested in this year’s Community Fund can:
Contact the Authority at communityfund.2020-2021@merseysidewda.gov.uk or on 0151 255 1444
If you are not sure whether your project is appropriate for consideration, submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) via the above email address Monday 2nd March. However, an EOI isn’t mandatory.
Deadline for submission of applications: Sunday 15th March 2020, 11.59pm.
Life Story Network – Finance Assistant
Location: Liverpool
Salary: £20,000 (pro rata)
Hours: 21 hours – 3 days
Duration: Permanent
Benefits: 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata), flexible working, pension, Medicash option, staff development and training.
Closing date: Friday, 14th February 2020
Interview date: Week beginning 24th February 2020
For further details and an application form please follow this link to visit the Life Story Network website.
Job Title: Directions Project Keyworker
Context: Citizens Advice Halton are seeking to recruit a Directions Project Keyworker to work on their Directions Project from Halton’s two offices (in Runcorn and Widnes).
The Directions project is a new multi-agency, Liverpool City Region wide partnership, funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) with the aim of increasing the employability of local people who are currently unemployed or economically inactive. Citizens Advice Halton will support eligible local people to: receive employability support; and gain sought after employment skills and experience through volunteering.
Working with the Directions project’s Training Officer to achieve the project’s overall aims and targets, the Directions Project Keyworker will also play a lead role on the provision of employability support to the project’s participants for Citizens Advice Halton, across Runcorn and Widnes.
You must be able to show that you have experience of delivering support through group work and 1-2-1 with participants, including the design and delivery of training and other support interventions, to increase the employability, confidence and goals of participants.
Location: Citizens Advice Halton – Widnes and Runcorn offices
Salary: £21,589 – £23, 836
Hours: 35 per week (Full time)
Leave: 25 days holiday per annum + bank holidays
Closing date: Friday 21st February 2020 – 12 noon
Interview date: Within 2 weeks of closing date
How to apply: Information pack and application form are available from our Administration Team (email jobs@citizensadvicehalton.org.uk) or can be downloaded from our website: follow this link to visit the Halton CAB website.
We value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates from all backgrounds and sections of the community.
Citizens Advice Halton – Directions Training Officer
Job Title: Directions Training Officer
Context: Citizens Advice Halton are seeking to recruit a Directions Training officer to work on their Directions Project from Halton’s two offices (in Runcorn and Widnes).
The Directions project is a new multi-agency, Liverpool City Region wide partnership, funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) with the aim of increasing the employability of local people who are currently unemployed or economically inactive. Citizens Advice Halton will support eligible local people to: receive employability support; and gain sought after employment skills and experience through volunteering.
Working with the Directions Project Keyworker to achieve the project’s overall aims and targets, the Directions Training Officer will also play a lead role in the recruitment, training and support of volunteers within Citizens Advice Sefton.
You must be able to show that you have experience of delivering support through group work and 1-2-1 with participants, including the design and delivery of training. You must also be able to show you have experience of the recruitment, training, development and ongoing support of volunteers.
Location: Citizens Advice Halton – Widnes and Runcorn offices
Salary: £23,836 – £26,317
Hours: 35 per week (Full time)
Leave: 25 days holiday per annum + bank holidays
Closing date: Friday 21st February 2020 – 12 noon
Interview date: Within 2 weeks of closing date
How to apply: Information pack and application form are available from our Administration Team (email jobs@citizensadvicehalton.org.uk) or can be downloaded from our website: follow this link to visit the Halton CAB site.
We value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates from all backgrounds and sections of the community.
Africa Oyé volunteer call out for 2020 festival
Africa Oyé 2020
Sefton Park, Liverpool
Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st June 2020
12:30pm – 9:30pm both days / Admission: FREE
Each year, an enormous amount of effort goes into ensuring that the Africa Oyé festival takes place and remains free entry and open to all. Due to the ever-growing popularity of the event, this is becoming increasingly challenging.
That is where you come in!
The support of volunteers is a crucial part of the festival – the opportunity to meet our audience only comes around once a year. You will be working with Oyé focusing on ensuring the survival and growth of the festival by creating positive relations with attendees and raising funds to sustain future festivals.
This year Oyé falls on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st of June. Support is required for both days between 12pm and 9pm. Organisers ask for a minimum of 2 hours of your time, or more if you would like.
The two days are a fantastic celebration of the music and culture of Africa and the Diaspora and volunteering will give you an opportunity to be part of the festivities, to meet a variety of people and help keep the event free for future generations.
What Are They Looking For?
Enthusiastic, friendly and helpful people.
An interest in culture, music and some knowledge of the festival would be an advantage but is not essential.
Practical Considerations
You will need to make your own way to and from the festival site but there are plenty of public transport options and it is a beautiful cycling/walking location.
What Next?
If you would like to sign up to volunteer for Africa Oye 2020, please email africaoye@onefellswoop.co.uk for more information and an application pack.
Savera UK – Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Term: 3 year fixed term contract, funded by The Big Lottery.
Hours: 37.5
Salary: circa £46,313.00 (Including NI & Pension)
Location: Merseyside
Description:
Savera UK is a registered charity (No. 1145564), and a leading specialist organisation providing services to anyone at risk of honour-based abuse or other harmful practices including female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage.
Occupational requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010, the post holder must be female in accordance with the Sex Discrimination Act, 1975 Part 7.
Job summary:
The Chief Executive Officer of Savera UK, in partnership with the Board, is responsible for the success of Savera UK. Together, the Board and Chief Executive Officer assure Savera UK’s relevance to the community, the accomplishment of Savera UK’s mission and vision, and the accountability of Savera UK to its diverse constituents. The Board delegates responsibility for management, and day-to-day operations, to the Chief Executive Officer, and they have the authority to carry out these responsibilities, in accordance with the direction and policies established by the Board. The Chief Executive Officer provides direction and enabling to the Board as it carries out its governance functions.
To find out more and to apply, follow this link to visit the Savera UK website.
Places of Welcome invites communities to join them in tackling isolation
Together Liverpool is proud to announce the launching of two networking events in February and March 2020. Celebrating and building upon the Places of Welcome initiative, one event will be held in the North of Liverpool and one in the South – giving people from across the city and beyond an exciting opportunity to network and further develop cohesion in our region’s communities.
What is Places of Welcome?
Places of Welcome is a simple and effective model that uses the power of relationships to tackle loneliness and isolation and make a real difference in peoples’ lives. In addition, Places of Welcome network and signpost to other organisations and services – opening up access for people to make the most of their local communities.
Effective in its simplicity, this initiative has now spread to over 350 centres across the UK and in the wider Merseyside area there are now 40 Places of Welcome – with the interest and numbers growing steadily.
At the networking events, attendees will get a chance to:
Hear from current Places of Welcome
Network with organisations, agencies and services that complement community work
Learn how to overcome common problems (volunteering, funding, support, partnerships)
Receive training on ‘what it takes’ to be a Place of Welcome
Sign up to be a Place of Welcome (if you haven’t already!)
Who Should Attend?
If you are already a Place of Welcome – or are interested in knowing more about this growing network of change-makers then this event is definitely for you.
This event is also relevant for Neighbourhood Officers, Community Workers, CVS Officers, CAB Officers, Small Group Leaders, Volunteers and more!
Find Out More
Follow these links to visit Eventbrite and register for:
If you would like to find out more information or ask any questions about the Places of Welcome in general, contact Adeyinka Olushonde (Places of Welcome Project Worker) placesofwelcome@togetherliverpool.org.uk
Norris Green Community Alliance – Play Leader
Until: June 2020 with expectation to extend to 3 year contract.
Hours: 23 – 25 hours a week
Salary: £8.75/9 per hour depending on experience
Location: Norris Green, L11, Sparrowhall L9. Liverpool.
Description:
Norris Green Community Alliance is a small registered charity based in Norris Green Liverpool. It was formed in 2009 by local residents and practitioners in the area and works together with the community to bring about change and develop projects.
The Alliance has funding to appoint a Lead Playworker through BBC Children in Need for work with children and young people.
Norris Green Community Alliance is looking to appoint an enthusiastic, Play Leader to join our hard working team. If appointed you will work on our holiday playscheme project and our after school provision. The Play Leader will be based in either: Norris Green Youth Centre, Townsend Lane, Liverpool or Russell Community Rooms, Sparrowhall Road, L9 with the other Play Workers and volunteers.
Start date:
February 2020 onwards- June 2020 with expectation to extend to a 3- year contract.
Hours:
23 Play Leader per week @ £8.75/9 per hour depending on experience (hours accumulated over school holidays +) After School Provision Monday to Thursday 2.45/3 pm – 6/6.15 pm. Playscheme school holidays 9.30 am – 3.30 pm. (No Playscheme to be held during Christmas/ December school holidays.)
• Opening date for applications: 25TH January 2020
• Closing date for applications: 23 rd February 2020 midnight
• Interview/s week to be confirmed
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS disclosure at enhanced level will be required. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of gender, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or age.
Contact details:
Please contact Denise Turner or Tricia Allward using the details below to request an application pack.
0151 226 2672
norrisgreencommunity@btconnect.com
Ellergreen Community Centre,
Ellergreen Road, Liverpool, L11 2RY
Closing date:
23rd February 2020 midnight
Dementia Action Liverpool – Meeting Centres Project Manager
Term: Short term consultancy contract April – December 2020
Hours: Variable
Salary:£15,500 contract
Location: Liverpool
Dementia Action Liverpool is a not-for-profit company formed in 2017 to manage the business of the Liverpool Dementia Action Alliance; our aims are identical.
Meeting Centres are local resources operating out of ordinary community buildings, offering on-going warm and friendly expert support to people and families affected by dementia. Its activities are determined by the people who use the Centre with the overall aim of helping them adapt to the diagnosis. Personal care is not provided and registration with the Care Quality Commission is therefore not required. People with dementia and their carers are encouraged to attend together
There is strong interest in developing Meeting Centres in Liverpool and a multi-agency planning group has been formed.
Dementia Action Liverpool wants to recruit a project manager on behalf of the planning group to do the detailed work of researching location, funding, staffing and governance arrangements for the proposed Meeting Centres. This could be an individual or a team of people.
The project manager will undertake the following tasks under the guidance of the planning group:
Research the most appropriate option for a legal body to run the Centre(s), including employing staff and operating premises
Work with local groups and organisations including Service Users Reference Forum, tide (together in dementia every day) and other people with dementia and carers to define what the Meeting Centre(s) will offer
Work with the Diversity group of the Liverpool Dementia Action Alliance to ensure that the Meeting Centre offer is inclusive of cultural and language needs
Identify potential locations for the first Centre
Engage with local businesses, community groups, health and care services, housing providers and other relevant stakeholders to raise awareness about the potential Centre(s) and what they will offer
Organise community meetings to secure local support for the Centre(s)
Identify potential sources of funding to run the centre(s)
Lead work groups tasked with moving separate elements of the project forward to ensure they work effectively and cohesively
Produce regular briefings for stakeholders, the wider public and local media about the progress of the project, using social media where this is appropriate
Draft job roles and skills required for staff and volunteers, using frameworks provided by the national Meeting Centres Support Programme
Recommend a staffing structure, including the role of volunteers
The project manager will be expected to attend planning group meetings, currently held monthly, and to provide regular progress reports.
Applicants must have a proven track record of working directly with people with dementia, carers, local communities and the general public.
For the full specification, further information and details of how to apply contact Ruth Eley, chair of Liverpool Dementia Action Alliance and Director of Dementia Action Liverpool, at lpoolmcproject@btinternet.com or on 07786 979997
Closing date: 12 noon on 17 February
Give Liverpool City Council your feedback on their early years resource
Liverpool City Council is aiming is to make its Early Help Directory directory an irreplaceable resource for all families living in Liverpool. The directory provide families living in Liverpool with access to information and support services to help them lead healthy and happy lives.
This is your opportunity to tell them what you need from the directory. It currently provides a wealth of information and resources, including:
Childcare provision
Children’s centres
Education
Activities and events
Information and advice pages
The Liverpool Local Offer, a one-stop source of information for all things relating to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities for children and young people aged 0-25
The council’s aim is to make this resource as accessible as possible. In order to do this, they would like your feedback. Please take the time to follow the link below and complete the survey.
Provide your contact details if you would like to take part in a focus group, taking a more detailed and in-depth look at how Liverpool City Council can best meet the needs of those who would use the directory.
Public Health Liverpool and Champs want to help support local voluntary organisations to deliver interventions and support in safe environments for men aged 40-60 years who may be experiencing loneliness, low mood, crisis or suicidal thoughts.
Successful applicants will have a strong understanding of promoting wellbeing in order to prevent suicide. In addition, evidence of successful engagement with men in the target population (those aged 40-60yrs) will be a key success criteria.
The successful applicants will demonstrate understanding of activities which promote mental health, avoid crisis and help to create a ‘suicide safer’ community in Liverpool. Applicants should also have completed ‘zero suicide alliance’ online training (follow this link for more information: zerosuicidealliance.com) and understand, as well as be able to respond to the significant calendar dates associated with good mental health and suicide prevention including: World Mental Health Day, Time to Talk Day, Mental Health Awareness Week & World Suicide Prevention Day.
Applications will be assessed on the impact that the project will have on the lives of those who benefit, including:
Improved wellbeing
Improved social network and connectivity
Better financial security
Engagement in meaningful activity
Interventions may include group work in all male environment / space. Activities may be sports based, horticultural, physical activity, arts based, carpentry, comedy, drama, food preparation or any other activity which has been co-produced with the men in the target population.
Applicants or organisations wishing to apply must be registered charities, or have charitable aims as part of their governing principles or document.
A briefing session will be held at the LCVS building, 151 Dale Street, on Friday 31 Jan 2-3.30pm, for organisations who would like to know more about the fund.
To attend, email Paula.Atherton@lcvs.org.uk or simply come along.
If you are unable to make the event but would like more information on the support available, contact Paula on the above email address, or on 227 5177, ext 3222.
City Council conducts SEND training needs analysis
Liverpool City Council is currently responding to a written statement of action relating to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). One of the tasks identified is a review of current workforce development activity, within agencies, around SEND.
The council now wishes to gain an understanding of multi-agency workforce knowledge and confidence levels relating to the SEND agenda.
To this end, Liverpool City Council has developed a simple training needs analysis (TNA) to gauge practitioner’s confidence and skills in key areas.
Please take the time to download and complete this TNA. Gaining a thorough understanding of the needs will enable Liverpool City Council to make accurate commissioning decisions going forward.
Please return your completed form, by Friday 21st February 2020, to Jude Moizer at judith.moizer@liverpool.gov.uk.
Imagine Independence – 20/03 Learning Disabilities Support Worker
Position: Learning Disabilities Support Worker
Job Reference: 20/03
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, working a rolling rota
Salary: £16,050.55 p.a
Based in: Accommodation Service, Tuebrook area, Liverpool
We are looking for a professional, dedicated and experienced Support Worker who can offer commitment to delivering high quality community-based care to service users living in the Liverpool area. You will have experience of working with people with mental health and/or learning disability needs. You will need excellent communication skills and be flexible in approach. You will have a positive attitude and be non-judgmental.
It is essential to the role that you have a committed approach towards maintaining confidentiality protecting the dignity of the individual and promoting their independence.
It’s desirable that you have at least an NVQ2 qualification in Health and Social Care
Please note that we shortlist from received application forms only, we do not accept CVs.
Our benefits include contributory company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
These posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory DBS check.
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 12th February 2020.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Imagine Independence – 20/04 Learning Disabilities Support Worker
Position: Learning Disabilities Support Worker
Job Reference: 20/04
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, working a rolling rota
Salary: £16,050.55 p.a
Based in: Accommodation Service, Anfield area, Liverpool
We are looking for a professional, dedicated and experienced Support Worker who can offer commitment to delivering high quality community-based care to service users living in the Liverpool area. You will have experience of working with people with mental health and/or learning disability needs. You will need excellent communication skills and be flexible in approach. You will have a positive attitude and be non-judgmental.
It is essential to the role that you have a committed approach towards maintaining confidentiality protecting the dignity of the individual and promoting their independence.
It’s desirable that you have at least an NVQ2 qualification in Health and Social Care
Please note that we shortlist from received application forms only, we do not accept CVs.
Our benefits include contributory company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
These posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory DBS check.
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date for applications: 12th February 2020
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Liverpool City Council announces plans to maintain voluntary sector funding
Voluntary sector colleagues joined Liverpool City Council Chief Executive Tony Reeves at Cunard Building on Monday 27th January, for a budget consultation briefing facilitated by LCVS.
We are pleased to report that, at this meeting, Mr Reeves announced plans to maintain the City Council’s voluntary sector funding at it’s current level for the financial year 2020/21.
Grant programmes to be maintained include:
Community Resource Grant
Youth and Play Grant
Mayoral Neighborhood Fund
Hardship Fund
In addition, LCC plans to expanded support for the sector through:
Mayor’s Inclusive Growth Fund
Civic Crowdfunding Pilot Scheme
The MIGF is worth an additional £550,000, with the LCC contribution to the crowdfunding pilot valued at £150,000.
We would like to thank all who attended the meeting on Monday.
Liverpool City Council will officially set its budget at a meeting of the full Council on 4 March 2020.
ESF Community Grants for the Liverpool City Region NOW OPEN
Round 3 of ESF Community Grants for the Liverpool City Region is NOW OPEN, until Wed 26th Feb 2020.
How much difference would £20,000 make to your organisation?
Could it help offer more fantastic employability work in your community?
Small grants of up to £20,000 are available.
To apply, please follow this link to visit the WEA website, or contact your local ESF Grants Team:
email: ESFgrantslcr@wea.org.uk or call 0151 243 5356
Good luck to all applicants!
LiveWire Liverpool – Social Prescriber Link Worker
Term:The role is for a fixed term period of 12 months with the possibility of an extension.
Hours:37 per week worked over 5 days
Salary:£24, 595 per annum
Location:Liverpool
Description: LiveWire Liverpool are seeking to appointment a Social Prescriber Link Worker.
The role is for a fixed term period of 12 months with the possibility of an extension.
We are looking for an energetic individual who has the ability to engage with a wide range of individuals, supporting them to embark on lifestyle changes that make a difference to their wellbeing. The successful candidate will work in partnership with GP practices, patients and other partners across central Liverpool.
Actively engaging with the local community, you will be required to have extensive knowledge of facilities and activities within the local area as referral options for patients.
Identifying any gaps in delivery, you will be expected to support local community groups in accessing funding opportunities to establish new groups.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing programme of social prescribing across the city.
LiveWire Liverpool has been accredited by the Workplace Wellbeing Charter and, as a member of our team, you will be supported to make healthy choices every day. You will receive the information and resources you need to enjoy good physical and mental health.
An interest in healthy lifestyles would also be an advantage.
Term: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week across 7 days on a rota basis 08:00-02:00 Monday to Sunday
Salary: £17,000 – £22,000
Location: Liverpool
Description: This is an exciting opportunity for a practically minded, highly organised individual with an aptitude for maintaining high standards to join our Calderstones Team.
As a member of the events team, you will be responsible for setting the tone for all of our in-house events. You will need to deliver excellent customer service in line with the organisation’s values and ethos. You must be able to problem solve, be organised, a natural leader, and be confident in decision-making.
Your main responsibilities will be:
• To maintain a high FoH presence and continually interact with staff, volunteers, and visitors throughout the day
• To deliver all in house events to an exceptionally high standard
• To be responsible for the smooth operating of all in house events
• To take a lead role in the managing of incidents and emergencies whilst on duty, in the absence of our operations team.
• To ensure all catering orders are coordinated and communicated with our catering team
• To support FoH staff/volunteers in delivering excellent customer service and allocate duties where appropriate.
• To support the Sales and Events Manager
• To work closely with our catering team
• To ensure that the event rooms are set up and cleaned to a high standard. This will mean working closely with our cleaning. Facilities and operations team.
• To support the Catering Manager in the smooth delivery of all internal and external events.
• To be trained in all areas of the FoH provision, including cashing up, full catering provision, bar and reception to be able to supervise the shifts on site in the absence of the scheduled staff member/volunteer
• To be responsible and coordinate your team in the setup and take down of all Events where necessary and ensure all H&S requirements are followed
• Ensure our customers’ requirements are delivered
• Set up of all AV and PA equipment
• Liaising with suppliers, photographers, florists, entertainers etc to ensure they deliver
Knowledge/ Technical Skills
• Events experience (E)
• Available to work evenings and weekends (E)
• Flexible approach to working hours (E)
• Bar/Catering experience (E)
• Cash handling/cashing up experience
• Have lead a team in the service industry (E)
• Event planning/coordinating skills (E)
• To have worked on or managed weddings (D)
• Knowledge of health and safety, licensing and first aid (E)
• Has sound judgement and is able to demonstrate strong practical planning and delivery (E)
• Has strong interpersonal skills and has the ability to communicate effectively with staff, volunteers, group members, and members of the public (E)
• Understands and is able to demonstrate the importance of high standards(E)
• Understands and can demonstrate the importance of H&S Regulations (D) *training will be provided
• Has drive, initiative, motivation and resilience (E)
• Can manage time effectively, be punctual and reliable (E)
• Be flexible to changing demands of the post (E)
• Be trustworthy, maintain confidentiality at all times in respect of organisational matters (E)
• Has a proven track record of delivering co-ordinated activities and understands the importance of clear communication. Has demonstrable evidence of the ability to make effective decisions under pressure and takes responsibility for implementing them (E)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and can confidently present ideas in a professional manner at all levels in the organisation (E)
• Works well in a high-pressured environment (E)
• Self-motivated, organised, and flexible with the ability to prioritise tasks to meet deadlines and event requirements showing strong emotional resilience while working well in a high-pressured environment (E)
Special Circumstances
• Shares our ethos and values (E)
• Is a keen learner, willing to develop their skillset (E)
• Believes in and supports shared reading and the work of The Reader (E)
* E = Essential D = Desirable
Contact details: How to Apply
• Note. Please do not just send in a CV. We will only consider applications that adhere to the following process –
• Visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved Section’ where you will be able to view the full job description, recruitment pack and download an application form. Please complete the application form and submit to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk
Deadline for applications: Wednesday 5th February 2020, 9am
• NB: applications arriving after 9am will not be considered
• A high volume of applications may make replies to everyone impossible.
Selection Process: If successful at shortlisting you will be invited to attend a panel interview. You may be required to complete a selection task at the interview if this is the case you will be informed of this prior to the interview date.
Interviews: week commencing 10th February
Closing date: Wednesday 5th February, 9am
Greenbank – ICT Tutors
Term: Part-time/Full-Time
Hours: Various
Salary: £21,962 – £24,174 Pro-rata
Location:The main place of work is Greenbank College, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool L17 1AG but all employees are required to be flexible in their approach to working conditions and expected to work at other sites as and when required.
We will consider one post holder at 40 hours per week.
Working hours
9.00am – 5.00pm or 8.30am – 4.30pm, inclusive of 1-hour lunch break
These positions are full year posts, we will, however, consider term time only working if it helps the successful candidate.
Job Purpose
To develop and support curriculum delivery across ICT programmes. To support initial assessment, teaching performance, student achievement, attendance and retention, target setting, resource development and other quality measures as required by awarding and inspection bodies and funders
Main Duties and Responsibilities
1. Responsible for the delivery of the ICT curriculum at entry levels, level 1 and level 2.
2. Responsible for developing lesson plans, schemes of work and tutorial resources to an agreed format for use within the ICT department. To adapt and provide user-friendly resources including interactive resources for the delivery of courses.
3. Assess students in accordance with Awarding Body guidelines; liaising with the appropriate Awarding Body as and when necessary and ensuring compliance with their policies/procedures.
4. Ensure adherence to an efficient student tracking system in compliance with Greenbank’s quality systems and funding body guidelines. Monitor and support student attendance, retention and achievement providing accurate management information as and when required. Take part in evaluating the college Self-Assessment Report (SAR).
5. Undertake administrative duties, maintaining confidential records, monitor, review and evaluate work in line with quality standards.
6. Comply with Greenbank’s confidentiality policies and procedures.
7. Ensure Health and Safety Policy is implemented and maintained.
8. Ensure compliance with equal opportunities and other legislative requirements.
9. Required to work as part of a team, sharing resource development and promoting good practice; attend team and staff meetings as required.
10. Required to undergo training recommended by the line manager.
11. Required to carry out other duties as assigned by Greenbank’s senior management team.
This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post at the time of writing and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. This job description may be reviewed when necessary in line with the development of the organisation.
Person Specification
The main duties, qualities, skills, qualifications and experience required:
Essential
– Good working knowledge of ICT qualifications, awarding body procedures and the ability to match resources to student needs.
– Hold a recognised teaching qualification and ICT qualification at level 2 or above.
– Good knowledge of existing and evolving ICT systems
– Understanding of national and legislative standards in the Further Education sector including OFSTED Common Inspection Framework and ability to transfer this knowledge into other employment sectors
– Excellent organisational skills, computer and written skills
– Good assessment and diagnostic skills
– Proven communication skills
– To be a team player and have the ability to work on own initiative
– To undergo training as part of an agreed performance review system
– Positive attitude towards equal opportunities and ability to demonstrate commitment to the development of all
Desirable
– TAQA/ Assessor/ IV Award/ D32/D33/34
– Experience of working with young people, disabled people and unemployed adults
– Experience of delivery in a one to one and small group setting
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and adhering to the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.
Applicants should note that the successful candidate will be asked to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service
Completed application forms to be returned to: applications@greenbank.org.uk
Contact details: applications@greenbank.org.uk
Closing date: Monday 10 February 2020, 9am
Africa Oyé: “We need the people’s help to keep our festival free”
The organisers of Liverpool’s Africa Oyé have called upon local investors and the people of Liverpool to help keep the festival free.
The event has been free entry since the first ever edition in 1992 when it began as a series of shows across city centre venues in Liverpool.
It has since showcased the finest in African and Caribbean music in Concert Square, Princes Park and even across the water in Birkenhead, before it made Sefton Park its home in 2005, where it has since taken place annually every June.
Recent years have seen the popularity of the festival soar, attracting a footfall of 80,000 people in its record breaking year in 2017.
The infrastructure costs that come with the increased audience numbers – added security, medical staff, and toilets to name just a few – have been a constant challenge year on year.
“It’s something we’ve said many times before but it still rings true; Oyé is a victim of its own success. Our audience went up by thousands over a relatively short period of time. We’re grateful for the support we receive from Arts Council England and Liverpool City Council, but unfortunately due to rising costs, we need more support to keep the festival free.” says Oyé’s Artistic Director, Paul Duhaney.
“We’ve been able to increase the capacity for trading pitches on the site and expand our merchandise and bar revenue, but it’s still incredibly challenging to make up the difference needed with self-generated income as a free festival.”
Oyé – a registered charity – has set up an online donations button on its website which can be found on the homepage at africaoye.com as well as a ‘Friends of Oyé’ scheme for those who are able to contribute a bit more on an annual basis.
“Even if it’s just a couple of quid that people can spare – we really appreciate everyone’s donations” continued Paul. “They’re going to be vital going forward if we want to keep the event free and open to all and at the same level of quality we’re producing now.”
Local investors are also invited to sponsor different elements of the festival, with the Access Facilities, On-Stage British Sign Language Interpreters, Oyé Active Zone Workshops, and the Main Stage itself all options for private sponsorship by businesses or individuals.
Paul explained, “I think people look at the size of the event we put on each year and assume there’s a massive team of people behind it, when the reality is we have one full-time member of staff and just a handful of part-timers working throughout the year to make this happen.”
“We also deliver workshops to schools and youth groups and co-promote other cultural events that fit within Oyé’s remit. All hugely important for our mission to promote the music and culture of Africa and the Diaspora to new audiences, but not exactly huge money spinners that the festival can survive on.
“We’re putting a call out to any individuals and businesses who can make sure Liverpool retains this one-of-a-kind festival as a free event. We’ve been told so many times that we’re the ‘People’s Festival’ and we were delighted to win the ‘People’s Choice Award’ at the inaugural Liverpool City Region Culture & Creativity Awards last year. Our weekend was even called ‘Christmas for Scousers’ by one national journalist! It would be a real shame if we had no other option but to start charging for tickets or if we had to downscale the event to something a lot smaller.”
For more information on investing and sponsoring the festival, please email info@africaoye.com for an Information Pack. To donate any amount – no matter how small – please visit africaoye.com and click on the ‘Paypal’ button at the top of the homepage.
OTHER WAYS TO HELP KEEP OYÉ FREE ALL YEAR ROUND
– Buy official Oyé merchandise online or at the festival
– Volunteer at the festival
– Online shopping on Amazon? Do so via smile.amazon.co.uk and pick Africa Oyé as your chosen charity!
– Donate via the Paypal button on the africaoye.com homepage
– Become a ‘Friend of Oyé‘
If we all do just one of these things, it’ll be a great step towards keeping Oyé alive and well for years to come. We are a registered charity and as such, all proceeds are reinvested into the organisation.
This year’s Africa Oyé festival will take place on 20th and 21st June 2020, in Liverpool’s Sefton Park from 12:30pm til 9:30pm both days and entrance is FREE.
Greenbank – Learning Coach / Support Worker
Term: Permanent
Hours: Various up to 35 hours per week. Term Time only.
Salary: SCP 15 £12,640 pa
Location: The main place of work is Greenbank College, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool L17 1AG. The post may require work in different locations from time to time.
Description:
Job Purpose
The post holder is responsible for supporting students during education/vocational learning sessions and work placements and for providing on course assistance/support to tutors during sessions. You will also be responsible for some personal care needs including feeding, use of toilet, changing, hoist etc, where this enables access to learning.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
– Support students during learning sessions/activities and work together with tutors in the delivery of learning opportunities.
– Undertake break and lunchtime supervision as required.
– To develop a flexible working practice to achieve students identified and agreed learning objectives.
– To provide personal care if required to facilitate access to learning.
– Liaise with relevant staff across the organisation and relevant external agencies contributing to the student’s individual action plan and agreed learning/work goals.
– Take an active role in the student review process supporting the student, tutor and student’s representative in contributing to the learning process.
– Responsible for undertaking job task analysis whilst supporting students on work placement and work with students to ensure they can proficiently undertake each element of the job.
– Undertake administrative duties, maintain records, monitor and review work in compliance with Greenbank’s quality standards.
– Report any issues relating to student progress or additional support requirements to the Line Manager.
– Required to work as part of a team, sharing resource development and promoting good practice; attend team and staff meetings as required.
– Required to undergo training recommended by the line manager.
– To comply with all Greenbank’s policies and procedures and quality assurance measures.
– Required to carry out other duties as assigned by Greenbank’s senior management team.
This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post at the time of writing and is not intended to be exhaustive. The Job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. This job description may be reviewed when necessary in line with the development of the organisation.
Additional vacancy details
There are a number of positions, with various hours, up to 35 hours per week, term time working.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and adhering to the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.
Applicants should note that the successful candidate will be asked to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Liverpool based charity Kindred Minds, is celebrating after being awarded £158,500 of National Lottery funding, to support its work with adults in the area of mental health and wellbeing. The organisation, based in Belle Vale, Liverpool will use the funding expand its activity programme, which includes pottery sessions, arts and crafts, ukulele, singing and various social events.
Kindred Minds has been running since 2012 and was born out of the need to provide a safe place for people with poor mental health to meet up and offer each other support. In the last 12 months, Kindred Minds, has directly supported 75 adults with their mental health wellness by providing a range of regular activities.
The new funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK, will enable Kindred Minds to support 250 people over the 5 years and create new activities which service users have expressed an interest in.
The Buddy Chaperone Service to DWP appointments, which is in its infancy, will be able to develop, grow and attract more volunteers, enabling Kindred Minds to support more people attending DWP appointments. Kindred Minds online mental health blog will also be reviewed and its future direction explored. At the same time, the funding will also support the development of the charity with its capabilities, sector engagement and future strategies for the longer term. New personnel can now be recruited to support Kindred Minds with the delivery.
Kate Whitehead, Chair of the Board says: “We’re delighted that The National Lottery Community Fund has recognised our work in this way. Now, thanks to National Lottery Players, we will be able to sustain and develop our current programme and press on with our plans to broaden the range of activities, support and services available. This is important as this work will assist service users with their mental health recovery and wellness, which will enable them to lead more positive, confident and active lives both in society and with their families.”
Jacquie, service user says: “Getting the National Lottery grant gives me hope for the future and allows me to meet people in a safe environment. The yoga gives me exercise and calms my mind. Also gives me stability and the ability for new skills. Also great having the service so close to home.”
If you are aged 19-24 and not in education or employment, sign up now to this free British Sign Language Level 1 and Level 2 course with Deaf Active.
Includes:
Work related course tasters
Literacy and numeracy support
Employability skills
Work placement opportunities
Advice and support from employers
Travel expenses are included.
For more information, please contact training@deafyouth.co.uk / 07858 686 079.
Celebration of Craft – Funding Opportunity
The Crafts Council, champions everyday making — is a national charity working to support craft in the UK. It supports craft activity across all ages and abilities and celebrates communities who craft together.
The Craft Council contacted LCVS with the following opportunity:
2021 is our 50th anniversary year. We want to use this moment of celebration to spread craft opportunities far and wide, so we’re inviting organisations and groups to partner with us to deliver craft workshops, events and talks during 2021. We want to know what kind of craft and making is important to community groups and provide some funding to make this happen—either £500 for a public event or £2500 for an in-depth project.
We are in the process of seeking funding to support this activity and are asking potential partners to complete this brief form in order to register their interest in the programme, by the deadline of 14/2/20. We’ll include a list of the partners who have registered their interest in our applications for funding. If we are successful in securing funding for the programme we’ll invite organisations to make a more detailed application in summer 2020.
For further information about this opportunity please email participation@craftcouncil.org.uk.
Business start-up funding available for Clubmoor residents
If you live in Clubmoor, L13, you could win funding to become your own boss or try a new business venture.
Attend the Connect More event at My Clubmoor Community Hub, 56 Maiden Lane, L13 9AW, Thursday 6 Feb at 6pm to pitch your idea, or just find out more about how you could receive funding. Advisors will be on hand to offer guidance, to help you steer your business in the right direction.
Attend from 6pm to enjoy some food and listen to local residents pitch their ideas, then get the opportunity to vote for your favourite.
Contact My Clubmoor if you would like the opportunity to pitch your idea at this event and have the opportunity of winning a £500 grant (there will also be opportunity apply for additional funding later).
If you would like to pitch an idea, or just attend the event and hear your neighbours pitch theirs, follow this link to visit Eventbrite and book your place.
Please note, in order to pitch you must be a resident of the L13 area.
Kindred Minds – Volunteer and Session Support Worker self employed
Term: initial 1 year contract self employed with further 1 year contracts possible – this post is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund
Hours: 10 hours per wk on average over 2 days x 48 wks p/a
Salary:£13 per hour
Location: Belle Vale Liverpool but operate city wide
Description:
Kindred Minds was established in 2012 and was born out of the need to provide a safe place where people with poor mental health could meet to offer each other support. In May 2015 we became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with the charity commission.
The objects of our charity are:
To relieve the needs and to promote and preserve the good mental and physical health of those suffering from any form of mental ill health resident in the Merseyside area, in particular, but not exclusively by:
A) the provision of help, support and advice through peer support;
B) the promotion of social inclusion by providing access to creative health and wellbeing activities;
C) to provide a “safe place” where information, problems and experience can be exchanged and discussed; and
D) promoting a better understanding of mental health and helping to reduce the stigma, oppressive attitudes and behaviours associated with it.
We offer a varied and adaptive programme of activities e.g. pottery, arts and craft, alternative therapies, yoga, Ukulele/singing, excursions, coffee and quiz mornings etc. WE run an on-line mental health blog and related workshops and we offer a Buddy/Chaperone service for DWP appointments.
We are now looking for a highly motivated person to deliver the following services/tasks in line with Kindred Minds policies and procedures:
In relation to the Buddy Chaperone Scheme:
Recruit, induct and support the volunteers
Arrange support sessions and training for the buddies
Manage appointments
Monitor the scheme and provide progress reports to the Programme Manager
Manage expenses for the buddies
Manage paperwork/admin liaising with the Programme Manager
Other tasks include:
Supporting engagement of service users in leading activities in identified activity sessions and facilitating these sessions
Liaise with programme Manager and other sessional tutors/personnel in identifying opportunities for volunteers and activity leads within the whole programme
Any other task as identified to fulfil the brief
Contact details: For an application pack, please contact Denise Bernard via email at kindredmindsliverpool@gmail.com. In the subject bar put FAO DENISE BERNARD.
Closing date: Midday on 10th February 2020
Kindred Minds – Programme Manager, Self Employed
Term: initially a 1 year contract self employed with further 1 year contracts possible
Hours: 14 hours per wk over 2 days x 48 wks p/a
Salary:£17.50 per our
Location: Belle Vale Liverpool
Description:
Kindred Minds was established in 2012 and was born out of the need to provide a safe place where people with poor mental health could meet to offer each other support. In May 2015 we became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with the charity commission.
The objects of our charity are:
To relieve the needs and to promote and preserve the good mental and physical health of those suffering from any form of mental ill health resident in the Merseyside area, in particular, but not exclusively by:
A) the provision of help, support and advice through peer support;
B) the promotion of social inclusion by providing access to creative health and wellbeing activities;
C) to provide a “safe place” where information, problems and experience can be exchanged and discussed; and
D) promoting a better understanding of mental health and helping to reduce the stigma, oppressive attitudes and behaviours associated with it.
We offer a varied and adaptive programme of activities e.g. pottery, arts and craft, alternative therapies, yoga, Ukulele/singing, excursions, coffee and quiz mornings etc. WE run an on-line mental health blog and related workshops and we offer a Buddy/Chaperone service for DWP appointments.
We are now looking for a highly motivated person to deliver the following services/tasks in line with Kindred Minds policies and procedures:
Manage the Kindred Minds programme of activities and services
Organising programs and activities in accordance with the mission and goals of the organisation
Lead on the promotion of the programme and services to reach the target audience
Monitor and evaluate the programme
Under the direction of the Board, implementing and managing changes and interventions to ensure project goals are achieved
Line manage the Volunteer and Session Support worker and other sessional freelancers/tutors and undertake recruitment/appointment of such
Prepare and write reports for funders and write reports to the board
Manage the budget in line with approved budget and undertake book keeping and produce finance reports
Make small grant applications
Organise and deliver in partnership with the team, fundraising events
Deliver specific activity sessions as required
Deal with insurance, accountancy, legal, leases, hire agreements etc
Lead on risk assessments & health and safety for the programme
Any other task as identified to fulfil the brief
Contact details: For an application pack, please contact Denise Bernard via email at kindredmindsliverpool@gmail.com. In the subject bar put FAO DENISE BERNARD.
Closing date: Midday on 10th February 2020
LiveWire Liverpool Social Prescriber Link Worker
Term:The role is for a fixed term period of 12 months with the possibility of an extension.
Hours:37 per week worked over 5 days
Salary:: £24, 595 per annum
Location:Liverpool
Description: LiveWire Liverpool are seeking to appointment a Social Prescriber Link Worker.
The role is for a fixed term period of 12 months with the possibility of an extension.
We are looking for an energetic individual who has the ability to engage with a wide range of individuals, supporting them to embark on lifestyle changes that make a difference to their wellbeing. The successful candidate will work in partnership with GP practices, patients and other partners across central Liverpool.
Actively engaging with the local community, you will be required to have extensive knowledge of facilities and activities within the local area as referral options for patients.
Identifying any gaps in delivery, you will be expected to support local community groups in accessing funding opportunities to establish new groups.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing programme of social prescribing across the city.
LiveWire Liverpool has been accredited by the Workplace Wellbeing Charter and, as a member of our team, you will be supported to make healthy choices every day. You will receive the information and resources you need to enjoy good physical and mental health.
An interest in healthy lifestyles would also be an advantage.
New sub-board members sought by Liverpool City Region LEP
Individuals are being sought for four city region sub-boards, namely:
Liverpool City Region Clean Growth
Liverpool City Region Built Environment
Liverpool City Region Digital & Creative
Liverpool City Region Employment and Skills
To stimulate and support regional economic growth, the Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) supports a number of regional boards in the growth sectors and disciplines that are pivotal to delivering inclusive growth in the city region.
These boards, made up of people from the private and public sectors, provide strategic insight, intelligence and guidance to the LEP board and the Combined Authority in the fulfillment of their strategic activities for the city region.
Widening participation to less represented groups is something the Liverpool City Region LEP is committed to through the establishment of a Diversity and Inclusion Task Group, with the aim of increasing diversity and inclusion on all LEP Boards. The LEP actively welcomes and supports applications from people in our community with the expertise and ambition who can provide valuable insight into the sector / focus of the board.
The LEP strongly welcomes new and fresh thinking from those who have not been actively represented before.
Term:Permanent
Hours: Minimum 20 hours per week on a rota basis spanning 0800-1800 Winter 0800 – 2000 hours, Summer Monday to Sunday.
Salary: £8.71 – £10.33 per hour
Location: Calderstones Mansion House, Liverpool, L18 3JB
Description
The Prep Chef will be flexible and hands on in all areas providing a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with the Reader’s ethos and vision, generating revenue and supporting our wider activity predominantly creating sandwiches salads and fillings plus any other food preparation required.
Our ideal candidate would have experience within a commercial kitchen/cafe environment with a keen interest and passion for food. You will be self-disciplined and able to produce food to a high standard with attention to detail. Experience in catering is essential.
It is expected you will have responsibility for the overall daily operation of the Mansions prep kitchen and catering processes and being mindful of industry cost margins. You will need the practical skills to execute this and directly reporting to the Head Chef contributing to the development of innovative seasonal sandwich and salad menus.
A current and relevant health and safety/food hygiene certificates are essential. You will work closely with the Social Enterprise team.
Role Responsibilities
Your main responsibilities will be to:
• Prepare and deliver all items offered on the menu
• Provide support to the catering team ensuring that best practice and required standards of Health and Safety and Food Hygiene Legislation are fully adhered to at all times
• Ensure stock rotation and that deliveries are checked to ensure accurate quantity and quality of product
• Be aware of business profitability, minimising wastage.
• Ensure all cleaning schedules, food temperature and fridge temperature records are current and contain information required by food safety regulations with any testing carried out as instructed.
• Ensure that all kitchen equipment is properly cleaned, maintained and used safely
Person Specification
Essential Criteria:
• An enthusiasm to work within a team to develop the profile of The Reader social enterprises and in particular the Café
• Relevant catering experience
• An ability to lead; supporting others in kitchen processes
• Willingness to undertake training as required
• Smart, clean and groomed appearance; excellent standards of personal hygiene
• An ability to cope with the physical demands of working within a busy catering environment
• A team player but able to work with initiative and report back to the shift manager
• Excellent communication skills with customers, suppliers and colleagues
Contact details
Visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Please complete the application form how you meet the requirements of this role, to laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk
Closing date: 31st January, 9am
LCVS 2020 Training and Events Brochure Launched
It’s arrived – the complete list of all training sessions and events scheduled for 2020 is available now, in print and online.
Print copies can be picked up from the LCVS reception (151 Dale Street) and will be available via key vendors across the city in the coming days.
For 2020, our brochure has an updated online presence; you can read it online and click any link, or the title of any training session, to be taken straight to the relevant page of our website.
You can also download a PDF copy from our training page.
The 2020 training programme began this week, with a free Insight session. There are still a few places left on the only other January training day we’ll be running here at LCVS – Build a Marketing Campaign that Gets Results. Find that on page 6 of he brochure or on the training page of our site. It covers the key steps to take in order to run a successful marketing campaign on a budget, so you won’t want to miss it!
From February onward we have a packed schedule and places are booking up fast, so do take a look at he brochure or the training page and sign up soon, to anything that takes your fancy.
Thanks to our sponsor
We must take a moment to thank our friends at Arriva, who have partnered with us again for 2020 and kindly funded the printing of the brochures.
Arriva has also provided us with a discount code for the fantastic Arriva Click Service. See page 2 of the brochure for details and to get 15% off Arriva Click for the whole of 2020! You’ll also find details of how to contact Arriva about your own employee and service user travel needs.
Thanks Arriva!
If you have any questions about the brochure or any of the details you find in there, please get in touch any time: info@lcvs.org.uk.
The Reader – Calderstones Heritage Coordinator
Term: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week across 5 days on a rota basis Monday to Sunday. The role will include some evening and regular weekend work
Salary:£17,000 – £22,000 per annum
Location:The Reader, Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB
We are currently running a vibrant and diverse programme of events, with the golden thread of literature running through all our activities, be it a gardening group, a Reader Retreat, or a festival. Heritage is a significant part of this programme with planned activities ranging from visiting primary school groups, to lectures, living history and guided walking tours. All of these will include readings and literature, poetry, fiction and history. Our heritage offer is made possible by a talented and enthusiastic team of volunteers.
We have already achieved a lot. Our offer at Calderstones is attracting significant numbers of visitors and we have lots of ideas on how we can continue to develop things further. We now need the right person to join our programmes team to co-ordinate our heritage activities and help us continue to deliver excellent quality programming.
Our priorities for heritage at Calderstones include:
• Ensuring that passion and commitment to heritage is a thread woven through all that we do
• Further develop our offer for Children and Young people
• Build more opportunities for our committed heritage volunteer team to use their skills and talents in engagement and project development
• Reach out and engage with priority communities
Write to Work is an innovative, free 12 week course aimed at helping unemployed learners of 16 or over to explore a diverse range of writing skills. Theses skills could help learners to find employment, or to explore further education or vocational training.
The course begins Thursday 30 January 10am – 3pm the Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre, 4 Princess Road L8 1TH and runs weekly until 16 April.
Throughout the course, participants will be work with writers and other industry professionals, such as Manon Steffan Ros, Cheryl Martin, The Double Negative, Ailsa Cox, Amy Roberts and Amina Atiq. Weekly sessions will cover areas including fiction, nonfiction, poetry and spoken word, blogs, scripts, gaming, copywriting and more!
At the end of the course, participants work will be published in a professional anthology, accompanied by a high-profile book launch.
The deadline for applications is 9am, 20 January 2020.
Merseyside Police is running a fantastic campaign titled #BladeFree. If you would like to support the #BladeFree campaign, there are a few simple steps you can take.
– Follow it on whatever social media platforms you use:
– Find the campaign online at ourmerseyside.org and complete your details on the pledge form.
– Take a look at the In Your Area section of the website. If you think there are clubs and activities available that are not currently listed, email corporate.communications@merseyside.police.uk so they can be contacted.
– Spread the message of the campaign as much as possible when coming into contact with the general public, especially young people
Free, online courses for Liverpool parents and carers
Liverpool City Council has invested in a multi-user licence for 4 award winning, quality marked, evidence based online courses for parents-to-be, parents, grandparents or carers of any child, from antenatal stage to age 18 years. The online courses, created by the Solihull Approach (a national NHS organisation), are designed to help people to be the best parents and carers they can be.
These courses are for everyone and are relevant to parents and carers of all children, including those with special needs, autism, ADHD etc.
Residents of Liverpool currently have free access to these courses, which normally cost £9-£39 per person. Please take advantage of this fantastic resource while you can.
Select from the following courses, or take all four:
Understanding your baby
Understanding your pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby
Understanding your child (0-19 years, main course)
Understanding your teenager’s brain (short course)
You will be asked a few questions and asked to enter your postcode to confirm that you are eligible to use these codes. You will also be asked to create an account so that you can revisit the course anytime, on any device and resume where you left off.
Your responses will not be linked to your name. You will not receive any marketing emails. Your details will not be passed on to any third party, not even the council or the school.
For technical support, email solihull.approach@heartofengland.nhs.uk or ring 0121 296 4448 Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
City Council Budget Consultation Meeting – Voluntary Sector
Representatives of Liverpool’s voluntary sector are invited to join the Mayor and Chief Executive at the Cunard Building as they present the Liverpool City Council Budget proposals for 2020/2021.
This event, facilitated by Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS), will form part of the budget consultation process. It will take the format of a briefing, followed by opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback.
Liverpool City Council will then set its budget at a meeting of the full Council on 4 March 2020.
It is free to attend this consultation but you must register by 5pm Thursday 23 January 2020 (subject to availability).
Liverpool Physical Activity and Sport Awards 2020 – invitation to nominate
Awards
The Liverpool Physical Activity and Sport Awards were created in 2017 and built on the well-established Sports Forum Awards.
The awards recognise talented young athletes, along with coaches, community groups, lifetime achievers and volunteers who commit to the community and sports clubs environment within Liverpool.
The people of Liverpool are warmly invited to submit nominations to the eleven available categories. Completed nominations are to be submitted by Friday 7th February 2020.
There is also an opportunity for three young athletes to receive a bursary of up to £250 to assist them with costs associated with achieving national selection. Nominations are to be returned to Stuart Wade at swade@liv.ac.uk by Friday 31st January, 2020.
Click the following link to download the guide for this nomination process (the link will download a Word document to your computer): LSF Sports Bursary and Criteria 2020
Mayoral Inclusive Growth Fund Grant
Liverpool City Council (LCC) is offering a short-term grant for organisations across the city, for new* projects, that contribute towards the aims and priorities of the Inclusive Growth Plan.
The project must:
Tackle an underlying issue in your local community
Benefit the wider community and not just support a single user group
Make a real long term difference
Transform your community, improving the lives of those who live there
Be completed within 12 weeks (this may be longer if other funding is demonstrated by the applicant)
How much is available?
£550k available
No minimum or maximum amount that you can apply for
Four funding rounds – the number of rounds will be reviewed after round one
Demand for this funding is expected to be high
Although there is no minimum or maximum that you can apply for in round one there is an expectation that grant offers will, on average, be between £10k and £50k.
* “new” means a project that is being delivered for the first time i.e. not existing before and has not been delivered in that area of deprivation previously.
Application Open Date: 13th January 2020
Close Date: 5 p.m. 7th February 2020
How to apply
You can only apply if you are invited to do so by your ward councillor. If you have got a great idea for a project then contact your ward councillor and discuss it with them. If you are not sure who they are, please click this link to find out.
If your ward councilor is supporting your project then an application form will be sent out to you from MIGF@liverpool.gov.uk when the grant application period opens.
Term: 1 year fixed term contract
Hours: 21 hrs, 3 days Mon- Wed
Salary: £17,000 – £18,000 pro rata
Location: Speke, Merseyside
21 hours, 3 days Mon-Wed (1 year fixed term contract)
Description:
This role is a dual purpose one; working to support volunteers as well as the warehouse team. FareShare volunteers provide us with the manpower to ensure that no good food goes to waste. In this role we are looking for someone who is comfortable leading groups, supervising,instructing and motivating.
Our volunteers perform a variety of roles in our Regional Centres, from picking and sorting to driving and customer service. They come from diverse backgrounds, including our corporate and food partner sponsors and offer us more than manpower; they are our greatest asset and without them, FareShare would not be able to operate. Your role will be to ensure they feel valued and supported, and that they have the necessary tools, equipment and guidance to perform their roles to the best of their ability.
Supported by a staff team of coordinators and the volunteer manager, you will be out on the warehouse floor on hand to guide volunteers in the tasks they have been allocated, answering
questions and generally offering support and encouragement.
In addition to the work in the warehouse you will work alongside our volunteer manager assisting with the coordination of the volunteer programme. This will include supporting them
with recruitment and retention activities including working with our online volunteer portal.
Your support for the warehouse team will come in the form of providing cover for planned and sometimes adhoc absences. Utilising all the skills and knowledge you have gained from
supporting the volunteers you will step in to help ensure the smooth operations of the warehouse so that no good food goes to waste.
This is a great opportunity to get involved with all aspects of the FareShare London operation so we are looking for someone who is able to be flexible in their shift pattern and highly adaptable.
If you’re passionate about food waste, improving the lives of vulnerable people, spreading the message about the FareShare’s mission and are a natural born leader who works well with a
wide range of people, we need you!
To register your interest in this role, please submit your CV and Cover Letter and Equal Opportunities form to recruitment@fareshare.org.uk to be considered for the position, or click here to visit the FareShare website for more information.
Closing date: 5pm on 24th January 2020
Culturepool.org, arts and culture for young people in Liverpool
LCVS is part of the Liverpool Cultural Education Partnership (LCEP). The partnership was set up to increase opportunities for children and young people across our region to take part in quality art and cultural experiences.
As part of that mission, LCEP has developed culturepool.org where you can search for cultural education resources, activities and experiences for children and young people. You can also visit that website to find out more about the work of the LCEP.
Teachers and educational professionals, visit culturepool.org to find out about opportunities such as:
Chinese Cultural Activities to celebrate the new year
An Introduction to Beatboxing
MDI Schools Dance Platform
Cultural partners, visit the site to upload your arts and culture activities for young people and benefit from this fantastic promotional opportunity.
Innovative Nursery Project, Ready Generations, Obtains Charitable Status
Congratulations to Ready Generations! The innovative new Liverpool-based project, headed by national early years expert Sue Egersdorff, has been granted charitable status. Ready Generations plans to establish a series of child care facilities, in care homes housing older people. The intention is to provide meaningful activities that involve and benefit both young children and older adults.
Bringing the youngest and oldest generations in society together is an inspired idea, backed by years of work and research carried out by Sue and her team. Young children are constantly developing their cognitive capacities, while older people benefit from engaging in meaningful activity that helps them to retain their cognitive abilities.
The first Ready Generations nursery will open in Belong Care Village Chester later this year and will be managed by Liz Ludden, owner of the award winning Dukes and Duchesses Nursery School, based on Duke Street in Liverpool.
Sue said of the project, “Years of work and research in early years led me to think much more about the magic that happens when older and younger generations interact. In fact, all generations benefit when they come together in meaningful ways. Social isolation is a huge and growing problem amongst two main groups – older adults and young families. Belong Care Villages house older people in a community setting, with shops, cafes, and other communal spaces, so they are the perfect places to bring everyone together.
“I’m new to the charity world so obtaining charitable status was a daunting prospect but, with the help of LCVS, we got there! We’re now looking forward to launching our Chester nursery in September and hoping to make Merseyside our second location shortly after.”
Heswall Disabled Children’s Holiday Fund – Charity Administration Officer
Term: 1 year fixed contract, with the option to extend and/or conversion to permanent contract subject to funding at the end of that year
Hours: 40 Hours per week, flexible
Salary: £24-30k pa
Location: Home-working, within easy reach of the greater Wirral/Merseyside area
About the Charity
Heswall Disabled Children’s Holiday Fund is a charity based in the Wirral area that has been hosting free holiday camps for disabled children across the North West of England and North Wales for 60 years and is currently expanding to try and help more children and young adults across the country. The Charity has been awarded an “Outstanding” rating by Ofsted every year since they started inspections of holiday camps, and in 2017 was awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.
Introduction
Whilst this position is broad and varied, we anticipate this person to play a key role in the growth of our charity. If you are as passionate as we are about supporting Disabled Children and their families, and are excited by having real impact in a growing charity then we would like to hear from you
Responsibilities include:
Administration:
Day to day administrative tasks to support smooth running of charity
Prepare reports for Trustees
Source suitable venues and accommodation
Process and record volunteer DBS records
Ensure all 3rd parties are covered by DBS
Charity Awareness:
Increase charity awareness and engage with families
Organise and run open days
Updating social media and responding to online queries
Attend relevant events, schools or groups to raise charity awareness
Volunteer Recruitment:
Liaise with current and prospective volunteers
Track and progress volunteer applications
Arrange and support volunteer interviews
Maintain database of volunteers to support charity activities
Fundraising:
Write applications for grants
Present at funding boards
Support events organised by the charities volunteer fundraising team
Misc:
Ad-hoc project work
Charity communications and collateral
Charity forward planning
Required Skills:
Strong knowledge of modern computing tools, such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint (or equivalent)
Events management
Exceptional administrative and organisational skills
Experience supporting stakeholders
Ability to understand individual care requirements
A self starter with a can do attitude, able to work independently
You will need to be empathetic and compassionate with high energy, someone who understands the needs of others and will act as an ambassador for the charity.
Closing date: 12 o’clock noon, Monday 20th January
To work and live in accordance with the values in the Charter of L’Arche where each person is valued and encouraged to build relationships with one another and to develop their own potential for growth
To help facilitate and enable all household members in creating a home and enabling them to maximise their independence through the acquisition of new skills and increased social integration
Main duties and responsibilities:
Personal care and support of people with learning disabilities
Supporting individuals in their leisure, social, practical, physical and spiritual needs
Helping people with physical needs may include some aspects of moving and handling
Ensuring the development of individuals ability to make choices and enabling them to increase their independence
Developing relationships, assisting in celebrations and supporting the spiritual life so that there is an atmosphere of welcome and friendship. The growth in new friendships will respect the professional responsibilities of support, which assistants carry
To ensure that people with learning disabilities are supported to build and maintain relationships outside the community and participate in wider community goals and where possible make an active contribution
To support people in employment and education / volunteering opportunities as appropriate and in accordance with the professional boundaries of support
Care of the individuals home: supporting adults with learning disabilities to grow in their independent living skills
Completion of all necessary care and support records and security checks as required
Attending and participating in team meetings, and any other meetings as requested including supervision and appraisals
Administration: carrying out delegated responsibilities for tasks such as record keeping, report writing, medication, first aid and fire safety
To communicate clearly with families, visitors and other professionals
Training and formation: successful completion of all training and formation deemed appropriate by L’Arche
Statutory regulations: to comply with all the health and safety regulations and good practice of the same
To perform any other duties commensurate with the post
Duties and priorities may vary in accordance with community priorities. Must be willing to work weekends, evenings, bank holidays and to do sleep-ins on a flexible basis.
Contact details:
For an application pack email liverpoolrecruitment@larche.org.uk or call 0151 2600422
Description:
Liverpool Lighthouse is the U.K.’s first dedicated urban gospel music and arts centre, which hosts a range of community activities for all ages in the local community, as well as local, national and international art events. We are part of a ‘family’ of independent charities, which include Love & Joy Ministries, Bright Park and Harmonize Academy.
We have a proven track record of delivery social impact programmes in urban arts development, engaging, transforming the lives of disadvantaged Children and Young people, also a successful provision for skills training for adults, inspiring and up-skilling disaffected groups including the unemployed and non-English speakers, and of bringing senior citizen out of isolation, improving their quality of life – and contributing to the regeneration of North Liverpool and Merseyside Region.
The following vacancy has arisen:
Theatre & Venue Manager
We are seeking a flexible, energetic, qualified, enthusiastic individual with extensive experience and skills in managing venue/theatre and auxiliaries services from business meetings and conferences to full-scale theatre productions (430 tiered seats, perfect for dance shows, theatre productions, music and awards ceremonies) with professional equipment and facilities to cater for any venue needs.
The successful candidate will drive all operations of the venue:
Drive, manage and market Liverpool Lighthouse as a Venue and Urban Gospel Arts Centre
Ensure regular income generation from the venue and other ancillary services
Ensure compliance with regulations, procedures and policies associated with running a licensed venue (i.e Health & Safety, environmental etc);
To oversee all operations of the venue. This includes the management of all staff, the oversight of all procedures and the troubleshooting of any problems.
Ensure that the venue operates year-round, keep the space in a good working condition not only during a performance but on off days as well.
Essential – extensive experience and skills in:
Venue management (theatre, performance)
Event delivery
Duty management
Staff supervision in an event management context
Flexible working hours
For more information and to receive an application pack, please send your CV and a covering letter to: Petronelle.Moanda@ljmaoc.org
School for Social Entrepreneurs – Development Officer
Term:Permanent
Hours: (0.6 – 1 FTE)
Salary: £32,061 – £33, 023 pro rata
Location: Liverpool (Flexible)
Description: We can’t fix issues like poverty, climate change and ill-health alone. That’s why the School for Social Entrepreneurs exists. SSE helps 1,000 people a year develop the skills, strengths and networks they need to tackle society’s biggest problems. It runs courses that equip people to start, scale and strengthen organisations that make a positive difference. But it is not a traditional school. Learning with SSE is inspiring, action-based and accessible. SSE supports people in others ways too, such as funding and mentoring.
But this doesn’t happen by magic. We need to identify the opportunities and build the funding partnerships that enable us to achieve our impact. And maintain and grow these relationships over time. That’s where you come in. We are looking for two Development Officers to join our team and grow our impact further.
You will succeed in the role if you believe in the potential of social entrepreneurship to create social change, if you are excited about identifying new opportunities for SSE to grow our work across the country, and if you are an organised and dedicated individual, ready to apply your skills to this role.
These roles are an ideal opportunity for somebody with some relevant experience, who is looking to develop skills and experience within the social enterprise sector and/or in a development role
Term: Fixed term for 12 months (maternity cover)
Hours: 30 hours per week
Salary: £25,000 – pro rata
Location: Liverpool
Description:
Relate Cheshire & Merseyside is seeking an Operations Manager to manage the day-to-day operation of the charity and its relationship support services.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work and gain experience at a busy and supportive charity at an exciting time – we are now providing counselling across Greater Manchester as well as in Cheshire and Merseyside, and have an ambitious programme to keep expanding the support we provide, and to increase access and quality customer service for clients.
To be considered for this post you must have proven management experience, ideally within the third sector, the ability to effectively manage services and projects to achieve targets and results, excellent communication skills, and the ability to operate and maintain internal systems to ensure the efficient and effective working of an organisation.
This post is subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure via the Disclosure & Barring Service.
Contact details:
To apply please send your CV accompanied by an expression of interest to enquiries@relatecm.org.uk. Please note, CVs on their own will not be accepted, and the expression of interest must set out how you meet the criteria listed in the person specification.
Interview date: 15 January 2019 – applicants must be available for this date (interview invites will be issued on 9 January 2020)
Festive warning: Don’t get involved with a loan shark – yule regret it!
The England Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) is warning people not to turn to loan sharks to cover the cost of Christmas.
These unlicensed lenders charge extortionate amounts of interest and have been known to use threatening language, intimidation and even violence when demanding payments from their desperate victims.
Using the hashtag #StopLoanSharksXMAS this year’s online campaign is providing the public with useful information and advice to ensure they stay safe and don’t fall victim to unscrupulous lenders.
A series of videos including a Sharks Flashmob and catchy festive jingle have been shared from the Stop Loan Sharks Facebook and Twitter accounts to raise awareness of the issue.
Tony Quigley, Head of the England Illegal Money Lending Team said: “People may feel under pressure to borrow money in the run-up to Christmas but might not realise the situation they will find themselves in if they use a loan shark.
“Our advice to residents in need of financial support would be to turn to a Credit Union rather than a loan shark who could take advantage and charge exorbitant interest rates.
“We hope by turning the spotlight on loan shark activity we can help more people spot the dangers signs and seek help if they are affected.”
All money lenders require proper permission from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to lend money and those who do not are acting illegally.
The national team continues to investigate and prosecute loan sharks, which in past cases has included instances of blackmail, threatening behaviour, violence, kidnap, drugs offences and rape. Stay safe, borrow responsibly and start saving for next Christmas.
Remember: loan sharks should be avoided because they will make a difficult financial situation much worse
If you need to borrow money, check the lender is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority
There are legitimate services you can access for help with money, such as credit unions, which offer safe saving and affordable loans options. Find your nearest Credit Union
Start preparing your finances for next Christmas and open a savings account with your local credit union
For advice on all money matters, including debt and loans, contact the Citizens Advice Bureau advice line on 03444 111 444
You are not in trouble if you have borrowed cash or have been paying back a loan from an illegal money lender, the loan shark is. They are the people committing a crime, not you.
Nationally, Illegal Money Lending Teams have secured more than 394 prosecutions for illegal money lending and related activity, leading to nearly 480 years’ worth of custodial sentences. They have written off £74.9 million worth of illegal debt and helped over 29,000 people. You can safely report a loan shark to the Illegal Money Lending Team on 0300 555 2222 or click here to fill out the online form (you will be diverted away from the LCVS website).
Are you an organisation working with a community that has stories to tell and heritage that is often overlooked? If so, we would like to hear from you.
We are currently planning the Hidden Heritage Project. This project will promote better community engagement with under-represented heritage and use heritage to improve the lives of marginalised or under-represented communities.
What do we mean by heritage?
We take a very broad view on this. If you represent a specific cultural group, we’d like to hear from you. If you represent people from an area that has stories to tell, we’d like to hear from you. Heritage means different things to different people, so if you feel that your community has memories that can be shared or traditions to be celebrated, you could get involved in the Hidden Heritage Project.
What would the the Hidden Heritage Project involve?
We want to engage local voluntary, community and faith sector groups who use heritage projects as a way of improving people’s lives.
We will:
Run a grants programme to fund local projects promoting better engagement with heritage and celebrating different cultures;
Bring together these organisations in a Community of Practice to identify and share best practice, identify communities who are particularly disengaged with heritage or whose heritage is under-represented or marginalised;
Promote greater engagement amongst those communities who currently feel excluded from heritage activity by empowering them to develop their own ideas and projects;
Increase the resilience and sustainability of local heritage organisations
If it sounds as though it could be applicable to you, please click here to visit our Hidden Heritage Consultation Survey, where you’ll get some additional details and have the opportunity to tell us about your project. The survey will take you no more than 5 minutes to complete and your feedback will be important in shaping how the final grant programme would look.
Learning Coach / Support Worker – Greenbank
Term: Permanent
Hours: Various up to 35 hours per week. Term time only working.
Salary: £8.21 per hour
Location: The main place of work is Greenbank College, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool L17 1AG. The post may require work in different locations from time to time.
Description:
The post holder is responsible for supporting students during education/vocational learning sessions and work placements and for providing on course assistance/support to tutors during sessions. You will also be responsible for some personal care needs including feeding, use of toilet, changing, hoist etc, where this enables access to learning.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
– Support students during learning sessions/activities and work together with tutors in the delivery of learning opportunities.
– Undertake break and lunchtime supervision as required.
– To develop a flexible working practice to achieve students identified and agreed learning objectives.
– To provide personal care if required to facilitate access to learning.
– Liaise with relevant staff across the organisation and relevant external agencies contributing to the student’s individual action plan and agreed learning/work goals.
– Take an active role in the student review process supporting the student, tutor and student’s representative in contributing to the learning process.
– Responsible for undertaking job task analysis whilst supporting students on work placement and work with students to ensure they can proficiently undertake each element of the job.
– Undertake administrative duties, maintain records, monitor and review work in compliance with Greenbank’s quality standards.
– Report any issues relating to student progress or additional support requirements to the Line Manager.
– Required to work as part of a team, sharing resource development and promoting good practice; attend team and staff meetings as required.
– Required to undergo training recommended by the line manager.
– To comply with all Greenbank’s policies and procedures and quality assurance measures.
– Required to carry out other duties as assigned by Greenbank’s senior management team.
This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post at the time of writing and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. This job description may be reviewed when necessary in line with the development of the organisation.
Description:
This role calls for an enthusiastic, highly-motivated and dedicated person who shares our values. This is a diverse role that requires an ability to learn a breadth of IT systems processes, undertake day to day set up and maintenance and be adaptable to the needs of the organisation. Over time, this role will give you exposure to the full breadth of the IT functions of an organisation.
Part of the requirement of this role will be to undertake an IT apprenticeship qualification, although a lot of training will be provided on the job.
Visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Please complete the application form explaining how you meet the requirements of this role and send it to laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk
Description:
This role calls for an enthusiastic, highly-motivated and dedicated person who shares our values. This is a diverse role that requires an ability to learn a breadth of finance processes, undertake day to day transactions and be adaptable to the needs of the organisation. Over time, this role will give you exposure to the full breadth of the management accounting function.
Part of the requirement of this role will be to undertake an apprenticeship AAT qualification.
This is an exciting time to join the Finance Team as we work towards opening Calderstones Mansion House and introduce new income sources for the organisation
Visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Please complete the application form explaining how you meet the requirements of this role and send it to laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk
Contact details: laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk
Closing date: Monday 6th January 2020
#ShopForOthers this Christmas
Sainsbury’s has partnered with local charities up and down the country, to help drive foodbank donations this Christmas.
The #ShopForOthers campaign aims to encourage everyone who is able to pick up something extra for people in their community this Christmas.
Here is a list of this week’s priority items for Liverpool foodbanks. Tailor-made lists, detailing what what our local foodbanks need the most, will be distributed via Sainsbury’s stores on a weekly basis.
Yellow House moves in to 151 Dale Street
The circle is (as Buddha might say) complete. In the mid 1980’s George McKane, founder of unique youth organisation Yellow House, landed in LCVS in Castle Street seeking help and advice. He was well received and given support in the development of his ideas and vision.
Yellow House is named after Vincent van Gogh’s House in Arles where his door was always open. The organisation is committed to the social and emotional wellbeing and development of young people. It has been at the forefront of direct work with young people throughout Merseyside, UK and Europe since the 1980s, working in schools, colleges and other youth agencies, on innovative theatre, art and social projects.
Now Yellow House has moved premises to join us here in the LCVS building on Dale Street. The team at Yellow House has always worked closely with LCVS. Now, with a new office on the fourth floor, they are part of our voluntary sector community hub as well, where the door is, of course, still open to their service users.
George and Johnny from Yellow House in the LCVS Building
NSPCC training for parents on child criminal and sexual exploitation
Liverpool parents are invited to attend an NSPCC training session, to learn about child criminal and sexual exploitation. This session will help parents to remain vigilant to the signs and to know what to do should they spot them. If you are a parent and would like to know more about this area, there are eight opportunities to attend a session in the coming months.
The training session will be delivered for the first time this Thursday 5th December at Clubmoor Children Centre. It will then be repeated at Granby Children Centre on the 12th December.
It will be repeated six further times, at children’s centres across the city, between now and April 2020.
The session will cover:
Child sexual exploitation – Covering online exploitation, grooming, sexting and consent
Child criminal exploitation – Covering indicators and county lines
Social media – Covering different apps children may use
What parents can do if they are worried – signposting
To register for one of the December sessions, contact the relevant children’s centre, using the details below:
Thursday 5th December 9-30am-11.30am, Clubmoor Childrens Centre— 01512338500
Thursday 12th December 10am-12pm, Granby Children Centre— 01512333200
Check back next year, or get in touch with Liverpool City Council, for details of 2020 sessions.
Suicide intervention skills training now available
Caring Connections suicide bereavement team have recently become accredited to deliver the globally recognised Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) course. At present there are only approximately 150 individuals across the UK accredited to deliver this training. Two of these are within Caring Connections.
The course runs for two consecutive days, in which individuals are trained in the skills to intervene when encountering a suicidal individual. The course is intense and includes a number of role plays, aimed at developing key skills and competences to move individuals into becoming accredited ASIST practitioners.
Upon completion of the course, a business receives the suicide aware kite mark.
There are a number of course dates running throughout 2020. These include Liverpool – Jan 2020, Wirral – Feb 2020 and Knowsley – March 2020. The course can also be delivered in-house, where there are 10+ candidates.
ASIST course costs: £165.00 per person.
Group discounts can be offered. All monies generated by the course go to supporting individuals bereaved by suicide across the Liverpool City Region.
More details can be found at www.suicideaware.co.uk
Squash on Windsor Street, L8 will be opening its doors on Christmas Day.
Call in between 10am and 4pm for hot drinks, festive treats and scouse (from midday). The kindly folks at Squash are offering all of this for free/by donation.
Find them at 112 – 114 Windsor Street, L8 8EQ, or online at www.squashliverpool.co.uk.
People First Merseyside – Advocacy Liaison Officer
Hours: 21 per week (Part Time)
Salary:£22,401 pro rata (£13,442 per annum)
Location: Bootle, L20 3EF
Description:
People First Merseyside is a user led self-advocacy organisation for adults with a learning disability. Our mission is to ensure that the voices of people with a learning disability are heard, respected and valued and that as a result people are able to live happier and healthier lives.
We have an exciting opportunity funded by The Steve Morgan Foundation to recruit an Advocacy Liaison Officer. This is a unique 3-year post that will be responsible for providing one to one issue based advocacy support to people with a learning disabilities across Merseyside, (with a focus on Liverpool and Sefton). The post holder will act as a liaison between individuals and relevant agencies, including support and advice services. In addition, the post holder will develop easy read accessible resources for the benefit of people with learning disabilities as well as disability awareness training for relevant services.
The post holder will be responsible for day to day project delivery with main responsibilities including: administration and monitoring, project report collation, case study development and case management.
If you would like any more information about this post, or to request an application pack to be sent to you by email, please call Helen Flett or Joanne English – 0151 329 2137 no later than 20th December 2019.
Closing date: 4pm, 3rd January 2020
Riding the waves, interim event report
On 20 September 2019 LCVS hosted an event entitled Riding the Waves: a conversation about the challenges of our changing city.
Over half of the people that joined us for the event took the time to complete a feedback survey. If you contributed to that, thank you.
We have now produced a report, based purely on the responses that we received to that survey.
The aim of this report is to provide a flavour of the feedback we received. We are working on another, more comprehensive report that will focus much more on the issues that were raised throughout the day. That report will go much deeper into the specifics of what you all thought and will include an LCVS response, as well as some action points.
We don’t want to rush that. It will follow soon.
In case we haven’t said this enough already, thanks to everyone who joined us for Riding the Waves 2019.
Colin Heaney, co-CEO, LCVS
Chasing the Stigma to receive more than £50,000 of funding from Nominet
Liverpool-based national mental health charity, Chasing the Stigma, has been awarded £53,600 of funding from Nominet.
Among other initiatives, the generous funding will go towards improving the charity’s life-changing and life-saving app the Hub of Hope, to make it the most effective and efficient online mental health signposting tool.
Nominet, a profit with a purpose company that operates at the heart of internet infrastructure, has today launched the Nominet #RESET Mental Health Programme. #RESET aims to increase the reach and impact of mental health services for young people. It is part of Nominet’s public benefit activity to improve 1 million lives. Grants totalling over £500,000 will be provided across some of the UK’s leading mental health and youth charities to provide support for over half a million young people a year.
The organisations receiving Nominet #RESET funding include Chasing the Stigma, The Mix, YoungMinds, stem4, Nightline Association, Barnardo’s and The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families.
Chasing the Stigma and the other selected charities will deliver a range of activities, including improving signposting online, developing new digital products, digitally transforming their organisation to meet demand, and creating best-practice guidance for those developing digital mental health products for young people.
The programme follows Nominet research into charities, young people and digital mental health services, an extensive sector mapping activity, and an expert panel event. This discovery process identified some key challenges: the growing pressure on mental health services, the increasingly digital channels through which young people seek support and information, and the current minimal overlap of trusted organisations delivering digital products and services for young people. As a result, Nominet has decided to focus its support in a number of key areas: directly supporting national charities to deliver digital mental health services, supporting quality improvements across services they offer, as well as improved signposting for young people.
Jake Mills, Founder and CEO of Chasing the Stigma, creator of the Hub of Hope and Ambassador of Hope training programme, said: “It is an honour to be teaming up with Nominet as part of the #RESET mental health programme. Like Nominet we are passionate about transforming young lives and we fundamentally believe that the best way to do that is by working collaboratively.
“We are delighted that Nominet has shown faith in our ambitions as a charity and with this opportunity we will be able to make drastic improvements to the Hub of Hope, that will see it become a much more powerful resource to offer hope to people across the UK.”
The Nominet #RESET Mental Health Programme is providing funding based on an in-depth consultation with each of the national partners. Each partner will invest in the development and delivery of their activities over an 18-month period from December 2019. Nominet and its partners will share an impact and learning report each year to help others exploring the role of digital in this field.
Eleanor Bradley, MD of Registry Solutions and Public Benefit at Nominet says: “Demand for mental health services has risen dramatically in the last five years, and at the same time the channels young people use to seek support have migrated to digital. Our research showed that many expert charities offering targeted support for specific needs when young people are most vulnerable or in crisis are at risk of falling behind digitally or need help to amplify what they offer, and we want to support these organisations to be at the forefront of digital mental health service provision.
“As part of our commitment to public benefit, with a focus on driving initiatives that promote greater connectivity, inclusivity and security online, we believe our new funding programme #RESET will provide some much needed help – in essence, the resource to reset the mental health support system – where it is sorely required.”
“Working with these organisations we’re focused on our #RESET funding positively impacting as many young people as possible – reaching over 600,000 by December 2020 and up to 3 million over the next three years – with online mental health services that really make a difference.”
Smaller Earth Foundation : Project Manager
Term: Permanent
Hours: Part Time
Salary: 18,000 – 25,000 pro rata
Location: Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool
Description: We are looking for a passionate, energetic, and driven individual who will be tasked with establishing the Foundation during its early stages, and helping it grow into the future. This person will play an important role in helping to shape the structure and function of the Foundation.
The role will be based at the Smaller Earth Head Office at Liverpool’s Albert Dock, where you’ll work closely with the Smaller Earth’s CEO, Founders, and other Trustees from within the cultural exchange industry.
Contact details: Everything you need to know is here; https://www.smallerearth.com/uk/inside-smaller-earth/careers-and-opportunities/project-manager-role-smaller-earth-foundation
The Merseyside Violence reduction Unit (VRU) has received funding from the Home Office for community interventions taking a preventative, public health approach to addressing violent crime in Merseyside. After further consultation with the Home Office, the VRU is now making available grant funding for voluntary, community and faith (VCF) organisations for violence reduction interventions.
The VRU has asked LCVS (and our CVS colleagues in VS6 across the City Region) to help allocate some of the funding for initiatives that work with young people under 25yrs . In Liverpool they have specified the following areas for support: Belle Vale; Croxteth; Norris Green; Garston; Tuebrook; Warbeck; Fazakerly; County; Anfield; Everton; Kirkdale; Speke; L8 (Toxteth and Dingle);Dovecot & Kensington
Briefing Meeting
We will be holding a briefing session at 151 Dale Street on November 26th at 10am till 12pm which will look at;
Timeline: Please note that all projects will need to start in early to mid December 2019, with all project monies spent by 31st March 2020. We have been advised that as the funding is from Central Government there is no flexibility in the timeline and groups wishing to apply should take this into account. Groups should also note that there are two milestones for monitoring and evaluation and these are January 10th and April 10th; groups must be able to commit to supplying appropriate monitoring information in advance of these dates.
Given the tight timescale we will be running the programme as a Community of Practice[1] which will bring together those groups funded through this initiative to help share best practice and learning. Groups who are successful must be willing to take part in the Community of Practice which will require attendance at a minimum of two meetings which we will time to fit in with the monitoring dates outlined above.
Funding available:
The total available in Liverpool is £180,000 and, given the timescales involved, we will be looking for realistically costed proposals from VCF groups who work in the specified areas above. Given the short timescale we will make the application process as simple as we can so that we can turn around applications quickly.
What the funding can be used for:
Funds can only be used for new interventions or as an uplift for an intervention that is already in place (by uplift, we mean extension of an intervention to a new group of young people)
Funds cannot be used to pay for anything that is already funded – i.e. direct duplication of funding.
ACES training: Successful projects will also need to send a minimum of two members of staff to a free of charge ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences) training course in January 2020 (dates TBC).
[1] A Community of Practice (CoP) is a group of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do, and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.
The Insight Series, free training sessions from LCVS, now available
LCVS has launched a new series of free training workshops. The two hour Insight events are designed to provide Liverpool voluntary organisations with expert insights into a range of really useful topics, at absolutely no cost.
The first event in the series, Insights on: Voluntary Sector Business Planning, will take place on Wednesday 27th November 2019, led by Christina Dempsey, development officer at LCVS. This will be followed by one free workshop per month until February 2020.
“Every organisation, regardless of size and sector, could benefit from business planning,” said Christina, “A business plan can be a road map to success that makes every step of the journey easier to navigate, orchestrate and achieve. Crucially, it can also help you to prove the viability of your activities to funders. This workshop will allow organisations to begin the business planning process confidently, with our support, guidance and tools.”
Four Insight sessions will run between November 2019 and February 2020. Registration is now open for:
Insights on: Voluntary Sector Business Planning, 27 November 2019
Insights on: Registering a Charity, 10 December 2019
Insights on: Proving the Need for What You Do, 14 January 2020
Insights on: Developing a Project Outline, 11 February 2020
Commenting on the introduction of Insight events, Richard Davies, Capacity Building Team leader, said, “Our team has a wealth of expertise to share. Individually and together, we have spent years dedicated to serving the charitable sector and we are always looking for new ways to share what we have learned in a way that helps organisations increase their capacity to do what they do.
“These Insight events are short enough that they don’t take too much time out of a working day but long enough to provide people with tools and information that can make a difference right away. Plus, of course, they are a great opportunity to get to know us and they won’t cost you a thing. Organisations can book onto as many sessions as they feel are relevant to them and get in touch to let us know if there are other areas they would like us to cover in the future.”
Book now for our election themed Charity Networking
In partnership with Liverpool and Sefton Chambers of Commerce, we will be hosting our regular charity networking event again on 3rd December 2019.
The session will take place here at the LCVS building, 151 Dale Street, between 11am – 1pm on Tuesday 3rd December. Lunch will be provided.
LCVS Capacity Building Team Leader Richard Davies will open the event with a short talk relating to the topic that’s on everyone’s mind at the moment – politics!
Join us to hear how charities and community organisations can navigate the rules relating to politics and political activities, both in the run up to the election and on an ongoing basis. There will be plenty of opportunity for questions, discussion and, of course, networking following the presentation.
The event is free to all local charity and voluntary organisations and it is filling up quickly, so advanced booking is required.
Merseyside Violence Reduction Unit funding for sports organisations
The newly formed Merseyside Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) is currently considering bids for early intervention projects tackling violent crime. It has been recognised that the sports sector will play a vital role in implementing interventions to prevent young people from becoming involved in, or a victim of, crime.
The VRU has now appointed Healthy Stadia to commission projects from the sports sector through Home Office funding. All projects will need to start in early December 2019, with all project monies spent by 31st March 2020. Successful projects will also need to send a minimum of two members of staff to a free of charge ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences) training course in January 2020.
Please note the tight turnaround! Applications must be in by 18 November 2019.
Could your charity be a Weston Charity Award Winner?
Pilotlight and the Garfield Weston Foundation are inviting applications to the Weston Charity Awards.
Established to celebrate and support ambitious charities working in the fields of Youth, Welfare and Community, awards are made to charity leaders who would benefit from mentoring and coaching support, to steer their organisation to the next stage in its development.
This year the awards will support 20 charities, across the North and Midlands of England, and Wales. Could your charity be one of them?
Winners will receive £6,500 unrestricted grant funding alongside business mentoring support from capacity building charity Pilotlight.
Applications are open between 2nd December 2019 and 10th January 2020. If successful, support would start in the second half of 2020.
St Bede with St Clement Church – Advocacy and Support Worker
Term:Description: St Bede with St Clement Church have secured one year’s funding for an Advocacy and Support Worker
Hours: The contract hours are on average 14 hours per week or 56 hours per calendar month.
Salary: The Fee is £12 per hour with an annual contract value of £8,064.
Location:to be based St Bede’s Church, Liverpool L8 0RY and outreach locations, if required.
Description:
The role has 2 primary aspects:
To provide advocacy to support local residents with their problems, rights and entitlements to mitigate hardship, mitigate escalation of the problem and lead to resolution of the issues
To support the development of life skills for local residents and support positive societal integration through the provision of themed workshops
A satisfactory DBS check is required.
To apply, click here to visit the St Bede with St Clement Church website or email admin@stbedewithstclement.org.uk and enclose a CV with 2 referee details.
Applications should be addressed to: FAO Barbara Mackie and emailed to admin@stbedewithstclement.org.uk or mailed by post to St Bede’s Church, Fern Grove, Toxteth Liverpool L8 0RY..
The closing date is 12 noon 2nd December 2019.
Interviews are provisionally scheduled for Wednesday afternoon 4th December 2019.
Would you like to inspire and empower local teenage girls?
The Girls’ Network is currently recruiting female mentors! This is an opportunity to join a network of inspiring, professional women who are committing to 10 hours over an academic year to provide 1:1 mentoring sessions to 14-19 year old girls, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Amy Metcalfe of The Girls Network said, “Thanks to our mentors, our mentees in Liverpool have experienced amazing impact from completing work experience placements to finding, and using, their voice! As a result of their mentoring sessions, our girls record feeling significantly more prepared to pursue their chosen career, having increased confidence in themselves and their ability as well as feeling more optimistic about their future and what they can achieve.”
To continue offering girls in Merseyside the opportunities mentoring provides, The Girls Network needs women with at least 3 years professional experience to apply to become mentors by visiting www.thegirlsnetwork.org.uk.
There are only 2 training dates left this year, so if you are interested please complete your application before 1st December!
If you have any questions, please contact amy.metcalfe@thegirlsnetwork.org.uk for more information.
Woodlands Hospice launches ‘Virtual’ Festive 5K
Woodlands Hospice has launched a number of virtual active challenges, including a festive 5k that can be run, walked, danced (or anything else) anywhere at any time, allowing people to get active and support charity in a way that fits their lifestyle and activity levels.
These virtual challenges have been designed to reduce the barriers to taking getting active and taking part. There is something on offer for every activity level and the challenges can be taken in your own time.
As well as the Festive 5k, they also include:
Light up the Night Virtual – an invitation to don your brightest clothes and walk 5k for Woodlands
Walk for Woodlands, the Million Step Challenge
10 in 10 Challenge – an invitation to complete 10k every week for 10 weeks
Go Further Challenge – a suggestion that you take your workouts on holiday, to win a Go Further medal
Whether you’re just beginning your active journey and choose to stroll your way to 5k, or you’re ready for the next level and want to complete 10k per week for 10 weeks is entirely up to you. Everyone who completes one of the challenges will receive a medal.
Four Daughters Charitable Trust now accepting grant funding applications
Four Daughters Charitable Trust has launched its first grant funding round, focusing on ageing well in the UK. Four Daughters is a UK registered charitable trust interested in how we age as a population and how this can be improved to protect us from many of the challenges that face older people today. The charitable trust is looking to identify partners and make grants during 2020.
The organisation has the capacity to fund up to £250,000 in this funding round. That money will go to those who are working towards any of the following areas:
Supporting older people to stay in or find meaningful work or volunteering
Strengthening communities that are inclusive of older people
Supporting informal carers to develop their own peer-based approaches
If you are interested in making an application, take a look at the online supporting document, which includes details of:
the key focus areas Four Daughters CT is looking to fund
information on how to apply for funding
a timeline and the narrative that underpins the grant giving strategy
The deadline to submit concept notes is Friday 13 December 2019.
Dingle Multi Agency Centre Ltd – Sessional Activity Co-ordinator (self employed)
Fee and hours: £10 per hr. – 4 hours on Fridays 2pm – 6pm. Initial 3-month contract starting 10th Jan 2020. Term time Fridays only.
NB: possible extension to contract pending current funding application and; satisfactory delivery
Role Summary:
To promote the charity’s community activity programme, deliver the Family Games Club weekly 90-minute session, contribute to the development of the clubs and undertake general administration.
Location:
Toxteth Town Hall Community Resource Centre, 15 High Park Street, Liverpool L8 8DX
For details of the application process please ask at reception for a pack, call on 0151 727 2648 or email info@toxtethtownhall.org.uk
Deadline is 9am on Friday 29th November 2019
The successful applicant will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check (funded by us) which would need to be satisfactory.
As a freelance position, the successful candidate must hold their own insurance and will be classified as self employed.
Merseyside Youth Association Ltd – Youth & Play Worker – Disability
Term: Fixed Term Funded to 31st March 2020
Hours: 9.5 Hours Per Week (Hours will consist of 3 x 2.5hrs weekday evenings and 2 hrs of office admin time)
Salary: £19,389 – £21,512 (Pro Rata) – MYA Grade 4 -Pt.13-16
Location: 65-67 Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 3DY
Description: The post holder will work within a staff team to engage with disabled children and young people in a youth and play setting. The post holder will assist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of youth and play provision, issue based youth work and life skills programmes for disabled young people, in line with funder requirements and service user needs. The post holder will work as part of a team, which provides support to disabled children and young people and assists them to participate in a full range of activities.
The post holder must hold qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a subject relevant to the requirements of the position.
Term: 18 months
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £24,500
Location: Central Liverpool
Description:
Compass Counselling Services is a charity that has been at the forefront of supporting the mental health and wellbeing of the Merseyside community for 40 years. Throughout this time it has offered a range of counselling services and training to adults across the area, ensuring that these are tailored to the changing needs of the community.
We are pleased to be able to recruit a qualified and experienced counsellor to join our team to work with adults who have experienced childhood sexual abuse or exploitation. This project is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund for 18 months. The work will be both 121 and through a group programme. You must be experienced and trained in working with historic trauma and in working both individually and with groups.
In addition to the highest quality therapeutic skills you must also be able to demonstrate your experience in the related aspects of project work such as raising the profile of the project locally, monitoring take up, measuring value and impact for funders and reporting outcomes internally and to stakeholders.
All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance, employment references and a six-month probation period.
Term:Permanent
Hours: Part time hours per week across 7 days on a rota basis (06.00-20.00 Monday – Sunday)
Salary:£8.21
Location: The Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB.
Description:
This is an exciting opportunity for a practically minded individual with an aptitude for maintaining high standards to join our Facilities Team.
Our buildings are public facing and need to be well maintained all year round, you will be part of the team that ensures our group members, our staff and volunteers, and members of the public have a comfortable, clean and safe environment in which to work and visit. You will have held a similar role in the commercial or social enterprise sector and will be able to demonstrate how previous experience translates to this role.
As a member of the onsite cleaning team, you will be responsible for ensuring that the communal and public areas of the site are hygienic, attractive and safe. These areas include toilets, event rooms, play spaces, offices, meeting rooms and a variety of other spaces that make up a collection of Grade II listed buildings now in modern use. The sense of place within the site is key; from the moment people walk through our door, they must feel welcome, relaxed and connected to the ethos and values of The Reader.
Your main responsibilities will be:
Ensuring that a first class cleaning service is delivered to all areas of each building on site by following the schedule prepared by the Head of Facilities.
Report any equipment faults to the Cleaning Supervisor and request replacements where necessary.
Working with the Cleaning Supervisor to ensure all H&S regulations are followed and use approved cleaning materials in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions and COSHH Regulations.
Maintaining cleaning stock levels and inform the supervisor of low stock levels.
To be a key holder and ensure the integrity of our premises (training provided)
To operate cleaning machinery safely as set out in training and instructions, and ensure cleanliness of equipment.
To undertake basic record keeping and monitoring as directed by Supervisor and Head of Facilities.
Are you a creative female, aged 19-25 and based in Merseyside? Have you struggled to find a pathway into the creative industries? Would like to spend time with other creatives, connect with peers, share ideas, formulate project plans, design your business?
Tmesis Theatre will create the space for you to do all of this – plus learn and be mentored by AD, Elinor Randle, Producer, Claire Bigley and invited guest creatives.
Sessions will be fortnightly starting 4 Nov 6.30-8.30pm.
The project is supported by the PH Holt Foundation, Eleanor Rathbone Trust and The Arts Council and is part of a wider project, also supported by Culture Liverpool which involves a new performance celebrating extraordinary women from history, and debate about gender at venues across the North.
Expressions of interest must be returned to claire@tmesistheatre.com by 1 November.
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Surveys
Are you a child or young person (under 25) with SEND?
Are you the parent or carer of someone with SEND?
Are you a SEND professional?
Healthwatch would love to hear about your experience. As such, the organisation has created three surveys – one for each of the above groups.
Your experience and expertise could help to make a difference to young people in Liverpool, so please take a few minutes to complete a Healthwatch survey and share your knowledge.
Your answers will be used to assist the City Council as they work towards uncovering the most important issues that will improve Liverpool for young people, and decide which areas to focus on.
You don’t need to give your name or any other details about you, in order to complete the survey. All information is completed entirely anonymously.
If you have questions, you can email cfc@liverpool.gov.uk.
Please do take a few minutes out of your day to answer these questions and have your voice heard on the issues that matter to you.
Royal Voluntary Service – Service Coordinator
Term: Contract until 31 March 2020 (which has the high likelihood of extension to March 2021).
Hours: 35
Salary: £15,640 per annum
Location: Liverpool
Description:
Royal Voluntary Service is an innovative charity that focuses on inspiring people to give the gift of voluntary time to support the NHS and older people at home and in the community. We are now looking for a service coordinator to join us on a contract until 31 March 2020 (which has the high likelihood of extension to March 2021).
If you have some knowledge of the NHS, this is the ideal role in which to do more and support some incredible services that are making a huge difference to older people in your community.
As a service coordinator, you will coordinate volunteers and patients leaving hospital in our “Home from Hospital” service to help people have a successful and timely discharge home from hospital.
The support offered by our volunteers can begin on the ward and continues at home and in the community for up to 12 weeks. The aim is to reduce recovery time and feelings of isolation and loneliness and reduce the chances of re-admission, helping people to regain independence and reconnect with their community with a focus on hydration, nutrition and mobility.
Facilitating the delivery of the service throughout Liverpool, you will:
Assist with the recruitment, induction, training and day-to-day management of volunteers
Meet with service users to assess and review their needs
Work with the Service Manager to action all referrals and any volunteer enquiries
Develop and maintain relationships with key local contacts
Interested? To be considered, you will need:
Great communication skills
The ability to act on your own initiative
The willingness to help with volunteer recruitment
The ability to support and motivate volunteers from a wide variety of backgrounds
An empathetic approach to others
GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade C or above in Maths and English would be beneficial to your application.
The closing date for this role is 31 October 2019, with interviews scheduled to be held in the first week of November in Liverpool.
Term: Fixed-term contract until 31 March 2020 with a high likelihood of extension until March 2021.
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary:£20,694.00 per annum
Location: Liverpool
Description:
Royal Voluntary Service is an innovative charity that focuses on inspiring people to give the gift of voluntary time to support the NHS and older people at home and in the community. We are now looking for a service manager to join us for a fixed-term contract until 31 March 2020 with a high likelihood of extension until March 2021.
If you are a collaborative individual with experience of managing and motivating teams of staff and volunteers, this is the perfect opportunity to enhance your skills with a well-established organisation.
In this exciting role, you will have the chance to lead a passionate team including volunteers and deliver a really valuable service.
As the Service Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the Home from Hospital Service, operated by our team of volunteers which may begin on the ward and continues into the community for a period of up to 12 weeks.
The support the volunteers provide focuses on nutrition, hydration, staying well and connected to friends and family and the community.
The aim is to reduce recovery times and feelings of isolation and loneliness and reduce the chance of re-admission to hospital. Volunteers support people to regain independence and reconnect with their community.
Specifically, you will:
Recruit, motivate and manage a team of volunteers
Promote the service locally
Ensure that KPIs are met
Build strong relationships with Liverpool City Home First teams and the local hospitals
Manage the service budget
To be considered, you will need:
Experience of managing and motivating teams of staff and volunteers
To be commercially aware with relevant experience of managing a similar service type
Knowledge of the needs of the community and the groups, providers and bodies within it, including health and social care providers
An understanding of how to use basic data to monitor trends and provide forecasts
As the service manager, you will have excellent communication skills and be able to work on your initiative. A team leader, you will be able to motivate staff and volunteers and establish positive and effective partnerships with both internal and external stakeholders.
GCSEs (or equivalent) in maths and English at grade C or above would be beneficial, as would proficiency in standard IT systems.
The closing date for this role is 31 October 2019, with interviews scheduled to be held in the first week of November in Liverpool.
Our Community Impact Fund helps voluntary sector organisations and registered charities do even more to build stronger communities across Liverpool and Merseyside.
Eligible organisations can apply for grants of up to £3,000 for projects that meet one or more of our four main priority areas:
Health
Education
Income stability
Arts and culture
Applications will be assessed on the impact that the project will have on the lives of those who benefit. We’re looking for projects that help make a change for those most in need. For this round, we are particularly interested in projects that target and offer support to parents and families.
Legal advice for parents of children with a disability or long-term illness
University of Liverpool is offering a free legal advice service, designed to support parents of children living with a disability or chronic illness, both in-patients and out-patients of Alder Hey Hospital.
Advice given is in relation to the following areas:
Support from the Local Authority including assessments, short breaks services, holiday play schemes, care at home, aids and adaptations, financial help with travel costs to schools, direct payments
Welfare benefits general advice about entitlement to benefits related to a child’s disability, including disability living allowance, carers allowance and blue badges
David Lewis Association Grants Programme closes this month
You are reminded that applications to the David Lewis Association grands programme close on 31st October 2019. Decisions will be made in December 2019.
The David Lewis Association invites applications on behalf of young people resident in the Liverpool area, seeking financial grant support up to a maximum of £5,000 to further develop their acknowledged skills and talents, fulfil personal ambitions and aspirations, meet immediate challenges or overcome short term barriers. Grants are awarded to young people who, without such assistance, may miss out on life changing opportunities.
The association welcomes applications to help finance a wide range of interests, ambitions and disciplines. Applications must be made by an organisation, on behalf of the young person seeking funds. This could be a school, sports club, youth group, charitable organisation or community centre.
Successful applicants will be:
Young people, up to the age of 25 years, with an ambition or specific opportunity that can be achieved in the short term, with help from the David Lewis Association
Resident in the Liverpool area
Endorsed personally by an organisation representative able to provide evidence of applicant need and capability to succeed. They must also be able to confirm planned expenditure and be responsible for overseeing its intended purpose
Able to demonstrate why a David Lewis Association grant would make a real difference to achieving the goal in question and how financial hardship or other circumstances would otherwise bar progress
Get your applications in before the end of this month.
Exciting opportunity for aspiring journos to join a young person led newspaper
Not content with launching the UK’s first young-person led publisher, Comic’s Youth is at it again, with another ground-breaking venture: a Comics Youth Newspaper. Now they need your help to make it happen!
The Comics Youth Newspaper doesn’t currently have a name, and that’s because the organisation doesn’t yet have a team of young, talented and aspiring artists, writers, and journalists of the future to come up with one!
The paper will be distributed across the Liverpool City Region (and beyond!). Furthermore, the team of newsies who’ll put it together will be supported and mentored by a team of professional artists and writers, providing a unique opportunity to gain valuable work experience, learn new skills, and maybe even make new friends along the way.
If you’re aged between 8 and 25 and are interested in joining the Comics Youth newspaper squad, then please drop us an email at hi@comicsyouth.co.uk with the subject line: EXTRA! EXTRA! CY NEWSPAPER, and let us know your name and age. We’ll get back to you at the start of November.
We’re looking for artists and writers of all skill levels, so don’t be shy about registering your interest! The most important thing is that we find people with passion, enthusiasm and ideas.
The deadline to register your interest is 31st October.
Family Action – School Partner National School Breakfast Programme
School Partner, National School Breakfast Programme
Homebased with extensive travel across Liverpool
29.4 – 37 hours per week, term time only
Grade 3 (lower): £26,682 – £29,280 + £480 homeworking allowance per annum pro rata
Fixed term contract or internal secondment until 31 March 2020
Family Action is a UK charity which was established in 1869. We are very excited to be delivering the largest ever national roll out of a school breakfast programme, based on the successful model developed by our delivery partner, Magic Breakfast. The School Partners make a vital contribution in ensuring thousands of children in disadvantaged areas have a healthy breakfast and start the day with the right fuel for learning. Working with schools across the country, the programme supports the development of breakfast provision to deliver healthy breakfasts with the aim that no child starts the school day too hungry to learn.
You will be a highly motivated, enthusiastic and inspirational practitioner, passionate about enabling children to reach their full potential, who will facilitate this exciting programme in a designated region. Working in close partnership with your team of school partners and team manager, regional managers and colleagues across Family Action and Magic Breakfast, you will be responsible for supporting schools in the delivery and sustainability of their breakfast programme.
You will have a strong understanding of the education sector and must have experience of working within schools or delivering programs within schools. At this stage in the programme, School Partners are supporting schools with the sustainability of their provision and we are looking for a fast learner with strong influencing skills.
Our values:
People focus, mutual respect, excellence-in-all-we do and a can-do attitude. If you can relate to these and have the necessary skills and attitude we can offer you:
A competitive salary, leave entitlement and pension scheme
Career development opportunities
A full induction and on going quality training
The opportunity to become part of Family Action initiatives
Flexible working hours
Managed work loads with regular supportive and reflective supervision
Please note that we do not accept CVs without a completed application form.
Closing date: 27th October 2019, 9am
Interview date: TBC
Family Action offers good working conditions, a comprehensive training programme and final salary pension scheme. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.Term:
Family Refugee Support – Project Director / Senior Counsellor
Term: Currently funded until December 2020
Hours: 24.5
Salary: £41,186 – £43,704 per annum- pro rata
Location: Liverpool
Description:
Family Refugee Support is looking for a Project Director/Senior Counsellor who can manage and provide overall direction and development to a well-established project, be responsible for resource, financial and budget management including fundraising, and who is a qualified and experienced counsellor, eligible for BACP accreditation and able to provide assessment and therapeutic support in a horticultural setting to individuals and families referred to the project. We are flexible about how the post is organised and happy to discuss a job-share or secondment.
Contact details: info@frsp.org.uk
Closing date: Friday November 1st 2019
Free EUSS advice and assistance at Citizens Advice Liverpool
With funding from the Home Office, Citizens Advice Liverpool is offering support, up until March 2020, to help EU citizens with making their applications to EU Settlement Scheme for settled status (SS) or pre-settled status (pre-SS) to continue living in the UK after Brexit beyond 2020.
An EUSS Support Team is available to help people with their applications, as well as to offer information and guidance to any individual regarding what EU Settled Status is and the application process.
Citizens Advice Liverpool is providing application assistance free-of-charge, to those individuals with vulnerabilities such as:
The elderly
Those who have experienced domestic abuse
People with disabilities or long-term health conditions
Those leaving care
Members of the Roma community
Those experiencing social exclusion because they belong to marginalised groups
To access this advice and assistance contact the EUSS Support Team direct at euss@caliverpool.org.uk or on 0151 522 1725.
The Reader Organisation – Children & Young People Sales & Admin Assistant.
Hours: 35 Hours per week
Salary: £15,500 – £17,000 per annum
Location: The Mansion House, Calderstones Park, L18 3JB
Description:
The Children & Young Persons Sales & Administrative Assistant will be based at The Reader’s International Headquarters at Calderstones park and have responsibility for sales of the wide range of Storybarn products, as well as offering vital administrative support to our Shared Reading projects for children and families.
The role will involve working closely with the children and young person’s team and with colleagues across the wider organisation, such as comms/marketing, development and finance. We need an organised and motivated assistant to devise and implement an effective sales strategy to support long term Storybarn growth and sustainability and the administrative support to manage calendars, bookings and databases in order to ensure that our projects are running as efficiently as possible.
Contact details: laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk
Closing date: 28/10/19
Greenbank – Board of Trustees Member, Honorary Treasurer
Hours: Time commitment will include:
Board of Trustee meetings take place every two months
Finance Sub Committee meetings take place minimum 4 times per year
Salary: This is a voluntary, unpaid role
Location: Meetings take place at Greenbank, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool L17 1AG. All employees are required to be flexible in their approach.
Description:
We are looking for passionate, committed and experienced Accountant to join our Board of Trustees in the role of Honorary Treasurer of Greenbank (Registered Charity 513814).
You will have a key role in supporting the organisation to continue to deliver our mission of supporting people to achieve their potential through inclusive education, sport and leisure activities.
You should have a proven record of working at a senior level and will be confident contributing to discussions and constructively challenging the Leadership Team.
Job Purpose
To monitor the financial administration of the charity and report to the board of trustees at regular intervals on its state of financial health, in line with best practice, and in compliance with the governing document and legal requirements to provide the board with the confidence and knowledge to better make strategic decisions.
Main Duties and Responsibilities of the Honorary Treasurer
– Overseeing and presenting budgets, internal management accounts and annual financial statements to the board of trustees;
– Leading in the board’s duty to ensure that proper accounting records are kept, financial resources are properly controlled, invested and economically spent, in line with good governance, legal and regulatory requirements;
– Leading in the development and implementation of financial reserves, cost-management and investment policies;
– Liaising where applicable with the appropriate member of staff responsible for the financial activities of the organisation;
– Chairing any finance committee in line with standing orders and terms of reference, and reporting to the board of trustees;
– Overseeing the implementation of and monitoring specific financial controls and adherence to systems
– Advising on the financial implications of the charity’s strategic plan;
– Overseeing the charity’s financial risk-management process;
– Acting as a counter signatory on the charity cheques and important applications to funders; and Board-level liaison with the independent examiner or external auditors on specific issues such as the Auditors’ – Management Letter and the related board representations.
Critical Areas of Involvement for the Treasurer:
Budgeting and strategic financial planning
The Treasurer must ensure that all strategic plans are fully financially appraised and that the budget is in line with the plan’s short-term objectives as set for each year.
Management Reporting
Trustees have a duty to ensure that proper accounting records are kept, assets are safeguarded and resources are properly applied in accordance with the objects of the charity. The Treasurer should ensure that management accounts are prepared on a regular basis and that there is a target timescale for their production. The Treasurer should also agree with the trustees the type of financial reporting they require and the extent of it. This needs to be done in coordination with the charity’s Finance Lead working through the CEO.
Statutory Financial Reporting
The Treasurer’s task here is to guide and advise fellow trustees in the board’s formal approval of the annual report and audited accounts. Therefore it is important the Treasurer is fully aware of their content, regardless of any involvement in their preparation.
Additional vacancy details
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and adhering to the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.
Applicants should note that the successful candidate will be asked to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service
Contact details: If you are interested in applying for this role please email Mary Beaumont, Greenbank CEO – mary.beaumont@greenbank.org.uk
Closing date: Not set
The Reader Organisation Vacancy – Chef
Term: Permanent
Hours: 20 Hours Per Week
Salary: £8.71 to £10.33 per hour dependent on experience
Location: The Mansion House, Calderstones Park, L18 3JB
Description: The Chef will be flexible and hands on in all areas providing a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with the Reader’s ethos and vision, generating revenue and supporting our wider activity.
Our ideal candidate would have experience within a commercial kitchen/cafe environment with a keen interest and passion for food. You will be self-disciplined and able to produce food to a high standard with attention to detail. Experience in baking would be an advantage.
It is expected you will have responsibility for the overall daily operation of the café’s kitchen and catering processes being mindful of industry cost margins. You will need the practical skills to execute an interesting but simple menu and be capable of working alongside the Catering manager contributing to the development of innovative seasonal menus.
Current and relevant health and safety/food hygiene certificates are essential. You will work closely with the Social Enterprise team.
Please submit your completed application form to laurakershaw@thereader.org.uk
We would like to extend a warm welcome to Liverpool Community Advice and Livewire Liverpool. Both organisations have recently taken up residence here at 151 Dale Street, adding to the complement of 21 voluntary sector tenants already based in the building.
Owned and managed by Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services, 151 Dale Street is a hub for voluntary sector activity in the city. If you have visited us lately you may have noticed that extensive refurbishment works took place to the first floor of our iconic, art deco building, prior to the new tenancies commencing.
Support organisation Liverpool Community Advice is an independent charity that provides personal advice to the residents of Liverpool, on matters including money and debts, personal circumstances and issue resolution, amongst others.
Kristian Khan, chief executive of Liverpool Community Advice (LCA), said of the relocation, “We are really pleased to be a part of this voluntary community hub. There is a great synergy between LCA and the other organisations based here at 151 Dale Street. We take a holistic approach to meeting the unique needs of every client; being based at our new home has already allowed us to form stronger bonds with complimentary services, strengthening our offering and making our referral process increasingly seamless, as a result.”
The second new tenant, Livewire Liverpool, provides support and motivation to people who wish to make healthy changes to their lifestyle. Livewire Liverpool Health Trainers and volunteers facilitate individuals to get fitter, control their diet, quit smoking and regain control in other areas relating to well-being.
Vivien Graham, service manager at Livewire Liverpool, said, “The LCVS building is such a beautiful space. It is a pleasure to come to work every day, to the city’s cultural quarter. With the added value of the networking opportunities that our new office affords, we couldn’t be happier with our move.”
Following our new arrivals 151 Dale Street is now close to capacity but we do have some remaining office space, as well as hot desks available from £10 per half day and virtual office services. Contact us on info@lcvs.org.uk to enquire or visit our 151 Dale Street page for more information about the building.
Imagine Independence Vacancy – Housing & Accommodation Support Service Deputy Manager
Imagine Independence is a charity with a positive approach to mental health which works to promote opportunities for people to live a full and independent life. We are proud to have the support of up to 150 volunteers and over 200 staff members to help those who need us.
Job Reference: 19/56
Based in: Liverpool
Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Salary: £25,250 per annum- plus on call allowance
NHS England & NOMS have jointly commissioned a Housing & Accommodation Support Service for male offenders with a personality disorder diagnosis who are on the offender pathway.
The service will be delivered via a joint service model including health, criminal justice and specialist third sector housing & accommodation partners.
Specialist support will be provided in relation to housing and accommodation needs in order to enable people being supported within the service to progress into independent living; engage in safe social engagement and integration into the community.
We require a Deputy Manager who has experience of working with people with offending profiles with complex and multiple needs including personality disorder diagnosis in recovery focused services.
If you have the following skills we would like to hear from you:
• Experience of working in a Health & Social Care setting;
• Experience of working with multiple agencies including Multi-Disciplinary Teams
• Experience of processing referrals/conducting assessments/formulating risk management plans & delivering person centered services;
• A commitment to reducing repeat offending and improving psychological health & wellbeing.
We are looking for a dynamic, solution focused, motivated Deputy Manager and we welcome applications from people from a range of backgrounds with transferrable skills. This post requires flexibility, HASS Deputy Manager must be flexible to work evenings, when required and occasional weekends. You will be required to cover on call to Specialist Services as part of an on call rota.
Closing date Monday 14th October 5pm, interviews will be held 22nd October.
In return, we will offer you comprehensive training / career development opportunities and excellent terms and conditions.
For an application form please visit our website at www.imagineindependence.org.uk please return applications to ldanson@imagineindependence.org.uk Please note we do not accept CV’s application forms only.
If you would like to discuss the post, please contact jwhitfield@imagineindependence.org.uk
Greenbank Sports Academy Vacancy – Rebound Therapy Instructor
Term: Fixed term until 30 April 2021
Hours: 15
Salary: SCP 18-21 (actual p/t salary £6776.25 – £7551.75)
Location: Greenbank Sports Academy and external locations
Description: To help with our continued development, we are looking to recruit a Rebound Therapy Instructor. The ideal candidate will combine strong practical skills with the ability to communicate effectively with participants and partnership organisations. Above all they must want to make a difference to the lives of young people and vulnerable adults.
Situated alongside Sefton Park in Liverpool, Greenbank Sports Academy is part of the Greenbank Project Charity, whose mission statement is to “support people to achieve their potential through inclusive education, sport and leisure activities.”. At Greenbank Sports Academy, our ambition is to be recognised as an outstanding national, regional and local provider of physical education, sport and leisure with a key focus on providing choice and opportunity for people who have a disability.
This post forms part of the Empower Programme (Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund) which provides individually tailored, flexible programmes that respond to the specific needs and barriers to recreation, employment and training faced by disabled people.
In September 2019 LCVS commissioned First Take Films to produce a case study video, capturing a number of our voluntary sector colleagues on film. We premiered the film at our event, Riding the Waves, at the end of last month. It has now been added to our YouTube channel and is available to watch, and to share with your own followers, here.
If you would like to know more about the range of services available from us here at LCVS, and the work we do to support, encourage and develop charitable activity in the city, you might enjoy this short video.
Our thanks go to:
– Daisy Inclusive UK, Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre, Liverpool Homeless Football Club and Relate Cheshire and Merseyside for appearing in film
– First Take for filming and production
– Liverpool City Council and The Mayor of Liverpool for supporting the project
Writing on the Wall – Black History Month Festival on now
Writing on the Wall is proud to have launched the most exciting Black History Month programme to date, combining national names such as the Guardian editor-at-large journalist and broadcaster Gary Younge and author Kehinde Andrews, with the local talent of Amina Atiq and Leroy Cooper.
Other special guests include data verbaliser Dr. Martin Glynn, members of the gal-dem collective, Rose Thomas – Liverpool’s first black woman novelist to be published – and Liverpool 8’s own Michelle Charters and Claire Dove.
WoW Fest is proud to have major contributions from the creative organisations of Liverpool, including First Take, Tmesis Theatre, the Chinese Pagoda and Liverpool Irish Festival. Other initiatives and events come from partners rooted in Liverpool’s diverse communities, including Blackburne House, The Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre, The Women’s Organisation and the new, very exciting kids on the block – Blackfest and the Black Girl Lit Club. There are a host of discussions, screenings, author talks, poetry and parties for this truly Liverpool Black History Month celebration.
WoW’s Co-Director Madeline Heneghan said, “I’d really like to thank Liverpool Mayor’s Fund and Arts Council England for their support, which has allowed us to bring in partner organisations and to grow this important annual programme. Liverpool has the oldest black community in Europe and a proud multi-cultural tradition. In these politically uncertain times, it is crucial to celebrate these aspects of our city.”
We Are Undefeatable supports people with health conditions into physical activity
Sport England are working with 15 leading health and social care charities to inspire those with long-term health conditions build physical activity into their lives, in a project called We Are Undefeatable.
The official launch of the project, which is Liverpool Sport and Recreation, by took place in September.
You are twice as likely to be inactive if you have a health condition, however being active can help to manage over 20 long-term conditions such as depression and type 2 diabetes; it reduces the risk of developing some conditions by up to 40% and can delay the onset of and reduce the severity of many health conditions.
We Are Undefeatable recognises the unique barriers that those living with health conditions face and it is the first time a campaign has shown the emotional stories of men and women living with a variety of conditions getting active in ways that work for them.
Led by The Richmond Group, a collaboration of 15 leading health and social care charities, the campaign is backed with expertise, insight and National Lottery funding from Sport England.
In Liverpool, the campaign is being supported by the city’s physical activity campaign, Fit for Me.
How to get involved
The campaign will run across TV, radio and social media
You can share information surrounding the campaign through your networks and on social media using the hashtags #weareundefeatable #joininfeelgood
Talk to people about it and spread the word! When liaising with service users please start to think about the campaign and how it can support individuals with long term conditions, who experience numerous barriers to physical activity
Tell campaign organisers about the activities you deliver. If you deliver sessions that are appropriate for individuals with long term conditions, or you are a provider who would like to learn more about the campaign and how to be involved, contact Matthew.Ronneback@liverpool.gov.uk
The Black-E Vacancy – Senior Operations Manager
Long term with a 4 month probationary period
35 hours per week
£30K per year
The Black-E Liverpool 1
Description:
The Black-E is looking for a senior operations manager to join the team. The role would be to manage, influence and inspire the overall strategic direction of the organisation.
You will manage and oversee the functions of an existing team of three managers as well as support the director to achieve the highest quality of creative and culturally diverse activities for the building.
You will also supervise the marketing strategy and implementation ensuring that the Black-E remains a welcoming venue for a range of diverse communities.
A successful applicant will have three years + experience working within the creative and/or community sector, self-motivated with the ability to lead and work independently.
Location: The Florence Institute Trust (The Florrie) Dingle, Liverpool 8
Project Title: Community Garden
When: Commence November 2019 – March 2020 (Garden Opening on 1st April 2020)
Fee: Circa £5,000 net (one off fee)
Lead Contact: CEO – Anne Lundon
Overview of project:
The Florrie require an experienced project manager to oversee our exciting new plans to develop our community garden. This is a one off project with a strict 4 month timeline for completion. You will have extensive horticultural experience with a proven track record of landscaping management experience from moving a project idea and plan to implementation through to completion, covering all aspects of hard and soft landscaping including (but not limited to) installing new gates, new paving, defining designated areas for reflection, picnicking, growing, seeding, performance areas and relaxing spaces.
You must be able to deliver our plans within budget and have experience of sourcing materials and sub contractors to carry out any hard landscaping or other works. Project management must also include involving local community members, groups and schools to develop a plan for maintaining the garden once completed. If you are genuinely excited about turning these plans into a reality and create a lasting legacy for the L8 community then this is the job for you.
How to apply:
Please send an CV and no more than 2 sides of A4 outlining your experience and why you are suitable for this role and two professional reference contacts to: Anne Lundon CEO chiefexec@theflorrie.org by midday on Monday 7th October 2019
This post is funded through Liverpool City Council S106 funding
This brief identifies key responsibilities and requirements and is not an exhaustive list of tasks that need to be completed. The Florence Institute reserves the right to amend the brief/job description as the role develops and in accordance with funder requirements.
Irish Community Care Vacancy – Participation and Engagement Lead
Job title: Participation and Engagement Lead for Young People
Term: 1 year initially
Hours: 21
Salary: £25,000 pro rata 21 hours
Location: Merseyside
Description:
The is a unique opportunity to be instrumental in the growth and development of Irish Community Care’s engagement and participation of young people including Irish students, Irish Travellers and the wider Irish population.
We are looking for a dynamic individual who can lead on engagement of young people. The individuals must be able to demonstrate excellent leadership skills and innovative ways to engage young people in the future development of our organisation.
Contact details:
For an informal discussion contact Director Breege McDaid 01512373987 or for an application pack email admin@iccm.org.uk
Closing date: 18 October 2019
The Reader Vacancy – Storybarn Operations Coordinator (Maternity Cover)
Term: Maternity Cover – Fixed Term until
Hours:35 hours per week across 5 days on a rota basis spanning 0900-1700 hours,
Monday to Sunday.
Salary: £17,000 – £22,000
Location: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, 18
Description:
The Storybarn Operations Coordinator will lead and inspire the delivery team, take responsibility for consistent quality of delivery and ensure excellent customer experiences.
This role could be for you if you:
• Are a great deliverer of Storybarn products and can teach others to be so
• Are a good people manager
• Passionately believe in the value of reading for all with a focus on children
• Are flexible, enthusiastic and positive
• Have previous experience of delivery within the Storybarn or similar environment
Key Responsibilities:
• Duty management of Storyhunters and additional on-the-ground roles to include, but not limited to, leading the morning briefs, being a point of contact throughout the day (via walkie talkie and face to face discussion), devise a programme of end of day tasks and communicate this to the Storyhunter team.
• With the support of the Children & Young Persons Manager, prepare the weekly Storyhunter rota and respond to short notice changes in demand/staffing levels as they occur to ensure the right number of staff for the delivery at each session. This requires an in depth knowledge of the daily and weekly activities in the Storybarn, utilising the Storybarn Calendar, MONAD and YesPlan systems as a primary source of information.
• Ensuring (at least 2 weeks in advance) that the correct quantities of craft materials are in stock to meet the demands of the upcoming school, family and party visits.
• To support ongoing development of the Storybarn Strategy including whole site developments and links with the Mansion House, evaluation, marketing and content creative development. To be a leading member of the Creative team, contributing ideas and practical suggestions for new session plans.
• To be a member of the ‘on call’ team for the Storybarn (both week day & weekends) to support the covering of cancelled or unattended shifts.
• Birthday Parties: Weekly task of contacting upcoming parties (10 days in advance) to confirm date/time/all details inputted through the electronic form. Communicate the party details on a weekly basis to the relevant members of the Storybarn team and liaise with the catering team to ensure food has been ordered.
• Ensuring all areas of the Storybarn are safe. Reporting all repairs to the onsite facilities team and following up on a regular basis.
• Responsibility for quality control of the Storybarn experience by leading a portion of delivery and working closely with The Reader, Quality team to conduct shared reflections with the Storyhunter team and to take the lead on training, both content and delivery.
• Maintain a high level of customer service for the Storybarn experience and to be first line of response to customer feedback and complaints.
And so it’s done and dusted. Our Riding the Waves event at the Maritime Museum has been and gone and I just wanted to take some time out to say thank you to everyone who attended, all of our public sector colleagues who delivered sessions for us, our staff team at LCVS for pulling it together, our Board for their support, The Mayor’s Office for their help, B&M Digital for sponsoring and also the staff at the Maritime Museum who couldn’t have been more helpful.
The feedback from the day has been really positive and there’s clearly a lot for us to think about as we go through the notes from the sessions and your feedback. As I said on the day, we aren’t going to rush to get a report out just for the sake of it. As a staff team we are going to take some time to reflect on what was said and produce something that actually takes things forward. We will though, try and get an interim report out that perhaps gives some of the headlines from the day.
We are well aware of the fact that we all go to conferences, un-conferences, seminars and workshops all the time and it is sometimes the case that afterwards not much changes. But we made a commitment on the day, which I’m restating here and now, that for us what you said at the event will guide our organisation over the coming months so that we can help build and develop a stronger VCF sector and a stronger relationship with our public and private sector partners.
Of course at any large event, there are always things that don’t quite work for some people and we will look closely at the feedback so that we can pick up on any issues, especially where perhaps one or two people felt that the sessions weren’t in line with their expectations. We know we can always improve and we will make sure that, where we can, we will respond positively to any suggestions and comments about the event and the issues raised. Also, if you’d like to speak to me directly, then please get in touch, happy to talk things through.
I know from our Public Sector colleagues that they learnt a lot on the day and so many of you said out loud that bringing people together is important. We believe that’s true – but we also believe that it’s better to come together round a specific issue where we can work together to make a real difference and that’s one of the things we will certainly be taking away from the day.
So once again, thank you to everyone for taking part in what were a series of very lively debates and discussions in the main. We learnt a lot and we hope that this is just the start of many more conversations over the coming months.
A full album of images from the day is now available on Facebook. Click here to be taken to the Facebook album. You do not need a Facebook account to view them but if you have got one, please do take a moment to ‘Like’ our page while you’re there!
Open Eye Gallery Volunteer Vacancy – Exhibition Assistant
Term: October 17th – December 22nd 2019
Hours: 1 day per week (7.5 hours) 9:45 am – 5:15 pm
Location: St Georges Hall / CBS Gallery / Darkside Art Lab Birkenhead
Description:
Open Eye Gallery are looking for a team of volunteers to help deliver LOOK Photo Biennial 2019. Focusing on exchange with China, the festival uses the evolving language of photography to unlock international dialogue. The programme sets out to reflect on shifting global identities, worldwide environmental issues and how we can use images to communicate effectively: across borders, technologies and cultures.
Volunteers will play a key role in the day to day running of the exhibition spaces, creating a welcoming and friendly environment. Duties will include greeting and directing visitors around the exhibitions, helping visitors to engage with the exhibition by providing information on the artworks, and invigilating the gallery spaces. We are looking for exhibition assistants for venues across the city region including; St George’s Hall and CBS Gallery in Liverpool, along with Dark Side Art Lab Birkenhead.
In return for your time you’ll gain work experience, as well as the chance to develop your skills and improve your career prospects through networking, while gaining a valuable insight into a photography biennial, working with a great team of like-minded people. Open Eye Gallery will also be hosting a volunteer exhibition in December showcasing work through our digital window gallery in Mann Island’s Atrium.
Contact details:
sally@openeye.org.uk
Closing date:
Applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply at your earliest convenience, using the contact details above.
The Reader Vacancy – Volunteer Training and Engagement Lead
Term: 1 Year Fixed Term
Hours: 35 hours per week usually Monday – Friday, with a requirement for occasional out of hours working on the Calderstones site, which is a 7 day a week working environment. We are committed to offering flexible working.
Salary: £22,000 – £27,000 per annum
Location: The Mansion House, Liverpool, Calderstones Park
Description:
We are looking for a proactive individual who can help generate excitement and enthusiasm amongst our UK wide volunteer base about our new digital platform.
Thanks to National Lottery Funding, we are currently in the middle of a digital transformation project. A key element to this investment is the development of a digital platform for our volunteers.
The aim is to improve volunteer engagement and experience by providing improved access to reading resources, provide a place to record details of the activities they undertake each week, who and how many they are reaching, as well as introducing ways for volunteers to connect more closely with one another and with us.
We want to maximise this investment by giving volunteers (many of whom are not digitally savvy) the confidence and skills to use the platform regularly, understanding how it will help them with their roles and inspiring them to get involved in a new online community of volunteers.
Do you have the experience to help us generate excitement and enthusiasm about this to maximise engagement and help us meet our ambitious KPIs?
If you are skilled in introducing and implementing new ideas and want your work to make a real impact across the organisation this is the role for you!
The Florrie Vacancy – Community/Volunteer Fundraiser
Location: The Florence Institute Trust “The Florrie” Dingle, Liverpool 8
Contract Length: 12 months with possible continuation for a further 2 years subject to meeting agreed annual funder targets/outputs (Reaching Communities – Big Lottery)
Salary: £18,000 pa Hours: 40 hrs per week Normal
Place of Work: The Florrie – 377 Mill Street, Liverpool 8 Lead
Contact: Tim Tierney, Community Hub Co-ordinator
Volunteers are at the heart of what we do here at the Florrie. This role will support and capacity build existing volunteers, staff and trustees in their various voluntary roles throughout the charity in order to better manage and deliver our daily and planned activities. The post holder will also be required to recruit and manage new community volunteers to deliver activities and organise fundraising initiatives on behalf of the charity such as: payroll giving, donations, legacies, sponsorship, volunteer and group led fundraising activities, individual giving, gift aid and other forms of community fundraising through volunteer support.
Key responsibilities:
• Work closely with the Community Hub Co-ordinator to organise and develop activities/classes and events that are volunteer led
• Organise and support the charity to deliver community based fundraising events hosted by the charity with members and volunteers against agreed financial income targets.
• Assess and meet the charities needs through the recruitment, placement and retention of new volunteers to clearly defined roles with the appropriate support, guidance and information to enable them to best support The Florrie while building their own skills and experience.
• Increase levels of donations to The Florrie through fundraising initiatives.
• Work collaboratively and supportively with other team members including volunteers, on events and appeals, campaigns and other fundraising or marketing activities relevant to our fundraising strategy.
• Help recruit fundraising volunteers to clearly defined roles with the appropriate support, guidance and information to enable them to raise funds on behalf of The Florrie.
• Deliver outputs as set out by the funder
• Maintain an up-to-date list of volunteering opportunities for circulation and ensure that wherever possible our activities, events and fundraising are volunteer-led.
• Oversee the activities of the volunteers to maximise fundraising income. Empowering volunteers to carry out their own independent fundraising activities.
• Manage volunteers and their relationships with those they come into contact with
• Develop and support peer mentoring opportunities
• Monitor, evaluate and where possible accredit volunteers
• Update the Florrie Volunteer policy and procedures, including responsibility for all risk assessments
• Generate new volunteering opportunities across the charity, including work experience, education and training opportunities and community fundraising
• As part of our marketing campaign organise high profile-raising events that are volunteer led.
Skills and Experience – you will need to show:
1.Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with people from a range of diverse backgrounds and skills levels
2.Excellent communication skills to include reporting, presentations and written skills
3.Direct experience of managing projects that have included volunteers in the planning and delivery
4.Experience of inspiring and motivate others with a non-judgemental approach to people and work
6.Understand and put into practice confidentiality and safeguarding practices
7.Excellent organisation skills 8.Experience in community fundraising with volunteers 9.Help plan and organise events that celebrate our volunteers
10.Experience of working within the 3rd sector and flexibility to work outside of normal working hours when events are taking place
How to apply: Please send an CV and no more than 2 sides of A4 outlining your experience and why you are suitable for this role to: Anne Lundon CEO chiefexec@theflorrie.org by midday on Monday 7th October 2019
This post is funded by Big Lottery – Reaching Communities
This job description identifies key responsibilities and requirements and is not an exhaustive list of tasks that need to be completed. The Florence Institute reserves the right to amend the job description as the role develops within the organisation.
FREE back-to-work programmes for the unemployed
Aspire Education Academy is working in partnership with Liverpool City Region, working Job Centres, Housing Trusts and Charities across the Merseyside region, helping the unemployed to gain recognised qualifications that provide and improve their chances of gaining meaningful employment.
The next courses will begin Monday 14th October and Monday 4th November.
67% of learners find work within 3 months of completing our course
24% of learners find work as a direct result of our course
11% of our learners move into apprenticeships with Aspire
Course Details:
Monday to Friday, 15 days in total, (9:30am – 2:30-3:00pm)
4 Nationally recognised qualifications, including First Aid (details attached)
CV writing, Interview skills, Job Application techniques, References from Aspire
Build Self Confidence, Communication, Self- Management, Motivation and Enthusiasm
Course is for all 19-65 year olds on JSA, ESA, Income Support, UC, PIP, etc
Course can contribute to ‘Work Focused Activity’
We provide tea/coffee free of charge on a daily basis
We cover the cost of the facility for course delivery
All travel expenses are covered by Aspire for the 4 weeks (bus fares / tram / tube / train / car fuel )
£100 Aspire Back to Work contribution (for essential equipment such as tablets for job searching , course kit, interview attire etc, offering support for the next career pathway)
Progression routes include:
Being employed by Aspire as a tutor
Work experience opportunities
Being referred onto sport specific qualifications, which is followed by 2-4 week Seville (Spain) work experience and guaranteed job interview
Gaining a Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification with Aspire
The course is completely fully funded. This means that there is NO cost to yourself or the clients, with all travel expenses etc covered by Aspire.
Courses are delivered right across Merseyside in the following areas:
Liverpool
Sefton
Knowsley
Halton
Wirral
For further information contact Keith Ellison, back to work programme manager: keith.ellison@aspireeducationacademy.co.uk
MyAware Vacancy – Regional Fundraiser
Term: Permanent
Hours: 18.75 (2.5 days) per week
Salary: £12,500
Location: Home-based in North West
Description:
To meet ever growing demand for our services, myaware seeks to recruit a part-time fundraiser to develop, organise and support income generation across North West England and Northern Ireland.
The successful candidate will build on current income streams and proactively seek out new opportunities for fundraising through applying to local charitable trusts and grant making organisations, partnering local organisations, helping local supporters with their own fundraising activities and delivering community fundraising activities.
There will also be the requirement to manage records and relationships through the CRM system in line with GDPR, therefore legislation necessitates a well organised and efficient individual with IT skills. The role is two and a half days a week.
To meet the needs of supporters’ fundraising activities, events are often during weekends and evenings and occasional meetings are held at our headquarters in Derby, therefore flexible working hours are a necessity. The Regional Fundraiser will be home based within North West England and will work closely with support colleagues to identify, recruit and train fundraising volunteers.
Own transport is essential for this role as travel throughout North West of England will be required. Mileage allowance will be paid.
Contact details:
For a copy of the job statement and to apply, please email info@myaware.org including your CV and a covering letter, which should include details of your current salary.
Closing date:
11th October 2019 at 12 noon
Liverpool Cares begins Winter Wellbeing programme
Liverpool Cares, the charity that connects younger people in the community to their older neighbours, has launched it’s second Winter Wellbeing project. Beginning today, 1 October, to coincide with International Older People’s Day they aim to help older people to stay warm, active and better connected over the winter season.
The project will see Liverpool Cares out and about in communities, chatting to neighbours in the streets, at GP surgeries, supermarkets, and on doorsteps. The team can provide free blankets, scarves, gloves and other warm items, and can also help older neighbours who are struggling to pay for heating or don’t have a winter coat. They are also helping to connect individuals to organisations that can help with insulation and reducing bills.
If you would like to talk about the project get in touch with Liverpool Cares on 0151 659 1789.
Liverpool Cares also hosts loads of social clubs every month, for older people and their younger neighbours. This year they include bread making, historical walks, an Oktoberfest party and more. Contact the team for details, on the above phone number or at https://liverpoolcares.org.uk/home.
Liverpool City Council want your views on parenting in Liverpool
The council’s parenting coordinator is currently working with partners to develop Liverpool’s next Parenting Strategy, which will set out what they will do to improve and enrich parenting support across the city.
It’s really important that the strategy takes in to account the views of parents and caregivers across the city. In order to capture views of parents across the city the survey has been developed to help us understand how parents see the quality and services available to them.
The survey is available online only and One Stop Shops can support residents to fill it in if they drop in and ask a member of staff. The survey closes on Friday 1st November. If you require a paper copy, please contact parenting@liverpool.gov.uk, paper copies can be scanned and sent to the parent coordinator.
FREE first time gas central heating system and FREE loft and cavity wall insulation
Liverpool City Council has been awarded a grant of £1.27 million from the Warm Homes Fund for the installation of first time gas central heating systems. The offer is being match funded by Warmer Energy Services, who will be responsible for the installation of the systems.
Installation of a gas central heating system can help reduce illnesses related to living in a cold home such as Pneumonia, Asthma and Bronchitis and allows you to control your heating around your home more effectively.
Loft insulation could save you up to £225 a year and cavity wall insulation up to £225 a year2. These improvements will also keep you warm and comfortable over the winter months.
It’s easy to see if you qualify.
Do you own your own home?
Never had a gas central heating system in place before?
In receipt of certain welfare benefits (see below).
If the answer is “yes”, give Healthy Homes, a call on Freephone 0800 012 1754 quote “WarmHomesOffer” to discuss this further. It doesn’t matter how you are heating your home currently or if you have no gas connection to the property.
Healthy Homes staff will always carry Liverpool City Council ID. Please ask to see ID before allowing anybody into your property.
Do you qualify?
You may qualify for a free ‘A’-rated boiler, loft or loft top up and / or cavity wall insulation if you are on a low income and one or more of the following welfare benefits:
CHILD TAX CREDIT, WORKING TAX CREDIT and UNIVERSAL CREDIT
INCOME SUPPORT (IS), Income-based JOB-SEEKER’S ALLOWANCE (JSA) or INCOME-RELATED
EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE (ESA)
PENSION CREDIT
In Receipt of Pension Credit Guarantee Credit or both Guarantee Credit and Savings Credit.
DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE
PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE PAYMENT ATTENDANCE ALLOWANCE
CARERS ALLOWANCE
Or
On a combined household income under the Minimum Income Standard (www.minimumincome.org.uk)
And
Having one or more of the following vulnerabilities:
Cardiovascular conditions
Respiratory conditions
Disabilities
Mental health conditions or learning difficulties that reduces individual’s ability to self-care (including dementia)
Older people (65 and older)
Households with young children (from new-born to school age)
Pregnant women
Pre-existing chronic medical conditions such as, but not limited to: diabetes, stroke, suppressed immune system, terminally ill
Housebound or otherwise low mobility
Free coding school for people from disadvantaged backgrounds
CodeYourFuture, a non-profit that supports refugees and disadvantaged individuals to become developers, is now recruiting for a free 8-month coding school. The school is for people from a variety of disadvantaged backgrounds, including:
asylum seekers and refugees
people with disabilities
people with less than 8 years of formal education
people with a household income of less than the living wage
There are 20 scholarships available for our next course, which is due to start around the end of October 2019. Scholarships cover all course costs, however, the course takes place in Manchester and applicants must be able to travel to Manchester city centre once a week. Students do have access to additional support, including the cost of travel to and from classes. No prior experience is required.
Do you know anyone eligible, with a dream of becoming a software developer?
In order to be eligible for the course, students require the following:
Desire to learn and become a software developer
To complete all steps of the application process within approximately the next five weeks
Good level of English
Full availability on Saturdays for weekly in-person classes
Ability to commit to over 30 hours of homework throughout the week for 6 months
Be able to travel to Manchester City Centre every Saturday for the duration of the course
The Florrie is offering free hospitality training to unemployed people aged 19 and over, based in Liverpool. This is fantastic news because the hospitality industry is thriving in Liverpool, and it provides great job and career opportunities.
The course will take place Mondays and Tuesdays for 4 weeks (totalling 40 hours) starting 7th October. It is designed to help participants develop the skills they need to be work-ready and stand out to potential employers.
Covering customer service, catering, food service and bar-tending, with a mix of classroom learning and opportunity to gain work experience on site at The Florrie, those who complete the course will be invited to join The Florrie’s bank of staff and work at events throughout the year.
Those who attend will have the opportunity to gain certificates in:
Food Safety
First Aid
White Badge Tourism Guide Award
Health & Safety Training
SIA Security Training
It is FREE to attend if you are unemployed or economically inactive and over 19 years. There is no upper age limit. Particularly welcome are those who wish to gain new skills to help them return to the workforce after a long absence. You must be a legal resident in the UK and able to take up paid employment in a European member state.
The Florrie Vacancy – Facilities Manager (listed building experienced)
Location: The Florence Institute Trust “The Florrie” Dingle, Liverpool 8
Project Title: Florrie Beyond 2020 – Building Resilience
When: 12 month contract
Salary: £15,400 pa
Lead Contact: CEO – Anne Lundon
Background: The Florence Institute Trust Ltd is a charity that owns and manages The Florrie, a Grade 2 listed Victorian architectural gem built in 1889 and closed in 1988. The Florrie re-opened in 2012 following a lengthy community campaign to save it and secured multi million pound grants to restore and refurbish it. The Florrie is now open all year round and offers a broad range of activities, services, facilities and events to all. Visit our website for more information www.theflorrie.org
Overview of The Services: 7 years after re-opening we are seeking the services of an experienced Building Surveyor to work with the Florrie team to identify the effective and efficient maintenance and management of our heritage asset.
Detailed Services and outputs:
• Overall management of the Florrie Building Repairs Programme and the day to day operations of activities and events to ensure the smooth running of the Florrie and the Florrie is compliant with relevant legislative requirements, good practice and internal policies and procedures for safeguarding and health and safety.
• Undertake a full asset management review and an impact assessment including by uses on the building
• Revise and update existing management and maintenance plans for the Florrie including identifying efficiencies in sustainable operations and maintenance costs whilst ensuring the preservation of the heritage of the building.
• Set up and manage recording systems
• Review and update all health and safety policies and procedures and ensure they are put into practice throughout our day to day work and activities
• Identify opportunities to reduce negative environmental impacts and make efficiency savings
• Source suppliers and providers for services that are competent, value for money and environmentally friendly
• Support us with the issues of the latent defects and repairs, advising and determining requirements including producing a plan, programme and identification of resources for management of such
• Lead on the implementation of the revised plans and ensure that staff are developed, trained, understand roles and effectively undertaking new duties, employing new processes, techniques and implementing systems, before the end of the fixed term period
• Produce reports/manuals, databases and documents for the work completed in an accessible format and where relevant a format than can be updated
• Manage the work of two caretakers and undertake any specialist training with them that is required to do the job
The overall aim being should result in a more resilient team with the skills, knowledge, resources and logistics to effectively manage the heritage asset (The Florrie) for the future.
Your proposal should include:
1. CV with 2 professional referees
2. Address the Person Specification below (a-f) as part of a letter of application:
a) An experienced Building Surveyor with knowledge of the preservation and conservation of listed buildings
b) Degree or equivalent in Building Surveying RICS accredited
c) Technical knowledge and competence
d) Ability to analyse problems in order to identify solutions
e) Commercial awareness and the ability to ensure you are maximising efficiencies without compromising the heritage
f) Logical and practical thinker to problems and the solutions
3. Methodology – Please specify the methodology (including methods) you plan to use to meet the aim(s) and objectives of the work. O&M’s were produced on completion of the capital works in 2012 and are available as a tool/reference.
This post is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and successful applicants are expected to meet with all HLF reporting criteria.
Submission: Please submit your proposal electronic format for the attention of Anne Lundon – CEO c/o info@theflorrie.org by midday on Monday 7th October 2019
This job description identifies key responsibilities and requirements and is not an exhaustive list of tasks that need to be completed. The Florence Institute reserves the right to amend the job description as the role develops within the organisation.
The Florrie Vacancy – Archivist (to develop digital archive)
Location: The Florence Institute Trust “The Florrie” Dingle, Liverpool 8
When: Commence Nov 2019 and completed by end of April 2020
Fee: Circa £7600 net
Lead Contact: CEO – Anne Lundon
Background: The Florence Institute Trust Ltd is a charity that owns and manages The Florrie, a Grade 2 listed Victorian architectural gem built in 1889 and closed in 1988. The Florrie re-opened in 2012 following a lengthy community campaign to save and restore it.
The Florrie is now open all year round and offers a broad range of activities, services, facilities and events to all. Visit our website for more information www.theflorrie.org
Overview of The Services: The Florrie has a Heritage Resource Centre showcasing a range of memorabilia and documents relating to its past. We recently acquired an official paper based archive of the former trust from 1889 to 1988. We intend to launch a new on-line digital archive and resource to reach a new on-line wider audience and make our heritage more accessible and to safeguard original records. We are seeking the services of an experienced Archivist to work with our team to organise, categories and record our archive and tell our story.
Detailed Services and outputs: (not exhaustive as we would expect the contractor to bring their knowledge and expertise and advise on best practice and approach)
1. Appraise the current archive and identify what could be used to form part of the new on-line digital archive
2. Organise, classify and categorise the archival records for ease of access and tell the Florrie story behind the pictures
3. Liaising with the web designer, agree what should be available as an on-line archive and what format the digital archive should be created in and then, produce this material for the new site
4. Produce a collections and archive handling, maintaining and management documents and induct the Florrie team to enable them to manage its collection (digital and original) and ensure that they are implementing such systems, before the end of the fixed term period
1. CV with 2 professional referees and no more than two sides of A4 outlining your skills and experience in producing digital archive for on-line public access from a range of materials.
2. Methodology – Please specify the methodology (including methods) you plan to use to meet the aim(s) and objectives of the work. You can visit the Heritage Resource Centre during building opening hours to view some of the existing collections
3. Please provide your fee quote and breakdown of this including who will be carrying out the work and a gantt chart or similar detailing the work and timeframe to be completed.
Submission:
Please submit your proposal in electronic format to Anne Lundon – CEO by midday on Monday 7th October 2019 chiefexec@theflorrie.org
This post is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and successful applicants are expected to meet with all HLF reporting criteria.
This job description identifies key responsibilities and requirements and is not an exhaustive list of tasks that need to be completed. The Florence Institute reserves the right to amend the job description as the role develops within the organisation.
The Florrie Vacancy – Heritage Curator
Location: The Florence Institute Trust “The Florrie” Dingle, Liverpool 8
Project title: Florrie Beyond 2020 – Building Resilience
When: Commence Oct 2019
Fee: Circa £7500 net
Lead Contact: CEO – Anne Lundon
Background: The Florence Institute Trust Ltd is a charity that owns and manages The Florrie, a Grade 2 listed Victorian architectural gem built in 1889 and closed in 1988. The Florrie re-opened in 2012 following a lengthy community campaign to save it and secured multi million pound grants to restore and refurbish it. The Florrie is now open all year round and offers a broad range
of activities, services, facilities and events to all. www.theflorrie.org
Overview of The Services: The Florrie has a Heritage Resource Centre showcasing a range of memorabilia and documents relating to its past. We recently acquired an official paper based archive of the former trust from 1889 to 1988. We intend to launch a new on-line digital archive and resource to reach a new on-line wider audience and make our heritage more accessible and to safeguard original records. We are seeking the services of an experienced Curator to work with our team to organise and deliver 2 exhibitions and document the history of the Florrie so that our Heritage is better interpreted and explained.
Detailed Services and outputs: (not exhaustive as we would expect the contractor to bring their knowledge and expertise and advise on best practice and approach):
Appraise and select the exhibit collections for 2 exhibitions and documenting a historic timeline history of specific events and people from 1889-present, telling the story of the Florrie’s unique history:
• Exhibition 1, the Theme is the newly found official archive of the former Florrie Trust 1889 –
1988;
• Exhibition 2 is documenting and telling the story of specific events and people in the Florrie
history in an organised timeline from 1889-present that will also form part of our new digital
on-line archive and interactive facility.
Your proposal should include:
CV with 2 professional referees and no more than two sides of A4 outlining your skills and experience related to the brief
Methodology – Please specify the methodology (including methods) you plan to use to meet the aim(s) and objectives of the work. You can visit the Heritage Resource Centre during building opening hours to view some of the existing collections
Please provide you fee quote and breakdown of this including who will be carrying out the work and a gantt chart or similar detailing the work and timeframe to be completed
Submission
Please submit your proposal in electronic format to Anne Lundon – CEO by midday on Monday 7th October 2019 chiefexec@theflorrie.org.
This post is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and successful applicants are expected to meet with all HLF reporting criteria.
This job description identifies key responsibilities and requirements and is not an exhaustive list of tasks that need to be completed. The Florence Institute reserves the right to amend the job description as the role develops within the organisation.
Solution Talk Vacancy – Volunteer Mediator
We have opened our 2020 recruitment and training programme for Volunteer Mediators.
If are interested in contributing to safer and more cohesive communities in Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire or Cheshire? Then this role may be for you. Volunteer mediators work in pairs, visiting local residents in their own homes and facilitating mediation meetings in neutral venues. They offer support to neighbours who are in dispute, enabling them to communicate effectively, explore their options and identify possible solutions.
We are looking for volunteers who can commit to the following for a minimum of one year:
* 15 hours of mediation work
* 10 hours of continuous professional development
* 4 hours of supervision
In return we can offer:
* Free training – Foundation Course in Mediation Skills (5 days / 40 hours) / plus ongoing training opportunities throughout the year
* Free support and supervision
* Travel expenses when volunteering
We can confirm that the mediation foundation training course will run over the following 5 days – 16, 23, 30 January and 6, 13 February 2020. Attendance on all of the days is mandatory and completion of a learning portfolio is required also.
Knowsley’s Green Fit Green Gym Project
Based on the Green Gym model developed by TCV (The Conservation Volunteers) in partnership with Knowsley Council, Green fit activities are fun and free outdoor sessions where you will be guided in practical activities such as planting trees, removing invasive species, sowing meadows and even working to establish a wildlife pond.
Unlike other conservation projects, the emphasis is very much on health and fitness so there is absolutely no pressure on how much a person needs to do – volunteers warm up and cool down in preparation for a range of light to vigorous activities to suit all abilities.
LCVS Vacancy – Senior Community Accountant – closes 27 September
Job Title: Senior Community Accountant
Salary Range: £28,000 – £30,000 (Job Share and /or Part Time Hours considered)
Closing date for applications: Friday 27 September 2019
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual with good technical accounting knowledge and skills to take on the role of senior community accountant, responsible for the delivery of the LCVS community accountancy service to our clients.
The successful candidate will have experience of working either in practice or at a senior level within a charity and will be expected to apply up-to-date knowledge in ensuring an efficient, quality and cost effective service to our clients.
Work will typically involve managing key client relationships, technical preparation and review of files, managing a small team and controlling the workflow of the team.
Click the links below to download the job description/person specification and application pack:
Application pack, to be returned to info@lcvs.org.uk by 27 September LCVS_Application_2015
Prince’s Trust Liverpool now recruiting for fully funded Fairbridge Programme
The Prince’s Trust Liverpool is now recruiting for the Fairbridge Programme, which is due to start on Tuesday 1st October.
Fairbridge is a personal and social development programme for 16-25-year-olds, consisting of 2 outdoor learning sessions a week (Tue-Wed) for 4 weeks. These include activities such as climbing, abseiling, mountain/hill walking, paddling, bush craft and mountain biking, all to build confidence and resilience in the young people.
Incorporated are activities that build skills such as communication, teamwork, problem solving, setting/achieving goals and managing feelings and inspire positive changes in attitude and aspirations.
Young people receive 1-1 support with a dedicated case worker. After the 4-weeks young people receive up to 3 month’s progression support to move them into a positive outcome such as a job, volunteering, education or training.
Young people will also gain accredited qualifications along with Princes Trust accredited certificates. There’s also an opportunity to take part in an adventurous 3-day residential trip.
Fairbridge is fully funded, all kit and equipment is supplied, travel costs are reimbursed, lunch/meals are provided and it does not affect the receipt of benefits.
For more information, to join or to refer a young person please call Dan on 07483366340.
Free training available to support women effected by gambling
GamCare is a national provider of free information, advice and support for anyone affected by problem gambling.
The organisation has recently been successful in gaining funding from the Tampon Tax Fund to deliver women’s programmes across England, Scotland and Wales. The programme aims to work with a nationwide network of organisations, to raise awareness about how gambling is linked with a range of issues affecting women and girls. If you work with women, this programme is relevant to you.
Could women coming into contact with your service be affected by a gambling problem?
Are women you see affected by:
debt
relationship difficulties
housing issues
depression and anxiety
feelings of isolation or suicidality
If they are, there is a chance these issues could be the result of a gambling problem – whether their own or someone else’s. Trying to sort out the symptoms without looking at the root cause may mean the individual never fully recovers.
As an organisation you can take some simple steps to skill yourselves in the topic of gambling related harm. One step would be to familiarise yourself with the issue and the signs and symptoms of a problem, and to remember to ask the question about gambling where you think it might be playing a role. We can help you to get this right.
GamCare work across England, Scotland and Wales delivering free advice, support and training that can be catered to your service and flexible based on staff skills/availability.
They offer:
Free resources for staff and women/girls in your service affected by problem gambling
Free face-to-face training packages with an aim of upskilling staff around early identification, advice, signposting and referral
Free treatment to women affected by problem gambling
A single point of contact for ongoing support and advice
By working together, we can reduce gambling related harm experienced by women and increase access into our fully funded and free treatment services across a variety of locations in Great Britain.
For more information about the programme please contact Nadine Ashworth, Women’s Outreach Officer North West: Women’s Programme / nadine.ashworth@gamcare.org.uk.
Liverpool Community Advice Vacancy – Debt Caseworker/Supervisor
Liverpool Community Advice is a member of the Greater Merseyside Money Advice Partnership and wishes to recruit a debt caseworker/supervisor to join our city centre based team. You will have substantial experience of providing debt casework in an advice, legal or financial services setting. You will have the requisite Money and Pensions Service accreditation for the role for which are applying.
For an application pack, email enquiries@liverpoolcommunityadvice.org.uk, telephone 0151 237 2677 or write to:
Liverpool Community Advice
1st Floor
151 Dale Street
Liverpool
L2 2JH
Closing date for applications: Friday 4 October – 17:00
Interview date: week commencing 14 October 2019
LCA is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from suitably skilled applicants from all sections of the community.
Mencap Liverpool and Sefton Vacancy – Outreach and Team Manager
Term: Initially a Fixed Term contract offered until January 2021, with the intention for the post to continue as a permanent role.
Based: from Mencap Cottage House, Crosby (with some time spent at the Mencap Liverpool office, Liverpool City Centre)
Hours: 37.5 hours week in line with our flexi-time policy
Salary: £28,500-£30,000
This position is a fantastic opportunity for anyone who wants to manage and develop a team whilst maintaining a front-line delivery role. We are looking for someone who wants to develop their core skills as well as eager to build on these and take on more strategic and leadership responsibility over time.
You will be the first point of contact for individuals in Sefton who may be lonely and socially isolated. It will be your role to establish trust and rapport. You’ll identify if the person would benefit from our involvement, or if they would be best served by a supported referral to a more appropriate agency. Your interaction will aim to give them the confidence to address the difficulties they may be facing and encourage them to try new things.
You will provide excellent line management to our member-facing staff team
You will build relationships with a range of local public and voluntary sector agencies to ensure that people know who we are, what we do and how to refer people to us.
You will work closely with your colleagues to ensure that our work is holistic, person-centred and constantly strengthened by the voice of our beneficiaries.
Applications close 9am Monday 14th October 2019
Interviews will be held week beginning 21st Oct 2019
Location:Liverpool, Merseyside
Salary:£20,512.00 per annum
Closing date:5 PM, Monday 23 September 2019
Royal Voluntary Service is an innovative charity that focuses on inspiring people to give the gift of voluntary service to support the NHS and older people at home and in the community. We are now looking for a service manager to join us in Liverpool on a contract until 31 March 2020.
If you are a proven service manager with commercial awareness and a great personnel management style, this is the perfect opportunity to enhance your experience in the charity sector with a well-established organisation.
In this exciting role, you will have the chance to lead a passionate group of volunteers and deliver services that will make a positive impact on your local community.
As the Service Manager, you’ll oversee the delivery of our Liverpool Home First Service which supports people to have a successful discharge after a hospital stay.
You’ll be supporting the older people in Liverpool to reduce readmissions to hospital and enhance recovery time. This personalised programme utilises staff and volunteers to build confidence, reduce the chance to falls and help to prevent feelings of loneliness and isolation.
Leading this service, you will:
Recruit, train and support volunteers
Ensure the service meets all KPIs and compliance measures
Develop and grow the service, taking responsibility for the budget and staff performance
To be considered, you will need:
Commercial awareness with relevant experience of managing a similar service type
Experience of managing and motivating teams of staff and volunteers
Knowledge and understanding of the needs of the community, local steering groups, any associated groups, the committee/landlord representative, community centre entertainment providers and health and social care bodies
An understanding of how to use basic data to monitor trends and provide forecasts
As the service manager, you will have excellent communicative skills. A team leader, you will be able to motivate staff and volunteers and establish positive and effective partnerships with both internal and external stakeholders.
This is a full time role, working 35 hours per week, Monday – Friday.
The closing date for applications is 23 September 2019, with interviews scheduled to be held on 30 September 2019 in Liverpool.
To apply for the role click here to visit the Royal Voluntary Service website.
Imagine Independence Vacancy – Head of Employment and Social Inclusion
Based in: North West
Salary: £35,000
Job Reference: 19/49
Hours: 37.5 hrs per week
Post: Permanent
Closing date: Monday 16th September, 12pm
Due to successful expansion of IPS Employment Services across Merseyside, Imagine is in a position to recruit a Senior Manager to oversee management and expansion of Employment and Social Inclusion Services.
Imagine has a strong track record of pioneering socially inclusive services including employment, peer mentioning and bridge building services. “Social inclusion is at the heart of what we do”. We are recognised nationally for providing excellence services which are innovation and of best practice. We have extensive experience of providing highest quality IPS Employment Services, we work closely with The Centre of Mental Health, IPS Grow and Cheshire and Merseyside STP to continually improve services, Expansion of Employment and Social Inclusion Services is firmly in our business plan.
The ideal candidate will have experience of working or managing an IPS Employment Service along with management experience and a desire to work with Imagine to grow the business.
Main responsibilities will include:
Providing overall operational management and leadership
Providing advice, guidance, support and regular supervision ensuring services aims and objectives are met
Expanding services across the North West
Reporting to commissioning bodies, funding panels and other parties
Our benefits include contributory company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
Competed application forms are to be returned by no later than the closing date to Joanne Peacock either by email to jpeacock@imagineindependence.org.uk or post to 25 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ. For an informal chat contact Elaine Mather on 0151 709 2366. Click here to visit the Imagine Independence website and download an application form.
Interviews for this post will take place on Friday 20th September at Hope Street, Liverpool.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community
New weekly family support drop in service
New CELLS family drop in session now happening every Wednesday between 5-8pm
Irene Milson MBE Resource Centre, Kelvin Grove, L8 3UE
Are you worried for your child’s safety due to criminality in the area?
Would you like help, support and guidance on issues that affect you and your family?
CELLS can help. Drop in any Wednesday.
Speak to the friendly team who have all been affected by crime in some way and can share their own past experiences
Learn about the realities of crime and its related consequences
Benefit from free, confidential advice on issues affecting you and your family
Meet new people who may be facing similar issues to yourself
Contact Shaun Glanville for further details, on 0151 546 7785, 07841 870927 or choioces@cells-itsup2u.org
Life Story Network Vacancies – Communications and Marketing Manager, Carer Involvement Lead, Tide Regional Manager
Communications and Marketing Manager
Location: Liverpool office with travel across the UK
Salary: £25,000-£30,000 depending on experience + competitive charity-sector benefits
Hours: Full Time
Duration: Permanent
Benefits: 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, flexible working, pension, Medicash option, discounted gym membership option, staff development and training, Liverpool city centre location with good transport links
The Role
As a rapidly growing organisation we are looking for ‘can do’ individuals that can support us on our journey. We are looking for a self-starter who is able to think strategically whilst also delivering the day to day marketing requirements of a growing social enterprise
This is a dynamic role working across the team to develop and implement our communications and marketing strategy. Key objectives will be to raise awareness of tide amongst carers of people with dementia and to develop our brand to increase trading activity. You will be part of a supportive team that is dedicated to improving the lives of those often overlooked in society.
Closing date: Monday, 7th October 10am
Interview date: Thursday, 24th October
Click here to apply (you will be diverted to the Life Story Network website).
Carer Involvement Lead (Cheshire and Merseyside)
Location: tide Head Office, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, Merseyside L2 2AH. There will travel across the Merseyside and Cheshire area
Salary: £25,000-£28,000 pa + competitive charity-sector benefits
Hours: Full Time
Duration: Permanent
Benefits: 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, flexible working, pension, Medicash option, discounted gym membership option, staff development and training.
Are you passionate about carers of people with dementia having their voices heard? We are!
tide are looking for a dynamic Carer Involvement Lead covering Merseyside and Cheshire to join our team to help us establish, strengthen and increase the impact of tide across the area.
The Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic Carer Involvement Lead to cover the Merseyside and Cheshire area, who will be able to recruit carers and former carers of people with dementia to the tide network, ensuring their development needs are identified and met through our development programme. The Carer Involvement Lead will enable the effective participation and involvement of tide members in local regional and national events.
Closing date: 24th September 2019
Assessment Day and Interview: 10th October 2019
Click here to apply (you will be diverted to the Life Story Network website).
Tide Regional Manager (North of England)
Location: Home based in the Yorkshire area with extensive travel across the North of England
Salary: £35,000-£40,000 pa + competitive charity-sector benefits
Hours: Full Time
Duration: Permanent
Benefits: 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, flexible working, pension, Medicash option, discounted gym membership option, staff development and training.
Closing date: 18th September 2019
Are you passionate about carers of people with dementia having their voices heard? We are!
tide are looking for a dynamic Regional Manager covering the North of England to join our team to help us establish, strengthen and increase the impact of tide across the region.
The Role
We are looking for an experienced Regional Manager who will be able to establish and strengthen the impact of tide across the region by seeking out and creating opportunities to cultivate partnerships with key stakeholders. Additionally you will lead and manage an enthusiastic regional team.
Assessment Day and Interview: 8th October 2019
Click here to apply (you will be diverted to the Life Story Network website).
My Clubmoor awards open for applications
The Big Local My Clubmoor awards are once again open for applications!
What do we fund?
We invest in both organisations and individuals, especially in the early stages of an idea or project. In order to apply for a grant, your project or idea must be based in the Clubmoor Ward and benefit the residents of Clubmoor. We love to fund projects and ideas that:
Are specifically needed in Clubmoor
Make good use of volunteers
Show good value for money
Can continue after the MyClubmoor funding has finished
Celebrating Our Older Community – Older People’s Awards 2019
Nominations are now being taken for the Liverpool Older People’s Awards. This year the celebrations are being extended to include people and organisations across Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens, Warrington and Wirral as well.
This is your opportunity to recognise outstanding older people (over 65) who go the extra mile in life, or organisations and initiatives that support older people in your neighbourhood.
With a number of award categories to choose from, your nomination could win a cash prize for someone in your community.
Nominations are now open and close on Friday 27th September. Following the judging process, shortlisted nominees will be invited to a prestigious awards evening hosed by actor and comedian Ricky Tomlinson.
Nugent is a charitable organisation which offers a diverse range of support to adults and children across Liverpool and throughout Merseyside.
The organisation is currently recruiting for a volunteer coordinator
Hours of work: 20 hours per week
Ref: 0033/CEN
Location: Central Office and the local community
Nugent has a dedicated volunteer team that support throughout Merseyside. The passionate team consists 150 of volunteers who gave over 12,400 hours of support within 2017/2018, they are vital to the smooth running of the charity. Nugent is honoured to have won the Community Volunteer Awards the last 3 years, thanks to this outstanding team.
Nugent is looking to recruit a driven individual to promote, recruit and support our volunteer services. Within this role you will visit community groups, attend/create events across the Archdiocese and support on-going recruitment for volunteers. The successful candidate will create strong relationships with schools, parishes, volunteer centre’s and community services.
To be effective within this role you will require knowledge and awareness of the needs of vulnerable people and disadvantaged groups. You will have experience working with volunteers and have an understanding of the Catholic parishes and schools within the Archdiocese. You will have the ability to forge good working relationships and project manage. A recognised social care qualification is desirable but not essential.
What is offered:
Salary of £24,344 per annum pro rata (12.62 per hour)
Life assurance scheme
A comprehensive induction programme with ongoing training and development
Funding available for information sessions on the EU Settlement Scheme and EU citizens’ rights
Information sessions on the EU Settlement Scheme and EU citizens’ rights and entitlements post Brexit
Liverpool City Council (LCC) is the first point of contact for many people on many important issues. LCC has identified a need to provide information to EU citizens on the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) and their future rights and entitlements in the UK. This is to ensure EU citizens feel reassured about their future in Liverpool and to reduce the number of Liverpool residents with an insecure immigration status in the future.
LCC has made £5000 available for local organisations to deliver information sessions that give EU citizens the opportunity to become better informed about the EUSS, their rights and entitlements and the free support available to them in Liverpool.
Project specification:
Delivery of approximately 10 information sessions, with each session delivered to between 20- 40 EU citizens in Liverpool. Sessions should be delivered to a minimum of 300 individuals.
Sessions should take place at different times of day, including some evenings for people in work. We would expect sessions to be a minimum of 2 hours.
Sessions should take place in different locations across Liverpool, organisations will be required to source venues themselves.
Session should be delivered in a diverse range of EU languages. Essential languages include Roma, Czech and Polish, and sessions should be organised in locations accessible to these groups. Sessions in other languages are welcome and there should be at least one session in English.
Sessions should be open to everyone but targeted towards the following groups:
young people leaving care
people who are homeless
members of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities
people with ill health or who have a disability
older people
victims of domestic abuse
victims of modern slavery and human trafficking
people with limited English
Sessions should be delivered by an expert in EU law, organisations may consider a free solicitor from Seraphus solicitors, who are contracted by the European Commission to deliver non-political information sessions on EU citizens’ rights in the UK in the context of Brexit (see https://www.eurights.uk/events/new)
Sessions should include information on:
The EU settlement scheme and how to apply
Information on rights and entitlements for EU citizens after the UK leaves the EU (whether a deal is reached or in the event of a no deal Brexit).
Signposting to local EUSS support projects
Time for questions
Advertisements for the sessions should include the LCC and Our Liverpool logo.
Outcome
By the end of the session attendees should:
Have an improved understanding of the EU settlement scheme
Feel more confident in making an application to the EU settlement scheme
Know where to access support if they need it (locally and nationally)
Have an improved understanding of their rights and entitlements post Brexit (whether a deal is reached or in the event of a no deal Brexit)
Feel reassured about their future in Liverpool
Responses
Please provide a response of no more than two A4 pages detailing how you will deliver the project as set out in the specification. Please send your response to ellen.kiely@liverpool.gov.uk by Sunday 22nd September.
All responses should include a budget, please be aware we will be awarding a maximum of £5000 for delivery of the whole project, however LCC will accept responses who would like to deliver a portion of the project for less money.
LCC would like at least half of the sessions to be delivered by the end of 2019 and the rest in 2020.
Please include answers to the following questions in your response:
What do you plan to deliver?
When will the sessions be delivered?
How much will it cost to deliver the sessions?
Which languages will the sessions be in?
Where will the sessions take place?
How will you engage EU citizens, especially vulnerable or hard to reach groups?
How will you ensure the sessions are accessible for vulnerable or hard to reach groups?
What will be covered in the sessions?
Who will deliver the sessions and what is their expertise?
How will you measure the impact of your sessions against the outcomes above?
If you have any questions or would like to discuss the project please email ellen.kiely@liverpool.gov.uk
Applications open for the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) Awards
Applications are open for The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) Awards.
Six of the very best grassroot charities and social enterprises from across Britain will receive a £10,000 grant and be profiled in front of hundreds of leading figures from across the country, including philanthropists, as well as business and charity leaders.
The CSJ Awards 2020 focus on finding charities and social enterprises that are proving themselves effective at preventing and tackling poverty in Britain.
Triple C Liverpool Vacancy – Support and Development Worker
Resourcing Volunteers, Trustees and the Development of Triple C and its Projects
Salary: £18,000-£19,500 pa/pro rata (depending on experience) 13 hours per week
We’re looking for that special mix – a people person with good strategic skills and insight to come and join our team in Liverpool 11. Somebody who will:
Enable Triple C in good practice with its many volunteers – and help us to recruit more!
Support our Trustees in their strategic thinking and the effective clerking of their meetings.
Help Triple C to monitor and review what it does and share the good news with others.
We are looking for someone who will help support and develop our small charity in its community based work in Liverpool 11. We would love the person to be an experienced volunteer or someone with experience of working in the voluntary sector and with the skills to help us move forward, especially in our development as a charity, the projects we run and our support of volunteers. This part time post is for 13 hours per week. Funding is secured for an 18 month contract.
Closing date for applications: 5pm Friday 20th September 2019
(Interviews: Wednesday 2nd October 2019)
To request an application pack email triplecliverpool11@yahoo.com
Please note, the application pack will be emailed to you, including an application form presented in Microsoft Word. If you would like a paper version of the application pack, please state this clearly in your email.
Applications must be submitted as hard copies to:
Helen Edwards, Chair of Triple C (Liverpool), 4 Christ Church Close, Liverpool, L11 3EN.
Please mark the envelope CONFIDENTIAL APPLICATION
LCVS Vacancy – Senior Community Accountant
Job Title: Senior Community Accountant
Salary Range: £28,000 – £30,000 (Job Share and /or Part Time Hours considered)
Closing date for applications: Friday 27 September 2019
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual with good technical accounting knowledge and skills to take on the role of senior community accountant, responsible for the delivery of the LCVS community accountancy service to our clients.
The successful candidate will have experience of working either in practice or at a senior level within a charity and will be expected to apply up-to-date knowledge in ensuring an efficient, quality and cost effective service to our clients.
Work will typically involve managing key client relationships, technical preparation and review of files, managing a small team and controlling the workflow of the team.
Click the links below to download the job description/person specification and application pack:
Application pack, to be returned to info@lcvs.org.uk by 27 September LCVS_Application_2015
Give Liverpool City Council your views on crime and anti-social behaviour
Help Liverpool City Council to develop a new plan to make our communities safer
The council’s Safer and Stronger Communities team are currently working with partners to develop Liverpool’s next Citysafe three year plan, which sets out what they will do to reduce and prevent crime and anti-social behaviour.
It’s really important that the plan takes into account the views of people who live, work and study in the city.
In order to capture these views they have pulled together a short survey to help them better understand how safe you feel in Liverpool and what aspects of crime and anti-social behaviour concern you the most. It takes just a couple of minutes to complete.
If you provide your contact details (which is optional) you will be in with a chance of winning £100 of Love to Shop vouchers.
The survey is available online only and One Stop Shops can support residents to fill it in if they drop in and ask a member of staff. The survey closes on Friday 18 October.
Worldwide Radiology Vacancy – Volunteer and Office Manager, self employed
Joint volunteer network manager and office manager, part-time, self-employed.
Worldwide Radiology is a small UK registered international charity committed to improving the health of patients in low income regions of the world. As a joint volunteer network and office manager you will have a key role in helping us build sustainable foundations and ensure sustainable growth of the organisation.
In your role as volunteer network manager, you will be responsible for developing and managing relationships with existing volunteers, both national and international, and for growing a network of new volunteers from all Radiology related professions. You will also be supporting the development and implementation of their training and organising their overseas placements, in collaboration with our project leads. You will play an important role in helping to connect, inspire and mobilise people to achieve the aims of strengthening Radiology capacity around the world.
In your role as office manager, you will be responsible for general office management, supporting the director in the day to day running of the organisation, as well as the fundraising and communications team and the Board of Trustees. You will not be responsible for contracting or financial administration.
At Worldwide Radiology, we are committed to a shared vision of improved health of patients in developing countries and hope to find a candidate who shares this passion. You will ideally have a passion or background in international health development and have some experience in developing, managing and motivating volunteers and/or charity organisational management. Previous HR experience would be beneficial but is not essential. We are open to supporting additional training for the successful candidate to develop the role.
We are looking for someone who enjoys working with people, is proactive and self-directed, can take on new challenges, meets deadlines, and is highly organised. Excellent communication, writing skills and cultural sensitivity are central to working with our international team. We are a paperless organisation using web-based filing, task sharing and educational platforms, requiring good IT skills.
Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority is encouraging all of its community groups and stakeholders to take part in the Liverpool City Region ‘LCR Listens’ initiative. It is an opportunity for groups and local residents to let the Liverpool City Region Mayor know about what matters most to you and what can be improved in your local area. In particular the initiative wants to know about your experience of the environment, and what would make the biggest difference locally.
New dates have been announced for the following free personal development courses:
Change it: Progress to Success
Better Off Finance’s Personal Development course My Turn
Change it: Progress to Success
Do you know someone looking to boost their confidence and overcome barriers for a positive future?
Change it: Progress to Success is helping the women of Liverpool to build their confidence and make positive changes in their lives.
Whatever age, background or stage of life you are at, this programme will help build a more positive future. It’s FREE and open to all women who live in Liverpool.
Places available on the following dates:
54 St James Street – Monday 16th September 2019 10-3 (4 Sessions)
Belle Vale Childrens Centre – Wednesday 25th September 2019, 12:30-2:30 (8 Sessions)
Yewtree Childrens Centre, Dovecot – Thursday 26th September 2019, 12:45-2:45 (8 Sessions)
Eligibility: Women living in Liverpool
My Turn – 1-day personal development course
LCC is working with Citizens Advice and RAISE teams in the Liverpool City Region to bring a FREE programme of support for unemployed men and women looking to boost their confidence for a brighter future.
My Turn is a 1-day course open to unemployed men and women looking to build their confidence and work towards a positive mindset. Places are available across the Liverpool City Region a free lunch is included!
Places are available on the following dates
54 St James Street – Thursday 12th September 2019, 10am-3pm
St Helens Millennium Centre – Thursday 5th September, 10am-3pm
The Venue, Huyton – Monday 9th September 2019, 10am-3pm
Eligibility: Men and Women living in the Liverpool City Region who are unemployed or economically inactive
Talent Match Plus Commissioning Opportunities
Liverpool City Region Talent Match Plus Programme, funded by the European Social Fund and Youth Employment Initiative and Big Lottery, is seeking to procure services to enhance the offering of Merseyside Youth Association (MYA). MYA supports young people aged 15-29 who are furthest away from the labour market to progress into training, education or employment.
Tenders must be received by noon on 16th September 2019. Tender documents received late, i.e. after the specified time and date, will not be considered.
Limited places remain for the LCVS conference, 20 September
LCVS is bringing Liverpool voluntary, community and faith (VCF) organisations together to look at some of the issues and challenges we face as a city.
Riding the waves: a conversation about the challenges of our changing city
Friday 20 September 2019
10am-3:30pm
Merseyside Maritime Museum
The day will involve opportunities to hear from and talk to voluntary and public sector colleagues, about how we can play a role in enabling the people of the city to meet those challenges. There will also be opportunity to explore funding models, hear about some of the current initiatives happening in the city and to share your thoughts, ideas, skills and experiences.
What this won’t be is a day of being talked at; the event is designed to start a conversation and enable us all to think about how we can work together, for Liverpool and its residents.
Who is the event for?
If you work for a Liverpool-based VCF organisation, we would be delighted for you to join us. Space is limited, so bookings are strictly limited to a maximum of two per organisation.
Recruitment lines to join Merseyside Police are now open and driven individuals, who are passionate about serving their community, are being encourage to join the force as constables.
The force is committed to providing an effective service to communities across Merseyside and aims to put communities first in everything they do. To do this, staff must reflect the diverse communities they serve.
T/ACC Natalie Perischine said, “The Government recently announced funding for an uplift in the number of police officers nationally, and as a result Merseyside Police is looking towards a sustained recruitment of new officers.
“In addition to this, there will be another recruitment drive in November. Then, throughout the next three years there will be further opportunities for members of the public to join us.
“For those applying in the future, there will be changes in relation to how you can apply to become an officer. However, we will ensure these changes are communicated and the different routes to become a police officer are made clear.
“We want to encourage people from various communities, who have the passion, ability and drive to deliver an effective policing service, to join us and help us better understand the needs of the diverse communities we serve and protect.”
Chief Inspector Karen Wiesenekker from the Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Team added: “Often when we run recruitment campaigns, we find that there aren’t many applications from the different and underrepresented groups which can be quite disappointing.
“Being a police officer, although a tough job, is extremely rewarding and is definitely a job for all people from all backgrounds or walks of life. Therefore, it is extremely important that our officers are representative of the communities we serve. We embrace diversity and inclusivity and work as one team to provide the public with an effective policing service.
“People from different backgrounds bring different experiences and viewpoints to the force and can help us shape the future of policing, whilst better understanding the various cultures, beliefs and traditions that makes up Merseyside.
“The skills for being a good police officer includes the ability to work as part of a team, solve problems and keep calm and confident in difficult circumstances.
“The role can be both physically and mentally demanding but it is an opportunity to make a difference and ensure that the people who live in Merseyside feel safe.”
come2gether website offers free advice on benefits, housing, money and more
The come2gether website is now available to the people of Liverpool, offering simple, quick and accessible information about how citizens and their advisors can access vital services at times of crisis.
It includes:
advice about benefits
support with obtaining basic essentials such as free school meals
debt and money advice
housing and homelessness support
help with Universal Credit
advice and support on a range of other matters
By working together we hope to improve the quality of advice and support, make it easier to access and improve outcomes for people needing advice and support.
If you are in need of support, make the come2gether website your first port of call.
The come2gether resource was developed by Liverpool City Council, in partnership with the following organisations:
Locality Vacancy – Development Officer
Organisation: Locality (North West & North of England)
Salary: £31K rising to £35K (though, depending on the quality and experience of applicants, Locality may recruit to either a senior officer role, at around £35K, or a manager role at around £41K)
Closing date: 12pm 18 September 2019
Locality is the national network supporting community organisations to be strong and successful. They are expanding their staff team and want to recruit diverse talent to deliver their mission.
They have two development officer roles available, one of which will focus on the North West, particularly Merseyside. Successful applicants should be based within easy travel distance of the area.
About the role
The role involves:
Delivering high-quality business support on a one to one basis, and through training and workshops, to community organisations and other stakeholders (including Local Authorities)
Supporting efforts to build a strong pipeline of consultancy opportunities
Developing external relationships including partnerships and alliances
Supporting the process of responding to tenders for contracts and funding bids to build earned income for the organisation
Supporting a wide range of our programmes including undertaking in-depth grants assessments and providing keyworker support
Working closely with the engagement team to support high-quality local events
Citizens Advice Liverpool Vacancy – Equalities Programme Co-Ordinator
Salary: £ 27,000
Hours: 35 per week
Citizens Advice Liverpool (CAL) is about to engage on an exciting journey to roll-out its equalities programme across the city.
The model of working for this programme has already facilitated the recruitment and training of over 100 BME and newly settled residents and supported over 20% of them into paid employment.
Each year CAL provides its services to over 35,000 people at our drop in centres, in health centres, community settings and over the telephone, and this project will target, recruit and train volunteers from our BME communities to provide quality assured advice and support to all Liverpool residents who access these services.
Volunteers will be supported to work with existing adviser/caseworker teams within our dedicated Drop-in Service, Health Programme, Better off Finance Team and our new and expanding Telephone Advice Centre.
We are looking to recruit an experienced, enthusiastic and committed programme Co-ordinator to be responsible for:
reaching into our diverse communities and encouraging volunteers to train within the CAL service
providing a dedicated package of training and support to build capacity and confidence amongst those who are often furthest away from services
The Reader Vacancies – Community Engagement Coordinator, Volunteer Coordinator
Community Engagement Coordinator
Based: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, 18
Salary: £17,000 – £22,000 per annum
Duration: Fixed term until 30/04/2021. Possible extension for a further 2 years (funding dependent)
Hours: 17.5 hours per week
Annual Leave: 30 days per year plus bank holidays
Deadline: Wednesday 11th September, 9am
This role requires an experienced, hardworking and well networked individual who can raise awareness of the work of The Reader and our project with The Steve Morgan Foundation. The Community Engagement Coordinator role will be key to establishing local and regional connections and building partnerships which place shared reading firmly within local communities, helping us to reach young people and families specifically:
Children under 8 years old (and their parents and siblings) living in areas of high deprivation
Children and families receiving additional support, be that for health or socio-economic reasons
Children living with disabilities and their families
New parents and parents- to-be
Key Responsibilities:
This is an exciting opportunity for a hard working individual to join our team and develop a diverse range of partnerships across the City and North West.
Volunteer Coordinator
Based: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, 18
Salary: £17,000 – £22,000 per annum
Duration: Fixed term for 12 months
Hours: 17.5 hours per week
Annual Leave: 30 days per year plus bank holidays
Deadline: Wednesday 11th September, 9am
We need somebody who has a deep connection with literature and experience working with children in the voluntary sector, to help us successfully deliver the outcomes of our 12 month Super Reading Heroes project. This will be an incredibly varied role; The Volunteer Coordinator will be responsible for recruiting and supporting a group of volunteers who will be reading one to one with looked after children for a period of 6 months, as well as organising a series of ‘Big Days Out’ at Calderstones Park for those children taking part. As part of the wider Children and Young Persons team, you will also be responsible for planning and delivering an engaging and exciting summer school for the summer of 2020
This project is funded by The Prince of Wales’ Charitable Trust and builds on our existing BBC Children in Need funded Reading Heroes project. Super Reading Heroes is a new way for us to continue to deliver a long standing commitment to reading with Looked After Children in the North West of England. We aim to raise standards in literacy through promoting reading for pleasure.
For application details visit The Reader’s website. Click here to be diverted to The Reader’s website.
Free training courses for unemployed people
Liverpool-based training provider The Learning Foundry is offering a range of courses, free-of-charge to anybody who is 19+ and unemployed. The courses are aimed at helping young people to learn vocational skills that will improve their chances of finding work.
A variety of courses will be run throughout the course of the rest of 2019.
Currently available courses include:
Level 1 award in customer service
Level 2 certificate in business and administration
Further courses will be added soon. All places on these courses are fully funded, so there is no charge to the learner.
To get the details of both of these courses, as well as other free courses when they are added, visit The Learning Foundry website. Click here to visit The Learning Foundry.
Citizens Advice Liverpool Vacancy – Financial Capability Worker
Salary: £ 22,500
Hours: 35 per week
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking to recruit a Financial Capability Worker to work with our Building Better Opportunities – Better Off Finance (BBO) project.
Better off Finance is part of the Big Lottery/European Social Fund Building Better Opportunities programme, which aims to help remove financial barriers to employment amongst disadvantaged groups.
The project operates in the Liverpool City Region in partnership with the Women’s Organisation and the Workers Education Association. Financial Capability Key Workers will help their clients improve their financial situation and money management skills, helping to prepare for and sustain employment.
Closing Date for Applications: 5.00pm – Monday 9th September 2019
Interviews will be held – Monday, 16th September 2019
The Reader Vacancies – Head of Technology & Technology Manager
Head of Technology
Based: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, 18
Salary: £27,000 – £35,000 per annum
Duration: Permanent
Reporting to: Chief Operating Officer and Director of Finance
Hours: 35 hours per week (some weekend support required)
Annual Leave: 30 days per year plus bank holidays
Deadline: Friday 13 September, 9am
As part of the award of National Lottery Funding, the digital infrastructure for the charity is being reviewed.
We are looking for a target-driven, motivated and focused leader to take responsibility for the IT Department and requirements of The Reader Group at this pivotal time of digital change. While this is being undertaken we need a dynamic individual who shares our values to be responsible for managing the staff, relationships and systems required to ensure that the technology supports the aims of the charity and businesses and enables growth, helping the charity achieve its vision.
Key Responsibilities
Develop the IT Strategy for and architecture of the organisation in light of the current digital transformation work being undertaken within the organisation
Lead and champion digital engagement at all levels across the organisation
Manage the IT Team to help colleagues across the organisation troubleshoot technology issues and develop a training strategy to support self-help with basic computer technical issues
Manage the IT budget to ensure that it is utilised effectively and the budget is not exceeded by year end
Work with the People Team and Hub Managers to develop a strategy to ensure that the best available technology within budget restraints is available for volunteers
Own the relationship with the technical agency following completion of the digital project, ensuring they are providing value for money in their on-going support
Provide insight and leadership in all aspects of digital communications from user experience, content and optimisation, through to technical infrastructure
Technology Manager
Based: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, 18
Salary: £22,000 – £27,000 per annum
Duration: Permanent
Reporting to: Head of Technology
Hours: 35 hours per week (some weekend support required)
Annual Leave: 30 days per year plus bank holidays
Deadline: Monday 2nd September, 9am
As part of the award of National Lottery Funding, the digital infrastructure for the charity is being reviewed.
We are looking for a target-driven, motivated and focused individual to work with the Head of Technology to take responsibility for the IT Department and requirements of The Reader Group at this pivotal time of digital change.
Key Responsibilities
Under the strategic guidance of the Head of Technology, manage and work with the IT Team to:
Deliver the IT and Digital Strategy
Champion digital engagement at all levels across the organization
Help colleagues across the organisation troubleshoot technology issues
Maintain computer and mobile phone equipment (including servers) and keep equipment updated within the budget restraints
Provide training to other employees on how to remedy basic computer technical issues
Ensure software and hardware systems are installed where required, including new equipment, anti-virus programs, CRM programs and other tools
Support volunteers through the Hub Managers and Hub Leaders to utilize the technology available, providing training courses where appropriate
Manage the active directory to ensure it is kept up to date and the correct level of controls are in place to protect the organization
Ensure that regular backups are taken of key systems
La Petite Ecole de Liverpool Vacancies – various French speaking posts available
La Petite Ecole de Liverpool is a not-for-profit organisation providing Saturday morning classes, in Garston, for French-speaking children aged 4 to 14 years.
The organisation is currently seeking native French/francophone speakers with at least one year’s experience working with children for the following roles:
early primary teacher (grande section/CP)
later primary-level teacher (CE1-CM1, equivalent to year 4-year 5 level)
Teaching assistant (no teaching experience required)
A person to do fun and cultural activities with the children (drama, arts, music, physical activities) who could do 3-4 blocks of 3-5 weeks per academic year (numbers of sessions can be discussed) (some teaching experience preferred but not essential)
Interested individuals are invited to submit an application form explaining their interest in, and suitability for, the role in line with the Job Descriptions and Person Specifications (fiches de poste) provided online at http://www.lapetiteecoledeliverpool.com/recrutement.html
Please submit your application by 5th September 2019.
Ministry of Housing funds new training and events for the homelessness and supported housing sector
A new set of training packages are being funded by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in response to their Rough Sleeping Strategy and their vision of halving rough sleeping by 2022 and ending it by 2027.
The packages are to be delivered to professionals who work with individuals who are experiencing homelessness and/or are rough sleeping, and will delivered across the country from August 2019 until March 2020. They are designed to ensure frontline staff working in local authorities and the voluntary sector have the skills they need to work with key groups of individuals who are experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping.
The following courses will be delivered as part of the training offer:
Issues faced by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) individuals and how to most effectively support them – Delivered by Stonewall Housing click here to visit the Stonewall Housing website, please contact Stonewall Housing for further details
Free interactive online parenting guides for Liverpool
Liverpool City Council has launched a series of online courses and guides for parents. They are available now at inourplace.co.uk and they are free to access, for people Living in Liverpool.
Courses cover a range of topics, from parenting styles and tips to the importance of play.
The online resources have been written by The Solihull Approach (NHS) and designed to fit easily into the busy lives of parents, carers and grandparents. Access them online at any time of the day or night.
Enter the code PURPLEBIN when prompted, to access the courses for free.
Click the link below to download a pdf document with guidance on how to create an account: How to create an account
Changes to society lotteries
The government has announced changes to rules governing society lotteries, that will impact on the fundraising activities of many charitable organisations.
These changes include:
A rise in the annual sales limit to £50m
An increase in the prize limit from £400,000 to £500,000
An increase in the individual per draw sales limit from £4m to £5m
Changing lottery scratch card age limits from 16 to 18
To find out more about the recently announced changes and how they might impact your fundraising activities, read the full story on gov.uk.
National Lottery Community Fund Vacancy – Funding Officer
Closing date (11:59pm) – 15 Sep 2019
Starting salary – £22,000 + generous benefits
Type of employment – Fixed Term Full Time
Fixed term end date – December 2020
Hours per week – 37
Location – Liverpool
Interview date: Friday 27 September 2019 in Manchester or Liverpool
The Fund is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
We are committed to increasing employment opportunities for people with disabilities and will respond positively to meet individual needs throughout the recruitment process. Once in post, the Fund will ensure that any appropriate reasonable adjustments to our workplace are made, in order to support colleagues with any form of disability.
Job purpose
Funding Officers are responsible for our grant-making activity in Liverpool, including pre-application support, assessment, grant management and gathering and sharing learning. You will ensure that our funding responds to the local context, and challenge yourself and colleagues to continually improve the way we work.
You will build long term relationships with people and organisations in the area you cover, this will include reaching out to new and different groups, supporting people who are applying and continuing to work with them after a grant has been awarded.
You will be responsible for understanding how an organisation’s ideas align with our funding priorities, and making good judgements about when to take an application further or when to signpost to other opportunities.
You will combine local knowledge, understanding of best practice and the experience of grant holders to make informed recommendations about who and what we fund. You will produce very regular written reports and verbally articulate your recommendations to others. You will also read and evaluate the recommendations of your peers on a fortnightly basis, and play an active role in decision making panels.
You will represent the Fund within your local area including at funding fairs and external meetings, and create opportunities for people to come together. You will share learning from your conversations, events, grant holder reports and evaluations with other colleagues so that we can maximise our impact.
You’ll be part of a team, led by a Funding Manager, and comprised of a number of other Funding Officers.
The Charity Commission has published new guidance for inactive or ineffective charities.
The aim of the ‘Revitalising Trusts’ programme is to encourage dormant charities to either close and transfer their assets or to change their purposes to become more effective.
Its aim is to help charities who find it hard to spend their income on the public benefit. Charity trustees can get help from the programme, and should discuss their charity’s future, if it is hard for the charity to:
Free stalls available at Norris Green Park wellbeing day
Friends of Norris Green Park (FoNGP) are organising a Community Health & Wellbeing Day in Norris Green Park on Wed 11 Sept, during Know Your Numbers Week. The event will take place between 12 and 4pm.
It will be an outdoor event with statutory, third sector and community organisations present to provide advice, information and guidance on health and wellbeing topics. It will also feature various taster sessions for outdoor sports, hobbies, games and activities.
England Netball has already been secured as a presenter, which is quite a coup, following the Netball World Cup which was hosted in the city a few weeks ago.
If your organisation fits with the themes of this event and you would like a free stall, please get in touch with FoNGP at friendsofngp@gmail.com or 07427 484 521.
Organisations are invited to submit a funding application if their project links into Onward’s Social Investment Themes by addressing one or more of the following:
• To support employment, skills and training
• To promote healthy lifestyles and wellbeing • To benefit community ideas and activities that bring people together and improve the neighbourhood
In addition to addressing the above themes, applicants must meet the following criteria:
• Organisations must be a constituted/community group and have their own bank account
• The project must benefit Onward neighbourhoods
• Organisations must provide copies of the relevant supporting information and policies upon request (see application form)
• Organisations must include the Onward logo on marketing material and on any project promotions e.g. Social Media
• Organisations must provide adequate monitoring and evaluation records including evidence of expenditure and the impact the project has had on our neighbourhoods
• Core-running costs or political campaigns will not be funded
The maximum grant available is £5,000
What is Onward?
Onward Homes owns and manages over 35,000 homes across the Northwest. The Onward Community Fund has been developed in alignment with the organisation’s social investment themes and key business priorities.
How to apply
Click the link below to download a copy of the application form or email socialinvestment@onward.co.uk for more information.
Imagine Independence Vacancy – Service Manager (maternity cover)
LOCATION: MERSEYSIDE & LANCASHIRE
SALARY: £28,000 P.A
HOURS: 37.5 HOURS PER WEEK
JOB REFERENCE: 19/38
CLOSING DATE: 16/08/2019
JOB TYPE: WORK ROLE, TEMPORARY
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Service Manager to work within our accommodation services. We are passionate about delivering services within a recovery model. Imagine Independence is all about promoting independence. We work together with people with mental health issues and other challenges so they can live a full and independent life.
The ideal candidate will be experienced in working with people who have complex needs including learning disability, mental health and substance misuse and have experience of managing Health and Social Care Services. You should feel confident in risk management, problem solving and have a good working knowledge of Imagine policy and procedure. Knowledge of CQC Fundamental standards, safeguarding legislation and The Care Act would be an advantage.
To provide line management for staff working at three locations.
To facilitate team meetings, tenant meetings and monitor compliance at services to maintain high standards.
To provide on-call cover for our 24 hour accommodation services.
Imagine’s services are delivered to an extremely high standard, strongly underpinned by Social Inclusion and Personalisation. We have recently received an “Outstanding” CQC rating in one of our services.
The Reader Vacancies – Volunteering Manager, Heritage Programmes Manager, Head Chef
Volunteering Manager
Based: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, 18
Reporting to: Head of People
Salary: £25,000 – £27,000 per annum
Duration: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week usually Monday – Friday with a requirement for occasional weekend working on the Calderstones site, which is a 7 day a week working environment
Deadline: Friday 16th August, 9am
We currently work with 1000 volunteers across the UK in a variety of roles. The opening of the Reader Mansion House provides us with an opportunity to further expand the numbers and roles we can offer and support. This post plays a key part in bringing together the overview of this enhanced volunteer offer. The successful candidate will play a part in setting the strategic direction for the future, ensuring we offer an excellent volunteer experience and that the policies, procedures and support structures required to underpin this are embedded across the organisation.
The post is a lynchpin in the organisation’s People Team and the successful candidate will be required to work closely with the different departments offering volunteer opportunities across the organisation.
Calderstones Heritage Programmes Manager
Based: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, 18
Reporting to: Head of Calderstones Programmes
Salary: £22,000 – £27,000 per annum
Duration: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week across 5 days on a rota basis spanning 0800 – 2000 hours, Monday to Sunday
Deadline: Monday 19th August, 9am
At our headquarters, The Reader at Calderstones, we are building the first community of its kind in the UK and indeed, the world – a community built on Shared Reading, a place where everyone can come to find something real to take home at the end of the day. We are looking for an organised, enthusiastic manager who can share their passion for heritage by developing and delivering a high-quality visitor, community and events programme with Liverpool’s newest heritage attraction, with Liverpool’s most ancient heritage at its heart in the form of the Calder Stones.
Calderstones Mansion House is a beautiful Grade II Listed building in Liverpool’s most beautiful park. It includes Liverpool’s most ancient monument, the Calder Stones, and will be home to a rich programme of public engagement activities based on literature, heritage, wellbeing and arts, with Shared Reading at its heart. We need the right person to join our programmes team to lead on our heritage activities.
Head Chef
Based: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, 18
Reporting to: Catering Manager
Salary: £22,000 – £27,000 per annum
Duration: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week across 5 days on a rota basis, Monday to Sunday
Deadline: Wednesday 21st August, 9am
As head chef you will be working with the catering manager, and be responsible for creatively developing and ensuring great delivery of The Reader’s hospitality offer at Calderstones, with a view to expanding to additional sites over time.
Success in this role would be to establish the Mansion House as a food and drink destination renowned across the North West.
Our current provision consists of a well-established and popular café, in temporary accommodation, and separate Ice Cream Parlour. Our remodeled Reader Café inside Calderstones Mansion House will open and you will be involved in the creative vision for the new café, as well as the planning and development that will be bring it about.
This role is one that will grow as the business grows and offers fast progression and career development for the right person. We want to find a professional, with creative flair, a passion for food and good service, who will make our catering work their own. In the first instance, it is expected you will have responsibility for the overall daily operation of the café’s kitchen and catering processes, ensure the smooth working of a range of profitable catering offers whilst being mindful of industry cost margins. You will need the practical skills to execute an interesting but simple menu, working alongside the Catering Manager contributing to the development of innovative seasonal menus.
The person in this role oversees all aspects of catering health and safety compliance, ensuring the highest standards of food safety, food quality and risk management are achieved and that these standards are maintained through constant monitoring.
Sector news: new minister for civil society announced
Baroness Barran has been appointed as minister for civil society within the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
Barran, who joined the department last week, has an extensive background in the charity sector. Before entering the House of Lords she founded and ran the domestic abuse awareness charity SafeLives, and also worked at the charity sector think tank New Philanthropy Capital (NPC).
Her new role covers civil society, youth and social action, the government’s inclusive economy unit, loneliness, DCMS business in the Lords and ceremonials.
Positive Futures Vacancies – Targeted Support Worker, Family Support Worker
Targeted Support Worker
Salary: £25,000 pro rata
Hours: 35 hours per week
Responsible To: Operations Manager
Fixed Term Contract until: December 2020 (with a strong likelihood of extension after this time)
Objective of post
To provide support to young people on a wide variety of issues. Working closely with teachers, colleagues and other agencies to help understand children’s needs and provide a high-quality service in supporting them.
Some duties will include:
To provide a range of interventions that will improve the well-being of young people.
To engage and build good working relationships with parents, children and colleagues working in schools and other agencies.
To work holistically and effectively with parents/carers in ways that will improve their children’s well-being.
To work effectively and cooperatively with partner agencies using common processes including Early Help Assessment, Team Around the Family (TAF) and Lead Professional (LP) roles.
To provide relevant information about, and access to appropriate support services and opportunities that enable young people to improve their skills.
To download the full Job Description, click here.
To apply, please visit the Positive Futures website (link at the bottom of this page) and complete an Application Form (Please note: Please ensure you fully complete our Application Form in order to be considered for the role, CV’s are not accepted in isolation).
Closing date: 12/8/19 at 5pm
Family Support Worker
Salary: £24,000 p.a.
Hours: 35 Hours per week
Responsible To: Operations Manager
Fixed Term Contract until: December 2020 (with a strong likelihood of extension after this time)
Objective of post
To provide support to families on a wide variety of issues. Working closely with teachers, colleagues and other agencies to help understand children’s needs as well as those of parents/carers. Providing high quality services to support children and their families.
To be the main point of contact and provide the coordination of Positive Futures Targeted Support Service.
Some duties will include:
To engage and build good working relationships with parents, children and colleagues working in schools and other agencies.
To work holistically and effectively with parents/carers in ways that will improve their children’s well-being.
To work effectively and cooperatively with partner agencies using common processes including Early Help Assessment, Team Around the Family (TAF) and Lead Professional (LP) roles.
To provide relevant information about, and access to appropriate
To download the full Job Description, click here.
To apply, please visit the Positive Futures website (link at the bottom of this page) and complete an Application Form (Please note: Please ensure you fully complete our Application Form in order to be considered for the role, CV’s are not accepted in isolation).
The Black-E is looking for a senior operations manager to join our team. The role will be to manage, influence and inspire the overall strategic direction of the organisation.
The successful candidate will manage and oversee the functions of an existing team of three managers, as well as support the director to achieve the highest quality of activities for the building. They will also supervise the marketing strategy and its implementation.
Critera:
three+ years experience working within the creative and/or community sector
self-motivated
ability to lead and work independently
For further information please request a recruitment pack from staff@theblack-e.co.uk or Mark Bareham, The Black-E, Great George Street, Liverpool L1 5EW
Deadline for application: 22/08/2019
Whitechapel Centre launches online chat service for housing advice
Liverpool charity The Whitechapel Centre is now operating an online chat service offering advice on housing and homelessness.
Free, confidential advice is available to anyone who is a Merseyside resident and has concerns about their housing situation. Advisors are available during weekday afternoons and can be contacted by visiting www.whitechapelcentre.co.uk
The online advice is in addition to daily drop-in advice sessions that run in a number of locations across the city. The charity is encouraging people to contact them as soon as an issue with their housing arises.
Rob Farnos of The Whitechapel Centre, said: “We know it can be daunting to walk into a homeless centre and ask for help. Many people tend to leave it until they have no other options, no more friends to stay with, or on the day they are evicted. Only then do they come to us.
“We hope that by offering this online advice people will ask us for help sooner. The more time we have to look at the situation, the more likely we are able to solve the problem and prevent the person ever becoming homeless.”
These two examples highlight the importance of asking for help as soon as possible and before the problem becomes too big.
Natasha (name changed) fell into rent arrears after her hours at work were reduced. She got in touch with us as soon as she realised she wouldn’t be able to pay her next rent. We helped Natasha maximise her income, look at her budget and talk to her landlord to make an agreement to pay back the arrears bit by bit. Natasha kept her home and her landlord renewed the tenancy after six months.
Angela and Dave (names changed) were joint tenants of a housing association property. When their relationship broke down Angela went back to stay with her mum. Dave stayed in their home but began drinking heavily, neglecting the tenancy, running up rent arrears and caused damage to the property before leaving for good. As Angela’s life moved on she met a new partner and was expecting a baby. She applied for a new home on Propertypool but Angela discovered that as she had been a joint tenant with Dave, she was also responsible for the rent arrears and property damage. She would not be offered a home through Propertypool until she had established a regular pattern of paying back her debt. Angela came to us. We were able to help her find a private rented property and agree a plan to slowly repay her arrears. Angela is now settled in her home but things could have been easier for her if she had sought help when she first left her tenancy.
The Whitechapel Centre has seen an increasing number of people needing help; the charity supported over 4,300 people and re-housed 2,061 people in 2018 alone.
Drop-in housing advice sessions are held at venues around the city and details of venues and times can be found on The Whitechapel Centre’s website. Click here to visit the Whitechapel Centre’s website for a list of venues and times, or to access the online chat function (you will be diverted away from the LCVS site).
MacMillan Cancer Support Vacancy – Services Project Manager
Salary From:£40,000
Salary To:£45,000
Region:England
Location:Home Based
Advertised Job Category:Cancer Support Operations
Department:North West
Job type:Fixed Term
Closing Date:4 August 2019
Interview Date:15 August 2019
Services Project Manager
We are looking for a motivated and confident Project Manager to join our team and manage a portfolio of complex projects in partnership with a range of internal and external partners and stakeholders, to improve the lives of people affected by cancer in the North West.
You will be Macmillan’s lead representative on project boards, working across NHS boundaries and with local government to bring about transformational change.
This wide-ranging role offers plenty of variety and will involve you in delivering projects through the full project life cycle. You will use agreed project methodologies to define projects and translate actions into practical project management plans.
You will inspire teams and manage a number of projects at the same time, ensuring they are all delivered on time, to budget and quality, and realise the business benefits case. You will also proactively manage relationships with key stakeholders ensuring effective matrix working, escalating any risks and regularly reporting on project performance to the Programme Manager.
Duties to include:
To work as part of a cross-organisational team, employing effective matrix working with colleagues from within the area and across the organisation
To manage designated projects, ensuring appropriate governance is in place and milestones are delivered to time and budget
Employ Macmillan’s robust project management methodology to ensure that delivery plans, risks, issues, interdependencies, and resources are managed effectively
To influence partners to deliver and leading beyond authority (e.g. where no line management)
To develop a professional network across the organisation and sector
Using insight and data to develop, maintain and drive successful outcomes within the project plan
Day to day management of complex change and redesign projects and associated budgets
To carry out any other ad hoc duties as and when required
Based: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB
Reporting to: Children and Young Person Manager
Hourly Rate: £8.21
Hours: 6 hours minimum (working pattern covers 0900 – 1900 hours, Monday to Sunday with regular weekend work)
Duration: 6 month fixed term
Deadline: Thursday 8th August, 2019, 9am.
The Storybarn is a creative, interactive environment in which children can feel thoroughly alive and creative in the company of quality literature. We believe that books offer children a way to understand the world in which they live and the worlds inside themselves. The Reader exists to provide book-routes into this inner space, and to develop shared understandings of both it, and the outer world.
Training will be provided with space for creative adaptation of delivery for applicants to really make the role their own.
This role could be for you if you:
Passionately believe in the value of reading
Are flexible, enthusiastic and positive
Are incredible outgoing and confident working with children and families
Are compassionate and creative
Children and Young Person Manager
Based: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB
Reporting to: Head of Children and Young People
Salary: £22,000 – £27,000 per annum
Working arrangements: 35 hours per week with a requirement for occasional weekend working on the Calderstones site, which is a 7 day a week working environment.
Annual Leave: 30 days per year plus bank holidays
Duration: Permanent
Deadline: Thursday 8th August, 2019, 9am.
You will:
Drive forwards and lead the development and expansion of our Families programme in the North West including managing the project delivery and ensuring that all targets are met.
Ensure the establishment and development of effective partnerships with delivery organisations such as Home Start. You will lead and organise the project and be accountable for processes needed to ensure effective delivery.
Be comfortable dealing with a large number of partners at any one time – prioritising and quickly moving between partners who may have different needs. You will be confident and comfortable spinning lots of plates at any one time and ensuring quality in every interaction.
Lead the Storybarn’s School Sales Strategy and performance (Retain existing customers, expand existing sales base)
Head of Development and Partnerships
Based: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB
Reporting to: Director of Development and Communications
Salary: £27,000 – £35,000
Hours: 35 hours per week usually Monday – Friday, with a requirement for occasional out of hours working on the Calderstones site, which is a 7 day a week working environment. We are committed to offering flexible working.
Annual Leave: 30 days per year plus bank holidays
Duration: Permanent
Deadline: Friday 16th August 2019, 9am
This is an opportunity for an entrepreneurial development professional to take a leadership role in a creative, live-minded, person-centered charity, based in one of Liverpool’s most beautiful parks. We have a range of benefits, from our childcare vouchers, to flexible working. If this role excites you and you have the skills, experience and talent but don’t currently live in the area don’t let that deter you as a contribution to moving / re-location costs will be supported.
We’re doing exciting and meaningful work, and we’re looking for a lively, resilient and experienced development/sales specialist to join us.
Why this is a unique opportunity
If you love books and love people you won’t find a more dedicated, inspiring workplace. We’re changing the world one page, one poem, one Shakespeare play at a time.
The organisation has an ambitious business plan in place and the breadth of our work means the role will suit someone who is creative, entrepreneurial and thrives on a diverse workload, whether you bring experience from fundraising, commercial sales or commissioning. It’s a fantastic time to join Development and Partnerships team at The Reader. We will soon be opening the Mansion House in one of Liverpool’s most beautiful parks, Calderstones Park, following a £5m refurbishment project there is an exciting new programme to fund and great scope for partnership-working and fundraising. We have a mixed income model, including public sector commissioning, grant funding and social enterprise and a range of partners from companies to libraries, charities to health bodies. Over the last 24 months, we have gained multi-year support from several core funders such as National Lottery Community Fund and People’s Postcode Lottery. The Reader joined the Arts Council England National Portfolio for the first time in 2018 and we’re investing in our evaluation systems and digital infrastructure to support our growth.
Are you ready to shake up this summer with the kids?!
Public Health England (PHE) and Disney UK, with support from Sport England, has launched a national Change4Life 10 Minute Shake Up (10MSU) campaign to help get the nation’s children active!
Physical activity is associated with improved personal health, social and academic outcomes. Kids need at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity a day but many children and young people in the UK are not achieving this recommended target, particularly over the summer holidays. Breaking the hour down into 10-minute bursts is a great way to make this more manageable.
The campaign aims to get primary school aged children more active by playing Disney-themed 10 Minute Shake Up games. This year, children will be inspired by their favorite characters and stories from: Toy Story 4, Incredibles 2, Frozen and The Lion King. By playing 10MSU games, children will develop and practice the skills they need to build key physical attributes of strength, stamina and agility. Ultimately, the campaign aims to act as an inspiration and gateway to other physical activities and sports.
There are loads of free resources that can be used to run group activities, or use by families at home. Find them online here (by clicking the link you will be diverted away from the LCVS website, to the NHS website).
United Way UK Give Local grants 2019!
Applications are now open and charities are encouraged to apply for the 2019 United Way Give Local grants.
The ‘Give Local’ programme commenced in 2016 with United Way and Costco supporting 29 organisations across the UK that were working to help those in their local communities. To date, ‘Give Local’ has helped more than fifty thousand people across the UK. In 2019 there will be 30 grants of £1,000 each available.
These grants will support small charities delivering services in their local communities. United Way UK is particularly interested in supporting organisations whose work addresses its priority areas of health, education and income and those that support disadvantaged people.
Positive Futures Vacancy – Youth Development Worker
Salary: £20,000 pro rata
Hours: 20 hours per week
Responsible To: Operations Manager
Fixed Term Contract until: March 2020 (with a strong likelihood of extension after this time)
Objective of Post
To develop and deliver centre & street-based activities for groups/individuals, school programmes and services that will be delivered in a specified area of the community to meet the personal and social development needs of young people in Liverpool.
It is essential that you work regular evenings and weekends.
Some duties will include
To plan, organise, and deliver effectively, a range of personal development programmes that improve outcomes for young people. This will include Crime and ASB, Informal Education, Mental Health and Personal Development.
To work at ‘grass roots’ level, on the streets, in parks and centres, on a significant number of evenings and weekends providing open & accessible activities to local children & young people.
Develop relationships, through the Programmes Coordinator, with various agencies involved in the project, e.g. Drugs and Alcohol Support. Targeted Services, Sports clubs and residents.
To maintain accurate records for monitoring and reporting purposes including verbal and written information on progress, issues, futures plans and to maintain accurate supporting financial records.
Have your say about domestic abuse services and support in Liverpool
Have you ever used domestic abuse services within Liverpool?
Liverpool City Council is consulting with individuals and partners to ask what works and what doesn’t, when supporting victims of domestic abuse. Focus groups are being held with survivors but they also want to reach a much wider audience and give everyone who wants to contribute the opportunity to have their voice heard. To enable that, an online survey has been created.
If you have used any domestic abuse services in Liverpool, please click the following link to complete the survey and provide your views.
LCVS receives Workplace Wellbeing Charter accreditation
We’re pleased to announce that LCVS is now a Workplace Wellbeing Charter accredited employer.
The Workplace Wellbeing Charter describes its accreditation by saying ‘An accreditation from the Workplace Wellbeing Charter demonstrates an organisation’s commitment to improving the lives of those who work there. The process begins with our interactive self assessment tool, includes site visits, action plans and evidence gathering, and ends with a full assessment report and award of accreditation.’
Following a recent site visit, we received our accredited status earlier this week.
Colin Heaney, co-CEO of LCVS said, “We’ve made a commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of our workforce and are delighted to have that recognised with this national accreditation. I would like to thank the team, our board and of course Health@Work, the consultancy organisation behind the Workplace Wellbeing Charter.”
Free memberships to Listening Books audiobook library service
National charity Listening Books has a number of free memberships available to its audiobook library service. The service caters for anyone with an illness, physical or learning disability, learning difficulty or mental health condition, who finds that it impacts on their ability to read or hold books in the usual way. The free memberships are being offered to people living in Merseyside who would like to join but would find it difficult to cover the usual membership fees (between £20 to £45 per year) for any reason.
Listening Books is not just for people with visual impairments. It is also available to people with many other health conditions that make reading, or holding books, difficult, such as fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, cancer, depression, anxiety, learning disabilities, autism, ADHD, dyslexia, MS, diabetes, arthritis, dementia and others. Listening books believes that books should be accessible to everyone and that audiobooks can be a wonderful source of entertainment, comfort and relaxation for those who are missing out on the enjoyment of reading.
The charity does not require any financial proof in order to grant these free memberships, simply a self-declaration that the membership fees would be a barrier to joining the service. Please be assured that Listening Books is a charity and there are no hidden costs involved.
The Listening Books library has over 8,000 fiction and non-fiction titles for adults and children, including bestselling authors such as JK Rowling, David Walliams, Zadie Smith, George R. R. Martin, Agatha Christie, David Nicholls and many more. It also has educational titles supporting the National Curriculum from Key Stage 2 to A Level; many of these titles are recorded in their very own professional studios, so are not available anywhere else.
Members can borrow our titles in three easily accessible ways:
• sent directly through the post on MP3 CD with no postage costs or late fees
• download audiobooks through the website or app to smartphones, tablets, computers and laptops
• stream audiobooks online through your computer, laptop or tablet
A free membership covers all of the above options.
A number of vacancies have arisen within the CAMHS Partnership. These include:
Children and young people’s mental health promotion worker (Whole School Approach) Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE)
Children and young people’s mental health promotion worker (Whole School Approach) Primary Schools
Children and young people’s mental health promotion worker (Whole School Approach) Secondary Schools
Children & Young People Information, Advice & Guidance (IAG) Worker x 4
Children & Young People Therapist x 1
YPAS – Receptionist and Admin Assistant (Central) x 1
YPAS – Receptionist and Admin Assistant (South) x 1PT
Salary: £25,000 p.a. Hours: 35 Hours per week Responsible To: Operations Manager Fixed Term Contract until: December 2020 (with a strong likelihood of extension after this time)
Objective of Post
The Office Administrator role contributes to the sound management of PFNL providing specialist skills in accounts, payroll and administration.
The post holder will provide administrative support to the team, work closely with the senior Management Team and report directly to the Operations Manager.
Some duties will include
Payroll:
Liaise with payroll provider regarding starters and leavers, additional or overtime payments
Preparation of payroll information for payroll provider including calculation of bank staff timesheets
Computerised Book Keeping and Accounts:
Liaise with external finance support
Ensure all income and expenditure is accurately provided to external support
Payment of Suppliers:
Ensure goods are ordered in accordance with agreed procedures
Ensure payments are correctly authorised
Grant Applications:
Assist CEO & Operations Manager to prepare financial information required for funding applications
Assist with the financial monitoring with regards to successful funding applications
PF Monitoring System:
Input data
Pull off reports as and when required
Administration & Management:
Ensure that effective administrative and financial support is provided to the staff team
Participate in induction of team members with regard to administrative process and procedures
Health & Safety:
Ensure effective day to day maintenance and compliance with Health and Safety requirements
Report major repairs or maintenance requirements to the appropriate department/ person and deal with promptly within Positive Futures Guidelines
Sporting Capital offering social investment to support community sport
A £3m fund, the first of its kind in the UK, is offering investment in the form of flexible repayable loans of between £50k to £150k. These loans are designed to support the sustainable development of community sport organisations that deliver impact. The loan funding can be used to help organisations develop new projects, operations and revenue streams.
A wide range of organisations from community clubs, social enterprises, charities and profit with purpose businesses can apply and each loan is flexible and tailored to the organisation to meet their needs. The loans are available for up to 5 years with repayment holidays available.
Repayable loans are new for the sport sector, so Sporting Capital works with organisations to help them understand if it is right for them, as well as sometimes to secure grant funding that supports this process.
How can we best help you to receive funding information?
At LCVS we regularly review the ways in which we provide information about sources of funding.
We want to make sure that we are getting information to you in ways that are convenient and useful. With that in mind, we would like to know more about where you go for funding information, what information you find useful and how you like to receive it.
Please help us to help you by completing this survey. It will take you no more than 3 minutes.
The survey will be available until 31st July 2019.
If you have any questions or anything to add that isn’t covered in the survey, please get in touch by emailing info@lcvs.org.uk.
Funding and free training for health charities: 2020 GSK IMPACT Awards
The GSK IMPACT Awards provide core funding, training and national recognition for charities doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing. Up to 20 awards will be made ranging from £3,000 to £40,000. To be eligible organisations must be at least three years old, a registered charity, working in a health-related field in the UK, with income between £80,000 and £2.5 million.
Winning organisations will have a film made, receive support with press and publicity and be given a set of promotional materials. They will also be offered free training and development valued at a further £9,500. In 2020 there will be three days of training leading up to the GSK IMPACT Awards ceremony in London. After this participants will be invited to join the GSK IMPACT Awards Network which connects past award winners both online and at meetings, to get and give support, share best practice and continue their professional development. Many participants have commented that the training, the new ideas and enthusiasm that they take away, and the connections they make is even more important than the award money.
The Reader Vacancies – Duty Coordinator, Sales and Events Manager
Duty Coordinator
Based: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB
Reporting to: Site Operations Manager
Salary: £17,000 – £22,000
Hours: 35 hours per week across 7 days on a rota basis 0800 – 2000 Monday to Sunday
Duration: Permanent
Deadline: Wednesday 24th July, 9am
This is an exciting opportunity for a practically minded, highly organised individual with an aptitude for maintaining high standards to join our Calderstones Team.
As a member of the Site Operations Team, you will be responsible for setting the tone for all of our front of house services and to supervise the day to day operations of the enterprises within The Reader. You will need to deliver excellent customer service in line with the organisation’s values and ethos. To be the first port of call for any problems that may arise on site and delegate to the appropriate person/team. You must be able to problem solve, be organised, a natural leader, and be confident in decision-making.
Sales and Events Manager
Based: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB
Reporting to: Director of Social Enterprise
Salary: £22,000 – £27,000
Hours: 35 hours per week over a 7 day weekly rota
Duration: Permanent
Deadline: Wednesday 24th July, 9am
This individual will be responsible for the overall sales and delivery of all events at Calderstones (International Centre for Shared Reading).
The Events Manager will be based at Calderstones, where the Reader is developing its International Centre for Reading and Wellbeing. Hospitality will be a key element of this venture, with any profits reinvested into projects that improve the quality of people’s lives.
Role Responsibilities:
This role is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual with fantastic sales skills and high levels of resilience. You will be working closely with the Head of Site Operations, Director of Social Enterprise, the Head of Programmes and the wider Directors Group to ensure that our ethos, values and vision continue to be at the forefront of what we do at Calderstones. You will have overall event delivery responsibilities at site. facilitating a smooth “Front of House” service for all of our beneficiaries, customers and staff. You will be responsible for meeting sales targets set by Directors group in line with our ethos and values.
The Big Give Christmas Challenge – Dedline Extended
The Big Give runs the UK’s biggest match funding campaign, The Christmas Challenge.
For seven days, it offers supporters of participating charities the opportunity to have their donation doubled. Founded by entrepreneur and philanthropist Sir Alec Reed CBE, the Christmas Challenge has raised millions of pounds for thousands of charity projects since it launched on the Big Give in 2008.
The Big Give has managed to secure some additional match funding for this year’s Christmas Challenge. As a result, the deadline has now been extended until Friday 19th July at 5pm.
This year they are looking for charities working in a number of areas, including working with children, in health, international development, the heritage sector and many more. They have some new champion funders on board for the first time, so please check the Big Give website for updates on who is funding the campaign this year. Please note that The Christmas Challenge does fund charities working in all cause areas.
Why should you apply for the Christmas Challenge?
Access match funding from Champion funders – up to £25,000 available
Use match funds to help you ask donors for support – evidence shows that donors are more likely to give, and to give more
Build the Christmas Challenge into your Christmas campaign for this year
Join the #GivingTuesday movement as the campaign launches on this date
Build your skills in running digital fundraising campaign
Hope Liverpool Students’ Union Vacancy – Advice & Welfare Services Coordinator
Grade: £24,029 – £27,025 p.a. (2018 – 19), Grade 5 University Single Pay Spine
Responsible to: General Manager
Hours of Work: LHSU operates an Annualised Hours system. You will be expected to work an average of 35 hours per week over the year.
We are seeking a committed and enthusiastic Advice & Welfare Services Coordinator to join a small team of staff at an incredibly exciting time for the Union. We are looking for a person who has the ability to supervise, support and develop the Advice Service, Nightline and its volunteers.
Liverpool Hope Students’ Union is an exciting and vibrant place to work. We currently have three areas of focus: Student Voice / Representation, Advice / Welfare, and Student Activities. The LHSU Advice Service is five years old and provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to students on their rights and responsibilities.
The successful candidate will become part of a vibrant and enthusiastic team and will implement relevant KPIs stemming from our new Strategic Plan. They will also offer advice to students, support and direction to trainee paralegals and Nightliners, and will have an good understanding of the advice and welfare needs of students in HE.
Milestone Dates:
Application Deadline: Monday 5th August 2019
Shortlisting: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Interviews: Week beginning 12th Aug. 2019
Imagine Independence Vacancy – Women’s Mental Health Recovery Practitioner
Imagine Independence is a charity with a positive approach to mental health working to promote opportunities for people to live a full and independent life. We are proud to have the support of up to 150 volunteers and over 200 staff members to help those who need us.
Position: Women’s Mental Health Recovery Practitioner (Crosby Women’s Service) Job Reference: 19/29 Salary: £16,781.74 p.a. Hours: 37.5 per week Shift pattern: Days / Waking nights
An opportunity has arisen for a motivated person to join Imagines’ Specialist Service portfolio.
Working as part of a team supporting women who have been discharged from secure services and have severe and enduring mental health diagnoses; this position provides specialist input to empower women to continue on their journey to independence and support them to achieve their full potential. The service delivered is a psychologically informed and therapeutically driven environment that puts women at the heart of their own recovery.
The ideal candidate will have experience/knowledge of women’s support, forensic or mental health services. Are you a motivated, positive person who wants to develop personally and support other women to live life to their full potential…if yes then we would love to hear from you. Full training and support will be provided.
The successful candidate will be provided with an on site induction course along with a comprehensive package of specialist training. The candidate will be trained to deliver a service based on the principals of Cognitive Analytical Therapy and supervised monthly by our psychotherapist to ensure a consistently high-level of informed practice.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a positive mindset to recovery and inclusion and is looking for an opportunity to part of a team committed to outstanding person centred delivery.
Everyman and Playhouse theatres new recruiting young adults for the Bass Techs Programme
Liverpool’s Everyman and Playhouse are currently recruiting for the 2019 edition of the Base Techs training programme. The programme is aimed at NEET young adults aged 18-25 years old. It offers young people not currently in education, employment or training opportunity to gain hands on training of working in light, sound and theatre production.
Bass Techs aims to challenge under-representation in the arts workforce, by training young people who may not have known about or necessarily been interested in a technical apprenticeship. With real employment opportunities for technicians in Liverpool, the Base Techs programme offers a good route to employment.
The training takes place over 3 days a week from September 2019 – July 2020.
There are initial taster sessions coming up on Thursday 11th July and Friday 12th July. These sessions are a chance for potential Base Tech recruits to visit the theatre, find out about the course and have a go at some of the activities that they can expect to participate in if they take part.
For more information about the Base Techs, or to express your interest in a taster session, visit the Everyman and Playhouse website. Click here to be diverted to the relevant page. Alternatively you can email community@everymanplayhouse.com.
Savera UK Vacancy – Support Worker (Female Only)
Salary: £24,473 per annum, 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 9am- 5pm.
Reports to: Service Development Manager
Location: Liverpool based, working across Merseyside & Cheshire
Duties
The post holder will work as part of Savera UK’s team, they will be Liverpool based, but will required to work across the Merseyside and Cheshire areas. The support worker will work with BME individuals/families that have been referred to the service as a result of domestic abuse and provide the holistic support necessary. Interventions will be developed in such a way as to promote culturally sensitive and appropriate support as well as promoting independence and improve self-esteem by empowering clients to identify their as yet unmet needs.
Responsibilities
To provide one-to-one support while the client is seeking support from Savera UK and support with resettlement where required
To manage and prioritise caseload of clients
To assist client to identify needs and address their unmet needs and access related services
To support client and accompany them if required to relevant appointments
To advice on appropriateness of services i.e. cultural acceptability
To provide appropriate interventions depending on client needs, and be flexible to changing demands
To acquire a knowledge base of local and national services and facilities and act as resource within the service and to the clients you are working with
To be sensitive to people’s own cultural, religious and personal circumstances and values at all times, and maintain confidentiality as appropriate
To offer practical and emotional support and offer advice and assistance where and when required
To report and have regular supervision with the Service Development Manager
To be aware of one’s own limits and to seek supervision and advice accordingly
To identify training needs in conjunction with the Service Development Manager
To upkeep the service record system and collect data for evaluation as required
To formulate all necessary reports to update management
Providing training/learning opportunities to agencies, professionals and the community on the role of Savera UK
To maintain and advance the public profile of Savera UK
To attend MARAC (Multi-agency Risk Assessment Conference)
We would like you to take part in this 10 year study of the voluntary and community sector which is now running right across the North of England.
Whether your organisation or group is big or small, flourishing or struggling financially – or just carrying on more or less as normal – we need to hear from you.
Using the findings, Durham University will build a picture of how organisations and groups work, how they get their resources and how they are planning to work in future.
The research helps to inform national and local government, health organisations and charitable foundations so that they make good decisions on how to invest in the activity of the third sector.
The research also helps the third sector itself to show the extent and value of the work it does.
Please support the survey: it takes just 20 minutes to complete and you shouldn’t need to check up any facts and figures to fill it in. You can complete the survey online on you PC, tablet or phone by clicking the following link:
The project has generously been supported by Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland and Power to Change.
Please tell your friends and colleagues to do the same, by sending them an email with the link to the survey or by drawing attention to the study via twitter using #ThirdSectorTrends
Headline findings will be published in December 2019 and the full results will be freely available from spring 2020.
Recent reports from the study so far can be found by clicking the following link:
If you have any questions about the research and/or the questionnaire, please contact Professor Tony Chapman by post at St Chad’s College, Durham University, 18 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 3RH, or by email at tony.chapman@durham.ac.uk.
Unity Theatre Vacancy – Event Team Member
Unity Theatre is looking for friendly and motivated events team members (£8.21 per hour, plus holiday pay) to deliver amazing customer service at a busy and exciting venue – weekend, evening and daytime work – for immediate start.
The events team is a vital part of the life of the theatre, responsible for the smooth running of all events and activity at Unity – ensuring the highest standard of customer care is provided to groups accessing the theatre, including customers, hirers, visiting companies and staff alike.
The events team works across box office, café/bar and front of house, though it is recognised that staff will have specialisms and areas of expertise.
Closing date Mon 15 July, 5pm
Interviews Week beginning 22 July
Regrettably, due to our resources, we will only contact successful candidates.
New Bowl for Health courses are free for Liverpool residents
Residents across Liverpool are being encouraged to feel the benefits of being more active by trying a free beginners course in bowls. Taking part can give you a boost, help you feel more refreshed and it’s a great way to meet new people.
Bowl for Health is a six-eight week programme designed for complete newcomers to bowls. It provides an overview of the basics of how to play a match. Run by welcoming coaches and volunteers, the programme will shortly be starting new courses in Clubmoor West Derby.
The programme is being led by MSP, thanks to funding from Liverpool City Council’s Community Resource Grant programme. The idea was developed and successfully piloted in 2017 by Holy Trinity Bowling Club in Formby, and is now being rolled out by more clubs across Merseyside.
Maureen, a participant in her early sixties, explained how taking part in bowls has transformed her life, “I’ve benefited by getting active in a gentle way and find that bowling can be a very relaxing, calming activity when played for fun rather than competitively.”
Danny Woodworth, from MSP, said, “Being active doesn’t need to mean joining a gym, it’s about finding an activity that you enjoy – people have told us that bowling is a great way to enjoy gentle exercise in a relaxed and sociable environment. Bowl for Health is for anybody to join in with – it doesn’t matter what your age, experience or level of fitness is.”
Sessions are completely free for Liverpool residents, all equipment provided and no previous experience is required.
Dates and details of upcoming courses can be found on the MSP website. To find out more and book your free place, follow this link to be diverted to www.merseysidesport.com/bowlforhealth or call MSP on 0151 728 1811.
20 Stories High Vacancy – Administrator
Contract: 1 year, fixed-term Hours: Full time Salary: £23,000 per annum
As an Arts Council NPO, 20 Stories High has established itself as one of the leading national young
people’s theatre companies.
They make theatre that is:
gritty, jumping, melodic, rebellious,
contemporary, mashed-up, authentic, original,
visual, challenging, lyrical, tender,
anarchic, diverse, surprising, booming,
political, funny, collaborative… and heart-felt.
20 Storis High makes theatre with:
young people from excluded communities, emerging artists & world-class
professionals.
They bring new audiences into theatre venues and also take theatre out into their communities locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
Deadline: Monday July 22, 2019 12.00pm.
Interviews: Monday July 29, 2019
The Reader Vacancy – Cleaner
Based: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB
Reporting to: Cleaner Supervisor
Hourly Rate: £8.21
Hours: Part time hours per week across 7 days on a rota basis 0600 – 2000 hours, Monday to Sunday
Duration: Permanent
This is an exciting opportunity for a practically minded individual with an aptitude for maintaining high standards to join the Reader’s Facilities Team.
The buildings are public facing and need to be well maintained all year round, you will be part of the team that ensures group members, staff and volunteers and members of the public have a comfortable, clean and safe environment in which to work and visit. You will have held a similar role in the commercial or social enterprise sector and will be able to demonstrate how previous experience translates to this role.
As a member of the onsite cleaning team, you will be responsible for ensuring that the communal and public areas of the site are hygienic, attractive and safe. These areas include toilets, event rooms, play spaces, offices, meeting rooms and a variety of other spaces that make up a collection of grade II listed buildings now in modern use. The sense of place within the site is key; from the moment people walk through our door, they must feel welcome, relaxed and connected to the ethos and values of The Reader.
A tribute to Nelson Mandela: My67 calls on the people of Liverpool to help others
Nelson Mandela’s daughter is calling on the people of Liverpool to mark next month’s Mandela Day by spending 67 minutes improving the lives of others.
Supported by Liverpool City Council, the My67 campaign has been established by charity Mandela8 in partnership with Dr Makaziwe ‘Maki’. It aims to mark the 67 years Nelson Mandela fought for social justice by encouraging people to give up 67 minutes of their time to help others.
Dr Maki said: “I am very happy to learn that Mandela8 will be celebrating by doing acts of kindness and goodness with the Liverpool community – it is very exciting. My father said what matters in life is not that you have lived your life, but that you have made a difference in the lives of other people. This is about showing love and compassion to your neighbours.”
Mandela Day takes place on Thursday 18 July – Nelson Mandela’s birthday – and anyone wishing to be part of the uplifting initiative is being asked to carry out their good deed either on the day itself, or anytime that week.
The call-out has the backing of legendary American singer and member of the Jacksons, Jermaine Jackson, who has already pledged to give up 67 minutes of his time.
The superstar performer said that “I want you all to be part of the Mandela8, My67 minutes, and do something good for someone else who needs your help – a neighbour, a stranger or even your community.”
My67 was piloted in 2018 and was initially aimed at youngsters across the city. As part of the scheme, 170 schools received Nelson Mandela’s autobiography The Long Walk to Freedom and school pupils took part in litter picks, art projects, gardening and raised money for local charities with football fundraisers and bake sales.
This year, everyone across the city, and the North West, is being urged to take part, with suggested activities including:
– Get involved in a community planting project
– If you grow your own fruit and vegetables, gift them to family and friends
– Get to know a neighbour, if they’re elderly, offer to mow the lawn of do odd-jobs around their house
– Arrange a community skip with your neighbours
– Support your local foodbank
– Volunteer at a local charity
– Mentor someone – young or old
– Organise a group walk and talk to benefit people’s health and wellbeing
There are more than 60 suggested ideas for how to get involved on the official website – www.mandela8.org.uk/my-67. Organisers are encouraging everyone who takes part to promote their acts of kindness on social media using #mandela8my67minutes or #my67minutes.
Other organisations supporting My67 are the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Liverpool Learning Partnership, Africa Oyé, Unison North West, MSB, Granby Toxteth Development Trust, Prima Group, Steve Biko Housing Association and Weaver Vale Housing Trust.
Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson, said: “Liverpool’s connection with Nelson Mandela runs deep, and we were honoured to make him Freeman of the City in 1994. He campaigned to make this world a better place for 67 years and we are delighted to work in partnership with Mandela8 to ensure his legacy is never forgotten in this city. Marking his birthday by doing a selfless deed is a great tribute to a great man. Liverpool is a city renowned for its kindness – taking this small amount of time out of our busy lives could massively benefit the lives of others, and I hope as many people as possible become part of the My67 movement.”
Sonia Bassey, Chair and one of the founding members of Mandela8, said: “It is so important to us that people show kindness to each other and learn to get along, there is already so much hate in the world, it doesn’t need any more. We want people of all ages to get involved. Children, parents, schools, youth groups, organisations and individuals, give 67 minutes of your time on Mandela Day to help your friend, neighbour or a stranger. Make Mandela Day a special day across Liverpool, the North West and beyond.”
Prima Big Local Bright Ideas Fund
The Prima Group housing association currently owns and manages over 2700 properties in the Liverpool, Sefton and Wirral areas, plus a small number in Llandudno.
Community, voluntary, faith groups and schools currently being invited to submit a funding application to the Prima Big Local Bright Ideas Fund.
If your organisation has a project, event or activity that will benefit the communities where Prima tenants live, then they would love to hear from you. Grants of up to £500 are available for organisations that meet the criteria.
The Big Local Bright Ideas Fund welcomes applications from not-for-profit organisations that will benefit Prima tenants. The fund is open to all ideas although would especially welcome applications that address one or more of our charitable objectives:
· Assisting in reducing food poverty
· Provide quality training for tenants
· Help reduce social isolation
Including:
· Funding for new groups where Prima tenants are within the majority (non-constituted groups must liaise with an established not-for-profit organisation for them to hold the funding on their behalf and are recommended to contact Prima prior to applying).
· Prima sheltered schemes where no constituted group are in existence. These schemes must liaise with the relevant Sheltered Scheme manager prior to applying.
Imagine Independence Vacany – Peer Support Group Worker
Location: Merseyside & Lancashire
Salary: £9,619.00
Hours: 18.75 hours per week
Job Reference: 19/37
Closing Date: On-going
Job Type: Work Role
Imagine Independence is a charity with a positive approach to mental health which works to promote opportunities for people to live a full and independent life. We are proud to have the support of up to 150 volunteers and over 200 staff members to help those who need us.
Based in Knowsley
To provide support to a range of groups within the Knowsley Social Inclusion Service.
To support the development of self-managed peer-led groups.
To help identify people who are ready to move to other strands of the service and support their referral to other strands.
To empower service user groups to develop and lead peer sessions in the community.
To work in a way that encourages and enables service users to develop their skills and knowledge.
Support service delivery when necessary and encourage service users to have active control in both planning and direction.
To record group activity and keep service database up to date as required for non-mainstream Service Users.
Assist in Identifying individuals who may wish to access social inclusive activities and refer them to other areas of the service such as the Bridge Building Service.
To support volunteers in their day to day duties.
To provide a range of options to assist group’s independence e.g. managing a budget, electing committees, choosing training and organising fund raising events.
Completed application forms are to be returned by email to ldanson@imagineindependence.org.uk.
Torus Foundation Vacancy – Fitness and Wellbeing Trainer
Location: Liverpool
Salary: £28,997 (pro rata)
Hours: 16
Employment Type: Fixed Term – 15 Months
Closing Date: Friday 28 June 2019
One of the largest landlords in the North West, Torus has 1,500 staff, manage more than 40,000 homes, support around than 64,000 customers and invest at least £5m a year into local communities and life changing causes.
A social organisation with a commercial focus generating income to drive our activities and deliver lasting change, Torus is a landlord, property developer, commercial contractor and social entrepreneur.
Torus is a successful North West based housing and regeneration group, combining three high performing social landlords, Helena Partnerships and Golden Gates Housing Trust and Liverpool Mutual Homes. We own and manage 50,000 homes and the organisation has ambitious new build plans as one of the largest developers of affordable new homes in the region.
This is an important role in which you will:
– work to standards of performance set by the Senior Community Investment Officer and work to strict targets and deadlines
– contribute to establishing and maintaining effective procedures to guarantee project delivery within cost, time and quality parameters.
– assess through partnership working and consultation which projects would improve health outcomes for residents in Torus neighbourhoods.
– develop and deliver a range of activities to improve the physical and/or mental health of older people, especially those individuals facing social exclusion.
– develop and deliver activities focusing on healthy eating.
– identify and engage with Torus residents at risk of social isolation.
– develop projects that raise awareness and address common inequalities associated with deprived neighbourhoods in line with Liverpool Joint Strategic Needs Strategy.
Sefton CAB has four posts available. The closing date for all posts is 5pm 28 June 2019.
You can download the job pack, application form and guidance for all of these posts from the Sefton CAB website at www.seftoncab.org.uk/jobs or you can obtain the details by emailing recruitment@seftoncab.org.uk or calling 0151 282 5650 ext 108 to request paper copies.
Citizens Advice recognises the positive value of diversity promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Money Management Mentor
Hours: 17.5 hours per week
Salary: £10,449.39
Pension: Employer Contribution 7%
Location: Southport
Type of Contract: Fixed term to 31st October 2020
Better Off Finance is an innovative partnership funded via Building Better Opportunities via European Social Fund and the Big Lottery to undertake targeted community engagement and recruitment activities to reach out and connect with residents from the local authority areas of Halton, Knowsley, St Helens, Liverpool, Sefton and Wirral within the Liverpool City Region (LCR).
We are looking for a key worker to join our team to support individuals to improve their financial capability, resilience and confidence. We are looking for someone who has excellent communication skills and the ability to support and motivate individuals.
Closing date for applications: 5pm 28th June 2019 and interviews: 10th July 2019
Help to Claim Adviser
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £21,495.48
Pension: Employer Contribution 7%
Location: Bootle
Type of Contract: Fixed term to 31st March 2020
Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. We give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. We help with everything from money issues to problems at work, housing to consumer rights.
Universal Credit (UC) is the fastest growing advice issue for the Citizens Advice service and Local Citizens Advice offices everywhere and improving the support available to people making a claim is vital.
Citizens Advice is set to deliver a new service called “Universal Support: Help to Claim” which offers end-to-end support to help people make a new Universal Credit claim and be ready for when their first payment arrives.
We are looking for an adviser with good IT skills to support clients to make and complete their new Universal Credit claim, as well as a commitment to the aims and principles of the Citizens Advice Service.
You’ll have the ability to interview clients using sensitive listening and questioning skills to get to the root of the issues and empower clients, whilst maintaining structure and control of meetings
Closing date for applications: 5pm 28th June 2019 and interviews 8th July 2019.
Generalist Adviser – maternity cover.
Location: Sefton (primarily based in Bootle)
Contract type: 31st March 2020: Maternity cover with the possibility of extension.
Salary: £13,440.74
Hours: 21 hours per week
Pension: 7% Employer contribution
Annual leave: 28 days plus bank holidays pro rata
We are looking for an experienced adviser to join our existing team of advisers, caseworkers and financial capability workers to help people in Sefton who seek our help with the problems they face, particularly with universal credit, other welfare benefits and debt.
The post holder will be expected to work in outreach such as Job centres as well as our own advice centres.
Closing date for applications: 5pm 28th June 2019 and interviews: 9th July 2019.
Living Well Sefton Development Mentor
Contract type: Permanent.
Salary: £20,431.01
Hours: 28 hours per week
Location: Sefton (primarily based in Bootle)
Pension: 7% Employer contribution
Annual leave: 28 days plus bank holidays pro rata
Living Well Sefton is a public health funded programme to ensure Sefton residents have access to a co-ordinated programme of health and social related activity, to enable communities to build independence and optimise health and wellbeing.
We are looking to recruit a Development Mentor to support local residents to improve their health and wellbeing. Specific interventions include mentors providing motivational support to achieve behaviour change, community health checks, community champions, weight management, financial inclusion and social prescribing.
Closing date for applications: 5pm 28th June 2019 and interviews: 11th July 2019
ou can download the job pack, application form and guidance for all of these posts from the Sefton CAB website at www.seftoncab.org.uk/jobs or you can obtain the details by emailing recruitment@seftoncab.org.uk or calling 0151 282 5650 ext 108 to request paper copies.
National Museum Liverpool Vacancies – Education Demonstrator, Housekeeper, Catering Assistants
Education Demonstrator
Salary: £17,719 (Pro rata)
Location: Walker Art Gallery
Level: Front of house
Deadline: 08/07/2019 12:00
Hours: 29.6
Benefits: Company Pension Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Travel Loan Scheme
Job Type: Fixed Term [F]
Term: This post is fixed term to 31 December 2019.
Additional information: Interviews to be held on Monday 15 July 2019
Applications for this position are via CV and covering letter.
NML reserves the right to withdraw this vacancy once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We would encourage you to submit your application promptly to avoid disappointment.
National Museums Liverpool are looking for motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our Education Team at the Walker Art Gallery, in the role of Education Demonstrator.
Based within the Education and Visitor Services directorate at NML’s art Galleries, the successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of our education offer across the gallery.
A passion for gallery education, enthusiasm, adaptability and excellent communication skills are some of the attributes that will be needed to be successful in this role.
All employees have the responsibility to develop NML’s commitment to Equality and Diversity and promote non-discriminatory practices in all aspects of work undertaken.
Salary: £17,363 pro rata
Location: Various
Level: Front of house
Deadline: 11/07/2019 12:00
Hours: 7.4 and 14.8
Benefits: Employee Assistant Programme, Child Care Voucher; Civil Service Pension Scheme
Job Type: Established [A]
NML reserves the right to withdraw this vacancy once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We would encourage you to submit your application promptly to avoid disappointment.
Background
National Museums Liverpool (NML) is one of the world’s great museum organisations. We hold in trust and safeguard some of the world’s most important museum collections, which are universal in their range.
NML currently comprises eight museums: International Slavery Museum, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Merseyside Maritime Museum, Museum of Liverpool, Sudley House, UK Border Agency National Museum, Walker Art Gallery, and World Museum Liverpool.
Our Vision for Education and Visitor Services
We aim to deliver a high quality, positive and rewarding museum experience that will encourage children, young people and adults to gain the knowledge and skills they need to develop their educational attainment, cultural awareness and life chances.
To achieve this we recognise that we have a major part to play in understanding the needs of our local schools, communities and visitors. Our success will be demonstrated through the delivery of an excellent and seamless visitor experience that enables high levels of participation, national collaboration and international partnership.
Salary: £8.46 per hour
Location: Walker Art Gallery
Level: Front of house
Deadline: 30/06/2019 12:00
Hours: 15
Benefits: Pension, Travel Loan Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme
Job Type: Fixed Term [F]
NML Trading Ltd currently has a vacancy for a Catering Assistant at the Walker Art Gallery on a fixed term basis until 31st October 2019.
We are looking for enthusiastic candidates who will be responsible for maximising catering sales to their full potential. You will be required to deliver an excellent level of customer service to our visitors at all times and ensure food displays and general housekeeping are kept to a high standard.
You will need relevant experience within a catering environment, with the ability to multi-task and manage change. You must be able to demonstrate enthusiasm, excellent communication and organisational skills and work effectively within a team. Ideally, you will have received training in food hygiene.
NML Trading operates 7 days a week including weekends and Bank Holidays. We require our staff to demonstrate flexibility and be available to work shifts to meet the operational needs of the business.
The closing date for the receipt of C.V.s is Sunday 30th June 2019 at 12 noon.
We may remove the advert prior to the closing date, if we have received a high volume of applications. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid any disappointment.
Salary: £8.46 per hour
Location: World Museum
Level: Front of house
Deadline: 30/06/2019 12:00
Hours: 5
Benefits: Pension, Travel Loan Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme
Job Type: Established [A]
NML Trading Ltd currently have vacancies for Catering Assistants at the World Museum on an established basis.
We are looking for enthusiastic candidates who will be responsible for maximising catering sales to their full potential. You will be required to deliver an excellent level of customer service to our visitors at all times and ensure food displays and general housekeeping are kept to a high standard.
You will need relevant experience within a catering environment, with the ability to multi-task and manage change. You must be able to demonstrate enthusiasm, excellent communication and organisational skills and work effectively within a team. Ideally, you will have received training in food hygiene.
NML Trading operates 7 days a week including weekends and Bank Holidays. We require our staff to demonstrate flexibility and be available to work shifts to meet the operational needs of the business.
The closing date for the receipt of C.V.s is Sunday 30th June 2019 at 12 noon.
We may remove the advert prior to the closing date, if we have received a high volume of applications. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid any disappointment.
Salary: £8.46 per hour
Location: World Museum
Level: Front of house
Deadline: 30/06/2019 12:00
Hours: 20
Benefits: Pension, Travel Loan Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme
Job Type: Fixed Term [F]
NML Trading Ltd currently has a vacancy for a Catering Assistant at the World Museum on a fixed term basis until 31st October 2019.
We are looking for enthusiastic candidates who will be responsible for maximising catering sales to their full potential. You will be required to deliver an excellent level of customer service to our visitors at all times and ensure food displays and general housekeeping are kept to a high standard.
You will need relevant experience within a catering environment, with the ability to multi-task and manage change. You must be able to demonstrate enthusiasm, excellent communication and organisational skills and work effectively within a team. Ideally, you will have received training in food hygiene.
NML Trading operates 7 days a week including weekends and Bank Holidays. We require our staff to demonstrate flexibility and be available to work shifts to meet the operational needs of the business.
The closing date for the receipt of C.V.s is Sunday 30th June 2019 at 12 noon.
We may remove the advert prior to the closing date, if we have received a high volume of applications. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid any disappointment.
Support The Women’s Charity – From 7pm, Thursday 11 July
Leaf, Bold Street
£5 (Advance ticket price £7 on night)
Provisional Programme:
Compare Eithne Browne – Emmerdale Star, Comedian and Proud Scouser
Fantastic event line up! Get yourself some tickets and come along.
Spoken Word Poetry:
Francesca Georgia – Writer – Francesca Georgia is a Yorkshire gal, adopted by the wonderful city of Liverpool. She writes about sex, love and mental health with dark humour, raw honesty and uncensored enthusiasm. Winner of Best New Writing for ‘The Plumbing’ at Liverpool Fringe 2018 and Liverpool Headliners Slam 2018 finalist.
Katie Jarman – A queer poet and performer who works supporting young women by day and poeting about feminism and identity by night. I’ve performed at local events and Leeds International Festival and my first play is being produced by a feminist theatre company early next year
Stand Up Comedy:
Verity Dow – Verity doesn’t like to brag BUT she is a socially awkward, thirty two year old, third wheeling professional and soon to be divorcee, who laughs in the face of danger so hard, she has to wear a tena lady! She has been writing and performing comedy for as long as she can remember and all of her stand up stories are true, based on her own entertaining experiences in attempting to adult, divorcing without dignity and surrreal social setbacks
Music:
Rachael Jean Harris Music
Galileo Girl – Galileo Girl is the name for the sonic exploration of Abi Dot from Seatbelts. Vibing, dancing and making music in Liverpool, from her basement base. Live performances
in 2018 at The Reeds, Bold Street Festival and the Invisible Wind Factory followed in 2019 in Chester for the Lobotomy Boogie. Mixing folk, spoken word, ambient guitar, and featuring different live collaborators Galileo Girl had been described as sounding like a “Mellow Sabbath” or if “Bjork and Sonic Youth had an Acoustic Child”
WHISC Yukele Band – The Sweet Spots
DJing
Luna
Story Telling:
Cath Holland
Raffle Prizes:
News From Nowhere Radical & Community Bookshop
London Carriage Works
St Johns Beacon
GO Karting Liverpool
Breakout Liverpool
Dig Vinyl
Cow Vintage
Shared Earth
The Body Shop
The Olive Tree
Uncle Sam’s Liverpool
The Painted Ladies
Dafna’s Cheesecake Factory
Chester Zoo
Unity theatre
SIREN Liverpool
Alternatively Better
Rampworx Skatepark
ODD SOCKS Entertainment Ltd
Andrew Collinge Graduates
Auction Prizes:
Everton Football Club and framing from Rennies Arts & Crafts & Airbnb
Special thanks to Yvonne Page at Dig Vinyll as volunteer stage manager and local artist Lois Tierney who will also be doing live portrait drawing at the event (proceeds given to WHISC)
Liverpool is a place with a belief in the ability of major events to effect long lasting transformational change. It is also one of the great sporting Cities and is fast becoming the destination of choice for many sports governing bodies. It has successfully bid for several world class events taking place over the next four years (World Netball Championships 2019, World Artistic Gymnastic Championships 2022, Special Olympics GB Summer Games 2021 and Rugby League World Cup 2021).
Event Project Manager World Artistic Gymnastic Championships 2022
Liverpool is a place with a belief in the ability of major events to effect long lasting transformational change. It is also one of the great sporting Cities and is fast becoming the destination of choice for many sports governing bodies. It has successfully bid for several world class events taking place over the next four years (World Netball Championships 2019, World Artistic Gymnastic Championships 2022, Special Olympics GB Summer Games 2021 and Rugby League World Cup 2021).
To support delivery of these events Liverpool City Council is recruiting for a number of posts.
Event Project Manager Special Olympics GB National Summer Games 2021
Liverpool is a place with a belief in the ability of major events to effect long lasting transformational change. It is also one of the great sporting Cities and is fast becoming the destination of choice for many sports governing bodies. It has successfully bid for several world class events taking place over the next four years (World Netball Championships 2019, World Artistic Gymnastic Championships 2022, Special Olympics GB Summer Games 2021 and Rugby League World Cup 2021).
Liverpool Homeless Football Club – Tuesday Football
LHFC mission is provide sporting and healthy opportunities to social excluded individuals who are facing adversity, to assist them to achieve their full potential through engaging in football.
Every Tuesday 10:00-12:00 At The Lucozade Power League, 2 Whittle Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool, L5 2SQ.
Coaching Session
5 A Side Football
Have Fun, Get Fit And Meet New People. Suitable For All Abilities.
Liverpool Homeless Football Club
151 Dale Street
Liverpool
L2 2AH
Expressions of Interest Invited for the CAMHS Personal Health Budget (PHB) Development Programme 2019-20
NHS England, Personalised Care PHB Delivery Team are looking for sites who are interested in developing a CAMHS PHB offer to send in an expression of interest by close of play on Friday 5 July.
The aim is to bring together a number of sites to support and learn from each other and to coproduce a replicable framework to aid the wider implementation of PHBs in this area.
LiveWire Liverpool Vacancy – LiveWire Liverpool Assistant Manager – Health Trainer programme
LiveWire Liverpool Assistant Manager – Health Trainer programme
Grade 6
Pay range (£21,320–£24,232) pro rata
Hours of work – 37 per week
LiveWire Liverpool are currently seeking the appointment to the post of Health Trainer Manager.
Working as part of a dynamic team, the successful candidate will be required to manage a team of Health Trainers, work with a wide range of partners across the city which include community groups and GP practices.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a friendly team and also the new projects that Health Trainers are involved with across the city of Liverpool.
LiveWire Liverpool Health Trainer programme has been accredited by the Workplace Wellbeing Charter, the national accreditation standard that recognises an organisation’s commitment to improving the lives of those who work there.
We received this accreditation in 2018, following an extensive process of site visits, evidence gathering, staff interviews and a final assessment. With this accreditation, we are proud to say that we are leading a healthy and happy workforce.
As a member of our team, you will be supported to make healthy choices every day, and you will receive the information and resources you need to enjoy good physical and mental health.
Experience of team management is required along with the ability to review effective working practices. The role also requires the production and analysis of a range of performance reports. An interest in healthy lifestyles would also be an advantage.
The hours of work are 37 hours per week to be worked over 5 days
For more information, please see the Role Profile.
Looking back at the first Liverpool Volunteer Show
Wednesday 5 June 2019 saw the first Liverpool Volunteer Show take place at St George’s Hall. The event was a collaboration between LCVS and Liverpool City Council. We would like to offer a huge ‘thank you’ to everyone who joined us on the day, including the 60+ charitable organisations that took a stall, as well as the members of the public that dropped in. We must also give a special mention to City Stars, for helping to meet and greet visitors and to Councillor Liz Parsons for helping to get the event off the ground.
Eluned Hughes, LCVS volunteer hub coordinator, said “I am extremely thankful to Liverpool City Council, specifically Mayor Joe Anderson’s office, for collaborating with us on such an important event. The role of the voluntary sector in the city’s service provision really cannot be overstated and volunteers are the heart and soul of the sector. We had a fantastic day at the showcase and I have since been pleased to receive feedback from lots of organisations that have signed up new volunteers as a result. Let’s hope we can build on this platform in the future.”
One of the day’s exhibitors, Lauren Jones, volunteer coordinator for Include-IT Mersey said of the day, “I just want to say a big thank you to the organisers of the volunteer show. It was well attended, we got some sign ups and I’ve had some applications already which is great. Also, linked up with some other organisations and we got on BBC Radio Merseyside.”
City Stars Liverpool said on Twitter ‘We loved helping and having a stand there as well. Met loads of new people, recruited volunteers and the networking was fantastic. Well done @lpoolcouncil and @Liverpoolcvs.’
The Liverpool Volunteer Show was featured on BBC Radio Merseyside’s evening show on the day of the event and can still be accessed via BBC iPlayer.
Sefton Women’s and Children’s Aid Vacancy – Business Support Lead
Hours: 25-28 hours per week – (negotiable) Salary: £27,609 (full-time equivalent) pro rata Based: SWACA’s Centre, Knowsley Road, Bootle, Sefton, L20 4NR A Workplace Pension Scheme is in operation
A person with excellent organisational, financial and administrative skills is required to support Sefton Women and Children’s Aid in providing a direct service to women, young people and children who have lived, or are currently living, in an abusive environment.
The successful applicant will have:
Significant experience of finance and office administration responsibilities
IT literately
Ability to work independently
experience in supporting volunteers and fundraising initiatives (ideal)
Application packs are available to download from the vacancies page on the SWACA website at www.swaca.com.
Closing Date: 21st June 2019 at 4pm
Candidates shortlisted for interview will be advised by: 28th June 2019
Have you completed this year’s ‘state of the sector’ survey?
Clinks supports, promotes and give a voice to voluntary sector organisations working with people in contact with the criminal justice system and/or their families in England and Wales. The 2019 ‘state of the sector’ survey issued by Clinks aims to build up a picture of the current challenges facing these organisations. They intend to use the survey to inform the range of support provided by Clinks to voluntary organisations, as well as the ways in which they work with others, including government departments and agencies, funders and donors.
Are you yet to complete the survey?
There’s still time to take this year’s state of the sector survey. Don’t miss this opportunity to make your voice heard and contribute to a vital source of evidence about the voluntary sector in criminal justice. The survey takes only 15 minutes.
Why it’s so important
Clinks meets regularly with key decision makers to try to ensure the voluntary sector’s role, knowledge and expertise is reflected in government policy and to maximise opportunities for the sector. To do this effectively, it is vital that they know the current state of the sector. For Clinks to speak up on your behalf and make sure their support is meeting your needs, they need up-to-date evidence on how you’re faring, so take this short survey and tell them about the challenges you’ve faced and successes you’ve achieved this past year.
Who should complete the survey?
Anyone from a voluntary sector organisation working with people in contact with the criminal justice system or their families.
Those who wish to complete the survey should respond by 5th July.
JOB TITLE: Administrator PAY RANGE: £9.00 p/h HOURS: 20 hours per week minimum, flexible PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE JOB: To provide an excellent administrative framework to assist the work of MyClubmoor, including the MyClubmoor Community Hub, and to ensure that visitors to the Hub are welcomed and supported. DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE TO: The MyClubmoor Board
MyClubmoor is a community initiative, led by local residents and backed by investment from the Big Local Trust. The initiative aims to bring together a committed, inspirational network of people to make the area of Clubmoor the best it can be. LCVS is the local trusted organisation working with MyClubmoor. As such the successful candidate will be employed by us here at LCVS and report directly to the MyClubmoor board.
MyClubmoor is growing, and has lots of exciting plans to host events and activities in Clubmoor throughout 2019 / 20, based at the community hub venue on Maiden Lane.
The team is seeking an experienced administrator, with excellent IT and organisational skills, to help them to stay on track. The successful candidate will work with two community engagement workers to help organise events, arrange meetings, produce reports and manage the MyClubmoor finances. They will also be the first point of contact for many of the residents engaging with MyClubmoor, so will need good communication and customer services skills.
This is a role that requires experience, so applicants should be confident in their ability to hit the ground running and build good relationships with the team and local residents.
MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:
1. To work with efficiency and effectiveness both independently and as part of the MyClubmoor team.
2. To provide excellent customer service when welcoming visitors to the Hub and when answering enquiries.
3. To be responsible for administrative systems and processes including supporting the staff team with reports, publicity materials and databases.
4. To maintain databases and other records.
5. To maintain basic financial records, including cash handling.
6. To be responsible for a range of essential administrative tasks such as filing, photocopying and data inputting.
7. To provide administrative support to the Board as required, including liaising with the Chairman in preparation of agendas and circulation of papers, attendance at board meetings and taking of minutes.
8. To undertake any other duties required and commensurate with the grade of the role.
The administrator is expected to be flexible in the performance of duties and to undertake other duties as appropriate.
If you are interested in applying for this role please follow the link below to download the person specification.
To apply, send a CV and covering letter to info@myclubmoor.org.uk.
The closing date for all applications is 25th June 2019.
Women’s Organisation offers free confidence boosting courses for woman
Do you know someone looking to boost their confidence and overcome barriers for a positive future? ‘Change it: Progress To Success’ has places available on the upcoming dates.
These courses are designed to help the women of Liverpool build their confidence and make the positive changes in their lives that they want. Whatever age, background or stage of life you are at, this programme will help build a more positive future.
It’s FREE and open to all women who live in Liverpool. Places available on the upcoming dates:
• The Life Rooms Walton – Thursday 13th June, 12:30-3 (6 Sessions)
• 54 St James Street – Wednesday 10th July, 10-3 (4 Sessions)
• 54 St James Street – Wednesday 7th August, 10-3 (4 Sessions)
Anyone who is interested in the programme, wants to book on or to find out more information can contact us on hello@thewo.org.uk or call 0151 706 8111
Job Title: Community Wellbeing Officer Salary: Salary: £19,500 (12-month fixed term contract with 6 month probationary period) Hours: 37.5 hours per week Place of work: Merseyside and Cheshire Responsible to: Services Manager
Purpose of post:
We’re looking for a passionate and empathic individual with qualifications and/or experience in community-led work to play a crucial role in engaging patients and communities in health and wellbeing activities. The successful candidate will be working collaboratively and creatively with local NHS Hospital Trusts, primary care, patients, clinicians and wider stakeholders to generate better health outcomes for patients.
Key responsibilities:
Undertake holistic one-to-one consultations with patients that address the social determinants of health
Deliver evidence-based interventions and training to patients, staff, and clinicians
Coordinate and deliver a varied range of educational and social inclusion courses to members of the public.
Work collaboratively with patients and clinicians to implement local action plans that address health needs and create opportunities for patients to improve their health and wellbeing.
Work closely with clinical teams around utilising community centred approaches to improve the health and wellbeing of patients
Enable and support individuals to change their behaviour to improve their health
Actively participate in clinical Multi-Disciplinary meetings, Patient Group meetings and attend wider networking opportunities; developing opportunities to work with others and supporting integrated working
Play a crucial role in the monitoring and attainment of key targets for Wellbeing Enterprises’ contracts, using a range of validated qualitative and quantitative methods
Recruit, induct, train and support volunteers
General administration duties, for example data-inputting, production of promotional materials and making/receiving phone calls
Uphold Wellbeing Enterprises CIC’s core values: People, Place and Partners
The details contained within this job description reflect the content of the job at the date it was prepared. However, it is inevitable that, over time, the nature of the job may change. Existing duties may no longer be required and other duties may be gained without changing the general nature of the post or the level of responsibility entailed. Consequently, we will expect to revise this job description from time to time and will consult the post holder/s at the appropriate time.
Job Title: Macmillan Community Wellbeing Administrator Salary: £17,500 (6 month probationary period) 12 month fixed term contract Hours: 37.5 hours per week Place of work: Liverpool City Region Responsible to: Macmillan Community Wellbeing Project Manager
Purpose of Post:
We’re looking for an experienced and highly organised Administration Officer to ensure the smooth running of community wellbeing services working in partnership with wider stakeholders.
The successful candidate will provide administrative support to the project delivery teams and will be responsible for developing and implementing efficient and effective administrative processes and procedures.
Key responsibilities:
To receive and validate referrals from a wide range of sources and contact the patient to arrange a convenient appointment
To provide comprehensive administrative support to the delivery staff
Book venues and prepare equipment and materials for wellbeing one to one appointments and group activities
To assist in the production of a range of marketing and promotional materials
To assist with the social media duties for the organisation including maintaining Twitter and Facebook
Develop and implement robust administrative processes and procedures to ensure the efficient delivery and monitoring of the service
Organise and coordinate meetings using online calendars and monitor uptake of group activities using online and telephone systems
Take minutes and prepare agendas and papers for internal and external meetings
Maintain paper and electronic records in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act
General administration duties including: filing, photocopying, answering telephone calls, taking messages and data inputting
To coordinate the work of any administrative apprenticeships or assistants in the organisation
To carry out volunteer induction sessions and liaise with volunteers, patients, partners and the wider public
Uphold Wellbeing Enterprises CIC’s core values: People Power, Positive Places and Productive Partnerships wellbeingenterprises.org.uk
The details contained within this job description reflect the content of the job at the date it was prepared. However, it is inevitable that, over time, the nature of the job may change. Existing duties may no longer be required and other duties may be gained without changing the general nature of the post or the level of responsibility entailed. Consequently, we will expect to revise this job description from time to time and will consult the potholder/s at the appropriate time. Date prepared: 29/05/19.
Closing deadline 12th June
Interview date 17th June
Salary: £22,500 p/a Normal working hours: Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm, however, may be required to work evening and weekends where necessary Full Time, permanent
Natural Breaks specialises in delivering and developing excellent bespoke services to people with disabilities and complex needs to live fulfilling lives to be valued members of society.
Operating as a successful not for profit organisation for 25 years, Natural Breaks has now converted to a charitable organisation and is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Fundraising Officer with experience in fundraising through Trusts/Foundations, Public Donations, Events and Corporates. This role is an exciting opportunity which will allow you to use your initiative and creativity to develop and promote a diverse range of fundraising activities and projects to support Natural Breaks Fundraising Strategy and income generation to maximise positive outcomes for the people we support and their families in line with our Mission.
An application pack can be obtained by emailing hannah.vaughan@naturalbreaks.co.uk
Closing date: 5th July 2019
Natural Breaks is an equal opportunities employer
UN publishes report on poverty and human rights in Great Britain & Northern Ireland
In November 2018 a UN poverty expert embarked on a two week fact finding mission to the UK. Philip Alston’s final report has now been published.
A summary of the findings states that although the United Kingdom is the world’s fifth largest economy, one fifth of its population (14 million people) live in poverty, and 1.5 million of them experienced destitution in 2017. Policies of austerity introduced in 2010 continue largely unabated, despite the tragic social consequences. Close to 40 per cent of children are predicted to be living in poverty by 2021. Food banks have proliferated; homelessness and rough sleeping have increased greatly; tens of thousands of poor families must live in accommodation far from their schools, jobs and community networks; life expectancy is falling for certain groups; and the legal aid system has been decimated.
The social safety net has been badly damaged by drastic cuts to local authorities’ budgets, which have eliminated many social services, reduced policing services, closed libraries in record numbers, shrunk community and youth centres and sold off public spaces and buildings. The bottom line is that much of the glue that has held British society together since the Second World War has been deliberately removed and replaced with a harsh and uncaring ethos. A booming economy, high employment and a budget surplus have not reversed austerity, a policy pursued more as an ideological than an economic agenda.
The main recommendations from the report are that the United Kingdom Government should:
(a) Introduce a single, multidimensional measure of poverty;
(b) Systematically measure food security;
(c) Request the National Audit Office to assess the cumulative social impact of tax and spending decisions since 2010, especially on vulnerable groups, with a view to identifying what would be required to restore an effective social safety net;
(d) Reverse particularly regressive measures such as the benefit freeze, the two-child limit, the benefit cap and the reduction of the Housing Benefit, including for underoccupied social rented housing;
(e) Restore local government funding needed to provide critical social protection and tackle poverty at the community level, and take varying needs of communities and differing tax bases into account in the ongoing Fair Funding Review;
(f) Initiate an independent review of the efficacy of changes to welfare conditionality and sanctions introduced since 2012 by the Department of Work and Pensions;
(g) Train Department staff to use more constructive and less punitive approaches to encouraging compliance;
(h) Eliminate the five-week delay in receiving initial UC benefits;
(i) Ensure that the benefit truly works for individuals, including by facilitating alternative payment arrangements and reviewing the monthly assessment practices;
(j) Review and remedy the systematic disadvantage inflicted by current policies on women, as well as on children, persons with disabilities, older persons and ethnic minorities;
(k) Re-evaluate privatization policies to ensure that the approach adopted achieves the best outcomes for the citizenry rather than for the corporate sector; transport, especially in rural areas, should be considered an essential service and the Government should ensure that all areas are adequately and affordably served.
Looking for a free, easy way to be more active? Take part in a free, short walk in your local area, at a pace that works for you. Joining a Walk for Health is a great way to stretch your legs, explore what is on your doorstep and make new friends. For over 14yrs, Ramblers Walking for Health have helped thousands of people to discover the many benefits of regular group walks. From reducing stress, to loosing weight, to sharing laughs, Ramblers Walking for Health has something for everyone.
There are loads of Cancer Research UK Race For Life events coming up in Liverpool over the coming months, including:
Pretty Muddy 5k and Pretty Muddy Kids, 2 July 2019
Sefton Park 5k and 10k, 7 July 2019
Aintree 5k and 10k, 16 July
At the moment you can enter any of these events and get 50% off the sign up fee (as of 4 June 2019) but hurry because the discount won’t be available for long!
Liverpool Community Advice Vacancy – Disability Benefits Adviser
Hours: 17.5 per week
Salary: £11,933 per annum
Contract: 12 month fixed term contract
Liverpool Community Advice wishes to appoint a Disability Benefits Adviser who will specialise in maximising the physical, mental and financial well being of people with disabilities or long-term health conditions. This will be achieved through the provision of specialist level advice and assistance on all aspects of Personal Independence Payment, Employment and Support Allowance, Carer’s Allowance, the Work Capability Assessment and the ‘Work Capability Amount’ of Universal Credit. The post holder will also provide advice and assistance on challenging unfavourable decisions up to, and including, representation at First-tier Tribunal.
For an application pack, email enquiries@liverpoolcommunityadvice.org.uk, telephone 0151 294 3040 or or write to:
Kristian Khan
Chief Executive
Liverpool Community Advice
2nd Floor
1 Union Court
Cook Street
Liverpool
L2 4SJ
Closing date: EXTENDED to 5pm, Wednesday 19 June 2019
Interviews: Week commencing 24 June 2019
Working to achieve equal opportunities
Charity Registration No: 513239
Imagine Independence Vacancies – Various
Imagine Independence is a fantastic charity that works together with people with mental health issues and other challenges to enable them to live full and independent lives. They ensure that people have decent housing, enjoy meaningful activities, have friends, a job, good health and a respected place in society. Imagine Independence is currently recruiting for a number of roles in the Liverpool and wider Merseyside area, including:
Engager Worker
Women’s Mental Health Recovery Practitioner (Crosby Women’s Service)
The Methodist Church Vacancy – Bread Making Facilitator
18 – 23, studying, taking a gap year or have some time? Do you want to work in a local church whilst developing your skills, experience and CV? Find out more about this job online.
LCVS to host Liverpool Volunteer Show with City Council
In a massive celebration of Volunteers Week 2019, over 70 of the city’s charity and voluntary organisations are coming together in St George’s Hall on Wednesday 5th June 2019.
Liverpool Volunteer Show is being hosted in collaboration between LCVS (Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services) and the Mayor of Liverpool. The intention of the event is to showcase the vibrant, important work happening every day, right across Liverpool’s charity and voluntary sector and to show the public how they can get involved, as well as how rewarding it can be to do so.
Doors will be open to the public from 10am to 3pm. The event is free to attend and there is no need to book.
Charitable organisations in attendance on the day will include Claire House, The Brain Charity, Royal Voluntary Service, Include-IT Mersey, Everton in the Community and many more. In fact, the Great Hall will be packed with representatives of not-for-profit organisations large and small, all of which are active in the local area, providing a diverse range of valuable services. Anyone who wishes to know how the city’s charitable sector could support them, or how they or their business could support the sector, is encouraged to attend.
Volunteers are absolutely vital to the third sector. The city’s charitable organisations, which deliver everything from play schemes to health services, simply could not operate without members of the public and the business community donating their time and energy. National Volunteers Week will see volunteers celebrated up and down the country between 1st and 7th June 2019. Volunteering is also a wonderfully rewarding experience that enables people to develop new skills, socialise and build their confidence, while making a real difference in their community. Liverpool Volunteer Show aims to celebrate volunteers and showcase the benefits of volunteering, in equal measure.
Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services, known as LCVS, has been the central hub of charitable activities in the city for over 100 years. The organisation works closely with the city council to encourage an efficient, coordinated approach to the provision of services. This relationship has become all the more imperative in recent years, in the face of extensive cuts to public funding.
Eluned Hughes, LCVS volunteer hub coordinator, said “I am thankful to Liverpool City Council, specifically Mayor Joe Anderson’s office, for collaborating with us on such an important event. The role of the voluntary sector in the city’s service provision really cannot be overstated and volunteers are the heart and soul of the sector. We look forward to celebrating the work that they do year-round in this public showcase, as well as inspiring the business community and the public with new ways to get involved.
“If you have ever considered giving back to your community by volunteering, or engaging with local charities in any way, I encourage you to join us in St George’s Hall on Wednesday 5th June. There will never be a better opportunity to meet a huge cross section of Liverpool’s charitable organisations.”
Councillor Liz Parsons, Cabinet member for communities and partnerships, said: “Many organisations in the city could not function without the support of volunteers and we are thankful to every single person who gives up their own time to benefit others in the community.
“This conference is a great way of showcasing the benefits of volunteering. Liverpool city council offers staff up to five days a year of paid leave to carry out voluntary work for local charities and it would be great to see more organisations offering similar benefits.”
Next Meeting of the Health & Wellbeing Organisation’s Network
Due to diary commitments and holidays we have had to reschedule the next Health & Wellbeing Network (H&WBN) meeting, (previously scheduled Tues 18th June).
The H&WB organisations network provides an opportunity for local organisations to share information and discuss issues impacting on service delivery within the city. The network enables you to step back from the critical day-to-day front-line work, to see the bigger picture and context in which we are all working. We are committed to working with local groups to recognise a collective voice and work productively to help the sector to influence practice and local decision processes.
The meeting will now be held on:
Friday 26 July 10 -12pm, here at LCVS in Conference Room’s 1&2
(Agenda & supporting docs will follow, for those confirmed as attending)
Apologies for any inconvenience, and as always we look forward to seeing you.
If you would like to know more about the network and enquire about joining us at the meeting for the first time, visit our H&WON page. If you have attended a meeting before contact Paula.atherton@lcvs.org.uk to confirm your place for 26 July.
Small Charity Week 2019 – 17th – 22nd June
Small Charity Week 2019 is coming up and this year marks the 10th anniversary of the event. There are a range of opportunities available all week, for small charities to shout about their work, get support and advice and develop skills and knowledge.
The event sill take place over six themed days:
I Love Small Charities Day: Social media competitions to win funds for your charity.
Big Advice Day: Free advice on any charity topic of your choosing from experts across the sector and business leaders.
Policy Day: Local and national events to support engagement between small charities and policy makers and influencers.
Fundraising Day: Take part in competitions and initiatives to raise vital funds for your small charity and join the Fundraising Conference to improve your knowledge on fundraising topics.
Small Charity Big Impact Day: We announce the winners of our Small Charity Big Impact Awards and celebrate the huge impact small charities have.
Celebration Day: Get involved and run an event to help raise awareness of and celebrate your amazing work.
What’s happening at LCVS during Small Charity Week?
Liverpool charities can register for a free advice session with our Capacity Building team on Monday 17th June 2019. Spaces are limited and will book up, so get the details here and register soon!
My Clubmoor grant fund now open for applications!
LCVS is working in partnership with My Clubmoor to deliver the Big Local My Clubmoor awards. If you have an idea that will help improve the lives of people in Clubmoor, or help the local economy in the ward, we may be able to help you bring your idea to life.
We are particularly keen to receive applications from Clubmoor residents and local grass roots organisations.
A member of LCVS staff will be available at the My Clubmoor Hub on the following dates to offer advice on the application process:
Wednesday 29 May, from 1pm
Tuesday 11 June, from 1pm.
You will need to be able to tell us a few things about your idea:
The closing date for this round of applications is Friday 21 June 2019.
Free Understanding Your Child courses for Liverpool Residents
Liverpool City Council is now able to offer this suite of Understanding Your Child courses to Liverpool residents for free.
Public Health and the Families Programme has purchased a 4-year licence for the online Understanding Your Child courses based on the Solihull Approach. These evidence-based, online parenting guides are aimed locally at Liverpool parents, carers and grandparents. The courses aim to strengthen relationships in ways that have long-lasting, positive effects for the entire family.
The content is split-up as follows:
1. Understanding your pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby has the same content as the Solihull approach face-to-face antenatal course with the same name.
2. Understanding your baby covers the traditional information given in a postnatal course alongside a new approach to developing a relationship with your baby.
3. Understanding your child covers ages 6 months to 18 years and is the first online course for parents to be awarded the Government’s CANparent Quality Mark accreditation.
To be eligible, you must have a postcode based within the Liverpool City Council boundary. To book these courses at no cost, enter the access code PURPLEBIN when prompted, on the website www.inourplace.co.uk.
Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton is looking for a Volunteer Organiser & Promotions Officer to join the Reconnect Service team. The purpose of this role is to ensure the successful recruitment of clients and volunteers and effective promotion of the Liverpool Reconnect Service. The successful applicant will be expected to foster relationships by engaging communities and liaising with multiple agencies predominately across Liverpool. They will also develop new and innovative ways to recruit clients and volunteers; whilst undertaking presentations and co-ordinating and distributing publicity materials.
Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton are looking for a Befriending & Re-ablement Officer to join the Reconnect Service team. The purpose of this role is to help support the independence of older people, allowing them to remain in their own home for as long as possible. The successful applicant will provide low-level support to older people; promoting self-care, social integration and aiding companionship in their own homes for up to six weeks. They will also organise and facilitate groups for older people to participate in meaningful activities.
People First Merseyside Vacancies – Project Development Workers
People First Merseyside is currently recruiting for two motivated and enthusiastic Project Development Workers to run the DAVID project (Dignity And Voices In Dying) funded by the National Lottery Community Fund. This is a unique 5-year project that will support people with learning disabilities to know about death and dying, enable them to plan for their future making death a less frightening subject.
The successful candidates will be joining a friendly and proactive team who are passionate about improving the lives of people with learning disabilities.
DAVID Project Development Worker – delivery and facilitation (FT)
The post holder will be responsible for day to day project delivery with main responsibilities including: supporting people with learning disabilities to develop the project, facilitating working groups to produce resources, administration and monitoring.
Interview date – Monday 1st July 2019
DAVID Project Development Worker – Delivery and emotional support (FT)
The post holder will have counselling experience and will be responsible for supporting people with learning disabilities to develop the project whilst ensuring their emotional needs are met. They will also be responsible for day to day project delivery.
Closing date for applications 12 noon, Friday 14 June 2019
Raise Vacancy – Marketing and Communications Intern
2-4 days per week for 4-6 months (flexible) Travel expenses paid
Established in 1999 Raise is an advice service that supports clients within their own home with welfare benefits, debt and financial capability advice at a specialist level. This is an opportunity to support the delivery the organisation’s training services in Liverpool. In order to achieve this Raise is in need of a highly motivated Marketing & Communications Intern who is organised with excellent communication and organisational skills, to help deliver an excellent welfare rights training to housing association partners.
The marketing intern will work closely with the Chief Executive and with the support of the marketing teams within Raise’s housing association partners, to implement a communications plan that will raise the profile of Raise and promote their training services.
To be considered for this role you must have excellent communication skills, strong administrative and organisational skills, and the ability to communicate and build relationships with a wide range of people. Relevant qualifications and/or work experience would be an advantage.
Closing date: 7 June 2019 Interviews will be held: 13 June 2019
Citizen’s Advice Liverpool Vacancy – Financial Capability Worker
Salary : £ 22,500 Hours: 35 per week
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking to recruit a Financial Capability Worker to work with the Building Better Opportunities – Better Off Finance (BBO) project. Better off Finance is part of the Big Lottery/European Social Fund Building Better Opportunities programme which aims to help remove financial barriers to employment amongst disadvantaged groups.
The project operates in the Liverpool City Region in partnership with the Women’s Organisation and the Workers Education Association. Financial Capability Key Workers will help their clients improve their financial situation and money management skills, helping to prepare for and sustain employment.
Closing Date for Applications: 12.00 noon Wednesday 5th 2019 Interviews will be held on Thursday 13th June 2019
The Reader Vacancy – North West Hub Leader
Based at: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB Reporting to: North West Regional Manager Salary: £17,000 – £22,000 Contract: Permanent Working arrangements: Full time and part time positions available Areas: NW Region (Wigan, Knowsley, Sefton, Wirral, Cheshire)
This role requires a motivated and community minded individual. The main thrust of the role is to sustain and expand The Reader’s Shared Reading work in a designated operational Hub, within a greater region.
Key activities of the Hub Leader role will be:
Supporting our volunteers to ensure they have a great experience and deliver quality shared reading
Building local relationships that will help us ensure our groups reach the people who need them most, attract new volunteers and provide funding for future sustainability
Liverpool Community Advice Vacancy – Disability Benefits Adviser
Hours: 17.5 per week Salary:£11,933 per annum Contract: 12 month fixed term contract
Liverpool Community Advice wishes to appoint a disability benefits adviser who will specialise in maximising the physical, mental and financial well being of people with disabilities or long-term health conditions. This will be achieved through the provision of specialist level advice and assistance on all aspects of Personal Independence Payment, Employment and Support Allowance, Carer’s Allowance, the Work Capability Assessment and the ‘Work Capability Amount’ of Universal Credit. The post holder will also provide advice and assistance on challenging unfavourable decisions up to, and including, representation at First-tier Tribunal.
For an application pack, email enquiries@liverpoolcommunityadvice.org.uk or telephone 0151 294 3040
Closing date for applications: 5pm, Wednesday 12 June 2019
Interviews: Week commencing 17 June 2019
Comics Youth Vacancies – Marketing and Communications Officer & Lead Youth Mentor
Marketing and Communications Officer
Salary: £18k pro rata
Hours: 15 per week
Contract Length: 1 year in the first instance (pending funding)
Comics Youth CIC was founded in 2015 and is an organisation led by young people, for young people. It is a registered Community Interest Company based in Knowsley.
The post of Communications and Marketing Officer is an exciting and dynamic position that will be integral to the development of Comics Youth CIC’s core mission and objectives. The post-holder will support management to expand Comics Youth CIC within the Liverpool City Region and attain support for its publishing arm, Marginal CIO.
Comics Youth is looking for a skilled, experienced and passionate communications and marketing officer who can provide marketing and communications, advice, support and guidance to the team, whilst taking the lead on developing and implementing a range of communications and campaigns. In this important role within the organisation you will have the responsibility to market and positively promote Comics Youth CIC, its projects, its staff, and most significantly its young people to diverse audiences on a regional and national scale, utilising a range of communication outlets and media platforms. With a strong ability to plan robust communications strategies and campaigns, you will work closely with Comics Youth CIC’s delivery team during the planning stage of new initiatives, particularly in support of funding applications or investment pitches, to embed objectives, actions, targets and measures intended to bring maximum exposure to project activities at various stages.
Positive, confident, highly creative and intuitive, you will be skilled in supporting the developing of Comics Youth’s fundraising campaigns and marketing collateral that connects diverse audiences of prospective donors, investors and partners, with targeted messaging and imagery that is both stimulating and compelling.
Lead Youth Mentor
Salary: £18k per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract Length: 10 months
The post of Lead Youth Mentor is an exciting and dynamic position that is integral to the development of Comics Youth CIC’s core mission and its objectives. The post-holder will support Management to expand Comics Youth CIC within the Liverpool City Region and provide an integrated package of proactive and reactive support for young people aged 8-25, with a focus on youth participation and youth voice.
Main duties:
To play a positive and proactive role as a member of a small team to ensure the successful implementation of Comics Youth projects to design and deliver a range of comic book and zine creation sessions targeting young people at risk and marginalised aged 8-25.
Identify and recruit 25 YP who fit within our key target groups of programmes across the Liverpool City Region to engage in our Marginal Leadership programme.
To design and deliver outreach programmes and initiatives which enhance young people’s active participation in the issues, services and decisions that impact on young people’s lives.
To provide comic book intervention programmes, on both a 1-2-1 and group work basis.
To provide appropriate training to build the capacity of young people and other volunteers who have a role in supporting youth work activities.
Develop publicity materials for the project, such as leaflets and posters, and make written contributions for the comics youth website, newsletter and other publications.
To develop and implement and integrated marketing campaign relating to Comics Youth CIC’s varied activities and events (including Zine newsletter, website, blog, Tumblr, emails and social media).
Turn2us is a national charity providing practical help for people who are struggling financially. The organisation is hosting two free workshops aimed at staff and volunteers who are working with people that are struggling to get by.
There are two opportunities, coming up in Liverpool, to learn how to use the Turn2us Benefits Calculator Grants Search tool. 2019 dates are 26/06/2019 and 11/09/2019.
Both sessions will be held at 109 Great Mersey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L5 2PL and will teach attendees:
To use the Turn2us Benefits Calculator using case studies so that you can use the calculator yourself
How to do a better off calculation quickly
Use our Grants Search tool which currently has approximately 1,600 grants on it with financial and non-financial support
Write a successful grant application and what most funders look for in an application
Where to access resources on Universal Credit, PIP, debt advice, information for homeless people and more
By the end of a workshop they expect all attendees to have a good knowledge of the Turn2us online tools and to have learnt about the support they offer on their website. With a bit of practice, a benefits calculation can be completed in approximately 7 minutes so long as the client’s information is all to hand.
Merlin’s Magic Wand helps families who have children facing difficulties to enjoy “Magical Days Out” by providing tickets and contributing towards a travel grant for families to enjoy their day at a Merlin Entertainments’ attraction. Staff who work with families can support them to apply for tickets. Applications can be made online and take up to 8 weeks to process according to their website.
The family of a child who meets the following criteria can apply:
Aged 2 – 18 (incl) and must have not received tickets through the charity previously
Tickets for immediate family members only (Individual Applicants only)
Serious illnesses/Long Term illnesses
Disabled (if learning disability, this must be moderate to severe and the child must have a statement of educational needs or similar)
In care home/in foster care/ adopted
Child impacted by domestic violence/abuse/bullying
Child of terminally ill or recently deceased parent/legal guardian or sibling
Registered Young Carer
Some restrictions and terms and conditions do apply, and evidence may be required. The information on the website should be read carefully before applying. Donations can also be made via the website. To find out more and read the thorough guidance, visit the Merlin’s Magic Wand website.
Supporting Families against Youth Crime – Family Mentoring Service
Liverpool City Council
Commercial Procurement Unit
Contract Number: DN409897
Contract Name: Supporting Families against Youth Crime – Family Mentoring Service
The Authority is seeking tender submissions for a government funding initiative to Support Families against Youth Crime. This is a pilot service covering period July 2019 to July 2020.
Support will provide targeted interventions for families with young people at risk (aged 5-9) and will include;
Voluntary and community sector co-ordination,
Family mentoring
Family awareness
Early help family outreach
Workforce development programme
Parenting programme
A voluntary sector coordinator will provide the initial day to day contact and support for the commissioned service as part of an existing programme to build community capacity within Early Help.
This tender exercise will cover a new Family Mentoring Service to provide early help and support to families with vulnerable young people identified for being at risk of exclusion from primary school and through association with offending groups.
Please download the full supporting documents from Procontract.
Your company will need to register on Procontract (Due North) to be able to receive the opportunity. The documents will only be available on Procontract (available via the Due North site). Once you have registered you will need to go to the “my opportunities” section on the home page of Procontract and follow the instructions as a supplier to enable you to return your submission.
To register your organisation on Procontract click on the following link https://procontract.due-north.com/register, go to suppliers’ area and click on “register free”.
Closing date for submissions 4 June 2019 at 10:00am
Greenbank Vacancies – Sessional and Casual Sports Coaches
Sessional Sport Coach
Salary: £8.69 per hour
Hours: Minimum of 5 hours per week. Session days and times to be agreed with successful candidate/s, but will include Saturday working.
Contract Type: Fixed term until April 2021
Responsible to: Empower Project Coordinator
Job Location: Main place of work is Greenbank Sports Academy, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool, L17 1AG but all employees are required to be flexible in their approach to working conditions and expected to work at other sites as and when required.
Job Purpose
To provide sport and recreational activities, sessions and support primarily for disabled people. Sport Coach will provide sports coaching for participants, remove barriers and enable them to engage in sport and physical activity opportunities.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
To provide organised coaching sessions, taster sessions and individual support as required
To maintain partnerships with voluntary and statutory organisations, education establishments and Community clubs, in order to provide an enhanced programme of sporting activities for disabled people on Merseyside.
Develop and strengthen links with local sports clubs and partnerships to encourage ongoing participation.
Give one to one support to disabled people to allow them to take part fully in community activities including sport, fitness and physical activity.
Have the ability to adapt sessions to include all people.
Have a positive attitude to overcoming barriers to an individual’s participation.
To do outreach work in schools and community groups, and to link participants into further opportunities available at Greenbank and wider Merseyside network.
To provide a smart friendly and professional service to project participants
To promote the facilities, services and experiences to potential customers, members and organisations.
Promote equality and diversity at all times.
Comply with all of Greenbank’s policies and procedures.
Attend staff meetings and training.
Carry out other duties assigned by management from time to time.
Closing date: Monday 20 May
Interview date: Tuesday 28 May
Casual Sport Coach
Salary: £8.69 per hour
Hours: Session days and times to be agreed with successful candidate/s, but could include weekend sessions.
Contract Type: Casual
Responsible to: Empower Project Coordinator and/or Sports Development Manager
Job Location: Main place of work is Greenbank Sports Academy, Greenbank Lane, Liverpool, L17 1AG but all employees are required to be flexible in their approach to working conditions and expected to work at other sites as and when required.
Job Purpose
To provide sport and recreational activities, sessions and support primarily for disabled people. Sport Coach will provide sports coaching for participants, remove barriers and enable them to engage in sport and physical activity opportunities.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
To provide organised coaching sessions, taster sessions and individual support as required
Develop and strengthen links with local sports clubs and partnerships to encourage ongoing participation.
Give one to one support to disabled people to allow them to take part fully in community activities including sport, fitness and physical activity.
Have the ability to adapt sessions to include all people.
Have a positive attitude to overcoming barriers to an individual’s participation.
To do outreach work in schools and community groups, and to link participants into further opportunities available at Greenbank and wider Merseyside network.
To provide a smart friendly and professional service to project participants
To promote the facilities, services and experiences to potential customers, members and organisations.
Promote equality and diversity at all times.
Comply with all of Greenbank’s policies and procedures.
Attend staff meetings and training.
Carry out other duties assigned by management from time to time.
Closing date: Monday 20 May
Interview date: Tuesday 28 May
Imagine Independence is a charity that promotes recovery and inclusion, enabling and supporting people to live full and independent lives. We are proud to have the support of up to 150 volunteers and over 200 staff members to help those who need us.
We are looking for a professional, dedicated and experienced Support Worker who can offer commitment to delivering high quality community-based care to service users living in the Liverpool area. You will have experience of working with people with mental health and/or learning disability needs. You will need excellent communication skills and be flexible in approach. You will have a positive attitude and be non-judgmental.
It is essential to the role that you have a committed approach towards maintaining confidentiality protecting the dignity of the individual and promoting their independence.
It’s desirable that you have at least an NVQ2 qualification in Health and Social Care.
Croxteth Gems Vacancy – Business Development Officer
Hours per week: 20
Pro-rata Salary: £32, 887.40 (35 hours per week)
Actual Salary: £14, 094.960 per annum (20 hours per week)
Contract: 9 months with the possibility of extension
Croxteth Gems, a community centre based in the heart Croxteth, is seeking to develop the strength, sustainability and longevity of the charity by employing a business development officer. The post is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.
The aim of Croxteth Gems is to provide facilities and activities that improve the health and wellbeing of the local community and bring together individuals and organisations. The organisation’s main focus is provision for children and young people that brings abut measurable, positive change. The centre boasts a soft play area, a state of the art dance studio, two games halls, a sensory room, IT suite, offices, outdoor multi games area, male and female shower and changing facilities, all set in beautiful landscaped gardens.
A business development officer is now sought to help maximize positive outcomes for service users and the Charity. This role will include income generation activities, with the aim of securing sustainable income streams, developing partnerships with third sector, commercial and statutory funders and other business development activities.
If the opportunity to work for this exciting charity appeals to you, send a CV and tailored covering letter outlining your suitability for the role to michelle@gemscentre.org.
You are advised to get in touch in advance of the closing date, to give the charity time to consider your application.
If you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Michelle on 0151 547 2664.
Closing date for applications: Friday 31st May 2019 Interview dats: Friday 7th June 2019 at Croxteth Gems
Relate Vacancy – First Voice Consultant
Relate Cheshire and Merseyside is looking for two First Voice Consultants to act as a key point of contact for clients and practitioners, and to administer the counselling service as part of the First Voice team. These are permanent roles offering an opportunity to work for a growing charity that supports healthy, happy relationships across Cheshire, Merseyside and now also Greater Manchester.
Duties will include:
Dealing with telephone and email enquiries and acting as a key point of contact for clients and other external stakeholders
Organising and administering counselling appointments, liaising with clients and practitioners as required
Operating an electronic appointment system
Working as part of a team to provide administrative support to counselling and other projects, ensuring the efficient and effective organisation of service activity
To be considered for one of these posts you must have excellent administrative skills and strong communication and IT skills.
Regular shifts are available across Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (including evening) and Friday, with working patterns to be agreed with the successful candidates. Applications are sought from candidates with the flexibility to work extra hours and provide holiday cover.
Two posts are available for between 12-20 hours per week. Both posts are subject to a Basic DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) Check.
Closing date: 22nd May 2019 Interviews: 29th May 2019
HOP Pot Grants
Happy Older People Small Grants
‘HOP Pot’ small grants enable a variety of diverse organisations to engage older people with arts and cultural projects across the Liverpool City Region.
Funded by National Museums Liverpool, ‘HOP Pots’ of up to £300 each are available to put towards new partnership projects developed by an arts or cultural organisation working alongside a community/older people-focused organisation to help make it easier for older people to access the arts.
Previous HOP-funded projects have achieved a variety of outcomes, including a reduction in social isolation by facilitating activities outside the home, improved mental stimulation, increased levels of physical activity and breaking down barriers for older people using new technology.
‘HOP Pot’ grants have funded some fantastic projects including intergenerational Chinese New Year Celebrations at a day centre, a local history-themed reading group, and African and Caribbean dance workshops for older adults.
Liverpool Homeless Football Club Shortlisted for Homeless Link Excellence Award
Congratulations to Liverpool Homeless Football Club on having been shortlisted for a Homeless Link Excellence Award in the category of Social Enterprise of the Year 2019.
Liverpool Homeless Football Club has been providing the men and women of Merseyside with free access to sporting activities, as well as other enriching activities, since 2007. The team works hard to build and develop their network, which helps members to rebuild their lives and fulfill their own potential. They provide training, health support, employment assistance and much more. Plus the organisation has recently become a registered charity.
The Homeless Link Excellence Awards celebrate the best of the homelessness and supported housing sectors, showcasing the innovative, effective work that is taking place around the country to support those experiencing homelessness. Winners of the 2019 awards will be announced at a ceremony, which will form part of the Under One Roof Annual Conference on Tuesday 2 July. We’ll be crossing our fingers for Liverpool Homeless Football Club.
Liverpool Homeless Football Club is one of the many wonderful voluntary sector organisations based here in the LCVS building at 151 Dale Street. If you would like to join us here at Liverpool’s CVS hub, get more details here.
The Prince’s Trust Fairbridge Programme Recruiting May 2019
The Prince’s Trust in Liverpool is recruiting for their Fairbridge Programme, starting Tuesday 14th May 2019. The Programme is perfect for any young people (aged 16-25) who aren’t engaged in work or education, who wish to build the skills, attitude and confidence they need to process to employment or training.
Fairbridge is a personal and social development programme which consists of 2 outdoor learning sessions a week (Tuesday and Wednesday) for 4 weeks, including activities such as climbing, abseiling, mountain/hill walking, paddling, bush craft and mountain biking, all to build confidence and resilience in the young people. The programme also incorporates activities that have been specifically developed to build skills and qualities such as communication, teamwork, problem solving, setting/achieving goals and managing feelings.
Alongside the programme participants will receive 1-1 development and progression support with a dedicated case worker for tailored support and to achieve a positive outcome to progress on to. After the 4-week programme there are opportunities to choose from several 2-3-day projects based around a specific theme, such as Sports Leadership and healthy living, community-based projects, animal welfare, performing arts. Young people will also gain accredited qualifications along with Princes Trust accredited certificates too. There is also the opportunity to take part in an adventurous 3-day residential trip. The programme is fully funded and all kit and equipment is supplied, travel costs are reimbursed and lunch/meals are provided.
For more information, to join or to refer a young person please call Jenny on 07717488542 or Daniel on 07483366340, or get in touch via the Prince’s Trust website.
Other programmes recruiting throughout May 2019 include:
Get into Customer Services- course is running from 7th-17th May, contact Rebecca on 07483981310
Get Started with Football Industries (in partnership with Everton in the Community)- Taster day on 9th May and full course running 13th-17th May, contact Daniel on 07768383992
Get Started with Radio- course taking place from the 28th May – 31st May with the taster day taking place on 22nd May. Contact Rebekka on 07484514004
Enterprise- for young people wanting to start their own business- course running between 21st-23rd May. Contact Kerri on 07484009387
Team Programme- multiple locations and start dates- text ‘call me’ to 07983385418 or call for free 0800 842 842
Find all current Prince’s Trust programmes online here.
The Reader Vacancies – Chair of the Board of Trustees & Facilities Assistant
Chair of the Board of Trustees
The Reader is seeking a new Chair of Trustees to help the organisation achieve its ambitious programme of work for the next 5-10 years. This includes developing The Reader at Calderstones, a community built on Shared Reading, at our national HQ in Calderstones Park, Liverpool, and continuing to build the reach of our national programme which currently supports the delivery of 500+ weekly Shared Reading groups in settings ranging from local libraries, care homes, hospitals, prisons, children’s centres, community spaces and secure mental health settings.
We are looking for a person who can wholeheartedly subscribe to the mission and values of The Reader, see its national development potential and can help support and guide and challenge the executive team in the delivery of their work.
Deadline: 9am, Friday 17th May 2019
Facilities Assistant
Reporting to: Head of Facilities
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £15,000 – £17,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week across 5 days on a rota basis spanning 0800 – 1800 hours, Monday to Sunday
Annual Leave: 30 days per year plus bank holidays
Based at: The Reader, Mansion House, Calderstones Park, L18 3JB
This is an exciting opportunity for a practically minded individual with a flair for manual tasks and maintaining standards. You will need to be flexible and willing to work within a team to plan and solve the problems we encounter as we use our facilities. You may not have experience of all the elements of this role, but you’ll be able to demonstrate your adaptability and willingness to learn. It’s an exciting time to join the team – we are ambitious, we like trying new things and we’re committed to learning – so if you think this sounds like you – then please apply.
Citizen’s Advice Liverpool Vacancies – I.T. Manager & EUSS Support Officer
I.T. Manager
Salary : £ 28,000 – 30,000 Hours: 35 per week (Some evening and weekend work required)
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking to recruit an experienced I.T Manager to be responsible and accountable for the smooth running of our I.T systems across our organisation. They currently have 7 sites and therefore the ability to travel between sites is essential.
The successful candidate will:
ensure that reliable I.T systems and procedures are in place across the organisation
supervise the implementation and maintenance of the organisation’s I.T needs
manage and develop a team of staff and volunteers
play an important role in delivering a diverse set of I.T and communications technology across the service that link with national office.
There are a range of exciting initiatives at Citizens Advice Liverpool over the coming year that includes the continued development of the new cloud platform, completion of the rollout of Windows 10 and the development of an I.T helpdesk.
The successful candidate will have proven professional experience in all of the above along with a detailed knowledge of Office 365 technologies and the General Data Protection Regulations.
Closing Date for Applications: 12.00 noon – Tuesday 28th May 2019
EUSS Support Officer
Salary : £ 24,000 Hours: 35 per week Duration: Fixed Term Contract to 31st March 2020
Citizens Advice Liverpool are delighted to have been awarded Home Office funding to assist vulnerable EU nationals complete their EU Settled Status applications. At a key time for ensuring people from EU countries feel welcome in the UK and can take advantage of their legal rights to remain here, they are seeking someone who shares their commitment and demonstrates a passion for working with people from diverse backgrounds.
Operating across the Liverpool City Region, the successful candidate will establish and deliver a responsive face to face, video and telephone service within a challenging timescale. They will support volunteers in Liverpool and also advisers at other local Citizens Advice in the area: Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens and Halton.
The service will in particular seek to support vulnerable people from: Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities; disabled people; people with serious health conditions; victims of domestic abuse; elderly people and young adults who have left care.
After helping applicants to identify and collate the necessary documentary evidence, they will assist them to submit their application.
The successful applicant may be required to pass a DBS check as a condition of employment. The successful applicant will demonstrate, among other things:
Ability to plan, develop and deliver a complex project with targets
Ability to sensitively empower and engage with adults who are EU nationals and experience social exclusion
Ability to coach others in using online systems
Ability to recruit, induct, train and supervise a small team of volunteers
Closing Date for Applications: 09:00am Monday 20th May 2019
Stop Loan Sharks Community Funding 2019-2020
The England Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) has funding available for groups that want to raise awareness of the issues of illegal money lending. The money available has come from the proceeds of crime taken from convicted illegal money lenders.
Illegal Money Lenders, more commonly known as Loan Sharks, lend money without having the correct permissions from the Financial Conduct Authority. They often give cash loans out without any paper work and want double the amount back or charge extortionate interest rates. When you struggle to make repayments they may use violence, threats and intimidation, to ensure you keep paying them.
The aim of this funding is to give groups the opportunity to raise awareness of the issue, in their community in a different way.
Who can apply?
Local residents, charities, community and voluntary groups, schools and statutory agencies can submit an application.
How much can you apply for?
Up to £5000
What you can spend the money on?
Funds can be spent on any worthwhile community project that meets the following criteria:
Contributes to raising the awareness of the dangers of using loan sharks
Prevents crime and disorder and publicises the Stop Loan Sharks message
Promotes the work of the Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) in communities
The application period is open till 30th June 2019
Liverpool Active Promise Fund
Liverpool Active Promise Fund – Primary Age Grants Programme
The Children and Young People’s PAS Group wishes to utilise £40,000 of the Liverpool Active Promise resource to deliver a grants programme to support education providers in developing their ‘30–60 minutes’ offer for children and young people accessing their services. The grants programme is being overseen by Liverpool City Council.
The application process has now launched and will close on Friday 24th May 2019. Grants must be fully spent by 31st March 2020.
Grants available
Funding of up to £1,500 per organisation can be accessed by primary education providers (ages 5–11) in Liverpool. Groups of organisations can apply for a grant to the value of £1500 per organisation, up to a maximum of £4500 per group.
• Organisations may submit one grant application OR be a partner organisation in one group application.
• Only one grant can be awarded per organisation or group of organisations. Organisations can only benefit from one individual grant or one group grant.
A £2.7 million programme to tackle unemployment has been launched, with backing from the European Social Fund. The Worker’s Educational Association (WEA) will be joining us here at LCVS on Wednesday 8th May 2019 to host a free briefing event and Q & A relating to this grant opportunity.
The funds have been granted by the government’s Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) in partnership with Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership to the Worker’s Educational Association (WEA), an adult education charity which provides training and learning opportunities for people at risk of exclusion.
Over the next two years, the charity will help thousands of people who face additional barriers in the workplace, such as lone parents, improve their employability and gain permanent employment.
The WEA will distribute small grants of £20,000 across Merseyside and Halton to eligible organisations in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector between April 2019 and May 2021.
Funded activities will target those aged 19 and over, from the hardest to reach communities. The funding can help all who are out of work but especially those with:
disabilities and long term health conditions
single parents
women
people from ethnic minorities
people over 50
those planning to return to the workplace after a long period of absence
The Bloom Appeal, blood cancer charity that has been growing for the past five years, is seeking application from self-employed, self-motivated and experienced fundraiser. Applications will be accepted from individuals and organisations.
The successful applicant will be required to develop a marketing and fundraising strategy for the organisation, designed to raise the profile of The Bloom Appeal and to strengthen its funding base.
For a job description and person specification, or to arrange an opportunity to discuss this role on an informal basis, please contact: Mandy Davies on: info@thebloomappeal.org.uk
Position: Autism Hubs Bridge Builder Job Reference: 19/21 Based in Sefton, Liverpool 18.75 hours per week Salary: £9,011.93 per annum Temporary post: 12 months
A new role at Imagine has been developed, in partnership with Sefton Council and Sefton Carers Centre, to provide Bridge Building support to adults with Asperger’s Syndrome, who are on the Autism Spectrum or have associated conditions.
The post holder will strengthen the quality of life for people accessing Sefton Autism Hubs, by supporting individuals into a range of community mainstream activities, including education, employment, health and appropriate groups and clubs.
You will have experience of working with people who have been excluded from mainstream society with a focus on recovery, person centred planning and empowerment.
You must be capable of building partnerships with community organisations in order to expand the range of possibilities for people accessing the service.
Our benefits include contributory company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
Closing date for applications: 12pm Monday 13th May 2019
Thousands of Liverpool Children are Positive About Play this Easter
This Easter, as Liverpool begins its partnership with Unicef to become a Child Friendly City, a dedicated collective of voluntary organisations is welcoming Liverpool children to 54 fully funded play schemes across the city. Upwards of 2,000 children per day have the opportunity to enjoy themselves in safe, enriching environments during the school holidays, thanks to the Positive About Play initiative.
Organisations including Bluecoat, The Inclusion Network, Liverpool North Central Methodist Church and many others opened the doors to their play schemes on Monday 8th April, in an operation coordinated by Liverpool Play Partnership.
The Play Partnership was established in 2012, in response to reductions in Government funding and a lack of budget for local play schemes. Led by LCVS (Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services) and Merseyside Play Action Council (MPAC), the partnership has ensured a cost-effective, collaborative approach to play scheme delivery, city-wide, for the past six years, and has been supported by the John Moores Foundation, the Youth and Play Service, the Mayor’s Hardship Fund and the Community Fund for Merseyside and Lancashire, amongst others.
Child engagement has grown steadily, year on year, thanks to support from a range of public and private sector funders. The play schemes meet vital needs for children from all communities throughout Liverpool, including some of the most deprived areas in the country. As well as sporting, craft and other activities, teams of staff and volunteers also provide meals and snacks every day, ensuring that children, including those who usually receive free school meals, are provided for during the break. Throughout the 2018 summer holidays alone, Positive About Play clocked up 8,000 volunteer hours and served 48,000 meals and snacks.
With public sector funds increasingly stretched, the future of funding for Positive About Play is far from certain but Mayor Joe Anderson has put ‘investing in children and young people’ as the number one aim in the city’s Inclusive Growth Plan and LCVS is currently working with Liverpool City Council to develop a children’s play strategy that will support the goal of investing in children and young people, as set out in the plan.
On the Easter play schemes, Kevin McIntyre of MPAC said, “Huge numbers of staff and volunteers from non-profit organisations have got off to a great start this Easter holiday and 54 play schemes are currently in full swing. At MPAC, we’ve been hard at work since the last play schemes during the February school holiday, ensuring that the people who run these schemes have the funds, supplies and support they need to provide continuity of service.
“We’re pleased to have secured a number of additional organisations to donate their time and enrich the experience for the children. Amongst others, Big World Treks is teaching woodcraft at a number of schemes, Creative Encounters is leading theatre workshops and The Windows Project is delivering writing workshops. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that volunteers their time to make these play schemes happen.”
The Positive About Play initiative is monitored and evaluated following every play scheme period. After the February scheme, Hebden Area Children’s Group reported ‘We have a lot of families that can’t afford to go anywhere plus have been hit hard by the changes to universal credit. One mother says she doesn’t know how she would manage to feed her child if it wasn’t for the help she received from the group and meals he has when he is with the group.’ Similar sentiments were reported by other schemes.
Colin Heaney, co-Chief Executive of LCVS said, “Merseyside Play Action Council does a fantastic job of managing the play scheme provision for Liverpool and ensuring that article 31 of the UN Convention is upheld in our city. Article 31 states that ‘every child has the right to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts’. This is the core principle of Positive About Play.
“Ensuring that Positive About Play continues to have the funds it needs is an ongoing project. We manage a central pot, in which those who wish to help uphold the ‘right to play’ of Liverpool children can pool their resources to do just that, in an efficient way that works in close partnership with grass roots community organisations.”
MPAC also provides training and loans equipment to organisations running play schemes. Find out more about Positive About Play.
LCVS Press Release issued 15/04/19
Citizens Advice Liverpool Vacancies – Administrator, Advisor, Assessor
There are three current job opportunities from Citizens Advice Liverpool:
Universal Support – (Help to Claim Project) Reception/Assessor
Duration: fixed-term contract to 31 March 2020
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £ 18,000 actual
Citizens Advice Liverpool is delivering an end-to-end claims support service which will be nationally consistent and provide high-quality advice for first time Universal Credit claimants. Universal Credit is our fastest growing advice issue and the evidence collected by the Citizens Advice network shows us people need more practical support to make and manage their Universal Credit claim. The “Help to Claim” service will guide people through the claims process – offering tailored support to help them use the flexibilities available in Universal Credit, helping them to get their first payment on time and making sure they’re ready to manage it when it arrives. There is a current opportunity for a reception/assessor to join the team.
We are looking for someone with excellent administrative skills, good communication and organisational skills, the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines as well as a commitment to the aims and principles of the Citizens Advice Service. The successful candidate will provide support for the Help to Claim team to deliver locally tailored delivery of digital, telephony and webchat support to Universal Credit Claimants.
Closing Date for Applications: 12.00 noon – Wednesday 8th May 2019.
Adviser – Advice on Prescription Project
Salary: £ 21,850 – Actual
Hours: 35 per week
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking to recruit an advice caseworker, preferably with experience of welfare benefits, to work within its busy social prescribing team. Candidates applying for this post will have experience of working in an advice setting and be able to demonstrate current knowledge of the benefits system.
Closing Date for Applications: 5:00 pm Tuesday 30th April 2019.
Administrator
TEMPORARY FOR 3 MONTHS to cover absence
Salary : £ 18,000 – Actual
Hours: 35 per week
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking for an experienced administrator to join the existing administration team working across Citizens Advice Liverpool sites. The Administrator will play an integral role in the organisational strength of CAL.
They will provide administrative support to staff within Citizens Advice, to ensure the office is run effectively and that project staff receive full administrative support. Candidates should have at least 1 year’s experience of working in a busy office environment and have excellent written and verbal skills with a strong ability to multi-task.
Closing Date for Applications: 12.00 noon Friday 10th May 2019
Voices From The Frontline Grants for Women’s Organisations
Voices From The Frontline supports women’s organisations to shine a light on their fight for gender equality in the UK. The fourth round of the grants programme is open for applications until Tuesday 14 May 2019.
Throughout history, every single advance for women’s rights and gender equality – including property ownership, access to education, equal pay and reproductive rights – has only ever been achieved by bold, brave women becoming informed, getting organised, mobilising others and taking action to tackle injustice and inequality head-on. Rosa Uk, the UK fund for women and girls, wants to fund this work, with grants of £500 to £5,000.
To date, Voices from the Frontline has supported more than 60 grassroots and national women’s organisations across the UK, tackling issues that have a wider impact on women beyond the direct recipients of grants. Take a look at some of the organisations supported through this programme in the video below.
A £2.7 million programme to tackle unemployment has launched this month, with backing from the European Social Fund.
The funds have been granted by the government’s Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) in partnership with Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership to the Worker’s Educational Association (WEA), an adult education charity which provides training and learning opportunities for people at risk of exclusion.
Over the next two years, the charity will help thousands of people who face additional barriers in the workplace, such as lone parents, improve their employability and gain permanent employment.
The WEA will distribute small grants of £20,000 across Merseyside and Halton to eligible organisations in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector between April 2019 and May 2021.
Funded activities will target those aged 19 and over, from the hardest to reach communities. The funding can help all who are out of work but especially:
those with disabilities and long term health conditions
single parents
women
people from ethnic minorities
people over 50
those planning to return to the workplace after a long period of absence
Round 1 of ESF Community Grants will open on Wednesday 24th April 2019 – please click here to visit the WEA website for further information and how to apply.
Wellbeing Enterprises Vacancy – High Intensity User Lead
Job Title: Halton High Intensity User Lead
Salary: £30,401 per annum or pro-rated if part-time
1 x full time or 2 x 18.5 hours (job share)
Fixed term for 1 year
Secondment will be considered.
Salary: Band 6 (£30,401per annum) or pro-rated if part-time
Closing Date: Wednesday 24th April at 5pm
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a High Intensity User (HIU) Lead to join NHS Halton Clinical Commissioning Group and Wellbeing Enterprises CIC, to work across the local health and social care system.
Wellbeing Enterprises is seeking an experienced, resilient and motivated individual, with experience of working with people with complex needs, as well as working within a fast-paced environment.
The successful candidate will work with a rolling cohort of patients who attend A&E, call 999 or have been admitted to hospital more than might be expected. They are looking for an individual whose ability to connect with people is strong enough to support the change in behaviour of people with even the most complex medical/social needs. The post holder will seek to appropriately reduce the number of emergency contacts and other care interactions across Halton. They will also work alongside a team of dedicated non-medical community wellbeing professionals who support people to address wider social issues impacting on health and wellbeing.
Based: Calderstones Park, Liverpool
Hourly Rate: £8.43 – £8.71
Hours: Minimum 8 hours per week on a rota basis spanning 0800 – 1800 hours, Monday to Sunday
Duration: Fixed Term to 30th September 2019
Deadline: 9am, Wednesday 17th April 2019
This role will work across the catering provision of The Reader Group Enterprises, in our café, ice cream parlour, and events. They will work in a team developing and delivering a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with The Reader Group’s ethos and vision and consistently delivers a high level of customer service.
The café and ice cream parlour are open seven days a week and provide a quality and affordable offer for the local community in welcoming environments. We are looking for a hard-working, honest and experienced individual who is comfortable supervising others to join our growing Enterprise team. You will be invited to participate fully in the development of our exciting Social Enterprise which offers many opportunities for growth and development.
LCVS is involved in a piece of work looking at the issue of re-offending, and is trying to establish a picture of how the local VCFS works with and supports offenders and their families.
If your organisation works or has worked with this client group, even if you have only worked with one or two individuals or families, we would appreciate your taking the time to complete a very short survey on your experience.
Liverpool City Region Talent Match Plus Programme, funded by the European Social Fund and Youth Employment Initiative and Big Lottery, is seeking to procure services to enhance our offer which support young people aged 15-29 who are furthest away from the labour market to progress into training, education or employment.
They are seeking providers to deliver the following services between 1st February 2019- 31st December 2021. Click the links for full information on each:
Mission in the Economy (MitE) is seeking to appoint a Coordinating Chaplain to manage and develop chaplaincy activities in Merseyside Police as well as chaplaincy provision in Liverpool City Centre. The ideal person will have excellent organisational skills, be passionate about enabling people to be the best that they can be and have a desire to make a difference to the people that they are working with.
The role will be divided between Merseyside Police and the City Centre and the Coordinating Chaplain will work to recruit, train and manage a team of volunteers in each location.
MitE is an ecumenical provider of workplace chaplaincy across the Merseyside region. Our chaplains come alongside people, providing a friendly listening ear to people of all faiths and none. As an independent presence in the workplace, MitE’s chaplains are ideally placed to provide a confidential and safe space to enable those they meet to flourish in their work life, wellbeing and spirituality.
This post is open to both lay and ordained people.
The Coordinating Chaplain will usually be located at Merseyside Police HQ Liverpool and Liverpool City Centre but may be required to attend elsewhere within the region.
For further information or an application pack contact: Emma Howarth: info@mite.org.uk or 0151 709 6908 or 07597 793960.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 23rd April, 2019 5pm Date for Interview (Liverpool): Friday 26th April 2019
Life Story Network (tide) Vacancies – Various
tide – together in dementia every day – is the UK wide involvement network for carers and former carers of people with dementia hosted by Life Story Network CIC and shortly to become a charity in its own right. Through our Carers Development Programme, tide invests in carers and former carers, equipping them with the knowledge, skills and confidence to speak up to influence practice, policy and research at all levels in dementia care and support across the UK.
We are a dynamic and growing team of social entrepreneurs, working within a human rights framework to empower the carers and former carers of people with dementia to become a sustainable social movement and bring about change.
2019 will be an exciting year for tide. Building on our success over the past three years, we have been awarded a Big Lottery UK Portfolio grant of £1.2m to expand in England (with a focus on Yorkshire and Humber), establish tide in Wales and Northern Ireland and, combined with our existing funding of £1.4m over four years from the Life Changes Trust in Scotland, realise our ambition of tide becoming a UK wide involvement network for the carers of people living with dementia.
We are looking to expand our team to deliver this transformative social movement and want to attract inspirational and committed people to complement our existing team. We are looking for:
National Carers Involvement Lead for England – The right person will be committed to ensuring that carers of people with dementia are respected, valued and provided with the opportunities to shape, influence and inform the future direction of dementia policy, research, commissioning, training and practice in each England (particularly the North). A key task will be to put a learning and development infrastructure in place to empower carers and former carers to have a collective voice.
Learning and Development Coordinator (England) – you will work with the National Carers Involvement Leads and other Coordinators to accelerate the development of an inspiring Carer Development Programme based on the identified needs of tide’s carer members. Along with the Carer Involvement Leads, you will deliver the Carer Development Programme in your country of operation and will work with the wider Learning and Development team to support the delivery of the programme across the UK. You will be responsible for capturing evidence of impact from those same groups of people.
Learning and Development Coordinator (Scotland) – you will work with the National Carers Involvement Leads and other Coordinators to accelerate the development of an inspiring Carer Development Programme based on the identified needs of tide’s carer members. Along with the Carer Involvement Leads, you will deliver the Carer Development Programme in your country of operation and will work with the wider Learning and Development team to support the delivery of the programme across the UK. You will be responsible for capturing evidence of impact from those same groups of people.
Carers Involvement Lead For Wales –Along with the National Carers Involvement Leads in England and Scotland /Northern Ireland, you will work in partnership with local and regional agencies across the health, social care and third sectors in Wales to identify carers and former carers of people with dementia, who want to influence change and make a real difference. As well as a geographical focus your role will have a specific thematic lead for tide.
Carer Involvement Lead for Greater Manchester –Along with the National Carers Involvement Leads in England and Scotland /Northern Ireland, you will work in partnership with local and regional agencies across the health, social care and third sectors in Greater Manchester to identify carers and former carers of people with dementia, who want to influence change and make a real difference. As well as a geographical focus your role will have a specific thematic lead for tide. (Please note this role has a earlier closing date of 9.4.19)
Communications and Marketing Manager – Passionate & proactive, the ideal candidate will be educated to degree level or equivalent and have significant experience in producing and managing high quality communications and developing a visible and meaningful organisational profile. This is an exciting role which will support tide and LSN to have a national profile increase its scale and support more people across the UK.
Job descriptions, the standard application form, guidance pack and monitoring form can all be found via the Life Story Network site here.
Savera UK Vacancy – Community Outreach Worker (Female Only)
Contract: 22.5 hours per week with a possibility of increasing hours (1 year fixed term contract) NJC Scale: £25,350 (pro rata) | Actual: £17,128 Location: Merseyside & Cheshire
Primary Purpose of Position:
The post holder will work as part of Savera UK’s team and will be required to work across the Merseyside and Cheshire areas. The Community Outreach Worker is to work with Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities to raise awareness about harmful practices and domestic abuse as well as working in partnership with agencies (both statutory and voluntary) to liaise and facilitate community sessions and engagement related to harmful practices, domestic abuse and the impact it can cause on individuals and families. The post holder will also have responsibilities to support the team in recruiting volunteers and promoting the work Savera UK across communities, agencies and professionals. Culture and tradition hugely influence the lives of BME communities and the post holder will require demonstrating their understanding of cultural sensitivity at the same time being able to challenge attitudes around culture and traditions that are recognised as harmful practices.
Full details and application information can be found here.
Closing date: Friday 19th April 2019
The Reader Vacancy – Story Hunter
Based: Calderstones Park, Liverpool
Salary: £8.21 ph
Hours: Minimum 6 hours ( working pattern covers 0900 – 1900, Monday to Sunday with regular weekend work)
Duration: Fixed Term to 30th September
The Storybarn is a creative, interactive environment in which children can feel thoroughly alive and creative in the company of quality literature. We believe that books offer children a way to understand the world in which they live and the worlds inside themselves. The Reader exists to provide book-routes into this inner space, and to develop shared understandings of both it, and the outer world.
Training will be provided with space for creative adaptation of delivery for applicants to really make the role their own.
This role could be for you if you:
Passionately believe in the value of reading
Are flexible, enthusiastic and positive
Are incredible outgoing and confident working with children and families
Are compassionate and creative
North Liverpool Foodbank Vacancy – Foodbank Coordinator
Are you passionate about making a difference to those who are hungry or struggling to put food on the table in Liverpool today?
St Andrew’s Community Network is seeking to appoint a passionate and enthusiastic individual to oversee all aspects of the delivery of North Liverpool Foodbank. This includes encouraging emergency food donations, coordinating the storage and distribution of emergency food, and supporting partners to ensure the best possible support to vulnerable people. We require the ideal candidate to have a demonstrable knowledge of what foodbanks are for, the way they work and the values they hold.
North Liverpool Foodbank is a complex operation involving multiple volunteers and partnerships with other churches and community groups. Working alongside a team of volunteers, logistics driver and development officer this role is a wide and varied role that requires the ability to plan very effectively and will need excellent organisational and management skills. The ideal candidate must have experience of managing diverse projects and people.
We’re looking for an eye to detail, an ability to assure quality, and encourage positive changes in practice. You must be able to work effectively as part of a team but be self-motivation and a good communicator.
The post is 22.5 hours per week normally spread between Monday – Friday, paid at £23,166 pro-rata. Occasional weekend work will be required. Due to the limitations of our insurance policy, you will hold a current, valid driving license and be over the age of 25.
Applications should be made by sending an email outlining why you are interested in this role and how you feel you meet the requirements of the job description. You should also include a copy of your latest CV and two references, at least one of which should be your current / previous employer.
A copy of the detailed role description is available here
SPOTLIGHT on Business Planning For Success training at LCVS
Who is our business planning for success training course for, why attend and what do participants get from the day? We sat down with trainer Christina Dempsey from the LCVS capacity building team to find out. Chris is a qualified social enterprise/business advisor, with over 20 years’ experience in the voluntary and community sector. She has supported many potential, new and existing charities and social/community enterprises on their journey towards sustainability.
Who is the course aimed at?
Our training is aimed at organisations within the charity and voluntary sector. Almost every organisation within that sector could benefit from this training, unless they already have a robust, up-to-date business plan that is being used regularly to help the organisation operate efficiently.
A business plan is a working document that helps you to follow a strategic direction, toward an ultimate aim. If you’re starting up a new organisation, this training will help you to put your best foot forward from the beginning. If you created a business plan years ago and rarely refer to it, then reviewing it could breathe new life into your organisation; this training will equip you with lots of ways to do just that.
Why create a business plan?
There are many great reasons for voluntary sector organisations to create and maintain an up-to-date business plan. The chances are that you are going to need to make a clear case to funders and/or investors throughout the life of your organisation. Clarifying your market position, aims, objectives etc will help you enormously when you come to illustrate this. Periodically reviewing and revising your business plan will keep it current, so that it’s there for you as a resource whenever you need to draw from it.
Done correctly, a business plan will also help you to unify all of your stakeholders behind a clear vision and to manage your organisation for maximum efficiency.
What will participants get from the day?
With support from the trainer, they will begin developing or reviewing their vision and mission statements (who they are). They will begin to gain an understanding of their position in the market they’re operating in (where they are now) and ultimately, their unique selling point. They will then begin developing or reviewing their aims and objectives (where they want to be). Finally, they’ll start to consider marketing and promotion, monitoring and evaluation systems and an implementation plan, including any resources they may need (how they’re going to get there).
Basically, by the end of the day, participants will have started work on the main components of a business plan. They will also be equipped with the tools they need to move forward and compile a clear, focused and robust business plan – including a template to get them started.
Why train with LCVS?
Our expertise is in our name. The team here at Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services are experts in our sector and our local area. There are unique things to consider when creating a business plan for a non-profit organisation and they are the very things that our organisation has specialised in for over 100 years!
It’s been a record breaking year for LCVS fundraising!
LCVS is proud to have supported community organisations to secure over £5m in the last 12 months. This exceeds our previous record, achieved in 2018, by £1.7m.
The range of funding sources continues to grow, with funding being secured from public sector, trust and foundations, Lottery funding, private donations and social investment.
Richard Davies, capacity building team leader, said, “With public spending cuts continuing to bite, the need to help community organisations secure funding for their work has never been greater. With that in mind, LCVS has worked tirelessly to help groups identify sources of funding, shape their project ideas to make them funding ready, set in place the systems they need to manage their projects and make their best case to funders.
“In the last 12 months we’ve been particularly pleased to see how the sector has adapted to the new reality of reduced statutory funding, by looking at new and innovative ways to generate income, including social investment.”
LCVS offers a range of fundraising support services, including: identifying funders, application/bid review, bid writing, income generation strategy support, training and one-to-one advice.
Sharon Williams, project manager at Netherley Youth & Community Initiative, said, “LCVS is an amazing organisation, dedicated, reliable and always there in our hours of need. In the last year alone they obtained just over £100,000 to help us become sustainable for the next three years and continue to offer our daily, quality care for local families coping with hardship. They are absolutely fantastic in what they do and always offer a helping hand for local grass-roots voluntary organisations like ourselves. A huge big thank you for believing in us! great and remarkable team.”
If you would like to discuss your fundraising needs, please contact LCVS on 0151 227 5177 or complete our online enquiry form to have a member of our capacity building team get back to you. As a not-for-profit organisation you never have to face challenges alone.
Anthony Walker Foundation Vacancy – Project Manager
Salary: £25,213 FTE (pro-rata 16 hours per week) Location: Liverpool based office, with travel across Merseyside Contract: fixed-term, funded for 11 months with the successful applicant taking up the post on 1 May 2019
The Anthony Walker Foundation (AWF) is recruiting a Project Manager for a new, exciting and challenging community project funded by the P. H. Holt Foundation.
The post requires the successful applicant to plan, deliver and evaluate the Community Diversity Champions Project, an initiative to identify and work with members of the community to take an active role in responding to and supporting the wider community who may be experiencing hate incidents throughout Merseyside.
The role will seek to promote and increase the reporting of hate incidents whilst developing the skills, knowledge and experience of the Community Diversity Champions to operate effectively in their own communities. An essential requirement for the post is at least 2 years’ proven experience in successful delivery of capacity and capability projects with people from disadvantaged communities.
For an informal discussion regarding the post, and to request an application pack, please contact AWF on 0151 237 2974 or email info@anthonywalkerfoundation.com
Closing Date for applications: 18 April 2019 Interviews Scheduled for: 29 April 2019
The Anthony Walker Foundation is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from our diverse communities.
Citizen’s Advice Liverpool Vacancy – IT Manager
Hours: 35 per week (some evening and weekend work required) Salary: £28,000-£ 30,000
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking to recruit an experienced I.T Manager to be responsible and accountable for the smooth running of our I.T systems across our organisation. We currently have 7 sites and therefore the ability to travel between sites is essential.
You will ensure that reliable I.T systems and procedures are in place across the organisation and you will supervise the implementation and maintenance of our I.T needs. You will manage and develop a team of staff and volunteers. You will play an important role in delivering a diverse set of I.T and communications technology across the service that link with our national office.
There are a range of exciting initiatives at Citizens Advice Liverpool over the coming year that include the continued development of the new cloud platform, completion of the rollout of Windows 10 and the development of an I.T helpdesk. The successful candidate will have proven professional experience in all of the above, along with a detailed knowledge of Office 365 technologies and the General Data Protection Regulations.
To apply to join us, please find the recruitment pack that details the full job description, person specification and application form on our website at https://www.citizensadviceliverpool.org.uk/job-opportunities or email recruitment@caliverpool.org.uk.
Closing Date for Applications: 12.00 noon – Monday 29th April 2019 Interviews will be held – Friday 3rd May 2019
Citizens Advice Liverpool recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian Minority Ethnic people, as they are currently under represented in our workforce.
Merseyside Domestic Violence Services Vacancy – Development Officer
Pro-rata Salary: £26,936 (37 hours per week) Actual Salary: £17,472 per annum (24 hours per week) Hours per week: 24 hours (days and times to be negotiated)
Are you an enthusiastic, personable individual with excellent communication skills and good attention to detail?
Merseyside Domestic Violence Services (MDVS) is looking for a Development Officer to play a vital part in their new project, an integrated safety service for female victims/survivors and male perpetrators of domestic violence. Funded by the Steve Morgan Foundation, this is an exciting new role to help the charity grow in new, interesting and sustainable ways by securing income and developing partnerships with a range of funders.
MDVS is a voluntary organisation working with women, children, young people and families whose lives have been affected in some way by the issues related to domestic violence and cultural/honour-based crime. Since becoming established in 2003 they have developed a multi-agency approach that enables them to deal successfully with many cultural and societal issues, barriers, and stigma associated with domestic violence.
To succeed in this role you will have proven success of securing substantial income from at least one fundraising specialism. This can include community/public fundraising, corporate support or trusts and foundations. In return, this role will provide you with the perfect opportunity to expand your fundraising knowledge and make a huge impact in one of Merseyside’s inspiring charities.
How to Apply
If the chance to work for this exciting charity appeals to you, contact Ayla Nasuh on 07802 722 703 or ayla.mdvs@ymail.com to request a full job description.
Closing date: Friday 12th April 2019 Interview date: Wednesday 17th April 2019
Healthwatch Vacancy – Information and Project Officer
Healthwatch Liverpool is looking to recruit someone to join the engagement team.
Interested applicants are invited to submit an application form explaining their interest in, and suitability for, the role in line with the job description and person specification provided. Full details can be found at www.healthwatchliverpool.co.uk/information-project-officer-engagement
Please submit completed application forms by email to recruitment@healthwatchliverpool.co.uk or by post to Healthwatch Liverpool, 4th Floor, 151 Dale Street, L2 2AH. Applications sent by email should be received no later than midnight on Sunday, 21st April, 2019. Applications submitted by post or delivered by hand must reach us by 5pm Friday, 19th April, 2019 and should be marked Recruitment.
Wired Vacancies – Admin Officer and Support Officers
Administration and Information Officer – Liverpool & Knowsley SEND IASS
Hours: 16 hours per week Salary: actual £8,557 (FTE £18,764) plus benefits Holidays: 27 days’ holiday per annum (pro rata) Contract period: 1 year fixed-term contract
Wired is a registered charity that provides a range of services to disabled adults, children, young people, parents and carers. WIRED is seeking to appoint a positive and organised Administrator and Information Officer to work within Liverpool & Knowsley SEND IASS (Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Information, Advice and Support Service). The successful candidate will have a proven track record of delivering high quality administrative support and customer service to a wide range of stakeholders.
The Administration and Information Officer is a first point of contact for children and young people with SEND (Special Educational Needs/Disabilities), their parents/carers, and multi-agency professionals. The Administration and Information Officer will provide efficient & effective administrative support to Liverpool & Knowsley SEND IASS to enable the smooth running of this fast-paced service.
It is essential to have experience of developing and maintaining effective administrative systems in an office environment. You will need to demonstrate a high standard of communication and customer service skills and the ability to remain calm under pressure. You will have a good working knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Adobe Acrobat writer (or equivalent packages), and databases, experience of working with Microsoft Dynamics would be an advantage. The person appointed will need to be competent at making day-to-day decisions and able to manage their time efficiently.
For an informal discussion to find out more about the role please call 0151 522 7990 and ask for Natalie Johnson. If your skills are appropriate for the role we will contact you to request that you complete a full application. To download a full recruitment pack please search http://www.wired.me.uk/Current-vacancies.asp
Recruitment is conducted in accordance with WIRED’s Equality and Diversity policies and procedures. WIRED is committed to Safer Recruitment Practices. Enhanced DBS check required. WIRED welcomes applications from disabled people.
Postal Applications to be returned to: Wired, (Marked Private and Confidential – Liverpool & Knowsley IAS Manager)
Closing date: 12th April 2019
Children and Young Person SEND IASS Support Officer – Liverpool & Knowsley SEND IASS
Hours: 18 hours per week Salary: actual £10,024 (FTE £19,492) plus benefits Holidays: 27 days holiday per annum (pro rata) Contract period: 1 year fixed-term contract
WIRED is seeking to appoint a dynamic and self-motivated Children & Young Person SEND IASS Support Officer to work within Liverpool & Knowsley SEND IASS (Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Information, Advice and Support Service). The successful candidate will have a proven track record of working with children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities using a multi-agency approach.
The Children & Young Person SEND IASS Support Officer will empower children, young people with special educational needs/disabilities to make an informed contribution to decisions made about their education, health or care. The role will involve providing information, advice and support based upon the Children and Families Act (2014), SEND Code of Practice (2015) and other relevant legislation and guidance. The successful candidate will have experience of translating information to make it accessible for children and young people with complex needs.
It is essential to have experience of designing and delivering presentations. You will have a good working knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Adobe Acrobat writer (or equivalent packages), and databases. Experience of developing children and young person services or projects would be an advantage. The person appointed will need to be competent at making day-to-day decisions, able to manage their time efficiently and have a full, clean driving licence.
For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please call 0151 522 7990.
Recruitment is conducted in accordance with WIRED’s Equality and Diversity policies and procedures. WIRED is committed to Safer Recruitment Practices. Enhanced DBS check required. WIRED welcomes applications from disabled people.
Postal Applications to be returned to: Wired, (Marked Private and Confidential – Liverpool & Knowsley IAS Manager)
Closing Date: 12 April 2019
Interviews: scheduled for week commencing 22nd April 2019
Email applications to be emailed to: contact@wired.me.uk
SEND IASS Support Officer – Liverpool & Knowsley SEND IASS
Hours: 25 hours per week Salary: actual £13,923 (FTE – £19,492) plus benefits Holidays: 27 days holiday per annum (pro rata) Contract period: 1 year fixed-term contract
WIRED is seeking to appoint two positive and proactive SEND IASS Support Officers to work within Liverpool & Knowsley SEND IASS (Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Information, Advice and Support Service). The successful candidate will have a proven track record of delivering high quality information, advice and support in a fast-paced environment.
The SEND IASS Support Officer will empower children, young people with special educational needs/disabilities, and their parents/carers to make an informed contribution to any decisions made about their education, health or care. The role will involve providing information, advice and support based upon the Children and Families Act (2014), SEND Code of Practice (2015) and other relevant legislation and guidance.
It is essential to have experience of managing a caseload. You will need to demonstrate a high standard of communication and customer service skills and the ability to remain calm under pressure. You will have a good working knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Adobe Acrobat writer (or equivalent packages). IPSEA training would be an advantage. The persons appointed will need to be competent at making day-to-day decisions, able to manage their time efficiently and have a full, clean driving licence.
For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please call 0151 522 7990. Recruitment is conducted in accordance with WIRED’s Equality and Diversity policies and procedures. WIRED is committed to Safer Recruitment Practices. Enhanced DBS check required. WIRED welcomes applications from disabled people.
Postal Applications to be returned to: Wired, (Marked Private and Confidential – Liverpool & Knowsley IAS Manager)
Closing date: 12th April 2019
Interviews: Scheduled for week commencing 22nd April 2019
Email applications to be emailed to: contact@wired.me.uk
Refugee Women Connect Vacancy – Office Manager
Duration: 12 months Hours: 28 hours per week Contract may be extended, subject to funding
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an established and growing charity in Merseyside, working with women asylum seekers and refugees. Refugee Women Connect is looking for an experienced office manager, with strong finance and IT skills, to join the team and manage the day to day running of the office.
Refugee Women Connect is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all members of the community. Due to the nature of the work of the charity this role is open to women only (Exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1).
Citizen’s Advice Vacancy – Specialist U.C Adviser
Universal Support – Specialist U.C Adviser (Help to Claim Project) Duration: fixed-term contract to 31 March 2020. Hours: 17.5 hours per week – Salary: Salary £23,000 p.a. pro rata, £11500 actual
We have an exciting opportunity for a part time specialist U.C adviser to join the Universal Support Help to Claim project.
Citizens Advice Liverpool is delivering an end-to-end claims support service which will be nationally consistent and provide high-quality advice for first time Universal Credit claimants. Universal Credit is our fastest growing advice issue and the evidence collected by the Citizens Advice network shows us people need more practical support to make and manage their Universal Credit claim. The service will guide people through the claims process – offering tailored support to help them use the flexibilities available in Universal Credit, helping them to get their first payment on time and making sure they’re ready to manage it when it arrives.
You will support the existing ‘Help to Claim’ team by helping claimants to challenge the DWP or appeals. You will advise clients what elements they should look out for when they get their first payment, and you will help clients who think their first payment is delayed, wrong or incomplete. You will help with supplying the right evidence, showing that claimants have fulfilled their claimant commitment and support appeals for clients who have failed the underlying Habitual Residence Test when applying for UC.
To apply to join us, please find the recruitment pack and application form on our website:
Closing Date for Applications: Midnight – Thursday 18th April 2019 Interviews will be held: Monday 29th April 2019
Citizens Advice Liverpool recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian r Minority Ethnic people, as they are currently under represented in our workforce.
April Training Opportunities at LCVS
We have lots of advice and training opportunities coming up in April, for Liverpool’s charity and voluntary sector to take advantage of. Book your places now and please share this timetable with anyone else you feel could benefit from our training.
How to measure and prove your impact LIMITED PLACES REMAINING
Monday 8 April 2019, 10am-4pm
Now more than ever, it is important to be able to effectively measure and prove the impact that your organisation is having. In this day-log session, your staff and board members will pick up a wealth of knowledge and practical guidance on how to do just that, from the experts here at LCVS.
Proposal bid and application review FREE OF CHARGE
Tuesday 9 April 2019, 1-4pm
Would you like some support with funding proposal? If your proposal is fully written, book one of our last remaining April appointments to receive a review and face-to-face feedback at no charge.
Capacity building advice surgery FREE OF CHARGE
Thursday 11 April 2019, 1-4pm
Book at appointment with the LCVS Capacity Building Team and pick our brains! We can answer your questions on issues such as governance, business planning, income generation, marketing and more. Advice surgeries are a free monthly service, available to Liverpool-based individuals and organisations working within the voluntary sector. Places book up fast, so if you would like an April appointment get in touch now.
How to plan and run a trustee induction
Monday 15 April 2019, 10am-1pm
Without an effective induction, trustees can feel unsure of what is expected of them and this can lead to problems for the organisation, further down the line. Avoid these problems by equipping yourself to create and carry out effective trustee inductions.
Dealing with funder assessments
Tuesday 16 April 2019, 10am-1pm
In many cases, the answers you give during your funder assessment can mean the difference between an award being made and an application being rejected. If you are currently applying for funding, or considering making a funding application, equip yourself and your organisation to have the best chance of success.
Managing your volunteers
Wednesday 24 April 2019, 10am-4pm
Would you like to improve volunteer retention, learn ways to motivate your volunteers and support those who give their time to your organisation? Join us to learn good practice techniques that could benefit your volunteers and your organisation as a whole.
We keep our prices low and offer free advice on a monthly basis, to make LCVS training sessions as accessible as possible. We also keep group sizes small, so that everyone gets the support they need; as a result there are limited places remaining at all of our April sessions. Book online now to avoid disappointment.
South Liverpool Community Connect Fund Now Accepting Applications
We are pleased to announce the launch of the South Liverpool Community Connect Fund. This fund, a partnership between Capacity and LCVS, will help voluntary sector organisations working in, or connected to, South Liverpool to support GP practices to connect their patients to community assets.
There is an increasing number of people presenting to their GP with non medical needs. This is leaving patients and GPs feeling frustrated. We know there is a wealth of community assets sitting across South Liverpool; however, patients are not connecting with them as well as they could.
We are looking to commission a lead agency in South Liverpool that can help develop a local partnership with other small to medium voluntary, community and faith (VCF) organisations in the area to help design and test a solution to this problem. There is £25k available and it is expected that this will be used to help fund local activity that connects patients with local VCF organisations.
The successful applicant will work across primary care settings in the south of Liverpool to engage residents with community activity, working in partnership with other small to medium VCF organisations.
30 hours per week | Salary: £15,444
Closing date for applications: Sunday 7 April 2019
Proposed interview date: Monday 15 April 2019
For an application form and pack: bethan.harries@sightline.org.uk
Contract: Reaching communities Big Lottery funded until February 2020
Sightline is a unique service delivering practical and emotional support to the visually impaired community through a confidential, evening, Freephone helpline. The helpline service is available to callers with any visual impairment, families, carers and professionals.
Staffed by trained visually impaired volunteers the service operates each evening between 6-10pm.
Funded by Reaching Communities Big Lottery grant, we are looking to recruit a Telephone & Befriending coordinator to develop and support the existing service.
The successful candidate will work with the Service Manager to recruit, train and support volunteers; promote and deliver the existing telephone helpline & co-ordinate the telephone befriending service.
The post will have its office base in Preston, but the role involves working across the North West of England. Clean driving license needed.
Comics Youth Vacancy – Youth Mentor
Comics Youth is a Social Enterprise that delivers comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects for disadvantaged children and young people within Merseyside. The overall ethos of the organisation is to break down participation barriers and make projects accessible for children and young people aged 8-18 through delivering comic book creation and guided reading sessions in safe, inclusive and indiscriminate community venues. (For more information please visit www.comicsyouth.co.uk)
Comics 180! is a BBC Children in Need funded project that will engage young people with disabilities within the Liverpool area to create, design and publish original comic books and zines regarding their disability status, salient community issues and topics of interests that are important to them.
The organisation is currently recruiting for the following post:
Youth Mentor (3-year fixed term contract)
Salary £18k pro rata
Hours: 20 hours per week
Main duties: Support the delivery of a Comic Book, Zine creation and literacy project by co-developing and delivering sessions in conjunction with children and young people:
With support of the Project Manager to engage, recruit, and support the hardest to reach young people through multimedia, comic book creation, zine and involvement in digital and print media hubs
Support young people to attain AQA qualifications.
Administer and track the progress of children and young people’s individual AQA progress and attainment.
Facilitate the participation of young people in the planning, development, design and implementation of all projects available to them.
Design comics and zines to support young people.
Take part in commissioned opportunities to increase the sustainability of the organisation.
Deadline for applications is 5pm on Tuesday 16 of April 2019
For a copy of the job description and details on how to apply, e-mail rhiannon@comicsyouth.co.uk or call Rhiannon Griffiths on 0752 536 9624 and leave a message.
Wellbeing Enterprises Vacancies – Community Wellbeing Officers
Community Wellbeing Officer x2
Salary: Salary: £19,500
Contract: 2-year fixed term with a 6-month probationary period
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Place of work: Merseyside and Cheshire
About this role:
We’re looking for a passionate and empathic individual with qualifications and/or experience in community-led work to play a crucial role in engaging patients and communities in health and wellbeing activities. The successful candidate will be working collaboratively and creatively with local NHS Hospital Trusts, primary care, patients, clinicians and wider stakeholders to generate better health outcomes for patients.
Please return your completed application form and equality and diversity monitoring form to info@wellbeingenterprises.org.uk by 12 April 2019.
Macmillan Community Wellbeing Officer
Salary: Salary: £18,500 – £20,000
Contract: 8 month fixed term, with possible extension
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Place of work: Liverpool City Region
About this role:
We’re looking for a passionate and empathic individual with qualifications and/or experience in community-led work to play a crucial role in engaging patients within the Macmillan cancer support team in health and wellbeing activities. The successful candidate will be working collaboratively and creatively with practice patients, staff, Clinicians and wider stakeholders to generate better health outcomes for patients.
Please return your completed application form and equality and diversity monitoring form to info@wellbeingenterprises.org.uk by 12 April 2019
Welfare Rights Caseworker – Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre
Job Advert – Welfare Rights Caseworker
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre is a small community-based Law Centre and has been in existence since 1973 serving the community of the City of Liverpool. We have recently been awarded funding for a new Welfare Rights Caseworker who will be joining our small staff team.
Welfare Rights Caseworker – Job Description
Role purpose
To assist in providing an efficient and effective Welfare Benefits advice service to assess eligibility, maximise income and review and appeal decisions as appropriate.
Required to provide advice through various service delivery points, including outreach locations.
Hours: 35 hours per week
Accountability: Accountable to the Law Centre Solicitor
Term: Subject to funding. (12 months currently, additional funding being sought)
Salary: up to £27,050 p.a. +5% Pension Contribution
The closing date is Tuesday 26th March 2019, at noon.
Interviews are planned to take place on Thursday 28th March 2019.
For an application pack please send an email to advice@lawcentre.vnc.org.uk and head your email “Welfare Rights Caseworker 2019”
The Reader Vacancies – Management Accounts Supervisor and Finance Assistant
Management Accounts Supervisor
Vacancy Reference Code: 25/2019 – Please quote this code on the application form
Based: Calderstones Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB
Reporting to: Finance Manager
Salary: £22,000-£27,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week, 30 days annual leave (part time/ flexible working hours will be considered)
Duration: Permanent
About this role:
This role calls for an exceptionally highly-motivated and dedicated person who shares our values. This is a diverse role that requires an ability to maintain a financial overview, undertake day to day transactions and be adaptable to the needs of the organisation. This role will give you exposure to the full breadth of the management accounting function.
Vacancy Reference Code: 26/2019 – Please quote this code on the application form
Based: Calderstones Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB
Reporting to: Finance Manager
Salary: £15,500 – £17,000 per annum (depending upon experience)
Hours: 35 hours per week, 30 days annual leave (part time/ flexible working hours will be considered)
Duration: Permanent
About this role:
This role calls for an enthusiastic, highly-motivated and dedicated person who shares our values. This is a diverse role that requires an ability to learn a breadth of finance processes, undertake day to day transactions and be adaptable to the needs of the organisation. Over time, this role will give you exposure to the full breadth of the management accounting function.
Part of the requirement of this role will be to undertake an apprenticeship AAT qualification.
MPAC Vacancy – Programme and Administration Officer
The post is based at: MPAC, Bridport Street, Liverpool, L3 5QF
Reporting to: Kevin McIntyre, Manager
Rate of Pay: £9.50 per hour – £17,290 p.a.
Hours: 35 Hours per week
Duration: Permanent Contract following a 3 month probationary period
About the Role:
The Post holder will take responsibility for dealing with face to face, email and telephone enquiries from tenants, MPAC’s customers and its members. The post holder will take overall responsibility for the handling of DBS (Data Barring Service) applications. The distribution of application forms six times each year for out of school play scheme funding grants. The review of applications, distribution of grant allocations and ensuring the smooth running of the evaluation reporting process.
The closing date for applications will be Friday 4pm Thursday the 28 of March.
New Service Launched Supporting Veterans through Martial Arts
A local veteran’s support service has launched an innovative new scheme for local veterans, aiming to improve both physical / emotional wellbeing through Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
The JohnPaul Project was set up in memory of local soldier JohnPaul Finnegan who took his life after a lengthy battle with PTSD after leaving the army. The project provides a range of talking therapies and physical activity programmes with the central aim of improving veteran wellbeing and reducing the prevalence of suicide in the veteran population.
The project has teamed up with renowned combat sports gym, Aspire Combat Sports which is based on Queens Drive in which expert practitioners in BJJ are providing a fully funded beginners course open to all Merseyside based veterans.
The project started this week with a number of veterans in attendance all of whom were delighted with the course and looking forward to progressing their skills in BJJ.
Phaedra Bell Project Coordinator of the John Paul Project said ‘We were really proud to launch this project last night and happy to see all the veterans from across the services to come down and take part, we believe the BJJ programme provides an excellent way of bringing people together and improving wellbeing’
Dean Garnett Head Coach at Aspire Combat Sports ‘ As a gym we are passionate in supporting our local community and promoting martial arts such as BJJ as a tool for improving peoples physical and mental wellbeing. We have highly skilled coaches in Liam and Marlon who are providing really bespoke support enabling people with all abilities to take part’
The project is open to all local veterans, if you would be interested in taking part please phone Caring Connections on 01512892761 or e-mail veterans@caringconnections.org.uk to reserve your space.
David Lewis Association – Grants Programme
The David Lewis Association invites applications on behalf of young people resident in the Liverpool area seeking financial grant support up to a maximum of £5,000 to further develop their acknowledged skills and talents, fulfil personal ambitions and aspirations, meet immediate challenges or overcome short term barriers – who, without such assistance, may miss out on life changing opportunities.
We welcome applications to help finance a wide range of interests, ambitions and disciplines, but we do require each application to be made by an organisation on behalf of the young person seeking funds. This could be a school, sports club, youth group, charitable organisation or community centre.
Successful applicants will be:
Young people up to the age of 25 years with an ambition or specific opportunity that can be achieved in the short term with help from the David Lewis Association.
Resident in the Liverpool area.
Endorsed personally by an organisation representative able to provide evidence of applicant need and capability to succeed. They must also be able to confirm planned expenditure and be responsible for overseeing its intended purpose.
Able to demonstrate why a David Lewis Association grant would make a real difference to achieving the goal in question and how financial hardship or other circumstances would bar progress otherwise.
LCVS are working in partnership with Arriva North West & Wales to promote affordable travel, and supporting vulnerable groups to access transport within the city.
During 2019, Arriva have agreed to contribute 55p to LCVS for every person attending our events who travels with Arriva. This will not only help us continue our work, but also promote environmentally sustainable travel. If you come to an LCVS event by Arriva bus, let us know so we can claim the relevant donation.
Arriva have also donated a number of 1 day travel passes to support refugees and asylum seekers to access local transport and connect with the city.
As part of the LCVS / Arriva partnership we have also agreed to promote a number of different Arriva schemes to help local residents reduce the cost of travelling around the city;
Family tickets – enabling families to travel for half price (£6), need to download the M ticket app.
Direct Purchasing Schemes – offers business to business reductions for groups to purchase travel tickets on behalf of staff and /or clients
Employer Travel Club – enables staff to have access to more affordable annual travel passes (payable by direct debit with Arriva)
Citizens Advice Liverpool Vacancy – Administrator/Assessor (Help to Claim Project)
Fixed-term contract to 31 March 2020.
Hours: 35 per week.
Salary: £18,000 per annum.
We have an exciting opportunity for an Administrator/Assessor to join our team.
Citizens Advice Liverpool are delivering an end-to-end claims support service which will be nationally consistent and provide high-quality advice for first time Universal Credit claimants. Universal Credit is our fastest growing advice issue and the evidence collected by the Citizens Advice network shows us people need more practical support to make and manage their Universal Credit claim. The “Help to Claim” service will guide people through the claims process – offering tailored support to help them use the flexibilities available in Universal Credit, helping them to get their first payment on time and making sure they’re ready to manage it when it arrives.
Citizens Advice Liverpool are looking for someone with excellent administrative skills, good communication and organisational skills, the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines as well as a commitment to the aims and principles of the Citizens Advice Service. The successful candidate will provide support for the Help to Claim team to deliver locally tailored delivery of digital, telephony and webchat support to Universal Credit Claimants
Closing Date for Applications: 12.00 noon – Thursday 28 March 2019
Interviews will be held – Thursday 4 April 2019
Citizens Advice Liverpool recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian r Minority Ethnic people, as they are currently under represented in our workforce.
Citizens Advice Liverpool Vacancy – Universal Support – Specialist U.C Adviser (Help to Claim Project)
Fixed-term contract to 31 March 2020.
Duration: fixed-term contract to 31 March 2020.
Hours: 17.5 hours per week.
Salary: Salary £23,000 p.a. pro rata £11500 actual.
We have an exciting opportunity for a part time specialist U.C adviser to join the Universal Support Help to Claim project.
Citizens Advice Liverpool are delivering an end-to-end claims support service which will be nationally consistent and provide high-quality advice for first time Universal Credit claimants. Universal Credit is our fastest growing advice issue and the evidence collected by the Citizens Advice network shows us people need more practical support to make and manage their Universal Credit claim. The service will guide people through the claims process – offering tailored support to help them use the flexibilities available in Universal Credit, helping them to get their first payment on time and making sure they’re ready to manage it when it arrives.
You will support the existing ‘Help to Claim’ team by helping claimants to challenge the DWP or appeals. You will advise clients what elements they should look out for when they get their first payment, and you will help clients who think their first payment is delayed, wrong or incomplete. You will help with supplying the right evidence, showing that claimants have fulfilled their claimant commitment and support appeals for clients who have failed the underlying Habitual Residence Test when applying for UC.
Closing Date for Applications: 12.00 noon – Thursday 28 March 2019
Interviews will be held – Thursday 4 April 2019
Citizens Advice Liverpool recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian r Minority Ethnic people, as they are currently under represented in our workforce.
The Reader Vacancies – Chef and Catering Manager
Chef
Vacancy Reference Code: 22 /2019 – Please quote this code on the application form
Based at: Calderstones Mansion House, Liverpool, L18 3JB
Reporting to: Catering Manager
Rate of pay: £8.50 per hour
Hours: minimum 20 hours per week on a rota basis spanning 0800-1800 hours, Monday to Sunday.
Duration: Fixed term to 30th September 2019.
About the Role:
The Chef will be flexible and hands on in all areas providing a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with the Reader’s ethos and vision, generating revenue and supporting our wider activity.
Our ideal candidate would have experience within a commercial kitchen/cafe environment with a keen interest and passion for food. You will be self-disciplined and able to produce food to a high standard with attention to detail. Experience in baking would be an advantage.
It is expected you will have responsibility for the overall daily operation of the café’s kitchen and catering processes being mindful of industry cost margins. You will need the practical skills to execute an interesting but simple menu and be capable of working alongside the Catering manager contributing to the development of innovative seasonal menus.
Current and relevant health and safety/food hygiene certificates are essential. You will work closely with the Social Enterprise team.
Vacancy Reference Code: 24/2019 – Please quote this code on the application form
Based in Calderstones Park, L18 3JB
Reporting to: Associate Director of Social Enterprise
Salary: £22,000 -£27,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week on a rota basis spanning 0700-2300 hours, Monday to Sunday.
Annual Leave: 30 days holiday per year plus bank holidays.
Duration: Permanent
About the Role:
The Reader seeks a Manager who is attracted by our values, ethos and social ambition, with experience in the Catering business.
We’re looking for an energetic, creative, ambitious manager, who is also experienced and reliable. You might be a restaurant manager, a bar manager, a chef or a time-served front of house person. We don’t mind which way you have developed – only that you understand the business, and have a strong values fit and a brilliant work ethic.
We want you to come and develop the best park café in the world.
British Blind Sport National Young Leader Camp 2019
British Blind Sport is excited to announce that the first ever National Young Leader Camp will take place from the Monday 15 April to the Thursday 18 April 2019.
Bouldering, Bowling, Cricket, Goalball, Team-building and more!
The National Young Leader Camp 2019 has been specifically designed to give young people living with a visual impairment the opportunity to have fun, play sports and make new friends, whilst developing key leadership and employability skills through a qualification accredited by Sports Leaders UK. In addition to all of this, all campers will be supported to lead a sports session of their choice, demonstrating their newly developed skills.
The residential camp, which will take place at the Royal National College for the Blind, Hereford, is free to 14 to 16 year olds* living with a visual impairment in England. In addition to all activities and the sports leadership qualification, included in this free event is 3 nights’ accommodation at the Royal National College for the Blind and all meals for the duration of the camp. All young leaders will be supervised by qualified and DBS certified staff and instructors to ensure everybody’s safety and welfare throughout the camp.
YMCA Liverpool & Sefton Inviting Quotes Qualified and Experienced Internal Auditors
YMCA Liverpool & Sefton are inviting quotes from suitably qualified and experienced internal auditors with effect from Wednesday 1 May 2019.
They have been delivering services to vulnerable people for 170 years. They work to support communities in need via the provision of a number of services.
These include:
3 Hostels for people who are homeless
2 Refuges for Women and Children who are fleeing domestic abuse and dispersed services for people fleeing domestic abuse
Accommodation Based Support Services for people described as having Multiple and Complex Needs
Dispersed Accommodation
Mental Health crisis provision
Dutch Farm – providing therapeutic horticulture. low impact sports opportunities and a range of activities
Workshop to Help Improve Understanding of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Process
In order to help local groups respond to challenges and changes within Welfare Reforms, the DWP have suggested a multi-agency workshop to help improve understanding of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) process. The workshop would have input from DWP and the PIP Assessment Provider for NW (IAS).
We are acutely aware for some customers the PIP Assessment process can appear daunting and confusing and this session will help support organisations to support clients; helping them to understand the process better and help clients provide the best possible evidence.
The workshop should last for around 2/3 hours and will include the following (with time for questions):
IAS : information on how to prepare to submit your PIP assessment
IAS: PIP 2 Descriptors : what is being asked for?
If there is sufficient interest, we will be facilitating the session here at LCVS. If you are interested, please contact Katie Presley at katie.presley@phe.gov.uk by Friday 29 March.
Regards – Paula Atherton
LCVS Policy, Partnership and Programmes Development Officer
No Smoking Day
Thinking of Quitting Smoking? Wednesday 14 March is National No Smoking Day and Smokefree Liverpool is offering a free service to help you take the leap. Call 0800 061 4212 now or visit www.smokefreeliverpool.co.uk to find your nearest support group.
HOP – Charles Rennie Mackintosh Relaxed Mornings Viewings
National Museums Liverpool is offering a number of relaxed morning sessions at the upcoming Charles Rennie Mackintosh exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery.
A relaxed morning ticket is intended for visitors who may benefit from a less busy, quieter and more relaxed environment, such as those with autistic spectrum conditions, additional needs, learning disabilities and many others.
Visitors are welcome to visit at anytime but if they would prefer a relaxed morning ticket they will be available for Sunday 12 May, Sunday 2 June and Sunday 7 July.
On those days, from 10am to 12 noon, there will be fewer visitors in the exhibition space and more staff available to assist if required. All visitors will be asked to be aware of people’s needs during the relaxed mornings.
Anyone wishing to book a relaxed ticket will be able to do so online, at the Walker Art Gallery or via the box office.
Woodlands Hospice Charitable Trust is an independent charity committed to delivering the best possible practice and development of Specialist Palliative Care for people with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses with complex needs. It honours people’s right to dignity and respect at whatever stage of their illness by its aim to improve the quality of life for patients and their families.
We are holding a fundraising event at Aintree Races on Thursday 4, Friday 5 and Saturday 6 April and are looking for volunteers to help us to raise vital funds.
The shifts you can help at are 11am – 2pm ( before the races) and 4pm – 7pm ( after the races).
Promoting Grass Roots Co-operation between Great Britain and Ireland – spaces still available
The Centre for Cross Border Studies has places available for the free workshop taking place 11am – 1pm on Wednesday 13 March at LCVS.
It will be the opportunity for community representatives from England to voice their views of the draft , a new agreement for cooperation within and between communities in the UK and Ireland.
This event will allow people to discuss the vision for grass-roots cooperation between all parts of Great Britain and the island of Ireland that has been developed by a range of groups from Northern Ireland and Ireland, and to suggest any changes to be agreed at an Evaluation Seminar in Northern Ireland, to which representatives from England will also be invited. The final version of the New Common Chapter will then be taken to political leaders in all parts of these islands to inform policy making decisions that will impact on local communities.
So if you are interested in promoting better links between the UK and Ireland or have service users from both communities and want to support them more effectively.
Fundraising consultant Savera UK is a registered charity, that operates across the United Kingdom, to provide services to individuals from Black Minority Ethnic communities who are either victims, or are at risk of harmful practices and/or domestic abuse, and supporting them to rebuild their lives once they have left an abusive environment, as well as supporting their economic empowerment.
The scope of Savera UK service provision may vary from area to area, dependent on the funding available within the specific region.
Savera UK is looking for a fundraising consultant with appropriate experience and an excellent track record of demonstrable results. This will be a short-term contract, to work with the charity, to develop and submit successful funding bids to charitable Trusts, and other institutional funders, and agree other relevant activities as identified by the Savera UK fundraising strategy.
To apply, we require no more than a two-page summary of your business, and work experience, which includes a clear demonstration of your success in fundraising for similar size of charities.
Deadline for submission: Friday 8 March 2019 and interviews Monday 11 March 2019.
Location: The Reader, Calderstones Park, L18 3JB
Reporting to: The Catering Manager
Hourly Rate: £7.38 – £7.83 per hour
Hours: Minimum 4 hours per week on a rota basis spanning 0800-1800 hours. Working hours will primarily be Monday – Friday. However, there is also a requirement to be able to work weekends.
Duration: fixed term to 30 September 2019
About this post
This role will work across the catering provision of The Reader Group Enterprises, in our café, ice cream parlour, and events. They will work in a team developing and delivering a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with The Reader Group’s ethos and vision and consistently delivers a high level of customer service.
The café and ice cream parlour are open seven days a week and provide a quality and affordable offer for the local community in welcoming environments. They are looking for a hard-working, honest person to join their growing Enterprise team. You will be invited to participate fully in the development of our exciting Social Enterprise which offers many opportunities for growth and development.
Key Responsibilities
To uphold the reputation and values of their organisation when dealing with customers and colleagues.
To create and maintain a friendly, vibrant, and supportive atmosphere across the enterprises, whilst ensuring high standards of customer service.
To work as a member of wider Reader Group team through engaging customers in conversations about The Reader Group’s charitable mission and plans for Calderstones.
To comply with their food safety management system and health and safety requirements, including daily HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) diary entries. Training will be provided.
To maintain high levels of hygiene and cleanliness in all areas of each enterprise.
Preparing and presenting food and drinks to a high standard. This includes the café’s barista service, breakfast and lunch menu and the parlour’s ice cream offer. (Training will be provided).
To undertake general duties including till/cashier duties, taking food orders, clearing of tables, washing of dishes, maintaining of stock levels. All duties to be completed in line with their high standards of customer service.
To work as part of a team to ensure the setting up and closing down procedures are followed efficiently and effectively.
To provide practical help in the café kitchen and to undertake any other reasonable duties as requested by supervisor/manager.
To be an active member of the team, undertake training, contribute to team meetings and take responsibility for personal development.
Person Specification
The Reader Enterprises are a key way in which the charity meets the public at Calderstones. Therefore they need staff who are friendly and who have or are able to learn great customer service skills. They are looking for someone who is kind but bold, who can lead others, cares, is willing to work hard and does what it takes to get the job done. You will be a person of integrity, honest, straightforward and able to speak up about things that matter.
Essential
Be willing to learn about and align yourself with their ethos and values. Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the wider work of The Reader Group, and its social values and have a good understanding of the purpose and social mission of The Reader Group at Calderstones
An interest in working within the catering and hospitality industry and an ability to learn quickly on the job.
Show enthusiasm and energy and have the ability to use your own initiative and work independently with minimal supervision.
A resilient individual with the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment, dealing professionally with customers and colleagues at all times.
Excellent communication and customer service skills.
An individual with a high level of personal integrity and who combines this with good organisational and time management skills.
Flexibility to be able to work on a rota basis spanning 0800-1800 hours, Monday to Sunday
Desirable
A passion for literature.
Experience of working within the catering and hospitality industry or a similar fast paced environment.
How to Apply
Note: Please do not just send in a CV. They will only consider applications that adhere to the following process:
Visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved Section’ where you will be able to view the full job description, recruitment pack and download an application form. Please complete the application form and submit to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk
Deadline: 9am, Thursday 14 March 2019.
A high volume of applications may make replies to everyone impossible.
Volunteer for LightNight Liverpool 2019
Deadline to apply: Tuesday 16 April 2019.
Would you like to be part of Liverpool’s annual one-night arts festival? On Friday 17 May 2019
Liverpool city centre will open its doors until late for the tenth annual LightNight, a spectacular evening of over 100 free events.
Open Culture are seeking a team of enthusiastic people who have a passion for Liverpool’s vibrant arts and cultural scene to help at this year’s festival. This is a unique opportunity to be part of one of the most exciting nights in the city’s calendar, and to gain experience working in the arts and with cultural venues.
For 2019 visitors of all ages can join in with everything from large-scale light projections and live music to hands-on workshops, dancing, spoken word, street performance, theatre, late-opening exhibitions and walking tours. It’s a city-centre wide culture crawl like no other as venues large and small, old and new, galleries, museums and unusual arts spaces stay open late to celebrate the incredible arts and culture on offer here in Liverpool.
All volunteers will need to be available on LightNight itself: 4.30pm – 10pm Friday 17 May 2019 and for one of the briefing sessions which will run 6-8pm on Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 May 2019.
The deadline to apply is Monday 16 April 2019.
Volunteering Roles
– Venue Welcome Team
A team of volunteers will be selling festival guides and merch in major participating venues. They will also help direct the public and offer recommendations on which venue to visit next. This is an important element of the festival as it helps the public get the most out of the night as well as help raise much-needed funds for LightNight 2020.
– Audience surveys
We need to find out who is coming to LightNight, why they come and what they thought. This helps us improve the festival, measure the positive impact it has and help us apply for funding to keep the festival going. We’ll be asking a team of volunteers to attend a handful of venues on the night to fill out surveys with the public.
– Help with an event
If you’re keen to muck in and help out one of the many event organisers, artists and venues who stage activity on LightNight then let us know. If you’re interested in helping with a particular type of event or want to gain experience in a particular role please give us as much detail as you can and we’ll aim to match you up with a suitable event.
We will be in touch as soon as possible after the deadline has passed.
We also request all volunteers share their thoughts on how we could improve the volunteering experience in future. This is done post-event via email to keep your time commitment to a minimum.
About Open Culture
Open Culture is a creative social enterprise, which aims to increase the profile of and engagement with arts and culture on Merseyside. We believe that arts and culture improves quality of life and wellbeing for individuals and communities. Open Culture have coordinated LightNight annually since 2010 along with other projects including Tickle the Ivories, the Snowflake Trail, the Winter and Summer Arts Markets and many more.
Contact: for more information contact Open Culture on 0151 478 4550 or e-mail info@culture.org.uk.
Africa Oyé needs You. Volunteer Call Out for 2019 Festival
Africa Oyé 2019 – Sefton Park, Liverpool – Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 June 2019 – 12:30pm – 9:30pm both days / Admission: free.
What is an Oyé Rep?
Each year, an enormous amount of effort goes into ensuring that the festival takes place. Due to the ever-growing popularity of the event this is becoming increasingly challenging.
That is where you come in.
The role of an Oyé Representative is an essential part of the festival, the opportunity to meet our audience only comes around once a year. You will be working with us focusing on ensuring the survival and growth of the festival by creating positive relations with our attendees and raising funds to sustain future festivals.
Throughout the day Oyé Reps would be: collecting donations; selling raffle tickets; having attendees complete questionnaires and distributing information about the festival.
This year Oyé falls on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23d of June. We are looking for support on both days between 12pm and 9pm. We ask for a minimum of 2 hours of your time or more if you would like.
The two days are a fantastic celebration of the music and culture of Africa and the Diaspora and volunteering will give you an opportunity to be part of the festivities, to meet a variety of people and help keep the event free for future generations.
What Are We Looking For?
Enthusiastic, friendly and helpful people.
An interest in culture, music and some of knowledge of the festival would be an advantage but is not essential.
Practical Considerations
You will need to make your own way to and from the festival site but there are plenty of public transport options and it is a beautiful cycling/walking location.
What Next?
If you would like to sign up as an Oyé Rep for 2019, please e-mail africaoye@onefellswoop.co.uk for more information.
Steps to Freedom Vacancy – Fundraiser and Development Officer
Salary: £24,205 per annum
Location: Liverpool, Merseyside, North – West.
Job Type: Full time – fixed term
Sector: Voluntary Sector – Counselling Survivors of Childhood Sexual Exploitation.
Category: Fundraising, Marketing and Development.
Required education: Diploma in Fundraiser / Bachelor’s Degree.
Required experience: 2 years in a fundraising environment. Knowledge and experience of the voluntary sector is desirable as is knowledge and experience of tenders.
Driving Licence is required with full business insurance and an enhanced DBS check.
Post: Fundraising and Development Officer.
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer.
Hours: 9 to 5 but some flexible working is required.
They are looking for a highly energetic person who is passionate about helping survivors of childhood sexual exploitation. As part of our organisation, your task will be to generate new and existing income for the charity and raise awareness of the varied work we do to help ensure fundraising becomes a sustainable source of income for the charity. The key to your success will be your ability to research, develop and attract new funding, sponsorship and donors and deliver marketing and fundraising events.
You will also help develop the business by identifying new areas of funding that we can source to develop other services in addition to our counselling services. This will be to enable us to generate other income besides grants and donations in helping us to provide our organisation with a sustainable income and develop our organisation further.
LFC Foundation Employability Course for Disabled Participants
Upcoming Training Sessions from LCVS for March 2019
New – Local Funders Masterclass
This course will identify a range of small, medium, and large funders who have a particular focus upon funding voluntary sector organisations located and operating in Liverpool and/or Merseyside.
The course will consider key criteria, application processes, and steps to plan and apply to: The Hemby Trust, Rathbone Trusts, PH Holt, John Moores Foundation, and Steve Morgan Foundation.
This course would be particularly useful for fundraisers from registered charities located in Liverpool or Merseyside. You will develop knowledge and skills that will enable you to understand grant requirements and make strong cases for your projects.
This session offers a practical introduction to record keeping, production of accounts for internal and external purposes, and budgeting techniques required for both an organisation’s own use and in preparation for funding bids.
This course is aimed at those responsible for the internal finance functions of an organisation.
The Reader Vacancy – Storybarn Operations Coordinator
Vacancy Reference Code: 23/2019 – Please quote this code on the application form.
Based in Calderstones Park, L18 3JB
Reporting to: Storybarn Manager
Salary: £17,000 – £22,000 (Band 2)
Hours: 35 hours per week across 5 days on a rota basis spanning 0900-1700 hours,
Monday to Sunday.
Annual Leave: 30 days holiday per year plus bank holidays.
Duration: Permanent
The Storybarn Operations Coordinator will lead and inspire the delivery team, take responsibility for consistent quality of delivery and ensure excellent customer experiences.
The Storybarn is a creative, literature-based environment in which children can learn to love books and reading, feel thoroughly alive and enjoy being creative as well as playing in the great outdoors. Set in 94 acres of beautiful parkland, the Storybarn allows children to explore, share and discover the pleasure and imagination that comes from books. We believe that books offer children a way to understand the world in which they live and the worlds inside themselves. The Reader exists to provide book-routes into this inner space, and to develop shared understandings of both it and the outer world.
At the Storybarn, we aim to develop children as personal readers and to give them access to books which provide rich, high-quality reading, insight and valuable life-tools.
The Storybarn offers reading for pleasure focused activities, educational programmes and children’s parties, as well as an exciting and creative craft workshop space to extend engagement opportunities and access to play in the park.
Citizens Advice Liverpool Vacancy – Money Advice Caseworkers
Money Advice Caseworkers 2 x Posts
1 x Full Time (35 hours) &
1 x Part Time (17.5 hours)
Salary £ 23,166 Full Time & £ 11,583 Part Time
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking to appoint two Money Advice Caseworkers to join our existing team.
The successful candidates will be able to excel against targets in the direct provision of an effective supported Money Advice casework service that is compliant against quality standards including the MAS (SFGB) quality of advice framework. They will also need to ensure that clients receive their full entitlement to all benefits, receive appropriate financial capability support and experience a positive customer experience from Citizens Advice Liverpool.
To be successful in this role, you will need to be confident, motivated and willing to try new things, have excellent communication skills with an ability to work under pressure to achieve targets and outcomes with minimum supervision.
If you are not the finished article, but you are motivated, have a willingness to learn and an interest in multi-channel advice delivery then we may consider a trainee position to develop your skills.
Location: Merseyside
Salary: £17,472 (28 hours per week) (Pro-rata 37 hours per week, £23,088)
Closing Date: Monday 11 March 2019
An exciting and unique opportunity, funded by the Steve Morgan Foundation, to join an established domestic violence charity. They are a highly ambitious charity with a proud history and exciting future looking for the right individual to join their team to help the charity grow in new, interesting and sustainable ways.
Qualifications: Desirable
Degree/Diploma/equivalent in Business Studies, Community Development, Voluntary Sector Management, Social Policy and Administration, Law, Marketing, Sociology and similar.
Skills, ability and experience required: Essential
They are looking for an enthusiastic, personable individual who can excite key stakeholders about MDVS’ work; you will have a range of experience in charity, voluntary or community settings and networking. You will need to be committed, highly organized with excellent communication skills and good attention to detail.
How to apply
You will need to submit:
•Your CV and
A Personal Statement detailing how you meet each point in the person specification section of the Job Description (no more than two sides of A4 – use each point of the person specification as a subheading) and include a short paragraph about why you want to work for Merseyside Domestic Violence Service, MDVS.
If you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity please contact Ayla Nasuh on 07802 722 703.
This post is funded by The Steve Morgan Foundation
Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice Vacancy – Individual Giving Fundraiser
Location: Liverpool
Full time, permanent
Salary: £24,000
Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice provides 24 hour respite, nursing care and end of life care, for babies and children up to the age of five, with life limiting and life threatening conditions.
This role requires a data-driven and autonomous individual that can effectively drive forward the lottery, regular giving, in-memory and legacy programmes.
Ideally you will have an individual giving specialism or perhaps have experience in the private sector with relevant transferable skills looking to get involved in the third sector.
If you are looking for a challenging yet rewarding career with the opportunity to make a real difference in a
family-focused charity, we would love to hear from you.
There are a lot of exciting opportunities available for young people and The Prince’s Trust Liverpool are now recruiting for these programmes.
Get Started (16-30) – Short courses that engage young people through themes such as sport or the arts and support them into further education, training or employment. They are designed according to a specific theme and are delivered with expert partners. Young people develop their skills through practical activities, giving them confidence and motivation to move forward with their lives.
For more information on these courses, or to refer a young person please contact Rebecca Goldup on 07483981310.
Get Into (16-30) – Short courses that develop young people’s skills, give them work experience in a specific sector and support them into jobs. They are developed and run with employers. Young people who are work-ready but lack vocational skills are given the opportunity to develop the relevant skills and work experience to enable them to move into a sustainable job in a specific sector of work. Young people get the chance to attend a Taster Day which allows them to see if the programme is right for them and also allows the Delivery Partner and The Prince’s Trust to choose the most suitable young people for the programme.
For more information or to refer a young person, please contact Daniel Cording on 07768383992.
Explore Enterprise Course (18-30) – Support and funding to help young people explore and test their ideas, write plans and start their own business or achieve other goals. The support is offered in 4 main stages; Information session, Explore Enterprise Course, next steps and mentoring and financial support.
This course is recruited for weekly, with info sessions being held at our office on Renshaw Street, every Monday at 1pm, please contact Kerri Dee if you would like to attend on 07484009387.
Fairbridge (16-25) – An individually tailored personal development programme combining one-to-one support and group activities, delivered by dedicated staff. It is great for building confidence and skills such as team work and communication.
The course runs from our centre on Renshaw Street on a Tuesday and Wednesday, with recruitment taking place weekly. For more information or to refer a young person please call Jenny Gold on 07717488542 or Daniel Pearce on 07483366340.
Team (16-25) – A 12 week personal development programme, run and managed by partner organisations. It has various factors built into the course such as; a residential trip, adventurous activities, work placements, and a community project. We have teams based in the following areas; Hugh Baird College, Belle Vale, Bootle, Prescot, Kirkby, St Helens College, Southport, Toxteth, The Hive Birkenhead, Halton, Ellesmere Port, Winsford, Crewe, Macclesfield and Warrington.
To refer a young person and to find out more about the most suitable team, please contact our main office on 01517024818, and ask to speak to Tony Hewitt.
If you have a young person that needs support, but they are unsure on what course is best for them, please feel free to get in touch with the main office as they are happy to arrange meetings with the young person to find out what they are interested in and to look at how they can best support them.
North West Charity Awards 2019 nominations opening next week.
After a successful 2nd year, North West Charity Awards are looking forward to showcasing and celebrating the amazing work being carried out in the North West. 2018 awards saw over 400 charity leaders in one room. The knowledge shared and connections made at the awards ceremony were simply amazing.
The North West Charity Awards is the only event in the region truly dedicated to celebrating the great work done in our third sector.
North West Charity Awards celebrate the people who make these charities amazing: volunteers, trustees and ambassadors. The North West Charity Awards is the perfect platform to let your team feel appreciated.
2019 nomination forms will be available to download next week.
Health & Wellbeing Organisations Network (Formerly WWON)
Please be advised that the meeting scheduled for 10am Wednesday 6 March, has been rescheduled. This meeting will now take place 2-4pm Wednesday 13 March, and will be held here at LCVS.
*Agenda / Minutes of Previous Meeting attached
Rotunda Career Foundation Course
Liverpool Cares
Liverpool Cares is a community network of young professionals and older neighbours hanging out and helping one another in our rapidly changing city. They have developed a programme of free Social Clubs which aim to help develop relationships between younger and older residents through a range of activity, including workshops and trips.
Citizens Advice Liverpool Vacancy – Advice Service Supervisor
Hours: 35 hrs per week
Salary: £24,000 per annum
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking to appoint a full time Advice Service Supervisor.
The successful candidate will be well organised and self-motivated with excellent communication skills and able to provide support and assistance to new and existing volunteers on the General Advice Unit ensuring a high delivery of Quality of Advice Service.
They will have experience or knowledge of the advice sector and have an understanding of the importance of support, development and motivation.
Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) Programme
Applications are now open for the Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) Programme, in partnership with School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE), supported by the National Lottery Community Fund.
The fund is open to people across UK who are starting up and growing projects that create social and environmental impact, and can help at all stages, from idea through to scale.
The programme provides free support for a year:
A grant (£1,000 – £7,000)
A learning programme
Mentoring
A supportive community
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My Turn: Confidence Programme in Liverpool
The Women’s Organisation (the wo) is delivering a free 2 day course for unemployed people to help boost confidence and skills, enabling them to build a positive mindset and a brighter future (hyperlink to leaflet).
The 2 day My Turn course is being delivered with Citizens Advice at venues across Liverpool and will cover:
Looking at your thought processes, feelings and behaviours
Identifying personal visions to help in your relationships
Positive thinking
What is confidence and how to improve yours
How to build your self-motivation
Techniques to tackle problem solving
The sessions will take place at the following venues during March and April, and a free lunch will be provided!
The Women’s Organisation 54 St James Street, L1 0AB
Garston Community House, L19 2PA
Citizens Advice Liverpool, Wavertree, L15 4LP
For more information feel free to get in contact with our engagement team on 0151 706 8111 or hello@thewo.org.uk.
Here and Now
Imagine Independence Vacancy – Learning Disabilities Support Worker
Imagine Independence is a charity that promotes recovery and inclusion, enabling and supporting people to live full and independent lives. We are proud to have the support of up to 150 volunteers and over 200 staff members to help those who need us.
Position: Learning Disabilities Support Worker (1 post available)
Accommodation Site Tuebrook area, Liverpool
37.5 hours per week, working a rolling rota waking nights – 12 month contract
Salary: £15,596.75 p.a. pro rata
We are looking for a professional, dedicated and experienced Support Worker who can offer commitment to delivering high quality community-based care to service users living in the Liverpool area. You will have experience of working with people with mental health and/or learning disability needs. You will need excellent communication skills and be flexible in approach. You will have a positive attitude and be non-judgmental.
It is essential to the role that you have a committed approach towards maintaining confidentiality protecting the dignity of the individual and promoting their independence.
It’s desirable that you have at least an NVQ2 qualification in Health and Social Care. For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit our website: www.imagineindependence.org.uk.
Completed application forms are to be returned by no later than the closing date/time either by e-mail to jalcock@imagineindependence.org.uk or post to the Hope Street address below. Please note that we shortlist from received application forms only, we do not accept CVs.
Our benefits include contributory company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
These posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory DBS check
Closing date for applications: Monday 11 March 2019
Interviews are currently scheduled to take place on Monday 18 March 2019, however this date is subject to potential change.
Imagine Independence aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community
The 27th annual Africa Oyé festival will take place in Liverpool on the Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 of June, 2019.
Sefton Park will once again be taken over by the music and culture of Africa and the diaspora, for two free days of fantastic live music, DJs and dance, as well as workshops, food stalls and a range of traders in the Oyé Village.
International stars will fill the line-up in a music programme that promises to be as diverse as ever.
National Para Swimming Championships – Volunteers Required
Background
Our charity Activity Alliance works to make active lives possible. We do this by enabling organisations to support disabled individuals to be and stay active. Our work is centred on research and insight with disabled people as well as our engagement with disability and sports organisations
Event
This annual prestigious championships takes place on the 2-3 March 2019, the National Junior Para Swimming Championships will be held at Liverpool Aquatics Centre. It is organised by the Activity Alliance in partnership with Swim England and British Para Swimming.
The event will host a mixture of celebrated young Para swimmers old and new, alongside the next generation of rising stars.
Sessions times are as follows:
Satruday 2 March 2019
Session 1 – Start: 9:30am – 12pm
Session 2 – Start: 1:30pm – 4pm
We are looking for help in lots of different roles from Warm Up Marshalls, Competitor Stewards and General Stewards.
Role: Door Security
Responsible to: Volunteer Manager
The Volunteer door security is responsible for and is required to:
Be the second point of contact for athletes, officials, the general public, VIPs and facility staff
To ensure everyone who enters the pool area has the correct accreditation and wristbands
To be vigilant and keep the On Deck Manager informed of any suspicious characters or goings on
To ensure that “common sense” prevails when liaising with different individuals
Role: Warm Up Marshall / Basket Marshall
Responsible to: Volunteer Manager
The volunteer Warm up/Basket marshall is responsible for and is required to:
Ensuring swimmers abide by lane rules during warm up prior to the commencement of the championships.
Aid swimmers with appliances and wheelchairs where necessary.
Ensure swimmers safety at all times in and around the pool area.
Responsible for the rotation of ‘athletes baskets of belongings’ before and after each race and also the ‘flow’ of swimmers after each race in line with the programme of events.
Role: Competitor Steward
Responsible to: Competitor Steward Manager
Be the first point of contact for swimmers and coaches prior to competitive races.
Responsible for directing the swimmers within the call-up area and co-ordinating their movement prior to the race.
Ensure swimmers are directed safely from the call-up area to their allocated lane in time for the race.
Responsible for maintaining the ‘flow’ of swimmers and communicating any issues with the athletes, Officials and Event staff.
Information, training, uniform, lunch and refreshments will be provided, if you are interested and would like more information please contact Jannine Walker on 07725273158, or e-mail jwalker@efds.co.uk.
Blackburne House Vacancy – Director of Learning
Salary Range: circa £50k
The Blackburne House Group is one of the leading FE providers and is committed to raising the aspirations, knowledge and skills of women, communities and enterprises across Liverpool City Region and the North West. Blackburne House is looking to its future with confidence and high ambitions for building upon our high quality ethos and impact, which has continually rated us in the high percentile of providers in the country. After our most recent OFSTED inspection which ranked all of our provision as outstanding alongside three areas rated as national exemplars, it has confirmed us as the only current provider ranked at this level in the City region and amongst a handful nationally.
We are seeking to appoint a Director of Learning who is ambitious and inspirational, displaying outstanding educational leadership, inspiring and motivating staff to deliver the highest standard of learning experience which impacts on the success of our learners.
You should have proven experience at a senior level in education/training and also display innovative and entrepreneurial skills have excellent relationship management and communication skills. As part of the Senior Leadership Team you will play a crucial role in the strategic direction of the Group as we enter a new and exciting phase in our development.
The Smallwood Trust is inviting applications for projects that demonstrate good practice in achieving outcomes for women on low incomes by building their skills, confidence and aspirations to enable them to enter into employment. The fund is open to charities, social enterprises and other non-profit organisations who have projects that support its mission of enabling women to become financially resilient. The Smallwood Trust fund existing projects that show evidence of good practice.
In this funding round it is prioritising applications from: Greater Manchester, Newcastle, Teesside and other parts of the North East; Hull and Humberside, Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield, Merseyside, Rural communities in Kent, Cornwall, Cumbria, Dorset and Norfolk.
Organisations can apply for grants of £10,000 to £15,000.
The deadline for completed applications is 5pm on Monday 4 March 2019.
The successful applicants are expected to be notified in May 2019.
Sahir House Vacancy – Trustee Recruitment
Sahir House is an award-winning charity, which provides support for people living with (or affected by) HIV and delivers a range of sexual health promotion, training and information services to professionals and the wider public. The charity is looking for up to three forward-thinking trustees to drive our next stage of development.
Trustees will work with the rest of the board, and executive team, to set a refreshed vision and strategy for the charity, which is seeking to broaden its scope, making this an interesting and exciting time for someone to join us.
We are seeking people who are committed to the values of our charity, who are fair but tactful communicators; who have the confidence to set and achieve high level goals and who can exercise fairness and good judgement. Our current trustees have a mix of skills and experience; we are seeking to recruit new trustees who will complement our existing skills base and we welcome applicants with experience in any of the following areas:
Financial Oversight · Company / Charity Law
Business Planning · Marketing, PR, Comms
Knowledge/experience of health and social care services
Our board members are unremunerated, although out of pocket expenses will be reimbursed by the charity. Sahir House invests in the personal development of board members, ensuring their skills base increases according to the changing demands of the role and providing development opportunities.
Applicants should send a short CV (up to two pages) and a covering letter demonstrating how they meet each of the criteria in the person specification (another two pages max) and a completed equal opportunities form and e-mail to gillian.lewis@sahir.uk.com. If you would like an informal chat about the role, please contact Gillian Lewis on 0151 2373989 or e-mail gillian.lewis@sahir.uk.com.
All appointments are subject to satisfactory references.
Closing date for all applications: Tuesday 12 March 2019 (10am)
Interviews will be held w/c Monday 25 March
Sahir House welcomes diversity and hopes to get applications from all sections of the community. We always encourage applications from groups which reflect Sahir House service user population – HIV positive people, disabled people, people from BAME groups, LGBT people & refugee communities.
Position: Engager Worker
Job Reference: 19/11 Based in: Liverpool
Hours: Requirement to work shifts as part of a rota. A mix of full time, part time, day and waking night shifts available
Day shift 8am- 8pm Night shift: 8pm- 8am
Salary: £18,000 pro rata
NHS England & NOMS have jointly commissioned a Housing & Accommodation Support Service for male offenders with a personality disorder diagnosis who are on the offender pathway.
The new service will be delivered via a joint service model including health, criminal justice and specialist third sector housing & accommodation partners.
Specialist support will be provided in relation to housing and accommodation needs in order to enable people being supported within the service to progress into independent living; engage in safe social engagement and integration into the community.
We require an Engager Worker who has substantial experience of working with people with offending profiles with complex and multiple needs including personality disorder diagnosis in recovery focused services.
If you have the following assets we would like to hear from you:
Experience of developing empowering and therapeutic relationships with individuals with a range of support and emotional needs;
Strong skills in supporting individuals with social inclusion and removing significant barriers to fulfilling and meaningful community living;
Knowledge and experience of supporting individuals with regard to securing accommodation and developing skills in relation to tenancy sustainment;
A commitment to reducing repeat offending and improving psychological health & wellbeing.
In return, we will offer you comprehensive training / career development opportunities and excellent terms and conditions.
Friday 17 May 2019 – venues across Liverpool city centre
5pm – late
Free
LightNight returns on Friday 17 May, unlocking the doors of Liverpool’s best-loved arts, culture and heritage venues late into the night.
A Friday night out like no other, visitors of all ages are invited to follow an unforgettable trail of events with over 100 free performances, exhibitions, installations, workshops, talks and much more.
This year the programme explores ‘ritual’. Rituals of all kinds, ancient and modern, are seen in cultures from all over the world; where there is community, there is also ritual. It will explore personal and collective rituals, from the spiritual to the habitual, and consider how they help us to understand the world and define, or transcend, our place within it.
The full festival programme will be released on 15 April, but LightNight be teasing a few bits and pieces before then so do keep an eye out over at their website. You can also pre-order your printed festival guide – information on how to do so is below.
And don’t forget to let them know you’re coming (and invite your friends) at the official Facebook event page.
Pre-order your Festival Guide
This year’s festival guide costs £3 (plus £1 postage) and is available for pre-order now from the LightNight website.
Your guide will be posted to you on April 15 when the full festival programme is announced.
You can also pre-order festival tote bags, stickers and other goodies.
All funds raised from the sale of guides and merchandise will be used to fund the future of the festival – thank you for helping us to keep LightNight free.
Volunteer
Would you like to be part of LightNight and gain experience in working in the arts? They are looking for volunteers to work across three areas on the night:
Selling LightNight festival guides and merchandise as part of venue welcome teams
Filling in audience surveys with members of the public
Helping out with specific LightNight events
For more information about these areas and the responsibilities involved, read the full volunteer brief . You can then apply via the online form.
The deadline for applications is midnight on 16 April 2019.
Unity Theatre Liverpool looking for New Trustees
Board of Trustees
Our committed Board of Trustees forms an invaluable part of the team, ensuring that the Unity is well run, well managed and financially robust. To add to the talent and dedication of our existing Board, we are looking to recruit up to four new Trustees to take us to the next stage in our organisation’s development. We are particularly looking for skills and experience in one or more of the following areas:
The cultural sector – holding a senior role in an arts organisation (preferably with both artistic and organisational oversight) and/or as an artist with a track record of presenting exceptional, thought-provoking work
Fundraising and income generation – as a fundraising professional or passionate supporter, able to demonstrate excellent networking skills with high-net-worth individuals and organisations
Digital technology – with an in-depth knowledge of innovative practice, including use as an audience development tool
People management and HR strategy – including extensive experience of managing diverse teams and knowledge of policy and best practice
Unity welcomes applications from all members of the community with the ability to make effective contributions to the Board. You will bring strong insight and professional experience in your area of specialism, along with a willingness to share thoughts, challenge ideas and support the team at all levels of the organisation. Previous experience of being a Trustee is not a requirement. A passion for the arts and their role within a community is essential.
This role is voluntary with a commitment to attend four Board meetings a year, plus relevant sub-committees and regular performances and events. Appointments are for an initial period of three years, with the option of standing for an additional three-year term.
For full information please download our Trustees Pack.
How to Apply
To apply, please send a CV and covering letter by e-mail to info@unitytheatre.co.uk with the subject line ‘Board Vacancy’ by 5pm, Monday, 11 March 2019.
We would greatly appreciate it if you could also complete our Equality Monitoring Form
If you would like to find out more about the role and what it entails, pllease contact us at the above e-mail address with your contact details and availability for an informal chat.
LCVS is looking for new Trustees
LCVS was founded in 1909, when the Lord Mayor of Liverpool called a meeting with Liverpool’s vast network of charities to discuss creating a body that would help them co-operate with one another and with the public authorities.
LCVS works with organisations across the City (and occasionally wider) to ensure that we support the voluntary sector, and our public and private sector partners, and the people they work with, increasingly working in collaboration towards common aims.
Due to the retirement of several long standing Trustees LCVS is seeking to recruit between 2 – 4 new Trustees to help us develop and move the organisation forward in these challenging and exciting times.
Trustees will need to commit to 6 Trustee meetings a year and serve on one of our governance committees (Grants Committee, Investment Committee etc), which meet 4 times a year. We are looking for resilient individuals who are prepared to represent the organisation alongside a committed leadership and management team. Interested candidates should have an interest in promoting and developing services within the City utilising the unique talents of the voluntary sector. In particular we would welcome applications from :
an arts and culture background
active within the BRM community
grassroots representative
a good knowledge of city region issues/city region perspective
People with disabilities who are new to Greenbank accessible gym. Must live in Merseyside. Any Disability. Aged 16+
For more information contact: James Dixon, Empower Project Coordinator
E-mail: james.dixon@greenbank.org.uk
Phone: 0151 280 7757 (Reception)
Healthiness Ltd – New Classes in North Liverpool
Healthiness Ltd are launching two brand new exercise classes in North Liverpool.
Healthiness deliver exercise and education classes across the city aimed at people over the age of 50, those living with ill mental health and/or dementia and their carers.
Sessions run Monday- Friday with over 35 classes available, most at a cost of only £2 per session. The specialist team deliver over 20 different types of class, from chair-based, postural stability and yoga classes to walking football, circuits and ‘Couch to 5K’.
The two new classes being launched in February are:
Chair-based exercise including Active Bingo
Anfield Baptist Church Hall, Longmoor Lane
Fridays, 12pm-1pm
£2.00 per person
Starts Friday 8 February
Multi-activity session including 30 minute health education
Anfield Community Sports Centre, Breckfield Park, Lower Breck Road
Tuesdays, 11.30am-1pm
£2 per person
Starts Tuesday 26 February
To find out more about these classes or if you’re interested in joining or referring, please ring our friendly team on (0151) 728 8874 or e-mail info@healthinessltd.co.uk.
Mission in the Economy wishes to appoint a part-time Lead Chaplain to co-ordinate, manage and develop Chaplaincy activities in Merseyside Police. The Lead Chaplain to Merseyside Police will work with volunteer chaplains from all denominations. The ideal person to join the team will be passionate about enabling people to be the best that they can be. This post is open to both lay and ordained people. They will usually be located at Merseyside Police HQ, Liverpool but may be required to attend elsewhere within the region. The role is 16 hours/week and salary is £11,880.
MitE is an ecumenical provider of workplace chaplaincy across the Merseyside region. Our chaplains come alongside people, providing a friendly listening ear to people of all faiths and none. As an independent presence in the workplace, MitE’s chaplains are ideally placed to provide a confidential and safe space to enable those they meet to flourish in their work life, wellbeing and spirituality.
For an application pack please contact: info@mite.org.uk
For further information contact: Emma Howarth on 0151 709 6908 or 07597 793960
Mission in the Economy, 22 School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BT
Closing date for applications: Friday 22 February 2019 5pm
Interview Date, in Liverpool: Thursday 7 March 2019
Metal are excited to announce a new opportunity for a Creative Associate (artist, curator, creative producer), of British South Asian heritage, to work with them in kick-starting an exciting new programme of artist development and commissioning opportunities for other British South Asian artists.
This programme has grown out of a number of recent Metal projects. These projects include: their two-year Change Makers programme working with choreographer and dancer, Kate Marsh who led a programme for 24 artists on the themes of ‘disability’, movement and ‘otherness’; Beyond Queer, their current programme working with LGBTQ+ artists through our Peterborough site; and their recent partnership with International Curators Forum hosting their Beyond the Frame curators in residence at Metal Liverpool as part of the Liverpool Biennial 2018 festival.
Designed to deepen relationships between Metal and artists, curators & producers of British South Asian heritage, the wider programme will feature a week-long, residential Culture LAB – a tried and tested model and part of Metal’s work for over 10 years – for participating artists. The Metal LAB format is a facilitated work space for artistic enquiry, offering opportunities for exploration, reflection, conversation and risk taking. It is a space for experimentation, mess and mistakes. It is a space for new creative encounters and potential collaborations. The theme of this LAB will be determined by the Creative Associate, as will the selection process and criteria.
Following the LAB, selected participating artists will then be supported to develop new artistic work. The number and scale of these commissions will be determined by the Creative Associate in collaboration with Metal’s cross-site team, but they see them having a visible impact of the UK cultural landscape.
Deadline for all applicants is 12:00 midday Wednesday 27 February and you can apply via their website.
Citizens Advice Vacancy – Help to Claim Adviser
Job Title: Help to Claim Adviser (2 posts) Hours: 35 hours per week and 21 hours per week Salary: £21,074 and £12,644 Pension: Employer Contribution 7% Location: Bootle Type of Contract: Fixed term to 31st March 2020
Citizens Advice is set to deliver a new service called “Universal Support: Help to Claim” which offers end-to-end support to help people make a new Universal Credit claim and be ready for when their first payment arrives.
They are looking for advisers with good IT skills to support clients to make and complete their new Universal Credit claim, as well as a commitment to the aims and principles of the Citizens Advice Service.
You’ll have the ability to interview clients using sensitive listening and questioning skills to get to the root of the issues and empower clients, whilst maintaining structure and control of meetings.
Closing date for applications: 5pm 21 February 2019
Smallwood Trust are inviting applications for projects that demonstrate good practice in achieving outcomes for women on low incomes by building their skills, confidence and aspirations to enable them to enter into employment.
The fund is open to charities, social enterprises and other non-profit organisations who have projects that support their mission of enabling women to become financially resilient. Please note, they are looking to fund existing projects that show evidence of good practice.
In this funding round they are prioritising applications from:
Greater Manchester
Newcastle, Teesside and other parts of the North East
Hull and Humberside
Leeds and Bradford
Sheffield
Merseyside
Rural communities in Kent, Cornwall, Cumbria, Dorset and Norfolk
Organisations can apply for grants of £10,000 to £15,000. They expect to award 10 -15 grants in this round.
The deadline for completed applications is 5pm on Monday 04 March 2019.
The successful applicants are expected to be notified in May 2019.
LCVS Community Impact Fund 2019 – Now open!
Our Community Impact Fund helps voluntary sector organisations and registered charities do even more to build stronger communities across Liverpool and Merseyside.
Eligible organisations can apply for grants of up to £3,000 for projects that meet one of our four priority areas:
Health
Education
Income stability
Arts and Culture
Applications will be assessed on the impact that the project will have on the lives of those who benefit. We’re looking for projects that help make a change for those most in need.
Organisations wishing to apply must be registered charities, or have charitable aims as part of their governing document, and must be able to register with the Charity Commission if their income exceeds £5,000.
Community Interest Companies (CICs) can apply, but there is detailed guidance for more information about specific criteria for CICs.
Closing date for applications: Monday 04 March at 9.00am
Dame Kelly Holmes Trust – Get On Track programme, Liverpool
Youth Fed are partnering with Dame Kelly Holmes Trust to deliver a free of charge transformational, year long programme, for young people in Liverpool, funded by Sport England. Get on Track is designed to improve well-being, confidence and self-esteem, as well as bringing young people closer to their community. Dame Kelly Holmes Trust have been supporting disadvantaged young people to change their lives for the past 10 years. During this time, they have developed a model which has been acknowledged as highly successful and which delivers real and sustainable change in young people’s lives.
This programme looks at each person, their aspirations and ambitions and unlocks the attitudes and behaviours needed for young people to achieve their own goals through the support of their skilled athlete mentors. The aim will be to engage young people who are currently inactive and over the course of 12 months, inspire and motivate them to become active. The programme is designed to help overcome barriers to engagement and reach those who would not engage in traditional routes or consider physical activity as part of their current lifestyle.
The programme will be delivered by two World Class Athlete Mentors and will consist of 11 sessions over a 12-month period which consists of 60 learning hours.
The programme framework consists of 3 days in week 1, 1 day a week from weeks 2 to 5, and intermittent sessions over the following 10 months.
Click on the link below to view a short video of the upcoming programme, and please refer to the timetable below for all dates/times the young people will be required to attend.
Young people recruited must be:
aged 16-25
inactive (less than 30 minutes of activity per week)
Enterprise Learning Plus is funded by the department for Education, and supports parents (19+, with kid/-s under 18),who are unemployed or on minimum wage into self-employment. It is very flexible learning and mentoring opportunity, delivered at no cost, and will give attendees business related qualifications during the mentoring process. At the moment there are shorter (only 2 day social media, best for those who are almost ready to start trading) and longer courses (Taking them through all the business set up process) available.
The workshops are delivered in 3 ways:
Physical workshops
Completely online (in 1 week time)
A blended study
They work with numerous community centres, local authorities, housing associations across all North West.
Citizens Advice Liverpool Vacancy – Generalist Outreach Worker
Generalist Outreach Worker
35 hours per week
£21,085 per annum
Funded for 6 months.
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking to appoint a full time Generalist Outreach Worker to deliver generalist level advice and information at established community based locations in North Liverpool.
The successful candidate will be well organised and self-motivated with experience in advising on all general advice areas.
They will need to be digitally aware and able to record all client contact and make referrals to internal or external services whilst at outreach location.
To request a job description and application form go to:
Citizens Advice Liverpool recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. They aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. They particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic people, as they are currently under represented in their workforce.
The Reader Vacancy – Volunteer Co-ordinator
Based at: North Wales team base, TBC in Conwy or Gwynedd
Reports To: Team Leader
Salary: £17,000 – £22,000
Hours: 35 hours per week, 30 days annual leave
Duration: Fixed Term to March 2020
Location: North Wales: Conwy, Gwynedd, Anglesey
About The Reader
The Reader is a charitable social enterprise which brings people together over a good story to improve mental health, build resilience and create communities through their innovative outreach model Shared Reading. They work predominantly in the Health, Criminal Justice and Education sectors however they have brought Shared Reading to people of every age and background, from pre-schoolers to end of life care. Currently they deliver over 300 Shared Reading groups per week and have worked with more 25,000 people since 2012.
They have been delivering Shared Reading groups and training others in their model for over a decade, working with diverse communities in libraries, schools, care homes, recovery centres, homeless shelters, mental health wards and in prisons. Trained Reader Leaders create a safe and welcoming space where group members can feel valued, encouraged and listened to by coming together each week to read aloud a story and a poem. Group members are invited to read aloud if they choose to and share their thoughts and personal reflections on what’s been read, creating connections not only with the literature but with each other.
It may seem a simple process but Shared Reading changes lives and their ambition is to have it take root in every community in the UK so that it is freely available wherever and whoever you are.
Their head office is in Liverpool, where The Reader began, but they are building communities of Readers across the UK and beyond with teams in London, the South West, Northern Ireland and a national prison project which spans the UK, as well as a number of international partnerships in Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Germany and Australia.
About this role
They are looking for staff with a connection to literature who have the people management skills to develop relationships with partners and volunteers to ensure they get shared reading into the hands of those who need it.
This role will require you to play an important role in recruiting, supporting and training volunteers. You will also develop and deliver a publicity plan to raise awareness of the project and build up contacts locally to set up referral routes into groups where appropriate.
Full training will be provided.
Key Responsibilities:
Coordinate, support, train, and mentor volunteers
Recruit community members to reading groups/inclusion events
Manage the administrative processes underpinning the project
Plan and deliver group shared reading sessions with identified client groups by choosing and presenting a wide range of reading material, including poetry, in order to generate free-flowing conversation
Develop good working relationships with project partners, prioritising referral relationships into the project
Take responsibility for representing The Reader in public, maintaining relationships with partner agencies and ensure that positive impacts are recorded
Keep up to date records and write regular project reports
Coordinate/Issue monitoring forms and evaluation questionnaires
In conjunction with their Communications team, develop publicity materials, such as leaflets and posters to promote the groups – including developing and delivering a publicity plan to raise awareness of the project
Keep up to date records of delivery of shared reading, and volunteers in line with organisational best practice
Work with the a mentor to ensure volunteers deliver a quality service
Be an effective team member, participating in personal and professional development
Attend and contribute to staff meetings, feeding back useful information
Other duties as designated by line manager.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
Fluent in Welsh Language
A degree in English, or ability to demonstrate wide range of personal reading, including poetry and the ability to talk about it in an engaging manner
Excellent at reading aloud
Excellent IT skills
Project Management skills, or ability to co-ordinate a number of different activities and work to a specific plan
Experience of managing staff or volunteers
A good communicator with great presentation, listening and writing skills
Able to make and maintain appropriate relationships with external organisations
Able to deal with potentially distressing situations and challenging behaviours in a careful and calm manner demonstrating excellent emotional resilience
Able to work flexibly.
Self-motivated and able to work unsupervised in a peripatetic style.
Driving license and use of a car
Desirable Criteria
Understanding and experience of The Reader’s shared reading model
Experience and understanding of the voluntary sector.
An understanding of the problems of engaging people who think books are not for them
Experience in delivering training
You must be willing to undergo a fully enhanced DBS check.
Training and supervision in Shared Reading and Safeguarding practice will be provided.
How to Apply
Note: Please do not just send in a CV. They will only consider applications that adhere to the following process:
Visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Please complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk
Your covering letter is an opportunity for you to include any additional information which could not be explained within the application form.
Deadline for applications: 7th February 2019, 9am.
NB: applications arriving after 9am will not be considered.
Successful applicants will be invited to interview by 5pm on 18th February. If you have not heard from them by this date, then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful.
Role begins: As soon as possible thereafter
The Reader Vacancy – North West Regional Manager
VACANCY REFERENCE CODE: 21 /2019
Please quote this code on the application form
Based: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB
Reporting to: Head of Operations
Salary: Band 3 £22,000 – £27,000 per annum
Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week.
Duration: Permanent
About this post
“A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.”
Samuel Johnson
The Reader are looking for a target-driven, motivated and focused leader to take responsibility for building a Shared Reading community in the North West. This regional post holder will be responsible managing the staff and relationships required to ensure excellent quality volunteer and Shared Reading experiences that will support and enable growth, helping the organization achieve its vision.
Your specific responsibilities will be to:-
Take responsibility for the successful running and oversight of the North West Shared Reading Hubs, making sure that through a variety of stakeholders they are delivering high quality shared reading groups that are improving the lives of as many people as possible.
Manage and support Hub Leaders within your region. This includes staff recruitment, allocation of responsibilities, objective setting and development reviews, staff support and supervision
Take responsibility for the quality of volunteer experiences in your region by ensuring your team are delivering their work in line with the best practice set out by the central support functions:
Attract: Ensure that the Hub Leaders identify the best opportunities for volunteer recruitment and make best use of the tools and support provided by our Communications Team
Recruit: Work in close collaboration with the Volunteer Recruitment Manager and the Hub Leaders, ensuring a robust volunteer recruitment process is implemented so that volunteers are placed within the most suitable roles
Train: Ensure that Hub Leaders are supported in delivering excellent quality training for all volunteer roles and that training is delivered to meet project KPIs
Support: Enable Hub Leaders to deliver a comprehensive programme of support, that both fosters a strong sense of community, creates clear pathways to volunteer opportunities and nurtures the relationships that help maintain the provision
Ensure that key operational processes run well, and in a timely manner. This includes but is not limited to Budget Management, Monitoring and Evaluation processes, data capture (including Microsoft Dynamics) dealing with day to day issues and concerns
Manage key relationships with commissioners and funders for the region, ensuring: regular communication and relationship building, SLAs are in place, reporting is completed in an accurate and timely manner, successes and challenges are shared and key KPIs are met.
Help develop a new, more structured and directed way of working with Shared Reading Organisers to ensure future development of hubs
Operate as a key link between the North West team and operational management team, representing the region and feeding into central systems and planning
Work with the Partnerships Manager and Development team to build and sustain shared reading and shared reading pathways within and across a range of services
Work with the Communications team and the Hub Leaders to ensure regular group member recruitment activities run locally and centrally
Run a regular team meeting to ensure collaborative working, best practice, sharing of learning and ideas and that projects are running to plan
Ensure Hub Leaders are building a network of stakeholders that will help them to recruit volunteers, embed shared reading in services and ensure groups are reaching the right beneficiaries through partners and referral routes
Ensuring Hub Leaders are managing their communications so that volunteers and group members feel connected to and making good use of The Reader’s core membership programme
Ensuring that good quality, accurate and up to date data is a priority within the team, working closely with the operational management team to achieve this
Responsible for maintaining an overview of the North West region and ensuring good cross working and communication between staff and volunteers in Hubs.
Take responsibility for ensuring at least one cross region event is held per annum
This role could be for you if you:-
Enjoy testing new ways of working
Are an agile, collaborative worker who is excited by working across the organisation and its functions, able to pull different strands together, make things happen
Are kind, yet bold
Are comfortable working in a changing environment
Do what it takes to get the job done
Can seize opportunities
Are a good leader
Are committed to on-going learning
Person Specification
In order to fulfill this role, it is essential that you
Understand that individual projects are delivering wider organizational aims and you take responsibility for sharing learning that will improve the quality of our work
Have excellent IT skills, including CRM.
Have people management experience
Have project management experience
Are self-motivated and able to motivate others
Have experience of liaising with funders
Are able to prioritise and manage your own workload and workloads of others
Can work flexibly and unsupervised
Have experience of partnership working
Are resilient
Can demonstrate excellent leadership skills
Good networker
Understand and model The Reader’s values
Desirable criteria
Marketing and communications experience
Hold a driving license and have access to a car
What you can expect from The Reader in this role:
Coaching and Support in the role
Support from the Development Team with funder relationships
Support from the Communities and Communications Team with Marketing, Communications and learning activities including and Train the Trainer training where appropriate
How to Apply
Note: Please do not just send in a CV. They will only consider applications that follow the following process:
Visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Please complete the application form explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk
Deadline for applications: 9am, Wednesday 6th February 2019
NB: applications arriving after 9am will not be considered
A high volume of applications may make replies to everyone impossible.
Selection Process: If successful at shortlisting you will be invited to attend a panel interview. You may be required to complete a selection task at the interview if this is the case you will be informed of this prior to the interview date.
A high volume of applications may make replies to everyone impossible. If you have not heard from them by Friday 15th February 2019 then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful.
Role to start as soon as possible
Alder Training Opportunities
Alder Training are a caring, highly professional, knowledgeable, full service training provider that offers tailored training to meet your individual and business needs.
Established for over 25 years and part of the Regenda Group, they provide traineeships, apprenticeships and professional qualifications in a wide range of course areas. Friendly and approachable, their skilled staff take the time to understand your individual and business needs and offer tailor made training solutions.
They provide high quality apprenticeships in Dental Nursing, Childcare, Customer Service, Business Administration, Health and Social Care and Leadership & Management, and they have also recently launched a suite of Housing and Property Management qualifications.
Below are flyers detailing their upcoming opportunities.
Citizens Advice Vacancy – Universal Support Best Practice Lead (Merseyside)
Citizens Advice is set to deliver a new service called “Universal Support – Help to Claim” which offers end-to-end support to help people make a new Universal Credit claim and be ready for when their first payment arrives.
As part of this, Citizens Advice is setting up a network of Best Practice Leads to gather and share learning about how Universal Credit and the Help to Claim service is performing, develop relationships with relevant local stakeholders and share ideas and best practice.
The role will work across Merseyside Jobcentre Plus district area to improve people’s experience of Universal Credit and Universal Support as well as feed into the wider Best Practice Lead network and work of national Citizens Advice.
The post holder will be expected to work across Merseyside with travel to London.
Location: Sefton (primarily based in Bootle, occasional travel across the UK)
Contract type: Fixed term until 31st March 2020
Salary: £27,816
Hours: 28 hours per week
Pension: 7% Employer contribution
Annual leave: 28 days plus bank holidays pro rata
Citizens Advice recognises the positive value of diversity promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
World Cancer Day
Fully Funded Beginners Brazilian Ju-jitsu Programme For Veterans
8 week programme – 2 hours per week.
Aspire combat sports in partnership with the John Paul project has developed a new programme supporting veterans with PTSD / emotional health issues through Brazilian Ju-Jitsu.
Develop new skills, improve fitness and improve
Your emotional wellbeing
Develop a hobby that can last a lifetime
Build a new social group in a friendly environment
Develop effective self-defence skills taught by experts
Marginal CIO is an innovative charity that aims to be the first young person led publishing house of its kind in the UK and delivers comics-based wellbeing programmes for young people aged 6-18 and young adult aged 19-25 including looked after children, young carers, young people with chronic and terminal illnesses, care leavers, LGBTQIA young people and young people experiencing mental ill-health. The overall ethos of the organisation is to enable young people who are marginalised or disadvantaged by systems to speak truth to power by professionally publishing their stories for the world to see and take notice. This post is funded by the Postcode Community Trust.
Main Duties:
The post of Marginal Project Worker is an exciting and dynamic position that is integral to the development of Marginal CIO’s core mission and objectives. The post-holder will provide an integrated package of proactive, reactive and rehabilitative support for chronically and terminally ill young people aged 8-18 via the delivery of ward-based comic book creation and graphic narrative session in conjunction with patients. The role will require an aptitude for illustration and considerable energy, enthusiasm, passion and empathy to inspire young people to have their voices heard. The project will culminate in publishing an anthology of young people’s patient stories. 60% of the role will entail direct Youth Work and 40% will entail illustration work.
The post is offered on a fixed term basis of one year initially with the possibility of extension funding beyond this point. Appointment is subject to a 3-month probationary period, satisfactory reference and DBS check.
Closing date for applications: 5pm, Tuesday 19 of February 2019.
For a copy of the job description and details on how to apply, contact Rhiannon Griffiths at rhiannon@comicsyouth.co.uk or call 0752 536 9624.
Vacancy reference code: 22 /2019
Please quote this code on the application form
Based at: Calderstones Mansion House, Liverpool, L18 3JB
Reporting to: Catering Manager
Rate of pay: £8.33 per hour
Hours: minimum 12 hours per week on a rota basis spanning 0800-1800 hours, Monday to Sunday.
Duration: Fixed term to 31 March 2019
About the Role:
The Cook will be flexible and hands on in all areas providing a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with the Reader’s ethos and vision, generating revenue and supporting our wider activity.
Our ideal candidate would have experience within a commercial kitchen/cafe environment with a keen interest and passion for food. You will be self-disciplined and able to produce food to a high standard with attention to detail. Experience in baking would be an advantage.
It is expected you will have responsibility for the overall daily operation of the café’s kitchen and catering processes being mindful of industry cost margins. You will need the practical skills to execute an interesting but simple menu and be capable of working alongside the Catering manager contributing to the development of innovative seasonal menus.
Current and relevant health and safety/food hygiene certificates are essential. You will work closely with the Social Enterprise team.
There are a lot of exciting opportunities for young people coming up in the next few months and we are now beginning to recruit for these courses.
A Get Into Retail programme will run from the Monday 11 February for 4 weeks with Marks & Spencer’s. This is for young people who are work ready, aged 16-25.
Get Started programmes (one week courses that focus on a specific industry):
Emergency Response with Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service. This will run from the 25 February and this is for young people aged 16-30.
Drama with The Everyman Theatre. This will run from the 11th March and this is for young people aged 16-30.
For more information on Get Into and Get Started or to refer a young person please contact Rebecca Goldup on 07485981310.
Explore Enterprise course (16-30) – upcoming dates: Tuesday 12-14 February & Tuesday 5–7 March. This is recruited for weekly, for more information or to refer a young person please contact Kerri Dee on 07484009387.
Development awards (16-30) – We can offer up to £150 for a young person that may need help with funding items such as; I.D, birth certificates, work clothing, kits for college courses, interview clothing, CSCS cards -which will support them into employment, training or education. For more information or to refer a young person please contact Anne Marie Hassett on 0151 702 5879.
Princes Trust – Fairbridge Course for Young People Aged 16 – 25
Free spaces available on the Fairbridge Programme – Fairbridge Course for Young People Aged 16 – 25
This free course will provide an opportunity for your young people to work on Personal and Social Development using a range of outdoor activities and various group work tasks.
This is a great opportunity for young people to develop new skills and help move them into employment, education or training.
Over 80% of our young people move on to a positive outcome such as employment, education or training. We have a specific outcomes team who identify opportunities for our staff to guide and support our young people into at the end of their programme with us.
If you know any young people who might be interested, e-mail Jen (Jenny.Gold@princes-trust.org.uk) or call 07717488542 and we will contact them immediately.
Key information
Young people can enrol any Tuesday
The programme will take place at 60 – 62 Renshaw Street, Liverpool, L1 4EN
The young people must be Aged 16 – 26, Not in Education, Employment or Training
Free to attend and will not affect receipt of benefits
Travel expenses and lunch will be provided whilst on the programme
Post programme support to move the young people into employment, education or training
Natural Breaks Vacancy – HR Assistant
25 Hours per Week
£9.31 -£10.12 per hour
Natural Breaks is a charity providing support for adults with disabilities across the Merseyside area.
The main purpose of the post to provide administrative and business support to the HR Manager within the organisation.
We are looking for Applicants with excellent administrative, communication and I.T. skills, and sound knowledge of HR systems to join our dedicated team.
For further information and an application form please e-mail reception@naturalbreaks.co.uk quoting HR19 or telephone 0151 207 9120
Closing Date: 5pm Monday 4 February 2019.
Mencap Vacancies – Outreach Co-ordinator and Activities Co-ordinator
Outreach Co-ordinator
You will be the first point of contact for individuals who may be lonely and socially isolated. You’ll work with them to build trust and to identify problems which they want our help to resolve. You’ll connect them to organisations, activities and individuals, helping them to make friends and try new things.
You will build relationships with a range of local public and voluntary sector agencies to ensure that people know who we are, what we do and how to refer people to us.
You will work closely with your colleagues in Liverpool and Sefton to ensure that our work is holistic, person-centred and constantly strengthened by the voice of our beneficiaries.
Term: Initially a Fixed Term contract offered until January 2021
Based: from Mencap Cottage House, Crosby (with some time spent at the Mencap Liverpool office, Liverpool City Centre)
Hours: Part-time, 30 hours per week, to include Tuesday mornings
Salary: £18,000-19,200 (equivalent to £22,500-24,000 FT)
Responsible for: Social Work Students on full-time placement/ Clinical Psychology Doctorate students on part-time placement
Applications close 9am Monday 18 February 2019
Interviews will be held week beginning 25 February 2019
Activities Co-ordinator
You will be developing and running a programme of activities for the people whom the Outreach Co-ordinator is meeting. The activities will help people meet new friends and discover new hobbies and opportunities, building their confidence and broadening their horizons.
The activities will be based from Mencap Cottage House, but you’ll also be working with other local community groups to connect our beneficiaries with their opportunities too.
Term: Initially a Fixed Term contract offered until January 2021
Based: from Mencap Cottage House, Crosby (with some time spent at the Mencap Liverpool office, Liverpool City Centre)
Hours: Part-time, 15 hours per week, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
Salary: £9-11.33 per hour (depending on the skills and experience you bring to the role)
Responsible for: Volunteers (some of whom may have a learning disability)
Applications close 9am Monday 18 February 2019
Interviews will be held week beginning 25 February 2019
Everton Football Club Vacancy – Ladies’ Administration Assistant
Hours of Work: 35 hours per week (inc matchdays)
Department: Everton Ladies
Location: Finch Farm/Goodison
Responsible to: Ladies’ General Manager
DBS Required: Yes
Everton FC are currently recruiting for an exciting opportunity for an Administration Assistant to join the Ladies team at Finch farm on a fixed term basis. You will be assisting with all the administration duties to ensure the smooth running of Everton Ladies Professional 1st team and Youth Academy.
The role will involve assisting with fixture planning including liaising with facilities, opposition team, referrers and the Football Association.
We are looking for someone who is flexible, as the role may involve occasionally working at weekends and Match days.
Liverpool City Council to Launch Two Year “Our Liverpool” Grant Programme
On Monday 4 February Liverpool City Council (LCC) will launch a two year grant to voluntary and community organisations across Liverpool working with people seeking asylum, refugees, vulnerable migrants and / or established communities
The total funding available is £200,000 per year, for two years (i.e. £400,000 in total).
The funding available will support activities across a range of themes, including:
Advice and advocacy
Employability and welfare rights
Language support
Health and well-being
Improving social connections
Celebrating culture
Detailed guidance and application forms will be made available upon launch on Monday 4 February.
Meanwhile, LCVS is offering support for potential applicants to this grant programme.
This support includes:
1. Guidance briefing
LCVS is holding two guidance briefing sessions for groups potentially interested in applying to this fund. These sessions will provide details regarding the application process and offer guidance on how to complete an application.
The sessions are being held at LCVS, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2AH on:
Tuesday 5 February, 10am – 12pm
Thursday 7 February, 5.30pm – 7.30pm
To book on the event e-mail info@lcvs.org.uk or ring 0151 227 5177, indicating your chosen session and providing your organisation name, address and contact details and the details of the person attending.
Your booking will be confirmed only once we have sent a confirmation notice.
2. Application review sessions
LCVS is also providing application review sessions for anyone who wants specific advice and support about their application.
Each session is composed of 1 hour advice surgeries.
These sessions will take place at LCVS, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool. L2 2AH:
Friday 22 February, 10am – 4pm
Monday 25 February, 1pm – 4pm
Tuesday 26 February, 10 am – 1 pm
Appointments are available on the hour, e.g.: 10am – 11am; 11am – 12pm; 12pm – 1pm; 1pm – 2 pm; 2 pm – 3 pm; 3 pm – 4 pm.
These free 1 hour surgeries are a chance for you to have your application reviewed and to receive face-to-face feedback on your application.
You will need to send LCVS your application 3 working days before your appointment.
To book an appointment e-mail info@lcvs.org.uk with ‘LCVS application review sessions” in the subject line, or ring 0151 227 5177.
Please specify which appointment slot you would like.
John Moores Foundation “Meet the Funder” Day – Now Fully Booked
LCVS are holding a series of “meet the funder” events on Wednesday 6 February in partnership with local funder, John Moores Foundation (JMF).
Held at 151 Dale St, JMF staff will firstly hold an open “Information and Question and Answer” session from 9.30am – 10.45am. This will give an overview of how JMF funding operates and what its trustees are and aren’t looking for in an application.
Following this session groups will be able to meet with JMF staff on a one-to-one basis for a 40/45 minute appointment to discuss potential projects and eligibility and what is best to apply for. Appointments will be made on a first come, first served basis and are subject to a group’s eligibility to apply to JMF.
One-to-one appointments are available at the following times:
If you would like to book a place at the open session, a one-to-one surgery or both, please contact Capacity Building at LCVS on info@lcvs.org.uk or (0151) 227 5177.
Places are limited and appointments will only be confirmed when you receive an e-mail from LCVS.
Further information:
As an indication of the types of applications that JMF is look for, its founder John Moores saw JMF as an instrument for helping people to value themselves and gain self-confidence in order to achieve a greater measure of control over their environment and the direction that their lives take.
The types of organisations / projects that JMF likes to support:
Organisations and groups that are trying to build and strengthen communities,
Organisations that are working in partnership with others,
Organisations that are carrying out trust building initiatives,
The types of people JMF would like the project / work to support:
Black, Asian and minority ethnic people,
Refugees,
Women including girls,
Children and young people,
People suffering discrimination, e.g. on grounds of disability, race, religion, sex, sexuality or gender identity,
Families needing support,
Homeless people,
Carers,
Volunteers
People suffering from poverty and financial crisis,
People in poor physical or mental health,
Adults with few or no educational qualifications.
The types of support that JMF gives grants for:
running costs
salaries
capacity building
volunteer training and out-of-pocket expenses
one-off projects
equipment
My Clubmoor Awards – Now Open for Applications
LCVS is working in partnership with My Clubmoor to deliver the Big Local My Clubmoor awards. If you have an idea that will help improve the lives of people in Clubmoor or help the local economy in the ward then we may be able to help you bring your idea to life.
You’ll need to be able to tell us a few things about your idea:
Please read the guidance before submitting an application.
If you need further information or assistance, please contact grants@lcvs.org.uk.
Marie Curie Hospice Vacancy – Volunteering Development Officer
Based at Liverpool Hospice – 35 hrs per week
£14,601 per annum
Our Marie Curie team in Liverpool is looking for a Volunteering Development Officer to join its volunteering department. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate and confident they can deliver a high quality service.
This new role will support the local Volunteering Business Partner and the Head of Volunteering in growing the programme and increasing the contribution of volunteers, taking Marie Curie to the forefront of volunteering in the UK. It will also support in the development of a high quality experience for all those who choose to give their time to Marie Curie. We offer support and training with this role as well as the option to complete an apprenticeship qualification.
The Volunteering Development Officer will also have ring-fenced time to support their local hospice. Supporting staff on providing high quality volunteer management as well as providing support on volunteer recruitment, induction and training.
This is an exciting development for Marie curie as the team will be supporting volunteers in their local communities.
Volunteers make the world of difference to Marie Curie every single day.
The successful candidate should be well organised, flexible and motivated. Please view the full job description for a detailed overview of what is involved in this role.
Extra Support for Disadvantaged Children During School Holidays
Thousands more disadvantaged children will benefit from free meals and activities during the school holidays, under a £9 million Government programme announced today.
Organisations from across the country have been invited to bid for a share of the multi-million-pound Government investment to deliver holiday clubs for pupils eligible for free school meals during the 2019 summer break.
The scheme follows a successful £2 million programme in the summer of 2018, which saw charities and community groups provide meals and activities such as football, play sessions and cooking classes for more than 18,000 children across the country.
To build on that in 2019, the Department for Education has now confirmed it will more than quadruple funding and strengthen the programme to encourage co-ordination in local communities so that even more disadvantaged children can benefit.
The application deadline is Thursday 7 February 2019.
Imagine Independence is a charity with a positive approach to mental health which works to promote opportunities for people to live a full and independent life. We are proud to have the support of up to 150 volunteers and over 200 staff members to help those who need us.
Position: Bridge Builder Job Reference: 19/07
Based in Knowsley 18.75 hours per week
Salary: £9,011.93 Temporary post to July 2020
Imagine is recruiting for a Bridge Builder role in the Knowsley area. Bridge Building support focuses on strengthening the quality of life for people with mental health problems. You will help individuals become less isolated and socially excluded through facilitating and supporting access to a range of community mainstream activities, including education, employment, health and appropriate groups and clubs.
You will have experience of working with people who have been excluded from mainstream society with a focus on recovery, person centred planning and empowerment.
You must be capable of building partnerships with community organisations in order to expand the range of possibilities for people accessing the service.
Our benefits include a generous holiday allowance, contributory pension scheme and career development opportunities.
Completed application forms are to be returned by no later than the closing date to Emma Windle either by email to ewindle@imagineindependence.org.uk or post to 25 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ. Please note that we shortlist from received application forms only, we do not accept CVs.
Closing date for applications: 9am, Tuesday 29 January
Interviews are currently scheduled to take place Wednesday 6th February 2019 at 25 Hope Street, Liverpool, however this date is subject to potential change.
Imagine Independence aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community
Sahir House Vacancy – Macmillan LGBT Cancer Programme
Sahir House are recruiting a Macmillan LGBT Cancer Programme Co-ordinator for the Liverpool City Region (for one year initially).
Sahir House has been offering HIV support, information and training across Merseyside since 1985. It offers a wide range of services to people living with or affected by HIV; HIV related training; up to date HIV information; prevention and testing; and opportunities to volunteer.
After a successful pilot project run between Macmillan Cancer Support and the LGBT Foundation in Manchester, Macmillan are now funding this post based in central Liverpool. The post holder will work with lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people affected by cancer, their families, supporters, carers and clinicians. They will ensure the needs of LGBT are acknowledged and addressed in provision of services, information and support across the Liverpool City Region.
Macmillan LGBT Cancer Programme Co-ordinator – part time (21 hours) as a job share £25,951-£27,668 (pro rata)
We are recruiting a suitably experienced person to lead the development and implementation of this new and exciting project. In particular, we are looking for someone who can demonstrate:
Experience of developing and delivering effective partnership work
Ability to communicate well with a range of individuals/stakeholders
Experiencing of conducting primary research, utilising quantitative and qualitative methods
Experience of delivering high quality training
Significant knowledge of the LGBT communities across the Liverpool City Region and the challenges they face
Applicants should send a short CV (up to two pages) and a covering letter demonstrating how they meet each of the criteria in the person specification (another two pages max), e-mail to info@sahir.uk.com.
Sahir House is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We especially welcome applications from groups which reflect Sahir House service user groups – HIV positive people (and other disabled people), people from Black and Minority Ethnic groups, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people and refugee communities.
The post is offered on a fixed term basis of one year initially with the possibility of extension funding beyond this. Appointment is subject to a 3-month probationary period, satisfactory references and DBS check.
Closing date for applications: 10am on Tuesday 5 February 2019
Shortlisting: Later that week
Interviews: Friday 15 February 2019
Full job description and person specification can be downloaded from the Charity Jobs website.
Tesco Bags of Help Programme Applications Help
Tesco’s Bags of Help is an exciting grant programme funded through the money raised from the 10p bag charge in Tesco stores in England, Wales and Scotland. Their grant programme supports local good causes with grants up to £4,000 can be allocated to support projects that benefit the community.
The types of project they fund is very broad. This could be purchasing items, materials and equipment to benefit the local community, improvements to a community building, developing an outdoor space, running a community event or activity, supporting seasonal activities, etc. They will also cover staffing costs to manage volunteers and staff to lead activities or training sessions, website development for publicity and promotion and workshops.
Applications will be accepted from a wide range of organisations including: voluntary/community organisations, registered charities, schools, health bodies, Parish/Town councils, social enterprises, Community Interest Companies, community councils, local authorities and housing organisations. Other not-for-profit organisations might also be eligible. However businesses, individuals and ‘for profit’ organisations are not eligible.
‘Bags of Help’ is a rolling programme, where community groups or charities can apply for funding all year round. Applicants will generally know the outcome of their application within 6 months of applying, but can be longer in regions where we have a lot of applications. However, if your application is eligible, but not funded at the first attempt, your application may be reconsidered at subsequent shortlisting. Please note, we will contact you in this instance, to ensure that you are happy for us to do this.
As this is a rolling programme, voting for projects will be happening continuously in Tesco stores. Three projects from each local area will be shortlisted to go to the public vote every two months. If your project gets the most votes across all stores in your region, you will win the grant amount you requested from us up to a maximum of £4,000. If your project is second, you will win up to £2,000 and if your project is third, you will win up to £1,000. http://www.groundwork.org.uk/Sites/tescocommunityscheme
Safeguarding Partners Would Like to Hear From You
New multi-agency safeguarding arrangements for Liverpool are to be introduced (April 2019) by the three main safeguarding partners; Local Authority, Clinical Commissioning Group and Police. Views on the arrangements are sought as part of a consultation.
(Following your consideration of the changes completion of a ‘very’ short questionnaire is requested)
Note : Consultation will close on Monday 11 February 2019.
Liverpool Trailblazer Vacancies
Liverpool has been successful in gaining ‘Trailblazer’ status to take forward the government vision and commitment to developing integrated mental health teams in schools.
Building on the already successful ‘whole school approach’ to mental health and wellbeing, Liverpool is developing new Mental Health Support Teams to work with primary, secondary, AEPs, Further Education and special schools across the city to increase access to mental health interventions for children and young people aged 5-18 years.
This exciting opportunity means they are looking to recruit for three new posts:
Project Manager to oversee the implementation of this pilot.
CAMHS specialist practitioner as clinical lead, to provide senior clinical oversight for the mobilisation and effective implementation of the new Mental Health Support Teams.
Senior CAMHS practitioner will oversee one of three MHSTs comprising of existing CYP well-being practitioners as well as newly recruited mental health education practitioners.
Project Manager
This post is funded until March 2020 and would be offered as a fix term contract or a secondment. They would ideally like the successful candidate to begin work by 1st March 2019.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more details. Applicants must complete the attached application form to be considered for this post.
Close of applications: 12 noon on Wednesday 23rd January 2019.
Applications should preferably be emailed to: Nicola@liverpoollearningpartnership.com or if necessary, sent by post to: Nicola Alexander, Liverpool Learning Partnership, New Lodge, Liverpool College, Queens Drive, Liverpool L18 8DD.
Interviews will be held on the 28th or 29th January.
The senior CAMHS practitioner will oversee one of three MHSTs comprising of existing CYP well-being practitioners as well as newly recruited mental health education practitioners.
These new senior CAMHS practitioner posts will be supported by a new clinical lead, and a project manager and will work with colleagues from across the CAMHS partnership to deliver on this new and exciting opportunity.
This exciting opportunity means we are looking to recruit a CAMHS specialist practitioner as clinical lead, to provide senior clinical oversight for the mobilization and effective implementation of the new Mental Health Support Teams.
The clinical lead will work in partnership with the project manager within Liverpool Learning Partnership and report to the whole school approach subgroup of the CAMHS Partnership Board (MHEWB). The post holder will work closely with colleagues from across the CAMHS partnership to ensure the successful implementation of the trailblazer and whole school approach to MHEWB. The role, therefore, has a strong multi-agency focus and requires excellent partnership working skills to develop the new service.
The Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service Have A Go Sessions
At these sessions, attendees have the opportunity to learn more about the Firefighter recruitment process; have a go at some of the physical assessments the Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service use as part of their selection process; receive tips and guidance from their physical trainers; and receive individual feedback on how to complete the application form.
In addition, there will be a number of Firefighters in attendance at the session and attendees will have the opportunity to ask them any questions that they may wish to ask about the job itself.
This event forms part of their Positive Action strategy as they are actively seeking to encourage applications from Females and candidates from BAME ethnic backgrounds to their Firefighter roles.
The sessions will be held at their Training & Development Academy, Storrington Avenue, Croxteth, L11 9AP. The session begin at 8.30am and will finish at approximately 12.30pm. There is no obligation to take part in the physical assessments, individuals are welcome to observe. If individuals do wish to take part in the physical assessments, they will need to wear gym clothes and bring water.
Sessions will be held on Saturday 19 January and Saturday 09 February 2019. You can find further information on the flyer below.
Healthwatch Liverpool Vacancy – Social Prescribing Officer
Healthwatch Liverpool is looking to recruit someone to lead their involvement in an exciting new city-wide social prescribing project with our partners at Citizens Advice Liverpool and the Women’s Organisation.
Interested applicants are invited to submit an application form explaining their interest in, and suitability for the role in line with the Job Description and Person Specification provided. You can find full details on: www.healthwatchliverpool.co.uk/social-prescribing-officer
Please submit completed application forms by email to recruitment@healthwatchliverpool.co.uk or by post to Healthwatch Liverpool, 4th Floor, 151 Dale Street, L2 2AH.
Applications sent by email should be received no later than midnight on Sunday, 3rd February, 2019. Applications submitted by post or delivered by hand must reach them by 5pm Friday, 1st February, 2019 and should be marked Recruitment.
Asylum Link Merseyside Vacancy – Social Worker
Asylum Link Merseyside is recruiting for a part time Social Worker to work within their Destitution Team, assisting refused destitute Asylum Seekers and those at risk of destitution. The role is set within a larger Big Lottery Funded project headed by the British Red Cross called SNAP(Merseyside) – Strategic National Asylum Programme.
The project delivers across the Liverpool City Region and is linked to other similar programmes in Leeds and Hampshire.
Liverpool Learning Partnership Vacancy – Mental Health Support Teams Project Manager
Liverpool has been successful in gaining ‘Trailblazer’ status to take forward the government vision and commitment to develop integrated mental health teams in schools.
Building on the already successful ‘whole school approach’ to mental health and wellbeing, Liverpool is developing new Mental Health Support Teams to work with primary, secondary, AEPs, Further Education and special schools across the city to increase access to mental health interventions for children and young people aged 5-18 years.
This exciting opportunity means we are looking to recruit a Project Manager to oversee the implementation of this pilot.
This post is funded until March 2020 and would be offered as a fix term contract or a secondment. We would ideally like the successful candidate to begin work by 1st March 2019.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more details. Applicants must complete the attached application form to be considered for this post.
Close of applications: 12 noon on Wednesday 23 January 2019.
Applications should preferably be emailed to: Nicola@liverpoollearningpartnership.com or if necessary, sent by post to: Nicola Alexander, Liverpool Learning Partnership, New Lodge, Liverpool College, Queens Drive, Liverpool L18 8DD.
Interviews will be held on the Monday 28 or Tuesday 29 January.
Citizens Advice Liverpool Vacancy – Advice Service Supervisor
Advice Service Supervisor x 2
35 hrs per week
£24,000 per annum
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking to appoint 2 full time Advice Service Supervisors.
The successful candidates will be well organised and self-motivated with excellent communication skills that are able to provide support and assistance to new and existing volunteers on the General Advice Unit ensuring a high delivery of Quality of Advice Service.
They will have experience or knowledge of the advice sector and have an understanding of the importance of support, development and motivation.
To request a job description and application form please go to:
All applications should be returned to Citizens Advice Liverpool by 12 noon on Monday 21 January 2019.
Stick ‘n’ Step Trustee Vacancy
Want to gain or use your management, decision making, leadership and team working skills? Want to get behind the scenes of a charity and be involved in shaping how it operates? Then the role of a Trustee with Stick ‘n’ Step is for you.
Stick ‘n’ Step is a small but ambitious charity. We aim to enable, inspire and support children with cerebral palsy and their families. We achieve this by providing a programme of excellent conductive education, delivered from our specialised centres in Wallasey and Runcorn.
We have been on an exciting journey to reach and support more families and are looking to strengthen our Board to ensure the organisation has the expertise and knowledge to support the charity’s recent and continuing growth.
We are looking for individuals who have a strong empathy with Stick ‘n’ Step’s mission and ethos. In particular we are looking for individuals who have experience, skills, and knowledge in the following areas:
Digital marketing & communications
Health & Safety management
Risk management & strategic planning
HR & organisational development
Corporate fundraising or sales
If you feel you have other skills and expertise that would benefit Stick ‘n’ Step, we would love to hear from you.
This is a fantastic opportunity to make a lasting and positive difference to a growing organisation, alongside friendly, professional people. Please read the role description for full information.
If you would like to apply, please send your CV with a covering letter to Amy Couture – amy@sticknstep.org. Your covering letter should explain why you are interested in becoming a Trustee at Stick ‘n’ Step and what expertise specifically you can offer.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Closing date: Wednesday 13 March 2019
Emmaus Merseyside Vacancy – Business Manager
Up to £30,000 pa
Do you have proven experience in managing and running a successful social enterprise?
Can you harness the enthusiasm of our staff team, companions and volunteers to meet the exciting challenges ahead?
Have you got the experience and know how to market our activities to existing and new audiences
Do you want to be involved in developing training and work opportunities to improve people’s skills and experience and increase their employment prospects?
If you can answer “Yes”, then Emmaus Merseyside would like to hear from you.
Working with a supportive group of Trustees, there is considerable scope to apply your knowledge, skills and experience to this exciting opportunity.
The closing date for receipt of completed applications is Sunday 30 January at noon.
Interviews are scheduled to take during the week of Monday 4 February .
Emmaus is a secular, worldwide, social enterprise movement that exists to fight poverty, homelessness and other forms of social exclusion. Emmaus communities provide a home, training and work for previously homeless men and women.
Registered Charity No: 1110220 Co Reg No: 5075117.
Zoology Volunteer Opportunity at National Museums Liverpool
National Museums Liverpool is looking for a zoology volunteer to help increase access to the vertebrate zoology collection through developing the online collection.
The volunteer will be based at World Museum, working 10am – 3pm on Wednesdays although some flexibility in the hours can be accommodated.
The deadline for applications is 12 noon on Sunday 3 February. Further information.
Safer & Stronger Communities Team (LCC) Vacancy – Prevent Officer
Liverpool City Council is looking to recruit to a Prevent Officer. The successful candidate will help implement, monitor and report progress of the activities and projects set out in the Prevent Delivery Action Plan. Build relationships with representatives from across the public, voluntary, community and faith sectors to improve resilience to extremism and safeguard vulnerable individuals from exposure to and involvement in terrorism.
St Bede’s Church Vacancy – Volunteer and Programme Coordinator
Job Title: Volunteer and Programme Coordinator, Community Food Market at St Bede’s Church L8, Toxteth
Job Description: St Bede’s have secured two years’ funding for a freelance position of Volunteer and Programme Coordinator for this evolving weekly food market and café at St Bede’s Church, Fern Grove, L8 0RY.
The role is to develop and coordinate the community market to ensure its smooth operation; to manage volunteers for the community market.
Use of a car would be desirable and would support the collection of food.
The opportunity is for a freelancer whom would be self-employed under a Contract for Service.
The fee is £10 per hour for an average 16 hours per week for 48 wks p/a. (The day/s the community market is open is a mandatory working day/s). For a copy of the Full Brief please contact admin@stbedewithstclement.org.uk .
Application Form/Process: Applicants will need to write a letter of application against the Brief and enclose a CV with 2 referee details (1 professional, 1 character).
Application should be sent FAO Revd. Elaine Jones. A satisfactory DBS check is required.
Application Deadline: The closing date is 12 noon on Wednesday 30th January 2019.
Interview Date: Interviews are provisionally scheduled for Wednesday 6th February 2019.
Oglesby Charitable Trust Launches Spotlight Fund
The Oglesby Charitable Trust has just launched a new £275,000 fund focused on supporting people who are refugees or seeking asylum in the North West of England.
Spotlight is their first fund that is open to proposals, rather than invitation-only. They hope that this approach creates an opportunity for the learning, ideas and contributions of those working at the grass roots to be heard – enabling even the smallest organisations to tell them where their support would be most effective.
They have set up a simple application process, consisting initially of a two-page outline proposal. Applications can be for one-off or multi-year projects up to a total value of £20,000 per year, and must be for direct work with people who are refugees or seeking asylum. The deadline for applications is 5pm on the 4th February.
FareShare Merseyside Vacancy – Delivery and Collection Driver
Delivery and Collection Driver
Location: FareShare Merseyside – Merseyside
Salary: National Living Wage, £9.00 an hour, £16,380 per annum for Merseyside
About the role
This role is about so much more than just driving: it’s about sharing the FareShare mission that “no good food should go to waste”. Your work will make sure that quality surplus food is helping feed people in need.
As a collection and delivery driver, you will collect food from their food partners across the FareShare Region as well as deliver food from their Regional Centre based in the area to their charity members within the region. You will be the face of FareShare, being a regular point of contact with their local food partners, as well as their diverse range of member charities receiving food. In addition, you may also act as a host for volunteers who may join you as van assistants.
Application process To register your interest in this role, please submit your up to date CV and cover letter showing how you meet the essential experience outlined in the person specification, along with a completed FareShare Equal Opportunities form to recruitment@fareshare.org.uk by midnight 13 January 2019 with interview Friday 18 January 2019.
Imagine Independence are running 2 Mental Health First Aid Sessions in Spring 2019
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an internationally recognised training course,
designed to teach people how to spot the signs and symptoms of mental ill health and
provide help on a first aid basis. In the same way as learning physical first aid, MHFA
teaches people how to recognise those crucial warning signs of mental ill health and
feel confident to guide someone to appropriate support. Embedding MHFA training
within any organisation or community also encourages people to talk more freely about
mental health, reducing stigma and creating a more positive culture.
If you or your organisation is interested, the course can be booked for the following dates:
Thursday 7 & Friday 8 Feb 2018 or Wednesday 1 & Thursday 2 May 2018.
All sessions will be held in our training room at our Liverpool Hope St Head office.
The cost is £125 per person for the 2 day accredited course and includes light refreshments, course materials and a MHFA England resource book.
Alternatively, Imagine would be happy to discuss delivering a bespoke course around Mental Health First Aid, Suicide Awareness or Mental Health Champions for your organisation.
Salary: £22000 – £23340
This role is a full time permanent position, working hours 09.00-17.00 Monday to Friday.
Post funded by Big Lottery
Due to the growth in the business we are looking to recruit a full time counsellor, who has a recognised counselling qualification to be confident in delivering one to one and group therapies. To be comfortable working to a time limited framework whilst adhering to the BACP code of ethics and practice. You will assist the team in their objectives of providing in the moment therapeutic support, and perform any other duties required.
Job purpose
To provide face to face counselling and participate in the provision of the counselling service.
Key Responsibilities
To facilitate group therapies as well as one to one therapies
To undertake assessments
To contribute to the ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the counselling service
To ensure the counselling provided is delivered to a high standard in accordance with BACP’s ethical framework for good practice and under appropriate supervision
Provide support to the team
Work in accordance with Steps to Freedom’s policies & procedures
Essential Experience, Qualifications and Skills
Diploma or degree in person-centred counselling
BACP accredited
Extensive post – qualification experience in counselling provision
An awareness and understanding of sexual violence/abuse and its impact
Commitment to learning & self-development/awareness
Work strictly to all Confidentiality & Data Protection policies and procedure
In the coming weeks the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is due to publish its plans for the future structure and delivery of probation services. Ahead of the competition launch for the delivery of new probation services in England, Clinks is supporting the MoJ to engage with the voluntary sector.
Find out more and make sure your organisation is prepared for these changes:
The MoJ plans to signpost prime bidders to Clinks’ directories of voluntary sector organisations working in the criminal justice system in order to identify potential supply chain partners. If you are interested in being involved in supply chains for the delivery of the new probation contracts make sure your organisation is registered and your details are up to date.
Please note that the information above relates to England only. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) Wales is progressing plans for an alternative delivery model with the National Probation Service in Wales assuming responsibility for the management of all people – high, medium and low-risk of offending – so that advice to court, risk and need assessments, sentence planning and managing enforcement and recall will all sit within a single organisation. It is currently considering three approaches to commissioning which are set out in this presentation. HMPPS Wales plans to launch the competition in the first half of 2019 but it will likely be slightly later than in England and its preferred approach will be shared prior to this.
Bowl for Health
Sahir House Vacancy – Monitoring & Database Worker
Sahir House has been offering HIV support, information and training across Merseyside since 1985. It offers a wide range of services to people living with or affected by HIV; HIV related training; up to date HIV information; prevention and testing; and opportunities to volunteer.
Monitoring & Database Worker – £21, 693 pro rata.
Hours – between 16 and 21 hours per week (there is some flexibility in the number of hours required, which can be worked across 3, 4 or 5 days per week).
Sahir House need someone to fill a very important role here. The Monitoring and Database Worker makes sure that all of the data is recorded, tracks everything that happens with their service users, writes reports on this with other staff members and helps us identify where they can make improvements.
In particular, Sahir House are looking for someone who:
Pays meticulous attention to detail and can produce detailed, accurate written reports for monitoring and evaluation purposes
Understands the world of outcomes and outputs; monitoring and evaluation; and knows how services like ours can demonstrate the impact we make
Can develop and maintain our new database
Communicates effectively, both face-to-face and in writing, and can adapt their communication style and for different audiences
Has excellent IT skills, particularly Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
Likes flexibility and being part of a team
Has bags of energy, is happy to manage their own time and prioritise their workload
Sahir House is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We especially welcome applications from groups that reflect Sahir House service user groups – HIV positive people (and other disabled people); people from Black and Minority Ethnic groups; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people and refugee communities.
Appointment is subject to a 3-month probationary period, satisfactory references and DBS check.
Closing date for applications: 1pm on Thursday 9 January 2019
Interviews: Tuesday 22 January 2019
Applicants should complete a Sahir House application form demonstrating how they meet each of the criteria in the person specification. Please do not attach your CV.
Imagine Independence Vacancy – Head of Specialist Services
Job Reference: 18/48
Position: Head of Specialist Services, Merseyside and Greater Manchester
Salary: £35,000 p.a. (37.5 hours per week)
Imagine Independence is a well-established, leading third sector provider of high quality community-based support services for people with a range of complex needs, caused by their poor mental health, age or learning disability. Imagine’s specialist services have been rated as “Good” and “Outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission. There is now a great opportunity to join this successful, expanding organisation. You will be well rewarded and become part of a high energy, multi-disciplinary team of committed professionals.
In this key role, you will offer leadership and direct line management to a cluster of community-based specialist services, including gender specific ones that provide trauma informed, intensive support. In addition, you will be responsible for specialist accommodation and floating support provision, some of it for people in contact with the criminal justice system. This is a chance to develop in your chosen career, working in a psychologically informed environment. As Registered Manager for these services, you will work to ensure that CQC registration and other quality marks are maintained/gained.
The ideal candidate will have a relevant professional qualification, substantial experience of working in the community with a range of people, including those who have a personality disorder, a forensic mental health requirement, or have been in contact with criminal justice services. The role requires an operationally experienced, dedicated practitioner, who is as passionate as their colleagues about developing Imagine’s outstanding, specialist services.
Please note that they shortlist from received application forms only, they do not accept CVs.
Benefits include contributory company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
These posts are open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine Occupational qualification under the Equality Act 2010.
Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 7 January 2019.
For an informal chat about this post, please call Jenny Killen on 0151 709 2366. Interviews for this post will be held in Liverpool on the 16th of January 2019.
Imagine Independence aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Liverpool Irish Festival (LIF) Vacancies – Trustees
The Liverpool Irish Festival (LIF) brings Liverpool and Ireland closer together using arts and culture. It delivers a diverse, high quality and often ground breaking programme each October. LIF is a charitable company, whose Directors are its Trustees. These volunteers, come together as a Board to lead the charity and decide how it is run. LIF’s current Board aims to recruit skilled, experienced and enthusiastic individuals to come and join our current Trustees to guide and support the organisation through its next exciting phase of development.
LIF recognises that in society people have been -and continue to be- discriminated against on the basis of race, colour, national origin, culture, gender, marital status, disability, class, being lesbian or gay, age, political or religious beliefs, medical status and responsibility for dependants. LIF wishes to encourage all sections of the community to participate in its activities. Trustees will have strategic vision, independent judgement and a willingness to give time and commitment to the Liverpool Irish Festival. Ideally new trustees will have experience of the cultural sector, a familiarity with Liverpool Irish arts and culture and/or skills in digital applications.
Trustee roles are unpaid and requires a time commitment of, on average, half a day per month. This includes attendance at the Board and sub-committee meetings, Board development workshops and strategic planning events. The meetings generally take place in the early evening.
You can find more information on the available roles here.
Applications to become a member of the LIF Board should be made by submitting your CV and a one-page letter describing how you meet the criteria. Submissions will be understood to have read the items outlined above. Please email these to chair@liverpoolirishfestival.com by 31 Jan 2019.
Applications open for fully-funded Ping in the Community packages
Table Tennis England is inviting independent groups to embed social table tennis into their communities completely free-of-charge.
There are twenty Ping in the Community fully-funded packages available which include one full size indoor table, 10 bats, 72 balls and a range of printed resources designed to help advertise and activate the table.
These fully-funded packages are aimed at local independent groups such as village halls and church groups who don’t have access to mainstream funding sources, and who would like to bring their communities together, get active and beat social isolation by introducing table tennis sessions into their venues.
Qualification Criteria
To be eligible organisers must:
be creating new table tennis provision and opportunities, with the outcome of enabling more people to participate on a regular basis
not be using the Ping in the Community package to replace old or tired table tennis equipment
be delivering at a community-use venue e.g. religious buildings, youth clubs, community centres, retirement homes, clinics or drop in centres, village halls
be making the table tennis available to participants at very low cost or free, and not be making a profit
run table tennis sessions for a minimum of 12 weeks
predominantly target those over 14 years of age
return basic monitoring and evaluation information to Table Tennis England when requested
be located within England
To apply for a fully-funded Ping in the Community package please download the form below.
Applications close on 4th February 2019.
NB: Ping in the Community is not available to schools. For Schools packages, please email them.
Greenbank Sports Academy Empower Project
The Empower Project will take a holistic approach to supporting and empowering disabled people to take full advantage of what Greenbank offers in terms of the outdoors, sport, arts, crafts, training, employment and fitness. This will lead to a healthier and happier disabled community in the Merseyside area.
It will provide individually tailored, flexible programmes that respond to the specific needs and barriers to recreation, employment and training faced by disabled people.
Aims and objectives
Support 3000 disabled people
Improve health and fitness by encouraging an active lifestyle
Reduce health risks
Take advantage of Greenbank Sports Academy facilities
Provide individually tailored and flexible programmes
Offer a wide range of adapted sports and activities
What they can offer
Support
Outreach programme
Accessible transport
Activity sessions
Training and volunteering opportunities
Fitness packages
Empower disabled people to get involved in sport and physical activity.
Contact James Dixon on 07946 902 173 (James is deaf so please send texts only) or call 0151 280 7757 to leave a message or speak with James’ interpreter.
Alder Hey CAMHS Crisis Care Team
Alder Hey CAMHS (Liverpool FRESH CAMHS and Sefton CAMHS), are pleased to announce the addition of a new dedicated Crisis Care team which is now fully operational.
The newly formed Crisis Care Team will operate 7 days a week, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday, and all Bank Holidays. The Crisis Care Team will be offering advice, consultation, and direct intervention to children/young people (CYP) aged 0-18th birthday *. Families, CYP, and carers can now contact the team during their operational hours on 0151 293 3577, and professionals can contact them by calling 0151 282 4724 (Extension 4724 if calling from inside the hospital or other CAMHS Community teams).
As well as operating a new dedicated Crisis Care Line, they will also provide the following functions:
They will offer urgent next day mental health assessments when this has been identified following an initial triage, and this is the most helpful intervention for the CYP.
They will continue to offer ward based assessments of CYP who have been admitted to hospital in an emergency, either for treatment following an episode of self-harm or for their safety. They will endeavour to see all CYP, with the person who holds Parental Responsibility, within 24 hours of receiving a referral from ward-based medics or other health professionals.
They will continue to provide the Single point of Access function for Liverpool FRESH CAMHS and Sefton CAMHS, with no change to the existing pathway for referring agencies.
* Young people aged 16 to 18th birthday are supported by Alder Hey CAMHS Service in crisis care and talking therapies; however more urgent/emergency mental health presentations are assessed by their colleagues in Mersey Care.
CELLS Project CIC Vacancies – Volunteering
Choices Education Lifelong Learning Skills (CELLS) Project CIC, based in Kirkby, Knowsley, seeks to change attitudes on crime for young people through awareness, inspiration and continued support. They are currently recruiting for a number of volunteering roles, which are detailed below. If you are interested in applying, or would like more information, then please contact Shaun on 07841870927 or email cells.choices@gmail.com.
Social Media and Website Coordinator
Main tasks and responsibilities:
To coordinate all website activity including Instagram, Twitter and Facebook accounts. Support the delivery of online and digital marketing activities within the organisation; acting as the primary point of contact for all related enquiries.
To populate websites with up-to-date and engaging content, working with members of the Marketing and Sales team to produce and edit content to support the delivery of key campaigns and service areas as well as maintaining up to date technical data.
Stay up-to-date with changes in all-social platforms ensuring maximum effectiveness
Train co-workers to use social media in a cohesive and beneficial way
Skills and qualities:
Excellent ICT Skills
Excellent communication skills (written and oral): Sensitivity to and responsiveness to all partners, Respectful and helpful relations with service users and project staff
Ability to work on own initiative
Expertise in multiple social media platforms
Other criteria:
Experience of social media/marketing background is desirable
Subject to a clear D.B.S check
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Main tasks and responsibilities:
Coordinate all aspects of programme monitoring and reporting ensuring data is of high quality and produced on time
Collate reports, articles, case studies, best stories from project to form evaluations
Monitor all project activities, expenditures and progress towards achieving the project output
Report monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual progress on all project activities to the National Project Director/Project Manager
Assist the Project Manager in preparing other relevant reports
Assist Project Manager in the preparation of reports on the findings and lessons learned from project innovations
Monitor and evaluate overall progress on achievement of results
Skills and qualities:
Excellent knowledge of monitoring and the application of methodology
Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
Respond sensitively and openly to and to all partners
Maintain respectful and helpful relations with service users and project staff
Ability to work on own initiative
Ability to identify robust yet practical and deliverable evaluation plans
Other criteria:
Experience of monitoring and evaluation is highly desirable
Subject to a clear D.B.S check
Mentor (Training can be provided to obtain qualification)
Main tasks and responsibilities:
Mentoring children and young people who are at risk of offending by offering one-to-one direct support
Work alongside other qualified mentors discussing and negotiating action plans for young people tailored to individual needs
Encourage mentees to take responsibility for their own decisions, plans and actions
Present a positive image as a mentor and follow the code of practice for CELLS
Keep up-to-date and accurate records of mentee contact
Encourage the mentee to express and discuss their ideas, concerns and understanding of the business situation facing them
Be emotionally resilient and can work in a challenging environment
Skills and qualities:
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, written and verbally
Display excellent interpersonal skills including influencing and negotiation
Ability to deal sensitively with clients
Be emotionally resilient and can work in a challenging environment
Knowledge of Safeguarding
Committed to training and development
Good ICT skills and ability to document
Friendly and approachable
Embrace individuality and be committed to continual reflection on both attitude and professional practice
Other criteria:
Minimum of Level 2 Mentoring qualification (training for this qualification can be provided by CELLS)
Look after an older friend or relative? Follow NHS England’s Winter Advice to help keep them well.
Over the past seven years there has been a three-fold increase in the number of older people admitted to hospital with respiratory illness.
There are some simple steps we can all take, to help keep an older relative, friend or neighbour fit and well this winter.
Make sure they have a well-stocked medicine cabinet, with remedies for high temperatures, coughs, colds, sore-throats and upset stomachs. Coughs and colds should begin to improve within a few days, but if you have any concerns take them to see their local pharmacist – don’t wait until it gets worse. Check they are up to date with their pneumonia vaccination and have had a flu jab
They need to keep warm. Age UK has some useful general information; and advice about what to do you have any concerns, which you can find here
Make sure that your relative, friend or neighbour stays connected and has regular conversations with other people – even if it’s sometimes by phone. Isolation can have a negative impact on someone’s emotional and mental health
If they have an existing lung condition, such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease speak to the practice nurse or GP to see if it would be useful for them to have an emergency ‘Rescue Pack’ – medication they can take straight away if their condition starts to get worse
If you are ill yourself, don’t visit for a few days until your symptoms have improved – you don’t want to pass on any viruses. Encourage your older friend or relative to regularly wash their hands, especially if they’ve been out, to minimise the chance of them picking up any germs
If you have any concerns about them, your GP practice will be happy if you call and ask for advice over the phone. You don’t have to wait until the morning or the next working day to speak to someone – support and advice is also available in the evenings, weekends and over the holidays, either from an out of hours GP service or by calling NHS111.
Prevention is key. If you have any concerns about an older relative, friend or neighbour, get advice early. Speak to your pharmacist or GP practice. You can also find useful information on line.
LiveWire Vacancy – Health Trainer Service Administrator
Grade 3
Pay range £15,059 £16,073 pro rata
Hours of work – 25 per week
LiveWire are seeking an Administrator to handle the day to day administration of referrals to the Health Trainer Service. Specifically, this role will support the Health and Wellbeing programme for which LiveWire has received a commission.
Working as part of the Health Trainer administration team, the successful candidate will be required to receive and contact clients by telephone in order to arrange appointments and from time to time, will be required to liaise with Stakeholders, Community Groups, and GP practices.
Additional duties include managing the calendars of the Health Trainers who are delivering services to clients, and inputting and collating data using the DCRS.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a friendly team and the new projects that Health Trainers are working on across Liverpool
Experience of working in an administrative role previously is required, as is excellent customer servicing skills, a friendly telephone manner and good attention to detail. An interest in healthy lifestyles would also be an advantage.
The hours of work are 25 hours per week to be worked over 5 days.
Changing Lives Vacancy – Project Support Volunteer
Changing Lives are looking for both male and female Project Support Volunteers to support the Red Umbrella Project with a variety of day to day and evening tasks, including outreach, drop in support, net-reach, and administration duties. There are four positions available.
Key responsibilities are:
To support with outreach and drop in sessions across Merseyside
To support staff with administration duties, data entry, designing information posters/leaflets, filing, and printing
To help with enquiries regarding the welfare of sex workers across Merseyside, establishing supportive relationships with clients, and assisting clients to report crimes against them
To provide peer mentoring where appropriate
To ensure that suitable confidentiality and data protection procedures are followed at all times
To liaise with service users, Support Workers, and other staff members on a regular basis
Skills, experience and qualities needed:
Good communication and listening skills
Understanding of confidentiality and boundary issues
Empathy and a non-judgemental approach towards service users
Ability to work effectively as part of a team
Reliable and punctual
Ability to adhere to organisational policies and procedures
Work cooperatively with other members of staff
A commitment to the aims and principles of Changing Lives
Expected hours/times:
Monday to Sunday, flexible hours with evening and weekend availability.
Location:
Merseyside, including the Wirral.
Support offered:
Volunteer Induction, supervision with contact person, and mentoring from staff.
Volunteers will make a difference (directly or indirectly) to the people the Red Umbrella Project works with. They will benefit from helping or supporting other people, using existing or learning new skills, gaining confidence, being creative, responding to challenges, and being with other people. They may feel satisfaction from playing a positive role in someone else’s life, as well as gain valuable experience for their CV. Above all else, they will have fun and enjoy their experience.
Travel expenses, teas, coffees are also provided.
Volunteers need to attend all training programmes provided, and must be over the age of 18.
Changing Lives, Central Office, Unit D13, Marquis Court, 10th Avenue West, Team Valley, Gateshead, NE11 0RU.
Savera UK Vacancy – Community Support Worker (female only)
Savera UK are recruiting for a full-time Community Support Worker (female only).
Designation: Full-time Support Worker
Contract: Full-time, fixed term contract starting Jan 2019 – Dec 2019
NJC Scale: £22,937
Hours: 37.5 hours
Reports to: Service Development Manager
Location: Liverpool based, working across Merseyside & Cheshire
Job Duties:
The post holder will work as part of Savera UK’s team, they will be Liverpool based, but will be required to work across the Merseyside and Cheshire areas. The Support Worker will work with BME individuals/families that have been referred to the service as a result of domestic abuse and provide the holistic support necessary. Interventions will be developed in such a way as to promote culturally sensitive and appropriate support as well as promoting independence and improve self-esteem by empowering clients to identify their as yet, unmet needs.
YMCA Vacancies – Housing Manager and Finance Officer
Housing Manager
Closing Date: 9am Friday 7 December
YMCA Liverpool & Sefton are seeking to appoint a Housing Manager, based at our Leeds St centre. The salary for this post is £32,019 + 5% on call allowance
We provide supported accommodation for individuals with multiple and complex needs, our accommodation provision includes a range of housing options including move on (Dispersed) housing for individuals closer to independence.
Working closely with other Service Managers the post holder will provide operational management to the Housing and Move on Services and will assist in the development of the organisations accommodation provision. The Manager will ensure the day to day running of move on accommodation and related projects and supervision of housing and dispersed staff. The Housing Manager will be responsible for ensuring compliance with Health & Safety and Building requirements across Move on accommodation and the Leeds St Hostel but will also provide support in this area for other services within the organisation.
The Housing manager will be required to monitor, report and analyse housing income, rent, service charge and arrears.
Please only apply if you meet the essential requirements.
Closing Date – Friday 7 December 9am
Assessment Evening – Wednesday 12 December from 5.30pm
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 18 December
For an informal chat about this post please contact Director of Homeless Services, Hayley Jones on 0151 600 3530.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an energetic and highly motivated Finance Officer to join YMCA Liverpool & Sefton. In return we offer a competitive salary, 25 days leave plus 8 B/H, 1 day additional leave to celebrate your birthday and 1 day every year to work for a charity of your choice, free parking, Medicash cov er & childcare voucher scheme.
Based in the town centre in Leeds Street you will ensure the provision of an effective finance function while supporting the Director of Finance in their duties. In doing this you will ensure a high quality administrative performance and customer service for YMCA Liverpool & Sefton.
Applicants must be qualified to at least AAT Level 2 and have experience of using Sage accounting software.
Closing Date – Friday 7 December 9am
Assessment Evening – Wednesday 12 December 5.30pm
Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 17 December
Citizens Advice Liverpool Vacancy – Service Support Worker
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking to recruit a Service Support Worker who has experience of working in a busy office environment and of providing services to members of the public.
The successful candidate will become part of Citizens Advice Liverpool’s Advice on Prescription Programme
Applications must be completed and returned to recruitment@southliverpoolcab.org.uk by 5pm on the Friday 7 December 2018.
Shortlisting will take place on Monday 10 December and interviews will commence on Monday 14 December 2018.
Anfield Sports & Community Centre Vacancy – Centre Managers Position
Due to the retirement of the Centre Manager, a vacancy has arisen for that position.
The centre is a Sports and Recreation facility located in Breckside Park, bordering on both Anfield and Tuebrook Wards of Liverpool.
Job Purpose:
To be responsible for the overall operation and development of Anfield Sports & Community Centre (ASCC). Ensuring the delivery of excellent customer service, community objectives, business development plans and financial returns that meets budgetary requirements.
World AIDS Day , UK Quilts Project and HIV Awareness Staff Training Course
Saturday 1 December is the 30th Anniversary of the first World AIDS Day. Please click to view World AIDS Day information on how to support and get involved. There is a BSL signer at the vigil.
The UK Quilts Project – Sahir House Celebrates 30 years of World AIDS Day
The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt is a precious artefact commemorating lives lost to the AIDS epidemic during the 1980s and 90s. It is a public naming of loved ones lost, and a memorial for the many who died and went unnamed too. The UK Quilt is part of an international movement that sought to raise awareness of the impact of the AIDS epidemic and ensure that these lives would never be forgotten. For the first time since 1992, a selection of the quilts are on public display in venues across Liverpool for this year’s 30th World AIDS Day. If you would like to know more visit www.aidsquiltuk.org tweet #AIDSQuiltUK or email info@sahir.uk.com
HIV Awareness and Stigma Reduction Staff Training for those working/based in Liverpool
Need up to date facts when talking about risk behaviour with your client group?
Do you work with vulnerable groups who may be at risk of HIV?
Need to know where to sign post people for HIV testing in Liverpool?
Did you know Liverpool is classed a HIV high prevalence area?
Need more support when clients disclose their HIV status and how best to maintain their confidentiality and GDPR requirements?
Kindly sponsored by Liverpool Public Health (FREE to those working and based in Liverpool)
Are you up to date with the progress of life saving HIV medication and what an undetectable viral load means?
Need new ideas on promoting HIV awareness, testing and local HIV support amongst your client group?
Do you feel clear on the differences and definitions of HIV and AIDS?
Is HIV and sexual health included in your policies and procedures such as assessments, reviews, equal opportunities policy?
Want to hear from those with lived experience to further understand HIV?
2018 – 2019 course dates, dates, time and venue:
Thursday 14 February 2019 9.30am – 4.30pm Liverpool CVS Conference Rooms, Dale Street.
Who this course is ideal for: health care professionals, clinical, public, voluntary, statutory and private/business sectors. We welcome staff from all areas of the workplace including operational, administrative and managerial. Ideal for staff CPD. Certificate of attendance, handout packs and resources issued. Cancellation and charges policy applies. Booking essential.
Vacancy Reference Code: 20/2018 – Please quote this code on the application form
“Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.’’ – Confucius
Hours: Part-time (0.4 FTE contract)
Contract: Fixed Term for 3 years
Salary: £17,000 – £22,000 per annum, pro rata
Responsible to: Children and Young Person Manager
Based: Calderstones, Liverpool
About this post
We need somebody who has a deep connection with literature and experience working with children in the voluntary sector, to recruit and support a group of volunteers who will be working one to one with looked after children for a period of 6 months, as well supporting the children to then transition from reading one to one to attending local reading groups in community settings.
This project is funded by BBC Children in Need and is a new way for us to continue to deliver a long standing commitment to reading with Looked After Children in the North West of England. We aim to raise standards in literacy through promoting reading for pleasure. We know from UNESCO that “Reading for pleasure is the single most important thing that will make a child successful in life” and that Looked After Children are at a significant disadvantage educationally and in social and emotional terms. This project seeks to ameliorate that disadvantage as much as possible and we hope to encourage young people to see reading as a fun and life enhancing activity. Our innovative shared reading model is also important in building young people’s confidence and self esteem, and improving their mental and emotional well being as they develop a love of reading as a self soothing technique.
This role is suited to an energetic individual who can pass on knowledge, work flexibly in set structures, provide excellent support to a large number of volunteers, who wants to share best practice with other colleagues working with volunteers and can work under pressure.
How to Apply
Note: Please do not just send in a CV. We will only consider applications that follow the following process:
Visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Please complete the application form explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk.
Deadline for applications: Monday 10 December 2018, 9am
NB: applications arriving after 9am will not be considered
A high volume of applications may make replies to everyone impossible.
Selection Process: If successful at shortlisting you will be invited to attend a panel interview. You may be required to complete a selection task at the interview if this is the case you will be informed of this prior to the interview date.
A high volume of applications may make replies to everyone impossible. If you have not heard from us by Wednesday 19 December 2018 then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful.
Role to start as soon as possible.
Walton Youth Project Vacancy – Sessional Youth and Community Worker
The Florrie Vacancy – Operations Officer
Salary – This is a part time position of 16 hrs per week. £6,514 pa
The 20hrs a week are flexible and can be worked between Monday – Friday according to business needs.
The successful post holder will be responsible for the day to day operations of activities and events to ensure the smooth running of the Florrie and the Florrie is compliant with relevant legislative requirements, good practice and internal policies and procedures for safeguarding and health and safety.
You will be responsible for ensuring effective procedures are put in place for the safeguarding of all staff, volunteers and building users and implement management and compliance procedures accordingly. As part of the ‘front of house’ team you will also work closely with our caretakers to ensure a building maintenance plan is put in place to preserve and maintain the grade two listing of the building.
Key Responsibilities:
Ensure the safe day to day running of the building by being the first point of contact for all safeguarding and health and safety compliance.
In relation to the building, complete all relevant checks and paperwork such as over see fire drill tests and alarms
Set up and manage recording systems
Review and update all health and safety policies and procedures and ensure they are put into practice throughout our day to day work and activities
Liaise with staff to ensure rooms are set up for daily and weekly activities
Be the named person for safeguarding and overseeing effective practices throughout the charity
To be the first point of contact for all issues relating to building maintenance and health and safety
Advise on the organisations training needs and ensure all staff receive relevant health and safety, safeguarding and first aid training
Central point of contact for internal and external individuals and agencies related to safeguarding and health and safety
Being alert to and recognising safeguarding good practice within the organisation
Any other duties required in accordance with the post
Skills and Experience
Administration and systems (records) management skills
Advice and support provision skills at all levels within the organisation
Knowledge and experience of safeguarding practices within a charity or third sector organisation.
Up to date knowledge of relevant legislative requirements of health and safety practices
Ability to develop and produce national level guidance and resources
Desirable
Ability to deliver core training and information/guidance within the organisation
This job description identifies key responsibilities and requirements and is not an exhaustive list of tasks that need to be completed. The Florence Institute reserves the right to amend the job description as the role develops within the organisation.
How To apply
Please send a current CV and no more than 2 A4 pages outlining why your skills and experience are suited to the role.
Closing Date for applications Friday 7 December
Interviews to take place Friday 14 December
Catholic Blind Institute Vacancy – Trustees
Catholic Blind Institute is a growing and innovative charity which runs St Vincent’s School, a specialist school for sensory impairment and other needs, based in West Derby, Liverpool and Christopher Grange a 106 bedded residential and nursing home nearby in Knotty Ash, which includes a Rehabilitation Unit for adults who develop visual impairment in later life to learn new skills.
With a long and caring history the Charity is now looking to the future and recognises the need to strengthen and grow its Trustee Board to provide support for the opportunities of the future.
The charity is keen to have a diverse Board of Trustees with a broad range of backgrounds and life experience and welcome applications from all sections of the local community.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that affect children while growing up, such as suffering child maltreatment or living in a household affected by domestic violence, substance misuse or mental illness.
Research suggests that at least one in three diagnosed mental health conditions in adulthood are known to directly relate to adverse childhood experiences that have subsequently impacted on their psychological development and wellbeing.
Furthermore, childhood adversity is accompanied by lower levels of mental wellbeing and life satisfaction in adolescence and adulthood. There is an increased risk of enduring mental health problems (including experiencing psychosis) and it may lead to physical health problems such as diabetes, respiratory diseases and cancers, as well as altering the genetic code of children, young people experiencing ACEs.
Subsequently, children who have faced adversity are more likely to use psychiatric medicines that have an additional adverse impact on their physical health in the longer term.
Please help the Liverpool CAMHS Partnership to understand the current perception of Adverse Childhood Experiences across the Children and Young People’s Workforce. This will enable us to develop an informed approach to ensuring ACE and childhood trauma are understood and identified.
We will be publishing the results of this survey to support influencing and advocating for trauma-informed responses.
A section dedicated to hosting ACE-related reports, studies and resources is now accessible on the Liverpool CAMHS website.
Grow Wild Funding Opportunities
Grow Wild, the outreach project of Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, has two grant funds open for application: community projects and for youth-led projects. We’re interested in projects inspired by UK native wildflowers, plants and fungi, that help people connect to each other and nature.
Their Community projects fund (deadline Monday 10 December) award £2k or £4k for groups and organisations trying something new or different to engage hundreds of people in their community about UK native wildflowers/plants/fungi, where there are opportunities to help people connect with, learn about and give to each other and nature.
Their Youth-led projects fund (rolling deadlines) award £500 for young people aged 14-25. Projects should be creative, actively engage other people in their delivery, and be inspired by UK native wildflowers or fungi. Beyond that, anything is up for grabs!
Grow Wild’s North England Engagement Manager, Ben Fisher, is based in norther England and is happy to advise on ideas and applications – he can be contacted on b.fisher@kew.org or 07825 111 415
Resettlement Triage Worker – HMP Liverpool
Closing date: Wednesday 5 December 2018 at 11.30pm
Shelter are looking for someone with a passion to work with offenders in a custodial setting to join their Through the Gate team at HMP Liverpool as a Resettlement Triage Worker.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through their advice, support and legal services. They campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to them for help. They are here so no-one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
As part of Transforming Rehabilitation, Shelter has been contracted to deliver housing, finance and debt advice in prisons across the North West. The service will consist of a Through the Gate Resettlement Team based on site delivering advice via the new Resettlement Planning process. It will work closely with a wealth of other agencies and workers too, including CRC staff, prison officers and staff, statutory and voluntary agencies; probation staff and agencies external to the prison environment. This is your chance to play an important role.
Submissions will be reviewed at Parliamentary Sub-Committee and they are looking to get as many people as possible to take part. The deadline is Wednesday 28 November, they really need this to get to as many parents, teachers, GPs, people who work with children and young people etc as possible, so please try and find the time to get involved.
Imagine Independence Vacancy – Trustees
Imagine Independence is a charity with a positive approach to mental health which works to promote opportunities for people to live a full and independent life. We are proud to have the support of up to 150 volunteers and over 200 staff members to help those who need us.
Position: Trustees Job Reference: 16/28
Salary: Non-remunerated role; however, expenses will be reimbursed
We are looking to recruit board members who will demonstrate a passion and commitment to improving the lives of our service users: people with mental health issues, learning and physical disabilities, those leaving custody and older people with care needs.
We are particularly looking for candidates who:
Identify themselves as having lived experience of using our own or similar services We want this experience to be used positively. We encourage board members to be ambassadors for our work and to raise further awareness of the issues surrounding these groups of people
Have experience of operating at a strategic level and are committed to making a difference within neighbourhoods in which we operate
Have professional knowledge and/or experience of this sector or services mentioned above
Have financial, development, fundraising or marketing skills/background
We are keen – but not exclusively so – to recruit Trustees in Lancashire, London and Cumbria.
Applications are welcomed from all sections of the community, but we also wish to increase the diversity and skills mix of our Board. Therefore, we would particularly embrace applications from young people and from BME communities, as this is an area in which we are currently under-represented. In this way, we feel that the Board can best serve the needs of the diverse communities in which we work.
For more information and an application form, please visit our website at www.imagineindependence.org.uk
Completed applications are to be sent by e-mail to kmason@imagineindependence.org.uk or by post to: Kimberley Mason, Imagine Independence, 25 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ.
Local Solutions is a charity delivering services supporting disadvantaged groups across North Wales and the Liverpool City Region. Our mission is to Build Resilience, Raise Aspiration and Improve Lives. We do this through a wide range of services and projects including:
Shopmobility – Independent shopping for people with mobility restrictions
Homelessness accommodation and support services
Domestic Abuse IDVA service and helpline
Liverpool Carers Centre with a health and wellbeing service for carers
BullyBusters – Anti-bullying helpline and schools work
Adult Social Care services delivering domiciliary and community care services
We are currently seeking to recruit committed, talented and energetic people to serve on our Board of Trustees. Having reviewed the skills of our current Board, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from those with strong skills, professional experience or lived experience in one or more of the following areas:
Housing
Homelessness
Social care
Supporting vulnerable groups
People living with a disability
Working with offenders
The Board plays a key role in the development and governance of the charity.
Trustees will need to be able to commit to six bimonthly Board meetings per annum, held on weekday evenings in Liverpool, as well as an annual Board Away Day. Trustees will also be invited to attend events throughout the year, such as Local Solutions’ Long Service Awards, Project launches and Carer of the Year events.
The Chairman and Chief Executive intend to hold an open meeting for applicants in order to give some more information on the charity. If, following the meeting, applicants wish to formally apply, detailed CVs will be required, and individual interviews will be arranged.
The open meeting will be held on the Tuesday 27 November at 5 pm. Please contact Karen Paton on 0151 705 2309 or at KPaton@localsolutions.org.uk if you would like to attend.
Charity Networking Event
Meet the new Chief Executive of Liverpool City Council – Join us on Tuesday 27 November, 10am-1pm for the next Charity Networking event, hosted by LCVS and Liverpool and Sefton Chambers of Commerce.
The subject for discussion on the day will be Liverpool City Council’s “New Relationship with our Citizens and Communities” project.
We’ll be joined by Kathy Allen, Interim Head of Programme Management at Liverpool City Council, who will speak about the upcoming process where LCC will be engaging with local communities, including people and organisations.
Kathy will be outlining how LCC is going to have a different relationship with citizens and communities in the future and how community organisations can get involved.
At the end of the session there will also be an opportunity to hear from Tony Reeves, the recently appointed Chief Executive of LCC.
There will also be a chance to feedback to LCVS on how it helps groups to engage with LCC and work to achieve positive change in their community.
Lunch will be provided at 12pm and Tony Reeves will be joining us at 12.30pm.
This event is provided for free, however, places fill up very quickly so make sure you don’t miss out. You can book your place online, events@liverpoolchamber.org.uk or call the Chamber of Commerce now on 0151 227 1234.
The venue is LCVS, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2AH.
World AIDS Day & National HIV Testing Week on Merseyside
World AIDS Day (WAD) – This year, on the 1st December, is the 30th Anniversary of the first WORLD AIDS DAY in 1988. It is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died.
National HIV Testing Week (NHIVTW) – week commencing 17th November. NHIVTW raises awareness of the importance of HIV testing, as well as increasing opportunities to test – be it in clinical settings, in primary care or through community-based rapid testing.
You can download Liverpool City Council communications toolkit for this year’s HIV testing campaign on the World AIDS Day page on the Sahir House website.
Reconnect and Remember – Sahir House is very excited to be exhibiting a selection of the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt panels this World AIDS Day.
The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt is a precious artefact. Each of the panels commemorates lives lost to the AIDS epidemic during the 1980s and 90s. It is a public naming of the names of loved ones lost, and a memorial for the many who died and went unnamed too. The UK Quilt is part of an international movement that sought to raise awareness of the impact of the AIDS epidemic and ensure that these lives would never be forgotten.
For the first time since 1992, some of the panels will be on public display in venues across Liverpool for this year’s 30th World AIDS Day.
Alder Hey is currently recruiting administration, health care and domestic placements for unemployed people. We have ran 2 programmes over the last year and they have both was been a big success, 90% of all learners secured employment, which commenced immediately following the programme.
The placements will be for 10 weeks and will consist of an excellent induction and training programme followed by work experience based training and an evaluation session. During the induction programme you will be given the opportunity to meet the learners from the last programme.
Providing all competencies and objectives were met during the programme, Alder Hey will consider signing candidates up to their temporary staffing bank and allow them to apply for internal roles and apprenticeships based within the Trust.
To apply you would be required to be available for work from Monday 7 January 2019, working from 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday for 10 weeks.
Candidates would need to possess good oral and written communication skills, a polite manner and be able to prioritise workloads and should be able to work well within a team. You should be an organised, flexible, and well-motivated and be able to display caring and respectful behaviors.
If successful, candidates would be required to complete a DBS check and Occupational Health Screening.
Alder Hey as an equal opportunities employer aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds. As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
This is an excellent opportunity for anyone who is keen to develop work experience in the NHS.
Crownway Community Centre Vacancy – Development Support Worker
Crownway Community Centre are looking for someone who has the skills, knowledge and experience required to fulfil this demanding but rewarding role in a busy, thriving community centre.
The ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to motivate, influence and form effective working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders. You will need to have a good understanding of issues impacting on local neighbourhoods and isolated communities, with the drive and determination to make a difference.
The role will include all aspects of marketing and publicity including the effective use of social media and web-based activities, monitoring and evaluation, fundraising and general administration and reception duties.
Ideally you will have experience of working with volunteers. Understanding good practice in volunteer recruitment, management and supervision, you will provide support to the Centre Manager in the delivery of the volunteer programme.
37 hours per week
£18,940 per annum
(Fixed term contract until July 2020)
For further information and/or to request an application pack which will include a full job description and person specification, please visit the Centre’s website or collect a pack from the office during office working hours 9am – 3pm Monday to Friday.
Closing date for applications is 28th November 2018 and interviews will take place week beginning 10th December 2018.
Please do not send a CV. This is an application process.
This post will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check paid for by the organisation
Crownway Community Centre is an equal opportunities employer.
Croxteth Gems Vacancy – Support Play Worker
The role is that of a Support Play worker. It is a 14 month post, for 20 hours per week, Monday – Friday (flexible).
The salary is £10,285.56 per annum, until February 2020.
For more information or an application pack, contact Michelle Ellison on 0151 547 2664 or michellebowden4@hotmail.com.
Claire House has Launched an Appeal to Reach Every Dying Child
More dying children are coming to Claire House than ever before, and we can no longer cope with demand.
Over the past six years we have seen an 84% increase in the number of children coming to the hospice.
We need to increase the care we offer families in their homes, help more children at our hospice on the Wirral and build a new children’s hospice in Liverpool.
With every day that passes another family struggles on without the help they so desperately need.
Liverpool City Council Community Resource Grants: Now Open
Liverpool City Council (LCC) has launched its 2019-2020 Community Resource Grant (CRG) grant application process on Monday 12 November 2018.
Valued at £750,000, the one-year grant programme is available to Liverpool based not for profit organisations that can make a difference to people’s lives.
LCC will fund organisations that can:
Support LCC achieve it’s Inclusive Growth Plan aims; and/or
Build capacity in the voluntary and community sector.
The deadline for submitting applications is 12pm on 7th December 2018.
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To support local groups seeking to apply for a CRG grant LCVS is running five bid review sessions for Liverpool based organisations that wants specific advice and support about their application. Each session is composed of 3 x 1hr advice surgeries.
These sessions will take place at LCVS, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2AH:
Monday 26 November, 1 pm – 4 pm
Wednesday 28 November, 10 am – 1 pm
Thursday 29 November, 1 pm – 4 pm
Friday 30 November, 10 am – 1 pm
Monday 3 December, 1 pm – 4 pm
Morning appointments will be 10am-11am, 11am-12pm or 12pm-1pm. Afternoon appointments will be 1pm-2pm, 2pm-3pm or 3pm – 4pm.
These free 1hr surgeries are a chance for you to have your CRG application reviewed and to receive face-to-face feedback on your application.
To book an appointment e-mail info@lcvs.org.uk with ‘CRG Bid Review Surgery’ in the subject line, indicating your preferred session or your preferred time or ring (0151) 227 5177.
It is important that you specify your preferred appointment.
Demand is expected to be high so your appointment will only be confirmed once we have sent you a confirmation e-mail.
You will need to send LCVS your application 3 working days before your appointment.
Breast Cancer Awareness Workshop
Student & Newly Qualified Social Workers Online Survey
British Association of Social Workers (BASW) England is the UK’s professional membership organisation for social workers and provides an independent voice for social workers. BASW currently has a survey for students and Newly Qualified Social Workers.
Liverpool Bereavement Services – Volunteers Needed
Liverpool One Fundraiser – Liverpool Bereavement Services have a stand in Liverpool One to promote Liverpool Bereavement Service and raise money.
They are looking for volunteers to help at the stand and raise money through holding buckets and interacting with the public.
Date: Tuesday 27 November and Wednesday 28 November
When: they will be there all day from 10am – 4pm however volunteers are asked to support for any amount of time they can.
ASDA Huyton – Liverpool Bereavement Services are bag packing in ASDA Huyton to raise funds for Liverpool Bereavement Service.
Volunteers will be asked to pack bags in the exchange for donations for the service.
Date: Sunday 9 December
When: we will be there all day from 10am – 4pm however volunteers are asked to support for any amount of time they can.
If you are interested in volunteering please contact Helen on: 0151 236 3932. Please do not just turn up as if there are no volunteers the event might not go ahead.
Sahir House Needs Your Help – World AIDS Day Fundraising Campaign Volunteers Needed
Sahir House, the HIV support service in Merseyside are looking for helpers with its annual World AIDS Day fundraising campaign. Sahir House provides vital support to people living with HIV who are often marginalised and vulnerable due to the fear and stigma that still surrounds the virus. Whilst lifesaving medication enables people to live a near normal life span and supress the virus to untransmittable levels, the prejudice is still causes distress and barriers for those living with HIV. Raising awareness and much needed funds is crucial to providing our support and reduces those barriers and continue to empower people living with HIV to live more independent lives.
World AIDS Day fundraising campaign team are looking for support by encouraging the public to donate and wear the red ribbons that symbolise HIV awareness, support for those living with HIV and remember those who have died of HIV. We have permission and are holding several train station collections and need help fundraising and getting the red ribbons out to the public.
Times and dates needed:
Friday 30 November 2018 – 8am – 10am or 4pm – 6pm, James Street Train Station or Moorfields Train Station.
Saturday 1 December 2018 – 10am – 12pm, 12pm – 2pm or 2pm – 4pm, Liverpool Central Train Station.
There will be lead Sahir House collector on each shift who liaise with station staff and deal with any queries during the shift.
Red ribbons, collection tins and relevant resources are provided by Sahir House.
Every collector would require an ID badge so calling in to Sahir House before collection date to ensure ID badge is completed is essential.
Certificate of thanks provided to all collectors.
If you are unable to help out on the above events and would still like to take part in our fundraising efforts, contact Sahir House for resources to hold a collection in your workplace, college, group or community group.
There are lots of other World AIDS Day and National HIV Testing Week events including the Liverpool Reconnect and Remember our HIV Community Quilts Project. Check out our website for more details.
To find out more contact Cath Turner, Development Manager, 0151 237 3989, cath@sahir.uk.com.
Local Solutions Front of House Reception Volunteer(s)
Local Solutions are looking for a volunteer/volunteers for their front of house reception at the Head Office Mount Vernon Green, Hall Lane, Liverpool. L7 8TF.
If you are interested in this opportunity call Julie on 0151 705 2381 for an informal chat.
Volunteers are reimbursed for travel and lunch.
World Diabetes Day – Park Walk
Cascading Leadership 2019
The Cascading Leadership programme is once again open for new applications. The programme is open to leaders from all health and wellbeing charities, from small start-ups or support groups to major national organisations. This year, they are particularly keen to support smaller and newer charities.
Please feel free to share this information with your networks and anyone who may be interested in applying. They can find more information on the programme, course dates and how to apply on the Cascading Leadership website. The deadline for applications is Friday 30 November.
St Bede’s Church Weekly Food Market and Café Volunteer
Community Food Market Volunteer and Programme Coordinator
We have secured two years’ funding for the position of Volunteer and Programme Coordinator for this evolving weekly food market and café at St Bede’s Church, Fern Grove, L8 0RZ.
The role is to develop and coordinate all aspects of the community market/cafe and volunteers to ensure its smooth operation and expansion.
It is a freelance position for someone who would be self-employed under a Contract for Service.
The fee is £10 per hour for an average 16 hours per week for 48 wks p/a. (The day/s the community market is open is a mandatory working day/s). For a copy of the Full Brief please contact admin@stbedewithstclement.org.uk.
Use of a car would be desirable.
Application Form/Process:
Applicants will need to submit a letter of application against the Brief and enclose a CV with two referee details.
Applications should be sent to the above e-mail address FAO Revd. Canon Elaine Jones. A satisfactory DBS check is required.
Application Deadline: Midday Monday 26 November 2018
Interview Date: Scheduled for either Wednesday 5 December or Thursday 6 December
Toxteth and Wavertree Denery Debt Advice has been helping parishioners with debt problems since 2012, and we have been running a debt centre from St Bede’s church for over a year.
We are currently looking for new volunteers in this interesting and rewarding work. You would need to be available for our drop in session, from 5pm to 7pm every Monday, be good with people, good with computers, and confident with maths. We would give you all the training you need, in the form of three one-day courses.
Application Process:
If this sounds like you, either contact us at debtadvice@tawda.org.uk, or drop in to see us when we’re at St Bede’s Church, Fern Grove/Hartington Road, Toxteth, L8 0RZ on Mondays, 5pm to 7pm.
Application Deadline: None
Interview date: N/A
FareShare Food Hero Volunteers
Food heroes needed
Volunteer with FareShare Merseyside to save good food from going to waste and deliver it to people in need instead.
Get active, gain skills, meet new people and change lives.
Grow Wild, the outreach project of Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, has two grant funds open for application: community projects and for youth-led projects.We’re interested in projects inspired by UK native wildflowers, plants and fungi, that help people connect to each other and nature.
Our Community projects fund (deadline 10th December) award £2k or £4k for groups and organisations trying something new or different to engage hundreds of people in their community about UK native wildflowers/plants/fungi, where there are opportunities to help people connect with, learn about and give to each other and nature.
Our Youth-led projects fund (rolling deadlines) award £500 for young people aged 14-25. Projects should be creative, actively engage other people in their delivery, and be inspired by UK native wildflowers or fungi. Beyond that, anything is up for grabs!
Grow Wild’s North England Engagement Manager, Ben Fisher, is happy to advise on ideas and applications – he can be contacted on b.fisher@kew.org.
Liverpool City Council Community Resource Grant 2019-2020: Application Guidance Event
Register Now
Tuesday 13 November 2018, 10:00 AM through 1:00 PM, at LCVS, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2AH.
Liverpool City Council is currently inviting applications to its 2019/20 Community Resource Grant (CRG) programme.
To support local organisations interested in applying for CRG funding, LCVS is hosting a free event for Liverpool based not for profit organisations interested in accessing this opportunity.
The event will give you a chance to find out more about the funding criteria and application process and LCVS staff will also provide guidance on how to make a strong application.
For more information, please contact Capacity Building on (0151) 227 5177 or via info@lcvs.org.uk.
Note:
This event is for Liverpool based not for profit organisations only;
Places are limited to 1 person per organisation*;
Places are limited, so bookings will be made on a first come, first served basis.
*People with a disability/access needs may be accompanied by one person.
Please contact info@lcvs.org.uk to discuss your needs prior to booking to allow us to better accommodate you.
Liverpool Cares Volunteer Recruitment
Liverpool Cares is a community network of young professionals and older neighbours hanging out and helping one another in our rapidly changing city. They are recruiting volunteers (18+) to join the community, and older neighbours aiming to bring people together to reduce isolation and loneliness in younger and older people.
The range of programs aim to bridge gaps across social generational, digital, cultural and attitudinal divides, and improve skills, confidence, and resilience of everyone involved, so it’s mutually beneficial to both audiences. You can sign up as both an older neighbour or as a volunteer to take part in a range of free activities across the city.
Throughout the year you can:
Join free Social Clubs each month – The Social Clubs will take place in various venues and areas across the city – which will see everything from pub nights, quizzes, crafts and dances, tech workshops. The social clubs are a great opportunity to meet younger and older people, share stories and get to know your Liverpudlian neighbours! The first free social club is taking place on Monday 19 November – to book your free place call 0151 659 1789.
Be matched with a younger neighbour through Love Your Neighbour – Helping to bring some of the outside world in for people who may struggle to get out. This maybe a weekly catch up chat or a cup of tea, a trip to the park or a meal out.
Winter Wellbeing project – The project is aimed at neighbours over-65 and over runs form November 2018 – March 2019 and will help older neighbours stay warm, active and better connected during the winter. Liverpool Cares can deliver free blankets, hot water bottles and warm items to those most in need as well as arrange small grants for people struggling to heat their home and are facing difficult financial circumstances. They can also signpost neighbours to support, advice and help that other organisations are offering across the city region.
Please get in touch to find out more. For more information, contact Rachael Treacher by e-mail at rachael.treacher@liverpoolcares.org.uk, call 0151 659 1789 or to sign up as an older neighbour or to volunteer.
A Celebration of 100 Years of Women Voting at Eleanor Rathbone Building
4Wings in association with The University of Liverpool School of Law & Social Justice is holding a women’s event on Thursday 8th November 2018 celebrating a 100 years of women voting in the UK at the Eleanor Rathbone Building, Bedford Street South, Liverpool, L69 7ZA.
The event will commence with a film viewing dedicated to the Suffragette movement and will be followed by a discussion.
A panel of inspirational women from diverse communities will lead a discussion on how far women have come and the journey women are yet to face during the fight for equality. Hear first-hand from women of disadvantaged backgrounds about the struggles they have overcome.
We welcome you to join members of 4 Wings and the University of Liverpool School of Law and Social Justice for refreshments afterwards.
Sporting Capital: Funder meeting opportunity – For Sports and Physical Activity Groups
Wednesday 14 November 2018, 10am – 4pm, at LCVS, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2AH.
Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS) are the biggest support organisation for charities and communities organisations here in Liverpool. As part of its work LVCVS is in regular discussion with funders who might be interested in supporting local sports and physical activity projects.
LCVS is currently in discussion with a funder called Sporting Capital. Sporting Capital is a social investor interested in supporting sports based community projects that want to grow/develop here in the city. Sporting Capital can offer loan funding of between £50,000-£150,000.
LCVS has arranged a visit from Sporting Capital from 10am-4pm, Wednesday 14 November and there are a number of 1hr appointments for local projects to sit and chat with the funder. This might be just to discuss your project ideas or to see if this type of opportunity is for you.
We also gauging expressions of interest to see whether a larger forum style meeting would be suitable on the same day. If demand was such that a forum meeting would be more appropriate, this would like occur between 10am-12pm, with one to one appointments after that.
Sporting Capital can also provide access to grant funding of up to £15,000 to support the development of projects, through the Reach Fund. This grant funding can help groups develop their ideas and there is no obligation to go forward with seeking the social investment opportunity.
If you would like to meet Sporting Capital to discuss your project, including opportunities for both loan/grant finance available, please register your expression of interest with Sylvia Wensley and Donna Hall (donna.hall4@liverpool.gov.uk & Sylvia.wensley@liverpool.gov.uk) by 4pm on Wednesday 24 October. If you have a preferred time slot (appointments will be on the hour, each hour from 10am-4pm), please make your preference known. Alternatively, you can contact LCVS on info@lcvs.org.uk or (0151) 227 5177 for further information.
You will be contacted after this date with more information about your confirmed appointment.
An introduction to the new Liverpool Neglect Screening Tool
The Graded Care Profile (V2) (and online case management system)
Liverpool’s multi-agency partners want to make sure that all agencies work together so that anyone who comes into contact with children and young people is able to recognise and respond to cases where a child or young person may be at risk of emerging neglect or at risk of harm from neglect.
To help professionals to do this, we have introduced a new Neglect Screening Tool and are supporting the use of the NSPCC Tool – The Graded Care Profile (V2).
This event is aimed at leaders, managers and staff from all agencies (Adults and Children’s) and will provide information about the impact of Neglect on Children and Young people, the local context in which the Neglect Strategy has been written and practitioner perspectives on the new tools to support practice.
The event will take place on Friday 7 December 2018, at LACE Conference Centre, Croxteth Drive, Liverpool L17 1AA.
There will be an agency marketplace in-between these sessions. If you would like your agency to be represented at the market place to share your resources, please contact Kate.Bright@Liverpool.gov.uk.
Healthwatch England Want to Hear from You
Share your ideas: What do you want the NHS to look like at 100?
The Government has asked the NHS to develop a plan to help prevent poor health and improve the support you receive. They’ll give the NHS more money to help make this happen.
Healthwatch England think it’s important that your voice is heard, not just in these future plans, but in also in choices further ahead. They’re having a national discussion about what you want to see when the NHS turns 80, 90 and 100.
Tell them what you think about these three topics:
Join the Association of Chairs and the Charity Commission in Liverpool on 20 November at our workshop ‘Recognising and reporting serious incidents- what you need to know’.
The aim of the workshop is to provide an opportunity to hear about the way in which the Charity Commission views serious incidents and how they handle the reports which are made to them. This is about helping you understand the reasons for reporting a serious incident in your charity. Whilst the circumstances of incidents vary in type and in the impact they have, Chairs and trustees can work to limit the likelihood of an incident happening and to minimise the impact on the charity when they do. We will take a closer look at fraud and safeguarding as these are areas where serious incidents are most common. Representatives of the Charity Commission will talk to us about their approach to these issues and lead group discussions on the issues.
This free event is open to Chairs and Vice Chairs of charities and non-profit organisations. Book your space now.
Chair Based Yoga Sessions – free
Princes Trust Taster Days – Getting Started with Drama
Are you 16-25? Want to learn new skills?
Taster day on 22 November 2018, Liverpool
Course dates 26 – 30 November 2018, Liverpool
Meet new people and improve your skills by creating a performance, as part of a team.
Not only will it help you discover new talents and develop new skills, but you could also gain an Bronze Arts Award and benefit from support from our staff or one of our mentors to help you uncover your next steps.
The course is free, travel is refunded and lunch provided.
Gain skills with qualifications
Work with theatre and industry professionals
Be able to express yourself creatively and explore issues through drama
Meet new people and build your confidence and skills
Doesn’t affect your benefits
Up to three months support
To join the course or find out more:
Text ‘Call me’ to 07983 385 418
Call for free on 0800 842 842
Princes Trust Taster Days – Emergency Response
Are you 16-25? Want to learn new skills?
Taster day on 5 December 2018, Liverpool
Course dates 10 – 14 December 2018, Liverpool
Meet new people and improve your skills by working on a group challenge of completing a Fire and Rescue Drill and Pass-out Parade on the final day.
The course is free. On the course you will:
Gain an insight into the Fire and Rescue Service, learning new skills
Develop life skills through fun and interactive sessions
Develop teamwork and confidence through Fire and Rescue Service practical drills and scenarios
Gain a First Aid awareness certificate
Progress beyond the course towards further training opportunities
Travel expenses paid on programme and doesn’t affect your benefits
Receive up to 3 months support after the programme to move into education, training or employment
This activity is part financed by the European Union through the European Social Fund (ESF)
Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) to extend employment opportunities and develop a skilled workforce
To join the course or find out more:
Text ‘Call me’ to 07983 385 418
Call for free on 0800 842 842
In partnership with
Savera UK Vacancy – Part-time Support Worker (female only)
Designation: Part time Support Worker
Contract: Part time, fixed term contract starting Dec 2018 – Dec 2019
NJC Scale: £22,937 (pro rata)
Hours: 4 days
Reports to: Service Development Manager
Location: Liverpool based, working across Merseyside & Cheshire
Job Duties:
The post holder will work as part of Savera UK’s team, they will be Liverpool based, but will be required to work across the Merseyside and Cheshire areas. The Support Worker will work with BME individuals/families that have been referred to the service as a result of domestic abuse and provide the holistic support necessary. Interventions will be developed in such a way as to promote culturally sensitive and appropriate support as well as promoting independence and improve self-esteem by empowering clients to identify their as yet, unmet needs.
When Toast & Jam finishes in February 2019, everyone who has taken part will be given a VIP invitation to Big Up!– a brand new hip hop and puppetry theatre show for 3 to 6 year olds and everybody who looks after them.
Made in partnership with Theatre-Rites, the show is coming to the Unity Theatre, Liverpool from Friday 8 – Saturday 16 February 2019.
Barnardo’s Vacancies – Children’s Services Manager and two Registered Managers
Liverpool Transition, Preparation and Moving-On Service
Do you want to be part of a brand new innovative residential support service for young people in Liverpool?
Can you achieve transformational change for looked after young people who have a range of complex needs?
If you’re passionate about the children in your care and can show understanding, tenacity and consistency of care – this may be the opportunity for you!
We are currently recruiting for a Children’s Services Manager and two Registered Managers.
The deadline for application is midnight on Sunday 4 November 2018.
LCVS Vacancy – Marketing and Communications Officer
Job Ref: LCVS
Type: Part-time, permanent
Location: Liverpool
Salary: c.£22,500 (pro-rata)
Closing Date: Wednesday 14 November 2018
Are you a proactive and creative person seeking an opportunity to utilise your marketing and communications expertise to promote vital services in the not-for-profit sector?
For over a century, LCVS has been working to improve the well-being of individuals and communities in Liverpool through supporting and encouraging charitable giving and voluntary action and by bringing people, organisations and resources together. Providing support, advice, training, networking and representation for individuals and charitable organisations across Merseyside, LCVS help donors distribute over £4m every year to charitable organisations who share their values.
About the role
To promote the vital services offered, LCVS is looking for a highly creative Marketing and Communications Officer to raise its profile via written and digital content media. You will use social media, press releases and a range of other media to publicise initiatives, conference facilities and a range of events throughout the year at their impressive base in the heart of Liverpool’s commercial district.
You will work closely with colleagues in response to media queries, with external media partners and suppliers and manage the production of marketing materials. You will be a self-starter with strong organisational, content creation, creative writing, social media and collaboration skills to successfully promote this fantastic organisation.
You may already be an experienced marketing, PR or communications professional, or perhaps you are a high performing recent graduate seeking the opportunity to launch your career in the third sector.
How to apply
If the chance to work for this well known and growing organisation appeals to you, get in touch with the Charity Careers North West team today. We’ll send you an information pack about this opportunity as well as the full job description and person specification.
You are advised to get in touch in advance of the closing date to give us time to consider your application and pre-interview the strongest applicants.
Closing date: 9am, Wednesday 14 November 2018.
Interviews will be held Tuesday 20 November 2018.
Healthwatch Vacancy – Operations Manager
Healthwatch Liverpool is looking to recruit an experienced and progressive Operations Manager to be based out of their offices in Liverpool City Centre.
Interested applicants are invited to submit an application form explaining their interest in, and suitability for, the role in line with the Job Description and Person Specification provided. You can find full details on: http://www.healthwatchliverpool.co.uk/jobs/operations-manager
Please submit completed application forms by e-mail to recruitment@healthwatchliverpool.co.uk or by post to Healthwatch Liverpool, 4th Floor, 151 Dale Street, L2 2AH.
Applications sent by e-mail should be received no later than midnight on Sunday 18 November 2018.
Applications submitted by post or delivered by hand must reach us by 5pm Friday 16 November 2018 and should be marked Recruitment.
Shortlisting will take place week commencing 19 November, 2018 and interviews for the role will be held at Healthwatch Liverpool offices on Monday 26 November and shortlisted applicants will be advised of their interview time by either telephone or e-mail, as preferred.
Raise Vacancy – Welfare Rights Advisor
To champion the fight against poverty and inequality enabling people to take control of their lives.
Based in Liverpool but travel to the surrounding areas
Welfare Rights Advisor
35 hours a week
NJC Scale 6 (23,866 – £25,463)
Fixed term: 6 months (possible extension)
Established in 1999 Raise is an advice service that supports clients within their own home with welfare benefits, debt and financial capability advice at a specialist level. This is an exciting opportunity to join a team giving specialist welfare rights advice to Housing Association tenants.
Raise is a small charity with 23 staff, including a team of 8 welfare rights advisers, and two volunteers. We have very close contacts with five housing associations that refer tenants to us for benefits advice, debt advice, or financial capability.
We need a highly motivated individual who is passionate about empowering individuals to navigate the complexity that is our Social Security system. You will be experienced in providing speciality welfare rights advice, undertaking casework and tribunal representation. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to relate and work with a large variety of different people.
This job is for an experienced worker but if you are interested in pursuing a career in welfare rights you might also be interested in our trainee opportunities – please e-mail us.
Closing date: Friday 9 November 2018
Interviews will be held on: Wednesday 14 November 2018
The Reader Vacancies – Catering Manager and Catering Assistant
Catering Manager
Based in Calderstones Park, L18 3JB
Reporting to: Head of Social Enterprise
Salary: £22,000 -£27,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week on a rota basis spanning 0700-2300 hours, Monday to Sunday.
Annual Leave: 30 days holiday per year plus bank holidays.
Duration: Permanent
About the Role:
The Reader is looking to recruit a reliable, experienced manager with a strong values fit who will be responsible for leading and developing The Reader’s hospitality offer, as we move towards moving to the newly refurbished Mansion in late Spring 2019. Our current hospitality/catering provision consists of a well-established and popular café in a container in the courtyard, and separate Ice Cream Parlour.
The Catering Manager will work with the Associate Director of Social Enterprise to lead the development of the new Mansion House Café, oversee the development of its offer, work with the Director on ‘look and feel’, and successfully launch the new venture.
The Catering Manager will work with the Associate Director of Social Enterprise develop and ensure the smooth working of a range of profitable catering offers across the site in harmony with The Reader’s ethos and vision, creating new and sustainable ways to support The Reader’s charitable activity and generate revenue. The Catering Manager will lead on and ensure all aspects of catering health and safety compliance.
The Catering Manager will ensure the highest standards of food safety, customer service, food quality, and risk management are achieved and that these standards are maintained through constant monitoring.
The Reader is a fast-paced, extremely demanding and highly rewarding place to work if you are a learner, open to change and development.
Location: The Reader, Calderstones Park, L18 3JB
Reporting to: The Catering Manager
Hourly Rate: £7.38 – £7.83 per hour
Hours: Minimum 4 hours per week on a rota basis spanning 0800-1800 hours. Working hours will primarily be Monday – Friday. However, there is also a requirement to be able to work weekends.
Duration: fixed term to 31 March 2019
About this Post:
The café and ice cream parlour are open seven days a week and provide a quality and affordable offer for the local community in welcoming environments. We are looking for a hard-working, honest person to join our growing Enterprise team. You will be invited to participate fully in the development of our exciting Social Enterprise which offers many opportunities for growth and development.
This role will work across the catering provision of The Reader Group Enterprises, in our café, ice cream parlour, and events. They will work in a team developing and delivering a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with The Reader Group’s ethos and vision and consistently delivers a high level of customer service.
Liverpool World Centre Vacancy – Office Coordinator with Creative Educational Charity
£22,656-25,951 pro rata (14 hours/week)
This is an exciting opportunity for someone how loves organising, has a good eye for detail and is passionate about social justice. LWC exists to make world issues relevant to the lives of young people. We need an Office Coordinator to help us deliver our projects to those who work directly with young people. To do this, the Office Coordinator will ensure that all projects are coordinated across the organisation, LWC events are perfectly delivered, and LWC successes are communicated. In doing this job you will learn about our incredible work with children, students and teachers, so you can also share our story with others.
We’re looking for someone to join our small team who: has good organizational skills; enjoys communicating with delegates; can use IT proficiently; and has experience of book keeping or finances. If you are interested please e-mail pablo@liverpoolworldcentre.org.
Job Ref: LCVS Type: Part-time, permanent Location: Liverpool Salary: c.£22,500 (pro-rata) Closing Date: 14th November 2018
Full Description
Are you a proactive and creative person seeking an opportunity to utilise your marketing and communications expertise to promote vital services in the not-for-profit sector?
For over a century, LCVS has been working to improve the well-being of individuals and communities in Liverpool through supporting and encouraging charitable giving and voluntary action and by bringing people, organisations and resources together. Providing support, advice, training, networking and representation for individuals and charitable organisations across Merseyside, LCVS help donors distribute over £4m every year to charitable organisations who share their values.
About the role
To promote the vital services offered, LCVS is looking for a highly creative Marketing and Communications Officer to raise its profile via written and digital content media. You will use social media, press releases and a range of other media to publicise initiatives, conference facilities and a range of events throughout the year at their impressive base in the heart of Liverpool’s commercial district.
You will work closely with colleagues in response to media queries, with external media partners and suppliers and manage the production of marketing materials. You will be a self-starter with strong organisational, content creation, creative writing, social media and collaboration skills to successfully promote this fantastic organisation.
You may already be an experienced marketing, PR or communications professional, or perhaps you are a high performing recent graduate seeking the opportunity to launch your career in the third sector.
How to apply
If the chance to work for this well known and growing organisation appeals to you, get in touch with the Charity Careers North West team today. We’ll send you an information pack about this opportunity as well as the full job description and person specification.
You are advised to get in touch in advance of the closing date to give us time to consider your application and pre-interview the strongest applicants.
Closing date: 9am, Wednesday 14th November 2018. Interviews will be held Tuesday 20th November 2018.
Liverpool City Council Community Resource Grant (CRG) 2019-2020: Bid Review Surgeries
To support local groups seeking to apply for a CRG grant LCVS is running five bid review sessions for Liverpool based organisations that wants specific advice and support about their application. Each session is composed of 3 x 1hr advice surgeries.
These sessions will take place at LCVS, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool. L2 2AH:
Monday 26 November, 1 pm – 4 pm
Wednesday 28 November, 10 am – 1 pm
Thursday 29 November, 1 pm – 4 pm
Friday 30 November, 10 am – 1 pm
Monday 3 December, 1 pm – 4 pm
Morning appointments will be 10am-11am, 11am-12pm or 12pm-1pm. Afternoon appointments will be 1pm-2pm, 2pm-3pm or 3pm – 4pm.
These free 1hr surgeries are a chance for you to have your Community Resource Grant application reviewed and to receive face-to-face feedback on your application.
To book an appointment e-mail info@lcvs.org.uk with ‘CRG Bid Review Surgery’ in the subject line, indicating your preferred session or your preferred time or ring (0151) 227 5177.
It is important that you specify your preferred appointment.
Demand is expected to be high so your appointment will only be confirmed once we have sent you a confirmation e-mail.
You will need to send LCVS your application 3 working days before your appointment.
Hate Crime Community Projects Fund – launched
The Home Office have launched their third round of funding for Hate Crime Community Projects.
The funding opened today and the deadline for applications is 23:59 on the Friday 7 December 2018.
The Home Office are looking to fund £75,000 to up to 8 projects (this number may vary). Projects are expected to finish delivery by March 2020. They are looking for community groups to develop projects that help to prevent hate crime and issue associated with it. Projects must involve stakeholders are affected by, are past or potential perpetrators of hate crime, or those who support victims/perpetrators of hate crime.
The following are eligible to apply:
any registered English or Welsh charities
any charitable incorporated organisation in England or Wales
companies limited by guarantee
not for profit registered community interest companies
constituted community and voluntary community sector groups
3rd sector/public sector partnerships (providing the lead organisation bidding for funding is not a public sector or local government body)
groups who have applied to this scheme previously whether they have been successful or unsuccessful in securing funding.
Safeguarding Adults Week is in November (Monday 19 November to Sunday 25 November), and Club Matters have a Safeguarding Adults podcast and online workshop launching next month. It is important for any club that has regular contact with the public to understand the role they play in safeguarding adults that may need help/support.
Club Matters is Sport England’s one stop shop for sports clubs. Club Matters provides free, convenient, practical resources to help you develop and run a sustainable club.
Supporting Veterans in Memory of Local Soldier
Local charity Caring Connections has now launched a specialized service directed to supporting ex-service men and women affected by a range of mental health issues.
The service has been set up in memory of John Paul Finnigan who sadly lost his life through suicide in 2018. John a brave Liverpool soldier from Huyton had completed a number of tours overseas in war ravaged areas serving proudly with the 2nd Battalion the Rifles. Upon leaving the Army John suffered greatly with PTSD and even lost close friends through their own PTSD struggles. Johns story highlighted the further need for support of our returning veterans and challenges that are faced after being involved in such distressing situations.
Paul Growney CEO of Caring Connections stated ‘We are very proud to launch this service and hopefully it can provide a further support mechanism to those returning home and struggling with civilian life. The story of John Paul has really touched our organization and we honored to dedicate this service to his name’.
At Caring Connections we have a team of specialists, who understand the deep and often complex needs specific to veterans, are able to provide a 1:1 bespoke service in a safe, confidential environment. The therapists are trained in a wide-range of therapies including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), specializing in supporting clients bereaved through suicide. All therapists are registered with the BACP Professional Body.
If you feel we may be able to help you or you know someone that may be suffering please contact us on 0151 289 2761 where we can discuss our service in more detail.
This support is free and we accept self-referrals.
Caring Connections offering emotional support and hope.
Caring for Merseyside Awards
Awards celebrate Merseyside’s social care workforce
New awards to honour ‘hidden heroes’ working in the care sector are being launched by a Merseyside charity.
“The Caring for Merseyside Awards will recognise the brilliant work delivered by carers across the Liverpool City Region,” said Paul Growney, CEO of Merseyside charity Caring Connections.
The local care company and charity wants to celebrate the best in care and also respond to the increasing demand in the sector by showing people the range of roles and opportunities available.
A new report by social care training organisation Skills for Care has found that there are 30,000 front-line social care workers across the Liverpool City Region.
Paul Growney added: “The health and social care sector is really struggling at the moment, with very high demands for service, difficulties in recruiting new staff and increasing financial pressures.
“There are thousands across Merseyside who work within this sector and provide the backbone to the local community.
“Without these people many of our local services would fall down and the wellbeing of local residents would be severely reduced. These people deliver an incredibly valuable job, often under great stress, and still manage to provide a caring service.
“We have founded the Caring for Merseyside Awards to celebrate these hidden heroes within the Liverpool City Region. We would like to encourage employees and service users to nominate their star carers.”
Nominations are now open, for people to submit their vote for a carer who has gone above and beyond their call of duty and provided outstanding care.
There are 12 award categories – including support worker of the year, dementia worker of the year and care apprentice.
The awards will be presented at an annual event for the care workforce – the first will be held at Liverpool Town Hall, on Saturday January 26 2019.
27 days annual leave (pro rata) plus public holidays
£13919.36 per annum (FTE £17399.20)
Based in Birkenhead but with some outreach at Wirral Hospitals & GP practices
Overview
Wired is a registered charity that provides a range of services to disadvantaged people and carers within Wirral, Liverpool, Knowsley and Warrington. The objective of the Carer Connector role is to support carers in Wirral so they feel supported in their caring role. WIRED and its partner organisations provide a range of information, advice, support, counselling and relaxation opportunities and services for carers in order to support them in their caring role.
Key skills and personal qualities required;
Knowledge of relevant legislation including the Care Act 2014, organisations supporting carers and the Health and Social Care System
Experience of supporting carers both over the phone and face to face
Experience of working with and supporting volunteers
Experience of supporting people to develop their skills, confidence and knowledge
Experience of developing and delivering information sessions
Experience of developing support groups and peer support groups
Experience and use of monitoring and feedback processes
Experience of working as part of a multi agency team and dealing with health and social care professionals
Driving licence and access to a vehicle
IT literate, with good working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc, as well as internet search skills and e-mail use
For more information contact Lynn Griffiths on 0151 670 0777
Closing date for submitting complete application forms – Friday 2 November 5pm
Recruitment conducted in accordance with WIRED’s Equality and Diversity policies and procedures. WIRED is committed to Safer Recruitment Practices. Enhanced DBS check required. WIRED welcomes applications from disabled people.
Finance Officer
21 hours per week (over 4 days), Actual salary – £14,400 (FTE £24,000)
27 days annual leave (pro rata) plus public holidays
Overview
Wired is a registered charity that provides a range of services to disadvantaged people, children, young people, parents and carers within Wirral, Liverpool, Knowsley and Warrington. This post will play a key role with the organisation and support the Senior Management Team. The Finance Officer will be responsible for the day to day managing of all financial reporting, production of monthly, quarterly accounts and payroll. The Finance Officer is expected to lead efficient financial management processes to support future growth and viability of WIRED, support with budget planning and take responsibility for monitoring of finances.
Key skills and personal qualities required
Finance Degree, CIMA, level 4 AAT (qualified or part qualified) or equivalent or relevant experience
Experience of delivering efficient financial management processes to support organisational growth.
Team player with the ability to work with other functional areas across the business
High standard of ICT including, Excel, Sage and IRIS Payroll software or similar
Experience of and knowledge of payroll processing
Experience of Government Pension Portal (NEST) and of uploading monthly pension contributions as part of overall payroll processing
Ability to manage varying levels of work e.g. strategic and operational day to day finance
Experience of financial analysis, production and reporting of Budgets, Cashflow, P&L, Balance Sheet, quarterly management accounts
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Knowledge of the charity sector and or social enterprise business sector
Closing date for submitting complete application forms – Friday 2 November 2018, 5pm
Recruitment conducted in accordance with WIRED’s Equality and Diversity policies and procedures. WIRED is committed to Safer Recruitment Practices. Enhanced DBS check required. WIRED welcomes applications from disabled people
Customer Service Assistant (apprenticeship)
35 hours per week
£3.70 per hour with performance related increases available
WIRED provide mobility scooter hire and shop mobility services from a range of locations across Wirral. As part of the ongoing development and expansion of the Shop Mobility Service WIRED require a Customer Service Apprentice. The role will be based at WIRED’s Birkenhead Shop Mobility Centre located at 5 St John Street, Birkenhead.
The key duties of the role include:
Meeting and greeting shop mobility customers
Taking payment for scooter hire
Updating customer records/customer database
Responding to telephone and email enquiries
Keeping the services social media up to date with good news stories etc
Keeping the reception area clean and tidy and clutter free so that it is safe and accessible for service users
The successful applicant will have the following skills and personal qualities;
Good time keeping
Excellent telephone manner
Good face to face communication and listening skills
Good IT skills – Word, Excel, email (outlook)
Strong literacy and numeracy
A good understanding of how to use the internet and social media
A strong work ethic and a desire to progress within the organisation
This is an excellent opportunity for someone to join WIRED at an exciting time, when the shop mobility service is looking to expand and develop its services. WIRED has a proven track record of supporting apprentices to grow and develop within the organisation and to progress to other opportunities.
For more information contact Lynn Griffiths on 0151 670 0777
Friday 2 November, 5pm
Recruitment conducted in accordance with WIRED’s Equality and Diversity policies and procedures. WIRED is committed to Safer Recruitment Practices. Enhanced DBS check required. WIRED welcomes applications from disabled people.
Global Active City – October Half Term Update
Liverpool has been named one of the world’s first Global Active Cities, and the first in the UK.
Liverpool and five other cities – Buenos Aires, Argentina; Hamburg, Germany; Lillehammer, Norway; Ljubljana, Slovenia; and Richmond, British Columbia, Canada – have worked hard to offer all their residents the opportunity to choose active and healthy lifestyles and improve their well-being. Each city has embraced a management model that motivates people at risk of inactivity-related illnesses to take up regular physical activity and sport.
In order to receive the Global Active City label, they each had to pass an independent audit with a stringent review of their physical activity and sports strategies and working practices.
The Global Active City Standard was created with input from more than 70 experts in health, sport and social sciences; legacy and sustainability; tourism; and urban planning and management. A number of key figures from Liverpool took part in the process, and because of their advanced work in delivering the Liverpool Active City Strategy, Liverpool City Council, NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) were development partners for the model. Further information.
Hatha Yoga with Jo – 6.30 – 7.30 @ Carmel Sports Club Dunbabin Road L16.
Swim the Distance – This November take on the Challenge solo or with a team – So we can take on Lung Cancer. It’s a swimming challenge open to all ages and abilities. Simply register for free, pick the distance you would like to complete and head down to your local swimming pool at a time that suits you throughout November. You can choose to complete your swim in one go, or over the course of the month as a team or as an individual – then claim your medal and certificate! Further information.
Special Olympics GB Summer Games 2021 Coming to Liverpool – Liverpool is to host the Special Olympics GB Summer Games 2021 – the biggest multi-sport tournament the city has ever staged.
Special Olympics Great Britain is delighted to confirm its 2021 National Summer Games – the 11th in history of the organisation – will be held in Liverpool from Tuesday 3rd August until Sunday 8th August 2021.
This will be the first time that the Special Olympics GB National Summer Games have been held in Liverpool city centre – although Knowsley in Merseyside did host the first ever Games in 1982.
Venues for the Games will include Greenbank Sports Academy, Wavertree Athletics Village and ACC Liverpool – all helping to host the UK’s biggest disability sports event in 2021.
A spectacular opening and closing ceremony at Sefton Park and Echo Arena Liverpool will also trigger a major cultural programme for the games – with a major legacy plan set to include an annual festival and a new Intellectual Disability Forum. Further information.
Imagine Independence Vacancy – Support Worker for Learning Disabilities/Mental Health
Imagine Independence is a charity that promotes recovery and inclusion, enabling and supporting people to live full and independent lives. We are proud to have the support of up to 150 volunteers and over 200 staff members to help those who need us.
Position: Support Worker for Learning Disabilities/Mental Health
x3 full-time posts at 37.5 hours per week working a rolling rota that includes waking nights
x1 part-time post at 15 hours
Job Reference: 18/42
Accommodation Site Tuebrook area and Anfield area, Liverpool
Salary: £15,596.75 p.a. pro rata for part time
All posts are temporary 6 month contracts with a view to extending
We are looking for a professional, dedicated and experienced Support Worker who can offer commitment to delivering high quality community-based care to service users living in the Liverpool area. You will have experience of working with people with mental health and/or learning disability needs. You will need excellent communication skills and be flexible in approach. You will have a positive attitude and be non-judgmental.
It is essential to the role that you have a committed approach towards maintaining confidentiality protecting the dignity of the individual and promoting their independence.
It’s desirable that you have at least an NVQ2 qualification in Health and Social Care. For further details and to download an application form and job description, please visit our website: www.imagineindependence.org.uk.
Completed application forms are to be returned by no later than the closing date/time either by e-mail to jalcock@imagineindependence.org.uk or post to the Hope Street address below. Please note that we shortlist from received application forms only, we do not accept CVs.
Our benefits include contributory company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and career development opportunities.
These posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory DBS check
Closing date for applications is Wednesday 31 October at 12 noon.
Interviews are currently scheduled to take place on Tuesday 6 November 2018, however this date is subject to potential change.
Imagine Independence aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
REE Financial Course and Support for Women with Mental Health Issues
Festive Lunches, Funding Available
Are you planning to provide lunches to disadvantaged people over the festive period?
ComMutual has a fund to support local community organisations or charities that are providing lunches for people who may be homeless, lonely, vulnerable and/or isolated over the Festive period. Merseyside Community groups can be funded up to £1000.
This year it has been extended to lunches being provided from Monday 1 December to Monday 31 January 2019.
ComMutual is the charitable arm to the Liverpool Mutual Homes Group structure to deliver non-housing related activity. It was formed to make a positive difference to our communities and improve lives across Merseyside and the surrounding area, building upon meaningful social projects previously delivered by LMH and FireFit Hub, a state of the art facility for the community.
Below is a link to more information about the fund and the online application. Applications can be submitted from today until Sunday 9 November.
Medicash Funding Available for Liverpool Charities and Community Groups
Liverpool cash plan provider Medicash has unveiled its plans to donate over £700,000 to local charities and community groups.
Charities and community groups based on Merseyside can now apply for a grant from the Medicash charitable trust, which recently received the Freedom of the City Award at a recent ceremony in Liverpool Town Hall . The focus is on those providing services around the health and wellbeing of adults and/or children.
Over the last ten years Medicash has donated over £1 million to health-related charities. Those that have benefitted recently include Samaritans, the Firefighters Charity and The Children’s Air Ambulance.
La Petite Ecole de Liverpool Vacancy – French Teachers and Assistants Required
Recherche Enseignant(E)S Et Assistant(E)S De Français – French teachers and assistants required
Une heure de cours (écriture, lecture, oral), suivie d’une heure ludique et culturelle.
Pour les enfants francophones, de 3 à 10 ans.
Samedi / Saturday 9h30-11h30 @ Academy of St Nicholas, L195NY
Recherche
assistante CP
personne francophone motivée pour faire des activités ludiques (sport, dance, théâtre, arts, musique, autres) par bloc de quelques séances sur un ou plusieurs trimestres
Reading, writing and speaking the first hour followed by an hour of interactive fun with qualified teachers for French-speaking children aged 3 to 10. Three levels.
Pour plus d’infos et pour postuler merci de contacter / further info and applications welcomed via:
The Charity Governance Awards 2019 are now accepting entries. The Charity Governance Awards is an exciting not-for-profit initiative created to celebrate outstanding governance in charities both small and large. There are seven categories covering every kind of charitable organisation.
Are You Pregnant? Have You Booked Your Flu Vaccination Appointment Yet?
Lancashire mum-to-be Maria Slater is joining forces with the local NHS to help promote the flu vaccine for pregnant women this winter. Last winter the number of pregnant women getting the flu jab across Lancashire and South Cumbria increased to 8,630 and local health teams are aiming to beat this target for this winter.
Maria, who is five months pregnant with her third child, has been filmed talking to her Practice Nurse and having the flu jab herself. The short film will be promoted by local NHS teams on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Jackie Hanson, Director Of Nursing & Care Professionals , NHS England Lancashire and South Cumbria said: “As an NHS health professional, I am really clear that if you are pregnant, getting vaccinated is the best protection for you and your unborn child from the flu virus. It’s just as important for mums-to-be to hear this message from people who are in the same position as themselves – and we are really grateful that Maria has agreed to help us.
“Pregnancy naturally weakens the body’s immune system and, as a result, increases the risk of a mother and unborn baby becoming seriously ill from flu. These risks include bronchitis, pneumonia and an increased risk of having a miscarriage or the baby being born prematurely or with a low birth weight.”
Maria said: “As a mum our first thoughts are to keep our children safe, I feel I can do this best at the moment for my unborn baby by having the flu vaccination.
“I read up on the vaccination and the risks to me and my baby if I’m not vaccinated I decided I didn’t want to take that chance. When I was reading about the vaccine, I felt confident in the vaccine was safe for me to have.
“With a daughter in primary school who is surrounded by other children who could pass on coughs and colds and maybe even the flu I felt I was at a higher risk of catching the flu virus and this is another reason why I chose to have the flu vaccination.”
Now is the ideal time for mums-to-be to have their free flu vaccination – either from their GP, Midwife or Practice Nurse before the flu virus starts circulating. All pregnant women are recommended to receive the flu vaccine no matter what stage of their pregnancy they are at.
You can watch Maria talking to her practice nurse and having her flu jab at YouTube.
Black Ethnic Minority Community Living with Dementia Focus Group
Quaker Meeting House Liverpool Vacancy
Meeting House Cleaner
Salary: £8.45 per hour
Hours: Monday to Friday 7-9am – 10 hours per week
Annual Leave: Annual Leave is 12.07% of hours worked.
Our modern, purpose built Meeting House is admired by many of our room hire customers for its’ pleasant atmosphere. This is a vital role in a small team committed to maintaining high standards.
Duties include cleaning according to assigned list, reporting any maintenance issues, setting up rooms.
Applicant needs to have experience as a cleaner, two references from previous employers are required.
Applicants need to be able to manage physical aspects of the job and have a pleasant manner which upholds Quaker values of peace and equality.
The role is subject to a probationary period and is subject to a trial shift. (Successful applicants will be paid for this shift once employed and on pay roll.)
To obtain a job description please contact Gayle Allen by e-mail or post or collect an application pack from reception. Application is by letter or e-mail.
Post :
Gayle Allen,
Business Manager,
Liverpool Quaker Meeting House,
22 School Lane,
Liverpool,
L1 3BT.
Closing date : Monday 22 October 2018
Interviews : Week commencing 5 November 2018
Liverpool Lighthouse Vacancy
Irish Legacy Project – Calling all Irish Nurses and Navvies; Builders of Modern Britain
Earlier this year, Chris Ruane MP began the Irish Builders of Modern Britain Project to help communicate the value Irish workers have brought to Britain. By considering Irish Navvies and Nurses, the project will recognise and celebrate Ireland’s contribution to Britain without “neglecting the sacrifices and isolation experienced by many”. The Project held its first round table discussion in London and we are delighted to follow that up with a discussion that is a part of the Liverpool Irish Festival.
You are invited to share your own stories and experiences and those of your family:
Friday 19 October, 2018 at 12.00am, at Cunard Suite, Cunard Building, Brunswick St, Liverpool L3 1ES.
Special guest: Former Navvy-turned-painter, Irish Presidential Award winner, Bernard Canavan.
Admission free but please RSVP by e-mail: Martin.Collins@parliament.uk or telephone: Irish Community Care: 0151 237 3987.
Educational Charity promoting Global Social Justice Trustee Vacancy
Educational Charity promoting Global Social Justice needs Trustee (Voluntary) with experience of marketing/accounting/HR
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about social justice and has experience of either marketing/accounting or HR. LWC exists to make world issues relevant to the lives of young people, and has grown significantly since its founding in 2000. We now need trustees to help guide our work that directly changes the lives of young people, and support the governance of a growing charity. In particular, we are recruiting for trustees with 3 areas of experience:
Marketing: We’ve recently embarked on a £17,000 communications project. Would you have the skills and enthusiasm to make sure we make the most of every pound that we spend, and engage better with our audience, supporters and funders?
Accounting: Would you be able to use your financial expertise to support the board of trustees and Director and Finance Manager, ensuring proper reporting and guiding trustees on financial decision making?
HR: As the team grows, we need to ensure that we do everything we can to help people fulfil their working potential. Can you help us create a working environment, in which staff and volunteers can give their best to the young people who need our support?
Deadline for application statement: Monday 5 November 2018
Telephone interview: w/c Monday 12 November, 2018
Achieve Something Remarkable – Opportunity Of A Lifetime
Sail with the next clipper round the world yacht race; Team Archie are very excited to offer a bursary for a deserving young person to take part in one leg of the Clipper 2019-20 Round the World Yacht Race.
Enabling a young person to compete in either Leg 1 (UK to South America – August/September 2019) or Leg 8 (North America to UK – June/July 2020)*, the cost of four weeks’ compulsory pre-race training, and a branded crew clothing pack. The total approximate value of the bursary is £13,000 see link below for full details: http://www.teamarchie.org/news/teamarchie-clipper-race-bursary.
International Slavery Museum – Ambassadors Programme, ages 17-22
Are you passionate about arts, history and culture? Are you interested in championing human rights education? Would you like to gain experience within the cultural sector working with artists, curators and museum educators to find new ways of engaging the public with our museum collections?
Join International Slavery Museum as a Young Ambassador to gain a behind the scenes insight into roles within our museum, challenge legacies of slavery such as racism and inequality, get involved in artist-led workshops and even programme and host museum events and activities. An unmissable opportunity for anyone interested in history, activism, arts and culture.
The programme with run from November 2018 to August 2019 and the Ambassadors’ group will meet once a month. All sessions run 1-4pm.
Applications are open to anyone aged 17-22. Please send your completed application form to stef.bradley@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk by 5pm on Thursday 8 November 2018.
Programme dates:
17 November
1 December
19 January
9 February
16 March
13 April
18 May
15 June
13 July
23 August
Radical Support for Liverpool Carers: Mytime named a Nesta 2018 ‘New Radical’
HOP Member Local Solutions’ Mytime initiative has been named as one of 50 ‘New Radicals’ by Nesta and the Observer for its creative approach to supporting carers. Every two years, Nesta and the Observer pull together a list of 50 radical thinking organisations and individuals developing creative ways of tackling society’s biggest challenges.
Mytime, part of the charity Local Solutions, connects Liverpool carers who would benefit from a break from their demanding caring roles with local businesses offering complimentary leisure, cultural and educational activities.
Breaks have included overnight hotel stays, afternoon teas, theatre tickets, football club tours and even Barista training. The idea of the scheme is to give carers space to relax and recharge, and offer some social interaction, helping them return to their caring role with renewed energy and confidence.
“There have only been two times in my life that I have felt special and that was one of them. You forget who you are when you’re a carer. It was a real treat to relax and just switch off.” – Mary, 76, who cares for her daughter, after enjoying a Mytime break.
The initiative which was born out of Liverpool Carers Centre, started when Hazel Brown, head of Carers services at Local Solutions approached the 5 star Malmaison Hotel to ask for an overnight break for a carer. They began donating an overnight stay each month to a carer and other hotels quickly followed suit. Following investment from the Big Lottery, the scheme has now grown to 48 organisations regularly offering a variety of complimentary breaks to carers.
The team now plans to take Mytime national and are creating a toolkit to help replicate the model in other areas.
“It’s a real honour to get this recognition but we’d like there to be no postcode lottery for access to Mytime so I’d like to get more people and organisations on board across the country. We’ve seen the impact having a break can have on a carers and I’d like carers to be able to make use of it wherever they live in the UK.”
Hazel Brown, head of Carers services at Local Solutions.
Do You Want to Join the HOP Steering Group?
HOP are creating a HOP Steering Group to give members the opportunity to be involved in deciding the direction of HOP network activity.
This opportunity is open to all HOP members, and they would like anyone who may be interested to submit a paragraph explaining why you would like to be involved.
For full details please visit the HOP website. To submit and expression of interest, please contact Emma Riley, HOP Network Coordinator, by e-mailing emma.riley@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk or call 0151 478 4178.
Liverpool City Council Commercial Procurement Unit – Corporate Security & Support Services
Contract Number: DN368185
Contract Name: Corporate Security & Support Services
Liverpool City Council (LCC) is looking to appoint a Service providers to manage our Corporate Security & Support Services for the City Councils and Local Subsidiaries. This will include manned, static guarding and CCTV Monitoring. Full details to be found within tender documents on our e-tendering portal.
The Contracts will be for a period of 3 Years with the option to extend for 2 x 12 months
Please download the full Application and supporting documents from Procontract.
Your company will need to register on Procontract (Due North) to be able to receive the opportunity. The documents will only be available on Procontract (available via the Due North site). Once you have registered you will need to go to the “my opportunities” section on the home page of Procontract and follow the instructions as a supplier to enable you to return your submission.
To register your organisation on Procontract click on the following link https://procontract.due-north.com/register, go to suppliers’ area and click on “register free”.
Closing date for submissions for SQ Stage Friday 26 October at 16.00
Gifted Mandela Prints on Permanent Display at St. George’s Hall
Limited edition artwork by Nelson Mandela, gifted to Liverpool City Council and the Mandela8 group by his eldest daughter, have been put on permanent display in St George’s Hall.
The City of Liverpool has strong connections to Nelson Mandela, being active in supporting anti-apartheid since the 1960’s and supporting the Free Nelson Mandela campaign and giving Nelson Mandela the Freedom of the city in 1994.
The Mandela8 group was established in 2013 after Nelson Mandela’s passing to establish a permanent memorial and educational programme as a fitting legacy. The memorial will be installed in Princes Park and officially opened in 2019.
Earlier this year representatives from both Mandela8 and Liverpool City Council visited South Africa to share the designs for the memorial with the Mandela family and were delighted to return to Liverpool not only with the blessing of Nelson Mandela’s eldest daughter Dr Makaziwe ‘Maki’ Mandela for the designs, but the beautiful gift of the limited edition ‘Struggles Collection’ prints.
The collection includes 5 line drawings depicting the various stages of South Africa’s development and the direct influence Nelson Mandela brought from struggle, imprisonment, freedom, unity and future.
It is without question that such a significant gift needs to be shared and be accessible to all who wish to see it so the prints are now permanently displayed in St Georges Hall.
Councillor Wendy Simon, Deputy Mayor of Liverpool and Cabinet member for Culture and Events, said:
“Going to South Africa and meeting the Mandela Family was a privilege and an honour. For the family to give us their blessing for the memorial design was incredibly exciting. Then for the City of Liverpool to be gifted these amazing prints was something we didn’t expected and were deeply humbled by.”
Lynn Collins, Chair of Mandela8 said:
“The images and messages in these prints will have a strong resonance with many in our city, who will not only have supported the Anti-Apartheid movement over many years, but will have been engaged in their own struggles for justice and fairness. It’s an honour to have been part of bringing them to Liverpool”
Sonia Bassey, Director and one of the founding members of Mandela8 said:
“The significance of ‘The Struggle’ prints being displayed in St Georges Hall in Mandela’s centenary year is huge. This artwork is not only the first Black artwork to go on permanent display in such a significant venue in the City, but it is Nelson Mandela’s, the most significant global leader of our time”.
Alan Smith, General Manager, St Georges Hall said:
“St George’s Hall is delighted to receive the works of Nelson Mandela to be on permanent display at the hall, and, following on from Nelson Mandela being awarded the Freedom of the city, the works go a long way in enhancing a new narrative for the city and its key venues of being truly multi-cultural and inclusive.”
From Africa Oyé.
Africa Oyé is a registered charity and partially funded by Arts Council England and Liverpool City Council.
The Africa Oyé festival is the biggest free celebration of African and Caribbean music and culture in the UK, taking place every June in the picturesque surroundings of Sefton Park in Liverpool. Having grown from humble beginnings in 1992 as a series of gigs in the city centre, Oyé now attracts crowds of over 50,000 people from all over the world each year.
2017 was Africa Oyé’s 25th Anniversary Year and saw a whole host of events programmed around the annual festival, under the ‘Oyé 25’ banner. Oyé was also shortlisted for Promoter of the Year at the 2017 UK Festival Awards.
Oyé’s Artistic Director, Paul Duhaney is available for interview upon request.
Africa Oye · Africa Oye · Parr Street Studios · Liverpool, Merseyside L1 4JN · United Kingdom
Wellbeing Enterprises Vacancies – Services Manager and Administrator
Services Manager
Salary: £25,500 – £27,500 (dependant on experience)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (12 month fixed term contract with possibility of expansion)
Location: Cheshire and Merseyside
Responsible to: Operations Manager
Responsible for: Front Line Staff
Closing Date 11/11/2018 4pm
Purpose of Post:
We are looking to recruit an experienced, dynamic and highly motivated Services Manager to work alongside the Senior Manager Team to ensure the quality of existing and new services are delivered at a high standard.
The Services Manager will oversee the implementation of new services and refine existing service delivery processes which will drive efficiency within the organisation. The Services Manager will also be responsible for managing front line staff and day to day operations.
Salary: £16,500 pro rata
12 month fixed term contract (6 month probationary period)
Hours: 16 hours per week
Place of work: Cheshire and Merseyside
Responsible to: Services Manager
Closing Date 11/11/2018 4pm
Purpose of Post:
We’re looking for an experienced and highly organised Administration Officer to ensure the smooth running of Wellbeing Enterprises’ administrative and IT responsibilities.
The successful candidate will provide administrative support to the frontline delivery team and will be responsible for developing and implementing efficient and effective administrative and IT processes and procedures.
‘HOP Pots’ of up to £300 each are available to put towards new partnership projects, developed by an arts or cultural organisation working alongside a community/older people-focused organisation, to help make it easier for older people to access the arts.
The theme for this round of grants is ‘Ownership’. They are looking for projects which are led by the skills and desires of the participants, and which engage older people to live well through arts and culture.
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 24 October. Visit the HOP website to find out more and to download an application pack.
Mayoral Active Sports Fund
£10,000 was identified within the Mayor’s Fund to help encourage Liverpool residents, of all ages, to become more active.
The Mayoral Active Sports Fund was set up and allows community and volunteer groups, civic organisations, clubs and other not-for-profit voluntary ventures to apply for bursaries of up to £500 which will benefit the health and well-being of those who live in the city.
The funding had to be used to:
Help start new initiatives and activities linked to recognised sports.
Target people doing less than 150 minutes moderate activity per week, with a particular focus on those doing less than 30 minutes moderate activity per week.
Engage volunteers who are new to volunteering in sport.
Look into working with local schools or other groups to spread the ‘get active’ message.
Councillor Tim Moore, Mayoral Lead for Organised Sport, said: “One of our priorities is to do as much as we can to ensure communities across this city can engage, and get involved, with sport.
“We know that many groups already do incredible work in their neighbourhoods, and we want to support them in being able to stage more activities and hopefully engage with new audience of all ages.
“We created a similar fund in 2017 in line with our Commonwealth Games bid, and although we are disappointed we didn’t get the Games, we are determined that the legacy of the bid would live on, and the Mayoral Active Sports Fund is a fantastic illustration of that.”
Projects that received the funding include:-
All Saints Community Network (Sheild Trust) who are setting up Walking Football with Everton in the Community.
Liverpool John Paul II Saturday School who are looking to introduce Nordic Walking to the Newsham Park area.
THE Action Youth who will be delivering swimming activities for transgender young people.
Making sport more accessible to people in Liverpool is a key aim of the Liverpool Active City Strategy 2014-21 programme, which is being delivered by Liverpool City Council and NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group in partnership with strategic stakeholders.
Women’s Vote Centenary Grant Scheme – Final Round of Small Grants Closes 16 October 2018
Third and final round of funding available through the Small Grants Fund – Closes to applications 16 October 2018
The Women’s Vote Centenary Grant Scheme (WVCGS) is a £1.5 million government fund that will support local and community groups across England in celebrating the centenary of women gaining the right to vote.
Small Grants Fund
You can apply for a grant of between £300 and £2,000 for activities to mark the centenary in your community. Small Grants are available for grassroots projects to run small-scale events and activities to celebrate the centenary of women gaining the vote. There have previously been two bidding rounds in 2018, this is now the third and final bidding round. The fund is open to organisations and activity in England only.
Round 3 of Small Grants Fund is NOW OPEN and the closing date is 23:59 Tuesday 16 October 2018. This will be the last opportunity to apply for grant funds under this scheme.
Funding available – grants of up to £2,000
You can apply for a grant of between £300 and £2,000 for activities to mark the centenary in your community.
We are looking to fund as many projects as possible in this round, hence we ask you to consider your budget carefully when applying.
Objectives:
All projects must meet the overall celebrate objective of the Small Grant Fund:
Celebrate, Inspire and Remember: to increase national awareness and mark 100 years since women got the right to vote. We will therefore fund activities which:
Celebrate key centenary milestones (see below).
Increase people’s awareness of the women’s suffrage movement
Improve people’s understanding of democracy in the UK, particularly young people
Encourage and inspire participation in civic life.
Eligibility:
Your application must meet the celebrate objective of the Small Grant Fund (see above). We will also prioritise applications holding an event or activity connected to and on or around these key centenary milestones:
The Parliament (Qualification of Women Act) 1918 which gave women over 21 the right to stand for election as a Member of Parliament (MP) on 21 November 1918.
Women voted in a general election for the first time on 14 December 1918 with 8.5 million women eligible.
For Round 3 we want to especially welcome applications from under-represented regions from Rounds 1 and 2, specifically: East Midlands; East of England and South East. However, this does not preclude projects from other regions from applying, and we expect to fund projects from across England.
How to apply
Round 3 of the Small Grant Fund is open for applications from Tuesday 4 September 2018 and the deadline to submit your application is 23:59 on Tuesday 16 October 2018. All projects must be ready to start by Saturday 15 December and be completed no later than Monday 31 December 2018.
We aim to let you know the outcome within four weeks of submitting your application. Please make sure you apply in sufficient time before your planned start date.
You should carefully read the Guidance, Frequently Asked Questions and the model application form available on our website at www.womensvotecentenaryfund.co.uk before you complete your online application. All applications must be submitted online . A model application form can be downloaded from the website that will help you identify the information you will need to provide. Please note that you must use the online portal to submit your application
Liverpool City Council Community Resource Grant 2019/20 Consultation
Liverpool City Council will be hosting consultation events across the city to discuss potential changes to the Community Resource Grant.
If you would like to attend one of the following consultation events please register by e-mailing corporate.grants@liverpool.gov.uk by 4 pm on Wednesday 10 October.
If you can’t attend either of these events, but would like to complete a short consultation questionnaire, please contact corporate.grants@liverpool.gov.uk.
Free: “Boost Your Knowledge, Boost Your Funding” Seminar
LCVS are delighted to invite you to our free upcoming seminar, held in partnership with NatWest. This seminar will provide charities and social enterprises of all shapes and sizes with essential knowledge on how to navigate key hurdles as we approach the winter season.
There will also be an opportunity to network with experts to get your questions answered.
Key updates include:
Keep Calm and Call HR – How Compliant is your organisation?
Christmas Parties – ‘What do I do if an employee complains of harassment?’
Holidays & Pay – . Is paying extra on Christmas Day religious discrimination?
Absence – Unauthorised absence’
Health & Safety – Weather Conditions- Can I reduce working hours? What if employees can’t get into work?
Bernadette Harrison MA LLB Hons, Senior Employment Law & HR Consultant, Royal Bank of Scotland & NatWest Mentor
Business Continuity Planning – Keeping going when things go wrong
Applications are invited for 3 trustee vacancies covering the counties of Lancashire, Merseyside, and Greater Manchester. Please see the information document about the charity.
Applicants should send a thumbnail CV and a brief statement of their reason for applying to
Skelton Bounty.
c/o LCVS 151 Dale Street,
Liverpool
L2 2AH
Following a 2-day audit in July this year, Liverpool will be an announced as one of the first cities in the world to be certified as Global Active City, endorsed by the International Olympic Association.
The audit assessed how effectively leaders and stakeholders have developed a PAS management system to increase levels of physical activity, tackle inactivity across the population, and offer ‘physical activity and sport for all’.
How Universal Credit May Affect You Or Your Community
You can access accredited training and become a community based Money Mentor. This is an excellent opportunity from the Better Off Finance Programme to access learning on Universal Credit. This two day program is being run at East Liverpool CAB.
These courses are Level 2 Accredited and lunch will be provided.
These courses are part of the wider Better Off Finance Programme and attendees must be willing to sign up – full details of the programme can be given at point of enquiry.
To be eligible for the training and for the programme, participants must live in the Liverpool City Region and not in paid employment. Expenses may be available on request.
£3 Each/Carers Free
No need to book
Hoist available
The vibe provides social and recreational opportunities for adults 16+ with any additional need.
We do not provide support. If you need assistance please bring someone with you.
Contact: The Vibe 07908 129485 or Lifestyles Ellergreen 233 5433.
The Reader Vacancy – Elf
Elf
Duration: Fixed Term for the month of December 2018
Salary: £7.83 per hour
Working Hours/Pattern: This is a part time, flexible role. Working hours may vary each week and will include working weekends and bank holidays to cover opening hours of 1000 to 1700 hours each day.
Location: Calderstones Park, Liverpool L8
Our team of elves will have a very important role to play! We will rely on you to create a sense of magic and excitement for all of the families coming to visit Santa; so above anything else you’ll need to have a great rapport with children and be able to help them feel at ease. Ideally the candidate would hold their own DBS (although one can be provided) and have experience of working with young people.
Key Responsibilities
Greeting visitors in a welcoming and friendly manner
Checking bookings
Maintaining Christmas cheer
Listening to Christmas wishes
Maintaining a festive feeling
Creating a believable Christmas character
Handing Santa to hand out gifts to children
Ensuring the smooth running of Santa’s grotto appointments
Opening Monday 1 October 2018
Closing date Friday 19 October 2018 12.00 noon
In its sixth successful year, and having funded over 200 grass roots organisations, Liverpool City Council and the Passionist Order who work in partnership to support the communities are opening the above grant funding programme. The grant fund is for grass root community groups with projects that benefit people in the Princes Park, Riverside and Picton wards. The Fund was set up in the memory of Austin Smith a Passionist priest and community activist who dedicated his time to serving the local community and was the founding father of the L 8 Law Centre who have also worked in the partnership. Father Austin died in March 2011 leaving a legacy to be proud of.
Guidance
What is the amount of grant available? You will be able to apply for a grant up to £350 per organisation.
Who can apply? Small not for profit community groups whose beneficiaries will be predominantly from in and around Prince Park, Picton and Riverside. Previous grant applicants can apply however precedence will be given to new applications.
What you will need to apply. (We can help you set up any of the following documents to be eligible for the grant)
a governing document
a bank account in the name of the organisation with 2 unrelated cheque signatories (do not send details in with application)
What the grants are to be used for?
help start new small projects and activities
youth activities/projects
contribute towards the running of an event, festival or other special occasion which will promote community involvement
groups who deliver intergenerational activities especially those which may reduce isolation
projects that will develop stronger communities – people working together to tackle issues in their neighbourhood
This year marks our 90th birthday. To celebrate we are hosting parties and open days across Liverpool and Sefton in October and we are encouraging local people to join in.
90th Birthday afternoon tea for people aged 75 plus –Tuesday 2 October
Bold Hotel Southport – call us on 0151 330 5678 to book your FREE place – places are limited.
Dementia Day Centre Open Day – Thursday 4 October
179 Townsend Lane, L13 9DY – call in between 11am and 2pm or call us on 0151 330 5678 for more information.
Dementia Nursing Home Open Day/90th Birthday Celebrations – Friday 19 October
219 Lower Breck Road, L6 0AE – call in between 12noon and 5pm or call us on 0151 294 4281
Personal Success Are Looking for New Trustees
We are seeking new Trustees who have a passion to help local people in Liverpool. We are a small multi-cultural, multi faith charity based in Upper Parliament Street. We provide learning and training for local BAME residents who need extra support, including after school courses for children and adult education.
We would particularly welcome new Trustees with skills and experience in the following areas in relation to local charities:-
Marketing, Social Media, Policy, Finance, Fundraising, Charity Secretary
This is an opportunity to bring your knowledge and expertise to our charity and to contribute to the direction of our organisation. If you would like to make a positive contribution to supporting refugees, asylum seekers, single parents, and people experiencing multiple deprivation, this is the right time to support our charity.
As a trustee you will take part in regular Board meetings, usually held four times a year at our centre. You will also attend the Annual General Meeting and extra-ordinary meetings, which may include events. When you become a Trustee we will ensure that you understand the Trustee role, how the board operates and the responsibilities of Trustees and the Board.
Please don’t hesitate to contact Mr. Bello on 01517060999 or 07886019690 or pssedu@gmail.com if you are interested or you know somebody who is interested in becoming a Trustee or Volunteer in our charity.
ComMutual – Community Initiative Fund
Do you have a community initiative you need help with financing?
As LMH’s charitable arm, ComMutual works with tenants and the wider community on a number of projects to help improve the quality of life and wellbeing for all customers.
ComMutual’s Community Investment Fund (CIF) helps a number of organisations throughout the Liverpool City Region to have a positive impact on their community. Organisations are encouraged to apply for support from the CIF, demonstrating how a project or initiative will make a difference for LMH tenants or those living in the surrounding community. Applications need to address one or more of Mutual’s key impact areas:
Health and Wellbeing
Employment
Go Digital
Money Matters
The next ComMutual Community Initiative Fund panels are due to sit on Monday 12 November (deadline extended to Wednesday 7 November due to Christmas) providing an opportunity to apply for Christmas events.
Ref: S439 | Liverpool (two roles) & Knowsley (one role) but based in the Liverpool office – North Zone
28 hours per week
Salary: Circa £18,400 per annum
Closing date: Friday, 28 September, 2018
Interview date: Tuesday, 9 October, 2018, Thursday, 11 October, 2018
Job type: Part time
This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to deliver support following stroke.
We are looking for innovative, passionate and professional individuals to join our teams in Liverpool & Knowsley. Working closely with the hospital and community multi-disciplinary teams you will provide emotional and practical support to stroke survivors, their families and carers, both in hospital and at home
he service aims to identify and address the needs of stroke survivors and carers across the stroke pathway, providing a range of innovative support solutions. A key part of the role will be to recruit, train and manage a team of volunteers, to support service users and the delivery of the service. Referrals are received from the Acute and Community Stroke Teams in the local areas, families and other healthcare professionals.
Applicants are likely to have a background in the caring profession, preferably with knowledge of stroke. You must have all round flexible skills in listening, communication, organisation, IT and resourcefulness.
The use of a car with business use cover and the ability to drive is essential to be able to fulfil the requirements of the role.
This is a fixed term role until 31 March 2019. Our services are contracted; we currently have funding for this contract until 31 March 2019.
Applying
Please complete and submit the application form. CVs will not be accepted. For assistance in completing the form please refer to the guidance.
E-mail the completed application form to northwest.recruitment@stroke.org.uk by the closing date 28 September 2018. Interviews to be held on 9 October 2018 for the Knowsley post and 11 October 2018 for the Liverpool post.
The Stroke Association is an equal opportunities employer, to enable us to fulfil our responsibilities please complete the equal opportunities form and e-mail it to equalops@stroke.org.uk which is managed by our HR team. Do not send it with your application or send your application to this email address.
If you have any queries please email the HR team at recruitment@stroke.org.uk.
If you’re still unsure about applying for a role with us or just want to get an idea of the benefits of doing so please visit the benefits page or see what we do.
We are the UK’s leading charity dedicated to conquering stroke.
There are over 1.2 million stroke survivors in the UK. Almost two thirds have a disability and one third rely on others for help, making stroke one of the biggest causes of disability.
We are continually working to improve the lives of stroke survivors and their families who deserve the very best treatment and care. We deliver amazing, life-changing support to over 60,000 stroke survivors and their families each year. We also fund research to find better treatments, campaign for better stroke care and help people understand how to spot and prevent stroke. This work is made possible by more than 4,000 talented volunteers and staff, our fantastic supporters and our strong relationships with the stroke clinical and research community.
We work with integrity, demonstrating our values as one combined passionate, innovative, respectful and professional team.
Together we can conquer stroke.
Citizens Advice Liverpool Vacancy
Advice on Prescription Plus (APP) Social Prescribing Coordinator
Employer: Citizens Advice Liverpool
Hours: 35 hrs
Salary: £27,500
Location: Liverpool
Report to: Programme Manager
Context of role
The Liverpool Advice on Prescription (AoP) was commissioned by Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (LCCG) in 2016 to improve preventative health outcomes for people with long-term conditions and/or co-morbid mental health problems. The service takes direct referrals from GP teams and other health professionals and is able to respond to urgent need as well as providing ongoing support. We are looking for an experienced programme coordinator to build and develop a highly motivated team who will work closely with health professionals and community organisations to support referred patients to make lifestyle changes.
The Liverpool Advice on Prescription Plus (AoP+) will enhance the existing service by blending in a holistic and more diverse health and well-being offer. The Social Prescribing Link Workers will provide supported access to well-being activities such as: exercise, connectivity, creativity and pathways to volunteering, employment, enterprise, education and learning.
The successful candidates will be based in our Garston office and will work within a busy and challenging environment to ensure that people referred by GP teams and other health professionals are supported and provided with meaningful links to well-being services. The programmes’ Link Workers will meet patients in a variety of settings and support them to develop a pathway to improved health and well-being. To provide this support you will need to develop a sound knowledge of local health, social and voluntary services
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 16 October 2018.
We usually experience a very high volume of interest in our posts and unfortunately do not have the resources to respond to applicants that have not been shortlisted. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within one week of the closing date then please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. We look forward to receiving your application.
Run Together – Croxteth Park
LCVS – Introduction to Fundraising
This is one of our most popular fundraising courses. Given the growing struggle to secure the resources your organisation needs to deliver its services, it has never been more vital for your staff, board members and volunteers to be aware of the income generation opportunities that are out there.
This workshop is for those people and groups that are either starting out on the path of fundraising and want to understand the options open to them or those from more established organisations that wish to refresh their knowledge of income sources.
By the end of this workshop, you will:
Have a good knowledge of the range of funding that can be accessed by the community and voluntary sector
Be able to evaluate funding opportunities in relation to the needs and profile of your organisation
Understand the steps that need to be taken to develop such funding opportunities
Improve their organisation’s chances of increasing their income and diversifying your income
The workshop will be delivered through a mixture of training, group work and practical exercises.
Friday 19 October 2018, 10am-1pm – 151 Dale Street
This is a chance for Liverpool based not-for-profit organisations to have their funding proposal reviewed for free and to receive face-to-face feedback on their application. You must have a fully drafted proposal (and budget, if applicable) that you send to us at least one week before the session and two weeks ahead of the deadline for submission to the funder.
Places are limited. To register your interest, e-mail info@lcvs.org.uk with ‘LCVS Proposal Review Surgery’ on the subject line. Be sure to include the name of your organisation.
Review of Women’s and Neonatal Services provided by Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust
The review, led by NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), in partnership with Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust, and CCGs in Knowsley, South Sefton, and Southport & Formby, was driven by the need to maintain and improve quality of care for women and newborn babies, and make sure that services are sustainable. Midwives, nurses, and doctors at Liverpool Women’s believe that change is required because patient needs have become increasingly complex since the hospital opened more than 20 years ago, and there are now new ways of caring for patients and higher national standards. Often women need care and services that are not available at the Crown Street hospital, and therefore they have to be transferred to other hospitals for treatment. This means that the care women receive, and the experience they have, is not the very best that it could be; or we would want it to be.
In January 2017 a draft Pre-Consultation Business Case (PCBC) set out four potential options for the future, including a preferred option: a new hospital for women’s and neonatal services on the new Royal Liverpool Hospital campus, which was seen to offer the greatest number of benefits for patient care.
In September 2017 an independent clinical report into the review was published, which confirmed the need for change. In their report, the Northern England Clinical Senate, a panel of midwives and doctors who work outside of the north west, emphasised the risks of delivering care for women and newborn babies on a stand-alone site away from other related services, as is currently the case at Liverpool Women’s. Among the issues it highlighted were the problems that the Trust faces recruiting anaesthetics specialists, due to its isolated position; and the fact that Liverpool Women’s Hospital does not have CT or MRI scanning facilities, a blood bank, or an adult intensive care unit.
Our Community Impact Fund helps voluntary sector organisations and registered charities do even more to build stronger communities across Liverpool and Merseyside.
Eligible organisations can apply for grants of up to £3,000 for projects that meet one of our four priority areas:
Health
Education
Income stability
Arts and Culture
Applications will be assessed on the impact that the project will have on the lives of those who benefit. We’re looking for projects that help make a change for those most in need.
Closing date for applications: Friday 26 October at 5.00pm
Money Saving Expert (MSE) Charity is currently accepting applications to its ‘building and developing resilience’ round of funding. The fund is designed to try and break the cycle of debt and aims to fight financial and consumer illiteracy by educating and informing adults and children about consumer and debt issues. This round is aimed at projects that focus on building financial capability skills assisting groups who support mental health, wellbeing, cook well for less, training others, independent living skills or peer mentoring. Projects must commence from January 2019 onwards. The maximum grant available is £7,500. It will close as soon as 40 applications are accepted. Further information
Funding: Early Intervention For Youth
The Home Office has extended the deadline for its Early Intervention Youth Fund to the Friday 28 September. Up to £22 million is available over two years to Police and Crime Commissioners to submit partnership bids to prevent and tackle serious violence. Further Information
Funding: Rehabilitation Grants
The Triangle Trust is currently inviting applications for Development Grants from not for profit organisations whose sole purpose is to support the rehabilitation of people with convictions. The grants provide funds towards core costs to allow organisations to make a step change development towards increasing long-term sustainability. The Triangle Trust would like to see applicants use these grants to develop sustainable income sources, so that when the grant comes to an end your organisation’s income will not be reduced. Funding is available for up to £80,000 over three years. The closing date for submissions is Tuesday 23 October. Previously unsuccessful applicants must wait two years before reapplying. Further Information
Hub Open Days
Early Help and Partner Agencies – Working together to make a difference
What is Early Help
Early Help refers both to help in the critical early years of a child’s life, when the fundamental building blocks of future development are laid but also help throughout a child, young person’s and families life to respond, as soon as possible, when difficulties emerge in order to prevent problems from becoming entrenched or escalating.
Come and join us at one of our open days
Meet your Colleagues in the Early Help Teams
Strengthen working relationships
Share Skills Knowledge and expertise
Find out where your Agency Fits
The delivery of an effective Early Help offer is not the responsibility of a single agency. It requires a Whole Family approach owned by all stakeholders working with children, young people and families. These include Health, Police, Probation, Schools/Education, Adult Services, Housing, Voluntary and Community Organisations; as well as a strong focus on beneficiary participation.
Thursday 18 October 2018 – 12-4pm
Clubmoor Children’s Centre
Utting Avenue East
Liverpool
L11 1DQ
Friday 19 October -2018 – 9-1pm
Belle Vale Children’s Centre
Hedgefield Road
Liverpool
L25 2RW
Our recent Ofsted inspection told us:
Children and families who need additional support benefit from access to a comprehensive range of early help services and well-coordinated packages of intervention. Early help teams are based in children’s centres and this provides easy access for parents and supports good partnership working. Creative direct work undertaken with children and their families is helping to reduce the likelihood of statutory intervention. (May 2018)
Vacancy Reference Code: 17 /2018
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Duration: 12 months
Salary: £27,000 – £35,000 per annum
Working Hours/Pattern: Open to candidates who want to work flexibly and/or consultants
Location: Flexible location with a requirement to work a minimum of 3 days at our Head Office in Calderstones Park Liverpool 18. National travel may be required.
Annual Leave: 30 days per year plus bank holidays
About this role
This new role will lead the implementation of The Reader’s plan to transform its digital infrastructure over the next 12 months.
Through the development of new digital products, including anew public website, you’ll be helping us to scale our unique model of Shared Reading, designed to reduce social isolation and improve wellbeing among communities across the UK. In this creative, wide-ranging role, you will be the Digital Champion within the organisation, acting as an expert link between a range of internal teams and external suppliers. You’ll be managing the digital development budget and driving the implementation of new products, systems and processes that strengthen the organisation and its social impact.
Back in August (remember the summer?) we ran our annual International Play Day with our partners at MPAC. It was a great day and if you pop over to our YouTube site you can see a short video with great interviews with some of the kids who took part in the day. A big thank you to Ben and Michelle from Mpower People CIC for putting it together and to Ann at MPAC for coordinating the day and the rest of the staff and volunteers who made the day such a great success.
You can also help support Liverpool’s bid to become part of Unicef’s Child Friendly City Programme. As part of this they want to gather views from young people for the CFC application and there is a survey for children and young people to fill in to have their say. You can find it here www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/childfriendlyliverpool.
National Museums Liverpool Vacancies
National Museums Liverpool is committed to actively promoting and implementing equality of opportunity in all that we do. We value diversity and treat everyone fairly and equally, welcoming applications from all backgrounds.
Applicants may find the following information useful:
Across the full spectrum of jobs, including public-facing and behind-the-scenes, whether they manage the collections, visitors or resources, each member of the National Museums Liverpool (NML) and National Museums Liverpool Trading Company (NMLT) 650-strong workforce helps to ensure that our 3 million annual visitors have enjoyable, satisfying and memorable visits.
Membership Assistant
Salary: £16,889
Closing date: 12 noon on Monday 1 October 2018
Marketing Officer
Salary: £25,034
Closing date: 12 noon on Friday 28 September 2018
Head of Visitor Engagement
Salary: £39,063
Closing date: 12 noon on Monday 1 October 2018
Regional Archaeology Volunteer
Salary: n/a
Closing date: 12 noon on Thursday 20 September 2018
Commercial Project Manager (House of Memories)
Salary: £20,420
Closing date: 12 noon on Sunday 23 September 2018
Commercial Project Manager
Salary: £20,420
Closing date: 12 noon on 23 September 2018
A unique opportunity has arisen for a self-motivated individual who is passionate about helping young people to reach their full potential.
Liverpool’s only Super Youth Zone, FireFit Hub, is looking to recruit an experienced Youth Manager to inspire a dynamic team, with solid, hands on experience in delivering high quality, open access youth work, and managing targeted projects. Based in a world class sport and leisure facility for young people in the heart of Liverpool, the charity is focused on delivering outstanding outcomes for young people and promoting stronger communities.
We’re looking for someone who can lead and motivate a team of staff and volunteers to provide an incredible service to the young people of Liverpool and the surrounding areas.
This is not a 9-5 role and applicants will be required to work evenings and weekends.
To champion the fight against poverty and inequality enabling people to take control of their lives.
Role: Debt Caseworker
Based in Liverpool but travel to the surrounding areas
Hours: 14-35 hours per week
Pay: Scale 6 point 26-28 £23,688 – £25,463 (pro rata)
Fixed term: 9 months (possible extension)
Established in 1999 Raise is an advice service that supports clients within their own home with welfare benefits, debt and financial capability advice at a specialist level.
This is an opportunity to be involved in the delivery of our money advice service to clients in the Greater Liverpool Region. In order to achieve this we need a highly motivated individual who is passionate about empowering individuals to manage their money worries. You will be experienced in providing high level debt advice within a performance management framework. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to relate and work with a large variety of different people
Closing date: Wednesday 19 September 2018 (12 noon)
Interviews will be held on: Wednesday 26 September 2018
To mark 100 years since women won the right to vote we shall bring 100 women together from all different backgrounds for a spectacular community singing event.
There will be a series of workshops so that all the women who take part will feel well rehearsed, confident, empowered and ready for the final performance. We are asking your organisation along with many other women’s organisations, if any staff or service users, who identify as female would like to be involved.
Don’t worry if you have never sung before. This is open to all women. We wish to invite women of all abilities to get involved and celebrate the importance of their human rights and their right to vote.
If anyone wishes to be involved please ask them to email sing@jenniferjohn.co.uk with their full contact details and required information.
(Full name, telephone number, age/Dob, email, and postcode, where you heard about the post). Your personal details are confidential. We require your post code for our funders to evaluate which communities we are accessing). All women must be 16+
Liverpool Quaker Meeting House Vacancy
Finance and Administration Assistant
Salary: £8.45 per hour
15 hours per week
Hours: 15 hours per week (daytime) to be mutually agreed (not weekends)
Annual Leave: Annual Leave is 12.07% of hours worked
Reporting to our Business Manager you will be primarily responsible for invoicing room hire customers, handling invoice enquiries and making initial late payment enquiries. You will require experience of bookkeeping packages (Quickbooks), excellent spoken and written English and good customer service skills and have a pleasant manner which upholds Quaker values of peace and equality.
Working as part of a small team your work will play a vital role in helping Liverpool Quakers to support our Charitable aims.
To obtain a job description please contact Gayle Allen by email or post or collect an application pack from reception. Application is by letter or email.
Post :
Gayle Allen,
Business Manager,
Liverpool Quaker Meeting House,
22 School Lane,
Liverpool, L1 3BT
Closing date : Monday 8 October 2018
Interviews : Week commencing Monday 15 October
Proposed Start Date : Thursday 1 November 2018
Would You Like To Join A Choir?
The Choir with No Name runs choirs for people of all ages who have experienced homelessness and those who may be vulnerable and/or lonely due to mental health concerns, addiction or social isolation.
Choir Manager Ema Quinn says: “It’s a supportive environment to sing away our worries, have fun and flourish as individuals. We have a weekly rehearsal, followed by a hot meal, cooked by our amazing volunteers, and it’s all free! We sing uplifting well-known songs and perform at events across Merseyside (although you don’t have to take part in the gigs if you don’t want to, you can just enjoy the weekly singing sessions.)
It doesn’t matter if you sing like Pavarotti or Hilda Ogden, all are welcome. It’s all about the fun of singing together!”
Location: Liverpool City Centre
Hours of work: 37.5 per week to be worked flexibly to meet the needs of the organisation
Effective from: Immediate
Salary: £35,000 – £45,000 (experience dependent)
Exciting opportunity for a Development Manager to support existing Accelerator and Incubator clients, identify new opportunities and scale up the programmes.
Capacity: The Public Services Lab is an exciting collaboration between Catch22, Interserve, Big Society Capital and Amberside Advisors. The idea behind Capacity is to create a space through which public services can be re-imagined.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a strong performance history in previous development roles with a track record of successful entrepreneurial activity and securing contract opportunities. We are looking for a strategic thinker with a strong understanding of how to address social problems in a fast changing landscape. The candidate must have exceptional problem solving skills, a sound understanding of public services and the ability to produce innovative businesses cases and work collaboratively with colleagues and external stakeholders.
Please send your CV and a covering letter to grace.nolan@capacitylab.co.uk
This is a unique opportunity for a creative and innovative Impact Manager to shape Capacity’s data and impact strategy.
Capacity: The Public Services Lab is an exciting collaboration between Catch22, Interserve, Big Society Capital and Amberside Advisors. The idea behind Capacity is to create a space through which public services can be re-imagined.
The successful candidate will not only be responsible for developing internal strategy and managing data collection and analysis, they will play an integral role in our wider Incubator and Accelerator programmes, designing client-facing toolkits and products as well as working alongside key stakeholders to design and mentor their impact management. We are looking for an analytical innovator, with a strong desire to impactfully change the way public services are commissioned, procured, designed and delivered. The candidate must be a problem solver with excellent communication skills – translating numbers into stories and communicating this effectively is key to this role.
High Intensity User and Reablement Co-ordinator (Full-time)
3 x Outreach and Intervention Worker (Full-time)
Administration and Data Support Officer (Part-time, 17.5 hours per week)
Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre Vacancies
Funding: Invest and Enable
Lloyds Bank Foundation’s ‘Invest and Enable’ grants are open for applications. The Invest track has grants of £30,000 to £100,000 for the day to day running of charities, including core costs and direct delivery of the work. The Enable track has grants up to £15,000 for charities to develop or trial new approaches. Applications are ongoing.
The University of Liverpool Vacancies – Lay Members of Council
Closing date for receipt of applications: Mon, 10 Sep 2018, 5pm.
The University of Liverpool is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of the UK’s leading research universities, and is consistently ranked in the top 200 universities worldwide.
The Role
As the University’s governing body, the Council is responsible for approving the University’s strategy and supporting policies; determining key business decisions; and monitoring institutional and executive performance.
Lay members play a key role, bringing expertise from other sectors and independent perspectives to the governance
of the University.
Who are we looking for?
Council members are drawn from a variety of backgrounds. We are seeking an individual with a finance qualification and members with experience of the NHS, digital and secondary education sectors. However, candidates from other backgrounds should not be deterred from applying.
Members should have a commitment to public service and be able to demonstrate that they meet the criteria as a ‘fit and proper person’, as defined by the Office for Students.
We would particularly welcome expressions of interest from BAME, disabled, female and LGBT candidates, as well as those with a particular connection to the University, or the Liverpool City Region.
Informal enquiries should be directed to Alison Fairclough, Clerk to Council, tel: 0151 794 2018 or e-mail: a.fairclough@liverpool.ac.uk.
If you missed our last course intake don’t worry – we are now recruiting for our September programme!
So our next Fairbridge programme starts on 11 September, this will be entry point one. The following dates will also be entry points for this course; 18 , 25 September and finally 2 October.
Below is a brief overview of the programme
Fairbridge is a personal and social development programme for young people aged between 16 and 25. It combines one-to-one support and group activities, delivered by a dedicated team in Prince’s Trust Centres.
The programme helps marginalised and excluded young people who face a range of issues and barriers in their lives. It empowers them through a range of positive opportunities and experiences and helps them re-engage with society.
‘Taking part in the Fairbridge programme has changed my life, it helped me to start believing in myself’
Course Structure
One-to-one induction with outreach worker prior to start
Entry points dates will be 11, 18, 25 September and 2 October.
Follow on programmes days are Tuesdays and Wednesdays 10am – 3pm
The programme will take place at our centre 60 Renshaw Street, Liverpool, L1 4EN
The young people must be Aged 16 – 25, Not in Education or Employment for more than 12 hours per week.
Free to attend and will not affect receipt of benefits
Travel expenses and lunch will be provided whilst on the programme
Post programme support to move the young people into employment, education or training
Healthwatch Engagement Officer (Safeguarding Adults)
Salary: £20,661 – £12,396 actual (Part Time, 3 days per week)
Closing date: 5pm on Wednesday 5 September 2018
High Intensity User and Reablement Co-ordinator (Full-time)
Salary: £28,485
Closing date: 5pm on Monday 17 September 2018
3 x Outreach and Intervention Worker (Full-time)
Salary: £22,443
Closing date: 5pm on Monday 17 September 2018
Administration and Data Support Officer (Part-time, 17.5 hours per week)
Salary: £19,430 pro rata (actual salary £9,715)
Closing date: 5pm on Monday 17 September 2018
Police and Crime Commissioner’s fund – £45,000 Released for Halloween Youth Projects
Community groups which work to divert young people away from crime and anti-social behaviour are being invited to bid for grants for projects running during the autumn half-term, thanks to Merseyside’s Police Commissioner.
Jane Kennedy has announced that she is once again releasing a round of funding from the Police Property Act Fund (PPA), which allows money raised from the sale of unclaimed stolen goods or property recovered by the police to be used for good causes.
It is the ninth time the Commissioner has encouraged community organisations, charities and groups to apply for a vital cash boost of up to £5,000 grants for grassroots initiatives which are working to help young people to make the right choices. A total of £45,000 is available from the fund for one-off grants for organisations which are committed to improving community safety, reducing crime or supporting victims.
Jane has already awarded nearly £333,000 through the PPA to organisations that are making a difference in their communities. Since July 2015, the fund has been used to concentrate on youth engagement initiatives.
The Commissioner said: “I am pleased to once again open up the Police Property Act Fund for bids of up to £5,000 to organisations which are working to make their communities safer and better places to live by engaging with young people.
“Many communities across Merseyside traditionally see a rise in criminal and anti-social behaviour during the autumn half-term, particularly around Bonfire and Mischief Night. Historically, it is also a particularly busy time for the police and the fire service. Through these grants, I want to help alleviate these issues and prevent local young people from making mistakes they may regret in the future.
“Once a young person gets a criminal record it can blight their future prospects. If we can prevent them from making mistakes at a young age we can look forward to their positive contribution to their neighbourhoods.
“I want to see these grants used to support projects that complement the excellent diversionary work carried out by Merseyside Police and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, ensuring that young people can enjoy the autumn festivities in a safe and enjoyable way which is properly supervised.”
Last year, more than 11,300 young people benefitted from 26 youth initiatives which kept them away from dangerous activities, thanks to funding raised by the police from the sale of stolen goods.
Jane added: “Local people know their communities best. They know what works when engaging with their young people and I am looking forward to reviewing their ideas and initiatives for ensuring everyone can have a safe and fun Halloween.”
The PPA fund is administered by the Community Foundation for Merseyside, (CFM) on behalf of the Commissioner. CFM holds funds from individuals and organisations as donors who wish to support deserving causes in Merseyside.”
All applications must be submitted online via the Community Foundation for Merseyside by 5pm on Monday 14 September.
Information from Community Engagement Unit – Merseyside Police Headquarters.
Wellbeing Enterprises Vacancy – Macmillan Community Wellbeing Officer
Salary: Salary: £18,500 – £20,000 (6 month probationary period)
10 month fixed term contract- with possible extension
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Place of work: Liverpool City Region
Purpose of Post:
We’re looking for a passionate and empathic individual with qualifications and/or experience in community-led work to play a crucial role in engaging patients within the Macmillan cancer support team in health and wellbeing activities. The successful candidate will be working collaboratively and creatively with practice patients, staff, Clinicians and wider stakeholders to generate better health outcomes for patients.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide one to one community based support to patients living with a diagnosis of cancer and their carers. Focusing specifically on the social dimensions of health and supporting patients to make positive lifestyle changes.
Provide group based educational and hobby and interest activities and programmes that enable people to learn new skills, make friends, build resilience and have fun.
To act as a ‘navigator’ and connect patients to a range of support services to address issues that may be impacting on patient and carer wellbeing.
To work with patients and carers to ensure the service is meeting the needs of this group. Recognising patients and carers as ‘assets’ who have a vital role to play in designing and delivering the service.
Collaborate with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver community based initiatives that aim to improve the health and wellbeing of the community.
To monitor and record patient outcome data to determine the impact of the service. This will include telephone consultations with patients.
To recruit, train and support a team of volunteers who will support the delivery of the service and help to kick start a social movement for health in Liverpool
Uphold Wellbeing Enterprises CIC’s core values: People Power, Positive Places and Productive Partnerships wellbeingenterprises.org.uk
The details contained within this job description reflect the content of the job at the date it was prepared. However, it is inevitable that, over time, the nature of the job may change. Existing duties may no longer be required and other duties may be gained without changing the general nature of the post or the level of responsibility entailed. Consequently, we will expect to revise this job description from time to time and will consult the post holder/s at the appropriate time.
Duration: Fixed Term for the month of December 2018
Salary: £10.00 per hour
Working Hours/Pattern: This is a part time, flexible role. Working hours may vary each week and will include working weekends and bank holidays to cover opening hours of 1000 to 1700 hours each day.
Location: Calderstones Park, Liverpool 18. This role is based in Calderstones, a stunning 94 acre family park in South Liverpool boasting woodland, lake and fields, with botanical and historical interest. The Reader are developing the Grade II listed Mansion House into an International Centre for Reading and Wellbeing, welcoming thousands of visitors every year. This December, we will be transforming our gallery space into a magical and captivating winter wonderland grotto.Key Responsibilities
As a Santa Claus, you will be the grotto’s main attraction! We will rely on you to create a good impression, so above anything else you’ll need to have a good rapport with children and young people and help them feel at ease. Induction and training sessions will be provided for this role and must be completed before the grotto opens to the public.
About This Role
Maintaining Christmas cheer
Listening to Christmas wishes
Greeting visitors in a welcoming and friendly manner
Maintaining a festive feeling
Creating a believable Christmas character
Handing out gifts to children
What you will get out of it
Opportunities to meet and work with new people
The opportunity to use existing skills and gain new ones
The opportunity to spread Christmas cheer
The opportunity to make a child’s Christmas!
What we expect from you
Happy to commit your time throughout December (Including weekends)
Happy to work within The Reader’s ethos and under the supervision of Reader staff
Have a warm, calm, friendly manner
Have a responsible approach to health and safety and monitoring
Happy to undertake any training if necessary
Feedback any concerns to Reader staff
Appear appropriately dressed and well presented – Wear your Santa Claus suit with pride!
A positive approach to the work
Essential Criteria
Experience of working with and creating a good rapport with children and young people
A happy, jolly persona
Relate well to the public and communicate clearly
Patience with those who are unable to communicate clearly or less confident
Represent The Reader in a professional manner
Able to work according to policies and procedures
A willingness to undertake a DBS check
Desirable Criteria
A valid DBS Certificate
How to Apply
Note. Please do not just send in a CV. We will only consider applications that adhere to the following process –
Visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved Section’ where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Please complete the application form and submit to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk.
Deadline for applications: Monday 8 October, 9am.
NB: applications arriving after 9am will not be considered
A high volume of applications may make replies to everyone impossible. If you have not heard from us by 27 September 2018 then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful.
Zoë’s Place Bubble Rush
The Zoë’s Place Bubble Rush is only a couple of months away and we’d like you to join us on our family fun run with a difference – it features lots of coloured bubbles!
Our 5k course will start in a sea of bubbles and features bubble stations along the route. The course is family friendly so we encourage families of all ages and size to run, walk or toddle through the bubbles.
It’s all about having fun! Many 5K events limit the age of applicants, however our registration is open to infants in buggies right up to 80 year olds. That way the whole family can get involved! This event is all about having fun with your family while supporting your local baby hospice. All monies raised from the event will benefit Zoë’s Place Baby Hospice.
When? Sunday 30 September 2018 at 10am
What? 5K run/walk/toddle through coloured bubble stations
Where? Croxteth Country Park, Liverpool, L11 1EH
Why? To have fun and raise money for the special babies at Zoë’s Place
How much? Adults: £25* | Children: £7.50* | Under 1’s: free
How? Can fill in an entry form available on request or sign up via Eventbrite.
Citizens Advice Liverpool Vacancy – Money Advice Caseworker
Job Title: Money Advice Caseworker
Responsible To: Project Lead
Place Of Work: Within Citizens Advice Liverpool Locations.
Salary: £23,166
Hours Of Work: 35 Hours Per Week
Type Of Contract: Permanent
To excel against targets in the direct provision of an effective supported Money Advice casework service that is compliant against quality standards including the MAS quality of advice framework. To ensure that clients receive their full entitlement to all benefits, receive appropriate financial capability support and experience a positive customer experience from Citizens Advice Liverpool.
To also contribute to initiatives to improve service delivery and provision for our clients.
To be successful in this role, you will need to be confident, motivated and willing to try new things, have excellent communication skills with an ability to work under pressure to achieve targets and outcomes with minimum supervision.
We’re not looking for the finished article, if you have the right attitude then we can help to develop your skills.
Closing date and time: Wednesday 19 September 2018 – by 9am.
Interview date: Friday 5 October 2018.
Comics Youth Vacancy – Comics Youth CIC Advisory Board Members
Comic Youth CIC are seeking to appoint four new Advisory Board Members to ensure we have the capacity and skills to oversee the next phase of our work and have a real say in our current and future operations. In return for your time, knowledge and expertise, you’ll have the chance to work alongside our Leadership team and Young Person’s Development Board
The roles are unpaid voluntary positions. Reasonable expenses are paid.
Advisory Board members are expected to attend four meetings per year, but also to participate in the life of the organisation between board meetings, advising the staff team and acting in an ambassadorial role for Comics Youth CIC.
Positions are advertised for a period of 3 years (term may be renewed).
About Comics Youth CIC
Comics Youth CIC was set up in 2015 as the first organisation of its kind in the UK to provide holistic comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects for disadvantaged children and young people aged 8-25 and is based in the Liverpool City Region. The organisation is unique as it is run by young people under 30 with the same distance travelled and lived experiences as our targeted children and young people including histories of mental ill-health, abuse, chronic illness, complex trauma and disabilities. Our mission is to provide a voice for marginalised young people including care leavers, looked after children, LGBTQIA YP, SEND YP, young carers, and young people experiencing mental ill-health by providing them the tools to express themselves, improve their literacy, speak truth to power and have their voices heard through publishing zines and comics about salient community issues.
We deliver 13 inclusive comic book creation and reading sessions per week and our projects include: 1) Comics 180, which encourages children and young people aged 8-18 with disabilities and learning disabilities to develop their literacy and art skills through comics-focused workshops and create a new generation of superheroes for young people with disabilities. 2) Building Stories, a Big Lottery Reaching Communities funded project which supports disadvantaged children and young people aged 8-25 who are reluctant readers/writers to engage in comic book creation and reading sessions in a range of inclusive settings such as community centres, libraries, day centres and hospitals to break down participation barriers. Young people. are also supported to attain AQA qualifications in intro to comics, intermediate comics and advanced comics. 3) Graphic Medicine, based in Alder Hey Children’s hospital, which supports YP aged 6-18 with life limiting and chronic illnesses through 1-to-1 comics creation sessions as a form of art therapy and respite from their pain. 4) Queer Youth, LGBTQIA support group wherein young people make and create LGBTQIA friendly zines.
About the roles
We are seeking to recruit a number of Advisory Board members and expect that different candidates will bring a range of skills and experience to Comics Youth CIC, from the attributes listed.
About you
We are looking for individuals who have a real passion for youth focused and youth-led developments and who know the Liverpool City Region well. Our ethos drives us and are at the core of our youth work, strategies and our relationships with one another. You’ll have a valuable part to play in how this happens in a way that fulfils our commitment to long lasting social impact. You’ll also play a key role in helping the organisation to expand.
General
Commitment to the objectives of Comics Youth CIC
Willingness to act as an ambassador for Comics Youth CIC
Willingness to fulfil the duties and standards of conduct required of a Board member of an organisation that is currently seeking charitable status
Understanding of equalities and diversity issues
Experience
Experience of finance and fund accounting (Treasurer role)
Experience of making significant asks (policy or financial) for a good cause or social enterprise.
Experience in generating income for social causes (e.g from individuals, corporate fundraising/partnerships with business and/or civil society organisations, EU funding and/or sales of goods and services).
Understanding of issues in the broad area of mental health whether from professional or personal experience
Knowledge of policy frameworks affecting mental health in any of the nations of the UK.
Lobbying policymakers and/or business and/or representative groups.
Expertise in settings related to mental health and preventing problems occurring, including community, research or commissioning settings.
Media and communications or PR, including social media.
Developing businesses models comparable to graphic design, illustration and publishing houses
Lived experiences relevant to our targeted groups
Expertise and knowledge
Youth work and educational practices
HR
Charity Sector/charity law and regulation
Mental health issues or mental health campaigning
Skills
Ability to understand and interrogate financial reports
Strategic planning skills
Risk management skills
Analytical skills
Management/project management
Ability to operate as a part of a team
How to apply
Please submit a CV and covering letter by Friday the 7 of September, stating why you wish to be considered for the role, to Rhiannon Griffiths by e-mail on rhiannon@comicsyouth.co.uk.
Your covering letter should show how you meet each of the relevant requirements in the person specification. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in contact with Rhiannon Griffiths via 07525369624.
Prospective board members who best meet our requirements will be invited to speak to our existing Board Members on the 15 of September.
Comics Youth Vacancy – Youth Mentor
Comics Youth is a Social Enterprise that delivers comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects for disadvantaged children and young people within Merseyside. The overall ethos of the organisation is to break down participation barriers and make projects accessible for children and young people aged 8-18 through delivering comic book creation and guided reading sessions in safe, inclusive and indiscriminate community venues. (For more information please visit www.comicsyouth.co.uk)
6 month fixed term contract
Salary £18k pro rata
Hours: 22.5 hours per week
Main duties:
Support the delivery of a Comic Book, Zine creation and literacy project by co-developing and delivering sessions in conjunction with children and young people:
With support of the Project Manager to engage, recruit, and support the hardest to reach young people through multimedia, comic book creation, zine and involvement in digital and print media hubs
Support young people to attain AQA qualifications.
Administer and track the progress of children and young people’s individual AQA progress and attainment.
Facilitate the participation of young people in the planning, development, design and implementation of all projects available to them.
Design comics and zines to support young people.
Take part in commissioned opportunities to increase the sustainability of the organisation.
Deadline for applications is 5pm on Monday the 3 of September 2018.
For a copy of the job description and details on how to apply, e-mail rhiannon@comicsyouth.co.uk or call Rhiannon Griffiths on 0752 536 9624 and leave a message.
Bluecoat Vacancy – Project Facilitator
Bluecoat is seeking an exceptional individual for the new role of Project Facilitator (Where the Arts Belong).
22.5 hours per week (this is an outreach role based in Merseyside with some work in other areas of the North West).
£22,500 pro rata (£13,500 per annum).
Bluecoat is Liverpool’s centre for the contemporary arts, offering a year-round programme of exhibitions and a range of music, dance, literature, live art and heritage events. As conservators of a rich history and ornate building, which marked its 300 year anniversary in 2017, we are also home to around thirty artists, collectives, small arts organisations and craftspeople. As part of our new business plans we are pursuing the expansion of our award-winning participation work into other centres in the North West and further afield.
Since 2010 we have been involved in connecting people on a dementia journey and their carers with artists in workshop environments. We are now working in partnership with Belong who for 20 years have been working to provide innovative residential environments for people on a dementia journey and their carers. Together we successfully applied for a grant from Arts Council England and the Baring Foundation as part of the Celebrating Age programme.
We are seeking a dynamic Project Facilitator to join Bluecoat’s dedicated and experienced participation team to take an artistic lead on this new project. This will be a unique opportunity for someone with their own critically engaged practice to develop their existing participatory approach within the framework of a brand new programme for Bluecoat. Our unique partnership with Belong will mean that the successful applicant will have the opportunity to work closely with an innovative provider of dementia care and to collaborate with artists who have developed participatory practices.
The deadline for applications for this exciting new role is 9am on Monday 27 August 2018.
Children of Alcohol Dependent Parents (CADeP) Section 64 grant
A total of £1 million has been made available to award voluntary and community sector organisations in carrying out work to support CADeP. Awards will be made to organisations with a robust plan of work that is expected to have impact at national level. Grants will be awarded in October 2018 and must be spent by March 31 2020.
The deadline for applications is 7 September 2018.
Application via consortia is encouraged where projects align. However grants will be awarded according to quality of the bid. Applicants will be expected to have a project plan in place with projected output, costs, timelines and plans for internal evaluation.
You will find the relevant documents on the link below:
Community grants of up to £2500 to highlight patient and public involvement in the voluntary sector – apply now!
NHS England’s ‘celebrating involvement in healthcare’ community grants scheme is open for applications for the fourth year. Grants of up to £2500 are available to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations to showcase how they have been involving patients, service-users and the public in improving health services. To apply you must be a voluntary, community or social enterprise organisation and be able to share your project successes in a creative way. Full details of eligibility and how to apply can be found on the NHS England website here. The deadline for applications is midnight on Thursday 20 September 2018.
Writing on the Wall, Tmesis Theatre and Luma Creations – 24 August – COoL Creates: Building Blocks to Freedom 12pm – 4pm Church St, Liverpool L1 3HD
24 August –
COoL Creates: Building Blocks to Freedom
12pm – 4pm
Church St, Liverpool L1 3HD
Join Writing on the Wall, Tmesis Theatre and Luma Creations at Church Street for a day of innovative performance, music and spoken word with Building Blocks to Freedom as the backdrop. Throughout the day, local artist, Izzy O’Rourke will be depicting images of unity, togetherness and hope on Building Blocks to Freedom, WoW’s wall to trump Trump’s wall.
The day will feature pop up protest performances from Tmesis Theatre that will explore freedom of movement with a chase of the ‘orange monster’, a diverse range of Latin American rhythms and dance forms from Luma Creations, young writers from WoW projects performing their work and Liverpool’s most acclaimed Urban Griot Levi Tafari.
Building Blocks to Freedom responds to recent national and international political, social and cultural developments around issues of Brexit/The EU, migration, race, inclusion/exclusion, diversity, and nationalism. While Trump talks of building walls and with Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’, borders are back on the international agenda. Building Blocks to Freedom Wall was funded by the Festival Enhancement Fund.
This event is part of ‘COoL Creates’, funded by Arts Council England, led by COoL (Creative organisations in Liverpool), a collective of 32 key arts organisations based in the Liverpool City Region.
Knowsley Youth Mutual
Knowsley Youth Mutual
Part-Time Volunteer Coordinator (18 Hours)
Salary £26,470 (Pro Rata)
Fixed Term Contract to March 2020
Part-Time Youth Activities Support Worker (3 Posts)
Salary £18,319 (Pro Rata)
(Fixed Term To March 2020)
Youth Support Workers (4 posts) (18 hours part time)
Salary £18,319 (PRO RATA)
Fixed Term Contract September 2018 – 31st March 2020
Please contact Lindsey Leyland on 0151 443 2549 or lindsey.leyland@youthmutual.co.uk for a Job Description
Closing Date Thursday, 23 August 2018
Interviews: week beginning Monday 3 September 2018
Volunteer Co-ordinators Forum
Volunteer Co-ordinators Forum
Tuesday 18 September 2018, 10am-12.30pm – 151 Dale Street.
The Volunteer Co-ordinators Forums are for people with responsibility for recruiting and managing volunteers. These forums enable participants to:
Meet others to share experiences and ideas
Address issues that affect your volunteer management and volunteers
Gain new insights into how best to support volunteers and get the most out of them
Update yourself on news that affects volunteers and volunteering
Promote and support diversity within volunteering
Tell others about what’s happening in your organisation with your volunteers
The forums use a variety of platforms, including external speakers, group discussions, open spaces, and guided learning. To book, contact Eluned Hughes at info@volunteercentreliverpool.org.uk
Volunteers and the Law 12 September 1pm – 4pm
Volunteers and the Law 12 September 1pm – 4pm at LCVS, 151 Dale St, Liverpool L2 2AH
We all work within legal frameworks when managing volunteers, but how do we make sure that we are meeting the formal legal requirements?
In this short workshop we will look at how you work with your volunteers, including:
Difference between employees and volunteers
What safeguarding requirements needs to be in place
How equalities legislation impacts on volunteering
How new legislation such as the new immigration bill could affect your existing and future volunteers
The impact of welfare legislation, how to address the challenges
The Zoë’s Place Bubble Rush is a one of a kind family fun run with a difference – it features lots of coloured bubbles!
Our 5k course will start in a sea of bubbles and features bubble stations along the route. The course is family friendly so we encourage families of all ages and size to run, walk or toddle through the foam. It’s all about having fun!
Invitation to tender – Fundraising Services for Savera UK
Invitation to tender – Fundraising Services for Savera UK
Merseyside-based registered charity, Savera UK operates across the United Kingdom, to provide services to individuals from Black Minority Ethnic communities who are at risk of domestic abuse and harmful practices, including Forced Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation.
Savera UK is inviting tenders for the provision of fundraising services from fundraising professionals, including companies, and individuals, with appropriate experience and demonstrable results.
For more information go to www.saverauk.co.uk
Liverpool & Sefton Chamber of Commerce – Culture Drives Growth with Hillyer McKeown
Liverpool & Sefton Chamber of Commerce – Culture Drives Growth with Hillyer McKeown
Date: Wednesday 19 September OR Thursday 20 September 2018 Time: 08:30 – 10:30 Venue: The Old Hall, The Cotton Exchange, Bixteth Street, Liverpool, L3 9JRLearn how to get the right people, in the right roles, doing the right things and performing at their best with Hillyer McKeown.This workshop is for Business owners, Directors and Managers who are interested in accelerating their rate of growth and are aware that their business and team could perform better, but not sure how to make this happen.
This workshop will help you to:
Understand the direct link between the soft stuff (culture) and the hard stuff (equity value)
Attract new staff or develop your existing team to become drivers of growth
Stop being the one who sets the pace in your business
Free up your time by getting your team to take responsibility for the day to day (and to trust it’ll be done properly)
Create a culture of high performance
Please contact the team for further information or to book your events at events@liverpoolchamber.org.uk or phone 0151 224 1880.
Commutual relaunch tenant work placement programme
ComMutual has relaunched their successful VIP Programme, helping you to get back into work.
The programme involves 2 weeks training and a 2 week volunteer placement followed by a paid placement for up to 6 months.
To apply, you must be:
An LMH tenant or live in an LMH property
Age 30+
Unemployed for 12 months or more
ComMutual will match you to a suitable employer based on your skills and any previous work experience. Applications may be considered from non LMH tenants at a later date if suitable candidates are not found.
Training and volunteering placements will begin week commencing 3 September. Paid placements with employers will start week commencing 1 October.
The Reader Organisation – Development and Partnerships Co-ordinator
The Reader Organisation
Development and Partnerships Co-ordinator
Hours: 35 hours per week
Reporting to: Partnerships Manager
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £17,000 to £22,000 per annum
Working Hours/Pattern: Monday to Friday, 0900-1700 (one hour unpaid lunch break)
Annual Leave: 30 days per year plus bank holidays
Location: The Reader, Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool L18 3JB (National travel may be required)
Closing Date 9am, 2 September
FREE Yoga classes
FREE Yoga classes
The British Red Cross are offering FREE Yoga classes to refugees and asylum seekers.
Held at The People’s Hub, Everton, these yoga classes can help improve sleep, help with relaxation and reduce stress.
Each class will be held at 11:30-12:30 on 7 August 2018, 14 August, 21 August, 28 August, 4 September, 11 September.
Yoga classes will be mixed (men and women). Mats will be provided, but please wear comfortable clothes that you can easily stretch in. Yoga is practiced with bare feet or in socks.
There are limited places so you must register. Text 07743891177 or email LAOASP@redcross.org.uk. A free travel pass will be provided
FREE Cidori CSCS course at Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre.
A new FREE Cidori CSCS course is running at Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre. Induction date is Friday 24 August at 2:000pm and course starts on Tuesday 28 August and will run for 2 weeks.
FREE Young Heritage Champions programme opportunity
Liverpool City Council are offering a FREE Young Heritage Champions 4-day programme from Monday 13 August to Thursday 16 August (09.30 – 16.30).
Based at St George’s Hall, all participants will receive a certificate of attendance at the end of the course with food and refreshments provided each day in. Attendees will learn about history, design, architecture, art, inclusion and will have the opportunity to develop their photography skills. The programme is aimed at youngsters aged 14 – 19 years old.
The programme is as follows:
Day 1: a look at the rare Minton tiles in St George’s hall and watch them being covered over as part of a ‘looking after heritage’ session; an introduction to the buildings at risk across the city and starting to understand the difficulties associated with conservation and preservation
Day 2: a focus on inclusive design within heritage buildings with a tour of St George’s Hall; a practical exercise in re-designing a heritage space to be inclusive
Day 3: an introduction to Liverpool’s World Heritage site (presentation and walking tour)
Day 4: Becoming a Heritage Champion: A practical workshop to create a legacy of the YHCs’ ideas and designs
Wirral Multicultural Organisation Vacancy – Full Time Centre Manager Position
Salary: Up to £35,000 (dependent upon experience)
Hours: 37 hours / five days per week (may consider four days per week -Pro rata salary)
We are seeking a highly driven and dynamic professional to lead a well-established local organisation that exists to advance equality and improve the wellbeing for people from the BAME community.We are looking for a strategic thinker who has prior leadership/ business management experience and sound financial management capability.
The successful post holder will be responsible for working with the WMO Board of Trustees and staff to develop and deliver the organisation’s strategies and plans. This will include proactive management of all related business activities ensuring that Wirral Multicultural Organisation has the funding and profile to be successful in the present climate and to ensure all quality objectives and legislative compliance are achieved.
You must have the requisite skills to effectively run a small charity and lead a small staff team using your expertise, passion and energy to inspire and achieve required change.
WMO is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. Its purpose is to engage with the local BAME communities to identify and respond to needs, offering a range of professional, inclusive and culturally sensitive services targeting and supporting the most vulnerable members of our community. We provide services and activities that enhance the lives and wellbeing of people from BAME communities and the wider population of Wirral.
To apply please contact reception on tel 01516664547 or email info@wmo.org.uk to request an application form.
Completed application forms, and covering letter to be submitted to info@wmo.org.uk
Closing date for applications Friday 10 August
For informal discussion about the post please direct your enquiry for the attention of the Acting Centre Manager Mindy Rutherford by telephoning 01516664547 or via email info@wmo.org.uk.
Free Marketing Masterclass with Media Trust and Google Digital Garage: 15th November
In a rapidly evolving digital world, there is increased need for charities to enhance their digital communications knowledge and implement a digital strategy which will help them to reach new supporters and deliver successful online campaigns. However, when resources and budgets are stretched, this can prove difficult for many charities.
On 15 November, join Media Trust, with support from Google Digital Garage, along with a host of like-minded charities, community groups and experts for a unique FREE masterclass dedicated to developing your digital marketing knowledge.
The masterclass will cover a range of topics such as Social Media Strategy and Building a Digital Marketing Plan delivered by a team of Google mentors. You will also have an opportunity to discuss your specific digital communications challenges with, and receive advice from, media and communications experts.
Application for Community Support, Specialist Residential and Nursing Services and Shared Lives Provider Lists
Liverpool City Council wishes to commission Community Support Services, Specialist Residential & Nursing Services, and Shared Lives for the following client groups:
Complex dementia (residential and nursing care only)
Substance misuse (including social care and physical health needs)
Younger people leaving care from foster placements (Shared Lives)
Young people in transition preparing for adulthood (Shared Lives)
People living with dementia (Shared Lives)
Older people (Shared Lives)
The service is part of twelve main lists, and each list is subdivided according to service type. Bidders if successful will be awarded an ‘Approved’ (Tier 2) status. ‘Preferred’ (Tier 1) status will be awarded only after service delivery performance has been assessed.
The lists will be dynamic and so Tier 1 and Tier 2 status will fluctuate over time. The lists will be refreshed periodically to allow new applicants to apply.
This provides an opportunity for current preferred and approved contracted providers on these lists only, to refresh their prices, therefore, if you wish to do so please complete all of the relevant documentation.
Once you have registered you will need to go to the “my activities” section and follow the instructions as a supplier to enable you to complete and return your submission. Reference: DN353477
Closing date: Wednesday 5 September 2018, 12noon
Merseyside Sports Foundation Vacancy: School Games Officer
Salary: £15,613, rising to £18,065 on 1 April 2019
Contract: Fixed-term until 31 August 2019
Merseyside Sports Foundation is a charitable organisation committed to promoting sport and physical activity. The foundation is seeking to recruit an energetic individual with a passion for developing sport and physical activity for young people across Liverpool City Region, to help achieve the goal of working together to improve the quality of life for all people through sport and physical activity.
Do you aspire to be or, consider yourself an energetic and passionate sports development individual, who is ready, able and willing to take on an exciting challenge? Someone who is committed and dedicated to going that extra mile and to make a difference through sport and physical activity?
The successful applicant will be responsible for co-ordinating and delivering the School Games Level 3 events throughout the year whilst supporting the relationship with key partners. The goal being to enable the promotion of connected and sustained participation opportunities for children and young people in sport and physical activity to improve the quality of life for the people of Merseyside. On behalf of the Foundation, you will create and develop School Games competitions across Liverpool City Region which drives the cultural, moral and social development of young people, whilst also contributing to positive physical and mental health outcomes.
This role also has potential for a secondment placement. Please state in your personal specification if you wish to be considered for a secondment.
For informal discussions, contact Calum Donnelly, Strategic Lead for Sport and Physical Activity (Children and Young People) on 0151 728 1814 or email c.donnelly@merseysidesport.com.
Closing date: Friday 27 July 2018
Interviews: 8, 9, 14 and 15 August 2018
Volunteer with South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services
South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services (SLDAS) supports women who experience domestic violence or abuse across South and South Central Liverpool. SLDAS is committed to supporting women to reach their potential, giving women opportunities to share their skills to support and empower local women to overcome their experience of domestic abuse.
Volunteers make a real difference to people’s lives and are key to all aspects of SLDAS services. Volunteers receive accredited training and work experience in a friendly, supportive environment. In addition to providing volunteer work experience, SLDAS provides placements to local social work students, as part of their degree course.
If you are interested in volunteering for South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services, contact Karen Hammond on 0151 494 1777 or email voltraining@sldas.co.uk. In order to volunteer, you will need to attend a accredited training course which will commence on 11 September 2018.
The Atkinson Development Trust Vacancy: Treasurer
Established in 2015, The Atkinson Development Trust is a charity run by a small, committed group of skilled volunteers who have a shared love of Sefton and The Atkinson. The Trust was established to work in partnership with The Atkinson to use its collections to make a positive impact on local people’s lives as we believe in the transformative power of art.
The Atkinson Development Trust is seeking a Treasurer for the Board. If you think you could fulfil this role and share a commitment and love of the arts, click on the links below for more information.
The Reader is looking to recruit a dedicated, creative, catering professional who can grow with the business and increasingly take on greater professional responsibility. This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to grow with the organisation as it develops the catering offer.
You have the best work-ethic and are passionate about food, and are both ambitious and a great team-player, and looking for a long-term challenge and able to lead by example. As Chef Coordinator you will be working with the Catering Manager, and be responsible for creatively developing and ensuring great delivery of The Reader’s hospitality offer.
The current provision consists of a well-established and popular café, in temporary accommodation, and separate Ice Cream Parlour. The remodeled Reader Café inside Calderstones Mansion House will open in a year and you will be involved in the creative vision for the new café, as well as the planning and development that will be bring it about. You can make the transition to potentially take on a Head Chef role in that new venture.
The person in this role oversees all aspects of catering health and safety compliance, ensuring the highest standards of food safety, food quality and risk management are achieved and that these standards are maintained through constant monitoring.
We are keen to hear from an experienced chef, but are definitely open to applications from newly qualified chefs with ambition and interest in social enterprise. You must understand and be experienced at working in professional kitchens. The post-holder will be flexible and hands on in all areas providing a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with the Reader’s ethos and vision, generating revenue and supporting our wider activity.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the Get Involved > Jobs tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Quote vacancy reference code 01/2018 on the application form.
There is no deadline set for this post, but if a high number of applications is received, the vacancy will be closed.
Mission in the Economy Vacancy: Director of Operations
Salary: £28,500
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Contract: Initially 3 years
Mission in the Economy (MitE) is an ecumenical charitable company which works alongside local businesses, churches of all denominations, town & city councils and more to provide chaplaincy services and work and wellbeing resources to business public and voluntary communities around the North West. It also provides Chaplains to Liverpool Airport, Merseyside Police and the YMCA.
This post is open to all, lay or ordained, who are able to support the Charity’s objects which include the promotion of the application of Christian principles within the economy and their appreciation by Christians and non-Christians and thus foster the developments of a healthy economy by encouraging best practice and influencing public opinion in favour of gospel values.
MitE currently has three core outputs:
Provision of volunteer chaplaincy in locations throughout Merseyside
Provision of fully-funded paid chaplaincy to organizations in Merseyside
Development and delivery of chaplaincy training programmes
In addition, it is currently looking at new models of Chaplaincy to meet the needs of a millennial workforce within a distinct area of Liverpool.
Applicants will be required to:
Lead, manage and develop an established Ecumenical Chaplaincy Team
Act as a focal point of contact with supporting denominations and external networks
Develop a theological understanding of the effects of the regional economy, and communicate this to the Churches and faith groups through training and study events
Share in the responsibility of managing the Annual Budget with the MitE Council and be proactive in attracting funding for the organisation
Report regularly to the Council and work closely with the management structure
The Mission in the Economy office base is in Liverpool city centre with satellite groups in St Helens and Warrington. It is possible to establish a pattern of home and office working. It might also be possible for the successful applicant to negotiate different hours (salary pro rata) if it could be demonstrated that the role could still be fulfilled.
Informal conversations concerning this post will be welcome. Contact the Reverend Dr Crispin Pailing (Chair of Trustees) at rector@livpc.co.uk or call 0151 236 5287.
For an application pack, contact Jean Wynne at jeanwynne@livpc.co.uk or call 0151 236 5287.
Closing date: Friday 10 August 2018
Interviews: Friday 7 September 2018
Sefton CVS Vacancy: HR, Governance and Compliance Officer
Salary: £35,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week
Sefton CVS is seeking to appoint a HR, Governance and Compliance Officer.
The purpose of the role is to preserve the integrity of the organisation by ensuring that it stays on an ethical and legal course at all times, and to ensure the organisation is fully compliant with and continuously adheres to, all external Regulatory and Legal standards.
You will advise and guide the CVS Board, the Chief Executive and Senior Management Team on all regulatory matters both external and internal. Specifically, you will manage the organisation’s Human Resources (HR) function and ensure that the appropriate HR policies and procedures are in place within the scope of best practice and the law.
Working alongside the Chief Executive and Senior Management Team, you will develop and implement a progressive HR strategy, which ensures the organisation recruits and retains the right people and develop and engage the workforce to deliver the highest standards of performance.
Young Carers Assessment Awareness Workforce Development Sessions
Liverpool City Council and Barnardo’s, as part of the city’s Early Help Workforce Developments, are continuing to delivering half-day multi-agency sessions to ensure young carers and their families are provided with an effective response from both adult and children’s services, and practitioners understand their roles and responsibilities.
There are two specific sessions. Managers, practitioners or staff are invited to attend the most appropriate one.
The Young Carers Assessment half-day awareness raising sessions are aimed at EHAT Agencies and the pre-EHAT staff who have working knowledge, or attended a previous session and want to refresh their knowledge. These sessions take place on 23 or 27 July 2018.
The pre-EHAT and Young Carers Assessment half-day awareness raising sessions are for those agencies where it is agreed they complete the pre-EHAT only and mandatory for Liverpool City Council adult practitioners. If they have previously attended a session, they can go on the above to refresh their knowledge. These sessions take place on 25 July or 9 August 2018.
If you haven’t already used the Early Help Directory, you need to firstly register an account by clicking ‘Register’ at the top right of the homepage.
If you have any problems with the Early Help Directory, contact Jude Mozier on 0151 233 0499.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service Vacancies
Would you like to make a career out of making your community safer and stronger?
A Firefighter does much more than putting out fires and rescuing people at road traffic collisions. A large amount of time is spent engaging with the community, educating people and businesses and promoting fire safety. The role of a Firefighter is a career not just a job.
Throughout your career you will have many opportunities to shape your future, potentially progressing up the career ladder to become Watch Manager onto Station Manager, Group Manager, and Area Manager or further. Or you may wish to specialise in a specific area. As well as having the opportunity to gain professional qualifications throughout your career.
The salary for a recruit Firefighter is £22,459 during the 18 week recruit training course, increasing to £29,934 when you become competent.
The government has published details of its plan to simplify the rules around how much benefit charities can give to donors and still claim Gift Aid, which will come into effect from April 2019.
HMRC and Treasury carried out a consultation in 2016, the results of which were published in 2017. The chancellor, Phillip Hammond, announced the government’s intention to simplify the rules in the Budget.
Under the current system charities are allowed to provide a donor with benefits worth 25% of the first £100 they give, then £25 of benefit on donations up to £1,000, then 5% of the total above that, up to a maximum of £2,500.
From April 2019, the amount of benefit a donor can receive will be 25% of the first £100, then 5% of any part of the donation that exceeds £100, with a maximum total value of £2,500.
The government has now published the draft legislation for consultation and policy paper explaining its thinking.
“The changes in this measure will introduce a simpler and a more generous two threshold benefit valuation rule for charities, making it easier to claim Gift Aid on eligible donations and so increase the overall number and value of claims,” the paper said.
It said that the impact on the Exchequer is expected to be “negligible”.
A spokesman for the Charity Finance Group said: “Change in the right direction, however modest, is always to be welcomed. We urge government to not stop at modest amendments but to go further to simplify the system if we are to close the gap between gift aid claimed and gift aid eligible on donations”.
Source: Civil Society, 9 July 2018
Be Part of the School Games Operational Group
Merseyside Sports Partnership (MSP) is looking for a number of highly-motivated individuals to help achieve the Level 3 School Games mission of “keeping competitive sport at the heart of schools and providing more young people with the opportunity to compete and achieve their personal best” and also its vision that “by 2020, the School Games will be continuing to make a clear and meaningful difference to the lives of even more children and young people”.
MSP are currently recruiting independent advisors for a L3 School Games Operational Group to link with the current Children and Young Peoples Strategic Group.
This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your career, grow your network, and make a valuable contribution through professional development or through new-found free time. Or to simply put something back into the community here within the Liverpool City Region.
Successful applicants will play a key role in building upon what is currently a very strong and successful number of events and raising the profile of the importance of competitive sport for young people.
MSP is consciously looking to appoint a diverse group and is keen to hear from applicants across the full spectrum of the education sector, business community, local government, national governing bodies of sport, inclusive sports and the voluntary sector.
For an informal discussion or a Recruitment Pack, contact Calum Donnelly, Strategic Lead for Sport and Physical Activity (Children and Young People), on 0151 728 1814 or email c.donnelly@merseysidesport.com; or Kerry Stewart, Strategic Lead for Business Improvement, on 0151 728 1800 or email k.stewart@merseysidesport.com.
Closing date: Tuesday 31 July 2018
The Reader Vacancy: Wigan Community and Training Lead
The Reader is a social enterprise with a national and international remit that develops innovative shared reading-aloud groups in diverse communities across society. Shared Reading is The Reader’s social outreach project. Groups meet in community centres, libraries, homeless shelters, schools, hospitals, doctors’ surgeries, drug rehab units and care homes to enjoy great books and poems together.
The main responsibility of this role is to support volunteers and nurture partnerships to support the project, which places volunteers reading with older people living with dementia across Wigan. You will also develop and deliver a publicity plan to raise awareness of the project and build up contacts locally to set up referral routes into groups where appropriate.
You must have a driving license and use of a car, and be willing to undergo a fully enhanced DBS check. Training and supervision in Shared Reading and Safeguarding practice will be provided.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved Section’ where you will be able to view the full job description, recruitment pack and download an application form. Complete the application form, quoting VACANCY REFERENCE CODE: 10/2018, and submit to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Do not just send in a CV.
Deadline: Tuesday 24 July 2018, 9am. Applications arriving after 9am will not be considered
Owen Owen Trust Vacancy: Admin Assistant
Salary: £5,616 – £6,240 (FTE £21,840 – £24,266)
Hours: 9 per week, minimum 2 days (flexible) to be worked between Monday-Wednesday
Owen Owen Trust was established in 1900 to provide assistance and support to former employees of the Owen Owen group. The Trust office administers grants and co-ordinates a volunteer visitor team.
Reporting to the Trust Manager and the Board of Trustees, the role requires an organised person. Office experience is not essential but preferable.
Good computer skills, particularly use of Excel and Word is essential. Knowledge of Access databases would be an advantage. Good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work alone and as part of a small team are essential. An ability to interact with older people and an understanding of their needs is also required.
The Trust office is based in the LCVS building in Liverpool.
To apply, send a CV with a covering letter to Karen Sloss, Owen Owen Trust, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2AH, or email karen.sloss@owenowentrust.org.uk.
Closing date: Tuesday 31 July 2018
Interviews: Week commencing 13 August 2018
New Contract: Adults Social Care Route Way Programme Soft Market Test
Liverpool Adult Learning Service (ALS) works in partnership with the current provider to support the Social Care sector to meet the growing needs of the population, offering packages of support and qualifications within this service industry.
Through joint working agreement course timetables are developed to provide a variety of qualifications which support the wider employability agenda within Adult Social Care. These include: L1 Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care or L2 Preparing to work in Adult Social Care, L2 Food Safety, L2 Emergency First Aid, L2 Health and Safety at Work and L1 Developing Employability Skills.
Learners under this contract will gain qualifications specific to Social Care under the guidance of qualified tutors who will ideally have personal and professional experience of working in Social Care. All training will meet Care Quality Standards and it is anticipated that all learners who successfully achieve their qualification aims through the programme will be given direct access to employers seeking to increase their workforce, possibly via Social Care specific recruitment events.
The Liverpool Adult Learning Service are looking for suitably qualified and experience support partners to deliver this programme and are interested in organisations who would be able to deliver this over the next three years.
Your company will need to register on Procontract (Due North) to be able to download the full application and supporting documents. The documents will only be available on Procontract (available via the Due North site).
Liverpool City Stars Volunteers are recruiting volunteers for lots of exciting events over the summer.
The next event is Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF) on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 July 2018 at Sefton Park. If you love music, like festivals, want experience to put on your CV, be part of the LIMF team. The main role will be to scan the tickets as the festival goers arrive, as well as providing event info and directions. You are welcome to stay after your shift and enjoy the rest of the festival.
The Clipper round the world yacht race returns/finishes on Saturday 28 July 2018 at the Royal Albert Dock, and volunteers team presentation assistants are needed. You will be responsible for collecting the team from their yacht and accompanying them to the presentation stage.
The first ever CBBC Children’s Festival is being held on 3-5 August 2018 at Croxteth Country Park and event ambassadors are needed to meet and greet, help the flow of the public, look after the artists, assist with the activities at the farm, help in the activity park and lots of other exciting opportunities.
Lost Castles will be a replica of a section of Liverpool Castle which will be made out of cardboard and erected on Williamson Square on Thursday 9 August 2018. The public will be able to walk into the castle and volunteer event ambassadors are needed to provide event information to the public on 9-12 August 2018.
Freshfields Animal Rescue Vacancy: Community Fundraiser
Salary: £17,160 (Equivalent FT salary £21,450)
Hours: 30 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Would you like to join a National Animal Welfare Award winning organisation and join the team saving the lives of domestic animals and wildlife?
Freshfields Animal Rescue is offering an exciting opportunity to join the Fundraising team as a Community Fundraiser. This varied and rewarding role is perfect for you if you have previous community fundraising experience, an ability to communicate with and connect with people, are creative and confident, can create opportunities and have a passion for animal welfare.
Freshfields Animal Rescue is a respected, well established and ethics driven charity that has a reputation for the highest standards of care for all animals. Working across Merseyside, Sefton, Lancashire, Cheshire, the Wirral and in Wales, Freshfields is the only rescue in these areas to rescue domestic animals, farm animals and a wide variety of wildlife.
The work of Freshfields Animal Rescue is a huge team effort. Working as part of the fundraising team, your role will be to support the rescue work by presenting our mission to the community in person and online, attracting new supporters and facilitating fundraising activities and events.
Established in 1999, Raise is an advice service that supports clients within their own home with welfare benefits, debt and financial capability advice at a specialist level.
Trainee Welfare Rights Advisor
Salary: Scale 3 point 14 (£17,681)
Hours: 18 – 35 hours a week
Contract: Fixed-term of 3 months, with possible extension
This is an opportunity to be involved in the delivery of the Raise Welfare Rights service to clients in the Greater Liverpool Region. You need to be a highly motivated individual who is passionate about empowering individuals to navigate the complexity that is our Social Security system. You will be experienced in providing basic welfare rights advice and form filling. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to relate and work with a large variety of different people
Administrator Assistant Debt
Salary: Scale 4 point 18 (£18,870 pro rata)
Hours: 21 hours a week
Contract: Fixed-term of 3 months, with possible extension
This is an opportunity to be involved in the delivery of Raise’s Monday advice service in the Greater Liverpool Region. You need to be a highly motivated individual who is passionate about systems and processes and has excellent attention to detail and effective communications skills.
Closing date (both posts): Friday 13 July 2018, 12noon
Interviews: Thursday 18 July 2018
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic charity and play a key role in leading Local Solutions’ HR Department to support the organisation’s leadership and growth.
Reporting to the Director of Corporate Services, the successful applicant will become an integral part of the leadership and management team and will be required to provide reports to the Board. Responsibilities include the recruitment, selection and retention of high quality staff, the provision of expert HR advice, managing employee relations, ensuring the company’s compliance with legislation, including GDPR and Gender Pay Gap Reporting, and leading on the achievement of quality awards, such as IiP.
You will have excellent leadership and people management skills working at a senior level, and experience of developing HR Strategies, Policies and Procedures is essential. A pro-active, positive leadership style is needed, along with being able to work in a busy environment. This post requires a person who is good at managing multi-priorities, a team player who is flexible, organized, and able to work well under pressure.
Applicants should be a Chartered CIPD Member and qualified to Level 7 (or working towards) and have a minimum of five years’ experience in HR leadership.
Applicants must have a driving licence and the use of a private vehicle. Post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure.
To apply for the post, submit a CV to Mark Rogers, Director of Corporate Services, via e-mail MRogers@localsolutions.org.uk.
Closing date: Tuesday 31 July 2018, 11:59pm
Bright Ideas Fund Open for Applications
The Community Business Bright Ideas Fund aims to give community groups in England the support to start setting up their community business.
Groups accepted onto the programme will receive one to one business development support and be invited to apply for a small grant to fund development and start-up costs, such as feasibility studies, legal and other fees connected with developing governance, taking ownership of a building or other asset, community engagement, business planning and more.
The programme is run by Locality and offers:
Specialist support with creating a development plan for your community business
Mentoring and visits to inspire you and enable you to learn from peers
Regional networking and events to learn from experts in the field
The opportunity to apply for a grant of up to £15,000
Benefit Mythbuster – Factchecking Myths and Misconceptions about Universal Credit
Benefit Mythbuster is a new online web tool designed to help address commonly held myths and misconceptions about universal credit.
People can choose from three options – ‘Starting a New Claim’, ‘Managing your Claim’, and ‘Solving Problems’ to find out more about their rights, including information on job search, the claimant commitment, in-work conditionality, sanctions, and more. People can also get in touch to add a myth that needs busting. Or help to bust a myth!
Benefit Mythbuster is one of a range of web tools from the advice and technology charity Lasa, who also deliver rightsnet – the social welfare law information and advice site for advisers.
Citizens Advice Liverpool Vacancies
Advice Session Supervisor
Salary: £22,500 per annum (or pro-rata for part-time position)
1 Post – 35 hours per week
1 Post – 17.5 hours per week
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking for a motivational Advice Session Supervisor to take a key role in supervising the front-line advice services and supporting volunteers. Developing a supportive and trusting relationship with volunteer advisers, form-fillers and administrators, you’ll help them develop their skills and abilities while ensuring the services they provide to the public are of the highest quality.
Able to operate from any of the Citizens Advice sites across the city, you’ll oversee all aspects of the gateway and generalist advice services and information contact points; from ensuring rotas are well-staffed to streamlining referrals on to the specialist services. You’ll be comfortable with supervising advice given through a range of channels, including by phone and digitally. You’ll work closely with the Volunteer Recruitment and Training Manager to select and induct new volunteers.
You are flexible, innovative and interested in joining an organisation that’s exploring new ways of delivering advice in a context of very high demand.
Advice Support Worker – Advice on Prescription Project
Salary: £19,000 p.a. pro rata, £8,685 actual
Hours: 16 per week
Are you organised and able to take and record detailed information by phone? Are you able to quickly identify the essence of someone’s problem and clearly summarise it in writing? Do you relate to clients and professionals from diverse backgrounds in a way that ensures they receive a high level of service?
Liverpool GPs refer patients for assistance from the Advice on Prescription advisers on a range of non-medical issues including housing, homelessness, job loss, complex debts, fuel poverty and welfare benefits. The service offers a practical treatment option for GPs and currently provides 50 advice clinics in Liverpool health settings every week; receiving 730 referrals per month.
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking for someone to join a busy office-based team to provide practical support to the outreach advisers and encourage referrals to the service from Health Centre staff.
Specialist Welfare Caseworker- Advice on Prescription Project
Salary £23,000 p.a. pro rata, £11,500 actual
Hours: 17.5 per week
Do you have a detailed knowledge of the benefits system? Are you able to apply the law to clients’ real-life problems? Do you relate to people from diverse backgrounds in a way that ensures they receive a high level of service?
Liverpool GPs refer patients for assistance from the Advice on Prescription advisers on a range of non-medical issues including housing, homelessness, job loss, complex debts, fuel poverty and welfare benefits. The service offers a practical treatment option for GPs and currently provides 50 advice clinics in Liverpool health settings every week; receiving 730 referrals per month.
Citizens Advice Liverpool is looking for someone to join our busy team to undertake casework on behalf of clients. You will maximise the incomes of the most vulnerable and in particular, provide advice, support and representation in mandatory reconsideration and appeal processes. You’ll also provide technical support to generalist advice colleagues who work from Health Centres across Liverpool.
Digital and Budgeting Coach
Salary: £22,000 per annum
Hours: 35 per week
Contract: Fixed-term to 31 March 2019
The move to Universal Credit is likely to be a huge challenge for many benefit claimants. If you share our desire to help smooth their transition, help avoid unnecessary hardship and upskill them for future online transactions then Citizens Advice Liverpool is keen to hear from you.
Liverpool City Council have provided Citizens Advice Liverpool additional resources this year to provide assisted digital support and personal budgeting assistance to clients claiming this benefit. Your role will be to provide these services and also develop and co-ordinate a small team of volunteers to also provide the service. Taking referrals and also working alongside the open-door advice drop-in services to identify new clients; you’ll be responsible for ensuring the organisation assists the number of people it has committed to help over the year.
You’ll also lead on generating referrals for the Enterprise Hub project, run in partnership with the Women’s Organisation and other agencies.
Closing date for all posts: Monday 16 July 2018, 12noon
240 million slices of bread, 5.9 million glasses of milk, 5.8 million potatoes and 1.3 million apples – what do these all have in common?
These are the average amounts we, as a nation, throw away each year of these foods when they could have been eaten.
The Let’s Cook Project is reaching out to early years settings, schools, community groups and societies across the whole of Merseyside after winning £25,000 from the region’s Recycling and Waste Authority.
The Let’s Cook Project is on a mission to give individuals the skills, knowledge and confidence to cook from scratch because it knows this has a direct impact on the amount of perfectly usable food that otherwise might be thrown away. The scheme was one of just 14 projects awarded funding from Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA) annual Community Fund and will run across 2018 and 2019, but the impact will carry on for much longer.
Project Lead Emma Jarvis said: “By equipping local residents with the skills and resources to run practical cookery training within their own communities we’re influencing a reduction in the amount of food hitting landfill but also encouraging improvements in physical and mental health and self–confidence which will have a legacy long after this programme finishes.”
You don’t need a purpose-built kitchen or even a classroom, if you have a socket and a sink you can run a cooking class. The Let’s Cook Project works with all sorts of organisations such as after school clubs, scout and guide groups, workplaces and faith-based organisations.
Interested in some free training, resources and funding to run your own practical cooking sessions? Contact Emma.Jarvis@letscookproject.org for more information.
Free Tickets to a Dementia-Friendly Play
Arriva North West and Wales has teamed up with Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatre to offer a dementia-friendly version of ‘Paint Your Wagon’. Arriva has donated 300 free tickets for people living with dementia and their carers, for this relaxed performance on Tuesday 3 July at 5.30pm.
During the specially adapted show, lights will be only slightly dimmed, stage lighting is less intense, and sound is lowered where needed. People are free to move around and make noise, extra staff are on hand, and a chill-out area is provided front of house. Show goers can also visit beforehand to get their bearings if required, and a pre-show information pack is made available to ensure carers have all the information they need.
‘Paint Your Wagon’ is a musical filled with infectiously energetic and effortlessly beautiful songs, including ‘I’m on My Way’, ‘There’s a Coach Comin’ in’ and chart-topping ‘Wandrin’ Star’ – a song made famous by Lee Marvin’s rendition that reached number one in 1970, keeping the Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’ off the top spot. It is sure to jog many happy memories for the audience.
Lisa Pearson from Arriva North West & Wales said: “We are so excited to team up with The Everyman again. Share a Story Month in May marked the start of our relationship with the group, and we are delighted to be able to support the fantastic creative work they continue to do. Accessible shows for the whole community are vital.”
Rebecca Ross-Williams, engagement director at the Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres continues: “Relaxed performances provide a welcoming, supportive and non-judgemental atmosphere for people who may find visiting a theatre daunting or may find it hard to be in an unfamiliar, crowded or loud environment.
“We welcome individuals and groups living with conditions such as dementia or anyone who could benefit from a more informal, relaxed environment. We are delighted to have Arriva’s support for this production, which has meant that 300 tickets will be available free of charge.”
There are a limited number of tickets left and available to purchase for this performance. Contact boxoffice@everymanplayhouse.com or phone 0151 709 4776, 11am-6pm Monday to Saturday.
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Holiday Hunger – Can You Help?
“Holiday hunger” is a real issue for many children who are entitled to free school meals during term time. There is currently no such provision during holidays, and for many families finding the money to provide extra meals every day is a huge financial burden and stress.
The Florrie is organising a ‘play and eat’ scheme for 5-11 year-olds during the summer holidays and would like your support in helping to provide free nutritious lunch meals to local children.
The Florrie has a collection point in the reception at 377 Mill Street, Liverpool L8 4RF, for any dry food donations, cereal, tins, pasta, etc. You can drop off anytime between 8am-6pm.
The Florrie will also be collecting any extra food items in Tesco Park Road on Thursday 5 July 2018.
DSC Social Change Awards 2018 Are Open for Nominations
Directory of Social Change (DSC) Social Change Awards celebrate the passionate individuals and organisations committed to making a positive impact in society.
You don’t have to be a charity to apply. Whether you’re applying as an individual, an informal group, a company, a public body or a charity. If you are passionate about social change, there is a category for you.
Award categories:
Everyday Impact Award (New Enterprises)
Everyday Impact Award (Long-term Enterprises)
Influencer Award
Rising Star Award
The Great Giving Funders Award
Lifetime Achievement
You can nominate yourself or others (individuals and organisations) – a simple process which can be completed in less than 15 minutes.
DSC will produce a shortlist of nominees, three from each category which will be posted online for a public vote where you get to pick the winners. The three shortlisted organisations and individuals in each category receive a unique and personalised cartoon by Grizelda.
The nomination period is open until 31 August 2018.
Competition to Celebrate Small Charity Week
What Charity has announced a competition in celebration of Small Charity Week.
Charities and their teams have a chance to win a £300 reward to contribute towards their own deserved recreational activities. All the charities have to do is claim their charities and complete the impact page on their profile on www.whatcharity.com. To claim your charity, send an email to shona@whatcharity.com and ask to activate your charity profile.
Charities then share their impact page or video which showcases their cause and what resources they need on Twitter. Include the hashtag #charityspotlight on their tweet and tag @whatCharitycom, so they can review the entries. The best impact video will be judged and declared the winner!
The Reader is a dynamic national charity and social enterprise, head quartered in Liverpool. Since 2002, The Reader has pioneered the use of Shared Reading to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build community resilience and connectedness across the UK and beyond. The Reader is in the process of transforming Calderstones’ grade II listed Mansion House into an International Centre for Shared Reading.
Storybarn Sales Assistant
Salary: £15,000 – £17,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours
Contract: 12 months
The Storybarn Sales Assistant will be based at The Reader’s International Headquarters at Calderstones Park and have responsibility for the sales of the wide range of Storybarn products, including, but not limited, to:
School sessions
Birthday parties
Family sessions (pre-school and school-age sessions)
The role will also include working closely with the Storybarn team and wider Reader teams such as communications and marketing, development and finance, to devise and implement the most effective sales strategy to support long term Storybarn growth and sustainability.
Training and supervision in shared reading and safeguarding practice will be provided. You must be willing to undertake an Enhanced DBS check
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the Get Involved > Jobs tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Quote the vacancy reference code 06/2018 on the application form.
Deadline: Monday 16 July 2018, 12pm. Applications arriving after 12pm will not be considered
The Reader is looking to recruit a dedicated, creative, catering professional who can grow with the business and increasingly take on greater professional responsibility. This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to grow with the organisation as it develops the catering offer.
You have the best work-ethic and are passionate about food, and are both ambitious and a great team-player, and looking for a long-term challenge and able to lead by example. As Chef Coordinator you will be working with the Catering Manager, and be responsible for creatively developing and ensuring great delivery of The Reader’s hospitality offer.
The current provision consists of a well-established and popular café, in temporary accommodation, and separate Ice Cream Parlour. The remodeled Reader Café inside Calderstones Mansion House will open in a year and you will be involved in the creative vision for the new café, as well as the planning and development that will be bring it about. You can make the transition to potentially take on a Head Chef role in that new venture.
The person in this role oversees all aspects of catering health and safety compliance, ensuring the highest standards of food safety, food quality and risk management are achieved and that these standards are maintained through constant monitoring.
We are keen to hear from an experienced chef, but are definitely open to applications from newly qualified chefs with ambition and interest in social enterprise. You must understand and be experienced at working in professional kitchens. The post-holder will be flexible and hands on in all areas providing a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with the Reader’s ethos and vision, generating revenue and supporting our wider activity.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the Get Involved > Jobs tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Quote vacancy reference code 01/2018 on the application form.
Deadline: Wednesday 11 July 2018, 9am. Applications arriving after 9am will not be considered
The Reader is looking for a caring and committed person who can provide administrative, secretarial and practical support to the Directors Group and key departments across the organisation.
Duties will be varied, including taking minutes at meetings, diary management and working with the Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, supporting the monitoring of the Reader’s impact. The role requires a resilient individual who can both assist others and act on her/his own initiative, using common sense and discretion, while working to tight deadlines.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved Section’ where you will be able to view the full job description, recruitment pack and download an application form, quoting vacancy reference code 08 /2018 on the application form. Complete the application form and submit to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline for applications: Friday 27 July 2018, 9am. Applications arriving after 9am will not be considered
Competition to Find the Best Community Hall for Weddings
Your Community Space is searching for the ultimate hall to host wedding receptions in the UK. There are 19 regional awards available and 1 overall national prize of £250.
All entries to the competition will be included in a 2018 Community Hall Guide for Brides. Halls will be scored about facilities, setting and value for money. All entrants will have a feature in Your Community Space’s wedding guide to help you attract more weddings. The guide will only feature community buildings and no commercial venues.
Your Community Space is a new website designed to exclusively promote community buildings, launching on 30 September 2018. It provides a free online profile for all halls and community buildings across the UK.
Celebrate Catch the Bus Week and Nominate a Good Cause for an Arriva Summer Day Out
To celebrate Catch the Bus Week (2 – 8 July 2018), Arriva is inviting people in Liverpool to nominate a local community group, who will have the chance of winning a free day out this summer with Arriva Buses and Merlin Entertainments.
Nominations are now open and members of the public can go online to tell Arriva why their local community group deserves an amazing summer day out, courtesy of Arriva Buses. The prize, sure to be a day to remember, includes return travel on an Arriva Bus and attraction entry, thanks to Merlin.
Arriva is encouraging all types of local groups of any age to enter, including Scouts, Cubs, Brownies, Girl Guides, youth clubs, sports and athletic clubs, theatre groups, choirs, over 50s, arts, walking and book groups.
Nominations close on Friday 13 July 2018, and a shortlist will be drawn up for each Arriva region taking part. Then, from 23 July, people will have the chance to vote, via the Arriva website, for who they think deserves the summer day out.
The winning group in the North West will be announced on 3 August 2018. Then, during August, the North West winners will enjoy their fabulous day out at The Blackpool Tower and SEA LIFE Blackpool, transported by an Arriva bus.
Lisa Pearson Head of Marketing for NW & Wales Arriva explains: “We are very excited to launch this search for fantastic community groups who really deserve to be rewarded with a great day out this summer. Anyone who is part of, works with or just knows about a local group, please tell us why they should win this. Maybe it’s a drop-in centre, a kids sports group or a local charity for older people. We want to hear about as many good causes as possible.
“We wanted to run this alongside our Catch the Bus Week activities because the annual event is an industry wide celebration of bus travel. This is a great time of year to remind people that using the bus to get to fun local attractions can be a cost-effective and stress-free way for the family to travel.
“I personally cannot wait to read the nominations, I am sure it will be a tough job to choose the winners. Good luck everyone!”
New Contract: Schools Outreach Programme Framework
Market engagement for the Liverpool Schools Consortia Outreach Programme Framework looking into the commissioning of professional services in relation to special educational needs.
This market engagement is an opportunity to engage with the local market to gather their feedback and thoughts on the setting up of a Liverpool Schools Outreach Programme Framework.
The Outreach Programme Service for Primary School Consortia will cover but not be limited to social services under the following categories and sub-categories:
Categories:
Cognition and learning
Social, emotional and mental health difficulties
Communication and interaction
Sensory and/or physical needs
Sub-categories:
Assessment/identifying need
Direct pupil teaching/therapy
Whole school activities/training
Family and additional activities
This project aims to help solve commissioning problems within this market by setting up a framework which will act as a marketplace for schools to procure these services and develop the local provider market for both organisations and self-employed qualified professionals within the region. The framework will be for a period of 3 years.
Your company will need to register on Procontract (Due North) to download the full application and supporting documents for Opportunity ID: DN349283. The documents will only be available on Procontract (available via the Due North site).
To register your organisation on Procontract, go to suppliers’ area and click on “register free”. Once you have registered, you will need to go to the “My opportunities” section on the home page of Procontract and follow the instructions as a supplier to enable you to return your submission.
Closing date: Friday 13 July 2018, 4pm
Join the Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership Board
Help make a difference to our City Region.
With effect from July 2018, Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has two opportunities to join the LEP board. Expressions of interest are invited from individuals who can complement the skills and capabilities of the current Board members, can contribute to the work of the Board and through it the growth of the City Region.
You must have a passion, commitment and belief in the City Region from all sections of the Liverpool City Region community, and beyond given proven links to Liverpool City Region, and represent our diverse culture, attributes and values.
These roles are for individuals with specific expertise, experience and knowledge at a senior operational and strategic level in the following 2 key areas:
Education and Skills for Business (Provider)
Enterprise and Business Growth (Small Business)
The individuals appointed will be expected to apply themselves to developing or challenging strategies designed to deliver growth in each of these areas.
LEP Chair and Board positions are not financially remunerated, but reward comes in being engaged in driving this important agenda forward for the benefit of current and future generations. It also comes with significant commitments including:
Attend 6 meetings per year equating to 4 days including reading of papers
Attend 3 strategy development sessions of 1.5 days commitment per annum
If required, act as a Champion for one of the above sectors or themes which requires attendance at those sub-boards, a commitment of approximately 1.5 days per annum
Represent LEP on appropriate external bodies or task and finish groups that may exist at city-region, region, national or international level. Where necessary, represent LEP and City Region in meetings with Government or any of its departments and agencies
Be prepared to make statements to, or be interviewed by, the media to promote economic strategy or policy or respond to enquiries
If you are interested in being considered to join the LEP Board and believe you have the passion, knowledge, experience and expertise to assist the City Region’s growth, and can meet the commitments set out above, write to info@liverpoollep.org with a subject of LEP Board EOI, outlining your suitability and interest in your appropriate role.
The Reader Vacancy: Development and Partnerships Co-ordinator
Salary: £17,000 – £22,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
The Reader is a growing organisation and is looking for an ambitious Development and Partnerships Co-ordinator who loves reading and wants to help spread the Shared Reading Revolution, through fundraising and partnerships. This post sits in the Development and Partnerships Team, responsible for delivering income to sustain and grow The Reader’s work and developing the relationships that can help make that work happen.
You’ll be working in a small, fast-paced team that needs to flex to opportunities as they arise, so you’ll get experience of working with a variety of stakeholders and income streams. You are as happy on the phone to an individual donor as you are crafting a bid for a grant-maker. Shared Reading is all about relationships and connections and that is what this role is about. Providing high quality stewardship to funders and partners is a priority and you are driven to generate new income by spotting and nurturing new relationships.
The Development and Partnerships team is working to support the delivery of an ambitious and exciting five-year business plan to develop and expand a national network of Shared Reading groups, and to grow a community based on Shared Reading at Calderstones Park, where the grade II listed Mansion House is being transformed into the International Centre for Shared Reading.
Key responsibilities:
Research and pipeline
Bid writing
Stakeholder engagement
Relationship management
Individual giving
To apply, visit thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved Section’ where you will be able to view the full job description, recruitment pack and download an application form.
Deadline for applications: Monday 9 July 2018, 9am
Steve Morgan Foundation Funding Programmes
The Steve Morgan Foundation supports projects that help to make a positive impact on people’s welfare and quality of life. The charity wants to improve opportunities and life choices for children and families, young people and adults, people with physical or learning disabilities, the elderly, or those that are socially disadvantaged.
The Foundation, established in 2001 by businessman Steve Morgan CBE, is committed to help people who most need it in North Wales, Merseyside, Cheshire (west of M6) and North Shropshire through the following grant programmes:
Regional Grants – for up to three years funding for core costs including salaries
Major Grants – capital and major projects for up to five years
Enable Grants – specialised equipment for communal use such as sensory and immersive rooms, disabled access sports and play equipment
Smiley Bus Grants – standard and wheelchair accessible minibuses for eligible organisations that provide transport support on a daily basis
Any organisation wishing to apply for a grant, must have been in existence for a minimum of two years and able to produce audited accounts.
Local branches of national charities, which are based within the remit area, or programmes delivered locally by organisations working on a national basis, are not usually supported.
There are no deadlines or funding limits and trustee meetings are held regularly throughout the year. Organisations should be aware that applications are considered in chronological order and it can take up to six months for the process to be completed.
Applying for funding and completing application forms can be time consuming, so a quick phone call can save everyone a lot of time. Therefore, all organisations interested in applying are asked to call the Foundation on 01829 782808 to discuss their proposal.
Local Solutions is a leading North West social enterprise and charity that aims to improve the quality of life for individuals and communities through a diverse and unique portfolio of services.
Local Solutions is looking to recruit a self-motivated individual to work within the expanded Domestic Abuse Services that will provide support to victims of Domestic Abuse (DA) who meet the Early Help threshold. This is an exciting and innovative new project with the aim of supporting families within a multi-agency structure to minimise the impact of DA on children and families, providing victim focused work. The ideal candidates will have significant experience of working directly with victims of DA and their families. They will have a working knowledge of criminal/civil justice systems along with an excellent understanding of child/adult safeguarding processes and legislation.
Domestic Abuse Worker (DAW) – Early Help Service for those affected by Domestic Abuse
2 full-time DAW posts
Salary: £21,930
1 part-time DAW post
Salary: £10,969
Hours: 20 hours per week
The ideal candidates should be able to demonstrate ability to manage a caseload, develop/deliver interventions designed to meet identified needs/goals, and deliver 1:1/group based sessions using the relevant skills based approach. An in-depth knowledge of DA along with strong advocacy skills are essential. You will have an accredited qualification and must demonstrate in depth knowledge of factors surrounding domestic abuse including risk reduction and safety planning.
The suitable applicant must be available to work some unsociable hours.
Coordinator – Early Help Service for those affected by Domestic Abuse
Salary: £26.000 per annum
Hours: Full time
The ideal candidate will need to demonstrate your ability to coordinate staff, conduct reviews, as well as implementing relevant policies and procedures. Previous experience of directly supporting vulnerable adults on 1:1 and in group-based support is essential, as is a thorough understanding of the dynamics of Domestic Abuse. You will have an accredited qualification and must demonstrate in depth knowledge of factors surrounding domestic abuse specifically around risk reduction and safety planning.
Enhanced DBS Disclosure is essential for all posts. All applicants must also have a current full driving license and permanent use of a private vehicle.
As part of the interview process, you will need to prepare a short presentation on “The impact of domestic abuse on children and the family”.
Healthwatch Liverpool is the independent champion for people using local health and social care services. The organisation listens to what people like about services and what could be improved, and shares these views with those with the power to make change happen.
Healthwatch Liverpool is currently recruiting to the following job roles:
Volunteer and Engagement Officer
Salary: £23,770 per annum
Hours: 35 hours a week, including occasional evening and weekend work
Contract: Fixed-term until 31 March 2020, reviewed subject to continued funding
Volunteers play an important part in Healthwatch Liverpool activities. For many people you will be the first contact they have with Healthwatch, so a key aspect of this role will be to promote the organisation by explaining its work and the ways of being involved in this.
Main focus of post:
Develop and lead Healthwatch Liverpool’s volunteer and involvement activity
Recruit, train and support volunteers, involving them in a range of Healthwatch Liverpool activities
Engage with local communities, to promote our work and encourage people to be involved
Closing date: Midnight Sunday 8 July 2018 by email, or 5pm Friday 6 July 2018 by post/by hand
Liverpool Care Matters Engagement Officer
Salary: £22,730 per annum
Hours: 35 hours a week, including occasional evening and weekend work
Contract: Fixed-term until 31 March 2020, reviewed subject to continued funding
Liverpool Care Matters is Healthwatch Liverpool’s new public forum to listen to people’s experiences and to share them with those with the power to make change happen. For many people you will be the first contact they have with Healthwatch so a key aspect of this role will be to promote the organisation by explaining our work and the ways of being involved in this.
Main focus of post:
Encourage members of the public to engage in conversations about social care and health services in Liverpool enabling their voices to inform the design, review and delivery of such services
Gather the views and experiences of people who use social care and health services through planning and delivering a programme of outreach and engagement activities
Work with other members of the Healthwatch Liverpool team to use this feedback to improve social care and health services in Liverpool
Promote Healthwatch Liverpool by explaining the work and the ways of being involved in this to members of the public and other stakeholders
Closing date: Midnight Sunday 8 July 2018 by email, or 5pm Friday 6 July 2018 by post/by hand
Healthwatch Complaints Advocate
Salary: £11,365 per annum (£22,730 full time equivalent)
Hours: 17.5 hours a week
Contract: Fixed-term until 31 March 2020, reviewed subject to continued funding
Healthwatch Liverpool provides the NHS Complaints advocacy service for Liverpool residents and seeks an additional advocate to expand this work. The main focus of the post is to provide independent advocacy support to people who live in Liverpool to raise concerns and complaints about their NHS care or treatment.
You will promote self-advocacy and empowerment to enable clients to understand the choices open to them at every stage of the complaints process, make informed decisions and get their views heard. This will be through one to one advocacy and other forms of advocacy as required. This activity will include working with people of all ages, including those with learning disabilities, people with mental health needs, people with physical and sensory impairment.
The post holder must hold the National Independent Advocacy Qualification. If you do not have your NIA qualification, there is an expectation that you will obtain it in the first 6 months of employment.
Closing date: Midnight Sunday 22 July 2018 by email, or 5pm Friday 20 July 2018 by post/by hand.
Salary: £22,730 per annum
Hours: 35 hours a week
Contract: Fixed-term until 31 March 2020, reviewed subject to continued funding
For many people, you will be the first contact they have with Healthwatch, so a key aspect of this role will be to promote the organisation by explaining its work and the ways of being involved in this. The work is constantly evolving so the ability to adapt and pick-up new skills and approaches is essential.
The main focus of this post is to provide information and signposting to people, helping them get the most out of health and social care services in Liverpool, and to gain the views of the public in relation to their health and social care experiences.
Closing date: Midnight Sunday 22 July 2018 by email, or 5pm Friday 20 July 2018 by post/by hand
To apply for more than one role, you need to submit separate application forms for each. Appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS and satisfactory references.
Mersey Synod of the United Reformed Church seeks to appoint a Communications Officer, with least two years’ experience in a relevant communication, journalistic or public relations role, preferably with a relevant qualification.
Experienced, enthusiastic and self-motivated, the post-holder will get involved in all aspects of Synod communications, both paper and electronic. You must be able to work alongside relevant IT personnel and Synod Office staff and the churches. Home working is negotiable.
There is an occupational requirement for the job holder to be a practising Christian in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 Part 1, Schedule 9.
Closing date: Friday 6 July 2018, 12noon
Interviews: Thursday 19 July 2018
Waves of Hope Vacancy: Data Analyst
Salary: National Joint Council (NJC) SCP 21-28
Contract: Fixed-term for one year in the first instance
The Whitechapel Centre is a Liverpool-based charity which provides support to people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, and / or have support needs. The centre offers help with building confidence, developing independent living skills and supporting people to address substance use or other health and wellbeing issues. It also helps people to access social and community networks, training, education and employment.
The Whitechapel Centre is a delivery partner for Liverpool Waves of Hope, an initiative which aims to transform the lives of clients with multiple and complex needs by providing a range of support interventions.
Waves of Hope is seeking a motivated and technically skilled Data Analyst who can take the lead on data management and analysis within the Waves of Hope initiative, producing meaningful reports and predicting trends based on historic data. Confident working with internal and external stakeholders to improve the quality of the data, you will use data and insight to shape the development of service provision.
You have solid numeracy, IT and literacy skills and experience in both data analysis and survey research. Experience of working within a homelessness, mental health, offending, treatment or support setting would be a distinct advantage.
Wellbeing Enterprises CIC Vacancy: Community Wellbeing Project Lead
Wellbeing Enterprises CIC is looking for a passionate and empathic individual with qualifications and/or experience in youth and/or community-led work to play a crucial role in the delivery of a Children in Need three-year funded project that will support children and young people to improve their mental health and wellbeing.
Key responsibilities:
Building young people’s emotional health and resilience
Supporting children and young people to co-design and delivery a range of creative and educational projects, using asset-based community approaches
Supporting children and young people to hold community resilience events to showcase their talents, skills and experience
Building young people’s life skills and promoting self-efficacy
Delivering a rolling programme of psycheducation and social inclusion programmes designed to reduce symptoms of mental illness and promote wellbeing to young people across Halton
Training young people to co-deliver life skill courses to other young people
Developing young people’s transferable skills
Recruiting, inducting, training and supporting young people as peer mentors to support the delivery of the project
Delivering a community navigation service which entails developing personalised wellbeing plans with children and young people and connecting them to a raft of community based support to help them get their needs met
Unity Theatre Vacancy: Ticketing and Marketing Co-ordinator
Salary: £17,000 p.a.
Hours: Full-time
Unity Theatre in Liverpool offers audiences and participants opportunities to encounter live performances that exclaim, entertain and inform. The theatre works with acclaimed and emerging artists to innovatively explore the personal, social and political on its stages. The art serves as a counterpoint to the mainstream, championing equality for diverse audiences and artists. Excellent customer satisfaction and experience is at the centre of all actions.
To ensure continued success, Unity Theatre seeks a dynamic Ticketing and Marketing Co-ordinator to join the busy team. You will take responsibility for maximising sales and growing audiences, in particular group bookings. As supervisor of the box office, you will administrate the booking system (Spektrix) and line manage the Ticket Sales team. Whilst in the building, you will be the first point of contact for all enquiries, visitors and customers.
We are looking for someone who is highly organised with an excellent manner when dealing with the public. You will be able to provide evidence of an excellent sales record and experience of building a strong client base.
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival Reveals Full Programme of Events
The UK’s biggest annual celebration of Arab culture encourages guests to ask themselves ‘What do I know?’ as it reveals its 20th anniversary festival theme.
The packed programme of diverse events for the 2018 edition features The Shroud Maker, a dark new satire by Ahmed Masoud, a ground-breaking production of At Home in Gaza and London, where a mix of live-streaming and recorded video bring performers in Gaza and London together and the UK premiere of documentary film Science in Exile.
Also premiering at LAAF 2018 is new performance piece What Do I Know? Taking inspiration from the poetry of Liverpool/Yemeni spoken word poet Amina Atiq and starring acclaimed composer and singer/songwriter of Syrian Sephardi heritage, Ana Silvera, the performance looks at the effects of war in Yemen and provides the foundation for the theme of 20th anniversary festival.
Challenging and hopeful, the theme encourages festival audiences to step away from the assumptions made around Arab life and explore its reality through the lived experience, expressed through diverse art forms of music, dance, visual art, theatre, film and spoken word.
Curated by LAAF – an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation – and associates, the 2018 line-up continues the festival’s mission to provide Arab arts and culture with an international platform, bringing diverse groups of people together and increasing the public’s knowledge and appreciation of Arab culture and its people.
Taher Qassim MBE, Chair of Liverpool Arab Arts Festival said: “Our festival has come a long way since it was founded in 1998 and this year’s festival theme ‘What do I know?’ allows us to reflect on where we have come from and what we have learned during the past two decades.
“Music, theatre, spoken word, film, visual art and family activities all feature in this year’s exciting festival, showcasing a full spectrum of engaging and enthralling Arab arts. We invite all people from all walks of life to join this year’s incredible range of artists to celebrate the vibrant and diverse Arab cultures and art forms and ask themselves in reflection, what do I know now about Arab life?”
Jane Beardsworth, Director North, Arts Council England, said: “Liverpool Arab Arts Festival has celebrated to Arabic culture for 20 years and I’m delighted that the Arts Council continues to support the festival as part of our 2018-22 National Portfolio. Local communities and visitors are introduced to a wide range of arts and culture, including theatre, dance, music and visual arts, and I’m sure that this year’s programme will bring an even wider audience to the festival.”
Salary: £7.83 per hour
Hours: Minimum 6 hours per week (working pattern covers 9am-7pm, Monday to Sunday with regular weekend work)
Contract: Fixed-term to 30 September 2018
The Reader’s Storybarn is a creative, interactive environment in which children can feel thoroughly alive and creative in the company of quality literature. The Reader believes that books offer children a way to understand the world in which they live and the worlds inside themselves. The organisation exists to provide book-routes into this inner space, and to develop shared understandings of both it, and the outer world.
As a Sotry Hunter, you will inspire young people to love reading and to feel confident and relaxed in the company of books. You will be a lively, engaging, enthusiastic presence in the Storybarn, to encourage children to engage as fully as possible with the experience. Training and supervision in shared reading and safeguarding practice will be provided, with space for creative adaptation of delivery for applicants to really make the role their own.
You must be willing to undertake a DBS check
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to jobs@thereader.org.uk. Use the vacancy reference code: 03/2018.
Deadline: Monday 18 June 2018, 12pm. Applications arriving after 12pm will not be considered.
Stick ‘n’ Step is a growing organisation with ambitious plans for the future, and a strong track record of achieving success in major organisational change. Proactive development and growth is driven by a desire to do more and to do it better than ever before.
The job of the fundraising team is to ensure Stick ‘n’ Step have the money necessary to continue to employ the best possible team members, and to provide them with the resources required to support the families it works with. If you share this passion and you think you have got what it takes to be a productive member of the team, then this may be the job for you.
If you would like an informal chat about the post, call Matt Meaney on 0151 638 0888 or contact the organisation online.
Recruitment for this post is on a rolling basis and interviews are arranged on a continuing basis.
Citizens Advice Sefton Vacancy: Money Adviser
Salary: £23,398-£24,790
Hours: 35 hours per week
Citizens Advice Sefton is looking for an experienced Money Adviser to join the Money Advice team in Southport. Ideally, you will be an approved Debt Relief Order Intermediary, and will be accredited with the Money Advice Service. If not, you should be willing to undertake the training required.
You will be someone who enjoys working within a busy environment and working holistically with colleagues to provide the support people need who are experiencing debt problems in Sefton.
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 27 June 2018, 5pm Interviews: Thursday 5 July 2018
The Women’s Organisation Vacancy: Finance and Monitoring Administrator
Salary: £18,000 per annum
The Women’s Organisation is an innovative social enterprise that provides quality enterprise and employment services and influences policy in order to improve the economic position of women.
The Finance and Monitoring Administrator provide high quality effective financial and monitoring administration to support the delivery of women’s economic development services services through the organisation.
For more information, including full job description and application form, visit the website. Alternatively, call 0151 706 8111 or email info@thewo.org.uk for an application pack.
The Women’s Organisation is an equal opportunities employer, and welcomes applications from all sections of the community particularly disabled women and women from black and minority ethnic communities. This post is part funded by ESIF.
Closing date: Monday 2 July 2018, 9am
Interviews: Thursday 5 and Friday 6 July 2018
Be Part of the LAUNCH Academy
20 Stories High is looking for a talented, driven and exceptional group of theatre producers, writers, directors, workshop leaders, designers, musical directors and actors to be part of LAUNCH, a free professional development programme specially designed for the theatre makers of the future.
LAUNCH Academy is designed for people who are aged 18-30 and live in Merseyside. It is for people who are serious about making a career in the arts but may have faced some barriers – whether that be extra responsibilites at home, financial challenges or barriers in education, training or work. LAUNCH is designed to equip, enable and empower.
Sort out Your Confidential Shredding – and Support a Local Charity
Bulky Bob’s offers a secure document destruction and office recycling service, fully compliant with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), with all profits going to help local people in need.
The new regulations mean that more documents need destroying and all paperwork needs to be kept locked away. Bulky Bob’s can provide lockable consoles to store your confidential waste, with regular affordable collections or one-off clearances.
As well as confidential waste, Bulky Bob’s also collects general paper, cardboard, plastics, cans, furniture, IT equipment and much more.
As a social enterprise and registered charity, Bulky Bob’s provides a great service at low prices, and also the chance to support a local charity that gives furniture away to local people in crisis, and provides salaried training to long-term unemployed people.
As Whitechapel Centre’s Volunteer Manager, you will deliver a comprehensive and effective programme of volunteering activities across the organisation, which not only support the delivery of services but which also play a real part in delivering development and move-on opportunities for service users.
An understanding of homelessness, mental illness, substance use or offending will be a distinct advantage.
Candidates must be available to work outside of normal office hours, in the evening or at weekends when induction and training activities are scheduled to take place.
Closing date: Monday 18 June 2018, 5pm
LiveWire Vacancies: Administrators
Salary: £15,059 – £16,073 pro rata
Hours: 25 per week, to be worked over 5 days
LiveWire Liverpool is seeking two Administrators to handle the day to day administration of referrals to the Health Trainer programme.
Working as part of the Health Trainer team, the successful candidate will be required to receive and make telephone calls in order to arrange appointments and provide details of the programme to potential clients. Liaison with a wide range of partners such as community groups and GP practices will also be required. Additional duties include booking appointments for clients utilising the exiting database and also liaison with the Health Trainers in relation to appointments.
This is an opportunity to be part of a friendly team and also the new projects that Health Trainers are involved with across the city of Liverpool.
LiveWire Liverpool Health Trainer programme has been accredited by the Workplace Wellbeing Charter, the national accreditation standard that recognises an organisation’s commitment to improving the lives of those who work there.
Experience of working in an administrative role previously is required as is excellent customer servicing skills, a friendly telephone manner and good attention to detail. An interest in healthy lifestyles would also be an advantage.
Social Enterprise Opportunity for a Cafe in Fazakerley
Fazakerley Community Federation wish to open a community cafe in the community centre in Formosa Drive, Fazakerley.
The federation is looking for a local social enterprise to run this facility with a warm welcome into the community. A new refurbished kitchen is available at low rent.
For more information, call Jean Martin on 523 1073.
Show Your Short Film at Liverpool Mental Health Festival 2018
Liverpool Mental Health Festival 2018 is looking for short films to show as part of the Festival’s Film Night on Thursday 11 October 2018. The film night will be a free, public event at FACT Liverpool.
Films submitted should be on the theme of mental health and wellbeing. Films from people with lived experience of mental distress are particularly welcome. Only films 5 minutes long or under can be considered for the programme. Depending on the number of films submitted, the organisers may have to make a selection.
To submit your film, you need to provide a few details about the film’s background and yourself (for promotional purposes if your film is being shown).
Fazakerley Community Federation Vacancy: Community Connector
Salary: To be confirmed
Hours: 28 per week
Contract: 4 years fixed-term, subject to probationary period
Fazakerley Community Federation is looking for a Community Connector for the Fazakerley New Thinking Project. The purpose of the role is to undertake and lead on establishing and developing community links to enable and empower citizen action and citizen activism through collaboration. You will facilitate opportunities for local people to participate, become self-organised, meet and connect with others to build stronger communities with strengthened community participation and organisation.
For more information, contact Jean Martin, Manager, on 0151 523 1073 or email fazfed@hotmail.co.uk.
Deadline: Friday 22 June 2018, 5pm
The Medaille Trust Vacancy: Modern Slavery Support Worker
Salary £10.04 per hour (includes rolled-up holiday pay)
Hours: Flexible shifts which will include late shifts and weekend working
The Medaille Trust was founded in 2006 by a number of religious congregations in response to the plight of thousands of people who are being trafficked into the UK each year. The Trust was established as a charity and opened its first safe house in January 2007.
The post-holder will work as a member of the team providing a safe temporary environment for adults who are vulnerable from outside the UK who have experienced trauma. You will provide high quality practical and emotional support to the residents, helping them to develop the practical skills and self-confidence to live safely and independently.
You must have experience of working with vulnerable adults, the ability to work within a ‘risk associated’ environment and ideally experience of working within a residential setting and with non-UK citizens.
This service is sometimes open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Applicants must be willing to work flexibly, which include early evening and night shifts, sleep-in shifts and on-call duties.
Due to the nature of the post, confidentiality and discretion are of paramount importance. The post is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service check. The ability to drive with a valid licence with use of own vehicle insured for business purposes is essential.
Salary: £27,000 to £35,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week across 5 days – Monday to Sunday. Flexible working arrangements will be considered.
Contract: Permanent
The Reader is looking for a visionary leader to be the new Head of Calderstones Programmes. This is a key role for The Reader as it brings the International Centre for Shared Reading in South Liverpool to life after a £5m refurbishment. At Calderstones, The Reader is are building a new model of community around shared reading. Calderstones will be a leading Liverpool cultural and community health player, as well as a national and international visitor destination.
Great literature is at The Reader’s heart, so you must be a reader. You will enjoy working in a very fast-paced creative environment, driven by the need to bring about a reading revolution and passionate about the need to keep literature alive in a digital world.
You will have vision and heart, caring for the local and the individual, as well as seeing and understanding the importance of the big picture. You will be enterprising, flexible and approachable, with the ability to take a lead on both strategic and operational thinking. You will have a track record of ‘making things happen’ in whatever sector or area of work you’ve built your experience in. You will demonstrate an interest in cutting edge thinking about what needs to change to happen to make a more humane, civic society and a fairer and healthier world. You will be a confident communicator and highly organized. You’ll be a live-wire, full of ideas and with the work ethic to match: a thinker, a doer and someone who cares.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved Section’ where you will be able to view the full job description, recruitment pack and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit to jobs@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline: Wednesday 13 June 2018, 5pm. Applications arriving after 5pm will not be considered
Chef Coordinator
Salary: £17,000-£22,000 (Band 2)
Hours: 35 hours per week, across 5 days on a rota basis, spanning 8am-6pm hours, Monday to Sunday
Contract: Permanent
The Reader is looking to recruit a dedicated, creative, catering professional to be responsible for developing and ensuring great delivery of The Reader’s hospitality offer.
The current provision consists of a well-established and popular café, in temporary accommodation, and separate Ice Cream Parlour. The remodeled Reader Café inside Calderstones Mansion House will open in a year and you will be involved in the creative vision for the new café, as well as the planning and development that will be bring it about.
You are a professional with creative flair, a passion for food and good service, who will make the catering work your own. In the first instance, it is expected you will have responsibility for the overall daily operation of the café’s kitchen and catering processes, ensure the smooth working of a range of profitable catering offers whilst being mindful of industry cost margins. You will need the practical skills to execute an interesting but simple menu, working alongside the Catering Manager contributing to the development of innovative seasonal menus.
The person in this role oversees all aspects of catering health and safety compliance, ensuring the highest standards of food safety, food quality and risk management are achieved and that these standards are maintained through constant monitoring.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the Get Involved > Jobs tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Your covering letter is an opportunity for you to include any additional information which could not be explained within the application form. Please do not just send in a CV.
Please quote vacancy reference code 01/2018 on the application form.
Deadline: Friday 8 June 2018, 9am. Applications arriving after 9am will not be considered
Weekend Cleaner
Salary: £7.83 per hour
Hours: 4 hours per weekend, 2-4pm
Duration: Six-months fixed-term in the first instance
This is a new opportunity for a flexible, committed individual with a proven track record to maintain high levels of cleanliness within a complex site in Calderstones Park.
As the onsite weekend cleaner, you will be responsible for ensuring that the communal and public areas of the site are hygienic, attractive and safe. These areas include kitchens, toilets, event rooms, play spaces, offices, meeting rooms and a variety of other spaces that make up a collection of grade II listed buildings now in modern use.
You will ensure health and safety standards and procedures are adhered to, use cleaning materials appropriately and economically and maintain cleaning records as required.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Working With Us’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Complete the application form explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV.
There is no deadline set for this post, but if a high number of applications are received, the vacancy will be closed.
Catering Supervisor
Salary: £8-£8.33 per hour
Hours: Minimum 12 hours per week on a rota basis, spanning 8am-6pm hours, Monday to Sunday
Duration: Fixed-term to 30 September 2018
This role will work across the catering provision of The Reader Group Enterprises, in the café, ice cream parlour and events. You will work in a team developing and delivering a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with The Reader Group’s ethos and vision and consistently delivers a high level of customer service.
The café and ice cream parlour are open seven days a week and provide a quality and affordable offer for the local community in welcoming environments. You a hard-working, honest and experienced individual who is comfortable supervising others.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Complete the application form explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline: Monday 11 June 2018, 9am
South Liverpool Homes Vacancies
South Liverpool Homes (SLH) is a housing association responsible for over 3,700 homes in South Liverpool. It is helping to transform the area through major investment, pioneering partnerships and by placing the people at the heart of everything it does.
Wellbeing & Homelessness Officer
Salary: £26,581 – £27,980 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: 12-month fixed-term
This is an opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed individual to join the Community Services Team. Working in partnership with homelessness, mental health and health agencies, you will act as a lead advocate and expert within SLH, responsible for developing pathways to greater independence for vulnerable customers supporting them to access and sustain tenancies.
You will collaborate, plan and co-ordinate a joined up approach to homelessness, health and wellbeing and mental health service provision within SLH neighbourhoods providing specialist training for colleagues, customers and stakeholders and developing opportunities for new service provisions.
Experience of building partnerships, developing service and developing funding applications is essential for this role. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of inter-agency collaboration and experience of working with customers with multi-complex needs. You will possess excellent communication skills and be able to prioritise and manage you workload as well as work effectively as part of a team. A high level of understanding and awareness of relevant legislation and service provisions is essential for this role.
Salary: £27,204 – £28,636 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: 12-month fixed-term
This is an opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed individual to join the Tenancy Sustainability Team. You will be responsible for the delivery of a tenancy sustainment service to SLH vulnerable tenants to help them to establish or maintain stable accommodation and gain the necessary skills to sustain an independent tenancy. You will identify, manage and maintain a caseload of vulnerable tenants with potential complex needs undertaking home visits, completing needs assessments and carrying out tasks for tenants who have been referred to the service providing advice and support as required.
Knowledge of statutory and voluntary sector sustainment agencies is essential to the role as well as up to date awareness housing and welfare benefits legislation, household budgeting and fuel poverty and obligations in the terms of tenancy agreements.
The successful candidate will have a proven track record of sustainment, housing management or community support work in a related field. You will also have experience of managing and prioritising you own workload as well as the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
Is your organisation thinking of applying for an Arts Council England grant? LCVS is delivering an Arts Council Funding Masterclass on 5 June 2018. It is part of the special 2018 masterclass series that aims to help you make the best possible case for your project.
Arts Council England is a government-funded body dedicated to promoting the performing, visual and literary arts in England. A key funder for UK-based arts organisations, it invests around £450million into them every year.
The Arts Council has closed its flagship Grants for the Arts fund and opened the new Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants. The new fund has an increased overall budget and expanded eligibility criteria, meaning that a larger range of projects can apply. These include creative and digital media.
This masterclass will cover the Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants and their eligibility criteria. You can expect an intensive, in-depth and interactive session, with an opportunity to have a discussion about the fund and share ideas with other arts organisations.
You can book your place on our website. The masterclass costs £85 to charities and voluntary sector organisations and £110 to others.
Salary: £21,450 p.a. (pro rata)
Hours: 30 hours per week
Contract: Permanent – subject to 12-month review
Freshfields is offering an opportunity for an experienced fundraiser to join the Animal Welfare award-winning team. If you have fantastic people skills, a passion for the cause and a proven fundraising ability then this is the job for you.
Freshfields Animal Rescue is a respected and well established charity that has a reputation for the highest standards of care for all animals. The charity implements its principles without compromise. They are at the heart of every decision made. Healthy animals are never put down and every animal is cared for until that time when it can provided with a safe and secure new home. This is important to Freshfields, to those who support the charity, and most importantly to the animals in its care.
Freshfields is proud of its non-discrimination policy about what animals to help. Freshfields have kennels, a cattery, a wildlife unit for birds and hedgehogs, a fox unit serving Merseyside and Lancashire, stables, small animal unit and a farm.
Freshfields Animal Rescue has two rescue centres, one in Ince Blundell, Sefton and one in North Wales, as well as ten shops across Liverpool Southport and Wales. Outreach animal welfare and education services are delivered in the community and there is an army of passionate volunteers who help make it all possible.
Your role will be support this work as a member of Fundraising team. You will have an office base in Southport and spend a great deal of your time out and about across Merseyside, and sometimes Wales, highlighting the cause, attracting new supporters and supporting the fundraising volunteers.
For more information about the job description, call 0151 931 1604 or email emma@freshfields.org.uk.
Deadline: Monday 11 June 2018, 5pm
Mayoral Active Sports Fund
A £10,000 funding pot has been established by the Mayor to directly engage local communities to increase opportunities to access sport.
Funding of up to £500 per group or organisation can be accessed by a range of community groups, civic organisations, volunteer groups, clubs and providers based within Liverpool boundaries and benefit the local communities or workplaces in the city.
Applications are welcome from organisations who will work together on a wide range of activities and share resources in order to:
Help start new initiatives and activities linked to recognised sports – including walking variations
Target people doing less than 150 minutes moderate activity per week, particularly those doing less than 30 minutes moderate activity per week
Engage volunteers who are new to volunteering in sport
Due to the retirement of longstanding trustees, the PH Holt Foundation is looking to recruit three new trustees to its board.
The PH Holt Foundation, incorporating the Holt Education Trust, is an independent grant-maker working to create a better future for the people of Merseyside. The organisation provides grants to small and medium-sized charities that seek to change lives, whether through community activities, education, the arts, heritage or environmental programmes.
Due to the retirement of longstanding trustees, the foundation is looking to recruit three new trustees to its board and welcomes applications from individuals who share our values and commitment to making a positive difference in communities across Merseyside.
The organisation is particularly keen to strengthen the board’s expertise and skill base with professionals from the private, public and charity worlds, with experience in one or more of the following areas:
Financial management and accountancy
Governance and risk management
Legal expertise in relation to the voluntary sector
Investment management
Marketing and digital communications
Experience and knowledge from working in the field of education, the arts or community programmes
The role of trustee is a voluntary position and reasonable expenses are reimbursed for board related work. Board meetings are held four times a year in Liverpool during business hours. Trustees also participate in one or more of the delegated sub-committees which meet as required on Grants, Investments, Finance and Risk Management. Occasional visits to Merseyside charities funded by the Foundation are also part of the role.
If you would like to apply, send a brief covering letter outlining why you would like to be a PH Holt Foundation Board Member and the skills you would bring to the role (maximum two sides of A4), together with your current CV, providing details of two referees who could be contacted following interview.
Deadline: Friday 15 June 2018, 9am Interviews: Weeks commencing 2 and 9 July 2018, for a start date in September 2018
Wellbeing Enterprises CIC Vacancy: Macmillan Community Wellbeing Officer
Salary: £18,500 – £20,000
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract (6 month probationary period) 10 month fixed term contract, with possible extension
Working in partnership with Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and funded by Macmillan Cancer Support, this two-year project aims to revolutionise the care provided to people living with a cancer diagnosis and their carers in the Liverpool area.
The project will connect patients with community based support that will complement the care provided by clinicians. The aim of the project is to help patients to identify and address any needs that may be impacting on health and wellbeing. Moreover, the project will help patients to rediscover and reconnect with their strengths and talents to help make friendships, learn new skills, build confidence and get the best out of life.
The project needs a passionate Community Wellbeing Officer to help bring about this extraordinary opportunity working with the Liverpool community. If you are a positive, energised and entrepreneurially minded person, apply today. If you are passionate about helping people to get the best out of life and if you can help someone to stay strong during difficult times, this is right job for you.
Charities and community groups can now benefit from receiving free resources, courtesy of businesses donating their surplus stocks. Giving World receives goods from businesses all over the country, and advertises the items on the website for charities to request and pass on to their beneficiaries.
The only requirement is that the charities and community groups register at www.givingworldonline.com. There is an option to request certain products that would help the local community, completely free of charge.
Giving World wants to expand their reach by creating partnerships with charities to become accessible to more people in desperate need. By working together, delivery costs can be minimised and resources pooled to ensure that people get the help they need.
If you demonstrate expertise and have a proven track record in working with disadvantaged communities, and have in-depth knowledge of local areas and already established links with other local community groups and charities, Giving World may be of interest.
If you display a similar ethos and values to Giving World, sharing the vision of realising people’s potential and creating a fairer society, register an interest and arrange an informal discussion, by emailing rama@givingworldonline.com. Please provide your name, contact number and organisation details.
Applications for the #ChristmasChallenge18 Are Open
Applications for the #ChristmasChallenge18 are now open and after a record breaking campaign in 2017, organisers The Big Give are looking for more charities to take part than ever before.
The Christmas Challenge is the UK’s biggest online match funding campaign. It launches on #GivingTuesday and brings together hundreds of charities in one high profile campaign to raise millions of pounds for charity.
The Christmas Challenge gives you the chance for your donors to double their donations to help you raise vital funds for your work. It takes place from midday Tuesday 27 November – midday Tuesday 4 December.
The Reader Vacancy: Community Engagement Coordinator
Salary: £17k – £22k (pro-rata)
Hours: Part-time 17.5 hours per week
Contract: Three years fixed term
This role requires an experienced, hardworking and well networked individual who can raise awareness of the work of The Reader and its project with The Morgan Foundation. The Community Engagement Coordinator role will be key to establishing local and regional connections and building partnerships which place shared reading firmly within local communities, helping The Reader to reach young people and families specifically:
Children under 8 years old (and their parents and siblings) living in areas of high deprivation
Children and families receiving additional support, be that for health or socio-economic reasons
Children living with disabilities and their families
New parents and parents- to-be
This is an exciting opportunity for a hard working individual to join the team and develop a diverse range of partnerships across the City and North West.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the Get Involved > Jobs tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Your covering letter is an opportunity for you to include any additional information which could not be explained within the application form. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline: Tuesday 29 May 2018, 9am. Applications arriving after 9am will not be considered.
Automatic Disqualification Rule Changes: Guidance for Charities
New Charity Commission guidance for charities explains the changes to the automatic disqualifications rules and how to prepare for them.
From 1 August 2018, changes to the automatic disqualification rules mean that there will be more restrictions on who can run a charity. For most charities, taking some simple steps to update recruitment and appointment systems is all that will be needed to prepare for the rule changes.
Charities can use the new guidance to find out:
What the current disqualification rules are, and what they mean in practice
What the changes are
What steps they should take to prepare for the changes about waivers
The guidance will be updated when the new disqualification rules become law.
Kelton nursery, afterschool and holiday club is a parent-led nursery, providing quality teaching and childcare for children aged 6 weeks to 11 years. They endeavour to ensure that each child in their care develops on their life learning journey, in a safe, happy, caring and fun environment.
Kelton Childcare is a non-profit making organisation, gaining charitable status in 2005. It is one of the largest nurseries in Merseyside, with the capacity to provide 186 child places and currently employing approximately 40 staff. It is run by a committee of volunteer parents/carers, all bringing together individual expertise to support the management team offering strategic direction and ensuring the effective running of the nursery and after school provision.
The organisation is looking to appoint a new Chair to lead it through the next five years of development. This is an opportunity for the right person to help them to reach their capacity, providing even more opportunities for local children to benefit and have the opportunity to begin their ‘life learning journey’ in a safe, happy and fun environment.
This role is an opportunity for the right person to share their knowledge and skills so that future generations can continue to enjoy the benefits of attending such an amazing nursery. You must have experience of working at a senior level in a leadership or management role, ideally in an educational or charity context.To apply, contact Charity Careers North West for an initial discussion on 0151 709 3214 or email recruitment@charitycareersnorthwest.com for a candidate information pack. Only application by CV and cover letter will be considered.
The Reader Vacancy: Volunteer Recruitment Manager
Salary: £22,000 to £27,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week
Duration: Permanent
The postholder is responsible for the centralised processes and procedures that support Volunteer Recruitment and Induction. They will hold an overview of the organisation’s volunteer recruitment needs from both a geographical and skills perspective.
Working closely with Project teams, the People team and the Community and Communications teams, you will have an important role to play in generating interest in the Reader’s volunteering offer, supporting potential volunteers through the early stages of their recruitment journey and induction to the Reader, creating an excellent first impression of the Reader and ensuring high calibre volunteers are engaged across the UK.
To apply, visit thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved Section’ where you will be able to view the full job description, recruitment pack and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline: Tuesday 29 May 2018, 9am. Applications arriving after 9am will not be considered.
Discussion Sessions for Frontline Workers and People with Lived Experience Multiple and Complex Needs
In our role as facilitators, we want to continue to give front line workers, and those who have lived experience, the opportunity to voice opinions, flag up issues, and acknowledge the strengths of the work that is taking place to support people across the city.
Come along, share your views, discuss co-production and put service users at the heart of service delivery.
There are two opportunities to take part:
Wednesday 30 May 2018, 10am-1pm – The Breckfield Centre (BNENC), Breckfield Road North, Liverpool, L5 4QT
Thursday 31 May 2018, 10am-1pm – The Florrie, 377 Mill Street, Liverpool, L8 4RF (car park and street parking available)
Introducing LAUNCH – Free Training Programme for Emerging Theatre Makers
20 Stories High are looking for a talented, driven and exceptional group of theatre producers, writers, directors, workshop leaders, designers, musical directors and actors to be part of LAUNCH, a free professional development programme specially designed for the theatre makers of the future.
LAUNCH Academy is designed for people who are aged 18-30 and live in Merseyside. It’s for people who are serious about making a career in the arts but may have faces some barriers – whether that be extra responsibilites at home, financial challenges or barries in education, training or work. LAUNCH is designed to equip, enable and empower.
There will be a community event to officially announce LAUNCH at the Unity. It will be a chance for those interested to find out more and ask questions about how to apply.
The event is taking place on Wednesday 30 May 2018, 6.30-8pm at the Unity Theatre, Hope Place, Liverpool.
Merseyside Dance Initiative Vacancy: Artistic Director
Salary: £32,233 – £35, 229
Hours: Full time
Merseyside Dance Initiative (MDI) is a strategic, dance development organisation situated in Liverpool. MDI develops dance as an art form and as transformational community practice.
The organisation is recruiting a full time Artistic Director. This is the leadership position of MDI that integrates artistic vision and strategic management, and works closely with the Board of MDI to ensure the organisation is a catalyst in the promotion of dance excellence and leadership locally, nationally and internationally.
The ideal candidate is someone with:
A high degree of credibility, respect and profile across the cultural sector
Understanding, knowledge and experience of dance in and beyond the UK
A track record of artistic leadership and senior management in the arts
MDI is at a pivotal point and the post holder will be joining the team in an important and exciting time in the organisation’s development. Creating a new vision for the organisation moving forward will be integral to this post.
This is a full time position although job shares and flexible working will be considered. MDI encourages applications from diverse backgrounds.
Deadline: Thursday 14 June 2018, 5pm
Interviews: Monday 25 June 2018
Volunteer for the Big Help Project
Advicelocal – a New Guide on Money and Housing
People looking for help with benefits, work, money or housing problems will find advicelocal.uk a useful, free source of help and information.
It’s easy to use. By just entering a postcode and choosing an advice topic, anyone can find tailored information for their local area, including details of independent advice organisations who can help get the advice and support they need.
Advicelocal helps with questions relating to welfare benefits and tax credits; council tax; debt and money advice; housing and homelessness; employment and work issues, disability and social care; and asylum and immigration.
This online service produced by social welfare law and tech charity Lasa that supports organisations in their use of technology and the delivery of social welfare law advice to disadvantaged communities.
Crime Prevention Fund Is Open
Organisations that will work together to help prevent crime and protect communities in Merseyside are being invited to apply for a share of a fund aimed at helping to build stronger, safer communities.
This is the fourth year that Merseyside’s Police Commissioner Jane Kennedy has opened the Crime Prevention Fund, used to help charities, community groups and social enterprises stop problems before they occur, by reducing the opportunities for crime and by deterring people away from becoming involved in anti-social and criminal behaviour.
A total of £135,000 is available from the fund for innovative community safety projects or schemes that will run over the next 12 months. This year, the Commissioner is encouraging organisations to work together to submit bids for between £5,000 and £25,000 from the grant and she is specifically inviting applications for project which focus on tackling serious and organised crime.
Jane said: “Serious and organised crime is, for many people, their greatest concern. It blights our communities, bringing misery and harm and causing decent, ordinary people to live in fear.
“Many organisations and community groups are already working with Merseyside Police and my office in tackling this issue, and I want to encourage and maximise this collaborative approach by encouraging organisations to join forces to bid for funding from the Crime Prevention Fund.
“Local people understand their communities better than anyone and know what will work best to improve their area. We are fortunate to have a wealth of voluntary and community groups which are working hard to prevent people, especially young people from getting involved in crime. By pooling resources and working even closer together we can all do more to make a difference for communities across Merseyside.
“I’ve met hundreds of people across Merseyside who are really proud and passionate about the places they live in and are committed to keeping them safe and I’m excited to see their proposals for how this funding can be best spent.”
Last year, 13 grassroots organisations were chosen from among more than 70 applications to receive a share of the Fund to help make communities across Merseyside safer. Successful organisations included the Royal Court Trust, which was awarded £25,000 to continue to run the hard-hitting drama Terriers, and the educational charity Ariel Trust who received £15,000 to deliver preventative education to young people on a range of issues, including domestic and homophobic abuse, child sexual exploitation and grooming.
A £10,000 grant was also given to Breckfield and North Everton Neighbourhood Council (BNEC) to help them deliver their Making Waves project which delivers both outreach and centre-based services for young people living in areas of high deprivation to divert them away from crime.
Jane said: “Over the last year, this funding has helped to deliver some really important projects which have made a profound difference in the lives of the people they support. Even a small cash boost can be of huge benefit to many of these grassroots projects and I look forward to seeing what more we can deliver together over the next 12 months.”
Any organisation wishing to apply for funding will need to show how their project works to tackle one of the following four priorities set out by the Commissioner; preventing crime and anti-social behaviour; tackling serious and organised crime; supporting victims, protecting vulnerable people and maintaining public safety; or improving road safety.
Applications will also need to show how the initiatives will deter individuals from committing crime, reduce the number of people entering the criminal justice system, or lower reoffending. They will also be assessed to see how well they will protect vulnerable communities.
Closing date for applications: Monday 11 June 2018, 5pm
Veterans HQ Are Recruiting Volunteers
If you want to support ex-service personnel, reservists and their families, Veterans HQ have a role for you.
Veterans HQ are now recruiting volunteers to be trained as buddies in the following roles:
Case Work Officers
Aged Veterans Outreach
Custody Support
Family Support
Admin Support
You will receive full training and support and you will know that you are making a positive difference in someone’s life.
Call Veterans HQ on 0151 261 98878 and speak to Kev or Andy for more information.
Community Fundraising
Community Fundraising is a new course in the LCVS training programme, taking place on 15 May 2018.
Community fundraising is about mobilising communities to support your cause and provides a very broad area of fundraising that organisations can adapt to creatively sustain and develop their service provision.
It can be as simple as a donation made by a member of the public, but the scope of community fundraising is huge. It includes everything from community events, such as fairs, sales and race nights; sponsored activities like bike rides; charity raffles and lotteries; specific appeals and campaigns; to high-profile black tie events. The only limit to community fundraising is your creativity!
“The training is a great opportunity for organisations to consider practical steps that they can take to develop new avenues of income”, says John McCormack, LCVS Funding Advisor, who is delivering the training.
“The training is suitable for new fundraisers, those new to community fundraising or for more experienced fundraisers looking for new ideas or a refresher. The training provides practical advice and resources on where to start and how to deliver successful activities.”
Many organisations that LCVS supports are heavily or solely grant reliant. This training is a starting point in developing a community fundraising strategy for your organisation and to identify different ways to generate income.
The training will include an overview of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Fundraising Regulator, as fundraisers need to be aware of the changes to the law.
The training costs £50 to voluntary sector organisations (£65) to others and you can book your place here.
Treasurer Vacancy at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital’s Ronald McDonald House
Ronald McDonald House at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool is the largest Ronald McDonald House in Europe. The 84-bedroomed House exists to provide a ‘home away from home’ for families supporting critically ill children or those with long-term debilitating conditions and is entirely funded by charitable donations.
An exciting philanthropic opportunity has arisen for a Trustee to join the Board of this vital support charity as Treasurer.
As a Trustee you will:
Join the existing Trustees to support the Chair in delivering the charity’s vision
In addition to normal governance roles and responsibilities, use your proven financial management skills to maintain an overview of the organisation’s affairs, ensuring its financial viability and ensuring that proper financial records and procedures are maintained
Possess sound negotiation skills and a ‘can do’ attitude
Be committed to dedicating the required time and energy to steer the charity to the next phase in its future
Tenure for Trustee positions is a minimum of three years, extendable by election for a further three years at a time. Minimum service as Treasurer for two years with re-election every two years.
You will serve on the Main Committee and on the Budget & Audit Committee. You will be required to attend a minimum of 8 meetings a year for 2-3 hours .
Training and full handover from the existing Treasurer will be provided.
For more information, contact Wendy on 0151 252 5869 or visit the website.
Transforming Choice is recruiting for three Pre-Treatment Engagement Workers to support the delivery of a new programme focusing on people who are alcohol and or drug dependent.
Engagement Worker – Full Time (one post)
Salary: £20,000
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Two Part Time Engagement Workers
Salary: £17,000 pro rata
Hours: 16 hours per week
The roles will include:
Engaging with people who are leading chaotic street lifestyles
Development and delivery of a rolling 6 weekly programme
Closing date: Tuesday 8 May 2018
Interviews: Monday 14 May 2018
#iwill Fund Is Open for Applications
The Co-Op Foundation is looking for nine new partners in England, to help tackle youth loneliness through social action.
Last year, the Co-Op Foundation launched the £2 million #iwill Fund. In the first round, £340,000 of the fund was awarded to 10 projects, which have joined the UK-wide Belong network of partners committed to understanding and addressing youth loneliness.
This year, the aim is to award another nine grants from the fund – one in each region of England. Successful applicants will receive up to £70,000 over two years, for projects that:
Create high-quality youth social action opportunities, which can be sustainably embedded into local provision
Overcome barriers to young people talking about loneliness, and help them to develop effective forms of mutual peer support
The Co-Op Foundation is particularly looking for projects that will work with young people to respond to the findings of the new report, ‘All our emotions are important – breaking the silence about youth loneliness’. The research explores young people’s experiences of loneliness, and the barriers they face to talking about this issue.
All #iwill Fund grants are targeted at more disadvantaged areas. For this round, 32 eligible areas have been identified, using indices of deprivation as well as other factors like the number of existing youth social action opportunities locally.
Following the success of the Big Lottery Masterclass in 2017, LCVS has launched a series of funding masterclasses as part of the 2018 training programme. The series is starting with the Children in Need Masterclass in May.
“These masterclasses are a new feature of our 2018 training programme,” says LCVS Funding Advisor John McCormack. “We are continuing to respond to the needs of the sector to support and increase its income generation capabilities. Organisations are under increased pressure to find and secure the funds they need to sustain and develop their services, which makes answering application questions in the right way all the more important.”
When it comes to funding, there is a huge amount of competition for the bigger funding schemes. For the masterclasses, we have chosen those funders that we think are the most significant and cover the broad themes of the sector.
Masterclasses are different from the normal LCVS training courses. “They are not just about looking at fund criteria and the application process,” John explains. ”They forensically look at each question asked in the applications and give practical guidance on how to answer to help make the best possible case for support.”
Each masterclass is six hours long, and an intensive, in-depth and interactive session. They give participants the opportunity to have discussions about the fund and also about wider sector issues. They are a great networking and idea-sharing opportunity.
We postponed the Big Lottery Reaching Communities masterclass that was planned to take place in February, due to the Big Lottery introducing a new application process. This Masterclass will be rescheduled for late May or early June 2018, once we have familiarised ourselves with the new process.
R Charity are looking for volunteers to take part in a bucket collection at the last game of the season at Goodison Park at the Everton v Southampton game on Saturday 5 May 2018, 12-3pm.
If you are free and would like to help, or require additional information, call Angie on 0151 706 3172, text 0782 586 4197 or email fundraising@rlbuht.nhs.uk.
Liverpool City Region Community Arts & Music Awards
The Florrie hosted the first Liverpool City Region Community Arts & Music Awards on 20 April 2018, which was a success. The night brought together and celebrated people and organisations from across the city who are making a massive diference through arts and music projects.
Hosted by Florrie patron Ricky Tomlinson, Star of TV’s The Royle Family, the night included performances from local musicians Remée and The Baby Faced Beatles, showing off the depth of young talent Liverpool. Guests were treated to a three-course evening meal before the main ceremony began.
The winners of the different categories were:
Young Ambassadors of The Year: Children of The Aftermath – Jimmy Cauty’s ADP
Education and Training Award: Rotunda
Health and Wellbeing Award: Spider Project CIC
Making a Difference Through Music Award: Mellowtone
Liverpool Acts Award: Jennifer John
Community Event of The Year: Granby Four Streets Community Market
Leadership Award: Liat Currie
Partnership Award: Harthill Youth Centre
Culture and Heritage Award: The Greenhouse Multi-Cultural Play and Arts Project
New Contract: Soft Marketing Questionnaire – Support Service for Children Experiencing the Impact of Domestic Abuse
Liverpool has a high prevalence of domestic abuse which impacts on both the adult victim and children in the family who experience the impact of repeated episodes of abuse. The impact of domestic abuse on children and adult victims is well documented and is an escalating national issue. Ofsted have highlighted the need to provide more services that repair some of the emotional harm that children and young people experience as a result of experiencing domestic abuse.
Liverpool City Council is planning to commission a service to provide a preventative therapeutic service that can support children and young people who are suffering the negative effects of domestic abuse. This will prevent the escalation of risk and need. This information is requested as part of a soft market testing exercise in order to seek the market’s views on our plans. There are a number of questions. There is, however, no need to answer all questions in your response.
The responses will be used by the Council to assist in shaping the service specification ready for a procurement exercise. No information provided in the response to the soft market testing will be used in any evaluation of any subsequent response to a procurement exercise.
To download the Soft Marketing Questionnaire document, your company will need to register on Procontract (Due North). The documents will only be available on Procontract (available via the Due North site). Once you have registered, you will need to go to the ‘My opportunities’ section on the home page of Procontract and follow the instructions as a supplier to enable you to return your submission.
Citizens Advice Liverpool was formed following the merger of a number of individual local Citizens Advice services across the Liverpool. Citizens Advice Liverpool depends on volunteers to deliver the services and the organisation is now looking for a dynamic individual to take responsibility for volunteers’ experience across its outlets.
Do you have the skills and experience to attract new recruits and motivate the workforce; with the vision to understand what new roles are needed to develop to meet future advice needs? Can you develop a Volunteering Strategy whilst ensuring recruitment processes are creative, streamlined, and accessible and contribute to diversifying the volunteer base?
Citizens Advice Liverpool offers face-to-face advice from the main offices, but is also looking to greatly expand outreach locations plus the phone and digital offer. Its use of WhatsApp and Snapchat was showcased at the last Citizens Advice national conference. Whilst you will not be responsible for producing training plans, you will lead on ensuring paid staff have training plans and from these develop the overall Learning and Development Plan.
You will need to show that you have:
Experience of producing and implementing learning programmes and directly delivering learning activities
Experience of managing volunteering issues and a commitment to the value of volunteering
Understanding of adult learning techniques as they apply to individuals with varied and diverse experience of formal education
Ability to motivate staff or volunteers to build enthusiasm and commitment and improve performance
Closing date: Wednesday 16 May 2018, 12noon
Interview date: Friday 1 June 2018
Capacity Vacancy: Community Engagement Officer
Salary: £30,000 – £35,000
Hours of work: 37.5
There are 1,368 Voluntary and Community organisations in the Liverpool City Region. A core belief of Capacity is that these organisations have the ability to unlock social and community capital. The Community Engagement Officer will support these organisations in this endeavour building on and maintaining the meaningful relationships Capacity has already established in the Liverpool City Region.
It is crucial that the successful candidate recognises organisations who want to grow and develop, and identifies opportunities for commercial success. The ability to sensitively introduce new concepts is pivotal in this role as re-imagining service models is central to Capacity’s strategic ideals.
The Community Engagement Officer will provide a link between organisations and Capacity establishing themselves as an advisor and mentor. In order to fully realise the potential of Capacity, success in this area is critical.
The candidate will have a thorough understanding of Capacity’s core services with a particular focus on how incorporating meaningful engagement in the Design process can improve the outcomes for communities, organisations and Commissioners.
Capacity recognises that the Voluntary and Community sector contains a wealth of untapped knowledge surrounding the innovation of public services. The Community Engagement Officer will play an essential role in connecting with organisations to understand how we can maximise the potential of public services. Capacity endeavours to give a voice to service users and workers in this sector so that we can learn from their experiences and use their intelligence to provide the best outcomes.
The successful candidate will be engaging and enthusiastic with a strong sense of social justice. They will be required to engage with a diverse range of voluntary and community organisations across the Liverpool City Region. Additional responsibilities will include delivering workshops, organising partnership events and co-ordinating one-to-one sessions.
Closing date: Friday 4 May 2018, 5pm
Interviews: Week commencing 7 May 2018
Kirwans Announces Charity of the Year
North West law firm Kirwans has named cancer support organisation Maggie’s Merseyside at Clatterbridge as its charity for 2018-2019.
In previous years, the initiative has seen thousands of pounds raised by Kirwans’ solicitors and clerks, and staff hope their efforts will provide vital funds as Maggie’s prepares for two new centres in the region.
Work on a new purpose-built permanent Maggie’s Centre at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Wirral, will soon begin (subject to planning permission) as part of an overall £4million investment for two new Maggie’s Centres by the Steve Morgan Foundation.
A second facility will follow at the Royal Liverpool Hospital campus where it will sit alongside the new Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
A new ‘Million for Maggie’s’ appeal has now been launched, calling on the community to help fund running costs and ensure that thousands of people with cancer in the local area can access the free practical and emotional support that will be provided at the new centre.
The existing interim facility at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre has seen demand for services far outstrip expectations, with 14,000 visitors last year.
Kirwans’ solicitors are hoping that, by naming Maggie’s as their charity of the year, they will help boost the ‘Million for Maggie’s’ funds. Solicitors from the Private Client department will also continue to provide ‘free will days’ to Maggie’s service users.
Claire Currie, partner at Kirwans, said: “Whether through their own diagnosis or that of a loved one, most people have at some point been touched by cancer.
“The emotional and practical support provided by Maggie’s to those trying to deal with the ramifications of such a diagnosis is absolutely invaluable, and we chose them as charity of the year because of the positive impact they have on the lives of both those living with cancer and their families too.
“We’re delighted to support the organisation as it prepares for the next exciting stage in its journey.”
Kathy Wright, Centre Head for Maggie’s said: “We’re absolutely thrilled that Kirwans have selected us a charity of the year as it will make such a huge difference to our Centre. We’ve loved having the support of Claire and her colleagues for our will-writing service, and now we’re so excited to work with the broader team throughout the next year.
“It’s a huge year for us, as we look to raise a ‘Million for Maggie’s’ to help us open a new Centre here on the Wirral, so the support of Kirwans comes at a really important time for us. It’s only through the generosity of our supporters, like Kirwans, that my team and I can continue to support anyone affected by cancer in the area.”
Kirwans is a full-service law firm and has supported private and commercial clients across the UK for over 70 years offering legal representation in areas including employment law, corporate and commercial, commercial property, landlord services, conveyancing, private client, dispute resolution, crime, driving offences and agriculture.
Maggie’s offers free practical and emotional support for all people living with cancer, and their family and friends. Maggie’s Centres are warm and welcoming places, with qualified professionals on hand to offer a programme of support that has been shown to improve physical and emotional wellbeing.
For more information, contact Rachael Tinniswood on 07846 406487.
Image shows (left to right): Danielle Hughes (Kirwans), Elizabeth McCauley (Kirwans), Claire Currie (Kirwans), Sasha Mathias (Maggie’s) and Kathy Wright (Maggie’s)
Savera UK is a Merseyside-based charity tackling domestic abuse within the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities, with a focus on harmful practices that include forced marriage, honour-based violence and female genital mutilation. Savera UK aims to meet the diverse cultural needs of BME communities through funding received by the Women and Girls initiative, of the National Lottery.
The post holder will work as part of Savera UK’s team, they will be Liverpool based, but will required to work across the Merseyside and Cheshire areas.
The support worker will work with BME individuals/families that have been referred to the service as a result of domestic abuse and provide the holistic support necessary.
Interventions will be developed in such a way as to promote culturally sensitive and appropriate support as well as promoting independence and improve self-esteem by empowering clients to identify their as yet unmet needs.
All sections of the community are encouraged to apply, in particular BME groups who are under-represented in the workforce.
A Disclosure & Barring Service check (DBS) will be required for this post.
Email the completed forms to Mrs Tania Vera-Rigby, Service Development Manager on taniavr@saverauk.co.uk or telephone 0151 709 6588.
Closing date: Friday 4 May 2018, 12pm
Interviews: Week commencing 7 May 2018
My Turn – New Personal Development Programme
My Turn is a new personal development programme, part of the Better Off Finance, and open to anyone who is 18+ not in work and living in the Liverpool City Region.
Over two days, the programme helps participants build confidence and to explore what they really want for themselves and their future. My Turn offers a flexible approach where they can opt in to day one, day two or both days of the programme depending on their individual needs.
The programme will provide the opportunity for people to take time out for themselves and think about what’s next. Across the sessions you will look at:
Dealing with Change
Setting Goals
Your Skills and Qualities
Confidence
In addition to the two-day programme, participants can progress their next steps with the ongoing support of a key worker. The key workers on this programme are experts in financial capability and can provide a tailored service depending on the individual needs.
There is also an opportunity for participants of this programme to access accredited training through the Money Mentor Opportunity.
My Turn is free to attend, and funded by European Social Fund and Big Lottery Fund.
For bookings or queries, call 0151 706 8111 or email hello@thewo.org.uk.
Can Good Gym Volunteers Help Your Organisation?
GoodGym is a community of runners who get fit while doing good that launched in Liverpool at the end of March. Good Gym is looking for community organisations to help out. Do you have a task that needs people power? Good Gym runs in a group of 10-25 runners every Monday evening, stopping to undertake tasks half way, such as gardening, tidying and clearing, setting up for events and painting.
Do you run a project that needs our help? Good Gym can visit you on a Monday evening as part of the Group Run. The task can be anything physical that the volunteers can work on together for 30-45 minutes. Due to the location of the base, Good Gym is only able to help projects located within 5km of Hope Street at present.
The service is totally free and Good Gym is fully insured. If you think your task might be too big, you’d be surprised what can be achieved in a short time by the volunteers. Good Gym could also potentially help out at some projects on a regular basis, or over a series of a few weeks.
To request help from Good Gym, contact trainer Char Binns on char@goodgym.org.
Run with Good Gym! New runners are welcome to volunteer with Good Gym. The group meets in the Hope Street Hotel every Monday, running at 6.30pm. You can sign-up to the next run on the website.
Charity IT Award
Do you have an innovative project where the use of IT will have a transformative impact?
The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists (WCIT) and its Charity (the WCIT Charity) see technology as a force for good. The WCIT Charity is offering its first ever Charity IT Award of £750,000 to champion the transformative power of IT to help charities have a bigger impact on people’s lives.
The award winner will be an outstanding charity running a project that uses the innovative nature and power of IT to tackle clearly identified needs of either young people’s education or those contending with disadvantage, disability or social exclusion.
The award is open to all UK registered charities with an annual income between £2m and £10m. The WCIT Charity is looking to identify an organisation and project that is innovative, ambitious, evidence-based and keen to have an enduring impact in partnership with the WCIT Charity.
Africa Oyé is recruiting Oyé Reps – volunteers for the 2018 festival. Each year, Africa Oyé works hard to keep the festival free of charge, which, as an ever-growing event, is increasingly challenging.
Becoming an Oyé Rep gives you the opportunity to support the festival, by creating positive relations with the audiences. The role of an Oyé Rep is to raise money by collecting donations, selling raffle tickets and handing out information about the festival, all the while engaging with the audience.
You will need to give two hours of your time (or more if you would like) at the festival on Saturday 16 or Sunday 17 June 2018. You will receive a t-shirt, refreshments and be helping the festival to remain free, whilst developing new skills and meeting new people.
You must be 18 or over and able to travel to the site.
The Choir with No Name Liverpool Big Spring Gig Group Offer
Ten free community group tickets are available for local organisations to join The Choir with No Name Liverpool at the Concert Room at St George’s Hall on Friday 27 April 2018 to raise the roof with a night of singalong favourites.
One of the highlights of the choir’s year, the Big Spring Gig will feature a fabulous range of well-known songs, promising an evening of singalong fun, great music and inspiration. Money raised will support the choir for people affected by homelessness or who are otherwise marginalised. The night will also feature guest performances.
Doors open at 6.30pm and performance starts at 7.30pm.
If you are interested in this offer, RSVP to Choir Manager Ema Quinn at emaq@choirwithnoname.org by Wednesday 18 April 2018, informing if you would like one or two tickets in your name.
Groups must have one person responsible for picking up the tickets at the door on the evening of the performance and distributing them amongst the group members.
Sahir House Welcomes New Chief Executive
Sahir House has announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer, Tessa Willow. Tessa has many years’ experience working in the voluntary sector and is no stranger to Sahir House, having provided advice and support to the organisation over many years.
She has held a variety of paid, volunteer and trustee roles in local and national charities and community organisations, including 15 years as CEO of Volunteer Centre Liverpool, a member of the boards of NCVO and Volunteering England, engagement and inclusion roles in health and social care, service development and project management roles in mental health charities and many years’ experience of volunteering and campaigning with women’s organisations, LGBT+ groups and mental health services.
Tessa commented: “I am delighted to be joining Sahir House, an incredible local charity that I have known for 20 years. I am following in some very impressive footsteps and look forward to working collaboratively with the staff, trustees, volunteers and members of Sahir House, as well as funders, partners and stakeholders. I am pleased to bring my previous experience as CEO of a local charity, several trustee roles and my recent experience in engagement work at Macmillan Cancer Support to this award winning and dedicated organisation.”
Sahir House has been offering HIV support, information and training across Merseyside since 1985. It offers a wide range of services to people living with or affected by HIV; HIV related training; up to date HIV information; prevention and testing; and opportunities to volunteer.
The organisation has recently improved governance, recruited new trustees, gained ISO9001 registration and won the 2017 GSK IMPACT Award, as one of the best small health charities in the UK.
Jed Pearson, Chair of the board of Trustees commented: “The Board of trustees are looking forward to working with Tessa on the next phase of Sahir Houses development, building on our strong foundations to develop support and advice services that improve the quality of life for our clients. Tessa has substantial experience as both an executive and non-executive director in the charitable sector.”
Tessa will begin her role as the new Chief Executive in May 2018.
Open Eye Looks for New Trustees and Volunteers
Board Members
Open Eye is seeking new Board members keen to become active and energetic champions for Open Eye Gallery as it expands the programme of work. Open Eye Gallery is a charitable organisation, and is looking for individuals who have the expertise, connections and contacts with whom they are willing to actively promote Open Eye.
Open Eye is particularly keen on extending its Board’s expertise and skills base from professionals from the finance and business sectors.
Board members need to commit an average of 1/4 day per month or three days per annum. There is an expectation that members attend 50% of the four board meetings each year. Attendance can be done ‘virtually’ if attendance in person is not possible.
PRESENCE: A Window into Chinese Contemporary Art is an exhibition of the New Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art, part of the University of Salford Art Collection, consisting of artwork by 19 contemporary artists from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
This year, coinciding with the display of the historic Terracotta Warriors in Liverpool, Open Eye presents an exhibition of cutting edge contemporary Chinese art that celebrates the city’s strong relationship with China. Working with St. George’s Hall, Open Eye Gallery, and Liverpool City Council, Open Eye is welcoming a fresh team of people to help enhance the visitor experience.
Volunteers will play a key role in the day to day running of the exhibition space, making it a welcoming and friendly environment. No previous experience or specialist knowledge is required, as full training will be provided. All you need to have is commitment, an interest in art, and a willingness to be the face of PRESENCE: A Window into Chinese Contemporary Art for the public.
Your duties will include greeting and directing visitors around the exhibition, helping visitors to engage with the exhibition by providing background information on the artworks, and invigilating the gallery spaces.
In return for your time you’ll gain work experience and develop your skills, as well as the chance to improve your career prospects through networking, and a valuable insight into an art gallery setting. You will also be invited to social events and the end of exhibition party.
Travel expenses will be reimbursed up to £7.50 per day. You must be able to commit one day per week, 9.45 am – 5.15 pm, with a lunch break.
Open Eye Gallery has a long established volunteer programme with a growing community focus. The organisation is keen to encourage individuals from any cultural or educational background to apply for broad development opportunities, ranging from:
I.T.
Microsoft Office
Sage Bookkeeping
Retail
Use of Point of Sale Systems
Visual Merchandising
Customer service
Transferable skills
Interpersonal development
Public Speaking
Leadership abilities
Creative thinking
Problem solving
Research methodologies
Organisation skills
Volunteers are an important and valued part of the Open Eye Gallery. Without volunteers Open Eye Gallery would not be able to offer high quality exhibitions and events to the public for free. Open Eye Gallery wants to ensure that volunteering helps you to achieve your goals, whatever they may be, and most of all that you enjoy the experience and feel like part of the team.
Open Eye Gallery provides free access to high quality, innovative and thought-provoking contemporary art from around the world. Gallery volunteers are a part of this creative environment and work amongst a team of engaging, committed and creative individuals. Volunteers play a key role in the day to day running of the Gallery, ensuring it is a welcoming and friendly place.
Food and travel will be reimbursed up to £7.50 per day.
Voluntary Sector Outreach Support Services Vacancy: Project Manager
Salary: £33k pro rata
Hours: 25 hours per week
Contract: 2-year fixed-term
Voluntary Sector Outreach Support Services (VOSS) is a collaborative project of five North Liverpool charities providing co-ordinated delivery of detached, group work and 1:1 for young people in five wards. Funded by Reaching Communities Lottery for 3 years, the project has recently moved into its second year. In year one, joint working was developed, new systems to track the impact, and new approaches piloted. VOSS members want to build on the experience of year one by raising the project profile, increasing the influence of young people to shape the service and consolidating good practice – all in addition to the day-to-day delivery.
The VOSS Project Manager will keep the project on track and ensure that wider aims are achieved. You can evidence what has been done and the impact it has had, and work to address the succession of VOSS, once the Lottery funding comes to an end.
You have good organisational and planning skills and can network and build relationships, both within the VOSS group and with key stakeholders. You can be trusted to run the project transparently and have the skills and experience to co-ordinate, monitor and evaluate the project. Ultimately, you can facilitate the development of good practice in youth work and a better understanding of its value.
The successful applicant will be employed by Positive Futures North Liverpool as the lead organisation and accountable body for the funding but accountable to all the financial partners as follows:
20 Stories High believes “Everyone has a story to tell and their own way of telling it”. The organisation collaborates with culturally diverse, working class young people to make excellent, relevant and ground-breaking theatre.
20 Stories High is looking for individuals who can commit to volunteering as a Trustee and who have skills and/or experience in any of the following areas:
Mental health and particularly its impact on young people
Legal – contracts, HR, IP
Finance
Performing arts, including theatre, music, spoken word, etc.
Heart of Glass is an agency for collaborative and social arts practice based in St Helens. It is the first organisation in England dedicated to the development and support of this practice across all art forms and leads on this with St Helens Council to support the Borough in its development as an international centre for collaborative and social arts practice.
With an internationally significant artistic programme, Heart of Glass is acknowledged as a leader in this field. The programme of events and commissions have brought international artists such as Mark Storor, Studio Morison, ANU Productions, Scottee and idle women to work with communities across the Borough, creating ambitious, radical and exciting art, whilst also nurturing and supporting local talent.
Heart of Glass is looking for new trustees and is keen to receive applications from individuals who can demonstrate knowledge and experience in the following areas:
Legal – in particular contracting and leasing property law
Structural Engineering – in reference to build requirements for public art structures
Education – experience from across the sector from primary school through to higher education
Policy and Disability Rights – experience and knowledge of working within this field
International Artistic Practice – a practicing artist who is based outside of the north west and has significant European and International practice.
If you would like to apply for this position please send the following information:
Covering letter that outlines why you would like to be a board member for Heart of Glass and that demonstrates your suitability for the position with reference to the role description and person specification (max 1000 words)
Your current CV
Details of two referees who would be contacted following interview
For more information and to to return application forms, email to Jade Beavon, Finance and Operations Assistant, at jade@heartofglass.org.uk.
Deadline Friday 4 May 2018, 9am
Interviews: Weeks commencing 7 and 14 May 2018
Wellbeing Enterprises Vacancies
Wellbeing Enterprises CIC is working in partnership with Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and funded by Macmillan Cancer Support, to deliver a two-year project that aims to revolutionise the care provided to people living with a cancer diagnosis and their carers in the Liverpool area.
The project will connect patients with community based support that will complement the care provided by clinicians. The aim of the project is to help patients to identify and address any needs that may be impacting on health and wellbeing. Moreover, the project will help patients to rediscover and reconnect with their strengths and talents to help make friendships, learn new skills, build confidence and get the best out of life.
Macmillan Community Wellbeing Officer (four posts)
Wellbeing Enterprises CIC is looking for four passionate Community Wellbeing Officers to bring about this extraordinary opportunity working with the Liverpool community. This post is for you if you are a positive, energised and entrepreneurially minded person, and passionate about helping people to get the best out of life. You can help someone to stay strong during difficult times.
An experienced and highly organised Administration Officer is needed to ensure the smooth running of a community wellbeing service. The successful candidate will provide administrative support to the project delivery team and will be responsible for developing and implementing efficient and effective administrative processes and procedures.
Closing date (both posts): Thursday 3 May 2018, 5pm
Digital Kick Start Workshops
Are you setting up a new business or social enterprise? Do you want to brush-up on your digital skills? Need some practical support in communication and branding?
Liverpool-based social enterprise, wehearttech C.I.C. has launched Digital Kick Start – a digital marketing course that gets back to basics and gives participants essential knowledge in graphic design, social media, blogging, smartphone photography, smartphone video production and web design, with a different topic covered each week.
Aimed at SMEs, sole traders, freelancers and charities, the workshops will help participants brush up on their digital skills while offering practical, hands-on support. Each workshop focuses on a different communication and branding area and provides opportunity for participants to make and create in the session using some of the easiest to access technology and tools out there.
The Digital Kick Start workshops will start on 18 June 2018 over the course of six weeks and will be held at wehearttech’s office at Make North Docks on Regent Street. Participants can book places through Eventbrite and can choose to take part in all six sessions or just the ones that they feel will benefit them.
All workshops are full days (10am-4pm) and will take place inside wehearttech C.I.C.’s office at Make. Liverpool North Docks. After each workshop, facilitators will be available for short one-to-one discussions and advice. Workshops are £90 (non-refundable) and include a light lunch, refreshments and resources.
The England Illegal Money Lending Team is offering grants of up to £5,000 are available for groups to raise awareness of the issues of illegal money lending. The money available has come from the proceeds of crime taken from convicted illegal money lenders. The aim of this funding is to give groups the opportunity to raise awareness of the issue, in their community in a different way.
Illegal Money Lenders, more commonly known as Loan Sharks, lend money without having the correct permissions from the Financial Conduct Authority. They often give cash loans out without any paper work and want double the amount back or charge extortionate interest rates. When you struggle to make repayments they may use violence, threats and intimidation, to ensure you keep paying them.
This funding is for projects and initiatives that are different from the rest and will leave a legacy in the communities they are delivered in. Your project must meet the four main aims:
Salary: Competitive
Hours: Flexible on approach to the project brief
Contract: Maximum 18 months
The Reader is looking for a consultant Head of Digital, to lead the transformation of its digital infrastructure over the next 18 months. This is an opportunity to work for a fast-paced organisation that is scaling its unique model of Shared Reading to build stronger and more supportive communities across the UK.
You are an experienced digital professional who can bring strong leadership skills and commitment to a user-driven design process. You’ll have experience of developing an overarching digital strategy and be able to understand and define business needs and then manage the development of a range of digital products to meet those needs.
This project is about defining, leading and delivering a digital strategy for The Reader. The organisation is investing in digital services to better attract, recruit, train and support volunteers as it grows its national model and to achieve better outcomes for the people the organisation reads with.
Technology must be an embedded thread running through the shared reading model, which strengthens the model as it is brought to new communities.
The Reader envisages this to be an 18-month contract with key deliverables and timescales, linked to external funding, however the organisation will be looking for prospective candidates to define their approach.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved Section’ where you will be able to view the full job description, recruitment pack and download the relevant application form (individual or consultancy). Complete the application form and submit to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV.
For an informal chat about the project or role, contact Jemma Guerrier, Associate Director of Development on 0151 729 2200.
Deadline for applications: 9 am, Tuesday 17 April 2018. Applications arriving after 9am will not be considered.
Interviews: Early May
Kindred Minds New Buddy Appointment Chaperone Scheme
Salary: £21,840.00 (pro rata)
Hours: 16 hours per week
Faiths4Change (F4C) is a small, dynamic North West wide charity working in and with communities on Merseyside and in Greater Manchester. Founded by the Right Reverend James Jones, former Bishop of Liverpool, in partnership with senior faith leaders from across Merseyside in 2004, its work is rooted in the shared values and beliefs of caring for the earth and community as a whole in order to create a more just and sustainable world.
Faiths4Change is committed to positive working practices and policies which actively support the development of trusted relationships with all people and deepen our connections with the environment and nature.
The charity is recruiting a passionate, engaging Food and Wellbeing Coordinator to continue the development and delivery of current projects and services. The Food & Wellbeing Coordinator is an active, community engaging role working directly with schools, residents and organisations (faith and secular). Some weekend and evening work is essential to the post.
Care homes are often described as ‘islands of the old’, disconnected from the individuals, organisations, schools, youth groups, businesses that make up our community. Given the pressures facing social care, it is now more important than ever that we find ways to collaborate, cherishing those that are living, visiting and working in care homes and supporting them to deliver quality of life to our increasingly frail population.
This event, supported by LCVS, Liverpool Healthwatch and Liverpool City Council in partnership with ‘My Home Life’ offers us an opportunity to explore how we might be a catalyst for change. Through hearing about what is already working well in Liverpool and elsewhere, we can work together to vision what community engagement in care homes could look like at its best and how collectively we can make it happen.
Salary: £17,000
Hours: 40 hours per week
Contract: Initial fixed-term of 6 months
The Brink, Parr Street Liverpool, is a café bar and entertainment venue, set up to support those in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. It provides a welcoming, creative space with a fun and lively atmosphere serving fresh, nutritious food and a range of non-alcoholic drinks sourced from around the world.
The Front of House Supervisor will support the Assistant Manager in the day-to-day running of the Brink. You will supervise the front of house food and drink service ensuring a quality and customer focused service. You will also be expected to attend and supervise outside events promoting the Brink and serving fresh healthy drinks, promoting recovery and wellbeing.
You will be responsible for taking the lead in the up-selling of food and drink, keeping the drinks menu up to date and eye catching and will promote customer feedback. You will be responsible for the induction of new staff and volunteers, promoting excellent customer service and providing training to educate new starters on the service level required and maintaining the standards of existing staff.
You will provide information about our services to customers who may be looking for treatment or support and introduce them to support staff and volunteers who will help them further.
You will have experience working in a hospitality environment and be dedicated to driving excellent customer service, preferably already be in a supervisory role. Ideally, you will be a bit of a ‘foodie,’ keeping up to date with the latest food trends and have a good knowledge on healthy options and dietary needs and enjoy thinking about ways to improve the Brink’s customer experience. Experience of preparing a variety of coffees, teas and mixing drinks is a must as is a positive, can-do attitude. You should be computer literate and have a good level of Maths and English.
It’s not essential for you to have in-depth knowledge about the recovery community or addiction, but you should be in tune with the ethos and rationale of the Brink and be enthusiastic about.
To apply, submit a CV along with a covering letter/email explaining why you are interested in the role and you should be picked, to human.resources@actiononaddiction.org.uk.
If you’d like to chat about the job feel, pop along to the Brink and speak to one of the team.
Closing date: Sunday 8 April 2018
Citizens Advice Liverpool Vacancy: Volunteer Recruitment & Training Manager
Salary: £25,000 p.a.
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Citizens Advice Liverpool depends on volunteers to deliver the service. Do you have the skills and experience to attract new recruits and motivate the workforce, with the vision to understand what new roles needed to develop to meet future advice needs? Can you use your experience of supervising local Citizens Advice service delivery to develop a Volunteering Strategy, whilst ensuring recruitment processes are creative, streamlined and accessible and contribute to diversifying the volunteer base?
Citizens Advice Liverpool has been formed following the merger of a number of individual local Citizens Advice services across the City. The organisation is looking for a dynamic individual to take responsibility for volunteers’ experience across the outlets. Citizens Advice Liverpool offers face-to-face advice from the main offices, but is also looking to greatly expand outreach locations and the phone and digital offer. The use of WhatsApp and Snapchat have been showcased at the last Citizens Advice national conference. You will also lead on ensuring paid staff have training plans and from these develop the overall Training and Development Plan.
You need to be able to meet Citizens Advice competence requirements for an Advice Session Supervisor and generalist adviser, as on occasion you will need to manage the practicalities of advice sessions. Among other things, you will also need to have:
Experience of producing and delivering training and planning and implementing training programmes
Experience of managing volunteering issues and a commitment to the value of volunteering
Knowledge of current advice guidelines and legislation including the Citizens Advice Performance Quality Framework
Ability to motivate staff or volunteers and improve performance
Closing date: Wednesday 11 April 2018, 1pm
Interviews: Thursday 19 April 2018
Exploring the Potential of Social Investment
LCVS has been awarded a grant as part of the national Connect Fund Programme to explore issues related to social investment.
The aim of our project is to help organisations explore how social investment might help them meet their objectives by supporting business development, increased social impact and sustainability. The project will use established Community of Practice learning partnerships of local organisations to explore issues identified by recent LCVS research. They will consider income generation ideas and how social finance could help organisations to achieve greater financial resilience.
The sessions will also address gaps in information, skills or experience that organisations face in developing enterprise-based services as well as potential capacity building obstacles such as legal models for delivery, charging policies and evaluation.
More information coming soon!
Liverpool City Region Digital Inclusion Stocktake
Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram has set an ambition for Liverpool City Region to be the UK’s most digitally inclusive city region. There is an online survey as a first step in a strategy to make his vision reality.
The aim of the survey is to clarify the work that is being done currently and historically to promote digital inclusion within the city region and across all sectors, including local authorities, registered social landlords, the health economy, further education, and in the third sector.
The survey consults respondents on what initiatives are felt to have worked best and seeks views on how a city region strategy can add value and help all partners make progress in reducing digital exclusion.
Please complete the survey, pass it on to a colleague within your organisation best equipped to complete it, and share with others within the city region.
Salary: £13,156 per annum (actual salary based on a £18,418.40 FTE)
Hours: 25 hours per week, initially Monday/Friday, subject to adjustment dependent on service needs
Wirral based charity WIRED are part of a multi-organisational framework that delivers Early Intervention and Prevention Services to vulnerable adults and children across Wirral. Within the Adult element it is a requirement to support service users currently within primary care, secondary care and health and social care provision in Wirral to access community and voluntary based health and wellbeing provision within Wirral in order to facilitate positive outcomes for the service users in relation to their health and well-being.
The role of the third sector connector will be to liaise with Health and Social Care professionals to identify, support and connect vulnerable adults to services and activities in the community that will encourage community support, independence and improved health and wellbeing.
The following skill areas are essential for this role:
Knowledge and understanding of Early Intervention and Prevention based services in Wirral
Robust knowledge of Wirral community and voluntary sector health and wellbeing sector providers and services available
Experience of case management within service provision
Experience and use of monitoring and feedback processes
A full driving licence and access to a vehicle for work-related travel essential.
For more information, contact Lynn Griffiths on 0151 670 0777.
Payroll Administrator
Salary: £14,820 (FTE £17,290 per annum)
Hours: 30 hours per week
WIRED require an experienced payroll administrator to work within its payroll service based in Wirral. WIRED’s busy payroll department provides Direct Payments Payroll, Managed Budget administration (Social Care Funds) and Small Business Payroll services to a range of clients across the North West.
The successful applicant will be experienced in accurate and timely payroll production in accordance with statutory regulations, a proficient IRIS Payroll Professional operator with strong skills in Microsoft Word and Excel and a good communicator with high attention to detail. An aptitude for figures is also essential.
For more information, contact Gill Tudor on 0151 522 7990 (option 6 on telephone system).
Closing date (both posts): Monday 16 April 2018, 12noon
Job Vacancies with Sefton CVS
Area Lead (3 posts)
Salary: £34,538 per annum
Hours: 35 hours (full time)
Sefton CVS seeks to enhance how it delivers support to the voluntary, community and faith sector across Sefton. Moving to a locality-based model of delivery, the organisation is looking to appoint three Area Leads to deliver on this ambition.
Leading a small staff team within a defined locality, post holders will enhance volunteering and access to funding for local groups and organisations supporting them to respond to the needs of local residents. The roles also include taking responsibility for one of the following thematic area: Equalities and Mental Wellbeing; Children, Young People and Families; and Older Citizens.
If you are committed to making a difference for local people through the voluntary, community and faith sector and have the experience, drive and ambition then this could be a role for you.
Closing date: Monday 16 April 2018, 10am
Interviews: Thursday 19 April 2018
Area Development Officer (South Sefton)
Salary: £27,668 per annum
Hours: 35 hours (Full-time)
The purpose of this job is to support groups and organisations within a designated locality to access funding, thereby enhancing the ability of the sector to respond to the needs of local areas and residents on a more sustainable basis. You will provide a range of support and development interventions to capacity build voluntary community and faith organisations (both new and established) to become more efficient, effective, resilient and sustainable.
You will also advise groups of residents and organisations on governance matters. Working as part of the locality team, you will co-ordinate the sector in providing early intervention and prevention support to address the needs of Sefton residents, leading to improved outcomes, showcasing the contribution the sector makes.
Closing date: Monday 16th April 2018, 12noon
Macmillan Community Navigator (Senior Health Trainer)
Grade: £20,658 per annum
Hours: 35 hours (full time)
Contract: Fixed-term until 31 March 2019
Sefton CVS has entered into a partnership with Macmillan and South Sefton Clinical Commissioning Group to pilot the delivery of a Macmillan Community Navigator Service in the south of the borough, to ensure that no one should face cancer alone.
Working with a limited number of cancer patients, the Macmillan Community Navigator will, in partnership with Aintree Hospital Lead Cancer Nurse and Clinical Nurse Specialists, offer an electronic holistic assessment service to patients diagnosed with cancer (e-HNA) and, where identified, agree a care plan with the person to support them to meet their identified needs and achieve their goals. The Macmillan Community Navigator will be a practical resource to help connect individuals into services at a local level to aid independent self-management of their treatment and improve their health and wellbeing.
If you are passionate about ensuring people affected by cancer receive the best possible care and have the resilient qualities needed to guide and support patients through and beyond treatment, this post may be for you. The successful candidate will have knowledge of cancer care and the Recovery Package, and a proven track record of supporting people in the community to improve their health and wellbeing.
Nominate Someone for a Big Surprise from the National Lottery
If you’ve received National Lottery funding, you can nominate someone from your organisation for a special surprise. This is a chance to celebrate the unsung heroes and shining stars of your organisation.
You can nominate anyone who participates in your organisation, as long as they are aged 25 or over and would be happy to take part in promotional activity. It might be the person who always puts their heart and soul into the work they do, has touched people’s lives by going the extra mile or made sacrifices to make a positive difference to others.
This special surprise will be tailored to your nominee. How would you would surprise them with a moment they’ll never forget? It could be the opportunity to meet with their favourite celebrity, a surprise from a much-missed family member, or a pampering treat.
To nominate, email National Lottery partners at bigsurprise@itn.co.uk with your name, email and phone number. You should also include a few sentences about:
The person you want to nominate
Why you’re nominating them
How you’d surprise them with a moment they’ll never forget
If your nomination is selected, one of the National Lottery’s partner organisations will get in touch with you by phone or email to find out more details and determine if your nomination will receive a special surprise.
Remember, this is a secret surprise so don’t tell the person you’re nominating!
The closing date for nominations is 5pm on Monday 2 April 2018.
National Minimum Wage Rates Are Changing
The Government’s National Minimum Wage campaign aims to make sure the UK’s lowest paid workers receive the correct rates of pay when the National Minimum and Living Wage increase on 1 April 2018. Employers need to ensure they are paying their staff correctly.
It is against the law for employers not to pay the correct National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage rate. If you discover you have been paying your workers below the correct minimum wage, you must pay any arrears immediately. You can contact the Acas Helpline for advice and support to make sure you pay your employees correctly.
Apprentices are entitled to the apprentice rate if they’re either aged under 19, or aged 19 or over and in the first year of their apprenticeship. An apprentice aged 22 in the first year of their apprenticeship is entitled to a minimum hourly rate of £3.70.
Apprentices are entitled to the minimum wage for their age if they are both aged 19 or over, or have completed the first year of their apprenticeship. An apprentice aged 22 who has completed the first year of their apprenticeship is entitled to a minimum hourly rate of £7.38.
Have You Ever Thought about Becoming a Magistrate?
Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace for Merseyside is looking for Magistrates.
Magistrates are ordinary members of the community just like you. If you are a person of integrity, have common sense, the ability to listen to both sides of an argument and make decisions, and you want to give something back to the community, nowis the time to act.
Magistrates don’t need to be legally qualified or have any experience, as training is provided. All you need is a willingness to voluntarily serve in court at least 13 days a year.
Relate Cheshire & Merseyside is seeking to appoint new Trustees to its Board. Relate’s vision is a future in which healthy relationships are actively promoted as the basis of a thriving society. The mission is to develop and support healthy relationships particularly by helping couples, families and individuals to make their relationships work better.
The present skills and experience mix of Relate’s Board includes finance, commercial experience, medical and the public and third sectors. It is hoped that new Board members might some or all of the following areas of expertise: legal, counselling or fundraising. However, all applications will be considered. Also, the organisation is seeking to strive for a wider diversity in the Board membership.
For more information or an informal discussion, contact Sarah Hall, Chief Executive, at Sarah.Hall@relatecm.org.uk or on 07736 838 023.
Environmental Initiatives Fund to Make City Cleaner and Greener
Income from some of the fines issued to people for dropping litter in Liverpool are set to be used to help make the city cleaner and greener.
A £20,000 fund to help community groups make improvements in their neighbourhoods is being funded using a slice of the income from the penalty notices handed out by Kingdom enforcement staff.
Bids for Environmental Initiatives Fund grants of up to £500 are now being made available for organisations including community groups, schools and small businesses, enabling them to play a more active role in improving their local environment.
Councillor Steve Munby, cabinet member for city services, said: “The money raised from litter fines is already being reinvested in helping keep the city clean, whether it’s putting in additional cleansing or tracking down flytippers. What we are doing here is taking a slice of the fines for environmental improvement projects.
“While the grant to each group may not be a large amount of money they will still have an impact on making neighbourhoods greener and cleaner and will help to get communities working together to improve their neighbourhoods. It could include schemes such as community gardens, engaging children in gardening projects or community clean-ups.”
Where Next for the Voluntary Sector in Criminal Justice?
Clinks is holding a roadshow of Where Next? workshops around the country, to identify priorities for future developments in criminal justice. Join in at the workshop in your region, to hear the thinking and tell your experience and views.
Your expertise is vital for Clinks to continue working towards its vision of a vibrant, independent and resilient voluntary sector that enables people to transform their lives.
At this workshop you will:
Contribute to the development of Clinks strategy and activity programmes for 2019-2021
Get an update on the state of criminal justice, and likely future trends, from Clinks’ Chief Executive Anne Fox
Be encouraged to bring issues, needs and ideas from your work in criminal justice
The event is aimed at those working in management or strategic roles at voluntary organisations working in criminal justice.
Events will be held around the country over April and May. The North West event is in Manchester.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse was set up as a result of serious concerns that some organisations had failed, and were continuing to fail, to protect children from sexual abuse.
The Inquiry has launched an awareness campaign across England and Wales to publicise the Truth Project in January 2018. The aim is to ensure that victims and survivors of child sexual abuse are aware of the Truth Project and have the opportunity to speak to the Inquiry if they wish.
The Truth Project offers an opportunity for victims and survivors to share their experience and be respectfully heard and acknowledged. The Truth Project is a very important part of the Inquiry’s work, as hearing from victims and survivors will allow understanding the nature and scale of child sexual abuse, and to hear suggestions for change. It will also help challenge long-held myths about abuse. More detail about the Truth Project is available on this website.
The awareness raising campaign has been developed using substantial research , involving victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and the general public. It has also been developed with advice from our Victims and Survivors Consultative Panel who helps consider the impact of the work from the perspective of victims and survivors.
There are a number of electronic materials available to raise awareness of the Truth Project. If you are interested in helping with promotion, email the North West Inquiry Office on northwestinquiryoffice@iicsa.org.uk.
Merseyside Aged Veterans Partnership Launches
January saw the official launch event of Shelter’s Aged Veterans Partnership in Merseyside. Partner organisations, veterans, commissioners and others from across the city region came together to give their commitment to the partnership, led by Shelter and includes a host of local organisations, such as Veterans HQ, Sefton Veterans Project, Everton in the Community, St Helen’s Veterans Project, FACT, Tranmere Football Club and Liverpool City Council.
Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram commented that “The Aged Veterans’ Partnership is a fantastic initiative – which will act as a lifeline for many of those who have given so much for our country”.
In the next three years, the partnership is expected to help more than 760 men and women who were born before 1 January 1950 and served in the armed forces or as part of their own National Service.
These older Veterans often live alone, are widow(er)s, and their support networks are depleted, making them feel very isolated. Whether they are homeless, renting or have a home of their own, it is vital that older veterans get the advice and support they need to continue to live fulfilled lives.
Former serviceman Alan Kelly, 82, said: “I know from experience that ex-service staff can be very proud people, who often find it hard to ask for help. But a sudden change in life circumstances, such as a partner passing away, can really turn someone’s life upside down. I think this new partnership will make a real difference to the quality of life for older soldiers like me.”
Liverpool City Council have recently awarded Creative Support, a not for profit health and social care provider, £154,345 from the Improved Better Care Fund, to develop and operate a mental health night café. Named the Liverpool Light (The Light) this will be a welcoming and safe space that people experiencing mental health-related crisis can turn to for support during the evening.
The service will launch in early April and is part of Liverpool City Council’s pledge to prioritise mental health provision, offering an alternative to the use of A&E at times of crisis. The Light will take pressure off the nearby A&E department at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, offering people presenting with mental health needs an alternative and targeted offer of social support.
Beth Cunliffe, Creative Support’s Unit Business Manager in Liverpool, welcomes the development of the service: ‘The demand on A&E and police services is massive and they’re intervening with quite a lot of people in crisis who are not currently under a mental health team. However, the waiting time in A&E can be so long that people leave before they get seen. The police are welcoming the service, anticipating that in some cases it will prevent officers sitting with clients in A&E who are waiting to be seen.”
The service will be located on London Road in the City Centre, proposed opening hours are from 6pm-12am, seven days a week. The Light will provide a warm and supportive environment run by trained mental health support staff, intervention will be provided on an individual basis. Hot drinks and snacks will also be available free of charge.
In addition to the local A&E department at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, emergency services and partner agencies will also be able to refer individuals to the service, along with those experiencing a mental health crisis being able to drop in for support.
Salary: £8/hour
Hours: 32 hours/week (would consider job share of 16 hours/week)
Contract: Initial fixed term of six months
The Brink is an 80 covers café bar and entertainment venue attracting shoppers and workers from Liverpool city centre during the day and transforming in the evening into a vibrant music and entertainment venue. It was set up to support those in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction and is a safe place where the recovery community can meet. It does not sell alcohol and has a team of support workers providing services at the venue.
The Brink does not isolate those in recovery from addiction from the rest of society – positively the opposite. It provides a welcoming, creative and intelligent space where people from all backgrounds and walks of life can dine, hang out, socialise and relax.
As a Chef, you will prepare meals to order as well as catering for larger events or buffets. The menu is focused on healthy and fresh produce and we have excellent standards to maintain. You will work well under pressure and have experience working as part of a team. There will be the opportunity to have an input to menu design and come up with ideas for specials.
You will have experience working in a similar restaurant or venue with knowledge of food costs, stock rotation and food safety certification. You must be able to cope well under pressure as this can be a high volume operation working with fresh produce. You will have attention to detail and expect high standards of service from yourself. Ideally you will have a catering qualification at Level 3 or equivalent.
It’s not essential for you to have in-depth knowledge about the recovery community or addiction, but you should be in tune with the ethos and rationale of The Brink. Your values align with The Brink’s – integrity, collaborative-working and accountability – and an empathy and understanding towards those with an addiction or in recovery from addiction.
If you are interested in applying then please submit a CV along with a covering letter/email explaining why you are interested in the role and The Brink should pick you. Email your CV and letter/email to human.resources@actiononaddiction.org.uk.
If you’d like to chat about the job, then feel free to pop along to The Brink and speak to one of the team.
Closing date: Friday 23 March 2018
Care and Repair (North East Wales) Vacancy: Finance Manager
An opportunity has arisen to join one of Wales Care and Repair organisations as a Finance Manager. Care and Repair (North East Wales) Limited brings together housing, health and social care support to improve quality of life for older and vulnerable people.
Reporting to the Group Chief Executive, the Finance Manager will lead the Finance functions. With an ambitious growth strategy in place, you will help drive the future and assist, analyse and develop strategies surrounding potential opportunities whilst also reviewing internal performance and processes.
The successful candidate will contribute to the development and implementation of business strategy, and take full responsibility for financial planning and control, treasury management, risk, audit assurance, and compliance services. You will be responsible for the day to day financial management.
You will ideally be a fully qualified accountant with at least three years senior managerial experience preferably within the Housing or Voluntary sector leading a multi-disciplinary team.
Community groups and organisations are invited to submit a funding application to Cobalt’s Community Fund to run a project or event that benefits the Cobalt neighbourhood (Croxteth, Norris Green, Fazakerley, and Clubmoor).
The maximum that may be applied for is £3,500 and the application must demonstrate that match-funding is in place (at least another 20%). This amount can only be applied for once per year. All groups, including those who have applied for one project at the maximum amount, may submit unrestricted numbers of applications for smaller amounts provided that the projects or events are totally unrelated.
Your project or event must address one or more of Cobalt’s Regeneration Team priorities.
Healthy Living
Strengthening Communities
Cleaner, Safer, Greener Communities
Financial Inclusion & Advice
Employment and Life-Long Learning
Families
Groups may put in as many applications as they wish as long as the projects or events are unrelated. Each year, a group may apply for £3,500 only once for one project in any given financial year (April – March).
These larger applications must demonstrate that they have 20% or more match funding in place, which can be made up of financial and / or in kind contributions. The payments of these larger grants may be in instalments, subject to the project’s needs.
Capacity: The Public Services Lab is a collaboration between Catch22, Interserve, Big Society Capital and Clubfinance. The idea behind Capacity is to create a space through which public services can be re-imagined.
Development Manager
Salary: £35,000 – £45,000
Hours of work: 37.5
Capacity is looking to recruit an experienced and committed individual as Development Manager, supporting existing Accelerator and Incubator clients and identifying new opportunities to scale up the programme. As Development Manager, you will be able to demonstrate a strong performance history in previous development roles with a track record of successful entrepreneurial activity and securing contract opportunities.
You must be a strategic thinker with a strong understanding of how to address social problems in a fast changing landscape. The candidate must have exceptional writing skills, a sound understanding of public services and the ability to produce innovative businesses cases and work effectively with senior colleagues and external stakeholders.
Bid Writer
Salary: £25,000 – £30,000
Hours of work: 37.5
Capacity is looking for a Bid Writer to join our Development Team, playing a key role in securing a range of grant funding and contracts for Accelerator and Design clients.
You will support the Service Design Director and Business Development Managers with researching potential funding opportunities and preparing applications to a range of funders and investors, in order to secure support for a variety of projects. The Bid Writer will also be responsible for updating CRM databases with deadlines and tracking and co-ordinating applications.
The successful candidate should have a track record of securing funding from a range of organisations including Local Authorities, trusts and other grant making bodies. In addition, they should have excellent writing skills with the ability to produce concise and creative bids as well as a high standard of computer literacy (all Microsoft applications).
Deadlines: Wednesday 28 March 2018, 5pm
Interviews: W/c 2 April 2018
Bringing 5G Broadband to Deprived Parts of Liverpool
An innovative Liverpool partnership, The Liverpool 5G Testbed, has been awarded £3.5 million by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS) 5G Testbeds and Trials programme.
The money will be used to set up trials of 5G broadband in parts of the city, facilitating health and welfare applications with measurable social benefits. The funding is part of the government’s 5G strategy.
The unique partnership, one of only six across the UK to successfully secure the funding, will employ cutting edge technologies such as low-cost unlicensed mmWave 5G broadband, open source networking, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and the Internet of Things (IoT), to improve patient monitoring and support, and communication between hospitals and the community. The project will be led by Joe Spencer, University of Liverpool Academic Lead for Sensor City.
Margot James, Minister for Digital and the Creative Industries said: “One year on from the Digital Strategy, we are delivering on our commitments to create a Britain fit for the future, with a thriving digital economy that works for everyone. The ground-breaking projects we’re funding in Liverpool and across the UK will help to unlock 5G and ensure the benefits of this new technology are felt across the economy and wider society.”
The Liverpool 5G consortium (Blu Wireless Technology, AIMES, Inventya, DefProc, Digital Creativity in Disability, CGA Simulation, Sensor City, Liverpool City Council, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust (RLBUHT), Liverpool University, and Liverpool John Moores University), has dynamic experience from a range of sectors: academic, health, wireless, emerging and computer technology, which it will use to improve digital care options for people in the Liverpool City Region who don’t currently have reliable internet coverage.
Alison Mitchell, executive director, Sensor City, who are leading the project, said: “The Liverpool 5G test-bed will enable us to explore experimental new models of service provision which will improve quality of life, reduce care costs and create new opportunities for SMEs providing digital social care and health content.”
Tests will follow on from the City Council’s Stop and Go project. Around 50 inpatients in the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust (RLBUHT), and 150 users of Liverpool Adult Social Services will benefit from access to applications based on the high-bandwidth broadband network.
David Walliker, (RLBUHT) Chief Information Officer, said: “We are delighted to be a partner in this project and very excited about the opportunity this brings to health care innovations in Liverpool. As a Global Digital Exemplar, this complements our Digital Liverpool Strategy and further puts the city of Liverpool at the forefront of digital innovations both nationally and internationally.”
The applications will include video monitoring (augmented by artificial intelligence technology), to spot unusual behaviours in patients or emergency incidents like falls, teleconferencing for patients and their health practitioners and apps to help combat loneliness in older adults – a serious problem in an ageing population.
The Liverpool 5G project also allows the consortium to test how Internet of Things (IoT) devices, already being used to deliver better social and health care services in Liverpool, could be more effective if used in conjunction with 5G connectivity.
The new and emerging digital healthcare technologies being tested, require fast, reliable Wi-Fi broad band, which is not universally available or affordable for vulnerable or elderly people.
Henry Nurser, CEO at Blu Wireless, explains the 5G technology: “We build on already installed fibre, allowing internet service providers to use unlicensed spectrum band to provide Gbit connectivity to homes using street-level mesh networks, with unobtrusive equipment mounted on street-lights. This approach does not require expensive physical fibre connections to individual homes and is an extremely cost-effective complement to full fibre.”
This innovative 5G solution is particularly effective in dense urban environments, so will work well in highly populated Liverpool neighbourhoods, where buildings potentially block signals. The lower installation and running costs make it affordable and scalable, which means it could be replicated globally.
Jon Wetherall, is managing director of CGA Simulation: “Liverpool has a strong history of creating world-leading games technology. By embracing emerging technologies (augmented reality), we can begin to solve ‘real world’ problems in the health and social care sectors, helping to keep people better connected and well for longer.”
Greenbank Vacancies: Empower Project
Greenbank’s Empower Project is a three-year programme funded by the Big Lottery Fund. This project will expand the range of activities available for disabled people in Merseyside by pairing them up with support workers and volunteer buddies. This will support them to overcome barriers and enhance their opportunities to participate in sport activities. It will empower and develop the confidence and skills of participants so that they can take on sport and community leadership roles.
The project has the following vacancies:
Project Coordinator – Empower Project
Salary: £24,964-£27,668
Hours: 40 hours per week
Contract: 3 years fixed term
The role of Coordinator is to ensure effective delivery of project outcomes. You will be responsible for managing the Empower Programme and organise, co-ordinate and promote all opportunities for the target audience. You will also establish and maintain an infrastructure to support all of the components involved in the Empower Project, such as employing staff and volunteers, working with external delivery partners, and undertaking risk assessments, monitoring and evaluation frameworks.
Activity Support Worker – Empower Project (3 posts available)
Salary: £18,070-£20,138 for full time; actual salary is £13,553-£15,104
Hours: 30 hours per week
Contract: 3 years fixed term
The role of Activity Support worker is support participants, remove barriers and enable them to participate in sport and physical activity opportunities. You will coach and maintain partnerships with voluntary and statutory organisations, education establishments and community clubs, in order to provide an enhanced programme of sporting activities for disabled people on Merseyside.
Salary: £18,070-£20,138 for full time; actual salary is £9,035-£10,069.
Hours: 20 hours per week
Contract: 3 years fixed term
The role of Activity Driver / Instructor is to provide transport for disabled people, groups and sporting equipment and to run activity / have ago sessions at community groups, schools and centres.
Closing date for all posts: Monday 16 April 2018, 5pm
Interviews: 24-25 April 2018
Healthwatch Sefton Vacancy: Signposting, Information and Administration Officer
Salary: £17,072
Hours: 35 hours per week
You will be the main point of contact for members of the public who want to access the Healthwatch Sefton Signposting & Information Service and Independent Complaints Advocacy. You will provide Healthwatch Sefton with up to date intelligence on key trends from the Healthwatch Sefton Feedback centre.
500 Years of Medical Marvels – RCP500 Joint Lecture Series
Did you know that the Royal College of Physicians is 500 this year? They are celebrating in style, and everyone’s invited! There are various events going on across the country in honour of this historic milestone, and Liverpool, as the scene of many medical innovations and new home of RCP North, is playing host as well.
The historic and beautiful Liverpool Medical Institution will open its doors to the public for a series of four free lecture evenings, exploring aspects of local and national medical history.
Find out whether Rodney Street clinics and medical clubs really were the beating heart of the nineteenth century medical community, and listen to the smallpox immunisation legacy that Jenner left. Discover the amazing science that transformed the treatment of the killer condition, AIDS, and explore the politics of healthcare, from the time of Henry VIII to the present day.
The first event ‘From the Street to the Clinic via The Club: How Medical Communities Emerge and Survive’ will take place on Thursday 22 March 2018 at 6pm, with others in June, September and November. They will be held at the Liverpool Medical Institution, are free to attend and all are welcome.
Salary: £17,290 pro rata – £8,645 total annual salary at £8.75 per hour (National Living Wage)
Hours: 19 hours per week
Contract: One-year fixed-term from April 2018, with possible extension
Squash, a food-focused social enterprise, is opening a new community business, including a food shop and vegetarian café on Windsor Street, Liverpool 8. This new community-lead food space has been planned and designed by local residents and is due to open in Spring 2018. Squash is looking for two part-time Food Workers with a good knowledge of food and cooking and a passion for healthy, seasonal eating.
The Food Worker at Squash will assist with the running of the food shop, cafe and catering service. They will work with the chef to prepare vegetarian meals, takeaway foods and for catering at events. The Food Worker will also assist in the shop.
You will have experience of working in a food retail/catering environment; customer care service to customers; greeting, assisting, answering queries; operating the till/cashing up; pricing and stocking shelves with merchandise; keeping cleaning, temperature and other relevant Food Hygiene records up to date.
To apply, download an application pack at www.squashnutrition.org or call 0151 707 7897 for an application form.
If you have any questions about this post or would like an informal chat about the role, contact Gina on 0151 707 7897 or email gina@squashnutrition.org.
Deadline: Wednesday 28 March 2018, 5pm
Interviews: 4-6 April 2018
Award for a Neighbourhood Resilience Programme
LCVS attended the recent North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards, as part of the Collaborative Leadership Applied Health Research and Care North West Coast (CLAHRC MWC). The CLAHRC NWC project develops and evaluates neighbourhood resilience interventions to reduce health inequalities, and operates across the North West.
Locally, the project is known as Better Old Swan (BOS) and is working with local residents and wider stakeholders to create change through a range of local activity focused on the High Street, air pollution and traffic.
CLAHRC NWC won the ‘Research for Wellbeing’ Award for the Neighbourhood Resilience Programmes and was also a finalist for ‘Taking Research into Practice’ with the Health Inequalities Assessment Toolkit (HIAT).
Both these awards recognize the strategic collaborations between health research and community activity, and we’re looking forward to seeing how they progress!
The Reader Group is a dynamic national charity and social enterprise, head quartered in Liverpool. Since 2002, The Reader Group, has pioneered the use of Shared Reading to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build community resilience and connectedness across the UK and beyond.
With the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund, Liverpool City Council, Arts Council England and additional grant funders The Reader Group will transform Calderstones’ grade II listed Mansion House into an international flagship project for shared reading – an International Centre for Shared Reading.
Partnerships Manager
Salary: £20,000 to £27,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
The post holder will have a strategic overview of all The Reader’s partnerships and will be instrumental in progressing key relationships, seeking potential new fruitful partnership opportunities, and working collaboratively across teams to develop a coherent approach to partnership development across the organisation.
The Reader is looking to build on our track record of collaborating with a variety of cross-sector partners who can host and promote shared reading groups, as well as those who can embed groups as part of their service provision and via staff / volunteer training. Partners range from community groups to libraries, housing associations to arts organisations, national charities and companies. Partnerships will also be key to delivering outreach programmes at and from Calderstones, to ensure reach of diverse communities and ensuring that the site is accessible to all.
This is a target driven role, and in the first year, the post holder will be accountable for recruiting an agreed number of partners, leading to increased volunteer recruitment and the establishment of additional Shared Reading Groups.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved Section’ where you will be able to view the full job description, recruitment pack and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline for applications: Friday 23 March 2018, 9am. Applications arriving after 9am will not be considered.
National Membership/Community Development Manager
Salary: £20,000 to £27,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
This role is responsible for helping to grow a thriving national community of Shared Reading volunteers and group members. You will be leading the marketing activities which will attract more volunteers and group members to get involved with shared reading. You will deliver a programme of communications and engagement activities to strengthen relationships between The Reader’s core team, the volunteers we train and the people who attend our reading groups. You’ll also be a central member of a newly established Digital Project team working to develop a brand new digital infrastructure to support The Reader’s national community.
You must be a creative people person, driven by The Reader’s social mission and motivated by the plans to develop a national shared reading movement, with thousands of Readers who feel connected, inspired and supported.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved Section’ where you will be able to view the full job description, recruitment pack and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline for applications: Friday 23 March 2018, 9 am. Applications arriving after 9am will not be considered.
People Manager (HR)
Salary: £22,000 to £25,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week. Flexible working arrangements will be considered.
Contract: Permanent
This is an exciting opportunity for a practical and organised individual who has excellent people skills and is looking to further develop their HR career within a values led charity/social enterprise. With at least a CIPD Level 5 qualification and experience of working in HR generalist role, you will manage the people team to continue to develop the function ground-up so that The Reader becomes a forward thinking and pro-active HR service. Managing a small people team, you will help put in place strategies to develop and embed the HR service across the charity and social enterprises.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved Section’ where you will be able to view the full job description, recruitment pack and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline for applications: Monday 26 March 2018, 9am. Applications arriving after 9am will not be considered.
Café Cook
Rate of pay: £8 per hour
Hours: Minimum 12 hours per week, on a rota basis spanning 8am-6pm hours, Monday to Sunday
Contract: Fixed term to 30 September 2018
The Cook will be flexible and hands on in all areas providing a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with the Reader’s ethos and vision, generating revenue and supporting our wider activity.
The ideal candidate would have experience within a commercial kitchen/cafe environment with a keen interest and passion for food. You will be self-disciplined and able to produce food to a high standard with attention to detail. Experience in baking would be an advantage.
It is expected you will have responsibility for the overall daily operation of the café’s kitchen and catering processes being mindful of industry cost margins. You will need the practical skills to execute an interesting but simple menu and be capable of working alongside the Catering Manager contributing to the development of innovative seasonal menus.
Current and relevant health and safety/food hygiene certificates are essential. You will work closely with the Social Enterprise team.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Working With Us’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Please complete the application form how you meet the requirements of this role, to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV.
There is no deadline set for this post, but if a high number of applications are received, the vacancy will be closed.
Catering Supervisor
Hourly rate: £7.65 – £8 per hour
Hours: Minimum 12 hours per week on a rota basis, spanning 8am-6pm hours, Monday to Sunday
Contract: Fixed-term to 30 September 2018
This role will work across the catering provision of The Reader Group Enterprises, in the café, ice cream parlour, and events. You will work in a team developing and delivering a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with The Reader Group’s ethos and vision and consistently delivers a high level of customer service.
The café and ice cream parlour are open seven days a week and provide a quality and affordable offer for the local community in welcoming environments. The right candidate is a hard-working, honest and experienced individual who is comfortable supervising others to join the growing team. You will be invited to participate fully in the development of the Social Enterprise which offers many opportunities for growth and development.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Working With Us’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Please complete the application form explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV.
There is no deadline set for this post, but if a high number of applications are received, the vacancy will be closed.
Catering Assistant
Hourly rate: £7.05-£7.50 per hour
Hours: Minimum 5 hours per week on a rota basis, spanning 8am-6pm hours, Monday to Sunday
Contract: fixed term to 30 September 2018
This role will work across the catering provision of The Reader Group Enterprises, in the café, ice cream parlour, and events. They will work in a team developing and delivering a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with The Reader Group’s ethos and vision and consistently delivers a high level of customer service.
The café and ice cream parlour are open seven days a week and provide a quality and affordable offer for the local community in welcoming environments. The right candidate is a hard-working, honest person. You will be invited to participate fully in the development of the social enterprise which offers many opportunities for growth and development.
The Reader offers zero hours contracts to provide both parties with flexibility but are happy to discuss fixed hours with the right candidate.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Working With Us’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Please complete the application form explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV.
There is no deadline set for this post, but if a high number of applications are received we will close the vacancy.
Lloyds Bank Social Entrepreneurs Start Up Programme – Applications Now Open
Across the UK, the School for Social Entrepreneurs will support 260 social entrepreneurs through the Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland Social Entrepreneurs Programme, jointly funded by Big Lottery Fund. This programme has supported 1,500 social entrepreneurs since 2012.
School for Social Entrepreneurs North West is looking for 20 people who want to start up social enterprises, charities, community projects and impact-led organisations. There is no cost to participants.
You will get a year of support, including:
Learning programme
£1,000 grant
Mentoring
Supportive community
.
Deadline: Thursday 26 April 2018
Trustee Vacancies with Carers Trust 4all
Carers Trust 4all is a registered charity with a vision for every carer to be recognised, supported and offered services to help them maintain their own health and wellbeing. Every day, an army of 7 million carers contribute their time and resources to help loved ones with care needs, often at the expense of their own health and wellbeing. Carers Trust 4all has a mission to provide services for carers and the people they support, ensuring no one is caring alone.
Carers Trust 4all is looking for new trustees to join an enthusiastic Board. Ideally, candidates will have strategic vision, independent judgement, and an ability to think creatively. Although passion and commitment are the most important qualities, candidates should have with experience in:
Health and social care
Accountancy
Human Resources
The aim is to maintain a board where 50% of trustees are or have been carers themselves. The charity is particularly interested in applications from individuals who have an understanding of the needs of carers.
Carers Trust 4all works across Cheshire and Warrington, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Shropshire, and welcomes interest from across this footprint. Trustees will be given a full induction covering all aspects of the work. Travel and out of pocket expenses will be provided. The role will require a contribution of approximately one day per month.
If you are interested, email your CV to ho@carerstrust4all.org.uk. For more information, telephone 033 33 23 1990, selecting option 4.
GoodGym Liverpool Ready to Help Community Projects
GoodGym Liverpool is launching on Monday 26 March 2018. The initiative consists of a group of runners who get fit by doing good. Members run in groups to help out local community groups, charities and public spaces. You can find out more about the work on the website here or watch a short video here.
GoodGym is looking for tasks for the runners to complete. Tasks can be anything physical that volunteers can work on for 30-45 minutes, such as:
Gardening, weeding and clearing parks or open spaces
Moving heavy furniture or items
Painting, sanding or decorating
Tidying and cleaning communal areas
Setting up for events
GoodGym Liverpool will run every Monday evening, all year round. The service is free to community organisations. If you think your task might be too big – you will be surprised what can be achieved in a short time.
If your organisation could do with some help from GoodGym, or you would like more information, contact Char Binns at char@goodgym.org.
First Ark Social Investment Survey
First Ark Social Investment works with the voluntary and social sector to improve access to finance. Their investment fund, Invest for Impact, is a new approach to financing that makes it easier for social organisations to get the backing they need to grow faster and help more people.
First Ark is currently considering expanding its product range and geographical coverage, and would like to get the views of charities and social enterprises to inform this.
If you could spare ten minutes, please complete an online survey here and help inform the development of better investment options for the sector.
New Dementia Support for Veterans and Their Families
A new specialist dementia support service for veterans and their families has started in Liverpool. This service is run by Admiral Nurses in partnership with Dementia UK. Services offered by The Royal British Legion include welfare breaks, grants for adaptations and equipment, Handy-Vans and Independent Living Services.
The Royal British Legion Admiral Nurses support beneficiaries living with dementia. A beneficiary is someone who has carried out at least seven days paid military service and includes those who did National Service. The beneficiary may be the person with dementia or their main carer – this is often a family member.
Admiral Nurse Practitioner Leah Rickards is happy to present information about the service and the broader work of The Royal British Legion to any interested parties. Call 0745 808 5496 or email lrickards@britishlegion.org.uk.
Sahir House Vacancy: Macmillan LGBT Cancer Programme Co-ordinator
Salary: £25,951-£27,668
Hours: Full time
Contract: One year initially
Sahir House is recruiting a Macmillan LGBT Cancer Programme Co-ordinator for the Liverpool City Region. After a successful pilot project run between Macmillan Cancer Support and the LGBT Foundation in Manchester, Macmillan are now funding this post based in central Liverpool.
The post holder will work with lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people affected by cancer, their families, supporters, carers and clinicians. They will ensure the needs of LGBT are acknowledged and addressed in provision of services, information and support across the Liverpool City Region.
Applicants should send a short CV (up to two pages) and a covering letter demonstrating both: how they meet each of the criteria in the person specification (another two pages max) to Sahir House.
The post is offered on a fixed term basis of one year initially with the possibility of extension funding beyond this. Appointment is subject to a 6-month probationary period, satisfactory references and DBS check.
Full job description and person specification can be downloaded from our website here
Sahir House is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, especially from groups that reflect Sahir House service user groups: HIV positive people (and other disabled people), people from Black and Minority Ethnic groups, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people and refugee communities.
Closing date: Thursday 15 March 2018, 12 noon
Liverpool Lighthouse Vacancies
Liverpool Lighthouse is the UK’s first dedicated urban gospel music and arts centre, engaging, inspiring and up-skilling disaffected groups, and contributing to the regeneration of North Liverpool.
The organisation has a track record of successful provision for young people, skills training for adults, including unemployed people and non-English speakers, and of bringing older folk out of isolation, improving their quality of life. Liverpool Lighthouse is part of a ‘family’ of independent charities, which include Love & Joy Ministries, Bright Park and Harmonize Academy.
Community Fundraiser
Salary: £21,000-23,000 (pro rata)
Hours: 24 hours per week
The postholder will play a key role in developing a sustainable future for the Liverpool Lighthouse and its family of charities by mobilising service users, church congregation, the community and local companies to generate income to support the work.
Your duties will include leading on securing community and corporate support, working to income targets, and building strong relationships with individual and institutional supporters, community members, service users, congregation members and local companies. You will identify appropriate funding sources through networking and research, and initiate, develop and manage events, fundraising packs and other initiatives designed to mobilise the community to give to Liverpool Lighthouse.
Trust and Foundations Fundraising Officer
Salary: £20,000-23,000 (pro rata)
Hours: 24 hours a week
The new post of Trust and Foundations Fundraising Officer will play a key role in developing a sustainable future for Liverpool Lighthouse and Bright Park.
The Trusts and Foundations Officer will be responsible for planning and implementing fundraising initiatives for charitable trusts, foundations and statutory funders. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrable track record of success in fundraising from these income streams and have experience of working to targets. The post-holder will work to develop a trusts and foundation fundraising strategy to maximise income from these sources and achieve all fundraising goals.
Family Connect Coordinator
Salary: £23,000-25,000 p.a.
Hours: 40 hours/week worked flexibly
The postholder will manage the efficient running of the Family Connect Project, focusing on health, finances, family relationships and reducing isolation through improved inter-family relationships. You will co-ordinate programme activities, facilitators, partners and volunteers whilst ensuring targeted outcomes are delivered.
This job role will focus on the delivery of monitoring, evaluation and compliance and budget tracking, ensuring that all project monitoring, collection and analysis of relevant evidence is done to illustrate the effectiveness of the overall project to funders, partners, and the wider community, and that funder’s reports are written and submitted by deadlines.
Detached Youth Connect Development Worker
Hours of work: 12 hours per week (Tuesday – Thursday 3pm – 7pm)
Rate of Pay: £10.00 per hour
Youth Connect is Liverpool Lighthouse’s flag-ship project, benefiting over 3,500 young people since 2009. Arts and education has the power to inspire, motivate and transform children and young people’s lives. Youth Connect uses vibrant and appealing activities as a means of attracting young people to join the programme, designed to build confidence and skills, open opportunities and challenge anti-social behaviours. Detached Outreach is a vital part of the programme to reach out to the young people with the most challenging needs.
The Detached Youth Connect Development Worker will reach out to young people aged 8-19 to promote their personal, educational and social development, and to engage them in a programme aimed to re-dress inequalities, improve their life chances, and empower them to take action on issues affecting their lives, including health, education, unemployment and the environment, by developing positive skills and attitudes.
The application pack for all posts can be downloaded from the website. Alternatively, ring the office on 0151 476 2342.
Closing date: Friday 23 March 2018
Interviews: Thursday 29 March 2018
Liverpool Pride Vacancy: Freelance Volunteer Coordinator
Fee: £4680 (equivalent of £12 per hour for an average of 15 hours per week)
Contract: 3 April – 31 August 2018
Liverpool Pride is seeking to appoint a freelance Volunteer Coordinator to run the Find Your Pride Action! Programme, helping young people between the ages of 18-25 to develop skills and experience through volunteering. The programme is aimed at LGBTQ+ young people and their friends across the Liverpool City Region and will involve working with partner organisations to set up a series of workshops focused on helping to produce Liverpool Pride’s 2018 festival and set up long term participation in a youth advisory board.
Liverpool City Council Contract Opportunity: Transition, Preparation and Moving On Service for Young People
Liverpool City Council has identified a need for two children’s homes located in Liverpool that will focus on addressing current presenting need of a complex group of young people aged 11-16. Analysis of this group has identified that good outcomes planning with young people will assist in them being effectively supported to be able to move on and return to their families, step down into foster care, or move into independent living.
This transition, preparation and moving on approach is intended to address the increasing demand that cannot be met by existing services and will focus upon planning from the beginning of the placement, an exit strategy for each child so that there is a clear plan for the future, and young people are not left in residential placements unnecessarily. The Authority is seeking a provider to deliver this service on their behalf which incorporates the use of two properties in Liverpool.
The Contract will be for an initial period of three years with the option for the Authority to extend, at its absolute discretion, for a further period of up to seven years (either in a single extension or via multiple extension periods).
Your company will need to register on Procontract (Due North) to be able to access the full Service Specification, Application and supporting documents. Once you have registered you will need to go to the “my opportunities” section on the home page of Procontract and follow the instructions as a supplier to enable you to return your submission.
D Street Media is looking for young people aged 15-18 to take part in their latest film project, Peace Out.
No experience needed. Rehearsals and training will take place at Marybone Youth and Community Centre L3 2BE over the Easter school holidays. Expenses paid.
Anyone interested should attend the open evening at the Casa Bar, Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ, on Monday 5 March 2018, 6pm.
For more information and to secure a place please call Patsi or Sue on 0756 425 3044 or 0788 871 2246, or email dstreetmediacic@gmail.com.
Funding for Summer Playschemes
Registered charities that want to run summer play schemes for children between the ages of 5 and 16 can apply for grants of between £500 and £1,000.
The funding is made available by the Woodward Charitable Trust which supports about 35 playschemes each year that run for a minimum of 2 weeks or 10 days across the summer holidays. Preference is given to:
Small local playschemes that provide a wide-ranging programme of activities
Schemes that involve a large number of children
Schemes catering for those from disadvantaged backgrounds or that have a disability
Schemes that are inclusive such as projects that work with children from a range of backgrounds, abilities and races
Schemes where past users are encouraged to come back and help as volunteers.
Grants can only be paid to registered charities. Organisations that are not a registered charity can still apply but need the agreement of a registered charity to accept the grant on their behalf.
From 1 April 2018, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust will be in charge of community health services previously managed by Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust.
If you have ever used primary, community, acute or social care services, Mersey Care wants to hear from you. The aim is to develop the community services and to tailor support to reflect local need, strengths and aspirations to improve physical health and mental wellbeing.
On Friday 16 March 2018, there will be two events to give local people a say in planning and improving services according to the needs of the public. The events are taking place at:
9.30-11am at Crosby Lakeside, Cambridge Road, Liverpool L22 144
2-3.30pm at Quaker Meeting House, Liverpool L1 3BT
Discount Initiative for Disabled Children and Young People
Max Card is the UK’s leading discount initiative for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
The card is for all disabled children and young people up to 25, who have a disability based on the Equality Act 2010, which states that a person is disabled if they have a physical or mental impairment that has “substantial” and “long term” negative effects on their ability to do normal daily activities.
Cards are provided for families with children and young people, 0-25. Currently 75,000 families access the scheme across the country, there are 5,000 venues on board including national partners Alton Towers, Dine Club, Virgin Experience Days, LEGOLAND, Go Ape! And Oxygen Free jumping. There are a number of local activities signed up to the scheme, with more being added all the time.
Waves of Hope Vacancy: Service User Engagement Co-ordinator
Salary: £21,962 per annum (equivalent SCP24 on the NJC payscale)
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Fixed-term to June 2019
The Big Issue North facilitates the Service User Engagement programme within Waves of Hope – a Big Lottery funded project in Liverpool that aims to transform the landscape for people with multiple and complex needs including homelessness, reoffending, substance misuse and mental ill-health.
The project needs a Service User Engagement Co-ordinator with lived experience of homelessness, drug and alcohol misuse, mental health or the criminal justice system to manage the involvement of people with lived experiences in all aspects of Waves of Hope.
You will be responsible for recruitment, training and support of volunteers, ensuring meaningful involvement for people with lived experience in all stages of services including design, implementation and evaluation. You will maintain and ensure growing membership of service user groups, such as the Lived Experience Team, by promoting these with the Waves of Hope client group. You will work with a broad range of stakeholders including service users and existing agencies, at a local and strategic level.
Applications are particularly welcomed from people currently not in employment. This post is subject to enhanced DBS checks, however, content or criminal convictions will not be used as part of the interview selection process.
Drop in sessions for applicants wishing to speak to a member of the team face to face about the role will be held on Thursday 1 March, 1-3.30pm; Friday 2 March, 11am-12.30pm; and Wednesday 7 March, 4-5.30pm at the Basement Advisory Service, Parr Street, Liverpool L1 4JN. Please ask for Darren Stockton or Heidi Clark on arrival.
Closing date: Friday 16 March 2018. Applications received after this time will not be considered
Interviews: Week commencing 26 March 2018
Liverpool Bereavement Service Vacancy: Business Development Manager
Salary: £21k (pro-rata based on a £35k full time salary)
Hours: 22.5 hours per week, over three days
Contract: 12-month fixed-term contract
Liverpool Bereavement Society provides one-to-one counselling and support to adults and children who are struggling to cope with life after bereavement. The charity is run by a Board of Trustees with counselling services being provided by a core team of committed volunteer counsellors, supported by a small team of office based staff and volunteers. The service has a strong ‘client first’ ethos and our goal is to ensure that each individual gets help appropriate to their needs in a sensitive, non-judgemental and empathetic environment.
The charity is at an important point in its development as recent changes to funding arrangements require consideration as to how the service is financed. The charity needs a highly motivated Business Development Manager who has experience of devising and implementing successful business development and income generation plans, to assist with achieving financial sustainability.
Reporting directly to the Board of Trustees you will be responsible for:
Establishing a business development plan focused on achieving financial stability for the service
Exploring and implementing new opportunities for income generation, alongside evaluating and building on existing approaches
Establishing requirements for a new website, appointing a design agency and manage the process through to implementation
Making suggestions for ways to increase our on-line presence and improve our existing methods of self-promotion
To be successful in this role, you will be confident and credible with exceptional communication and relationship building skills. You enjoy a challenge and are driven by a determination to deliver outstanding results to tight timescales. Tenacious and resilient, you will be happy to work on your own initiative and take full responsibility for outcomes. Ideally, you will have a genuine desire to work in the charity sector and an interest in the work undertaken by Liverpool Bereavement Society.
In order to apply you will need:
Minimum of 5 years Business Development experience with at least 12 months having been gained in the charity sector
Proven track record of successful income generation through a range of different methods and approaches
Good IT skills with knowledge and experience of working with a range of online profiling and communication platforms
Degree or equivalent in a business-related subject, although not essential if you have good relevant experience and the right personal qualities
Experience of bid-writing would be an advantage but is not essential, and of compiling business reports and writing approach letters
To apply, send your CV and a covering letter highlighting your suitability for the role and reasons for applying to:
Christine Ross
Liverpool Bereavement Service
1st Floor
Granite Buildings
6 Stanley Street
Liverpool
L1 6AF
Making Space, a health and social care charity based in Warrington, has two vacancies.
Fundraising Manager
Salary: Up to £35,000 per year, dependent on experience
Hours: 39 hours a week
Contract: Permanent
This is an exciting opportunity to lead on the implementation and delivery of Making Space’s first Fundraising Strategy. You will play a key role in the further development of our fundraising function, including infrastructure, supporter experience, promotion and marketing.
You will be directly responsible for promoting, co-ordinating and supporting fundraising at Making Space to enable this additional income stream to maximise positive outcomes for the people we support, carers, communities and commissioners.
You will specifically focus on key areas of community fundraising, donations and legacy fundraising to achieve fundraising targets and the longer term sustainability of the charity. Demonstrable community fundraising experience is essential, as is a Certificate in Fundraising and Institute of Fundraising Membership (or willingness to complete).
Salary: Up to £25,000 per year, dependent on experience
Hours: 39 hours a week
Contract: Permanent
You will be directly responsible for promoting, co-ordinating and supporting fundraising at Making Space to enable this additional income stream to maximise positive outcomes for the people the charity supports, carers, communities and commissioners.
You will specifically focus on key areas of community fundraising, donations and legacy fundraising to work towards achieving fundraising targets, donations and legacy fundraising to work towards achieving fundraising targets and the longer term sustainability of the charity.
Demonstrable community fundraising experience is essential, as is a Certificate in Fundraising and Institute of Fundraising Membership (or willingness to complete).
The R Charity raises funds for the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust (The Royal).
R Charity’s fundraising campaign Scouse at R House launches on 28 February 2018 and runs for the month of March. The ask is that supporters get together with family, friends or work colleagues and host a Scouse party. Whether at home, at work, or in your local community centre, fellow scousers can come together to celebrate everything that is great about Liveprool and support your local hospital, by raising much needed funds on the night. The main dish being served is a bowl of Liverpool’s oldest and most traditional dish, Scouse.
The Scouse at R House fundraising pack contains invitations, posters, bunting, a Scouse quiz and delicious tried and tested recipes.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation gives grants to small, well-established organisations in the UK who address local issues in areas of extreme urban deprivation, or in remote and fragile rural communities.
Applications are welcome from charities or not-for-profit organisations which are working with residents of urban areas (i.e. more than 10,000 inhabitants), classified in the latest government Indices of Multiple Deprivation as being in the most deprived 20%. Projects should focus in one of these three areas:
Community support
Disability and healthcare
Arts, education and heritage
All new applications must be made through online application forms.
LCVS and Partners Sign Memorandum of Understanding with NHS Liverpool CCG
The voluntary sector in Liverpool has always played a key role in improving the health and well being of the people of the City. In recent years, the voluntary sector has worked closely with partners in the public and the private sector to meet the challenges faced by some of the most vulnerable people in our communities. Many parts of the NHS work closely with voluntary sector organisations, referring and signposting to services that are often of significant benefit to patients. NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is a commissioner of some of these services.
Over the last few months, in order to develop and strengthen the relationship between the voluntary sector and CCG, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been drawn up. This follows a series of meetings between voluntary sector partners, led by LCVS, and CCG staff.
The Memorandum of Understanding is intended to demonstrate the parties’ commitment to collaboration in the design of health and care services and, where services are provided by voluntary sector partners, to ensure effective partnerships for delivery. It will support collaboration to enable people to access the right care in the right place, with a shared aim to keep more people well and to enable more people to manage their conditions; also to ensure care can be accessed outside of hospital and to recognise and respond better to the social as well as the medical needs of people.
The Memorandum of Understanding will also provide a framework to help ensure that when future opportunities or challenges arise, the NHS and voluntary sector have a framework for meaningful engagement, guided by the spirit and principles contained in it.
The Memorandum of Understanding was formally adopted and signed on 22 February 2018 at 151 Dale Street. Further details will be available via both the LCVS and CCG websites.
Jan Ledward, Interim Chief Officer, NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group, said: “Liverpool’s voluntary community and social enterprise organisations play an important role in sustaining health, improving wellbeing and helping recovery alongside clinical treatments. We’re committed to working in partnership with the sector to ensure that our communities benefit from the best possible support and services.”
Colin Heaney, Co-Chief Executive, LCVS, said: “Working together has always been central to the work of LCVS and now, more than ever, we believe that partnership is the key to developing the types of services that people need. We are proud of the part we’ve been able to play in bringing people together to develop the Memorandum of Understanding and we are sure that it will help us meet future challenges in a productive and practical way.”
Photo shows (left to right): Tony Woods (NHS Liverpool CCG), Colin Heaney (LCVS), Gill Bainbridge (Merseyside Youth Association) Clare Stevens and Sarah Butler-Boycott (Liverpool Mental Health Consortium), Jane Ledward (NHS Liverpool CCG), Maureen Williams (Welfare and Wellbeing Organisations Network)
Stephen Lloyd Awards for Innovation
Providing emerging innovations with the vital encouragement innovators need to cultivate their ideas and spread their impact, the Awards reflect the vision of the late Stephen Lloyd, former Senior Partner of Bates Wells Braithwaite. Through the invaluable support of their funders and pro bono partners, the Awards have helped accelerate social change by working alongside numerous projects they have championed.
Start-up enterprises or social entrepreneurs with a unique and scalable approach to solving some of the topical and challenging issues affecting society today are invited to present their ideas.
Winners will receive funding of up to £20,000, along with extensive pro bono support from experts in the social enterprise sector, who are committed to creating a positive impact on society in a long-term and sustainable way. Shortlisted applicants will also be awarded up to £2,000 to further develop their project, and may also benefit from similar pro bono expertise.
All application entries should be emailed to info@stephenlloydawards.org for the attention of Mona Rahman by Friday 6 April 2018.
The Reader Vacancy: Executive Assistant
Salary: £22,000 – £25,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week. Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm; flexible working arrangements will be considered
Contract: Permanent
This is a vital role in the organisation, calling for a high calibre person who can provide administrative, secretarial and practical support to The Reader’s Board of Trustees, Directors Group and the Senior Management Group.
Duties will be wide and varied ranging from governance and committee servicing and diary management to liaison with service users, volunteers and high level donors. It requires a resilient individual who can both serve others and act on her/his own initiative, using common sense and discretion, while working to tight deadlines and the highest standards.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved Section’ where you will be able to view the full job description, recruitment pack and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline for applications: Thursday 8 March 2018, 9am. Applications arriving after 9am will not be considered
Interviews: w/c 19 March 2018
Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton Dementia Day Care
Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton is now taking advance bookings for the new day care service for people living with dementia to be held at the Poppy Centre in Clubmoor.
The service will provide respite for carers and support and stimulation for people living with dementia. This nurse-led service recognises that those of us living with dementia need to feel safe and carers need to know their loved ones are enjoying an environment which concentrates on them as individuals, encouraging and emphasising strengths and interests.
Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton intends to ensure that people are recognised as unique, are physically and mentally challenged in a setting which offers reminiscence, singing, poetry readings, games, gardening, quizzes and gentle exercise and one which is not afraid to listen to new ideas and suggestions. There is a 5-star rated on-site kitchen and catering for a range of dietary and medical needs, which will be put to use with snacks and a three-course lunch each day, included in the daily cost.
The charity has listened to carers and the opportunity to have a rest, go to work or just have some “me time” will be invaluable and help to ensure that their relationship with the person they care for stays positive and strong.
The opening times will be 8am-6pm, Monday to Friday, making full or part-time work possible, if desired. Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton will answer initial enquiries, discuss costs, other financial advice, form filling and signposting to additional local community support, if needed. Once established, Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton will set up carers groups, so that people can meet and support each other.
The day care service is located at the Poppy Centre, 179 Townsend Lane, Clubmoor, Liverpool L13 9DY. It has private parking available for drop-off and pick-ups.
Nominations Open for the National Diversity Awards
The National Diversity Awards will be held at the breathtaking Liverpool Anglican Cathedral on 14 September 2018.
Britain’s most inspirational and selfless people will come together to honour the rich tapestry of our nation, recognising individuals and groups from grass roots communities.
Nominating for the National Diversity Awards is easy. Simply choose an award category below for the person/organisation you wish to nominate for.
Positive Role Model Award
The importance of having a role model can never be under estimated, role models help us to be driven, inspired, to focus, to achieve goals and strive to gain success. A role model can be a family member, friend, coach/mentor, teacher, community leader, colleague or a neighbour.
The Positive Role Model Award is split into five strands: Age | Disability | Gender | LGBT | Race, Religion & Faith
Community Organisation Award
Recognises individuals and groups who have made an outstanding contribution to their local community.
The Community Organisation Award is split into six strands: Age | Disability | Gender | LGBT | Race, Religion & Faith | Multi Strand
Entrepreneur of Excellence Award
Recognises individuals who have best demonstrated managerial expertise in assembling resources, creating an organisation, decision making under uncertainty, being forward looking, and creatively solving problems.
Diverse Company Award
Identifies a company that employs a diverse workforce and is better able to understand the demographics of the marketplace it serves and whose goals are to reassure and encourage people from the most deprived areas to further their careers.
Celebrity of the Year Award
Honouring a celebrity that has campaigned tirelessly for the enhancement of diversity & inclusion.
Lifetime Achiever Award
Honours an individual who has made significant, innovative and cumulatively outstanding contributions to enhancing the practice of equality and diversity, devoting a major portion of their professional career to the cause.
Kindred Minds has released its activity programme for February – March 2018.
Many of the activities take place at Kindred Minds’ new offices at the Alan Rudkin Room, STEC (Speke Training and Education Centre, Unit House, Speke Boulevard, Liverpool, L24 9HZ (access from Venture Point).
Singing for Pleasure Group (new)
Every Thursday, 1-3pm – Meet at STEC, then go to Metal Box over the road
Come and join in for a good old sing-a-long. It’s fun – and it makes you feel good!
Walking Group
Every Thursday, 1-3pm, re-commencing March 2018 – Various locations across Merseyside
Walking with friends is a great all-round exercise.
Art & Craft Club
Every Thursday, 1-3pm – STEC
Come along and create something lovely for Mother’s Day or Easter, or help to make some handmade goods for the Kindred Minds Summer Fundraiser.
Gardening Group
Every Friday, 11am, restarting March 2018 – STEC
Join in in the Great Outdoors. Perfect for improving your physical and mental wellbeing.
Monthly Coffee Morning and Quiz (new)
Starting Thursday 22 February 2018, 10am-12pm – STEC, Jack Jones room 1.
Drop in for a chat over a cuppa and biscuits and have a go at the mini quiz.
Future dates: 15 March in Jack Jones room 2; 19 April and 24 May in Jack Jones room 1
Monthly Holistic Therapies and Massage Taster Sessions (new)
From 1 March 2018 – STEC
For further information or to register for activities, contact Will Conroy, Activity Coordinator, at kindredmindsliverpool@gmail.com or call 07379 892793. You can also leave your details in an envelope in the Kindred Minds postbox at STEC.
Rotunda Vacancy: Nursery Practitioner
Salary: Above National Minimum wage
Hours: 25 hours per week, Monday to Friday between 8-6pm, term time only
Contract: Fixed-term for six months, with the possibility of ongoing employment, funding dependent
Rotunda is a “good” nursery, that offers compassionate, professional care for children in a fun and loving environment. It is now looking for a Nursery Practitioner with a Level 3 qualification. You will work as a member of the nursery team, showing initiative and creativity to foster an environment which encourages the children’s all round development and where high standards of care are provided.
Required experience:
NVQ 3 or equivalent in childcare
Knowledge of EYFS
Relevant core training
DBS check will be required.
For further information, contact Claire Boyd, Nursery Manager, on 0151 207 2176.
To apply for this post, email cboyd@therotunda.org.uk or send an application request to Rotunda Nursery, 109 Great Mersey Street, Liverpool, L5 2PL.
Trek Peru for Zoë’s Place
Join Zoë’s Place on an adventure of a lifetime!
The charity’s three previous challenges have seen 112 people from all walks of life take part in biking around Cuba, Vietnam, Cambodia and Costa Rica. In total nearly half a million pounds has been raised for the children Zoë’s Place Hospice, which has made a huge difference to the care.
Having completed three spectacular bike rides, The charity is now trying something a bit different. On Sunday 12 May 2019 a group of people from all walks of life will be setting off to Peru to trek the classic Inca trail and raise funds for Zoë’s Place Baby Hospice. Your support is vital, as the hospice needs to raise £1,600,000 every year just to keep the doors open and the care provided to the children is second to none.
According Tripadvisor’s Travellers’ Choice awards, Machu Picchu is still the number one landmark in the world and for very good reason. It is a spectacular location and an awe inspiring ancient city, unconquered by Spanish conquest in the 16th century and was virtually forgotten until around a hundred years ago.
You will trek the classic Inca route taking in:
The beautiful Cloud Forest Lulluchapampa
The Town above the Clouds, Phuyu Pata Marca
Warmiwanuska, the Dead Women’s Pass, 4,200m above sea level
Intipunku, the Sun Gate, which you will experience at dawn and will offer the iconic, unforgettable view of the lost city of the Incas, Macchu Picchu
Zoë’s Place is a hospice specifically for babies and children from ages 0-5 who have life limiting or life threatening conditions. Very little support is given from the UK Government and fundraising is a vital part of the day to day running of the Hospice.
This challenge is not easy. You will be trekking for up to 8-9 hours a day up very steep and difficult terrain. You will need to train for months and be really focused. You will also have pledge to raise a minimum of £3,500.
The trip is 10 days long but the actual trekking is for four consecutive days. The rest of the time is for acclimatising, travel and sightseeing. There is also an option to extend your stay just for ‘holiday time’ if you wish.
Because the trip is some time away, it will give you a real opportunity to get yourself fit. You will also have some great fun in getting your sponsorship money together. Between now and May 2019, you will always have the trip in the back of your mind. It’s hard work raising the money and even harder work getting to the level of fitness required but you will find that you will come out of it as a better person. This really can be a life changing experience for you.
The event is run by Classic Challenge who have years of expertise in this field and provide full support with tour guides, medics, cycle mechanics, etc.
If you are interested, you will need to complete the registration forms and pay a £400 non refundable registration fee, although this can form part of your fundraising. We will then help to support you to raise a further £3,100 for the hospice before the trip in May 2019.
The Independent Cinema Office (ICO) is a registered charity who exist to bring non-commercial films to audiences who may not normally have access to them.
In collaboration with the British Film Institute, ICO has launched Britain on Film on Tour – a brand new series of archive film programmes featuring extraordinary treasures from archives across the UK, available to the British public for the first time. As part of this collaboration, ICO is delighted to present Britain on Film: South Asian Britain.
This fascinating collection explores the history of Britain’s South Asian population touching on disparate communities originally from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Featuring films from 1902-1989, the programme contains an unusually early study of London’s multiculturalism in 1924, a festival at Britain’s first mosque and Indian regiments being mobilised for the Second World War; 1959 Indian Independence celebrations in Leicester, a beautiful Sikh wedding, and Asian fashion and jewellery workshops; Bangladeshi migrants to ‘70s East End facing a hostile reception and second generation youths in the 1980s exploring the roots of their culture in music and dance, alongside deeper questions of what it means to be a young British Asian.
The aim of Britain on Film onTour is not to make a profit – it is to ensure these films reach greater audiences. For this reason, ICO wants to make Britain on Film: South Asian Britain available to libraries, museums, galleries, as well as community groups, centres and spaces across the North West to hire from as little as £20+VAT – a reduction of 80% of the commercial rate.
Universal Credit is beginning to have a significant impact on benefit claimants and those who provide guidance, help, support and other services to such claimants. This will become increasingly important as the roll-out of the Universal Credit full service is expanded.
The links below cover all the main aspects of Universal Credit Full Service (UCFS), you can find other useful information and publications on gov.uk.
Merseyside Sports Partnership is supporting social enterprise Oomph! to offer out a sustainable proposal to encourage community organisations across the Liverpool City Region to improve physical activity levels of older adults aged 65+.
Oomph! is an award winning social enterprise on a mission to ensure that older and vulnerable adults across the UK live life to the full. They believe that physical activity should be a habit to be enjoyed by older adults living in the community, delivered in familiar venues by familiar people.
Oomph has received £914,000 from Sport England, as the largest recipient of their new ‘Active Ageing’ fund. Through this funding, the aim is to get 27,000 inactive older adults active for at least 30 minutes a week through partnering with organisations who are experts in older adults, providing accredited training and support to these organisations to maximise their resources to enable older people to enjoy fun, accessible and sustainable activity.
Organisations in the Liverpool City Region can take up a heavily subsidised and sustainable package of support from Oomph! in order to increase activity levels and outcomes for older adults. This opportunity is open to organisations who support groups of older adults in the Liverpool City Region.
For further questions, or to register your interest, contact Danny Woodworth at d.woodworth@merseysidesport.com or call 077300 28773.
Healthiness Ltd Wins NHS Contract
Healthiness Ltd. has been chosen to deliver the NHS ESCAPE-pain programme in Liverpool.
ESCAPE-pain is a rehabilitation programme focusing on musculoskeletal conditions and integrates simple education, self-management and coping strategies, with an exercise regime individualised for each person.
Each six-week programme is free of charge and will be delivered by Healthiness fitness instructors twice a week, Mondays and Wednesdays.
The first sessions starts on Monday 5 March 2018, 1-2pm, at Lark Lane Community Centre, Sefton Grove, Liverpool, L17 8XB.
For more information or to refer patients into the programme, contact info@healthinessltd.co.uk or call 0151 728 8874. Places are strictly limited.
Free GDPR Advice Surgeries
Please note these sessions are now fully booked.
Back by popular demand! LCVS is pleased to announce that we are running a number of additional free advice surgeries for Liverpool based groups looking for support in relation to the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
From May 2018, the GDPR introduces new data protection regulations that will have a significant impact on all not for profit organisations. It’s important that your organisation understands the key elements of the regulation and takes appropriate protection measures to ensure the data you hold is audited, well documented and that all your data collection procedures are GDPR compliant.
If you’re reading this and thinking “what is GDPR?”, or you’ve heard of GDPR but your organisation is yet to begin preparing, it’s not too late to start your readiness strategy.
LCVS have developed these surgeries in partnership with local provider, Capacity: The Public Services Lab. Each one-hour surgery will provide you with a chance to receive one to one advice from a member of the Capacity Lab team, who will help you understand the implications of GDPR, assess your organisation’s GDPR readiness and advise you on the steps you should take to become compliant.
The afternoon appointments are offered on a first come, first served basis. Surgery slots are 1pm, 2pm or 3pm on:
Thursday 1 March
Wednesday 7 March
Wednesday 21 March
Wednesday 28 March
Wednesday 4 April
Wednesday 11 April
Wednesday 18 April
Wednesday 25 April
We will be operating a waiting list, should demand outstrip supply. Additional surgeries may be possible, subject to demand.
To book your place, contact info@lcvs.org.uk, including your name, organisation name, address, e-mail and telephone number, along with your chosen appointment.
Places are limited to one organisation per appointment.
Sahir House Vacancy: Chief Executive Officer
Sahir House is recruiting a suitably experienced CEO to guide the charity through its next stage of development. In particular, Sahir House is looking for someone who can demonstrate:
Significant senior management experience in the voluntary sector (or closely related field)
Ability to work with stakeholders, including service users, volunteers, politicians, clinicians, commissioners, staff and supporters
Strategic awareness and the ability to lead change in the organisation and in the sector
Good core senior management skills, including strategic management of finance, marketing and human resources
Applicants should send a short CV (up to two pages) and a covering letter demonstrating both how they meet the criteria in the person specification, and their vision for how they would take the charity forward (another two pages max).
The post is subject to a six-month probationary period, satisfactory references and DBS check.
Sahir House is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. The charity especially welcomes applications from groups which reflect Sahir House service user groups: HIV positive people (and other disabled people), people from Black and Minority Ethnic groups, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people and refugee communities.
Full job description and person specification can be downloaded from the Sahir House website.
If you would like a call back from the Chair for an informal chat about the role, call Sahir House on 0151 237 3989.
Closing date: Tuesday 6 March 2018, 12noon
Interviews: Wednesday 14 March 2018
Ideal start date: April 2018 but can be discussed
Compass is a charity that has been supporting the mental health and wellbeing of the Merseyside community for 40 years. Throughout this time it has offered a range of counselling services to adults across the area, ensuring that these are tailored to the needs of the community. Compass is a vibrant counselling community of qualified volunteer counsellors and supervisors, also providing a small number of placements for trainee counsellors.
Compass is recruiting an Office Administrator to join the staff team and contribute to the smooth running of our office. The successful applicant will demonstrate up-to-date IT skills and knowledge, and be prepared to work innovatively to enhance the administration of the charity.
All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance, employment references and a six month probation period. COMPASS seeks to make no discrimination on grounds of ethnicity, physical disability, politics, religion, sexual orientation, social status, or in any other area.
Closing date: Wednesday 21 February 2018
Interviews: 6 March 2018
The Reader Vacancy: Head of Communications
Salary: £27,000-£35,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week. Flexible working arrangements will be considered
Contract: Permanent
The Head of Communications role is a new post which has strategic and operational responsibility for all aspects of communications (internal and external), marketing and brand management for The Reader. You will be a senior leader in the organisation, taking responsibility for developing and refining our messages to the world. Your work will increase awareness of, and engagement with The Reader as an evolving, innovative charity and social enterprise with a strong Liverpool base and growing national, and international, reach.
The Reader is at an exciting point in its development. It has just finalised a new five-year business plan that will see the organisation evolve and grow a new volunteer-led model for Shared Reading to radically increase the reach across the UK. 2018 will also see the launch of the International Centre for Shared Reading at Calderstones Park. It is in this context that the organisation is now investing in the communications function, new digital infrastructure and brand development. You will lead a small, committed team, work closely with The Reader’s Director Jane Davis and be a vital part of The Reader’s Senior Management team.
You must be a highly experienced, creative person who demonstrates an excellent understanding of the purpose and social mission of The Reader and its values. You will be, or will quickly become, a powerful advocate for and practitioner of Shared Reading, able to explain why a Clinical Psychologist might gain from having Coleridge in her medicine bag, or a Drug and Alcohol worker be able to use Shakespeare to help people in recovery. You will have held a similar role or will be able to demonstrate that you have the skills and experience to take on what is a wide-ranging leadership role.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved Section’ where you will be able to view the full job description, recruitment pack and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit to suzannerussell@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Jemma Guerrier, Associate Director of Development on 0151 729 2200.
Deadline for applications: Thursday 22 February 2018, 9am. Applications arriving after 9am will not be considered.
If successful at shortlisting you will be invited to complete a selection task followed by a first stage panel interview. If successful at the stage one panel interview you will be invited to a stage two panel interview.
Interviews: Stage one on Monday 5 March and stage two on Friday 9 March 2018
A high volume of applications may make replies to everyone impossible. If you have not heard by Wednesday 28 February 2018, your application has been unsuccessful.
MRWA and Veolia Community Fund 2018/19
The £115,000 Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority and Veolia Community Fund for 2018/19 is now open.
The funding has been made available for Merseyside and Halton community and voluntary groups, schools, faith groups and not-for-profit organisations that can reduce household waste, encourage recycling and resource re-use and prevent carbon emissions. The projects will also have to demonstrate wider positive impacts on the environment, health and education.
Successful applicants can be awarded up to £25,000 for schemes which operate across all six districts in Merseyside and Halton, and £8,000 for projects which work solely at one local authority level.
This year bids must tackle one or more of the four priority household waste materials which have been identified by MRWA as key: food, plastics, textiles and furniture. An analysis of waste in Merseyside and Halton in 2016 highlighted that a greater amount of these materials could be re-used or recycled. Projects can also include other household waste materials, for example paper, card and metals.
Interested groups should complete and submit an Expression of Interest with MRWA. If applicants are shortlisted then they will be asked to fill in a more detailed Community Fund entry.
Projects will have ten months to deliver their schemes and will be expected to get started by June 2018.
Organisations interested in this year’s Community Fund can:
Survey for Organisations Working in the Criminal Justice System
This is a chance to tell your story and help us influence decision makers. Responding to Clinks’ state of the sector survey is vitally important as it helps evidence the challenges you and your clients are experiencing and share your successes, so Clinks can advocate on your behalf.
The survey takes 15-20 minutes to fill out. It will ask you to provide information about your organisation’s criminal justice work, staffing, volunteers and clients, and also how you are working to meet the needs of people with protected characteristics. Your anonymised responses will contribute to a report which will be sent to key policy decision makers.
Free Research Support for Non-profit Organisations
Would your organisation benefit from a research project to support your aims? If you are you a voluntary and community organisation and could support a student community researcher for 20 weeks, Interchange can help you.
Interchange is a registered charity that connects higher education institutions with voluntary and community organisations for the purpose of research and work-based learning research projects. The students are in their third year and mainly from the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology within the School of Law and Social Justice at the University of Liverpool.
A research project can provide assistance with a specific task planned by your organisation, and can provide evidence to assist you with areas such as:
Business planning
Annual Reports
Funding applications
Improving services
Becoming more sustainable
Students will start with the organisation in September 2018 and produce a final report in May 2019. There is no charge for the service but organisations must meet the basic travel expenses incurred by the student and to pay for the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) if required.
If you have a project idea and would like to take part, or to find out more, contact the Interchange Co-ordinator on 0151 794 2986 / 0151 795 8684, or email interchange@liv.ac.uk.
Deadline for applications: Friday 13 April 2018
Lister Steps Vacancy: Community Engagement Manager
Salary: £24,057 p.a.
Hours: 35 hours per week – must be willing to work flexibly and evenings and weekends as required
Contract: Fixed-term contract for 4 years 9 months
Lister Steps is embarking on an exciting five-year project, made possible by National Lottery players and Heritage Lottery Fund. The Old Library in Green Lane, Old Swan will become a flagship centre of community involvement, education, support services, events and enterprise, following its full refurbishment. Lister Steps is recruiting a full time Community Engagement Manager to ensure that the project stays well connected and relevant to peoples needs.
The Community Engagement Manager will be key to Lister Steps maintaining excellent relationships with local community members and other public, charitable and private organisations operating in and around the City of Liverpool and outlying districts. The successful applicant will have excellent communication skills, have experience working with community groups and individuals in a voluntary sector environment and have a good understanding of the opportunities offered by community-based heritage projects.
Lister Steps is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All positions are subject to the receipt of a satisfactory Criminal Records Bureau check.
If you would like to discuss this opportunity, contact Gaynor Williams, Chief Executive, on 0151 254 1394.
Closing date: Monday 26 February 2018, 5pm
Interviews: Week commencing 5 March 2018
Recruitment of Advisory Board Chair for the School for Social Entrepreneurs North West
The School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) North West, part of the award-winning Blackburne House Group, is seeking applications from suitably experienced people who may take up the role of Chair of the Advisory Board.
In particular, SSE is looking for someone who can bring the following:
Insights, networks and connections into fields that would help to advance SSE and our students’ business interests
Business acumen and experience of start-ups, trade up and growing sustainable larger scale enterprises
Strong interpersonal and communication skills to liaise with the Blackburne House Board, SSE Central Board and the SSE North West Advisory Board
Evidence of impact in governance and / or advisory role
Application forms are available on request from Carole Joel via email to carolejoel@blackburnehouse.co.uk or by telephone on 0151 708 3932.
Closing date: Friday 16 February 2018
Interviews: Thursday 22 February 2018
TLC Training Team New Year Sale
TLC training aims to refresh your teams’ skills and knowledge and provide new ways of tackling the old problem of employability.
TLC Training Suite features the most popular training sessions and you can now benefit by creating your own custom training package. This training can be delivered for teams, individual staff or directly to groups of your clients.
There is an offer of 50% off the next four sessions when you book the full Employability Skills Training Suite before 28 February 2018, or 25% off when you pick and choose. Alternatively, you can contact us directly to discuss a bespoke company quote.
Salary: £20,138 – £22,658 for 40 hours per week contract. Actual salary is £15,104 to £16,994
Hours: 30 hours
Contract:Fixed-term up to 29 March 2019
The Include-IT Mersey programme is funded by the European Social Fund and the Big Lottery Fund and provides targeted, personalised digital skills development and employment support to digitally excluded, unemployed/economically inactive residents of the Liverpool City Region.
The successful candidate will deliver a vocational programme to participants which will improve their basic ICT and online skills. The programme also includes an embedded employability element. The candidate will deliver the programme and provide support and assistance and engage with participants, providing them with the confidence to overcome barriers resulting from a lack of digital skills.
The role is based at Greenbank College but the successful applicant will be expected to deliver workshops at community locations.
Salary: £18,070 – £20,138 for 40 hours. Actual salary is £13,553 – £15,104
Hours: 30 hours
Contract: Permanent
The purpose of this job is to plan, prepare and create excellent fresh meals and snacks efficiently and economically and develop the reputation of Time Out for quality and value. You will work closely with Greenbank College in delivering catering related training programmes.
ChildLab is a group of developmental psychologists and educators from Liverpool Hope University interested in how children (aged from birth-16) develop and grow. ChildLab works on different topics such as children’s learning, understanding, and emotions. It is looking for families to be part of a research community.
The research is based on age-appropriate fun games and tasks, for children and families. The studies will help us gain more knowledge on how children develop and change. All studies are run by experienced researchers and trained research assistants from Liverpool Hope University, and all have a valid Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
If you are interested in taking part in the research with your child, contact childlab@hope.ac.uk or call 0151 291 2580.
Funding of up to £18,000 is available from the Transform Foundation to cover the strategy, design, build, content strategy, training, QA and launch of a new mobile optimised website, with sophisticated marketing, fundraising, appeals, social media, e-commerce and website management tools.
The grant covers 100% of the website design and build costs with our current grant partner. Your organisation will need to cover ongoing costs for a minimum of a 12-month commitment.
This fund is for organisations that are looking to use their website as a marketing platform in order to achieve their charitable objectives, whether they be raising funds, recruiting volunteers, carrying out online petitions or reaching beneficiaries. Your organisation must be committed to making best use of the new website through updating content frequently.
NatWest has made £1m of funding available to local not-for-profit organisations across England and Wales, for projects focused on financial capability and enterprise, in the seventh round of the Skills and Opportunities Fund.
Community organisations with an eligible project or project idea are invited to apply for grants of up to £35k.
The Fund has had a positive impact in the three years since its launch, distributing funding to great local initiatives and organisations, and helping people and their wider communities.
Liverpool World Centre Vacancy: Global Learning Education Officer
Salary: £25,951-27,688 pro rata
Hours: 17.5 hours per week (flexible working)
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who loves education, can facilitate adult learning and is passionate about social justice. Liverpool World Centre exists to make world issues relevant to the lives of young people. The charity is looking for an Education Officer to develop relationships with schools and deliver training to those who work directly with young people.
The Education Officer will create relationships with schools that are already part of Liverpool World Centre membership or are new to it or new to Global Learning. The role will be responsible for delivering a programme of Global Learning activities whilst meeting the needs of teachers and young people.
You enjoy communicating with educators, facilitating children and adults; can organise workshops; and has experience of creating educational resources.
Deadline: Friday 9 March 2018, 12noon
Interviews: Friday 16 March 2018
Successful applicants will be invited to interview by 5pm on Tuesday 13 March. If you have not heard by this date, then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful.
Intergenerational Community Day at YPAS Plus South Community Hub
YPAS Plus South Hub held an Intergenerational Event on Saturday 27 January 2018. The event was for older people in the local community and younger people/families. The free event provided Food, DJ, Quiz, Raffle, Games and the local Liverpool X Factor Contestant Gary Barker singing Rat Pack songs.
The event was funded through the LCVS Big Liverpool Get-Together, inspired by the Great Get-Together organised in 2017 by the family of the late MP Jo Cox.
The Big Liverpool Get-Together Fund funds projects that bring together people within communities from different backgrounds, of different ages and with different outlooks, to increase mutual understanding and to help people work together to improve their community.
Paula Smith, YPAS Community Hub Coordinator – South, commented: “What a fantastic day! We had over 80 people attend the event from the local community. YPAS services are aimed at children and young people but we wanted to hold this community event to bring all members of the community around the hub together breaking down any barriers between young and old and dissolving any misconceptions. It was a great success and thank you to everyone who supported us on the day.”
Special thank you to Margi from Lee Valley Pensioners who arranged raffle and bingo prizes for the event, which raised £114.27 towards a trip for young people who access our services to Knowsley Safari Park in the half term.
Liverpool Local Plan Consultation
Liverpool City Council is preparing a Local Plan, which will guide development in the City until 2033 by setting out policies and land allocations/designations with regard to the quantity and location of new homes, employment provision, shops, community facilities and other services, transport and other infrastructure provision, climate change mitigation and adaption and the conservation and enhancement of the natural and historic environment. Once adopted, the Local Plan will replace the Liverpool Unitary Development Plan (UDP) as the statutory development plan for the City.
Informal public consultation took place on a Draft Local Plan between late September and early November 2016. The City Council has considered all representations received, which totalled nearly 1,200 specific comments, in finalising the Local Plan. The City Council has now produced a Submission Draft Local Plan for consultation, which is the Plan the City Council considers is ready to be submitted to the Secretary of State for the purposes of independent examination.
At this stage of the preparation of the Local Plan the Regulations require comments made by the public, stakeholders and other organisations to focus on whether the City Council has complied with legal requirements and defined soundness test. This contrasts with previous consultation which was concerned with developing the content of the Local Plan. The tests of soundness are concerned with the following questions:
Has the Local Plan been ‘positively prepared’ – the plan should be prepared based on a strategy which seeks to meet objectively assessed development and infrastructure requirements, including unmet requirements from neighbouring authorities where it is reasonable to do so and consistent with achieving sustainable development
Is the Local Plan ‘Justified’ – the plan should be the most appropriate strategy, when considered against the reasonable alternatives, based on proportionate evidence
Will the Local plan be ‘Effective’ – the plan should be deliverable over its period and based on effective joint working on cross-boundary strategic priorities
Is the Local Plan ‘Consistent with national policy’ – the plan should enable the delivery of sustainable development in accordance with the policies in the National Planning Policy Framework.
A copy of the Submission Draft Local Plan and all associated response forms, supporting assessments and evidence studies are available via the City Council website. Copies of the Submission Draft Local Plan and forms are also available, during normal opening hours, at:
Planning Reception on the 4th Floor, Cunard Building, Water Street, Liverpool L3 1DS
Central Library, William Brown Street, Liverpool L3 8EW
All Community Libraries across the City
All One Stop Shops across the City
All representations must be returned to the City Council by midnight, Friday 9 March 2018.
Representations can be made by one of the following methods:
Citizens Advice Liverpool is hosting a writing competition as part of its work with the Illegal Money Lending Team to raise awareness of the dangers of borrowing from loan sharks and how to report illegal money lending activity.
Did you know?
The lowest amount borrowed £20
The highest amount borrowed £80,000
The highest APR charged by loan shark £7.2 million
34% of victims and families went without food
Loan sharks are a priority debt with 90% of victims in the northwest
12% of victims have attempted suicide
All entries are welcome, particularly from anyone who has been affected by loan sharks. The competition itself will offer the opportunity for participants to recount their own and their families’ experiences of loan sharks in a safe and supportive environment.
The competition has three categories:
Poetry
Short story
Real-life story (journalism piece, diary entry etc.)
There will be a prize for 1st and 2nd in each category, £100 and £50. Participants’ accounts, anonymised as appropriate, will be available as an anthology in hard copy, publicly available via Amazon or similar, and indefinitely online as a testament to the impact of loan shark activities on communities.
This competition will close on Thursday 22 March 2018 and an awards ceremony will take place at Liverpool Central Library on Thursday 26 April 2018, 6-8pm.
You must include an entry form with your submission and send via email to events@caliverpool.org.uk as a Word document, or by post to: Writing Competition, Citizens Advice Liverpool, 242 Picton Road, Liverpool, L15 4LP.
Salary: £23,698 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Fixed-term until 31 March 2019
Liverpool Community Advice is a member of the Greater Merseyside Money Advice Partnership and wishes to recruit a Debt Adviser to join the city centre based team.
You will have substantial experience of providing Debt Advice, and preferably be a DRO Intermediary. You will hold the IMA Certificate in Money Advice Practice, or the Giving Good Debt Advice accreditation.
Closing date: Monday 12 February 2018, 5pm
Interviews: Monday 19 February 2018
The Reader Internship Vacancies
Arts Administration Internship – HR People Team
Hours: 21 hours per week (flexible)
Remuneration: Travel expenses paid
You will be part of a small group of interns working together to gain valuable work experience whilst helping a dynamic charity/social enterprise develop. You will predominately assist the People Team with key areas of organisational support and development, although there may be opportunities to get involved with other operational teams.
Arts Administration Internship – Monitoring & Evaluation
Hours: 21 hours per week (flexible)
Remuneration: Travel and refreshment expenses reimbursed
You will be part of a small group of interns working together to gain valuable work experience whilst helping a dynamic charity/social enterprise develop. You will predominately assist the Monitoring & Evaluation Team with key areas of organisational support and development, although there may be opportunities to get involved with other operational teams.
Marketing, Communications and Development Intern
Hours: 21 hours per week (flexible – to be agreed upon appointment)
Remuneration: Travel expenses and sustenance paid
The Marketing, Communications and Development Intern will learn new skills, have the opportunity to create exciting and engaging content and work on inspiring and life-changing campaigns. If you want practical experience working as part of a dedicated and ambitious team, this role could be for you.
Arts Administration Internship – Reading Resources
Hours: 21 hours per week (flexible – to be agreed upon appointment)
Remuneration: Travel expenses and sustenance paid
You will be part of a small group of interns working to gain valuable work experience whilst helping a dynamic charity / social enterprise develop. You will work predominantly with one of The Reader Group’s Learning and Quality Leaders, under the Head of Reading Excellence, although there will also be plenty of opportunities to visit and communicate with other operational teams.
Community Engagement Internship – Shared Reading North West Volunteer Team
Hours: 16 hours per week (flexible)
Remuneration: Travel expenses paid
You will be part of a small group of interns working together to gain valuable work experience whilst helping a dynamic charity/social enterprise develop. You will predominately assist the Shared Reading North West Volunteer Team with key areas of organisational support and development, although there may be opportunities to get involved with other operational teams.
To apply for any of the internships, visit The Reader website to view the full job descriptions and to download the application form. Complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline for applications: Friday 2 February 2018, 9am. Applications arriving after 9am will not be considered
A high volume of applications may make replies to everyone impossible, therefore if you have not heard back within 10 days of the closing date, you will have been unsuccessful at shortlisting.
Start date: End of February/start of March 2018
End date: June 2018
LCVS Vacancy: Community Accountancy Team Leader
Salary: £25,000 – £27,000 (flexible working hours)
Contract: Permanent
Whether its sharing best practice and resources or delivering community programmes, LCVS believe working together is better for everyone. We offer a range of specialist services to local non-profit organisations, one of them being accountancy. Over 200 organisations access these services, including preparation of accounts, independent examinations, payroll, book-keeping support and advice on all financial aspects of charity legislation, company law and taxation.
We are looking for somebody to lead this proactive Community Accountancy Team in the next stage of their development. You will have a practical background and up-to-date financial knowledge to lead and manage external deadlines scheduled for the team. You will need to prepare accounts and undertake independent examination fieldwork for charities and other voluntary and community organisations, completing files in line with relevant recommended practice. You may have extensive experience of working in the sector, having gained technical expertise which could be applied to this exciting role, working closely with clients and assisting them to achieve the goals of their organisation.
This is a fantastic opportunity if you are looking to apply your skills and experience in a new direction assisting in the development of new ideas and resources ensuring the community accountancy service continues to deliver a cost effective, compliant and relevant service.
If you are interested in this role and you’d like to request a candidate information pack, email recruitment@charitycareersnorthwest.com or call 0151 709 3214. You are advised to get in touch in advance of the closing date for an informal chat.
Only applications by CV and cover letter via Charity Careers North West will be considered.
Closing date: Wednesday 7 February 2018, 9am
Interviews: Friday 16 February 2018
Weston Anniversary Fund
The Garfield Weston Foundation has launched a new £5m fund to celebrate its 60th anniversary year, with a view to help local charities provide new or improve existing community facilities.
Communities need good facilities and raising funds takes time and effort. For this reason, up to £150,000 is available to projects that successfully apply. The Foundation is using this anniversary year to acknowledge the vulnerable position that many small and local charities are in, and by offering capital funding it hopes to invest in much needed facilities that will enable them to continue providing support.
This is a one-off grants scheme in 2018 to support Capital projects that will benefit local communities across the UK. It is open to UK registered charities, CIOs, places of worship and state schools only with a total income under £3million.
Closing date: 30 June 2018. Decisions will not be made until October 2018.
The Royal British Legion Grants Programme Is Open to Applications
The Royal British Legion directly helps thousands of beneficiaries every year. It also provide funds to other organisations, manages trusts and scholarship funds and helps the wider Armed Forces community in many ways.
The Royal British Legion’s External Grants programme is open to applications from organisations running, or planning, charitable activities in support of the Armed Forces community.
Applications for projects supporting the following outcome themes will be prioritised:
Employment and training
Family support
Homelessness and outreach
Supporting the elderly
The Legion is not inviting applications for multi-year funding at this time. Applications will only be considered for ‘one off’ payments. Continuation funding may be applied for in following years. The typical grant award is not likely to exceed £50,000, and smaller applications are encouraged.
Heart of Glass Vacancy: Artist in Residence – Schools and Colleges
Salary: £27,000 – £30,000, dependent upon qualification and experience
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Contract: One-year fixed-term contract
This role will be a residency truly embedded within Heart of Glass. You will be part of the Programme Team, leading on the Schools and Colleges Programme, creating a series of projects to deliver with key partners.
Aimed at an artist who has significant experience working with schools and colleges, this is an opportunity to develop your own practice and creatively lead on projects from seed to fruition. As well as creating your own projects with key schools, you will create a series of online resources that will complement the Heart of Glass programme. All this while working with your own budget, allowing you to shape projects and collaborate with other artists.
In this role you will also support schools to progress their Artsmark status and support pupils involved with projects to achieve Arts Award and will represent Heart of Glass within local education networks, offering a creative voice and finding opportunities to develop project ideas and new partnerships.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an artist to develop their practice in this area, at an appropriate pace with continued support from Heart of Glass over a substantial period. Heart of Glass is open to this opportunity being fulfilled by a small collective or a job share.
Closing date: Monday 19 February 2018, 9am
Interviews: Monday 26 February 2018
Red Cross Vacancy: Casework Coordinator Refugee Support
Salary: £18,805 – £19,747 per annum pro rata, depending on experience
Hours: 21 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
The Casework Co-ordinator’s role is to ensure effective casework support is provided to asylum seekers, refugees and other vulnerable migrants. The post will involve close work with partner organisations to maintain clear systems of referral and ensure effective advocacy.
The successful candidate will provide training and support to a team of volunteer caseworkers, ensuring that volunteers feel supported and clients receive the highest quality of service. Active casework support will also be required on more complex cases.
The Red Cross is looking for someone to work as part of a team of staff and volunteers to provide casework support and distribute emergency provisions to asylum seekers and refugees. There will also be the requirement to deliver training and support to casework volunteers. The Casework Co-ordinator will be required to work as part of a team to implement service standards and operational policies.
Closing date: Wednesday 31 January 2018, 23:59
Interviews: Week commencing 12 February 2018
Merseyside Police Commissioner Consultation and Road Shows
Merseyside’s Police Commissioner is asking local people if they would be willing to pay a little extra to help protect police officer numbers and recruit new armed officers after the government sidestepped its responsibility to invest in the police service.
After seven years of austerity, the Government announced in December that the police would, once again, receive no more new money from the Home Office to tackle crime in Merseyside. Instead, Policing Minister Nick Hurd MP announced Police and Crime Commissioners would be expected to ask local taxpayers to pay up to £1 a month extra towards their police service through their council tax. Since 2010, Merseyside Police has had to make cuts of £103m, with an estimated £18m still to make by 2021/22.
If the Commissioner, Jane Kennedy, does not win the support of local people, Merseyside Police will be left facing a further shortfall of more than £3.17m – the equivalent of 64 police officer posts.
Jane said: “The sad truth is that this government has once again left police forces around the country facing a funding black hole. They have washed their hands of their responsibility and instead are shifting the burden of paying for the police on to the shoulders of local council taxpayers.
“By freezing the grant provided by central government at the 2017/18 rate – a reduction on the previous two years – the Policing Minister has imposed a real terms cut on the police budget as we contend with pay and inflationary pressures. His proposal is that I make up this shortfall by asking local taxpayers to pay more.
“This is a step which I am reluctant to take, however, if I don’t raise the policing element of local council tax then Merseyside Police will be penalised and our communities adversely affected.
“This money will be used to save police officer jobs and help us to recruit 20 new armed officers who are needed to help tackling the scourge of serious and organised crime on Merseyside and to protect our communities. The Government did not bother to ask people if they would be willing to contribute more for policing before they made this announcement – instead they arrogantly assumed that local residents could stump up the cash. I know finances are tight for a lot of people on Merseyside at the moment, so I don’t ask for this tax rise lightly.”
The Commissioner is now holding a region-wide consultation asking people if they would be willing to contribute the extra funding expected by central government to make up for the shortfall and help her to limit the impact of the ongoing cuts.
The increase equates to approximately 15p a week or £8 a year for a Band A household – the lowest Council Tax category and the amount paid by the majority of tax payers on Merseyside. This would increase the police element of tax payers’ bills from £110.65 to £118.65 a year. Even with this increase, the Commissioner and Chief Constable will still be forced to make savings of £7m over the next 12 months.
Jane said: “Since 2015 the Government have assumed that Police and Crime Commissioners like myself will put up the council tax precept to minimise the impact of their cuts to funding. It is a move which comes from a government who know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
“Any additional funding we can raise from the precept will not replace the 1,000 officers we have lost over the last seven years. However, it will mean that we will have 64 officers more by March 2019 than we would otherwise. In a climate of growing demands, rising crime and increasing calls for help from the public, I do not believe we can afford to lose any more officers. I am therefore forced to ask people on Merseyside if they would be willing to contribute that extra 15p a week to help protect vital frontline police services.”
People are invited to have their say through a short online survey at www.merseysidepcc.info by Sunday 4 February 2018.
The Commissioner will also be holding a series of road shows throughout Merseyside to ask people for their views:
Building a Stronger Britain Together Fund Is Now Open
At the heart of the Counter Extremism strategy sits a partnership between the Government and all those groups and communities who want to see extremism defeated. That is why the Home Office launched the Building a Stronger Britain Together (BSBT) Fund. The next round of this fund is now open.
The Building a Stronger Britain Together programme will help fund and support groups and communities involved in projects countering extremism and building more resilient communities.
To help groups expand their reach and influence, the BSBT programme offers two forms of support through a competitive bidding process:
In-kind support, such as social media training, technical assistance to help a group improve their website, or capacity building work to help a group protect more vulnerable individuals
Grants – targeted funding for specific projects that demonstrate they are meeting at least one of the three BSBT outcomes:
Fewer people holding attitudes, beliefs and feelings that oppose shared values
An increased sense of belonging and civic participation at the local level
More resilient communities
Groups with a track record of promoting community cohesion and building stronger communities are very much encouraged to get in touch.
The fund closes on Friday 16 February 2018.
Liverpool City Council is holding an event with the BSBT Team on Monday 29 January 2018, 1-3pm, at the Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BT.
This is an opportunity to meet the team and find out more about the programme. If you are thinking of applying it would be useful to start to plan your application prior to the event so you have plenty of time to submit it before the deadline.
For more information about the event, or to book a place, contact, Joanne Matthews, Community Coordinator (Counter Extremism Strategy) at Joanne.matthews@liverpool.gov.uk or telephone 233 7019.
Triple C Vacancy: Older Persons’ Community Worker
Salary: £18,070 – 19,430 pro rata, NJC scale 4 points 18-20
Hours: 25 hours per week
Contract: Fixed term of 3 years
Triple C (Liverpool) is looking for that special mix – a people person with creative flair and insight, to help support and develop a small charity in its community based work in Liverpool 11.
The right candidate will:
Build positive relationships with older people in the community
Be creative in developing the project to combat isolation and improve wellbeing amongst older people
Work closely with colleagues to recruit, inspire, train and support a team of volunteers
Develop and extend the existing work with older people
Encourage community engagement and strengthen partnerships across the community of Liverpool 11
You should be an experienced volunteer or someone with experience of working in the voluntary sector and with the skills to help a charity move forward, especially in its support of older people. You will be based at Christ Church Community Centre but outreach in the community is an essential part of the role.
Closing date for applications: Monday 5 February 2018, 5pm
Interviews: Monday 19 February 2018
Squash Nutrition Vacancy: Chef/Cook
Salary: £20,000-£23,000, dependent on experience
Hours per week: 37.5
Contract: One-year fixed-term, with the possibility of extension
The Chef will co-design, develop and deliver our exciting new community business at Squash’s new food space at 112-114 Windsor Street; a vegetarian cafe, food-to-go and catering service. Working with the education team, the Chef will also co-design and deliver food-producing workshops and training with and for community members. The vision is to make a fresh, buzzing, welcoming eating place with a vibrant, delicious, seasonal food offer.
Squash is looking for a proactive, inventive person who has a real passion for cooking great tasting, multicultural, vegetarian food. You must have a minimum of three years work experience as a lead chef/cook and have experience and understanding of vegetarian and vegan cooking and baking.
Deadline for applications: Monday 5 February 2018, 9am
Interviews: Week commencing 12 February 2018
For an informal chat about the post, call Gina Tsang on 0151 707 7897.
Countdown to General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR
There are less than five months to until the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25 May 2018.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has resources available to help organisations.
ICO’s blog GDPR is not Y2K looks well beyond January, highlighting accountability under the new legislation. The ICO website is packed with information for all organisations. Guidance updates are being regularly published, there is a new series of FAQs for smaller organisations, plus various data protection self-assessment toolkits and checklists.
The advice line is open Monday-Friday on 0303 123 1113, and includes a dedicated GDPR preparation helpline for small organisations on option 4.
Whatever stage your preparations are at, let’s use 25 May 2018 as the opportunity for all organisations to improve their data protection practices in 2018 and for years to come.
Better Old Swan Priorities and Events
LCVS would like to thank everyone who has been involved in the Better Old Swan (BOS) project in the past year, attending meetings or giving us some feedback. Your opinions and views about Old Swan have helped us to define our focus for the BOS project.
We have defined three priority areas for the BOS project to focus on going forward:
1. High Street
Strengthening the role of the High Street in the Community. This will be done through developing a Business Breakfast group to help build resilience, and by developing some unique activity within the High Street, supporting the High Street to become a “destination to go to, not a place to go through”. Next meeting: Tuesday 13 February 2018, 8-9am, Old Swan Library
2. Pollution and Traffic
Identifying factors that can be changed to improve Old Swan. We have been invited to join the air pollution task group for the city and regional, changing intermediate factors impacting on pollution. Next meeting is scheduled for March but details are yet to be confirmed.
3. Residents Involvement
Open meeting to engaging with residents to discuss progress, developments and wider opportunities for Old Swan, as well as how to get involved. Next meeting: Monday 22 January 2018, 6-8pm at All Saints, Broadgreen Road, Old Swan
The BOS project relies on local people to influence how it progresses and how successful it can be, and your involvement is welcomed.
If you would like more information about the project, contact Paula Atherton at paula.atherton@lcvs.org.uk or call 0151 227 5177, ext. 3222.
Unity Theatre Vacancy: General Manager
Salary: £25,000-£28,000 pa
Hours of Work: 37.5 hours, Monday-Friday. Occasional weekend and evening work required
Unity Theatre in Liverpool produces and presents innovative and compelling live performance. The theatre is a home for established and emerging artists and also host events such as DaDaFest, Homotopia and Physical Fest.
To ensure continued success, Unity Theatre seeks a dynamic General Manager to take responsibility for administrative teams, income generation and operations of the theatre. You will be a leader who will continue driving a change process, maximise the benefits from a recent capital programme and ensure the Unity’s ongoing growth.
20 Stories High Vacancy: Freelance Pastoral Support Workers
Fee: £10 per hour
Hours: Weekly hours will vary and be mutually agreed, and involve evening and weekend work
20 Stories High, a theatre company based in Liverpool, is looking for casual, freelance Pastoral Support Workers. 20 Stories High runs a local participation programme, including a youth theatre and young actors company. This role supports the Participation Team, providing pastoral care for the young people, aged 13-25.
To apply, send your CV and a letter outlining your approach to the role and how you match the person specification to siofra@20storieshigh.org.uk.
Deadline: Monday 29 January 2018, 3pm
WIRED Vacancy: CRM Administration and Data Officer
Salary: £18,750 per annum
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Wirral-based charity WIRED is seeking to appoint a CRM Administration and Data Officer to lead on the organisations data entry and data management within a Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM system, and also within Microsoft Access Databases.
WIRED provides a range of support services to carers and vulnerable individuals in Wirral, Liverpool, Knowsley and Warrington. The CRM Administration and Data Officer will be based in WIRED’s Birkenhead Resource Centre.
Applicants will need to be proficient in data entry and data management within both Microsoft Dynamics 365 Enterprise for Customer Service and also within Microsoft Access. The successful applicant will have strong operational skills in relation to data record template development and data report template development and production.
A further essential requirement of the role is proficiency in the use of Microsoft Publisher, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Office 365 and also the use of Facebook and website admin portals (updating the content of web pages). The ideal applicant will be working or have experience of working in a busy office-based customer service environment and dealing with members of the public via telephone.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills are a prerequisite of this role and valid full driving licence and access to a vehicle essential.
For more information, email ceo@wired.me.uk or telephone 0151 522 7990. Application packs can be downloaded directly from the WIRED website.
Closing date: Monday 29 January 2018, 1pm
Healthwatch Liverpool Vacancy: Information and Project Officer
Salary: £22,285 per annum
Hours: 35 hours a week, with occasional evening and weekend work
Contract: Fixed term until 31 March 2020, reviewed subject to continued funding
Healthwatch Liverpool was established in April 2013 to ensure that everyone who uses NHS and social care services in Liverpool is well informed about the options that are available to them and to hear the public’s experiences of using these services. The organisation is seeking a full time Information and Project Officer to join the operational team.
You will gain the views of the public in relation to their health and social care experiences, and work with providers, commissioners and public bodies using this feedback to improve health and social care services in Liverpool.
This role is largely office based but requires frequent attendance at meetings with health and social care providers. Appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS and satisfactory references.
Closing date: Monday 29 January 2018, 5pm (or midnight if submitted electronically)
Interviews: 14 or 15 February 2018
Community of Practice and Multiple and Complex Needs Frontline Workers Events
Thank you to everyone who has been involved in our previous events and discussions to gather your views and experiences of the Liverpool Waves of Hope programme, and of other local Multiple and Complex Needs Services.
This is an open forum event for anyone who has an interest in the area of service provision for people with multiple and complex needs. It aims to provide an opportunity for decision makers and those with experience of multiple and complex needs services to share experiences, ideas and best practice to enable continuing high quality support for those who need it.
Discussion Sessions for Front Line Workers and People with Lived Experience Multiple and Complex Needs
In our role as facilitators, we want to continue to give front line workers, and those who have lived experience, the opportunity to voice opinions, flag up issues, and acknowledge the strengths of the work that is taking place to support people across the city. Come along and give your views at one of these events:
North
Tuesday 23 January 2018, 11am-2pm
The Peoples Hub, Everton, Liverpool, L4 4DF
Parking available in Everton Football Club
South
Thursday 25 January 2018, 11am-2pm
The Florrie, 377 Mill Street, Liverpool, L8 4RF
Car park and street parking available
Central Tuesday 30 January 2018, 11am-2pm
LCVS, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2AH
Places are limited. Confirm your attendance at these events to Stephanie Lawson at stephanie.lawson@lcvs.org.uk or call 0151 227 5177, ext. 3222.
Liverpool Bereavement Service Vacancy: Children’s Loss and Bereavement Service Manager
Salary: £22,500 (full time equivalent c. £34,000)
Hours: 25 hours per week, operating flexibly across Monday- Friday, 8am-6pm
Contract: Funded until 31 March 2019
Liverpool Bereavement Service (LBS) are looking for a qualified and experienced counsellor to lead their Children and Young People’s Service (Oakleaf), in Liverpool City Centre.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within an established and well respected service that provides counselling to children and young people aged 4-19 years who have suffered a bereavement or other major loss.
Main responsibilities:
Provide overall direction for the service, setting priorities and co-ordinating activities to meet the targets and outcomes of LBS and Oakleaf funders
Manage, support and guide a team of staff and volunteers, providing clinical supervision and organising relevant training as necessary
Take overall responsibility for the quality, appropriateness and development of specialised counselling for children, young people and families
Promote and develop the service liaising effectively with other agencies, and funders
Maintain a direct case load, providing therapy to children and young people alongside other staff and volunteers
Maintain relevant records and statistics to monitor and evaluate performance and provide information to the Board of LBS to guide future decision making
In order to apply for this role,you need:
Diploma in Integrative Counselling/Psychotherapy
Membership of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP)
Extensive post-qualification experience, including working with bereavement/loss and with children/young people in a counselling environment
Experience of managing a team of staff and volunteer counsellors
Understanding of funding arrangements and the requirements for monitoring and reporting required targets and outcomes
Competent IT skills
Full driving license, regular access to a car, and a willingness to travel across the Merseyside area
To be willing and able to work flexibly within the required hours
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission of Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check any previous criminal convictions.
Public Health are recruiting for people interested in delivering basic suicide prevention training to frontline workers and communities in Liverpool. Liverpool is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Public Health Collaborative who have developed a joint “NO MORE Suicide” zero suicide strategy for Cheshire and Merseyside 2015-2020.
The vision for the strategy is that the region becomes a place where suicides are eliminated and where people do not consider suicide as a solution to the difficulties they face. A region that supports people at a time of personal crisis and builds individual and community resilience for improved lives. You can find out more at: www.no-more.co.uk.
The elimination of preventable deaths is a key public health concern. The impact of suicide on family, friends, workplaces, schools and communities can be devastating. Suicide carries a huge financial burden for the local economy and contributes to worsening inequalities. Friends and relatives of people who die by suicide have a 1 in 10 risk of making a suicide attempt after their loss, and they experience severe effects on their health, quality of life, ability to function well at work and in their personal lives.
The local partnership recognises that there is no single cause or solution to suicide, but a requirement for joint, collaborative effort utilising evidence- based interventions, intelligence and drive to eradicate this preventable death. That is why we are investing in training as many people as we can in basic suicide prevention training.
The City Council is also partnering with Mersey Care NHS Trust in the Zero Suicide Alliance and intends to roll out online suicide prevention training available at www.zerosuicidealliance.com/
Commissioned by the Cheshire and Merseyside Public Health Collaborative (CHAMPs) Wirral MIND has developed a free two-day “Train the Trainer” course in basic suicide prevention. It aims to:
Equip the participants with the skills to deliver a half day workshop on suicide prevention to 10-15 participants
Enable participants to identify and source resources and support for session delivery
Provide some consistency in suicide prevention training that is offered across the Cheshire and Merseyside area
Support local and national strategy in the prevention of suicide
£100 charge will apply if you do not attend part or whole of the course.
Your commitment
Your employing agency supports you in delivering four three-hour sessions to a minimum of 40 individuals during one year
You discuss target audiences for the training with your public health lead
You prepare appropriately for delivery, before the date of each session
You evaluate the sessions using the framework provided
You return evaluations after each session to your public health lead
You contribute to support meetings of the network of suicide prevention trainers.
Dates for the courses
Wednesday 24 January and Thursday 25 January 2018
Wednesday 31 and Thursday 1 February 2018
Wednesday 21 February and Thursday 22 February 2018
Wednesday 28 February and Thursday 1 March 2018
Wednesday 14 March and Thursday 15 March 2018
The two day sessions will commence at 9.30am and finish at 4.30pm. All sessions will be delivered from the Samaritans Training Centre: Alan Woodhouse Meeting Room, 25 Clarence Street, Liverpool, L3 5TN. Parking is not available, however Mount Pleasant pay and display car park is a short walk from the premises. Course participants will have to bring their own lunches.
Red Cross offers free First Aid sessions to organisations that support people more likely to need first aid in specific areas that are facing higher risks in particular crises, including:
People living with issues around drug and alcohol usage
People who are homeless and at risk of injury or sudden illness
Adults over 65 whose health may put them more at risk of sudden illness of injury, for example, through trips and falls
The sessions have had all of the technical/clinical language removed to ensure that it is easy to learn and therefore easy to remember in an emergency situation. Each session is designed to meet learners’ needs and is tailored to the environment in which they may need to help someone.
What you can expect from a first aid session:
Red Cross comes to you!
Effective, easy to learn first aid education in a relaxed and informal style
Break down barriers to helping others
Provide relevant first aid skills tailored to the needs of the group
Build the confidence and willingness to help in a first aid emergency
Delivered by experienced and inspiring Red Cross educators
Fully funded – there is no cost to you
If you would like to book a session or require further information, contact Rachel Simm, Adult Education Coordinator, at RSimm@redcross.org.uk or call 0151 7025079 / 0772 520 2952.
Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner: Commissioning Opportunity
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner is seeking to commission a number of services for 2018-21.
The following services are being commissioned.
Support for victims of hate crime (race or ethnicity, religion or beliefs, sexual orientation, disability, transgender identity) – see Application/Quotation Form and Guidance
Support for those subject to harmful practices (female genital mutilation/cutting, forced marriage, honour-based violence, emerging harmful practices) – see Application/Quotation Form and Guidance
LCVS is hosting a free event for Merseyside not-for-profit organisations interested in accessing these opportunities on Tuesday 9 January 2018.
This event is currently full but if you want to go on the reserve list, email info@lcvs.org.uk. If sufficient numbers request to go onto the reserve list it may be possible to repeat the event.
LCVS has been commissioned to support local organisations to apply to this opportunity. To learn more about these opportunities or for help to complete your application, contact info@lcvs.org.uk or contact the Capacity Building Team on (0151) 227 5177.
The closing time / date for submitting quotations is Friday 2 February 2018 at 4pm.
A Frequently Asked Questions document has been compiled and will be updated throughout the application period, with responses to new questions from potential applicants added on an ongoing basis. Applicants should periodically check this document for updates.
Free Legal Advice for Parents and Carers of a Child with a Disability of Illness
Kindred Minds Activity Programme
Kindred Minds has issued its activity programme for January-March 2018.
Gardening Group – every Friday, 11am onwards, restarting 19 January 2018
Walking Group – every Thursday, 1-3pm, restarting March 2018 when weather improves, at various locations
New Reading and Poetry Club – every Thursday, 10am-12noon, restarting 18 January 2018
New Arts and Craft Club – every Thursday, 1-3pm, restarting 18 January 2018
Coming soon in 2018: a coffee morning, a befriending scheme, and a singing group
For all enquiries and to register, email Will Conroy, Activity Coordinator, at kindredmindsliverpool@gmail.com. Alternatively, leave your details in an envelope in Kindred Minds’ post box at STEC reception.
Kindred Minds’ new offices are the Alan Rudkin Room, at Speke Training and Education Centre (STEC), Unit House, Speke Boulevard, Liverpool, L24 9HZ, access from Venture point.
Expression of Interest Invitation: Mental Health and Wellbeing Partnership
The Women’s Organisation is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced organisations that will add value to a Mental Health and Wellbeing Partnership being developed to respond to the current competitive call for the £15m Tampon Tax Fund.
The intention is to develop an innovative collaborative to focus on the Mental Health and Wellbeing category within the call. The Women’s Organisation wants to hear from organisations that promote mental wellbeing and deliver preventative mental illness interventions targeting vulnerable and disadvantaged women and girls that are not currently being delivered within mainstream provision.
Consider the following criteria, set out by the commissioner of the Tampon Tax Fund when responding to this Expression of Interest, and how your organisation could contribute to one or more of the following:
Providing new services not currently commissioned locally or nationally
New approaches to existing services already provided
Improving understanding and response to mental health issues, such as through research, to build the evidence base and capability-building projects
Responding to new challenges, such as those posed through technology, digital innovation or the internet
Promote mental health awareness and wellbeing with individuals and challenge stigma
Reduce mortality for those with mental health problems including suicide and self-harm prevention and comorbid mental health and substance and/or alcohol misuse
Promote new models of provision and/or the integration of services across hospital, community, primary and social care
Include new innovations in digital provision
Offer community based provision and providing interventions in alternative settings outside hospital, including crisis care
Promote better mental health in the workplace
Offer new approaches to girls and young women’s (16-25 year olds) mental health
Harness the internet and social media to improve mental health wellbeing and demonstrate how they align with Government priorities on mental health, including the Five Year Forward View for Mental, Future in Mind and the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Green Paper
Liverpool City Council Children and Young People’s Services is offering places to voluntary sector colleagues on the Voice of the Child workshops which take place on the following dates:
26 January 2018
7 February 2018
14 February 2018
28 February 2018
9 March 2018
15 March 2018
Workshops are three hours in length and there is a morning and afternoon option on each date.
Sessions will explore voice of the child work and the duty of professionals to understand and record the lived experiences of children they work with. There will be an opportunity to discuss best practice as well as barriers to undertaking this work and how to overcome challenging obstacles that you may encounter. Various tools and methods to elicit and record voice of the child work will be discussed so that practitioners feel enthusiastic and confident to undertake this work.
Sessions are aimed at all front line practitioners within Children’s Services; places are also being offered to multi-agency partners.
Book your place online, clicking on Workforce Development Events Booking System for further details.
Our Training and Events Programme 2018 is now available for download.
2017 was a great year for LCVS training. We successfully delivered over 45 training events to over 270 local organisations, covering subjects such as fundraising, legal compliance and planning. Feedback from those attending our courses was also very positive, as you can see from the examples dotted around this brochure.
In 2016/17, LCVS directly contributed to local organisations generating over £1.5m in grants, and training remains a vital part of how we help local organisations to support the communities they serve.
Building on the success of our last programme and responding to participant feedback, we have reviewed our training programme and have introduced over 15 new training courses. New courses include: Consulting Your Community, How to Run Staff Recruitment, Getting the Best from Your Board and Managing Your Governing Document. These are all vital areas which, when done properly, ensure your organisation is run well.
Potentially the most exciting new aspect of our programme is the expansion of our Funding Masterclass programme. Following on the success of our BIG Lottery Reaching Communities Masterclass, we have developed, in partnership with funders, six funder specific courses, to help you target and secure funding from different funders. These funders include Garfield Weston Foundation, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Arts Council and Children in Need. Each course is specifically designed to help maximise your chances of securing a support from that funder. With funders contributing to the courses directly, you can get the most up-to-date guidance to help you with your bid.
We hope that there is a course or event here that interests you in your work. If there is something you would like to see that is not available, do let us know. We also offer in-house training for those who would like that personal touch!
We look forward to seeing you at our training very soon!
Edge Hill and Wavertree Jobcentres are due to close in March 2018 with the customer base moving to Toxteth.
To support vulnerable customers who may be unable to travel, DWP is seeking premises in those areas for the Jobcentre to provide outreach services. This is already working very successfully in Norris Green Library since the closure of that Jobcentre earlier in the year.
Voice of Nations has a space for rent for a cafe business, which will benefit Voice of Nations’ students and clients having access to the premises. There are also offices for rent at affordable rates.
Voice of Nations has a spacious and welcoming building on the busy Picton Road, Liverpool, close to Wavertree Technology Park train station and directly opposite a bus stop, with loads of free street parking available.
Contact Voice of Nations to find out more about this potential new home for your business, available immediately.
For more information or to arrange a viewing, email info@voiceofnations.org.uk or call 0151 345 4340 / 0753 921 6072.
The Reader Vacancies
These vacant roles work across the catering provision of The Reader Group Enterprises, in the café, ice cream parlour, and events. You will work in a team developing and delivering a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with The Reader Group’s ethos and vision and consistently delivers a high level of customer service. The café and ice cream parlour are open seven days a week and provide a quality and affordable offer for the local community in welcoming environments.
Catering Supervisor
Salary: £7.65 – £8 per hour
Hours: Minimum 12 hours per week on a rota basis spanning 8am-6pm hours, Monday to Sunday
Contract: Initially three months, with likelihood of further extension
This post is for a hard-working, honest and experienced individual who is comfortable supervising others. You will be invited to participate fully in the development of The Reader, which offers many opportunities for growth and development.
Catering Assistant
Hourly Rate: £7.05-£7.50 per hour
Hours: Zero hours, on a rota basis spanning 8am-6pm hours, Monday to Sunday
Duration: Initially three-month period, with potential for extension to contract
This post is for a hard-working, honest person. You will be invited to participate fully in the development of The Reader, which offers many opportunities for growth and development.
Zero hours contracts are offered to provide both parties with flexibility. Many of The Reader’s zero hours colleagues are students or performers who need that flexibility. The Reader is happy to discuss fixed hours with the right candidate.
To apply for either role, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Working With Us’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to jobs@thereader.org.uk. Your covering letter is an opportunity for you to include any additional information which could not be explained within the application form. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline for applications: Monday 8 January 2018, 5pm
Successful applicants will be invited to complete a trial shift and an interview. If you have not heard by Friday 12 January 2018, your application has been unsuccessful. Roles begin as soon as possible.
Government’s New Plans for Children’s Mental Health Services
The Government has published a Green Paper laying out plans for children and young people’s mental health services. The paper focuses on earlier intervention and prevention, especially in and linked to schools and colleges.
The proposals include:
Creating a new mental health workforce of community-based mental health support teams
Every school and college will be encouraged to appoint a designated lead for mental health
New 4-week waiting time for NHS children and young people’s mental health services to be piloted in some areas
You are invited to share your views on this green paper in a consultation process that closes on 2 March 2018 at 12noon.
Free VAT Reclamation Service for Local Organisations
Is your community venue costing you more for your gas/electricity that it should be?
LCVS have been working in with energy broker Synergy Utilities and have identified that a number of community venues across the city are potentially paying too much for their gas/electricity.
Charities and not for profit organisations should pay a reduced rate of VAT which is 5% instead of the usual commercial rate of 20%. Sometimes, suppliers do not realise the customer is either a charity or community venue and charge them 20% VAT. On other occasions, when changing tariff in an effort to lower bills, an organisation can find itself “reset” onto the 20% VAT rate, thus undermining any savings from changing tariff in the first place.
Synergy Utilities are offering a free service where they can claim back the overpaid VAT on bills you have paid going back up to 4 years. So with a short look through the bills they can quickly establish whether you might have a claim and take care of all the admin throughout any claim process.
Synergy Utilities offer this service free of charge and see this as an important part of their corporate social responsibility agenda. There is no obligation to use any of their other services.
“Within 5 minutes they identified a mistake in our Gas VAT payments and as a result, we were entitled to a rebate from our energy supplier of £6,297!!!” – Joseph Lappin Centre
“Scott managed to sort both our Gas & Electricity accounts saving us money on both and taking the pressure off me to find the best deal. Scott also informed us about the over-payment of VAT and managed to get us refunds from both.” – Croxteth Gems
For more information about how you might be able to save money for your community venue, contact Scott Miveld on Scott@synergyutilities.net or 0151 545 0808. Please mention LCVS when contacting Synergy so we can measure the size of this issue locally and measure the impact of this kind of work.
Liverpool Mental Health Consortium is Looking for New Trustees
Liverpool Mental Health Consortium is looking for new trustees to strengthen the skills it already has. The Consortium is particularly interested in hearing from people with one or more of the following experiences:
Lived experience of mental distress – as an individual or carer
Finance and fundraising experience
Understanding or experience of working with BAMER (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee) communities
Experience of arts and creative projects that promote well-being
If you would like to apply, write no more than 2 sides of A4 telling us why you’re interested in being a trustee and about the skills and experience you could bring to the role. Email this to sarah@liverpoolmentalhealth.org or post to Liverpool Mental Health Consortium, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2AH.
Deadline for applications: Friday 12 January 2018
New Contract: Support Service for Single People at Risk of Homelessness
This is a new contract from Liverpool City Council’s Commercial Procurement Unit
The aim of the service is to deliver support to people with a range of support needs who require temporary accommodation due to their homelessness. The focus of the support is to address the underlying reasons for homelessness, prepare them for a move into independent accommodation and to reduce the risk of repeat homelessness presentations.
The support service will deliver 24-hour support, to 48 service users including emergency access services using a mixed-tiered model of provision:
Tier 1 – Short Stay generic beds for homeless or other vulnerable people with a broad range of support needs
Tier 2 – High risk high needs beds, for people with higher support needs who require an additional levels of support
The intention will be for the successful provider to enter into a management agreement with the current landlord of Mildmay House.
The contracts will be from 16 April 2018 – 19 June 2020 with option to extend for a further 12 months.
Your company will need to register on Procontract (Due North) to download the full application and supporting documents. The documents will only be available on Procontract (available via the Due North site). Once you have registered you will need to go to the ‘My Opportunities’ section on the home page of Procontract and follow the instructions as a supplier to enable you to return your submission. To register your organisation on Procontract, go to the Suppliers’ area and click on ‘Register Free’.
Closing date: Monday 8 January 2018, 12 noon
Applications Open for £15m of Tampon Tax Funding
Women’s charities can now bid on the latest £15m on funding from the Tampon Tax Fund, Tracey Crouch, minister for civil society, has announced.
Grants of at least £1m are available for women’s charities that support mental health and wellbeing and tackle violence against women and girls, as well as for projects that aim to reduce drug and alcohol abuse and engage excluded and vulnerable women through sport. A total of £15m is available for the 2018/19 round of funding.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said that applications are particularly welcomed from organisations that support women and girls across multiple regions.
Crouch said: “The Tampon Tax Fund is already making a real difference to the lives of women and girls across the country. We are ensuring that the money generated from sanitary products continues to support good causes and address the serious issues that women of all ages face.”
DCMS said that all grants from this round of funding may be provided for one or two year projects. All activities must be delivered and funds must be spent by March 2020.
The fund was created in order to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls. It was first announced by the then Chancellor George Osborne in the 2015 Autumn Statement.
The deadline for applications closes at midnight on Sunday 28 January 2018.
Not-for-profit energy company, the LECCY, has launched cheaper winter tariffs to help people save money on their gas and electricity bills. Anyone living in Liverpool and the surrounding area, including Halton, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral, Cumbria, North Wales and beyond, can get a quote from the LECCY.
The LECCY fixed tariff for credit customers and pay-as-you-go for customers using pre-payment meters could mean big savings for customers. The LECCY is also now offering an 18 month fixed tariff for people who want peace of mind and to keep their energy prices the same for the next two winters. At the end of the deal, customers will automatically be rolled onto the LECCY’s cheapest tariff without exit fee.
New Guidance on Dealing with Workplace Sexual Harassment
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published an updated guidance on sexual harassment in the workplace. The new guidance includes definitions, detail on what organisational policies must contain and information on how complaints should be dealt with.
Sexual harassment occurs when a person engages in unwanted conduct of a sexual nature that has the purpose or effect of violating someone’s dignity or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for them. Sexual harassment is unlawful under the Equality Act 2010.
Comics Youth is a Social Enterprise that delivers comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects for disadvantaged children and young people within Merseyside. The overall ethos of the organisation is to break down participation barriers and make projects accessible for children and young people aged 8-18 through delivering comic book creation and guided reading sessions in safe, inclusive and indiscriminate community venues.
Comics Corner! is a newly created BBC Children in Need funded project that will engage disadvantaged young people within Knowsley to design and publish original comic books and zines about salient community issues and topics of interest that are important to them.
Main duties:
Support the delivery of a Comic Book, Zine creation and literacy project by co-developing and delivering sessions in conjunction with children and young people
With support of the Project Manager to engage, recruit, and support the most hard to reach young people through multimedia, comic book creation, zine and involvement in digital and print media hubs
Support young people to attain AQA qualifications
Administer and track the progress of children and young people’s individual AQA progress and attainment
Facilitate the participation of young people in the planning, development, design and implementation of all projects available to them
Design comics and zines to support young people
Take part in commission based opportunities to increase the sustainability of the organisation
For a copy of the job description and details on how to apply, contact Rhiannon Griffiths at rhiannon@comicsyouth.co.uk or call 0752 536 9624 and leave a message.
Closing date: Monday 8 January 2018, 5pm
Boost for Liverpool’s Nelson Mandela Memorial
Plans for a permanent memorial to Nelson Mandela in a Liverpool park have been given a significant boost on the fourth anniversary of his death.
UNI Global – a conglomerate of unions representing 20 million workers in the skills and services sectors have announced they are going to be a major supporter.
The Nelson Mandela Memorial Campaign (Mandela8) wants to create a tribute on the lake island at Princes Park to tie in with what would have been his 100th birthday in 2018, and reinstate a bridge link.
The £250k installation will reflect Mandela’s life, his love of gardens and horticulture, his teaching and passion for equality and humanity, providing a space for learning, events and reflection. The plans to integrate Mandela’s words into the artwork will be a powerful way to tell the narrative and communicate his messages and relevance to Toxteth, Liverpool and wider society today.
The scheme has recently been endorsed by the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the artwork will act as a focal point to embed and advance Nelson Mandela’s legacy and values through the development and delivery of education projects for people of all ages – in social inclusion, community cohesion, anti-terrorism and the importance of citizenship in today’s society.
The city council is also to spend more than £300k restoring the surrounding lake including reinstating the water channel, fixing edging stones, putting in fishing platforms and ecological improvements.
Phillip Jennings, General Secretary, UNI Global Union said: “UNI Global Union fully supports this project which is close to our hearts. We will remember Mandela at our World Congress in Liverpool in June next year.
“In these times of hate, racism and xenophobia, Mandela and the anti-apartheid movement, which unions around the world supported, remain a beacon of truth and hope.
“The bridge and the memorial in Princes Park will stand as part of the legacy from our Liverpool Congress to the people of the city and a link between our world congresses in Cape Town 2014 and Liverpool 2018.”
Councillor Steve Munby, Cabinet member for neighbourhoods, said: “The Nelson Mandela Memorial plans have continued to steadily progress and will be an exciting addition to Princes Park and help attract more people to spend time there.
“He was made a Freeman of the City in 1994 and it is very fitting that Liverpool should be aiming to honour him. Plans to improve the area surrounding the memorial are in progress.”
The scheme is supported by Liverpool City Council, the North West TUC and National Museums Liverpool.
Mandela8 Chair, Lynn Collins, said: “We very much welcome this proposal which will help our aim of creating a unique artwork which will celebrate and commemorate Nelson Mandela’s outstanding achievement for humanity, and will bring visitors and tourists to the park. It will be a fitting legacy and foundation for our educational programmes.
“This city has a long affiliation to Nelson Mandela and the chosen space of the island in Princes Park creates an opportunity to break down barriers, build bridges and create links on many levels connected to humanity and diversity. It is particularly fitting as Nelson Mandela was incarcerated on an island for 18 years of his imprisonment.”
Research Capability Funding
Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (LCCG) is advertising a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research Capability Funding (RCF) grant scheme, which can be used to fund the generation of preliminary or underpinning data (qualitative or quantitative) to support an NIHR application known as a “pump priming” grant.
The scheme will only fund studies which will directly generate data for NIHR grant applications, and applications should clearly illustrate the need for the research and its potential impact on the NHS and the population of Liverpool. The grant can be up to 6 months in duration and at the individual’s normal salary rate. The scheme funds the individual’s salary only (i.e. no consumables, travel, FEC etc.). A clear justification of the resources will be requested on the application form.
Applications can include one or a combination of the following; pilot work to test whether the components of the main study can work together; systematic reviews of the available evidence; feasibility studies to test recruitment, randomisation, outcome measures, etc.
This is a research funding stream that aims to help research-active organisations such as LCCG, attract, develop and retain high-quality research, clinical and support staff. Thus, helping NHS organisations to create and maintain a sustainable capacity for people and patient-based research. It also facilitates success in attracting NIHR research grants and other funding, leading to future allocation of RCF.
LCCG is committed to delivering outstanding performance in the way health and social care services are commissioned and it seeks to integrate the commissioning of services with a research evidence base, for the benefit of the people of Liverpool. Research activity must be sustainable, and as such, LCCG aim to work in collaboration with academic partners to access funding through the NIHR. Submissions are welcomed from applicants across the North West Coast for research in the Liverpool region.
LCCG is particularly interested in applications which NIHR has rejected, but for which the applicants have received favourable comments or have been invited to resubmit. Applicants must show how the grant will be used to enable new or develop existing collaborations with key individuals in LCCG. Ineligible costs include costs already supported in other ways by the NIHR.
Applicants are expected to produce an application to an NIHR funding stream and an end of project short report for commissioners. Applicants are expected to make the case for how their grant application fits into the themes and priorities listed in the priority areas document.
All applicants for RCF are expected to deliver the following outputs:
Completed, credible and competitive grant application to a NIHR funding stream
Short summary report of about 4 pages including recommendations for commissioners and future research
Submission of a peer reviewed publication
Deadline for applications: Friday 19 January 2018
For more information, contact Kirsty Pine, Operations Manager NIHR CLAHRC NWC, on 0151 296 7451 or email kirsty.pine@liverpoolccg.nhs.uk.
The Reader Vacancy: Story Hunter
Salary: £7.50 per hour
Hours: Zero Hours Contract (working pattern covers 9am-7pm, Monday to Sunday)
Duration: Fixed-term to 31 March 2018
The Storybarn is The Reader’s creative, interactive environment in which children can feel thoroughly alive and creative in the company of quality literature. As a Story Hunter, you will be inspiring young people to love reading and to feel confident and relaxed in the company of books. You will encourage children to engage as fully as possible with the Storybarn experience and help create an exciting and stimulating environment.
Training and supervision in shared reading and safeguarding practice will be provided. You must be willing to undertake a DBS check.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Working with Us’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Your covering letter is an opportunity for you to include any additional information which could not be explained within the application form. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline: Monday 11 December 2017, 9am. Applications arriving after 9am will not be considered.
Interviews: Wednesday 13 December 2017. Volume of applications may make replies to everyone impossible.
Please note you may be required to deliver a presentation or complete a task at the interview. If this is the case you will be informed of this when you are invited to interview.
Start date: As soon as possible
People with Lived Experience and Frontline Workers within Multiple and Complex Needs Services
As part of the Waves of Hope developments promoting system change locally, LCVS facilitated three discussion events engaging with frontline workers and people with lived experience of multiple and complex needs. The sessions provided an important forum for discussion and debate. The feedback from the events has been collated into a report, aligning the key issues raised with the Waves of Hope Key Challenges report to help provide context and develop a focus for going forward.
LCVS would like to thank everyone who attended these events and for sharing their stories and experiences, all information gathered will contribute to the wider work going on in this area.
The purpose of this job is the preparation, maintenance and reporting of financial activity at Greenbank.
Duties include:
Preparation of income/expenditure month end reports for the Finance Manager
Responsible for all day-to-day transactions, including banking, control of debtors and creditors of subsidiary departments within Greenbank
Ensure that monthly stock takes are completed at subsidiary departments within the organisation
Ensure appropriate handling of cash by finance and other administrative staff
Responsible for overseeing the recording of accurate messages and carrying out other administrative duties in a professional manner
Assist with the preparation of reports on staff attendance records
Assist with the compilation, production and maintenance of departmental salaries and payrolls
Greenbank is an Equal Opportunities employer and applications are particularly welcome from disabled people. Applicants should note that the successful candidate will be asked to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
LCVS are pleased to announce that we are piloting a number of free advice surgeries in December for Liverpool based groups looking for support in relation to the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
From May 2018, the GDPR introduces new data protection regulations that will have a significant impact on all not for profit organisations. It’s important that your organisation understands the key elements of the Regulation and takes appropriate protection measures to ensure the data you hold is audited, well documented and that all your data collection procedures are GDPR compliant.
If you’re reading this and thinking “what is GDPR?”, or you’ve heard of GDPR but your organisation is yet to begin preparing, it’s not too late to start your readiness strategy.
LCVS have developed these surgeries in partnership with local provider, Capacity: The Public Services Lab. Each 1hr surgery will provide you with a chance to receive one to one advice from a member of the Capacity Lab team, who will help you understand the implications of GDPR, assess your organisation’s GDPR readiness and advise you on the steps you should take to become compliant.
The appointments are offered on a first come, first served basis. Surgery slots are:
Thursday 14 December 2017 – 10-11am, 11am-12pm, or 12-1pm
Tuesday 19 December 2017 – 1-2pm, 2-3pm, or 3-4pm
We will be operating a waiting list, should demand outstrip supply. Additional surgeries may be possible, subject to demand.
To book your place, contact info@lcvs.org.uk, including your name, organisation name, address, email and telephone number, along with your chosen appointment.
Places are limited to one organisation per appointment.
Greenbank Vacancies
SEND Manager
Salary: £27,668 to £28,485
Hours: 40 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
The purpose of this job is to manage the special educational needs and disability (SEND) processes to ensure SEND learners achieve their full potential and Greenbank College meets its statutory duties under the SEND Code of Practice.
The purpose of this job is to support the management and development of Greenbank College and Sports Academy site and premises. This will include managing premises problems as they arise, developing a premises and maintenance plan, to ensure that the premises are fit for purpose and meet the requirements of health and safety legislation, curriculum and service users.
This role is to be Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer of Greenbank. You will act as first point of contact with people from within Greenbank and outside the organisation. You will also have HR Responsibilities.
Closing date for all posts: Tuesday 12 December 2017, 5pm
Interviews: w/c 18 December 2017
All successful candidates will be asked to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service for an Enhanced check.
Savera UK Vacancy: Support Worker
Salary: £22,931 pro-rata (actual £13,759)
Hours: 3 fixed days per week (22.5 hours)
Contract: Part-time, fixed term of two years, starting December 2017/ January 2018
Savera UK is a Merseyside-based charity tackling domestic abuse within the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities, with a focus on harmful practices that include forced marriage, honour based violence and female genital mutilation. The charity aims to meet the diverse cultural needs of the BME communities.
The post holder will work as part of Savera UK’s team, based in Liverpool, but required to work across the Merseyside and Cheshire areas. The Support Worker will work with BME individuals/families that have been referred to the service as a result of domestic abuse and provide the holistic support necessary.
Interventions will be developed in such a way as to promote culturally sensitive and appropriate support as well as promoting independence and improve self-esteem by empowering clients to identify their as yet, unmet needs.
Closing date: Monday 11 December 2017, 5pm
Interviews: Friday 15 December 2017
LCVS Voluntary and Community Sector Needs Survey – 2018 and Beyond
Here at LCVS, we regularly check in with the sector to make sure we deliver services that meet the needs of those we support. With 2018 almost upon us, we would like to find out more about what challenges face the local sector and how we can respond to help you help others.
With that in mind, we are keen to hear from you about what support your organisation needs and how we should deliver it. Please take 5 minutes to complete this survey.
Your views will help us shape services over the next 12 months and beyond so that the local sector can survive and thrive to help those most in need in our communities. It will also help us to secure funding to provide as much support for the sector as we possibly can. So, the more organisations fill in the survey, the better chance we’ll have of being able to expand our provision.
We are offering two free training places from our 2018 training programme, or a free day of capacity building team consultancy support, to one randomly chosen organisation that completes this survey, so don’t hesitate!
If you’d like to speak to someone about this survey, please contact info@lcvs.org.uk or call the Capacity Building team on (0151) 227 5177.
The deadline for responding to this survey is 5pm on Monday 4 December 2017.
Thank you!
LJMU Funded Internships
Help your business by helping graduates get their career off to a flying start!
Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is committed to supporting students and graduates to make a successful transition into the labour market. 2017 graduates are offered the opportunity to undertake an internship with a local organisation working on a suitable project or piece of work to enhance their employability.
The internships will run for 20 days, starting on 9 January 2018. Interviews will be conducted by the host organisation and recruitment must be completed by 8 December 2017.
The graduate career accelerator internship programme is now open for organisations to apply to get involved. If you are interested in hosting an LJMU intern, email internships@ljmu.ac.uk for more information about the internships, including eligibility details and terms and conditions. Alternatively, call 0151 231 8048 or visit the website.
Metal Vacancy: Arts Administrator
Salary: £17,500
Contract: Permanent
Metal was founded in London in 2002 and has been active in Liverpool since 2004. Metal works to provide the catalyst that can transform the potential of people and places, exploring the impact of art and artists’ practices on civic and civil society. Metal produces an exciting multidisciplinary programme of international and UK artists in residence and runs a wide range of events, exhibitions and participatory projects.
Metal works from Edge Hill Station, the world’s oldest active passenger railway station. Metal completed a major renovation of the previously empty, historic buildings in 2009. The original 1830s Engine House, Boiler Room and Accumulator Tower now serve as a cultural and creative hub for artists, the neighbourhood and wider city region, carrying on the building’s proud history of innovation, aspiration and technology.
Arts Administrator duties include:
Ensuring effective office management and administrative systems for the organisation
Administrative and clerical support for Senior Management Team
Communications
Assisting with the programme of events
Apply with your CV (max 2 pages), a covering letter (max 2 pages), outlining systematically why the post as outlined above is of interest to you, and details of your skills, interests, personal attributes and past experience that are relevant to this post. Email these documents to edgehill@metalculture.com.
Deadline for applications: Monday 11 December 2017, 9am
New Innovation Fund to Counter Hate and Extremism
Google.org and ISD have partnered to deliver a £1m innovation fund to counter hate and extremism in the UK. The fund will support innovative projects on and offline that seek to disrupt, undermine, counter or provide positive alternatives to hate and extremism.
Throughout 2018, the fund will disburse grants of between £2,000 and £200,000 to campaign groups, civil society organisations, technology developers, educators, young people working with their youth centres, academic institutions or consortia of these organisations or groups.
Applications are particularly encouraged from new partnerships and initiatives from organisations that may have never worked on projects in this space. ISD will provide training and skills support to awardees where necessary, as well as a robust evaluation framework to measure impact.
The funds will be disbursed through two rounds of grant giving. Round One is now open for applications and closes on 5 January 2018. Round Two will open mid-April/May 2018, with details the application submission dates to be shared early next year.
Applicants with projects that require larger funding or a longer delivery time frame are encouraged to apply in the Round One. Proposals should be designed for a maximum duration of 11 months. Round Two will be for projects of maximum 6-month duration. All grant funded projects from both rounds must conclude by the end of 2018.
Granby Community Land Trust Is Seeking a New Chair
Granby 4 Streets Community Land Trust (CLT) is seeking a new Chair to lead the Board, staff and organisation into and through the next critical stages of its development.
It is expected that the new Chair will have a proven and impressive track record of strategic leadership, business acumen, strong communication and representational skills, empathy and enthusiasm for the CLT’s vision and an ability to command respect amongst local and regional stakeholders as well as funders and decision makers in both the public and private sectors.
The Trust is looking for an individual who has the skills and interests to help us identify and exploit new opportunities, as well as the ability to support staff and Board members to take the CLT through completion of its current Business Plan and onto the next stage of its development.
If you would relish such a challenge and share our commitment to building a strong and lasting legacy for Granby as a sustainable artistic, economic and social hub for our community, particularly in challenging economic times, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
The role is unpaid, although reasonable travel expenses are reimbursed. The time commitment amounts to approximately two to four days a month, and the initial term of office is two years.
For a briefing pack including further details about the role of Chair, and for details of how to apply see recruitment pack, email John.McGuigan@nwhousing.org.uk or telephone 0151 726 2260.
The Young Person’s Advisory Service (YPAS) is a Liverpool charity that provides a wide range of support and therapeutic interventions to address the mental health and emotional well-being of children (aged 5-15), young people (16-25) and their families.
Talent Match Plus Counsellor Backfill (19yrs -29yrs)
Salary: NJC scale S01 (points 29-31), £25,951 – £27,668
Hours: 35 Hours
Contract : Fixed term 8 January 2018 – 31 December 2018
Reference number: TMPCB1929
Talent Match Counsellor Backfill (15yrs -24yrs)
Salary: NJC scale S01 (points 29-31), £25,951 – £27,668 pro rata
Hours: 17.5hours
Contract: Fixed term 8 January 2018 – 31 December 2018
Reference number: TMCB1524
Closing date for both posts: Friday 1 December 2017
Interviews: Tuesday 5 December 2017
Savera UK ILM Vacancies
Savera UK is dedicated to tackling domestic abuse within BME communities on Merseyside and across the UK. The charity delivers training for the third and public sectors, as well as engaging with communities in tackling issues around honour-based violence and forced marriage. Savera UK maintains a helpline and provides advice, information, support and signposting for victims.
In December 2016, Savera were successful in securing Big Lottery funding as part of the Womens and Girls Initiative. As part of the delivery of this contract Savera UK receive referrals from the Local Authority, Merseyside Police and womens groups and directly support high risk women from Liverpool via a 1:2:1 casework model. There is huge demand for the services and as such, Savera UK is recruiting two new members of ILM trainee members of staff.
ILM vacancies are created to offer opportunities to Merseyside residents, age 16-29, who are not currently in education, training or employment. These roles are created by organisations that need to expand and would benefit from the addition of ‘trainee’ employees within their organisation. These roles receive an element of funding via the ESF ways to work programme.
ILM Events Assistant
The role, following training with include:
Playing a role in the delivery of the Savera events
Working with Service Development Manager and Community Engagement Officer to hold regular focus groups with our service users
Collating feedback from focus groups and identify any gaps in services
Engaging and organise events and day trips for the clients that we support
Supporting internal and external marketing and communications functions
ILM Community Engagement Officer
With support, the new trainee Community Engagement Officer will help to engage with our local community and other partnership providers.
Following training, you will:
Identify local events or drop in’s that Savera can attend to raise the profile of the organisation across Merseyside and Cheshire
Represent the charity at events, presentations and networking opportunities – (this may include evening and weekend work)
Identify any possible partnership working with local agencies, charities, schools etc, which would raise the profile of Savera and the work it does
Assist and deliver community engagement / awareness raising sessions in schools, identifying “young people” champions
Working with young people on raising the profile of Savera
Provide a high quality, professional response to phone, mail and email requests
Both roles are funded via Liverpool City Council for a period (usually 6 months). To meet the criteria of this scheme you need to be aged 16-29, not currently in education, training or employment, and a resident of either Liverpool City, the Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley, Halton or St Helens.
Working in partnership with NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and funded by Macmillan Cancer Support, this two year project aims to revolutionise the care provided to people living with a cancer diagnosis and their carers in the Liverpool area.
The project will connect patients with community-based support that will complement the care provided by clinicians. The aim of the project is to help patients to identify and address any needs that may be impacting on health and wellbeing. Moreover, the project will help patients to rediscover and reconnect with their strengths and talents to help make friendships, learn new skills, build confidence and get the best out of life.
There are four Community Wellbeing Officer post. You will help bring about this extraordinary opportunity working with the Liverpool community. If you are a positive, energised and entrepreneurially minded person, apply today. If you are passionate about helping people to get the best out of life and if you can help someone to stay strong during difficult times, then this is right job for you.
An experienced and highly organised Administration Officer is needed to ensure the smooth running of a community wellbeing service, working in partnership with NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group and funded by Macmillan Cancer Support.
The successful candidate will provide administrative support to the project delivery team and will be responsible for developing and implementing efficient and effective administrative processes and procedures.
Closing date (both posts): Tuesday 12 December 2017, 5pm
Interviews: Monday 18 December 2017
Nominate a Project for Local Community Payback Schemes
Offenders can be sentenced to do unpaid work that benefits the community. This unpaid work is also referred to as Community Payback, and requires offenders to undergo some local activity within the community for the crimes they have committed. This work helps offenders to engage in some meaningful activity and reflect on their actions, it also helps to make the community we live in safer and better places to live.
If your club, community group, faith or voluntary organisation, local authority service or local business has a project that could be part in this scheme, you can nominate it online at www.merseysidecrc.co.uk.
To be considered your project must meet the following criteria:
It must benefit the local community
Offenders must be putting something back into the community
No individual may make a profit from the work
It must be challenging and demanding
It must be worthwhile and constructive
It must not take paid work away from others
For more information, contact maylingdiskaya@interservefls.gse.gov.uk. Your local Community Payback Team will assess the project for suitability and for health and safety implications.
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival Seeks New Trustees
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) is seeking to recruit three trustees to join the board, which currently has seven members including a Chair and Vice Chair.
Founded in 1998, Liverpool Arab Arts Festival is a registered charity delivering arts and community programmes that bring diverse cultures together, increasing appreciation and awareness of Arab culture and arts at a local, national and international level. A year-round programme of events and community projects is built around the focal point for the year – LAAF’s annual summer festival, which is the UK’s longest running and biggest annual celebration of Arab arts and culture.
Responding to demand, LAAF has developed a year round presence, programming out of festival events and delivering cultural arts programmes increasing participation of those least engaged with Arts. The charity has recently secured several additional projects to its core annual festival and it is looking for forward-thinking board members to drive the next stage of development.
LAAF needs three additional board members:
Artistic Advisor
Fundraiser
Treasurer
These three trustees will work with the rest of the board, and executive team, to set vision and strategy for the charity. They will provide governance oversight of the strategy, ensuring the charity’s resources are expended in an inclusive, efficient manner in furtherance of the charity’s aims and objectives.
Artistic Advisor
The trustee responsible for artistic and cultural matters will lead on:
Liaising closely with the PR and marketing officer and the Head of Team about previous programme and contribute to strategic development of the future artitsic programme
Reviewing some electronic artistic programmes such as dance, songs, films, and other performances
Supporting development of LAAF’s Creative Case for Diversity
Liaising with marketing to support the development of new audiences
Recommending board members and the Head of Team of any potential artists and events of good quality and in demand by LAAF’s audience for the next festival
Treasurer
The treasurer usually takes the lead at board level on:
Making sure the charity keeps proper accounts
Reviewing the charity’s financial performance
Advising LAAF on legal/mandatory requirements and informing change as required.
Drawing up or reviewing policies for finance and investment
Ensuring that the charity has robust and effective financial controls in place
Liaising with finance staff and with the charity’s independent auditor
Reporting on financial matters to the board members
Fundraising & Sponsorship
The trustee responsible for fund raising and sponsorship will lead on:
Liaising closely with the treasurer and the Head of Team about funding and sponsorship annual target
Guiding LAAF on maximizing diverse income streams.
Drawing expertise from similar charity organisations about their funding and sponsorship target
Liaising with marketing about reaching to new potential funders and sponsors
Advising board members and the Head of Team of any potential risks for accepting funding with conditions counter to LAAF’s constitutional objectives
Candidates must: be committed to the values of the charity; be fair but tactful communicators; have the confidence to set and achieve high level goals; and be able to exercise fairness and good judgement. A mix of skills and experience is needed to complement the current board members.
Board members are unremunerated although out of pocket expenses will be paid by the charity. LAAF also invests in the personal development of board members ensuring their skills base increases according to the changing demands of the role.
All appointments are subject to satisfactory references.
For an informal conversation about this opportunity, phone 0151 702 7765 and ask for Taher or Mustapha, the Chair and Vice Chair.
LAAF welcomes diversity and hopes to get applications from all sections of the community. Applications are encouraged from groups which reflect LAAF’s festival audience, Arabs, white British, white others, BAME groups, deaf, disabled, and LGBT.
Youth and Play Grants 2018-20
Following the success of the joined-up approach to youth and play grant funding over the last three years, Liverpool City Council is seeking applications from not-for-profit youth and play organisations across the city to:
Lead a ward-based consortium, delivering universal youth and play provision locally
Deliver a citywide project, ensuring that universal and/or specialist provision is available right across Liverpool
The grants are for constituted not-for-profit voluntary and community organisations with a delivery base within Liverpool.
LCVS are available to support organisations who want to apply for Youth and Play Grant funding. This support includes advice on the guidance and application forms, and the wording of applications themselves. To get LCVS support please email info@lcvs.org.uk or telephone 0151 227 5177.
Completed application forms should be emailed to corporate.grants@liverpool.gov.uk or delivered or posted to: Grants and Performance Team, Liverpool City Council, Cunard Building, Water Street, L3 1AH.
Deadline for applications: Friday 8 December 2017, 12 noon
Greenbank Vacancies
Learning Coach/Support Worker
Salary: £17,072-£18,070 for 40 hours per week. Pro rata salary £14,938-£15,811
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent, term time only
The post holder is responsible for supporting students during education/vocational learning sessions and work placements and for providing on course assistance/support to tutors during sessions. You will also be responsible for some personal care needs including feeding, use of toilet, changing, hoist, etc. The successful candidate will be asked to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Closing date: Monday 27 November 2017, 3pm
Interviews: Friday 1 December 2017
Engineer Welder
Salary: £24,964-£27,668
Hours: 40 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Greenbank, North West Training Council and Jaguar Land Rover have developed an innovative electric wheelchair which allows players to tackle and pass/ shoot a hockey ball. The main purpose of this role is to manufacture these Power Hockey Chairs for sale to schools, clubs and individuals. The post holder would also be expected to suggest further design improvements / modifications as required.
New Workforce Research and Education Development Project
A new research project titled ‘Realising Potential: Securing the Involvement of the Informal Carer Workforce’ will identify ways to better connect carers, resources for carers, health agencies, as well as education and workforce initiatives across Cheshire and Merseyside. It builds on the understanding that carers play an essential role for our friends and family, for our communities and for our health and social care system.
The project is a collaboration led by Voluntary Sector North West (VSNW), in partnership with the Centre for Health Promotion Research (Leeds Beckett University), and the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) and has been commissioned by Health Education England NW and Cheshire and Mersey Local Workforce Education Group (C&M WEG). It will be achieved via the following:
Literature Review
The Centre for Health Promotion Research will examine the current evidence base (including grey literature, e.g. VCFSE reports) for best practice in supporting carers; this will include evidence about the needs of different carer groups, including age, ethnicity, and socio-economic status. The main questions are:
How well do healthcare services value and involve carers?
What are the best ways to support carers?
How can carers and the people they care for be supported to maintain good health and wellbeing?
How can carers be supported to stay in employment?
Informal Carers Asset Based Scope Report
VSNW and CLES will work with carers, and carer support organisations to identify current support in Cheshire and Merseyside, and understand what carers value. Following a mapping exercise conducted by local VCFSE agencies, the following will be identified:
Local assets, networks and interventions
Workforce and education developments
Learning resources
As part of this, five case studies will be drawn together and their cost benefit (CBA) calculated.
Best Practice Briefing and Benchmarking Review
VSNW and Ariadne HR Associates will develop a set of training tools to help healthcare organisations (hospitals, GP practices, etc.) better support staff with caring responsibilities.
Informing Priorities for Further Development Programme
Research recommendations will inform implementation of the Cheshire and Merseyside Sustainability and Transformation Plan.
This project runs from July 2017 to March 2018. To discuss further, contact Warren Escadale, Chief Executive of Voluntary Sector North West (VSNW) at warren.escadale@vsnw.org.uk or call 07753 147 664.
Metal Liverpool Vacancy: Assistant Music Producer
Salary: £17,095
Hours: Full time – including some weekend and evening working
Contract type: January 2018 – January 2019
Metal Liverpool currently have a vacancy for an Assistant Music Producer, with the role to be delivered in conjunction with the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries programme 2017-19.
This Assistant Music Producer role will be focused on providing project-based support for Metal’s Senior Project Manager, handling a varied programme of artists in residence, live events, exhibitions and participatory projects with a focus on music and cross-art form collaboration.
The Assistant Music Producer will also be involved in planning, logistics and delivery through liaison with local organisations, residents, partners, and audiences supporting Metal’s wider engagement aims locally, nationally and internationally.
To apply, email your CV (max 2 pages), a covering letter (max 1 page) and supporting documents to edgehill@metalculture.com
Deadline: Wednesday 22 November 2017, 12noon
Interviews to be held: w/c 4 December 2017
Ideal start date: Monday 15 January 2018
For an informal conversation about the role or eligibility criteria before you submit your application, please email edgehill@metalculture.com.
MyClubmoor Vacancy: Community Engagement Officer
Pay: £9.50 p/hour (£18,525 f.t.e. pro-rated)
Hours: Minimum 20 hours per week, flexible
Contract: 12 months fixed term
Are you a confident, flexible team player who would like to be involved in an environment where no two days are the same? Are you a self-starter with experience in community consultation and engagement? MyClubmoor is looking for a Community Engagement Officer to join a fast-paced working team. This is a unique opportunity to make a real difference in your community across the ward of Clubmoor.
To apply, send a full CV and a covering letter, explaining why you fulfil the requirements of the post, to info@myclubmoor.org.uk or post to MyClubmoor, c/o Clubmoor Youth Centre, 16-18 Larkhill Lane, Liverpool, L13 9BR.
Closing Date: Sunday 19 November 2017
Interviews: W/c 27 November 2017
St. George’s Hall Seeks New Trustees
The Trustees of St. George’s Hall wish to appoint three new members to its board. In particular, they are looking for trustees who can bring the following skills and knowledge:
Strategic organisation, design and development
Knowledge of heritage
Fundraising skills
Entrepreneurial skills
Ambassadorial skills
In particular, the following are prioritised as of distinctive interest:
Influencing – able to bring strong networks and to influence key stakeholders to help shape and advance the delivery of the strategy
Working with others – able to work as part of a strong non-executive and executive team at board meetings and in between formal meetings
Exercising judgement and balancing risk – interrogating information provided in order to inform decisions in the best interests of St George’s Hall in line with the Trust’s values, aims and objectives
Built in the early 1800s as a space for music festivals and the Civil and Crown Courts, St George’s Hall has always been at the heart of community life in the city of Liverpool. Since its opening in 1854, St George’s Hall has entertained hundreds of thousands of people. St George’s Hall is a Grade 1 listed building and is widely regarded as one of the finest neo-classical buildings in the world. It was reopened in 2007 by Prince Charles after a £23m refurbishment programme.
Behind the gold leaf and porticoes, the Hall has one of the greatest brick arches in the world and houses a priceless mosaic floor of 30,000 tiles, arguably the best preserved example of a Minton floor in the world. The Hall is also home to a concert organ complete with 7,000 pipes, beaten in size only by the one at the Royal Albert Hall in London and Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral. The people of Liverpool love this building; it is a place of celebration, congregation and commemoration.
If you are interested in applying for one of the roles, send your CV with a letter of application of no more than two A4 sides to robin.thomaides@liverpool.gov.uk or post to:
Mr. Robin Thomaides
Legal Services
Municipal Buildings
Dale Street
Liverpool
L2 2DH
Deadline for applications: Monday 20 November 2017, 5pm
Interviews: Wednesday 29 November 2017
Direct Secondment Opportunities at the Department for Work and Pensions
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have introduced Community Partners into Jobcentres to enhance the support offered by work coaches and Disability Employment Advisers to people with a health condition and/or disability, to help them move closer to employment.
This is a new and exciting opportunity to be part of a team of Community Partners working collaboratively with the third sector in strengthening awareness and understanding within Jobcentre Plus.
There are two secondments available.
Drugs and Alcohol Dependency Community Partner
Reference number: DA1
Salary: You will continue to be paid your present salary by your home employer during the secondment
Hours: Up to 37, can be Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
Length of employment: 12 months on secondment
The Drugs and Alcohol Dependency Community Partner role is a new and exciting opportunity to be part of a team of Community Partners working collaboratively with the third sector in strengthening awareness and understanding within Jobcentre Plus of the issues associated with dependency on drugs and alcohol and associated mental health conditions. This includes enhancing the support offered to customers with dependency on drugs and alcohol and associated mental health conditions.
You will provide valuable insight and expert advice on issues specifically associated with dependency on drugs and alcohol including mental health and the barriers faced by people when seeking to find employment.
Reference number: YP1
Salary: You will continue to be paid your present salary by your current employer during the secondment
Hours: Up to 37, can be Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
Length of employment: 12 months on secondment
The Young Persons Community Partner role is a new and exciting opportunity to be part of a team of Community Partners to work collaboratively with the third sector to strengthen Jobcentre Plus understanding about the issues young disabled people face in finding and securing employment.
Both roles will have a base location of Belle Vale Jobcentre Plus office, however the roles involve regular travel across all Merseyside locations, covering Everton, Kirkby, West Derby, Birkenhead, Bromborough, Upton, Runcorn, Widnes, St. Helens, Bootle, Crosby, Southport, Aintree, Belle Vale, Garston, Huyton, Edge Hill, Toxteth, Williamson Square and Wavertree.
To apply for either role, you need to provide examples of how you meet each of the essential criteria listed in the Job Description and any details of any experience you have with the areas described in the Job Description. If you are interested in either role, forward a CV with the above details to Julie Helsby at Julie.M.Helsby@dwp.gsi.gov.uk.
A secondment cannot commence until pre-employment checks are completed and a Secondment Agreement is in place with your current employer. This means it could be up to five weeks before the secondment starts. Successful candidates must also pass a disclosure and barring security check.
Closing date: Friday 17 November 2017
Greenbank Vacancies
Greenbank has two training posts open to applicants aged 18-29 years who are not currently in education, employment or training (NEET) and are residents in Liverpool City Region. The programme last for 26 weeks for a non-disabled participant or 52 weeks from start date for a disabled participant.
Driver and Maintenance Officer Access to Work Programme
Training allowance: £7.31 per hour
Hours: 30 hours per week, with some evening and weekend work
The purpose of this job is to provide transport for disabled people, Greenbank staff and equipment as required. You will also be expected undertake general maintenance duties in Greenbank buildings.
The successful candidate will be asked to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Training allowance: £7.31 per hour
Hours: 30 hours per week, with some evening and weekend work.
The purpose of this job is to be the first point of contact for users of facilities at Greenbank Sports Academy and to communicate messages effectively and efficiently across the organisation.
Closing date: Friday 17 November 2017, 5pm
Interviews: Thursday 23 November 2017
National Crimebeat Competition
National Crimebeat is a charity that rewards youth groups and individuals, who have developed projects that help to reduce crime. The Crimebeat competition is about recognising the positive work undertaken by young people to improve our communities and make them safer.
Individual young people or groups of young people between the ages of 5 and 25 are eligible to take part. There are two categories;
Youth-led – for groups/individuals where the project ideas came from the member/s of the group, and where they are also responsible for running the project
Adult-led – for groups where the project was developed by others (often adults) but where the young people have a significant role in the management and delivery of the project
The project should have a beneficial effect on the community outside of the group. It should be aimed at reducing crime, either directly or by preventing crime from being carried out. It is important that the project is established and running and that its benefits are already being achieved.
Youth Groups and individuals, who think that they have a suitable project should send their applications via email to Constable 2039 Phil Seddon at Crimebeat@merseyside.police.uk, or post to:
Constable Phil Seddon
Citizens in Policing Team
Merseyside Police HQ
Canning Place
Liverpool
L1 8JX
All entries will be completed using Word and Arial font size 12. They should have a maximum word count of 500 words. Any supporting evidence, such as photographs, letters of praise, scrapbooks, videos/media, etc. should be sent where possible, via email, or to the above address. A more detailed description of the project with examples of work may be sent on a USB or a DVD to the address shown above. It must be clearly marked and include the project name.
Submissions must describe the project in some detail and the High Sheriff may wish to visit the individual or group.
The following information should be included on the first page:
Project title (this should also be at the top of any further pages)
Category of entry (Youth or Adult led)
County, i.e. Merseyside
Name and address of group/project
Contact details including phone and email of the responsible leader who may be contacted if there is a query
The age range and number of young people in the group
This should then be followed by a description of the project in no more than 500 words. It should include outcomes to date and who has benefited.
A selection panel chaired by the High Sheriff will select the winning entry for each category. The High Sheriff will then nominate that entry for National Recognition. More than one entry can be nominated.
A recognition ceremony for all Merseyside entrants will be held at a suitable venue after this date. This should ideally take place before the end of January 2018. A date and location is to be confirmed.
Closing date: Friday 1 December 2017
Young Persons Advisory Service Vacancy: Post Systemic Family Practice Practitioner (Training post)
Salary: £23,398 (NJC scale 6, point 26)
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Fixed term 1 year
Young Persons Advisory Service (YPAS) is seeking to recruit professionally qualified practitioners who have experience of working with the mental health and emotional well-being needs of children, young people and families. This is an excellent opportunity that will allow for the undertaking of funded academic training and salaried for a one year period.
YPAS is a Liverpool based Youth, Information, Advice and Counselling Service. Established in 1966, the charity provides a wide range of support and therapeutic interventions to address the mental health and emotional well-being needs of children, young people and families
The training posts are aimed at Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and Registered Mental Health Nurses with three years post-qualified experience to work as parenting facilitators, co-delivering 14 week parenting programmes across three Liverpool based Community Hubs. Practitioners with a differing core profession from those listed above may also apply, e.g. youth workers, counsellors, IAG Workers etc. with a minimum of four years’ experience of working with children, young people and families.
This training post provides the opportunity to complete the CYP-IAPT Training in Systemic Family Practice (SFP) delivered in collaboration with the GMW CBT Training Centre / The University of Manchester. The one-year course will be split between training and clinical work. The qualification gained is Postgraduate Diploma in Psychological Therapies with Children and Young People: Systemic Family Practice Pathway.
Closing date: Monday 20 November 2017, 10am
Interviews: Tuesday 21 November 2017
Post commences: Thursday 4 January 2018
LCVS Open the Big Get-Together Fund Again
This fund is currently closed.
You may already have seen the information about a special round of our Community Impact Fund inspired by the Great Get-Together, organised earlier this year by the family of the late MP Jo Cox. The good news is that we have decided to extend the programme on a rolling basis to allow more organisations to participate.
As Jo’s family and friends explained: “A get-together is any gathering of neighbours, friends and those in our communities to celebrate what we have in common. We hope it provides a reason to reach out to those you might not otherwise meet, and by building new relationships, create stronger communities.”
We want to fund projects that bring together people within communities from different backgrounds, of different ages and with different outlooks, to increase mutual understanding and to help people work together to improve their community. We will support either one-off events, or a series of events. The maximum amount an organisation can apply for is £1,000 but we expect most applications to be in the region of £500 – £750.
We will be reviewing applications and making awards on a month by month basis until further notice, so please, if you have plans for an event that fits the criteria, send us your applications!
The next scheduled review date for applications is Monday 11 December 2017.
If you have any questions about your application, email grants@lcvs.org.uk or call us on 0151 227 5177. We are happy to help!
Red Cross Vacancy: Refugee Support Outreach Co-ordinator
Salary: £18,805 – £19,747 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Fixed term until 30 November 2018, with possibility of extension
Red Cross has a vacancy for Outreach Co-ordinator within its Refugee Support team. The Outreach Co-ordinator is responsible for managing and developing support services to refugees and asylum seekers both in Red Cross’s drop-in centres and through partnerships with other support organisations.
The outreach work provides signposting to local support services and basic advice and information to newly arrived asylum seekers and refugees in targeted areas of Merseyside. The Red Cross supports refugees in a wide variety of ways, such as offering emergency food and clothes to those facing severe hardship and offering friendly advice to the most vulnerable. The Refugee Support and Restoring Family Links team is present at every stage on the migratory trail.
Healthiness Ltd. has three voluntary job vacancies available. From working with groups to developing project activities and advertising, there are many aspects of the organisation you can get involved in. You must be a good communicator who values co-operation and equality.
Volunteer Public Relations Assistant
An opportunity to become involved in the development of projects that will deliver physical activity and health education to vulnerable adults. As part of the programme’s development team, you will have the opportunity to diversify your skills, learning hands-on experience in Business Administration, Market Research and Public Relations.
Volunteer Personal Assistant
As part of the team, you will assist the Managing Director in the day-to-day running of multiple projects. You will have the opportunity to develop your skills in Administration, Communications, Management, Market Research, Social Media, Retention, Programme Development, Human Resources, Health & Safety, Outreach and Accountancy. You will work directly with the Managing Director as their Personal Assistant, providing you with a direct insight into business management.
Cycle Project Assistant
Become involved in the development of a dynamic Healthiness project. The Cycle Project Assistant will facilitate with the development and delivery of Cycle Safari, a cycle project aimed to facilitate confidence in cycling ability from absolute beginners to cycle adventurers.
Open Eye Gallery Vacancy: Director, Development and Partnerships
Salary: Up to £36k, depending on experience
Hours: 37.5 hrs per week (on average)
Open Eye Gallery is seeking a credible and ambitious professional, with a track record in fundraising and, preferably, partnership development, who can contribute at a high level to our future sustainability.
Together with the Executive Director, you will develop and articulate the distinctive vision and mission of Open Eye Gallery, incorporating LOOK, and contributing to the overall leadership of the organisation. You will lead responsibility for devising and implementing Open Eye Gallery’s fundraising strategy, with particular emphasis on new fundraising for LOOK. You have responsibility for developing and delivering the new LOOK Liverpool International Photography Festival partnership strategy and evaluation framework. You also have responsibility for leading and delivering annual fundraising targets.
Lay Member Vacancies on the Governing Body of NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group
Would you like to make a difference to healthcare in Liverpool?
NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is currently looking to strengthen its Governing Body in the areas of Governance, Finance and Patient and Public Involvement by recruiting to the following three positions:
Lay Member for Governance / Vice Chair (Non-Clinical)
Lay Member for Patient and Public Involvement
Lay Member Financial Management & Oversight
As a Lay member on the Governing Body, you would hold a critical role to bring specific expertise and experience, as well as knowledge as a member of our local community, to the work of the CCG. Your focus would be strategic and impartial, providing an external view of the work, removed from the day-to-day running of the organisation.
Should you wish to be considered for one of the positions, read the supporting information in this pack carefully and submit your completed application by Sunday 12 November 2017.
If you would like an informal discussion about these roles, contact Carol Hughes on carol.hughes@liverpoolccg.nhs.uk or call 0151 296 7619.
Voice for Change Is Looking for Volunteer Administrative Staff
Voice for Change is a registered charity that provides a range of services for women, men and young people affected by domestic abuse, as victim, perpetrator or both, including those in current or past heterosexual or same-sex relationships. Abuse may include physical or sexual violence, threats, control, manipulation, humiliation, stalking or other forms of domestic or relationship abuse.
The charity is looking for volunteer administrative staff. You will be joining a small but passionate team of professionals determined to embrace the targets and challenges ahead.
Volunteer Fundraiser
You will be involved in all areas of fundraising. You will need to be fully computer literature with good understanding of databases and how they are used in a fundraising environment. As a good communicator you will act as the first point of call for fundraising enquiries. Your experience and ability to organise yourself will ensure that you are able to cope with a busy workload and ideally you will have experience of working in an office environment.
As a proactive member of the team, with a keen eye for detail and an enthusiasm for finding new information, you will be able to work under your own initiative. You will have strong organisational skills, with the ability to juggle many tasks at once. You will have strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce your own correspondence.
Administrator
You will be involved in all areas of administration, including bookkeeping and accounts. You will need to be fully computer literature with good understanding of spreadsheets and databases. As a good communicator you will communicate with service users, volunteers, and other agencies. Your experience and ability to organise yourself will ensure that you are able to cope with a busy workload and ideally you will have experience of working in an office environment.
As a proactive member of the team, with a keen eye for detail and an enthusiasm for people, you will be able to work under your own initiative. You will have strong organisational skills, with the ability to juggle many tasks at once. You will have strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce your own correspondence.
In either role, you will need to demonstrate a commitment to the feminist values of empowerment and equality, which underpin all the charity’s work. Applications are welcomed from all sections of the community.
Please forward a CV to Voice for Change Domestic Violence Services, The Old Museum, Church Road, Liverpool, L22 5NB or email voice4change@msn.com.
For more information, call 0151 345 8499 or 0151 345 0174, or email voice4change@msn.com.
Deadline for applications: Thursday 30 November 2017.
The charity will look at CVs as soon they come in and invite interested persons for a meeting as soon as possible.
Joseph Lappin Partnership Vacancy: Trainer
Hours: 35 per week
Salary: £25,875 pro rata
Contract: Fixed term until 31 July 2018
Joseph Lappin Partnership Limited is seeking to recruit a Trainer to organise, deliver and facilitate training programmes, designed to maintain or improve job skills, signposting participants to partner or appropriate agencies. The successful candidate must be flexible, enthusiastic and motivated.
South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services is Looking for Volunteers
South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services (SLDAS) are looking for new volunteers.
The role is for voluntary support workers, minimum half a day per week. The role will consist office administration and taking calls from service users. Once experienced, the volunteers support worker is able to do other roles such as one-to-one emotional support and co-facilitation of training courses that are delivered to service users.
In order to be a voluntary support worker you will need to attend our accredited training.
Level 1 Training – Domestic Abuse Awareness which will commence on 9 November 2017 for 5 weeks. It will take place at Bridge Chapel, 9.30am-2.30pm. Travel expenses and lunch allowance will be provided.
Level 2 Training – Effects of Domestic Abuse on Women and Children will commence on 25 January 2018 and will last for 7 weeks. Times of course and expenses will be the same as Level 1.
If you are interested please 0151 494 1777 for more information or e-mail voltraining@sldas.co.uk for an application form and more information.
Closing date for applications will be Thursday 2 November 2017.
Alder Hey Hospital Poetry Competition
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is seeking talented poets to mark the launch of the Woodland Trust’s Charter for Trees, Woods and People.
Springfield Park, situated next to Alder Hey, has been chosen as one of ten sites across the UK for a ‘Tree Charter Marker’ sculpture. These sculptures will serve as a national monument to mark the launch of the Woodland Trust’s National Tree Charter during National Tree Week in November. The Charter is a new guide for UK society to build a future where trees and people stand stronger together.
To celebrate, Alder Hey has launched a poetry competition inviting members of the public to submit their own poems exploring the theme of trees and woods. Winning poems will receive £100 Waterstones book voucher and will be printed and displayed permanently throughout Springfield Park.
Poems can be of any length and in any format. Entries will be split into three age categories; 0-11 years old, 12-16 years old and 17 years old and above.
Each sculpture represents one of the principles underpinning the new charter. The 15ft sculpture, made of UK-sourced oak from the Crown Estate will bear special commissioned words by poet Harriet Fraser and images carved by master craftsman Simon Clements representing the importance of trees and highlighting the work Alder Hey is doing to promote health and wellbeing through connection with the natural environment.
Laura Naylor, Springfield Park Project Coordinator from Alder Hey, said: “As Europe’s only hospital in a park, the unique design of Alder Hey in the Park allows the best possible environment and experience for patients, their families and the wider community to encourage long term physical and mental health and wellbeing. This amazing partnership with the Woodland Trust allows us to celebrate our beautiful surroundings and highlight the value of the natural environment. We are really looking forward to reading a diverse selection of creative poems from all walks of life.”
The judging panel will include published poet and writer Harriet Fraser and Deryn Rees-Jones; Liverpool-born poet, and Professor of Poetry at the University of Liverpool. Deryn won the Eric Gregory Award and was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Her book Burying the Wren (2012) was shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize and was one of the Times Literary Supplement books of the year.
To enter, email poem@alderhey.nhs.uk or via post to ‘Poetry Competition’, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Eaton Road, L12 2AP. Closing dates for entries will be Friday 17 November 2017. Winners will be announced Friday 24 November 2017.
The University of Liverpool is providing online resources and inspiration for thinking poetically about trees. Take a look and be inspired!
Salary: £21,962-£24,174 (pro rata salary £13,177-£14,504)
Hours: 24 hours per week, Monday-Wednesday 9am-5pm
Contract: Fixed term until July 2018
The purpose of this job is to develop and support curriculum delivery across ICT programmes. To support initial assessment, teaching performance, student achievement, attendance and retention, target setting, resource development and other quality measures as required by awarding and inspection bodies and funders.
The successful candidate will be asked to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service for an Enhanced check.
Salary: £21,962 to £24,174 (pro rata salary £10,981-£12,087)
Hours: 20 hours per week
Contract: Fixed term until July 2018
The purpose of this job is to develop and maintain curriculum delivery across Maths and Numeracy programmes. To support initial assessment, teaching performance, student achievement, attendance and retention, target setting and other quality measures as required by awarding bodies, funders and inspection bodies.
The successful candidate will be asked to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service for an Enhanced check.
Young Addaction Liverpool Vacancy: Young Persons Ambassador
Salary: £16,478 pro rata
Hours: 18 hours per week
Contract: Fixed term for 12 months
Young Addaction Liverpool is recruiting for a new role as a Young Persons Ambassador. The young ambassador’s role will be to create service user forum and advocate as the service users voice, whilst encouraging young people to take responsibility for their own behaviour and recovery. They will also provide feedback to the service manager and commissioners following on from the forum.
They will provide one to one mentoring with young people aged 10-24. The young person’s ambassador will have the ability to gain the trust of and insight from young people at risk or within the criminal justice system. You can evidence positive change in there own lives with the ability to reflect on the impact that criminal activity has on the lives of young people.
The impact of this part time role will be early intervention that match the needs of young people, diverting them away from problematic behaviour, providing an alternative to involvement in the criminal justice system and help them develop more positive outcomes in their lives.
The successful candidate must be motivated to work as part of a diverse team and understand the importance of communication with their line manager and team. You will be positive and motivated, you will be an outstanding communicator, and possess excellent skills as a team player. You will also be results driven, highly organised with excellent time management skills. You will also embody the guiding principles of Addaction – Collaborative, Ethical, Inspiring, Resilient, Self-Challenging.
Training for the role will be provided for the role and no previous experience is needed.
Citizens Advice Liverpool is a new charitable company, which is in the process of being developed through the phased merger of separate local Citizens Advice organisations in Liverpool, to collectively deliver a full range of advice services across the City of Liverpool.
CAL has been formed to both continue and improve the quality and effectiveness of advice services to Liverpool clients and communities, in the challenging context of increasing demand and reducing funding.
The organisation is looking to recruit skilled and experienced individuals to join the Board and help develop a robust and accessible city wide service of the future. There are five trustee vacancies at the moment, to build the capacity of the new Board and strengthen governance.
As well as generic skills and experience, people with specific skills are needed to fill identified gaps, including strategic finance and accountancy, legal and governance, marketing and communications, HR, business and fundraising
These are rewarding roles for the right candidates to play a key role in establishing, developing and providing sound governance to Citizens Advice Liverpool through an initial period of change and challenge, whilst also ensuring the future sustainability and strategic direction of the service. Please note that none of these roles are remunerated, although reasonable travelling expenses incurred on Board business will be reimbursed.
The right candidates:
Have strategic vision, independent judgement and a willingness accept collective responsibility for good governance
Are willing to give time and commitment to being a trustee of Citizens Advice Liverpool
Understand the challenges faced by local communities and want to use their skills and experience to make a difference and improve the lives of the people of Liverpool
Will actively contribute and participate at meetings, have relevant skills and experience to offer and are willing to learn
Applications are welcomed from all sections of the community to achieve a more diverse Board of Trustees.
There is no specific deadline for Trustee applications but the hope is to fill a number of these vacancies by 31 October 31 2017. All interviews will take place by arrangement with shortlisted applicants.
Young Persons Advisory Service Vacancy: Parenting Practitioner (Training post)
Salary: NJC scale 6 (point 26) £23,398
Contract: Fixed term (1 year). Secondments will be considered
Hours: 35 hours per week
The vision for NHS England as evidenced in the Future in Mind Strategy (link for more details Future in mind) is “Promoting, protecting and improving our children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing”.
The Young Persons Advisory Service (YPAS) is seeking to recruit professionally qualified practitioners who have experience of working with the mental health and emotional well-being needs of children, young people and families. This is an excellent opportunity that will allow for the undertaking of funded academic training and salaried for a one year period. As part of Liverpool’s transformation planning and workforce development objectives of CYPIAPT (Children and Young Peoples Improving Access to Psychological Therapies), Liverpool’s CAMHS partnership is striving to increase access to evidence-based parenting interventions.
YPAS is a Liverpool based Youth, Information, Advice and Counselling Service (YIACS); established in 1966, the charity provides a wide range of support and therapeutic interventions to address the mental health and emotional well-being needs of children, young people and families.
Closing date: Monday 6 November 2017, 12 noon
Interviews: 16-17 November 1017
For an application pack, email recruitment@ypas.org.uk. For further information, contact Valerie O’Donnell, Senior Operational Manager, on 0151 702 6083 or email val@ypas.org.uk.
Free Energy Efficiency Training
Nationwide Energy Training Services is delivering a one-day, accredited Introduction to Energy Efficiency course. The course is aimed at individuals aged 19+, registered unemployed who wish to increase their understanding of energy efficiency and avoid fuel poverty.
The course provides participants with a greater understanding of how to reduce energy costs using simple techniques that can be applied at home and at work. Energy efficiency is now a government priority and a must for most employers in all sectors.
The course includes:
Understand energy consumption
How to reduce the risk of falling into fuel poverty
Changing behaviours of energy usage in the home and at work
Benefits and financial reward of being more energy efficient
Reducing your carbon footprint
Lunch is provided and participants will receive a certificate upon completion of the accredited course and £10 towards any expenses incurred.
Dates are available throughout 2017. For more information, contact Lin Currey on 01925 640 452 or 01925 596 229.
WIRED Vacancy: Third Sector Connectors (2 posts)
Salary: £13,156 per annum (actual salary based on a £18,418.40 FTE)
Hours: 25 hours per week (Initially Mon/Fri, subject to adjustment dependent on service needs)
Wirral-based charity WIRED is part of a multi-organisational framework that delivers Early Intervention and Prevention Services to vulnerable adults and children across Wirral. Within the adult element, it is a requirement to support service users currently within primary care, secondary care and health and social care provision in Wirral to access community and voluntary based health and wellbeing provision within Wirral, in order to facilitate positive outcomes for the service users in relation to their health and well-being.
The role of the third sector connector will be to liaise with Health and Social Care professionals to identify, support and connect vulnerable adults to services and activities in the community that will encourage community support, independence and improved health and wellbeing. WIRED is recruiting two posts, based in Birkenhead.
The following skill areas are essential for this role:
Knowledge and understanding of Early Intervention and Prevention based services in Wirral
Robust knowledge of Wirral community and voluntary sector health and wellbeing sector providers and services available
Experience of case management within service provision
Experience and use of monitoring and feedback processes
Full driving licence and access to a vehicle for work related travel is essential.
Salary: £31,000 per annum, plus £1,100 car allowance
Hours: 35 hours per week
This role is for someone with a few years management experience in homeless service delivery, who is passionate about getting the best outcomes for customers, and can work flexible to support staff who sometimes work outside of normal office hours.
There have been a lot of changes in the Plus Dane’s Support Service Team over the last 12 months, which has seen the team grow and services develop. A Support Service Manager is needed to oversee support contracts in Merseyside and to assist with the agency managed stock and to embed and consolidate a culture of quality assured service delivery. Full UK Driver’s licence essential.
Closing date: Sunday 29 October 2017 at midnight
Shortlisting: Wednesday 1 November 2017
Interviews: W/c 30 October 2017
Senior Older Persons Manager
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: circa £36,500 per annum plus £1,100 car allowance
Plus Dane launched its Supported Housing Strategy this year which puts its Older Persons Service at its core. There are a range of older persons service from Platinum TSA Accredited community visiting to extra care schemes, a Senior Manager is needed to can support the Head of Service at this exciting time to develop Plus Dane’s older persons offer, and may include some remodelling of existing services.
You have experience of managing teams delivering older persons housing service and a passion for delivering quality services. Knowledge of Telecare and the TSA accreditation standards and CQC requirements would also be welcome. Full UK Driver’s licence essential.
Liverpool City Council wants to provide the best services it can for children and young people within the budget it has, so it is asking them to help shape what it does in the future.
Share the results with young people and service providers to look at how existing services can be delivered and the best way it can meet the identified needs within the limited budget
The deadline for the consultation is Friday 20 October 2017.
Posters are available for youth centres to display to encourage young people to take part. Information leaflets for parents and carers, and a paper version of the consultation are available on request from Liverpool City Council. Email corporate.grants@liverpool.gov.uk or ring 0151 233 7020 and speak to Debbie Bethell or Allan Bellamy if you would like paper copies.
Local Solutions Vacancy: Fundraising and Communications Officer
Salary: £21,000
Hous: Full time
This is an exciting opportunity to join and play a key role at a dynamic charity in Liverpool. Local Solutions is looking for a creative and self-motivated individual, with experience in marketing, to join the Fundraising and Communications Team.
This is a role at the heart of the charity, supporting the diverse range of services and projects that Local Solutions delivers, through marketing and promoting the impact of our work and through fundraising. You will have excellent written and verbal communications skills with experience of marketing, design and digital marketing.
Post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure. CVs are not accepted.
Closing date: Friday 20 October 2017, 12 noon
Interviews: Thursday 26 October 2017
Application pack is available from Recruitment Hotline on 0151 705 2326 or download from the website.
Youth and Play Grant 2018-20 – Question and Answer Sessions
Liverpool City Council will shortly be accepting applications for the Youth and Play Grant 2018-20. The grants are for voluntary and community organisations to:
Lead ward-based consortiums to deliver universal youth work
Run citywide projects
Constituted not-for-profit voluntary and community organisations with a delivery base within Liverpool can apply. Registered Providers and statutory services can act as an accountable body in a consortium bid made up of voluntary and community organisations.
There will be two question and answers prior to the application window opening. This is so that all voluntary and community organisations who wish to apply have the opportunity to find out more about the grant.
The two sessions have been arranged as follows:
Session 1: Thursday 9 November 2017, 10am-12noon at Croxteth Gems Community Association, 9 Armill Road, Liverpool, L11 4TR
Session 2: Thursday 9 November 2017, 6-8pm at Harthill Youth Centre, Wellington Road, Liverpool, L15 4JN
Tea and coffee will be provided on arrival at both sessions.
To book your attendance at one of these sessions, contact Debbie Bethell or Allan Bellamy on 0151 233 7020 or email corporate.grants@liverpool.gov.uk.
Cobalt Welfare Benefits Advice Team Vacancy: Administrative Officer
Salary: £17,501 – £18,706
Contract: Fixed term to 31 March 2018
Cobalt Housing’s Welfare Benefits Team are looking for someone to provide administrative support and co-ordinate to the very busy Welfare Benefit Advice Team.
The successful candidate will have a familiarity with the advice and welfare-rights environment and the use of IT based case recording and appointments systems.
Transform Foundation’s Charity Website Grant Programme
The third round of the Transform Foundation’s 2017 Charity Website Grant Programme is officially open. This will be providing £18,000 grants to charities to fund the redevelopment of their websites in order to:
Increase their ability to raise funds
More effectively serve their beneficiaries
Raise broader awareness of their cause
Previously successful applicants have increased online income by £7.1M and counting, through their new websites.
A successful applicant will typically have an income of between £350k and £30m (although smaller charities with ambitious plans can apply and larger charities can apply for specific campaigns). The £18,000 grant covers the bespoke strategy, design, build, training and launch of a new site and successful applicants must cover ongoing fees for the first year.
Any type of non-profit organisation may apply, with successful applicants in the past including causes as diverse as community development, disability, education, theatre, mental health, hospices, national heritage, volunteering, family, children and youth, addiction, homelessness, international aid, and arts.
The Transform Foundation places paramount importance on sustainable and scalable projects that make a difference to the greatest volume of people. For each grant programme, Transform Foundation works with selected partners in order to to deploy funding in a secure and scalable way and yield comparative and standardised data to see sector trends to amplify our impact. The partner for the Charity Website Grant Programme is Raising IT who will be designing, building and supporting the websites for successful applicants.
Story Explorers: Free healthy fun for all the family
Do you and your family want to lead healthier, more active lives? The Storybarn has relaunched Story Explorers – weekly sessions for the whole family. Join in to explore the beautiful Calderstones Park each week for fun and games, dynamic activities and, of course, the chance to share a story or two. Spending time outside helps children and adults to stay active and is also a fantastic way to exercise our imaginations.
Sessions will run on Sunday mornings for 12 weeks and are suitable for children age 4 – 8 and their parents and carers. Sessions run for 90 minutes and include a story themed nature walk in the park, as well as free refreshments in The Storybarn to round off the morning.
Story Explorers is brought to you by The Reader in partnership with The Mersey Forest Project and Big Lottery Fund.
Places are very limited so if you are interested in signing up for the programme or would like some more information, contact storybarn@thereader.org.uk or call 0151 729 2227.
Capacity Vacancy: Business Development Manager
Are you an ambitious and influential Business Development Manager looking for that diverse and highly rewarding senior role that will take your career to the next level?
Then don’t miss this exciting opportunity to use your impressive experience, relationship-building skills and analytical approach to drive forward Capacity: The Public Service Lab, a game-changing venture exploring new ideas for improving public services.
Capacity: The Public Service Lab is an innovative collaboration between Catch22, Interserve, Big Society Capital and Club Finance. A physical hub for a broad range of stakeholders, the Lab’s idea is to create a space through which public services can be reimagined to become more accessible, user-centred and commercially sustainable.
About the role Reporting to the Chief Executive, our successful candidate will use their wealth of experience to advise and mentor voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs) on all aspects of business development and successful service delivery. This will encompass everything from business planning and how to become contract ready to market feasibility, governance, operational management and financial viability. Operating across the Liverpool City region, you will proactively identify organisations with a clear contracting opportunity that require early stage support to put through the Capacity’s Incubator or Accelerator programme to ensure they are contract ready. In addition, leading contract bidding processes and working with each VCSE to find and translate information, understand problems, identify solutions, implement action plans and review and reflect on outcomes are also key elements of this role.
To secure this excellent opportunity, you must be: Educated to degree level or possess a minimum of three-five years’ experience of winning contracts and funding, plus advising and mentoring VCSE organisations on how to become more sustainable. An outstanding communicator with a sound knowledge of business customer relationship management and risk assessment, you must also have played an integral role in target-driven finance teams or business development teams. Strong facilitation, business plan analysis and presentation skills, not to mention an in-depth understanding of the Liverpool City region communities, is vital, as is a full UK driving licence and enhanced DBS check.
For further details about this post and to apply, send your CV and covering letter to Grace Nolan at grace.nolan@capacitylab.co.uk.
Salary: £35,392 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week
PSS is a social enterprise that works across the North of England, Midlands and North Wales. This role sits within the Operations Directorate of PSS and is responsible for the development and implementation of strategies to help us develop PSS people and ensure they have the knowledge and skills to be the best they can be in their job roles.
Your main responsibilities and focus will be to deliver the Learning and Development Strategy and continually develop it to meet changing needs. You will be responsible for supporting the business through the provision of high quality and cost-effective learning opportunities to meet organisational, team and individual needs.
You will be a member of our senior management team based at our head office in Liverpool and contribute to the direction of the organisation by having input in into wider thinking about the strategy.
You’ll need:
A qualification in Learning & Development at Level 5 or above or comparable expertise through study or experience
Knowledge of blended learning, use of e-learning, v-learning, ICT and information to support the delivery of learning and development strategy
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to maintain effective relationships with your team, people right across PSS and our external suppliers
Experience of successfully leading a learning and development function within an organisation (this can be any sort of organisation but if your experience is in a health/social care setting this will be a bonus)
Self-belief and drive, along with a positive and ‘can do’ attitude
Closing date for applications: Friday 13 October 2017, 12noon
Big Lottery Fund Vacancy: Head of Regional Funding North West
Salary: £42,000 – £49,000
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Manchester
Join the Big Lottery Fund in this key leadership role and enable people to do great things. As a leader at the Fund you will play a pivotal role in developing three new funding products to back great ideas by people and communities.
The Big Lottery Fund is the largest community funder in the UK. Last year, it distributed more than £650 million to over 12,000 projects, supporting health, educational, environmental and charitable activities. The Fund is making changes to how it works in England in order to serve people and communities more effectively. The aim is to work with people flexibly and on their terms, working closer to communities, improving ways of engaging with communities digitally, and building new partnerships with other funders, charities and individuals.
This is a newly created role which will deliver strategic and operational excellence within the North West, working collaboratively with the central support teams to maximise the impact of funding, and ensuring learning from the region is incorporated in decision making. A key member of the England directorate leadership team overseeing the awarding of approximately £20m per annum, you will lead a team of largely remotely-based, mobile team members in the region. In addition, you will be an active and engaging leader across England and the wider Fund. Representing the Fund at a senior level you will proactively engage with senior level internal and external stakeholders, building and nurturing relationships.
You are passionate about making a difference through Big Lottery funding, with a deep understanding of the communities it serves. You will have significant experience of implementing new products using a user led service design approach. You will also have experience of building and leading teams and driving a high performance culture through your ability to coach, inspire, and empower people.
You will have demonstrable evidence of implementing new products so that they realise an ambitious vision, and of making improvements to products post-launch in line with feedback and insights from customers and frontline staff. Your ability to build and maintain excellent relationships with a range of senior level internal and external stakeholders will be second to none, and you will be a confident communicator, comfortable in all environments.
Interviews and Presentation will be held on 31 October 2017.
Team Enterprises is running new courses for the autumn term.
Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace
This qualification will provide learners with relevant knowledge and understanding on health and safety practices. It will provide employees with an awareness of their own safety of customers, contractors and members of the public. This will be run as a one-day workshop.
Level 3 Award in Education and Training
This qualification is designed to give a foundation in Education and Training for learners who wish to pursue a career in teaching and training. This will be run as a workshop, one day a week for six weeks.
New Qualifications
Level 2 Diploma in Business Improvement Techniques
Level 2 Certificate in Contact Centre Operations
Level 2 Diploma in Team Leading
Level 2 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools
These will be run over the course of 16 weeks in small, friendly group workshops with regular 1-1 tuition.
Functional Skills Workshops
Functional Skills sessions to get your ready for those tests! Functional Skills Workshops start in October for English and Maths to support you in readiness for those final assessments. It will be an eight-week programme, covering a range of topics in Maths and focusing on reading for English.
You will have the opportunity to work in a group, ask questions, practice skills complete test papers along with the speaking and listening aspect all with a tutor on hand to support you through the process. The courses are on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 5-6pm.
First English session starts on Tuesday 10 October 2017
First Maths session starts on Thursday 12 October 2017
Autumn 2017 Special Offer
Level 3 Award in the Principles and Practices of Assessment
One-day course, delivered in small, friendly group workshops
For a limited time only the cost is reduced from £250 + VAT down to £150 + VAT
To discuss enrolment while spaces and discounts are still available, call 01744 737 690 or 0151 707 1404, or email hannah.morris@teamenterprises.co.uk.
Swim the Distance this November
Swim the Distance this November and help Roy Castle Lung Foundation beat the UK’s biggest cancer killer.
Swim the Distance is open to people of all ages and abilities. Roy Castle Lung Foundation encourages participants to take part in this November campaign by swimming either one mile, five miles, ten miles or a marathon. You can even sign up for a team badge, in which you register and work with your friends and family to get to one of the outlined distances together as a team.
It is free to take part but participants are encouraged to ask their family and friends to sponsor them, with funds raised going towards lung cancer research and providing support to those living with lung cancer.
At the end of your challenge, you will get a certificate and a Swim the Distance swimming badge.
Dive in and complete your swimming badge to raise funds and awareness for lung cancer research!
The Connected Communities Innovation Fund will support the best innovations that mobilise many more people throughout the lifecourse, to support people and places to thrive, alongside public services.
We all need a purpose, to have a sense of well–being and to be connected to others. There is good evidence that the strength of our social relations is an important determinant of individual health and wellbeing, and communities ties build trust in others and social cooperation between people and our institutions. Whether we call it formal or informal volunteering, giving, social action or simply ‘people helping people’, spending some of your time in the service of others is a deeply ingrained part of our culture.
The Connected Communities Innovation Fund is a partnership between Nesta and the Office for Civil Society at DCMS, providing up to £4 million in grants, alongside significant non-financial support, to the best innovations that mobilise the time and talents of people across the lifecourse, to create outcomes in any of the following themes:
Community connections and thriving places
Community resilience in emergencies
Digital Innovation
Improving our environment
Nesta will work with applicants to develop their proposals, including considering how they might reach volunteers who are aged 50+, want to give less intensively, or want to connect online.
There are two sizes of funding awards available, depending on the maturity of the idea. Both awards are available for innovations in all four priority areas.
Early stage ideas, for grants of £50-75k and significant non-financial support
Growing great ideasfor grants of £100-250k and significant non-financial support
Deadline for expressions of interest: Monday 30 October 2017, 12noon
A Day In The Life is NCVO’s work-shadowing initiative that provides a unique opportunity for staff from government and voluntary sector organisations to step into each other’s shoes for a day, and learn about how the other sector operates.
As well as improving cross-sector understanding, the programme helps participants find out about the roles and responsibilities of staff within another organisation, and the operational environments and wider contexts in which they work.
Employees of participating government departments can apply; staff from all levels of seniority and all types of role are invited. The departments taking part for the 2017/18 programme are:
Cabinet Office
Department for Communities and Local Government
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Education
Department of Health
Home Office
Applications are welcome from across the voluntary sector; anyone with permission from their employer can participate. The scheme is free for applicants.
Applicants are paired with a suitable person from the opposite sector. At a convenient time between November 2017 and April 2018, they can spend up to a day shadowing each other in their organisations.
Applications close on Friday 3 November 2017. Matches are announced in late November.
Currently there are around 49,000 people in Liverpool who are unaware they have high blood pressure. To address this, local charity PSS is delivering free blood pressure training and targeted blood pressure checks in the form of pop-up sessions.
In order to reach as many people as possible, PSS aims to build capacity across the city and engage as many people possible through free training so that people can hold their own blood pressure checks on any scale, with family, friends, colleagues, work placed health initiatives or volunteers.
PSS can also hold targeted blood pressure checks in different locations at pop-up events aimed at your local community or service users.
If your organisation is interested in blood pressure training or holding a BP pop up, contact Lee Lewis at PSS at Lee.Lewis@pss.org.uk for more information.
Office Space Available at Toxteth Town Hall
Toxteth Town Hall Community Resource Centre has the following offices available:
Room 13, ground floor, 33.75 sq m (361.13 sq ft), suitable for 4 full time staff – available now
Room 15, ground floor, 41 sq m (438.70 sq ft), suitable for 4-5 full time staff – available now
Room 12 , ground floor, 36 sq. m (385.20 sq. ft), suitable for 4 full time staff – available January 2018
Situated on High Park Street, which links Princes Road and Park Road in Liverpool 8, Toxteth Town Hall Community Resource Centre is close to bus stops and opposite to the Tesco Superstore. The building is Grade 2 listed and has many heritage features, as well as accessible amenities and its own car park.
There is a sliding scale pricing policy for occupancy as follows:
Rate A = £12.33 per sq. ft p/a
Rate B = £14.80 per sq. ft p/a
Rate C = £17.76 per sq. ft p/a
Rates depend on your organisations status, e.g. registered charity, CIC, private company. Rent is inclusive of utilities and cleaning but exclusive of business rates.
Toxteth Town Hall offers Tenancies at Will for those who need easy-in-easy-out terms, requiring only 24 hours notice to vacate by either party, and one-year leases (excluded from the provisions 24 to 28 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954).
YMCA Liverpool is a registered charity and company Limited by Guarantee. Founded in 1846, the charity builds on a long history of providing a place for people to find acceptance, community and activity. Services are provided across the YMCA work streams of accommodation, family work, health and wellbeing and training and education.
The mission is to inspire and support people by:
Promoting choice and independence
Valuing the individual
Maximising potential
Instilling hope
The charity has two vacancies on its Board of Trustees. The current Board is made up of ten highly skilled, committed and experienced individuals. Two particular vacancies have been identified within the Board; one for a Trustee with responsibility for the Audit Committee and a Trustee with responsibility for Service User Engagement at a governance level and whom ideally has lived experience of homelessness, mental health, problematic substance use or domestic abuse.
The successful candidates will be:
Motivated and passionate about supporting excluded people to make positive changes.
Able to communicate with a range of audiences and be open, adaptive and positive in your communication style.
Able to attend bi-monthly Board Meetings, one away day per year and key events throughout the year
Able to act as a spokesperson for the charity
Able to support the Senior Leadership Team and Board to develop a deliver a strong strategic plan
Able to work within the Christian values of the organisation
If you are interested in a role on the Board of Trustees, send a CV and one page covering letter to ellie.mcneil@liverpoolymca.org.uk or post to Ellie McNeil, Chief Executive, 15 Leeds Street, Liverpool, L3 6HU.
For an informal chat about this position, contact Ellie McNeil, Chief Executive, on 0151 600 3530.
Closing date: Monday 30 October 1917, 9am
Interviews: Wednesday 8 November 2017
Greenbank Vacancy: Chief Executive Officer
Salary: c. £60,000
Hours: 40 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
The Chief Executive Officer has overall responsibility for managing the change, growth and performance of Greenbank as agreed with the Council of Management, the board of trustees. In addition, he/she will be required to meet the challenges of innovation and empowerment implicit in our mission statement and deliver the quality and breadth of opportunity and support that people with a learning disability and or other disabilities deserve.
The Reader Vacancy: Management Accounts Supervisor
Salary: £18,000-£25,000 per annum, depending upon experience
Hours: 35 hours per week, 30 days annual leave (part time / flexible working hours will be considered)
Contract: Permanent
The Reader is a dynamic national charity and social enterprise, head quartered in Liverpool. Since 2002, The Reader, has pioneered the use of Shared Reading to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and build community resilience and connectedness across the UK and beyond.
This role calls for an exceptionally highly-motivated and dedicated person. Reporting to the Finance Manager, you will be responsible for the day to day operational management of The Reader Group’s finances. You will also supervise a Finance Apprentice.
This is a diverse role that requires an ability to maintain a financial overview, undertake day to day transactions and be adaptable to the needs of the organisation. This role will give you exposure to the full breadth of the management accounting function. The Reader is currently working towards in-house production of year-end production of financial accounts.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Get Involved Section’ where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Your covering letter is an opportunity for you to include any additional information which could not be explained within the application form. Please do not just send in a CV.
For an informal chat, contact Paul Bartlett, Finance Manager on 0151 729 2200.
Deadline for applications: Friday 13 October 2017, 9am. Applications arriving after 9am will not be considered.
Interviews: Wednesday 18 October 2017. A financial task will form part of the selection process and will be required immediately prior to the formal panel interview. If you have not heard back by 16 October 2017, then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful.
Role is to start as soon as possible.
Switch and Save with the Merseyside Collective Switch
Delivered by local charity, Energy Projects Plus, and the six Merseyside local authorities, the Merseyside Collective Switch has saved local people over £1.2 million on their energy bills so far. The Merseyside Collective Switch aims to negotiate the cheapest energy tariff on the market, which will only be available to its members.
With the majority of people still on their energy suppliers standard (and often most expensive) tariff, why not get involved and find yourself a better deal. The Merseyside Collective Switch deal may be better than you can find elsewhere. It only takes 15 minutes to switch and members saved an average of £235 a year on their energy bills last Autumn.
Previous winning tariffs have included Big 6 suppliers such as British Gas, E.on and EDF Energy as well as Ovo and Green Energy. Offers have been included for prepayment meter (or pay as you go) customers as well as direct debit and pay on receipt of bill, so there’s something for everyone.
The Merseyside Collective Switch also includes a full market comparison. The service is free, and there’s no obligation to switch if you decide not to. Help and support is available from Energy Advisors who can guide you through your top offers and help you complete your switch.
Mrs Jo Dowson switched in our last round. She said: “I’ve saved £450 switching through the Merseyside Collective Switch. I’m going to put the extra money towards a family holiday!”
Janice Lee-Williams from Liverpool switched in June and is due to save £329. She said: “I couldn’t believe how straightforward and stress-free the switch was. A bit of data from my last bill and a couple of clicks and it was all done. I feel empowered, having taken a bit of control back about something I didn’t feel I had any control over. I would recommend the collective switch to anyone. It’s nowhere near as daunting as you think”.
If you want to make sure you’re not paying any more than you need to for gas and electricity, join the Collective Switch today. Visit www.LCRenergyswitch.co.uk or call the local Save Energy Advice Line on freephone 0800 043 0151.
Registration closes at midnight on Monday 16 October 2017.
National Kinship Carers Week
Are you a kinship carer? Are you caring for a child who can’t live with their birth parents? If so, come along to Kinship Carers’ week of awareness raising and celebration.
The aim is to formally recognise the wonderful work that Kinship Carers do in raising someone else’s children.
There will be something going on every day from Monday 9 October to Friday 13 October 2017 at Ellergreen Community Centre, Ellergreen Road, Norris Green, Liverpool L11 2RY.
Come along on the day, or contact Pauline or Eve for more details on 0151 270 2108.
Everybody welcome!
Support the School Attendance Charter
Support is called for the School Attendance Charter, launched by the Chamber of Commerce with Mayor Joe Anderson in March 2017.
Elaine Rees, CEO Liverpool Learning Partnership, is encouraging organisations to endorse this work by signing the Liverpool Attendance Charter and positioning it prominently within organisations.
Elaine Rees said: “School attendance does affect us all: either as parents or in the world of work. We want apprentices and employees who value their position, attend faithfully and on time!
“We need to harness the support of you all as well as others including health colleagues, the police and our arts and culture partners as we drive this agenda forward. Together we can make a difference. Our strap line: Every Day in School Counts is true. We have evidence to back up the statement that children who miss school regularly do significantly worse than their peers.”
Comics Youth CIC is a non-profit organisation focused on providing creative resources for young people around Merseyside. The organisation is curating and producing a self-care zine to be published and distributed to young people under 25.
Mental health resources and education are severely lacking for young people in Liverpool and Knowsley. This zine is a call to arms dedicated to all things self-care.
Comics Youth CIC is looking for submissions, from all ages and all disciplines, such as comics, stories, poetry, illustrations, paintings, tutorials, recipes, and so on. What has helped you through s rough patch? What advice would you give to others to help them through?
Submissions are to be A5 in size and at least 300dpi. Full colour submissions are welcome. All contributors are allowed to send in up to 4 pages (1500 words) of content.
Liverpool Mental Health Festival, incorporating World Mental Health Day 2017, will take place on 1-14 October 2017.
For the last seven years Liverpool has celebrated World Mental Health Day. For this 8th year, Liverpool Mental Health Consortium presents the second Liverpool Mental Health Festival (incorporating World Mental Health Day on 10 October).
The festival, running 1-14 October, features music, dance, comedy, circus, visual arts, creative writing, film, information, advice, training courses, workshops and more, happening across the 14 days.
With three helicopters flying 365 days a year, North West Air Ambulance Charity provide “care from the air”when time is critical. They are an organisation that, quite literally, changes lives.
As Fundraising Manager you’ll lead the team that raises the funds to keep this vital organisation flying. As an experienced fundraiser you’ll manage an eight-strong team to continue the charity’s drive to raise funds through increasing pro-active fundraising. You’ll be a supportive and inspiring manager, who can lead a multi-functional fundraising team and manage relationship with colleagues and suppliers.
Are you looking to get more involved with your local community? Do you enjoy networking and working with diverse groups of people? Are you passionate about issues affecting local communities?
Savera UK works with Black Minority Ethnic (BME) communities to challenge attitudes towards domestic abuse and harmful practices such as forced marriage, ‘honour’ based abuse and female genital mutilation.
Savera means ‘new beginning or change’ in Hindi, which is how the charity views itself: operating within the BME community by helping and supporting people build a new life after they leave their abusive home or family. The charity is intent upon supporting individuals to stabilise themselves once they have left their abusive environment.
Perhaps you’d just like to get involved in our events and help raise awareness of Savera UK’s work? Or maybe you’ve got experience in these issues and would like develop it? Or possibly you’re a specialist professional that would like to work alongside us in supporting our clients? Giving your time would mean a lot to Savera UK and the charity would work with you to make sure you would get the most out of your volunteering experience.
If you are interested, contact info@saverauk.co.uk for an Expression of Interest form.
Positive Futures Vacancies: Sessional Detached Youth Development Workers
Grade: £8.50 per hour, £2 per hour enhancement for Detached work and Leader role
Hours: A range of hours available, mostly evenings and weekend work
Are you an experienced Youth Development Worker, or currently training within the Youth and Community setting? Positive Futures needs passionate, driven and dedicated people to join the team as Sessional Detached Youth Development Workers.
The organisation’s expanding service has a range of exciting opportunities for the right person. Positive Futures has been working in Liverpool for over ten years and during that time has become a leading provider of quality youth work.
Due to the high demand for the service, there is a need to grow a bank of Sessional Detached Youth Development Workers to assist in the delivery of our range of services. This will include detached youth work and group work with young people aged 8-24.
Main duties include:
Working with children and young people in a detached environment, and planning and delivering activities and events in their area
Working creatively with young people, encouraging them to express their views and take control of their projects
Administration of paperwork following activities, to include sessions plans, registers, monitoring and evaluation sheets
The role will be mostly evenings and weekend work with the potential of additional hours in the summer holidays and half terms.
Government grants are available for voluntary sector organisations to set up a new social prescribing scheme or to support the expansion of an existing scheme. The fund is part of a health and wellbeing programme run by the Department of Health, NHS England and Public Health England.
The aim of the fund component of the programme will be to promote equalities and reduce health inequalities by building the evidence base around good practice in social prescribing, sharing lessons and widening adoption of interventions with a proven track record.
The intended outcomes from the fund will be:
Increase in system partners’ evidence base on sustainable and scalable social prescribing interventions to improve health inequalities
New evidence and findings from supported social prescribing schemes informs and influences practice by being available and disseminated to key audiences across the system
Evaluation results in increased capability for voluntary sector organisations to capture and evaluate the impact of their work
Deadline for completed applications: Tuesday 21 November 2017, 12noon
Salary: £19,494 per annum pro rata (£8,914 actual)
Hours: 16 hours per week
Liverpool and Knowsley Special Educational Needs/Disability Information Advice and Support Service (SEND IASS – formerly Parent Partnership) is seeking to appoint an Independent Supporter to assist in the day-to-day running of a busy service for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and their parent carers.
Applicants will need to demonstrate a high level of administrative, IT and organisational skills and have previous experience, in either a paid or voluntary capacity, of working with children/young people with SEND and/or parent carers. It is essential to have knowledge of the Special Educational Needs and Disability agenda and relevant SEND legislation, experience of working across, and with a wide range of partners and agencies.
A current full driving licence is essential, so too is a willingness to work outside of office hours were events and meetings are scheduled.
For an informal discussion to find out more about the role, call Natalie Johnson on 0151 522 7990 or email contact@wired.me.uk.
Closing date: Friday 6 October 2017
Include-IT Mersey Vacancy: Digital Inclusion and Project/Employability Trainer Coordinator
Salary: £24,836 (usual starting salary) – £26,677 per annum pro rata
Hours: 28 hours per week (0.8 FTE)
Contract: Fixed-term until 31 December 2018
The Project and Training Coordinator will lead an ambitious team to deliver the Building Better Opportunities (BBO) Include-IT Mersey project promoting Digital Inclusion in Liverpool City Region (LCR). You will be responsible for maintaining a team to drive forward delivery using an agreed core model and approach within the project covering the areas of Sefton and Halton.
It is anticipated that the post holder will work closely with a range of stakeholders which are likely to include: Include-IT Mersey Project Lead and partners, community organisations, service providers (e.g. DWP, JCP) employers, The Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) members, volunteers, staff and project participants.
The post-holder may also be required to deliver sessions and provide cover for staff delivering courses targeted at eligible local working age people to increase their employability skills and move towards employment and training. S/he will be expected to represent the WEA and promote it and the value of adult education in relevant contexts.
The Life Story Network Vacancy: Communications and Fundraising Manager
Salary: £25,000 – £28,000 per annum, dependent on experience
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Contract: Three years, with potential to become permanent (dependent on project success)
The Life Story Network (LSN) is a Community Interest Company set up by a group of committed health, social care and business professionals and family carers, who understand the value of using life stories to improve the quality of life for individuals.
LSN hosts tide – together in dementia every day, a UK wide network for Carers and former Carers of people with dementia. The initial focused regional work in England is to cover the Liverpool City and Manchester City Regions and this has been funded by the Big Lottery – Accelerating Ideas Programme. In addition, a four-year programme of work has started to establish tide in Scotland, funded by the Life Changes Trust.
This is a new post. A member of the Management Team, you will work closely with the Business Development Manager (England), Business Development Manager (Scotland), Chief Executive and Operations Manager.
Passionate and proactive, the ideal candidate will be educated to degree level or equivalent and have significant experience in producing and managing high quality communications and developing a visible and meaningful organisational profile, alongside a proven track record in delivering a broad individual fundraising portfolio.
Simplifying the Rules for Charities: Some welcome recommendations
LCVS broadly welcomed the recently published Law Commission report, which proposed simplifying how charities are run.
The report, “Technical Issues in Charity Law”, contains 40 proposals indented to simplify many of the more complex elements of running a charity, as well as trying to reduce costs. Many of these will provide relief to charity trustees and staff that can sometimes find the regulatory regime difficult to navigate.
One proposal is the simplification of the process when making changes to a charity’s governing document. At present, all charities seeking to change their purposes must seek Charity Commission consent. However, the criteria used by the Commission when deciding to consent to prosed changes to a charity’s purposes depend on the legal form of the charity making the request. This can lead to inconsistency and frustration amongst the groups we support.
The report recommends a more unified approach.
“Changing a charity’s purposes impacts fundamentally on what it does and who it is for. These decisions are never made lightly,” said Richard Davies, Capacity Building Team Leader.
“Adding another layer of complexity to the process can reduce a charity’s capacity to respond to changing needs within the community it serves”.
Another proposal relates to situations where too much, or too little, money is raised by a charity in response to a fundraising appeal. Where too much is raised, the Charity Commission can direct that the surplus is applied to purposes similar to the original one (known as cy-près). Currently, when too little is raised, the funds cannot usually be applied cy-près and the trustees must instead attempt to contact the donors to offer them a refund.
This can take time and cost money. The report recommends that where the amount of funding in question is under £1,000 the charity can simply be applied for new purposes without Commission consent.
“Raising funding is one of the greatest challenges a charity has and setting targets for funding can really inspire support and concentrate the efforts of those generating money,” Richard Davies continued.
“When a campaign falls just short, it can become costly, particularly for smaller charities, to be able to get consent to apply the money in a way that still achieves the general outcome that most supporters would want. This recommendation is very welcome.”
Other recommendations include making it easier for charities to make “small ex-gratia payments” without needing to obtain permission from a regulator, new powers for the Commission to prevent the use of misleading names and giving the regulator the ability to confirm if trustees are properly appointed.
Two New Sanctuary Housing Grants
Sanctuary Housing is awarding grants for projects that benefit their residents and their wider community. In Liverpool, the organisation will fund community projects within the Sefton Park and Wavertree Playground areas.
Grand Ideas Fund
The main funding stream is the Grand Ideas Fund providing funding of up to £1,000. More can be awarded for exceptional projects, depending on the need for the project, the amount of beneficiaries and the impact that the project will make.
Successful projects will meet at least one of these themes:
Grants of up to £5,000 are also available for financial inclusion projects that:
Deliver a financial inclusion project targeted at Sanctuary residents in Sefton Park and Wavertree Playground areas
Offer a mixed approach of activities rather than just assessing residents for benefit entitlement. Applications should consider how residents can make more money, access affordable credit and manage their money better
Consider how to approach and engage residents, e.g. through outreach work in local centres and existing partnerships with referral agencies
Applications in partnership with other agencies are encouraged.
Funding cannot be used to pay for a fixed salaried worker but can contribute towards sessional delivery and material costs. Any funding should be used to fund activity which is over and above what is currently being delivered by the partner organisation.
Successful applicants will be provided with a named Sanctuary contact and will have regular monthly project discussions. A full evaluation report should be provided at the end of the project.
Projects must be delivered between November 2017 and 31 March 2018. There may be the opportunity to apply for additional funding post 1 April 2018, subject to budgets.
Voice of Nations is running free courses in partnership with Workers Educational Association. All courses run for seven weeks and take place at Voice of Nations, 208 Picton Road, Liverpool, L15 4LL.
Unleash Your Authentic Identity
Tuesdays, 9.30am – 12.30pm
Lively and empowering workshops, debates and group discussions that empower students identify and unleash their authentic identity, uniqueness, and untapped potentials; and enable them to set strategic goals, and take actions to fulfil their vision and maximum potential.
Developing Unwavering Confidence
Thursdays, 9.30am – 12.30pm
Intensive, dynamic, challenging, and motivational workshops, debates, and group discussions/role play that empower and equip students with innovative tools and resources to develop and enhance their self-esteem, self-perception, self- confidence, creativity, and motivational/problem-solving skills; and enable them maximise their full potential.
Public Speaking
Fridays, 9.30am-12.30pm
Students will be empowered and trained to tell your story in an authentic style and speak from the heart and soul to create a transformational effect and experience. The course will consist of workshops designed and delivered to enable students improve their confidence in public speaking and tell their stories in a passionate, authentic and dynamic style that is unique to them. You will be empowered and trained to deliver practical and powerful messages that inspire and captivate your audience. There will be lots of practical opportunities to practice and apply knowledge gained within the group.
To book on the courses or for more information, call 0151 345 4340 or 0752 921 6072, or email info@voiceofnations.org.uk.
Royal Voluntary Service Vacancy: Service Co-Ordinator (2 posts)
Salary: £8.70 per hour
Salary: 21 hours, some evenings and weekends
Contract: 12 months, with potential for extension
Royal Voluntary Service supports older people to live independent and fulfilled lives. The charity is launching a new service in Liverpool and seeks two Service Coordinators with a genuine interest in the happiness and well-being of older people.
In collaboration with the Home First programme, the service supports older people as they are discharged from hospital to their own homes. This is an exciting and highly relevant new piece of work working with Liverpool City Council and two major Hospital Trusts. The Service Co-Ordinators, alongside the Service Manager, will be responsible for setting up the new service, and develop its potential to deliver a multi-faceted, needs-led service for older people across Liverpool.
The team will recruit, train, manage and lead volunteers to deliver the support element of the service. The project will deliver bespoke support at home and in the community to those being discharged from Aintree and Royal Liverpool Hospitals.
If you are interested in applying for this new project, you will need to be able to demonstrate a proven track record in service delivery or volunteer engagement; ability to deliver projects to time, and ability to communicate and write coherently. You role will require to be computer literate, using Microsoft Office.
Are you proud of a young person aged 18-25 who has achieved something great this year?
Steve Biko Housing Association invites you to nominate a young person to receive recognition at the Annual Young Achievers event on Thursday 26 October 2017.
The award is available for young achievers aged 18-25 from the L1, L7, L8 and L15 areas. Vocational and educational achievements are welcome.
Steve Biko Housing Association’s Young Achievers event is a great way of promoting our young people in a positive way, and for showing younger children the great achievements happening within their communities.
To nominate a young achiever, contact Shelique Braithwaite on 0151 734 4933 or email admin@stevebikoha.org. Some help is available with travel costs to attend on the night.
Aviva Community Fund Opens
Do you know a local community organisation that could use some funding for a project? The Aviva Community Fund offers you the chance to get funding from £1,000 up to £25,000 for an important cause in your community.
All you have to do is enter a project for your community organisation – even if you took part previously – and demonstrate what a difference these much-needed funds could make. Whether you’re looking to solve a problem or speed up an ongoing project, this is your chance to make a real difference to your local community.
You can enter your project in one of the four following categories:
Are you passionate about helping others? Are you keen to make a difference in your local community? Are you thirsty to learn new skills and volunteer for a national charity? Are you concerned about diabetes and want to do your bit to raise awareness?
Diabetes UK is recruiting volunteers to form a task force in Liverpool to work as a team to raise awareness about foot care and education for people living with diabetes in the area. This is your opportunity to make a real difference to people affected by diabetes and help us move closer to a world where diabetes can do no harm.
In the UK there are more than 20 leg, foot or toe amputations every day because of diabetes. This is shocking as four out of five of these amputations are preventable. Liverpool is no different and in fact are above the national average for diabetes related lower limb amputations. This is why we think it is so important to highlight the importance of footcare and education for people with diabetes in Liverpool. If people are equipped with more knowledge about diabetes and how to manage it then hopefully some of the devastating complications like amputation could be avoided.
This is a fantastic opportunity to allow volunteers to use their own ideas, plan a way to organise their task force, galvanise their community whilst also meeting new people and providing each other with peer support.
The task force will work together across a 12-month period to deliver a series of events/activities with the aim of highlighting the importance of foot care and education in the Liverpool area.
For more information, contact Jessica Graham, Volunteer Coordinator, on 01925 644 566 or email jessica.graham@diabetes.org.uk.
Squash Nutrition Vacancy: Food Operations Manager
Salary: £25,000, plus 5% contribution to pension
Hours: 37.5 per week
Contract: One-year fixed-term
Squash Nutrition are looking for a Food Operations Manager for its new community food hub. It is a pioneering, community-led eco-building and food garden that will be home to dynamic, progressive and integrated plant-based food practice. The building has been planned and designed by local residents and is due to open in Autumn/Winter 2017/18.
The Food Operations Manager will be responsible for the effective operation and development of the community food shop, cafe and outside catering service, working with the whole Squash team and members to make it a prosperous and successful community business and exemplar neighbourhood food hub.
You must have experience of working in a food retail/catering environment; leading and motivating a small team including recruitment, training and rotas; managing departmental budgets, stock and cost control including mark-ups, accurate cashing up, ordering and pricing; generating revenue; community food work; staff and customer service; monitoring, evaluation and data collection.
The purpose of the job is to develop and maintain curriculum delivery across English and Literacy programmes. The post-holder will support initial assessment, teaching performance, learner achievement, attendance and retention, target setting and other quality measures as required by awarding bodies, funders and inspection bodies.
The Society of Musculoskeletal Medicine Vacancy: Treasurer
The Society of Musculoskeletal Medicine (SOMM) – formerly the Society of Orthopaedic Medicine – is an educational charity that was formed over 30 years ago to develop the seminal work of orthopaedic physician Dr James Cyriax and to promote the theory and practice of musculoskeletal medicine.
SOMM provides a comprehensive programme of postgraduate courses for medical practitioners and physiotherapists. Courses are delivered throughout the UK and Europe and invitations are also accepted from countries further afield wishing to promote musculoskeletal medicine in their area. The Society’s team of tutors bring many years of hands-on experience working in many different arenas – NHS, sport, private practice and the armed forces – which brings diversity and interest to the courses and ensures a stimulating and varied learning experience.
SOMM is governed by a Council of up to 13 members who form the Board of Trustees and Directors. They are elected annually at the Annual General Meeting and manage the affairs of the Society.
SOMM is looking to recruit a new Treasurer to join The Board of Trustees to help us develop and move the organisation forward in these challenging and exciting times and ensure that SOMM’s finances are managed appropriately and lead the organisations financial strategy.
The ideal candidate is:
A qualified accountant or has a strong financial background
A strategic thinker
Preferably experienced in the charity and/or business sector
Able to offer a flexible time commitment of approximately 10 hours per month and to attend two Council meetings a year
For further information a copy of the Treasurer Job Description, or an informal discussion, contact Christine Williams, Society Administrator, at christine.william@sommcourses.org, or Joanna Cheetham, Finance Administrator, at joanna.cheetham@sommcourses.org, or call 0151 237 3970.
Fee: £10 per hour (total of 207 hrs for £2,070)
Hours: 9 hours average per week over 2 days
Contract: 23 weeks of work during October 2017 to May 2018
Kindred Minds is looking for a Sessional Activity Co-ordinator to develop, co-ordinate and deliver the charity’s activity programme which comprises:
Providing support to set up groups that will become self managed by the members
Delivering specific themed activity sessions
Making any arrangements for Tutor lead and/or self managed groups/ activities
The work periods are:
16 October – 15 December 2017 (9 weeks)
15 January – 22 March 2018 (10 weeks)
16 April – 11 May 2018 (4 weeks)
Periods of no activity/work relate to seasonal holidays.
For full details and an application pack please email Denise Bernard – Development Worker at kindredmindsliverpool@gmail.com
Closing date: Friday 22 September 2017, 12noon
Interviews: Provisionally Monday 2 October 2017
Engineers Propose “Council of the North” to Make Northern Powerhouse Strategy Real
A new report from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) proposes devolution to a “Council of the North” as the way to make the Northern Powerhouse a reality.
As well as coordinating and setting priorities, the Council of the North should have revenue-raising and borrowing powers, says the leading professional body. ICE presented its new report Delivering a Northern Infrastructure Strategy to the metro mayors for Liverpool, Manchester and Tees Valley.
Speaking at the launch event at The Capital Building in Liverpool on 7 September 2017, Liverpool’s mayor Steve Rotheram said: “The Institution of Civil Engineers has got it absolutely right when they say in their report that we need to see the North taking control over its own destiny. And the need for greater political devolution to be matched with greater financial devolution – if real devolution is going to become a reality. There is a strong case for a structure that brings together the north to speak and act as one.”
ICE North West regional director Darrell Matthews said: “For the Northern Powerhouse to succeed it needs a clear strategy for planning and delivering high-performing infrastructure. This is the cornerstone for a successful and resilient economy. By approaching infrastructure in the North in a coordinated strategic manner and providing the foundation for productive economic activity we can not only allow the region to flourish but also help to rebalance the UK’s economy and benefit the entire nation.”
Delivering a Northern Infrastructure Strategy was put together by ICE’s expert Northern Powerhouse Steering Group which includes engineers, businesses and local government organisations from across the North, chaired by Richard Threlfall of KPMG.
Richard Threlfall said: “My vision for the Northern Powerhouse is a region that has the ambition, the confidence and the capability to wield both economic power and presence on the world stage. We need to take control of our own destiny, set up the institutions to coordinate a one-North approach and invest in best-in-class infrastructure and skills. The North was once the powerhouse of the world. It can be again. But only if we believe in it and work together to make it happen.”
The creation a Council of the North with representation of LEPs (Local Enterprise Partnerships) alongside metro mayors and leaders of local authorities to oversee the delivery of the Northern Powerhouse vision
A northern infrastructure strategy to ensure the North’s balanced growth and improved productivity
A northern spatial plan to guide and coordinate integrated infrastructure development
The provision of coordinated lifelong learning and development to ensure the North has the future skills required by employers and to deliver its infrastructure investment programme
To kick-start the North’s economic resurgence, central government should immediately increase the level of infrastructure investment and empower Transport for the North to determine transport investment priorities
So the North can, over time, fund growth from its own resources, central government should devolve sufficient revenue-raising and borrowing powers
The North must adopt a more proactive and ambitious approach to encouraging private investment
The North should fully develop its specialisations in renewables and new energy technologies to maintain its position as the country’s energy powerhouse
Transport for the North must develop programmes that enhance network integration and connectivity, enable economic development and ensure that the region is ready for the arrival of HS2
Transport for the North should champion the adoption of new technologies in both passenger and freight transport, including the digital railway, autonomous vehicles and mobility as a service
The North must acquire and maintain best-in-class digital infrastructure with complete geographic coverage to unlock economic growth and enhance the delivery of infrastructure services across the region
To address the North’s housing shortage local authorities should put in place standard approaches to assessing need and have access to flexible funding arrangements for new developments
Food Business Courses for Women
Heritage Lottery Fund Vacancies: 2x Development Officers (North West Region)
Hours: 2 x Full time posts – open to possible part-time arrangements for at least one post
Salary: £22,365 – 25,945 (pro rated per annum for part time)
Location: Manchester
The primary purpose of this role is to assist the Development Manager and the North West team in providing clear feedback and honest advice through Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) Project Enquiry service and supporting the planning, implementation and evaluation of outreach strategies in the North West.
Potential applicants are invited to come along to the Heritage Lottery Fund offices in Manchester to find out more about working for the charity. An open session will take place on Friday 15 September 2017 at 3pm and repeated at 5pm (no appointment necessary). Please note this session is not mandatory and is for information sharing only – it will take place at Carver’s Warehouse, 77 Dale Street, Manchester M1 2HG. Contact Heritage Lottery Fund if you have any accessibility requirements.
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 20 September 2017, midnight
Interviews: Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 October 2017 in Manchester
If you have not heard from the recruiting officer two weeks after the closing date, please assume you have not been successful.
Open Arms Project – Connecting Refugees and Asylum Seekers with Local Residents
Open Arms is a way for long-term residents to get to know refugees and asylum seekers who are living in their area – as meeting face to face and forming friendships can help people understand more about the asylum system and reduce prejudice towards those within it. The British Red Cross wants to help bring communities together through free activities where people can meet and enjoy shared interests, such as football or family life. The emphasis is not on getting to know someone because they are an asylum seeker – but rather because of what people have in common.
This pilot project is in full swing and through the Open Arms Grant has recently awarded 13 community groups across Greater Manchester and Liverpool with funding to host community engagement activities. There are a variety of activities taking place including; street parties, family cooking, parent and child groups, football training sessions, art classes, women’s wellbeing and exercise classes, choir groups, pottery workshops and boxfit sessions.
The activities are completely free and open to everyone, with some already starting July and August and others launching in September 2017. These activities will be closely monitored throughout to measure how settled and satisfied people from both community groups feel.
Activities taking place in Liverpool:
Women’s Health Information & Support Centre (WHISC) on Bold Street runs a women’s Saturday Club (11am – 2pm) every week which enables people to meet and chat over a cup of tea, receive emotional support and take part in Zumba classes or nail art.
Tree House Liverpool CIC in Tuebrook is hosting a ‘Taste of Home’ event on Sunday 10 September (10am – 3pm) which will see a number of cooks come together to prepare their version of home cooking. On the day people can enjoy complimentary food prepared by the cooks and take part in arts and crafts. Tree House also run a roster of free activities in Newsham Park, where they are based, from yoga to maintaining the public garden.
The Rotunda over the summer holidays the team organised free family pottery sessions. Activities will be starting up again for the October half term – full details tbc.
From mid-September Liverpool Lighthouse in Anfield will be hosting free coffee sessions and running a brand new choir group, perfect for people with an interest in music or would like to improve their singing in a welcoming environment.
From mid-September Sola Arts in Toxteth will be extending its arts therapy sessions on Friday afternoons, opening up its studio to anyone who would like to express themselves creatively.
Tuebrook Community Centre and Boxing Club will be running boxfit sessions for people aged 18 or over on Tuesday evenings, 7pm – 8pm. From Tuesday 19 September people can visit the centre to improve fitness and learn a new sport for free.
Homebaked will be offering free group baking sessions where people can taste everything they make – start date tbc, but within 2017
If you would like to find out more about the Open Arms pilot project or for activity posters, contact Katy Curley, British Red Cross Campaign Coordinator, at openarms@redcross.org.uk.
Brink Events and Services in September
Following the success of Brink’s first Healthy Souls Festival in August, the organisation is careering into September with more additions to its programme, providing activities for people in their paths into recovery and wellbeing.
This month, you can see the results of a partnership with NHS MerseyCare, The Life Rooms. There will be a 16-week programme entitled The Recovery College to The Brink, and an extensive choice of week-to-week courses and sessions aimed at the many aspects of achieving wellness, empowerment, confidence.
Another partnership with Feel Great Formula Clinical Nutrition aims to provide some of the most important information you can get your hands on when it comes to healing through food choices and nutrition.
Speaking of this, The Brink is also announcing the latest manifestation of freshly prepared and homemade offerings, the new menu.
Deadline Extended: The Big Liverpool Get-Together Fund
This fund is currently closed.
The special round of our Community Impact Fund is inspired by the Great Get-Together, organised earlier this year by the family of the late MP Jo Cox.
As Jo’s family and friends explained: “A get-together is any gathering of neighbours, friends and those in our communities to celebrate what we have in common. We hope it provides a reason to reach out to those you might not otherwise meet, and by building new relationships, create stronger communities.”
We want to fund projects that bring together people within communities from different backgrounds, of different ages and with different outlooks, to increase mutual understanding and to help people work together to improve their community. We will support either one-off events, or a series of events, as long as they take place by December 2017. The maximum amount an organisation can apply for is £1,000 but we expect most applications to be in the region of £500 – £750.
If you have any questions about your application, email grants@lcvs.org.uk or call us on 0151 227 5177. We are happy to help!
Closing date: Monday 2 October 2017, 9am
Pancreatic Cancer UK Information Volunteer Opportunity
Pancreatic Cancer UK is offering an exciting part-time volunteering opportunity (1-2 days per month) to support the regional team in the North West (Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside). The Information Volunteers will help the team to reach people throughout the North West who are affected by a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, providing them with access to our information and support.
You will have excellent communication skills, a good knowledge of Pancreatic Cancer UK services, an empathy for people affected by pancreatic cancer, and an understanding of the importance of confidentiality and personal boundaries.
In return, you will gain experience in a busy, friendly team, meet new people, receive support and induction, reimbursement for volunteer expenses, as well as the satisfaction of making a valuable contribution to the work of Pancreatic Cancer UK.
To apply, read the full Role Description and send us an email outlining your relevant experience and why you’re interested in this volunteer role, together with your CV, to getinvolved@pancreaticcancer.org.uk. You will then be contacted to arrange an informal telephone call to discuss the role, and any further details.
Deadline for applications: Friday 29 September 2017, 9am
The Reader Vacancy: Ice Cream Parlour Supervisor
Salary: £7.65 per hour
Hours: minimum 12 hours per week
This individual will be working within The Reader Ice Cream Parlour. They will work in a team developing and delivering a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with The Reader’s ethos and vision.
The Ice Cream Parlour Supervisor will be based at Calderstones Site, where The Reader is developing its Centre for Reading and Wellbeing. Hospitality is a key element of this venture, with profits reinvested into projects that improve the quality of people’s lives. It will also support and develop other activities being delivered within the Mansion House and surrounding buildings, such as training courses and community events. The Parlour, is open seven days a week, provides a large selection of Ice Creams in a child friendly and welcoming environment.
This individual will be responsible for supervising paid members of staff, volunteers and apprentices whilst fulfilling regular hospitality responsibilities, such as serving customers and maintaining high levels of customer service. The individual must be flexible according to seasonal opening hours.
This is not your typical hospitality role; as well as having relevant catering experience and a passion for working with people; we are looking for someone with a real connection to children and the ethos of The Reader and its commitment to improving the quality of people’s lives by connecting people through books and reading. This role requires an experienced individual who is comfortable supervising others whilst working as part of a team. You will work in a very close team and report directly to the Ice Cream Parlour Manager. You will be working towards the same goal of running a profitable social enterprise that provides an offer of the highest standard to the wider community.
Your main responsibilities will be:
Dealing with customers and ensuring high standards of customer service
Supervising the Storybarn booking process and Storybarn customer experience
Supervising volunteers, apprentices and paid staff members
Cashing up
Preparing and presenting food to a high standard
Maintaining the reputation of the charity in your dealings with the public
Maintaining high standards of hygiene.
Other responsibilities will include:
Maintaining stock levels
Ordering Stock
Delivering training to other staff members.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Working With Us’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Your covering letter is an opportunity for you to include any additional information which could not be explained within the application form. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline: Friday 15 September 2017, 9am
A high volume of applications may make replies to everyone impossible.
NatWest Skills and Opportunities Fund Launches
Almost 9 in 10 of us have benefitted from the work of a charity, according to the latest Social Landscape Report compiled by The Charities Aid Foundation and ACEVO – highlighting just what an essential role charities, as well as other not-for-profit organisations, play in our communities.
This is just one of many reasons that a further £1m of community funding will be made available to not-for-profit organisations in England and Wales through the Skills & Opportunities Fund.
Applications for R2 2017 are now open from and not-for-profit organisations, including community groups, social enterprises and state-funded schools and colleges with eligible projects are invited to apply for grants of up to £35k.
The projects that we fund focus on helping people in some of the most disadvantaged communities in England and Wales to access the skills and opportunities they need to build their financial capability or to start or develop a new business.
If you are interested in applying this time round or know an organisation that might be, full details are available online. Remember to check the eligibility criteria and application guidelines before applying, as well as the relevant Regional Priorities, which applications will be reviewed against at the judging stage.
With almost 90% of us likely to benefit from the assistance of a charity at some point in our lives, and 100% from building stronger communities, make sure to spread the word among both your local and virtual communities.
Here’s a reminder of the key dates for R2 2017:
Application deadline: Friday 22 September 2017
Public vote: Friday 27 October – Friday 10 November 2017
Regional Board: Monday 13 November – Friday 24 November 2017
Announcement of winners: Tuesday 11 December 2017
Somewhere Else: Volunteering Opportunities
Are you, or anybody you know looking for a chance to volunteer? Somewhere Else welcomes volunteers with open arms, offering people the chance to gain experience in a diverse community centred around the making and sharing of bread.
Gain practical skills with support and guidance
Develop personal and social skills in a caring environment
Practical training opportunities
Breadmaking takes place on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10.30am-2pm. Arrive by 11am to bake bread. Afterwards, you can stay for Reflections, friendly conversation and freshly made lunch.
Are you a woman? Do you live in Liverpool? Would you like to become a peacebuilder in your community?
Women play a vital role in society so we believe that women’s participation is critical if lasting peace is to prevail. Women for Peace is an interactive leadership programme for women exploring conflict and extremism at a local, national and international level.
This course, run by the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Peace Foundation, will run in Autumn/Winter 2017 in Liverpool. The course is free to attend, and participants will receive a Level 2 Open Awards Foundation for Peace Accreditation on completion of the course.
You will gain:
Enhanced skills in conflict resolution and problem solving
Increased understanding to respond to local issues and participate in social action
Strengthened capacity to be an active peacebuilder
The course will cover the following topics:
Critical thinking skills
Self-awareness and identity
Conflict resolution skills
Understanding extremism
Confidence and ability to share opinions and experiences
Structure Women for Peace will consist of 10 sessions in Liverpool, once a week for 3 hours. A meal will be provided at each session, and a crèche if required.
To find out more, contact Hannah Larn at the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Peace Foundation at hannah.larn@foundation4peace.org or call 07572 975949.
Winifred Tumim Memorial Prize 2017
The Winifred Tumim Memorial Prize for best practice in charity governance has been established by NCVO in honour of the work done by Lady Winifred Tumim, chair of NCVO from 1996-2001, to improve the quality of charity governance.
All shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend the NCVO/BWB Trustee Conference on Tuesday 14 November 2017 free of charge where the winners will be announced at the evening drinks reception.
Entrants must:
Be able to demonstrate, through the application process, how they have improved the effectiveness of their governance and delivered greater public benefit as a charity in line with the new good governance code
Be a charity based in England (even if your organisation operates across the UK, your headquarters must be based in England)
Cover work carried out since April 2016
Entries are welcome from charities of any size and decisions will be made based on their achievements irrespective of the resources expended. The judges will assess all entries received and will use the Code as a framework for their decision making.
Prizes
1st prize – £1,000
2nd prize – a free place at the NCVO Annual Conference 2018 or on one of NCVO’s governance training days
To enter, complete the application form by Friday 8 September 2017.
If you have any queries on the prize, email NCVO or phone 020 7520 3153.
Preferred Suppliers List for Learning and Development Providers
The Advice Skills Academy (ASA) is a European Social Fund (ESF) funded project, running October 2016 to September 2019 (subject to change control approval), which will develop a co-ordinated approach to identifying learning and development needs of staff within local Citizens Advice services across the Liverpool City Region (LCR).
The project will:
Develop a calendar of training opportunities to meet the needs of staff, including internal Citizens Advice delivery, and externally procured delivery
Identify other learning and development opportunities, including e-learning, coaching and mentoring
Support the development of learning organisations that are responsive to the needs of staff, volunteers, and their learning, development and progression goals
The project has been developed to:
Address higher level skills shortages in specialist advice services
Provide training and support for people within the workforce to improve skills, knowledge, progression and productivity
Provide a training and support route for disadvantaged groups seeking to access further job opportunities in the sector
Improve management, leadership and progression capacity
Promote equality by improving the progression prospects of women within the workforce
ASA are looking to create a Preferred Suppliers List, in order to procure the delivery of goods or services for the project up to a total budget value of £30,200. This Application form is to be used for applying to be entered onto the Preferred Suppliers List for ASA. For full details of the ASA procurement processes, please see the ASA Procurement Framework document.
The Women’s Organisation is the accountable body for this Programme. Send all correspondence in relation to this process to info@thewo.org.uk.
Deadline for responses: Tuesday 18 September 2017, 5pm
Summer Treasure Hunt in Merseyside Parks and Green Spaces
Merseyside Sports Partnership has teamed up with the Mersey Forest to launch a new Geocaching project, starting in Liverpool and St Helens. Geocaching is a great way to enjoy being outside in the Mersey Forest discovering somewhere new, getting fitter and enjoying the thrill of the hunt.
Geocaching is a bit like orienteering or Pokemon Go, in that you use GPS coordinates to find ‘caches’ that have been hidden within public parks. The first lot of caches have been placed around:
Calderstones Park, Liverpool
Colliers Moss, St Helens
Croxteth Hall Park, Liverpool
Everton Park, Liverpool
Taking part is simple – all you need is a mobile phone and an internet connection. You’ll then be able to navigate your way to a cache location, and use the clues provided to find the cache. Set yourself a challenge to see if you can find all 20 caches in the summer holidays.
New Documentary and Mentoring Opportunity in Liverpool
Change It Programme for Women
Change It: Progress to Success empowers women in Liverpool of all ages, backgrounds and stages of their lives to feel more positive about what they can achieve. The programme is run by the Women’s Organisation.
Throughout this programme, participating women will learn more about themselves, develop their confidence and begin building the future they want at home, at work or in relationships.
The dates and venues for the next programme are as follows:
Fountains Children’s Centre, Thursday 14 September 2017
Granby Children’s Centre, Friday 15 September 2017
The Women’s Organisation, Wednesday 20 September 2017
The Women’s Organisation, Tuesday 7 November 2017
If you would like to refer a woman onto the programme, or speak to a member of the ‘Change It’ team about opportunities, please contact the Engagement Team on
0151 706 8111 or email hello@thewo.org.uk.
If you would like to be sent marketing materials such as posters or information leaflets, email lucycashman@thewo.org.uk.
Volunteers Needed to Help Improve Local People’s Computer Skills
New Liverpool City Region project Include-IT Mersey seeks volunteer digital champions to work in local communities, encouraging local people to improve their digital skills by accessing free training across Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and the Wirral.
Volunteers will support participants to access digital training and raise awareness of the benefits of getting online in a variety of community centres and locations across the region.
“Digital Champions don’t need to be experts in IT and computing, but will need to be friendly and comfortable in working with the public” said Lauren Jones, Volunteer Coordinator for Sefton, Liverpool and Knowsley.
“The project aims to help 750 participants to renew their motivation to learn and progress in life and gain, what will in many cases, be their first qualification”.
Include-IT Mersey volunteers will not be directly involved in delivering the training programme, but will have the opportunity to help project organisers at Digital Surgeries across the region and will provide hands-on support to learners.
“By volunteering with the Include-IT Mersey project, Digital Champions can build their own confidence and self esteem whilst helping participants to build theirs too,” said Sally Dobbing, Volunteer Coordinator for Halton, St Helens and the Wirral.
“This opportunity is a chance for volunteers to help members of their local community, and the role is flexible around your own availability”.
The Include-IT Mersey project is funded by The Big Lottery and European Social Fund, and is lead by Sefton CVS in partnership with VOLA consortium and partner organisations throughout the Liverpool City Region.
For more information on this role, or to find out where your nearest training venue is, contact Sefton CVS on 0151 920 0726 or email includeitmersey@seftoncvs.org.uk. Full details are also available online.
The Life Story Network Vacancy: Communications & Fundraising Manager
Salary: £25,000 – £28,000 per annum, dependent on experience
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Contract: Three years, with potential to extend dependent on project achievements
The Life Story Network (LSN) is a Community Interest Company set up by a group of committed health, social care and business professionals and family carers, who understand the value of using life stories to improve the quality of life for individuals.
An important stream of work is the initial phased roll out of tide – together in dementia every day, a national network for Carers and former Carers of people with dementia. Which will cover the Liverpool City and Manchester City Regions and has been funded by the Big Lottery – Accelerating Ideas Programme.
This is a brand new, exciting role. If you are a passionate and proactive communications professional; able to communicate complex issues in an engaging and accessible manner then this could be the job for you.
Educated to degree level or equivalent, the ideal candidate will have significant experience in producing and managing high quality communications and developing a visible and meaningful organisational profile, alongside a proven track record in delivering a broad individual fundraising portfolio.
Closing date: Friday 8 September 2017
Interviews: Thursday 5 October 2017
Cobalt Community Fund
Community groups and organisations are invited to submit a funding application to Cobalt’s Community Fund to run a project or event that benefits the Cobalt neighbourhood (Croxteth, Norris Green, Fazakerley, and Clubmoor).
The maximum that may be applied for is £3500 and the application must demonstrate that match-funding of at least 20% is in place. This amount can only be applied for once per year. All groups, including those who have applied for one project at the maximum amount, may submit unrestricted numbers of applications for smaller amounts provided that the projects or events are totally unrelated.
Your project or event must address one or more of Cobalt’s Regeneration Team priorities:
If you need help with completing the application form, pop into one of Cobalt’s digi hubs:
Porchfield Community Centre, Storrington Avenue, Croxteth, Tuesdays, 10am-12pm
Ellergreen Community Centre, Ellergreen Road, Norris Green, Wednesdays, 1-3pm
Deadline for applications: Monday 11 September 2017, 5pm
Commissioner Reopens Fund to Help Communities Prevent Crime
Organisations which help to reduce crime and protect communities in Merseyside are being invited to apply for a share of a fund aimed at helping building stronger, safer communities.
This is the third year that Merseyside’s Police Commissioner Jane Kennedy has opened the Crime Prevention Fund which is used to help charities, community groups and social enterprises stop problems before they occur, by reducing the opportunities for crime and by deterring people away from becoming involved in anti-social and criminal behaviour.
A total of £135,000 is available from the fund and the Commissioner is inviting groups to submit bids of between £5,000 and £25,000 for innovative community safety projects or schemes that will be run between now and April 2018. This year, the Commissioner is specifically urging organisations that are working to tackle the causes of serious and organised crime to apply for funding.
Jane Kennedy said: “Serious and organised crime is, for many people, their greatest concern. It blights our communities, bringing misery and suffering and causing lasting harm.
“Merseyside Police allocates extensive resources to tackling this issue, but they cannot succeed alone. Local people understand their communities better than anyone and know what will work best to improve their area. We are fortunate to have a wealth of voluntary and community groups which are working hard to prevent people, especially young people from getting involved with this type of crime and I want to hear from them.
“Through the Crime Prevention Fund, I want to see what more can be done to tackle this issue and with these grants I hope I can give organisations which are trying to address the root causes of this issue a valuable cash boost which will help to make a difference to communities across Merseyside.”
Last year, 12 grassroots organisations were chosen to share £132,000 from the Crime Prevention Fund from a total of 116 bids submitted. Many of the projects focused on preventing young people from getting involved with crime.
Jane said: “Sadly, we have seen really damaging cuts, not only to the police, but to a lot of our really important partner organisations which focus their efforts on community safety, such as the Youth Offending Teams, local authority crime prevention services and mental health provision, in recent years.
“The reduction in many of these services is being strongly felt in our communities, so I hope these small grants can be used to help to alleviate some of these cutbacks. I’ve met hundreds of people across Merseyside who are really proud and passionate about the places they live in and are committed to keeping them safe and I look forward to reviewing their proposals for how this fund can be best spent.”
Any organisation wishing to apply for funding will need to show how their project works to tackle the priorities set out in the Commissioner’s Police and Crime Plan:
Prevent crime and anti-social behaviour
Provide a visible and accessible neighbourhood policing style
Tackle serious and organised crime and support victims
Protect vulnerable people and maintain public safety
Improve road safety.
Applications will also need to show how the initiatives will deter individuals from committing crime, reduce the number of people entering the criminal justice system, or lower reoffending. They will also be assessed to see how well they will protect vulnerable communities.
The fund will be administered by the Community Foundation for Merseyside, an independent charity which assists grant-making and charitable giving, that is also available to help any organisation looking to make a bid.
Children in Liverpool are increasingly going hungry to bed. August is a month in which children may have access to even fewer meals, due to it being the school holidays.
In solidarity, Alice Bennett is skipping her evening meal and going to bed hungry for the whole of August. You can join her and donate the average cost of the meal(s) you skipped or just donate. The funds raised will be split between three fantastic Liverpool charities that work hard to fight poverty through various feeding initiatives: Croxteth Gems, Liverpool Six Community Centre and Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS).
Liverpool City Council Soft Market Testing: Children’s Homes for Transition Preparation and Moving on
Within this Soft Market Test and Request for Information, Liverpool City Council is providing you with current proposals for the development of the Council’s commissioned services for Children’s Homes for Transition, Preparation and Moving on, and requesting information regarding your company and your services.
This information is requested as part of a soft market testing exercise in order to seek the market’s views on the development of a model for Children’s Homes for Transition, Preparation and Moving on, the capacity of the market to supply this service, and the level of interest in this proposed procurement activity.
Your company will need to register on Procontract (Due North) to be able to download the full background documents and questionnaire, together with the non-disclosure agreement. Once you have registered you will need to go to the “my opportunities” section on the home page of Procontract and follow the instructions as a supplier to enable you to return your submission.
Closing date for submissions: Monday 11 September 2017, 5pm
Liverpool City Council Contract: Management of Croxteth Hall and Country Park Concession
Liverpool City Council wishes to appoint a suitably skilled and experienced capable Concessionaire who shares the Councils’ ambition to protect Croxteth Hall and Country Park for future generates by safeguarding it’s unique place in Liverpool’s history. The Concessionaire will protect the heritage and accessibility to the Hall and Country Park whilst placing it on a secure financial footing.
The Authority is seeking a supplier for a concessions contract to Manage Croxteth Hall and Country Park for Liverpool City Council through meeting the scope and specification. The Authority wishes to appoint a suitably skilled and experienced Concessionaire (The Concessionaire) to operate Croxteth Hall and manage the Wider Estate.
In line with the CCR’s regulation 18 the concession contract will be let for a maximum of 5 years. However as per regulation 18 (3) should the concessionaire be able to sufficiently demonstrate that the length of time required to recoup the investments made in operating the estate is likely to exceed 5 years consideration will be given.
Your company will need to register on Procontract (Due North) to be able to download the full Application and supporting documents. The documents will only be available on Procontract (available via the Due North site). Once you have registered you will need to go to the “my opportunities” section on the home page of Procontract and follow the instructions as a supplier to enable you to return your submission.
Liverpool City Region Cultural Integration Small Grants
Small grants are available for projects or initiatives that work to support the cultural integration of Syrian Refugees resettling in Liverpool City Region. Projects must work with groups of Syrian Refugees around health, education, employment, finance and budgeting, English Practice and law and culture in the UK. Activity should be held at a community level in St Helens, Wirral, and Liverpool City. A maximum of £5,000 is available in each area to fund any project that aims to deliver the above.
A creative approach that places the needs of refugees at its heart is essential. Applicants should be clear around what role and support they would need from Refugee Action in project delivery and should seek to embed a wide range of different local charities, community organisations or initiatives in their delivery of the group programme.
Your proposal should be no longer than 4 sides of A4. Unfortunately hand written proposals cannot be accepted. Your proposal should cover:
What you plan to do?
How you plan to do it, including timeframes
What resources you need?
What outcomes you intend to achieve with refugees and why, including your milestones and any evidence or understanding of the client group that you have gained through your experience with them
Final decisions will be made through a panel of representatives from across the scope of the service, this will include representation from within the client group. Successful applicants will be asked how they intend to evidence their outcomes – this will form part of the report back to the lead officers.
Refugee Action will also ask all successful applicants to evidence their safeguarding policies and procedures, you will also need to have any relevant insurances in place and DBS checks.
Charities under More Pressure
A recent report has highlighted that a majority of local charities face a “capacity crunch” caused by the twin challenges of an increase in demand for services, compounded by their incomes either stagnating or reducing.
The Foundation for Social Improvement, in the latest edition of its Small Charity Index: Taking the Pulse of the Small Charity Sector for March – May 2017, reported that almost 70 per cent of small charities reported an increase in demand for services. Despite this, only 9% reported an increase in income.
According to the index, demand for services from small and local charities has increased by over 100% since 2013. Despite this increase in demand, statutory funding from local authorities has dropped by 11% over the same period.
Richard Davies, Capacity Building Team Leader at LCVS, said “There has never been greater need for the support of local charities but when funding opportunities continue to be under strain, the sector has to respond by thinking of ways to diversify its resources to meet those needs.
“In our work with groups, we continually support our clients to look at a diversifying their income streams and to come up with ways to accommodate increases in demand, but the pressure continues to mount. We would always encourage local charities to take the time out to think about looking into alternative income streams and to continually review the demand for their services. For example, trustees should review the demand for services at least annually, taking time to plan their next year’s services based on evidence”.
Citizens Advice Liverpool Vacancy – Telephone & Digital Debt Adviser
Job Title: Telephone & Digital Debt Adviser
Responsible To: Project Lead
Place Of Work: Within Citizens Advice Liverpool Locations.
Salary: £23,166
Hours of Work: 37 hours per week on rota 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
Type of contract: Initially temporary 9mths
Purpose of role:
Citizens Advice Liverpool have an exciting opportunity for a Telephone & Digital Debt Adviser to work within their Money Advice team in Liverpool. You will deliver a high quality, consistent money advice service across telephone and digital channels including casework, which maximises prevention through client learning, self-help and access to services. You will support the Project Manager in the planning and development of the Telephone & Digital Money Advice service and assist in initiatives to improve service delivery and provision.
As part of a team you will provide an effective supported Money Advice debt service to client through telephone and digital channels
To be successful in this role you will have excellent communication skills with an ability to work under pressure to achieve targets and outcomes with minimum supervision and be motivated and willing to try new things.
Citizens Advice Liverpool are not looking for the finished article, if you have the right attitude then they can help to develop your skills.
Closing date: Monday 21 August 2017
Interview date: Thursday 24 August 2017
Wellbeing Enterprises Vacancy – Macmillan Community Wellbeing Administrator
Salary: £14,500 – £15,600 (2 year fixed term- 6 month probationary period)
Two year fixed term contract
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Place of work: Liverpool City Region
Responsible to: Macmillan Community Wellbeing Project Manager
Purpose of Post:
We’re looking for an experienced and highly organised Administration Officer to ensure the smooth running of a community wellbeing service working in partnership with Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group and funded by Macmillan Cancer Support.
The successful candidate will provide administrative support to the project delivery team and will be responsible for developing and implementing efficient and effective administrative processes and procedures.
Key responsibilities:
To receive and validate referrals from a wide range of sources and contact the patient to arrange a convenient appointment
To provide comprehensive administrative support to the Macmillan Community Wellbeing Officers
Book venues and prepare equipment and materials for wellbeing one to one appointments and group activities
To assist in the production of a range of marketing and promotional materials
To assist with the social media duties for the organisation including maintaining Twitter and Facebook
Develop and implement robust administrative processes and procedures to ensure the efficient delivery and monitoring of the service
Organise and coordinate meetings using online calendars and monitor uptake of group activities using online and telephone systems
Take minutes and prepare agendas and papers for internal and external meetings
Maintain paper and electronic records in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act
General administration duties including: filing, photocopying, answering telephone calls, taking messages and data inputting
To coordinate the work of any administrative apprenticeships or assistants in the organisation
To carry out volunteer induction sessions and liaise with volunteers, patients, partners and the wider public
Uphold Wellbeing Enterprises CIC’s core values: People Power, Positive Places and Productive Partnerships wellbeingenterprises.org.uk.
For more information please contact Helen McPeake (01928 589 799).
Deadline for applications is 31 August – 5.00pm.
Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre Vacancies – Café Support Worker and Receptionist
Café Support Worker: This position is assisting in the Café. The work includes serving light refreshments to the community and staff who utilise the centre daily.
Grab your rubber gloves, because the main duties of a Café Support Worker is to ensure the kitchen is spic and span.
The daily tasks will involve:
Ensuring good hygiene and health and safety at all times
Preparing ingredients for the team
Measuring dish ingredients and portion sizes
Helping with deliveries of stock
Ensure basic cleaning jobs are carried out as quickly as possible.
Collect and wash up cutlery, plates, pots and pans.
Clean food preparation areas and equipment, in addition to crockery and cutlery
Unload food and equipment deliveries
Keep the storeroom organised
Keep work surfaces, walls and floors clean and sanitised.
Receptionist: KIMC Receptionist will need to have an ear to the ground and be aware of everything that’s going in the centre, from knowing which important meetings or training are taking place to co-ordinating deliveries. You will be the first person that employees, members of the community and potential clients see, so you will always representing the charity.
The daily tasks will involve:
Meeting and greeting visitors and attendees to the centre
Signing visitors in and out of the building
Signpost bookings for meetings to Administrator
Keeping the reception area tidy
Answering and forwarding phone calls
Screening phone calls
Sorting and distributing post
Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre is based in the Princes Park Ward, Liverpool 8. The centre stands at one of the main gateways into the City Centre and is fast becoming one of the established cultural community centres in the City, it is used by individuals, families and the many diverse communities of Liverpool.
This vacancy is only open to residents who live in the boundaries of Liverpool City Council, who are aged 16-29 and who are unemployed, not in work, training or education. (You will be asked to prove your eligibility, your unemployment, age and address).
If you are interested in applying for either role and you qualify for the funding, please send your CV to mailto:ILM@liverpool.gov.uk clearly adding Kuumba Imani – Café Support or Kuumba Imani– Receptionist (in the subject area of the e-mail), please ensure you add your date of birth.
Closing Date for CVs : Friday 11 August 2017.
Mencap Liverpool Vacancy – Personal Development Co-ordinator
Part time (30 hours per week)
Based in Liverpool City Centre (you will be required to travel in and around Liverpool)
Salary £18,000 per annum (equivalent to £22,500 for a 37.5 hr week)
Applications close 12 noon Friday 11 August 2017
Interviews will be held Friday 18 August
They are looking for someone to join their small team. The role is focused on working 1-2-1 with members, to support their personal development throughout their involvement with Mencap Liverpool.
Steps to Freedom Limited Vacancy – Fundraising and Development Officer
Salary: £23,500 per annum
Location: Liverpool, Merseyside, North – West.
Job Type: Permanent – 3 years fixed term
Sector: Voluntary Sector – Counselling Survivors of Childhood Sexual Exploitation.
Category: Fundraising, Marketing and Development.
Required education: Diploma in Fundraiser / Bachelor’s Degree.
Required experience: 2 years in a fundraising environment. Knowledge and experience of the voluntary sector is desirable as is knowledge and experience of tenders.
Driving Licence is required with full business insurance and an enhanced DBS check.
Post: Fundraising and Development Officer.
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer.
Hours: 9 to 5 but some flexible working is required.
We are looking for a highly energetic person who is passionate about helping survivors of childhood sexual exploitation. As part of our organisation, your task will be to generate new and existing income for the charity and raise awareness of the varied work we do to help ensure fundraising becomes a sustainable source of income for the charity. The key to your success will be your ability to research, develop and attract new funding, sponsorship and donors and deliver marketing and fundraising events.
You will also help develop the business by identifying new areas of funding that we can source to develop other services in addition to our counselling services. This will be to enable us to generate other income besides grants and donations in helping us to provide our organisation with a sustainable income and develop our organisation further.
Completed applications can be posted or hand delivered to Old School Site, Lister Drive, Tuebrook, L13 7HH, or e-mailed to jackie.moon@steps2freedom.org.uk.
Rotunda Ltd are a well-established and highly regarded North Liverpool based Charity. We provide education, training and community services to people from across the Liverpool City Region. We now have three exciting new opportunities within our growing organisation and are looking for skilled and passionate people to work with us to deliver more and better services:
1. Mental Health Co-ordinator
£19,000 to £21,000 (depending on experience)
37.5hpw Monday to Friday
Working with the Executive Team to develop a strategic framework for mental health support for young people accessing Rotunda services.
2. Funding Officer (bid writer)
£17,000 Pro-Rata (£11,336)
25hpw Monday to Friday
To play a key role in developing a sustainable future for Rotunda by identifying and generating grants and funding applications as well as general fundraising to bring in income to support our work.
3. Marketing and Events Manager
£17,000 Pro-Rata (£11,336)
25hpw Monday to Friday
To implement a full and robust programme of marketing of Rotunda’s services and educational programmes.
If you wish to apply for any of these roles, please contact Ella Shields on 01512072176 or eshields@therotunda.org.uk for a full application pack.
Closing date for all applications is Friday 18 August 2017.
New Funding Advisor for LCVS
LCVS welcomes our new Funding Advisor, John McCormack. Many of you might recognise John as our former Grants Officer, supporting local groups to access grants administered by LCVS. Having spent six years as a fundraiser for local charity Zoe’s Place, John now returns to the LCVS family.
John has a wealth of experience in supporting groups to access funding, including local and national trusts and foundations, BIG Lottery and through community and corporate fundraising events.
We are sure John will be a popular and important addition to LCVS and look forward to growing our fundraising support capacity over the coming weeks and months.
If you have any fundraising support needs, please get in touch via our enquiry form or call the Capacity Building team on 0151 227 5177.
Welcome, John!
The Florrie Vacancy: Business Development Manager (Education & Training)
Salary: Up to £30,000 p.a. (depending on experience)
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday (evenings and weekends may be required subject to the business needs)
Contract: Fixed-term until June 2018
The purpose of this role is to establish The Florrie as an accredited learning and training organisation and secure training contracts that will deliver new services and contribute to the long term sustainability of the Florrie. The vision is to develop a training facility that will generate surplus income through the development of our existing café and catering facilities that will support other youth and community programmes throughout the Florrie. You will be responsible for delivering specific outputs and outcomes, creating training places and other learning opportunities.
To apply, send a CV and no more than two A4 pages explaining why you would be the ideal candidate for the vacancy, along with your current or last salary amount and your notice period (if applicable), to Finance and Admin Manager Beverley Forde at bev@theflorrie.org. Alternatively, post to The Florence Institute, 377 Mill Street , Liverpool , L8 4RF.
Closing date: Monday 8 August 2017, 5pm
Interviews: Tuesday 15 August 2017
Become a Shared Lives Respite Carer
Do you have a spare room? Could you spare any time to do respite? Would you like to make a real difference to someone’s life and get paid?
United Response is a national charity supporting young people and adults with a wide range of disabilities and mental health needs to live full lives in the community.
The Shared Lives service aims to match people with learning disabilities to carers in an existing family setting, helping them form relationships, connect with the community and grow in confidence.
Young Person’s Advisory Service Vacancy: Volunteer Counsellor/Psychological Therapist
Are you a qualified counsellor/psychological therapist with experience of working therapeutically with children and young people? If you can offer one day or more per week, this could be your opportunity to work as part of a multidisciplinary team working with children young people and families.
YPAS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and families and expects all staff to share in this commitment. YPAS aims for quality services and equal opportunities for all.
Life Story Network CIC Vacancy: Regional Carers Engagement Lead
Salary: £25,000 per annum pro rata
Hours: 21 hours, 3 days per week, to include Friday and 2 flexible days
Contract: Initially until 31 March 2018, with potential to extend
Created by carers for carers, tide – together in dementia every day is a national involvement network for carers and former carers of people with dementia hosted by Life Story Network CIC. A core principle of tide is how we value, respect and support carers and former carers of people living with dementia. Using lived experience, tide enables a diverse range of carers to have a powerful collective voice, which raises awareness of their unique needs and rights, ensuring that these influence practice, policy and research at all levels. The initial phased roll out of tide will cover the Liverpool City and Manchester City Regions and has been funded by the Big Lottery – Accelerating Ideas Programme.
As Regional Carer Engagement Lead for the North West, you will be working closely with other Regional Leads and the Operations Manager to strengthen and increase the impact of tide.
Duties include:
Proactively recruiting new carer members, being the first point of contact within the region for carers and former carers
Assisting carers to participate in events, helping them with their contribution and presentation, providing carers with the emotional and psychological support before during and after the engagement process (including sending briefing documents, alerting them to the nature of the audience, environment and key themes)
Fostering collaborative working relationships with other statutory and voluntary organisations and networks across the region
You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills and a qualification in Health, Social Care or similar would be an advantage, though not essential. You must have experience and/or an understanding of dementia and the emotional and practical challenges that families experience; this may be through experience of caring for someone with dementia.
Although based in our Liverpool office, this role requires travel within the region and occasional national travel with an overnight stay, so a full clean driving licence and access to a car are essential.
With your help we can influence more policy makers, commissioners, and service providers from grass roots to national policy level. This will ensure that the needs of carers of people with dementia are truly recognised and met so that they can care for the person with dementia better and for longer, with increased knowledge and confidence.
Closing date: Friday 28 July 2017
Interviews: Monday 14 August 2017
Wirral Age UK Vacancies
Wirral Age UK is a place with a difference – the profit is the difference the charity makes to people’s lives.
There are currently the following vacancies:
Community Care Caseworker
Salary: £12.09 per hour
Hours: 17.5 hours per week
Contract: Currently funded to 31 March 2020
Working within the Ask Us Wirral partnership service, you will provide a full casework service to local residents on a range of community care issues.
Basic Advisor
Salary: £10.16 per hour
Hours: 28 hours per week
Contract: Currently funded to 31 March 2020
Working within the Ask Us Wirral partnership service, you will provide initial triage, assessment and frontline information and advice to local residents contacting the service.
Older People Welfare Benefits Advisors
Salary: £12.09 per hour
Hours: 10 hours per week, 14 hours per week and 20 hours per week
Contract: These posts are currently funded to 31 March 2018
Working alongside the Ask Us Wirral service, the advisors will provide support and assistance to local older people to undertake welfare benefit checks to identify entitlement and to provide casework support with the completion of claim forms.
Closing date: Friday 3 August 2017
Interviews: Week commencing 6 August 2017
Liverpool City Council Opportunity: Application for Community Support, Specialist Residential and Nursing Services, and Shared Lives Provider Lists
Liverpool City Council wishes to commission Community Support Services, Specialist Residential and Nursing Services, and Shared Lives for the following client groups:
Complex dementia (residential and nursing care only)
Substance misuse (including social care and physical health needs)
Younger people leaving care from foster placements (Shared Lives)
Young people in transition preparing for adulthood (Shared Lives)
People living with dementia (Shared Lives)
Older people (Shared Lives).
The service is part of twelve main lists, and each list is subdivided according to service type. Bidders if successful will be awarded an ‘Approved’ (Tier 2) status. ‘Preferred’ (Tier 1) status will be awarded only after service delivery performance has been assessed. The Lists will be dynamic and so Tier 1 and Tier 2 status will fluctuate over time. The Lists will be refreshed periodically to allow new applicants to apply.
This is the only opportunity for current preferred and approved contracted providers to refresh their prices so if you wish to do so, complete all of the relevant documentation.
The full application and supporting documents can be downloaded from The Chest. Your company will need to register on Procontract (The Chest) portal to be able to receive the opportunity. The documents will only be available on this portal. Once you have registered you will need to go to the “my activities” section and follow the instructions as a supplier to enable you to complete and return your submission.
Closing date: Monday 14 August 2017, 12noon
Steps to Freedom Vacancies: Board Members
Steps to Freedom is regional charity based in Liverpool providing counselling dedicated to psychotherapy that honours clients as individuals; respectful and ethical practices being of primary importance. The service is strength-based, working with clients at their own pace, improving the mental and physical well-being of women and men survivors of childhood sexual exploitation.
The charity is looking for dynamic, committed, and proactive individuals from a wide and diverse backgrounds to join the board and help the charity continue with its success and expansion. As a trustee, you will ensure that the charity remains focused on its aims and objectives by giving strategic direction, fresh thinking, overall policy-making, and with a keen eye on planning and development. This is an excellent opportunity to share and expand your skills for a very worthwhile cause, adding value to the work of the Board.
You don’t need to have trustee experience, although knowledge of the voluntary sector would be a distinct advantage, as would an interest in counselling services. Applications are particularly welcome from those who have experience in one or more of the following areas:
Human resources
Management
Project management
Finance
Marketing and communications
Fundraising
Trustees would be required to:
Attend up to four meetings a year including and an annual planning day
Get involved in supporting our fixed term projects
Contribute advice and support on an ad hoc basis
Attend events
All travel and out of pocket expenses will be reimbursed.
To request a recruitment pack containing a job description and person specification, together with details of the application process, send an email to alan.mcdonald@steps2freedom.org.uk inserting in the subject “Application for Trustee Role”. For applications by post or if you have any other enquiries, call Alan McDonald on 0151 228 1475.
Greenbank Vacancy: Digital Skills and Employability Officer
Salary: £20,138-£22,658 for 40 hours per week contract (will be calculated pro rata for contracts less than 40 hours)
Hours: 20 hours per week
Contract: Fixed-term until 29 March 2019
The purpose of this job is the development and delivery of the IT-Include programme across the Liverpool City Region, funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Big Lottery Fund. The programme provides targeted, personalised digital skills development and employment support to digitally excluded, unemployed/economically inactive residents of the Liverpool City Region.
The successful candidate will deliver a vocational programme to participants which will improve their basic ICT and online skills. The programme also includes an embedded employability element. The candidate will deliver the programme and provide support and assistance and engage with participants, providing them with the confidence to overcome barriers resulting from a lack of digital skills.
National Energy Action (NEA), the national energy efficiency and fuel poverty charity, is offering a limited number of free three-hour basic energy awareness training sessions to those working with low-income and vulnerable individuals who struggle to manage their energy use and/or keep their homes warm. Courses are available to those working in both statutory and voluntary sector organisations.
The course will help trainees to become more energy aware and will equip them with the knowledge to provide basic energy advice and to signpost individuals to appropriate schemes, support and services to help them achieve a warmer, more energy efficient home.
Course outline:
Understanding fuel poverty and the impact of cold homes
Energy use at home
Getting to grips with heating and hot water systems and controls
Understanding fuel bills, payment methods and getting the best energy deals
Sources of advice, schemes and services
All trainees receive free information resources to help signpost advice recipients to available services.
Sessions are available on an in-house basis to organisations wishing to train a group of staff (minimum of 15 per course). Course dates and locations will be agreed with the organisation. Open access dates may also be scheduled for individual bookings depending on demand.
For further details and bookings, contact Tracy Norris, Business Support Officer at NEA on 0191 269 2946 or email tracy.norris@nea.org.uk.
The Reader Vacancy: Story Hunter
Salary: £7.50 per hour
Hours: Zero hours contract, working pattern covers 9am-7pm, Monday to Sunday
Contract: Until Monday 4 September 2017
The Storybarn is a creative, interactive environment in which children can feel thoroughly alive and creative in the company of quality literature. The Reader believes that books offer children a way to understand the world in which they live and the worlds inside themselves. The charity exists to provide book-routes into this inner space, and to develop shared understandings of both it, and the outer world.
Training will be provided, with space for creative adaptation of delivery for applicants to really make the role their own.
This role could be for you if you:
Passionately believe in the value of reading
Are flexible, enthusiastic and positive
Are incredible outgoing and confident working with children and families
Are Compassionate and creative
Key responsibilities include inspiring young people to love reading and to feel confident and relaxed in the company of books, and creating an exciting, stimulating environment in the Storybarn, to encourage children to make meaningful connections with the texts. This may involve using props such as puppets, musical instruments and other items to stimulate creative play. You must be excellent at reading aloud.
Training and supervision in shared reading and safeguarding practice will be provided. You must be willing to undertake a DBS check.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Working with Us’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Return the application form with a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Your covering letter is an opportunity for you to include any additional information which could not be explained within the application form. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline for applications: Wednesday 2 August 2017, 9am. Applications arriving after 9am will not be considered.
New Liverpool ONE Foundation Grants
The new Liverpool ONE Foundation grant-making programme has been launched. Liverpool ONE, with support from the Community Foundation for Merseyside, have taken time to review its giving and the needs in the local community to take a more dynamic and less conventional approach. Adopting a long-term approach, the aims of the Liverpool ONE Foundation is to demonstrate a decrease in children and young people suffering mental health problems in Merseyside.
Liverpool ONE Foundation Fund
This open-grants programme demonstrates how voluntary and community sector organisations can support the prevention of mental health problems in children and young people and improve their mental well-being. The Foundation will be looking to support projects that decrease the number of children and young people suffering mental health problems, raise awareness of mental health issues and projects that help to remove the stigma currently associated with mental health problems or the promotion of mental well-being.
The focus of the fund is to help the lives of local children and young people up to 21 years of age. The main focus of any potential projects should be on the prevention of mental health problems. Priority will be given to projects that help support children and young people develop methods to equip them with the skills necessary to prevent mental health issues occurring.
Examples of the sorts of projects that may be funded:
Projects developing children and young people’s resilience to mental health problems, e.g. teaching children and young people methods and techniques to equip them with the skills necessary to prevent mental health issues and focus on their mental well-being
Parenting support to help prevent the development or escalation of mental health problems in children and young people
Peer mentoring projects
Alternative approaches such as mindfulness classes or meditation to help children and young people combat feelings of anxiety and worry
Projects that look to achieve a positive mind-set change around mental health eg, awareness raising projects that look at the impact of bullying
Grants available:
For project related costs for up to £5,000
For up to £20,000 a year over a period of three years, to support running costs for projects that are currently focusing on the prevention of children and young people mental health problems and the promotion of mental well-being
Both programmes are targeted at grassroots groups in Merseyside and Halton. Priority for the larger grants will be aimed at those with an income of under £500k (larger charities may still be considered).
Liverpool John Moores University Public Health Institute (LJMU) will continually assess the overall impact and success of the Foundation. Applicants will be expected to work with LJMU to determine the impact and outcomes of their projects and costs for applicant’s time can be included
As part of their wider strategy the Liverpool ONE Foundation plans to develop a community/statutory forum aimed at those working on the front line with children and young people. The purpose of the forum will be to provide opportunities to share best practice, identify gaps or duplication in provision and set some key aspirations for mental health and mental well-being. As a condition of grant successful applicants will be invited to participate in the forum which will take place approx. 4 times per year.
Closing date: Friday 18 August 2017 (might be earlier if significantly oversubscribed)
As part of their wider plans the Foundation wishes to pilot a small award fund with the purpose of nurturing innovation to help support the prevention of mental health problems in children and young people and improve their mental well-being. This fund will enable organisations to test ideas or concepts that may be deemed risky or results not guaranteed and although outcomes will be monitored the focus will be more on the new ideas and approaches as well as learning what worked well and what did not.
The focus of the Small Award Programme is to encourage innovation and test new ideas and approaches to determine what works and what doesn’t to help prevent the development of mental health problems and encourage mental well-being in children and young people aged up to 21 years of age. Grants of £1,000-£3,000 are available for small grassroots groups in Merseyside and Halton.
This is a rolling fund with a small budget of £10,000. Once sufficient applications have been received, and the budget spent, Community Foundation will close the fund and potential applicants will be advised via social media channels and the website.
For further information, contact Tina Kennedy, Community Philanthropy Manager at Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside. Call 0151 232 2444 or email tina@cflm.email.
Kirkdale Community Calls for Common Sense and Vision from Liverpool City Council Planners
The community in Kirkdale is calling for common sense and vision from Liverpool City Council planners.
The issue is a tiny bit of land at the front of the Rotunda by Stanley Road, owned by Manchester developers with plans to build a “monster” block of 33 flats. The community argue that with community investment and regeneration, the space can be created into a community garden and healthy space for local people.
The community has issued a list of impacts on the community:
The community will feel dumped on, disrespected and not represented again
2 of 3 ward councillors are supporting the development against community wishes because “profit isn’t a dirty word”. These two councillors can push this through. You can email joe.hanson@liverpool.gov.uk and lisa.gough@liverpool.gov.uk to voice your opinion
Rotunda is a community-led membership organisation that represents and respects the community
Rotunda has invested £2.5 million of hard-won regeneration improvements without asking for a penny from the Council – taking a DIY approach – and local ward councillors won’t event support that
Rotunda has won awards from the Civic Trust, Georgian Society, Environment and Community Regeneration for the regeneration achievements for people as well as place
More piecemeal development whilst waiting for the new Local Plan. No consideration given to a balanced planning approach – providing facilities and opportunities for people to take themselves out of poverty and improve their opportunities and well-being in an area that is in the top 3% for multiple deprivation nationally and has been given more money by Europe than Government. People in Europe can see the need that Councillors on the ground aren’t addressing!
Development will hide the grade II listed terrace from the road almost completely – and importantly all the services there from Rotunda and many tenant organisations. There is a real possibility here that local families could no longer have access to childcare, education, support and the representation that they have had for 30 years at Rotunda and clearly still need
Disrespects the commitment and funders such as the Heritage Lottery Fund who have a vested interest and will be concerned that negative impact on the financial sustainability of the Rotunda will result in loss of ability to maintain the heritage asset
The development will hide the Kirkdale Folly – a community commissioned major, and rare, piece of artwork in North Liverpool. It will also be in literal touching distance of it if approved. This is the last remaining community legacy from Capital of Culture 2008 and sends out a bad message to potential cultural investors in North Liverpool
33 apartments with only 11 parking spaces will impact on vulnerable users and businesses within the terrace
Danger to children and vulnerable young people from excess of cars and safeguarding issues resulting from CCTV over the terrace
Loss of green space that has been used for over 25 years as community event and meeting place. Village Green application in.
Development will wreck the communities plans to create a green outdoor well-being pavilion around the Folly that will provide year round space for reading, exercise, outdoor cinema, art activities and positive engagement for young and old.
There will be a Committee Meeting on Tuesday 25 July 2017, 9.30am, at Liverpool Town Hall. People are urged to come as future generations urgently need you. Transport provided from Rotunda at 9am prompt.
Call 0151 207 2176 for more information.
Passchendaele at Home Launches
Minister for Communities, Lord Bourne, has launched Passchendaele at Home, a nationwide research-and-remember project. There are resources for community groups across the UK to join in.
You can register for free illustrated research guide posters, a digital research guide and the Passchendaele at Home database. Community groups in England can also apply for funding for activities.
Opportunities include:
Receive funding information, the Passchendaele research action map, an additional online research guide, and access to a database with details of Passchendaele at Home graves in the UK. Register here.
Community groups in England can apply for funding for Passchendaele at Home and Unremembered activity. Apply here.
Ask for activity ideas for Passchendaele at Home and Unremembered projects by emailing contact@bigideascompany.org.
Opportunities with The Unremembered:
Facebook Indian Labour Corps – join the Unremembered Facebook group for resources, images and discussions for those interested in First World War projects
Request The Unremembered resources, such as access to a database with details of over 5,700 Labour Corps graves across the UK, workshop activities, and hard copies of the two resource packs
Unremembered Untagged. The National Army Museum holds a rich, unexplored collection relating to Labour Corps during WW1. In partnership with Unremembered, the National Army Museum will hold workshops offering volunteers an opportunity to explore and help tag some of this collection. Find out more and register.
The Unremembered and Passchendaele at Home are both publicly funded by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Royal Voluntary Service Vacancies
Royal Voluntary Service supports older people to live independent and fulfilled lives. The charity is launching a new service in Liverpool and seeks people with a genuine interest in the happiness and well-being of older people to join the team.
In collaboration with the Home First programme, Royal Voluntary Service supports older people as they are discharged from hospital to their own homes. This is an exciting and highly relevant new piece of work working with Liverpool City Council and two major Hospital Trusts.
The team will recruit, train, manage and lead volunteers to deliver the support element of the service. The project will deliver bespoke support at home and in the community to those being discharged from Aintree and Royal Liverpool Hospitals.
Service Manager
Salary: £17,872.40 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week, with some evenings and weekends
The Service Manager will be responsible for leading a team to set up and manage the service day-to-day, and develop its potential to deliver a multi-faceted, needs-led service for older people across Liverpool.
You will need to be able to demonstrate a proven track record in service delivery or project management; ability to set up and deliver projects to time, and ability to communicate and write coherently. You role will require to be computer literate, using Microsoft Office.
Salary: £8.70 per hour
Hours: 21 hours per week, some evenings and weekends
The Service Co-Ordinators, alongside the Service Manager, will be responsible for setting up the new service, and develop its potential to deliver a multi-faceted, needs-led service for older people across Liverpool. There are two posts available.
You will need to be able to demonstrate a proven track record in service delivery or volunteer engagement; ability to deliver projects to time, and ability to communicate and write coherently. You role will require to be computer literate, using Microsoft Office.
Salary: £8 per hour
Hours: 20 hours per week, some evenings and weekends
The Administrator will provide support to the setting up the new service, and assist in developing its potential to deliver a multi-faceted, needs-led service for older people across Liverpool.
You will need to be able to demonstrate a proven track record in the administration requirements within a service delivery or third sector environment; supporting the team to deliver projects to time, and ability to communicate and write coherently. You role will require to be computer literate, using Microsoft Office.
For more information, call Claire on 07436 800 871.
Closing date for all posts: Monday 31 July 2017, 5pm
North West Air Ambulance Charity Vacancies: Fundraising Representatives
Salary: £15,397
Hours: Full time
Do you have experience in volunteer fundraising, professional fundraising or customer care? Do you live in the Cheshire or West Lancs/Merseyside region?
Whether they’re flying to the North West’s busy motorways, remote countryside or city centres, North West Air Ambulance Charity provide an urgent service to the 8 million people of the North West and its visitors each year. Flying 365 days per year, the charity saves lives when time is critical. Minutes can make a difference in terms of survival and early recovery.
There’s never been a better time to develop your career and join this highly respected and inspirational organisation, with the following two roles:
Working closely with the region’s Fundraiser, Regional Team Leader and the fundraising team, you will help raise awareness of the charity and maximise income generation. The Fundraising Representatives represent the NWAA Charity across the region and you will be responsible for the servicing, siting, coordination and management of the collection tins.
This is an amazing opportunity for someone with experience in fundraising as either a professional or volunteer or have relevant experience in a customer service position.
Zoё’s Place Baby Hospice Vacancy: Challenge Events Fundraiser
Salary: £24,000
Contract: Permanent
Zoё’s Place Baby Hospice is an inspiring charity that provides care and support 24 hours a day to children and families in times of need. It offers respite, nursing care and end of life care for babies and children up to the age of five who have life limiting and life threatening conditions.
Each year, the financial requirements of the Hospice increase and they currently need to raise approximately £1,600,000 a year to ensure children and families can still receive their specialist treatment. The Fundraising team plays a critical role in ensuring Zoё’s Place continues to offer its vital service.
In this brand new role of Challenge Events Fundraiser, you will play a central part in the fundraising team, working to ensure they continue to recruit and motivate supporters, whilst creating unforgettable experiences.
You’ll have a proactive approach to building and sustaining relationships with third party suppliers and ensure that every event is delivered with passion and enthusiasm.
You could even have the chance to join a team and trek the ancient Inca Trail in their first ever Trek Peru in 2019!
If you have a flair for creating memorable events and want to use your skills to help a great cause contact us today!
The Liverpool Irish Festival (LIF) delivers a diverse, high quality and often ground breaking programme each October. LIF is a charitable company, whose Directors are its Trustees. These volunteers, come together as a Board to lead the charity and decide how it is run.
The current Treasurer is retiring so LIF is looking for a replacement who will put their finance skills to good use by becoming a charity trustee. The Treasurer will monitor, review and report on the financial aspects of the Festival and ensure its sustainability. You will work with the Festival Director and our auditors to ensure that the Festival’s financial affairs are legal, constitutional, and within accepted accounting practice.
Trustees are expected to have strategic vision, independent judgement and a willingness to give time and commitment to the Liverpool Irish Festival. The Festival’s aim is to develop a diverse Board, so applications are welcomed from all sections of the community, in particular women and young people, who are recognise are currently under-represented on the Board. Ideally, new trustees will have experience of the cultural sector, a familiarity with Liverpool Irish arts and culture and/or skills in digital applications.
The Trustee role is unpaid and requires a time commitment of, on average, half a day per month. This includes attendance at the Board and sub-committee meetings, Board development workshops and strategic planning events. The meetings generally take place in the early evening.
Eligibility and Declaration of Interests Forms – Page 48
Person specification – Page 5 (and below)
Terms of Reference – Page 9
Applications to become a member of the LIF Board should be made by submission of your CV and a one-page letter describing how you meet the criteria. Submissions will be understood to have read the items outlined above. Email these to chair@liverpoolirishfestival.com
Deadline for applications: Friday 28 July 2017
Interviews: By arrangement in early August 2017
The Reader Vacancies
Senior Café Assistant
Salary: £7.65 per hour
Hours: 12 hours per week minimum
Duration: 6 months in the first instance
This individual will be working within the hospitality enterprises at The Reader. They will work in a team delivering a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with the organisation’s ethos and vision.
The Café Supervisor will be based at Calderstones Mansion House, where The Reader is developing its International Centre for Reading and Wellbeing. Hospitality is a key element of this venture, with profits reinvested into projects that improve the quality of people’s lives. The hospitality provision will create a range of employment opportunities and volunteer placements for people of all ages to develop new skills and confidence. It will also support and develop other activities being delivered within the Mansion House and surrounding buildings, such as training courses and community events. A café, open seven days a week, will provide a quality and affordable offer for the local community in a welcoming environment.
This individual will be responsible for supervising staff and apprentices whilst fulfilling regular hospitality responsibilities, such as serving customers and maintaining high levels of customer service. This role requires an experienced individual who is comfortable supervising others whilst working as part of a team with excellent attention to detail.
Café Assistant
Salary: £7.05 – £7.50 per hour
Hours: Zero hour contract. Covering 7 days a week. Includes weekend work.
Duration: 6 month contract
This individual will be working within The Reader Café. They will work in a team developing and delivering a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with The Reader’s ethos and vision. The café, open seven days a week, provides a quality and affordable offer for the local community in a welcoming environment. It will be the individual’s responsibility to work as part of the team delivering this offer and ensuring that high levels of customer service are maintained.
You will be part of a team running a profitable social enterprise that provides an offer of the highest standard to the wider community. We are looking for responsible individuals who can use their initiative and are comfortable in a high pressured working environment.
Café Chef
Rate of pay: £8 per hour
Hours: minimum 32 hours per week
Duration: Fixed term – 6 months in the first instance
This individual will be responsible for developing hospitality enterprises within The Reader, creating new and sustainable ways to support The Reader activity and generate revenue. They will develop a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with the organisation’s ethos and vision.
The chef is expected to have a hands on approach and responsibility for the overall daily operation of the café’s catering processes whilst being mindful of industry cost margins. The individual will need the practical skills to execute an interesting but simple menu and be capable of developing and planning seasonal menus as well as promoting our café offers. The chef must also have current and relevant health and safety/food hygiene certificates. The role would require the individual to show initiative in order to lead in offering an innovative menu and develop new, workable, concepts and ideas.
To apply for any of the above roles, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘get involved’ tab where you will be able to view full job descriptions and download an application form. Please complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to jobs@thereader.org.uk. Your covering letter is an opportunity for you to include any additional information which could not be explained within the application form. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline for all vacancies: Friday 28 July 2017, 9am
A high volume of applications may make replies to everyone impossible.
Greenbank Vacancy: Operations Manager
Salary: £37,306
Hours: 40 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Greenbank supports disabled people and other disadvantaged groups from Liverpool and the surrounding area to fulfil their potential through the provision of education, training, employment, sport and recreation services.
The purpose of this job is to support Greenbank’s Chief Executive Officer in the development and implementation of the strategic plan, and to oversee the operational functions of the charity to ensure they are delivered to the highest possible standards.Read more and apply.
Closing date: Wednesday 26 July 2017
Interview date: Tuesday 1 August 2017
New Funding Available for Local Groups in Merseyside
Local groups and organisations with great ideas to make their communities an even better place to live are now invited to apply for funding to turn their ideas into reality. People’s Health Trust has just launched Active Communities in St Helens, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton and Wirral – a funding programme for local people wanting to create fairer places to grow, live, work and age.
Using money raised by HealthFit through The Health Lottery, People’s Health Trust is looking to invest in projects that support people living in the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods or communities in St Helens, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton and Wirral.
Active Communities is a funding programme for not-for-profit groups with an income of less than £350,000 a year, or an average of £350,000 over two years, seeking investment of between £5,000 and £50,000 for projects lasting up to two years.
Projects could be almost anything that encourages strong connections between people, and that help people to make their communities or neighbourhoods even better places to grow, live, work and age.
The funding is aimed at small and local projects, genuinely designed and run by local people. By small, this can mean just a small group of people on an estate, in a few streets or villages. Great ideas are also welcome from communities of interest. i,e. groups of people who have something in common and wish to come together to address something that is important to them. These ideas could be based in one neighbourhood, or cover a wider area.
John Hume, Chief Executive, People’s Health Trust, says: “We’re looking to support ideas designed and run by local people which help create even stronger links and ties within communities. Whether it’s a women’s volunteering group run by and for Bengali women; a computer skills support group run for and by older people; support for local people to become community organisers; or young people living with mental ill-health wishing to address access to work issues or discrimination, we’re interested to hear about it. Applying couldn’t be easier – it’s about local people telling us what would make their local community an even better place grow, live, work and age.”
The closing date for applications is 1pm on Wednesday, 9 August 2017.
Liverpool Community Advice Vacancy: Welfare Rights Adviser
Salary: £23,398 per annum (pro rata for job share)
Hours: 35 hours per week (job share will be considered)
Contract: Fixed-term until 30 September 2018
Liverpool Community Advice wishes to appoint a Welfare Rights Adviser to provide a service of welfare benefits advice and tribunal representation to clients. You will have an excellent working knowledge of welfare benefits and experience of preparing appeals and representing clients at both First-tier and Upper Tribunal.
The updated version of the Charity Governance Code has been published, setting out higher standards and urging larger charities to carry out external reviews every three years. Other key recommendations include increasing diversity on boards, a limit of nine years for trustee terms unless a good reason is given, more oversight of subsidiaries and a stronger emphasis on the role of the chair.
The code is overseen by a steering group of charity umbrella bodies comprised of the Association of Chairs; Acevo; ICSA: The Governance Institute; NCVO; the Small Charities Coalition; and the Wales Council for Voluntary Action, and with an independent chair, Rosie Chapman.
Consultation on changes to the code, which was previously called the Code of Good Governance, began last year and received over 200 responses. Work on the code was funded by the Barrow Cabury Trust and the Clothworkers Foundation.
The Charity Commission has withdrawn its Hallmarks of an Effective Charity guidance in favour of directing people to the new code.
Chapman said: “The code for the first time sets out clear aspirations for a charity board to meet. This code is a great stepping off point to help charities navigate the changes. It will be an essential tool for charities to use and will greatly assist them to develop and grow in their effectiveness.”
The code urges charities to include a line in their annual accounts explaining if they have followed the code. This will be a useful tool grantmakers.
Sir Stuart Etherington, chief executive of NCVO, said: “There is a clear consensus within the sector that we must focus more on governance. With this in mind, I envisage that we will soon see a commitment to following the Charity Governance Code become a requirement from many funders. Taking action now is a way of getting ahead of the game.”
Charities are urged to use the new code. Vicky Browning, chief executive of Acevo, said: “We know effective governance is crucial to the running of any charity. The new governance code is a key tool in ensuring this is achieved. I would recommend that all charity leaders – whether they’re chairs or CEOs – read it and take on board its recommendations.”
Sláinte Le Chéile – Health Together is a joint partnership between Irish Community Care and Liverpool Irish Centre to support people in making positive lifestyle changes.
Sunday 30 July 2017 will see the official opening of the Sláinte Le Chéile community garden and the annual summer fundraiser for Irish Community Care. The garden is for all communities to enjoy. People can use the green space as a sanctuary – a safe place to relax and de-stress, escape from the hustle and bustle of modern life. The Irish Community Care fundraiser is an ideal opportunity to showcase the hard work of the amazing volunteers at the garden and raise awareness of the Sláinte Le Chéile project.
The fundraiser for Irish Community Care will support ten older Irish people to take a trip home to Ireland. Many are in failing health and have not reconnected with family or their homeland in years. Reconnecting with home provides a great boost for the older people and they come back refreshed, energised and ready to face the winter.
The partnership is looking for sponsors, donations, tickets sales and volunteers. You can also just arrive on the day and buy a ticket. There will be Irish music, raffles, dancing and afternoon tea.
If you can support this event and the elder Irish community in Liverpool, contact Clodagh Dunne on 0151 237 3987 or 07710 854 973, or email clodagh.healthtogether@iccm.org.uk.
Mencap Liverpool Vacancy: Personal Development Co-ordinator
Salary: £18,000 per annum (equivalent to £22,500 for a 37.5 hr week)
Hours: Part-time, 30 hours per week
Contract: Funded until 2021
Mencap Liverpool is the local voice of learning disability in Liverpool.This role is focused on working 1-2-1 with Mencap Liverpool members, to support their personal development throughout their involvement with the charity. If you have the skills required, this will be a very rewarding role.
Wellbeing Enterprises CIC Launches New Liverpool Service for Patients Living with and beyond Cancer
Working in partnership with Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and funded by Macmillan Cancer Support, Wellbeing Enterprises are delivering a two-year project which aims to revolutionise the care provided to people living with a cancer diagnosis and their carers in the Liverpool area.
The service will connect patients with community based support that will complement the care provided by clinicians. The aim of the service is to help patients to identify and address any needs that may be impacting on health and wellbeing. Moreover, the service will help patients to rediscover and reconnect with their strengths and talents to help build friendships, learn new skills, boost confidence and get the best out of life.
The magnitude of the challenges facing our health and care system are clear to see. Cancer incidence is increasing nationally and locally with Liverpool having the highest incidence rate compared to other English core cities. The cancer story is changing however, with improving survival rates more people than ever before are living with and beyond a cancer diagnosis. As more people survive cancer the need to offer individualised support to help them live well with and beyond their diagnosis is vital.
By working alongside partner agencies in the NHS, social care teams and voluntary sector Wellbeing Enterprises will provide holistic community-centred support that will complement world class clinical treatments. Patients and carers will have access to 1-2-1 social support to address practical issues such as housing, finance or to provide emotional support. In addition, patients will be able to access a wide range of educational and social activities as well as volunteering opportunities.
Mark Swift, CEO at Wellbeing Enterprises CIC, said: “We are immensely proud to be able to expand our community-centred provision into the Liverpool area working alongside partner agencies. We pride ourselves in ensuring the patients and carers are at the centre of everything we do at Wellbeing Enterprises. We are looking forward to co-designing and delivering this service working with patients and we are confident that we will be able to evidence positive outcomes and consequently sustain the service in the longer term.”
The service and staff are ready and waiting to support patients and their carers across Liverpool.
How would you like to lead an accountancy team and use your financial skills to assist voluntary organisations across Merseyside with their accounts?For over a century, LCVS has been working to improve the well-being of individuals and communities in Merseyside through supporting and encouraging charitable giving and voluntary action and by bringing people, organisations and resources together.
In recent years, LCVS has supported thousands of organisations by delivering practical and accessible services to the voluntary sector including financial, accounting and payroll administration services.
As Lead Community Accountant you will oversee the delivery of community accountancy services to boards and executives of voluntary organisations. You will maintain financial records, prepare year-end financial statements and collate funding data on behalf of LCVS’s charity clients. You will directly support LCVS’s accountancy clients by delivering financial advice, information and guidance. You will manage the members of the community accountancy team, develop standardised systems representing best practice and deliver training as required.
We are looking for someone to lead the team in their next phase of delivery and development; the role will require up-to-date technical knowledge and an ability to schedule the work of the team to meet external deadlines.The role would suit someone with a practice background who is looking to apply their skill and experience in a new direction, working closely with clients and assisting them to achieve the goals of their organisation. Alternatively, candidates may have extensive experience of working in the sector, having gained technical expertise which they feel could be applied to this exciting role.
July is Give it a Go Month across the city – Liverpool is joining in with the national This Girl Can campaign and over 50 local organisations have agreed to offer free sessions to help get local women and girls aged 14+ to try something new.
For four weeks from 1st July, there are lots of different activities on offer, from pilates to boxing, from swimming to rugby and your first session will be free.
Perhaps you’ve never been sporty? That doesn’t mean you can’t be. Do you fancy trying a new activity? Well you can! There’s lots of activities to try. If there’s something you have always fancied doing then now is definitely your chance to give it a go! And you can get your friends along and try it together!
All sessions are available to women and girls aged 14+ who are living or working in Liverpool.
Visit the website to download a free pass and to find out more of what’s available.
This Girl Can Liverpool supports the city’s flagship physical activity campaign Fit For Me.
Energy Projects Plus Vacancy: Project Assistant
Salary: £18,000–£20,000 per annum, depending on experience
Hours: 35 hours per week, occasional evening and weekend hours
The LEAP Project will deliver 800 home visits over 9 months to vulnerable and fuel poor households across Merseyside and Cheshire. The project offers a range of support from in‐home installation of small energy‐saving measures to referrals for more specialised support and home heating grants. The project works with a large network of charities and local authorities who both receive referrals from and refer clients on to.
The Project Assistant role is to provide accurate and efficient administration support to enable successful delivery of the project outcomes. In addition, the Project Assistant is responsible for more direct involvement in achieving the project aims, including providing advice to clients, accessing grant schemes and referral pathways for vulnerable
clients, booking visits with clients, organising home visitor diaries and liaising with third party groups.
Sahir House Vacancy: Sexual Health Wellbeing Sessional Worker
Salary: £19,817– £21,067 pro rata (actual salary for hours per £223 – £237 per month)
Hours: Sessional, 5 hours per week
Sahir House is recruiting for a sessional Sexual Health and Wellbeing Worker to facilitate LGBT group work, one to one support and other HIV prevention, sexual health and wellbeing related work in Wirral.
The post holder will be required to:
Plan and deliver LGBT related group and one to one support
Provide reception support for the HIV Prevention Manager at the HIV testing clinics held in targeted locations
Work out of office hours/mainly weekday evening times
Closing date: Friday 14 July 2017, 12noon
Interviews: Friday 21 July 2017
LiveWire Liverpool Health Trainer Service Vacancies
LiveWire Liverpool Health Trainer Service is looking for two individuals to support the delivery of the Health Trainer programme across the city. You will be joining a passionate and energetic team supporting the residents of Liverpool to make positive lifestyle changes.
Volunteer Coordinator
Salary: £18,196 – £20,645 pa
Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week
The role of Volunteer Coordinator is a new addition to the team structure and applicants will be expected to have experience of working within communities and of the management and coordination of a volunteer programme. The successful candidate will support and coordinate the recruitment, selection and day to day management of LiveWire Liverpool’s volunteers, and to play a key role in the growth of the volunteer programme.
Health Trainer
Salary: £18,196 – £20,645 pa
Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week
Health Trainers are based out in the community and within a number of GP settings. They support people in taking responsibility for improving their own health. This may include support on healthy eating, stopping or reducing smoking, increasing physical activity, sensible drinking and/or general wellbeing. Health Trainers signpost and refer people to appropriate services and support, linking in with a number of partners across the city.
The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills and experience of working with local community groups and partners. In addition, they will be knowledgeable about health care services and how to support individuals to access them. They will play a key role in tackling heath inequalities within the city by supporting people to develop healthier lifestyles and behaviour.
For further information, contact Vivien Graham or Steven Cavanagh on 0300 003 2322.
Liverpool Lighthouse Vacancy: Project Activities Coordinator
Salary: £20,000-23,000 p.a.
Hours: 40 hours a week, with some evening and weekend work
Liverpool Lighthouse runs several projects engaging with the whole family. Activities aim to reach all ages in the local community, bringing quality of life to all who engage.
The charity is seeking a flexible, energetic, qualified, enthusiastic individual with extensive experience and skills in working with disengaged beneficiaries. You will coordinate drive and implement activities. Candidates need to be organised, reliable, and trustworthy, with good interpersonal, IT, and communication skills; self-motivated team players with strong management skills of people, resources, and budgets.
Person specification:
Experience and/or qualifications in working with hard to reach and/or challenging groups
Experience of working with communities and links in the Merseyside region
Event planning and delivery experience
Experience of monitoring and evaluating projects with clear outcomes being successfully delivered.
Very strong people’s skills
Able to take a strategic approach in running the project to ensure sustainability
Self-motivated team player with high level of initiative and very strong people’s skills
Excellent networking and communications skills
Good report-writing skills
For further information and application form, contact Petronelle Moanda on 0151 476 2342 or email petronelle.moanda@LjmsAoc.org.
Alder Hey Children’s Charity Vacancy: Head of Corporate Partnerships
Salary: £40,000 – £45,000
Alder Hey is a fantastic new children’s hospital designed by children. Built in a park, there is nothing like it anywhere in Europe.
Alder Hey in the Park helps over 275,000 children and their families every year. They are about much more than just treating an illness, at Alder Hey they look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters. They are involved in groundbreaking research and technology. They treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions from the main hospital site in Liverpool and across community sites and clinics throughout the North West.
Since October 2013, Alder Hey Children’s Charity has helped to raise over £22 million, not only for the new hospital but also for a range of life-saving medical equipment, arts and play activities and vital research. This funding has had a massive and important impact on the lives of the children and the families being treated at Alder Hey in the Park.
If you are the sort of person that can harness support from companies, this is your chance to become part of this organisation. If you are a fundraiser with experience in creating and stewarding corporate partnerships then this may be the job for you. On offer is a great package, a fantastic working environment, a truly remarkable cause and the chance to be part of a dedicated and professional Fundraising Team committed to making a real difference to thousands of children every day.
Salary: £38,000 pro rata
Hours: 17 hours per week (negotiable)
Term: 12-month fixed term contract
As the Director of Compass, you will embody the organisation’s mission to “develop and provide professional, accessible, affordable counselling and emotional and practical support for adults.”
You will provide leadership and oversee all aspects of Compass services provision, namely:
Community Counselling Service
Workplace Counselling Contracts
Counselling Training, CPD events and conferences
Leading a team of staff and volunteers you will be responsible for the strategic development of Compass as well as the operational day-to-day running of the overall organisation. Your vision is instrumental in deciding the future growth and expansion of Compass.
All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance, employment references and a three month probation period. Compass seeks to make no discrimination on grounds of ethnicity, physical disability, politics, religion, sexual orientation, social status, or in any other area.
Comics Youth is a Social Enterprise that delivers comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects to disadvantaged children and young people within Merseyside. The overall ethos of the organisation is to break down participation barriers and make projects accessible for children and young people aged 8-25 through delivering comic book creation and guided reading sessions in safe, inclusive and indiscriminate community venues.
‘Building Stories’ is a newly created Big Lottery Foundation funded project that will engage a myriad of children and young people aged 8-25 within the Merseyside and wider Knowsley area including disadvantaged young people, care leavers, looked after children, LGBTQ young people and young people experiencing mental ill-health to create, design and publish original zines and comic books about salient community issues and topics of interest that are important to them. It will specifically deliver satellite provision for children and young people within community centres, libraries, hospitals, day centres and inclusive venues to break down participation barriers and support children and young people to create their own ‘Comics Corner’ hubs.
Project Co-ordinator (2 posts)
Starting Salary: 20k
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, job share considered
Two posts:
Young person’s specialism working with young people aged 8-15
Young people specialism working with young people aged 16-25
Main duties:
Deliver comic book creation, zine and literacy projects by co-developing and delivering sessions in conjunction with children and young people aged
Engage, recruit and support the hardest to reach children and young people through multimedia comic book creation, reading, design, digital and print media workshops
Support children and young people to run publishing hubs within their communities of interest in addition to increasing their literacy skills through delivering bibliotherapy and guided reading sessions
Enhance knowledge, skills and attitude in areas of literacy, media and arts, aiming to build the self-confidence, aspiration and opportunities of young people
Choose and present a wide range of comics, graphic novels and manga in order to generate free flowing conversation
Develop publicity and comic books/zines to promote the project, such as banners, leaflets, posters
Promote the project through social media and through art work via the comics youth website/social media platforms
Support the project to achieve positive outcomes for disadvantaged and vulnerable children and young people in line with project plans, theory of change, quality management and evaluation frameworks
Youth Mentor
Salary £18k pro rata
Hours: 22.5 hours per week
Main duties:
Support the delivery of a Comic Book, Zine creation and literacy project by co-developing and delivering sessions in conjunction with children and young people
With support of the Project Manager to engage, recruit, and support the most hard to reach young people through multimedia, comic book creation, zine and involvement in digital and print media hubs
Support young people to attain AQA qualifications
Administer and track the progress of children and young people’s individual AQA progress and attainment
Facilitate the participation of young people in the planning, development, design and implementation of all projects available to them
Design comics and zines to support young people
Take part in commission based opportunities to increase the sustainability of the organisation
Project Manager
Salary: £24,000 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, job share considered
Job role entails:
Manage the development of the project in line with government and local and regional strategies for delivering holistic wellbeing and literacy services to improve the resilience, social and emotional wellbeing of children and young people
Manage the projects financial budget, including internal and external end of grant reports and liaison with LCVS, HMRC and Companies House to ensure that all financial commitments are kept up to date
Liaise with organisations and stakeholders to identify areas the project can most benefit children and young people and implement project delivery
Manage and coordinate the overall day to day running of the project in delivering comic book reading and creation sessions for children and young people within Merseyside and Knowsley
Create new funding opportunities for the development of the project including writing professional bids for project expansion
Develop a publishing arm to the project to increase financial sustainability of the organisation
Closing date: Monday 7 August 2017, 5pm
For a copy of the job description and details on how to apply, email comicsyouthliv@gmail.com or call Rhiannon Griffiths on 0752 536 9624 and leave a message.
Merseyside Asbestos Victim Support Group Vacancy: Voluntary Book Keeper
Merseyside Asbestos Victim Support Group is looking for a volunteer to fill the role of Book Keeper for one day per week. The role will involve recording and processing all income and expenditure; recording transactions in the cash book and on Quick Books. Previous experience within a book keeping or financial role is essential.
Lunch will be provided and reasonable travel expenses to and from the office will be reimbursed.
Based in Liverpool city centre, the group helps and assists people diagnosed, or suspected of suffering with, an Asbestos Related Disease (ARD) and their families. The group primarily assists in applications for welfare benefits and advises on options for all claims applicable to their needs and rights.
The core work is helping people with ARD’s on Merseyside. The group is involved in many campaigns including calling for a global ban on asbestos.
If you are interested in this voluntary role, send details of any relevant experience or a CV to info@mavsg.org.uk.
Salary: £17,891 – £19,939 pro rata
Hours: 20 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
The purpose of this role is to assist customers in the gym, provide excellent customer service and ensure programmes are designed to suit individual needs. You will also assist with bookings in the sports hall and ensure all equipment is set up in a timely and safe manner, and lead fitness-based classes.
You must have a recognised gym instructor qualification and experience of working as part of a team dealing with customers with differing ability levels/support needs.
Salary: £22,658-£24,174
Hours: 40 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
The purpose of this job is to provide excellent teaching and learning for GCSE English and support the raising of standards in accordance with the corporate aims and strategic objectives of the organisation. The post holder is likely to be asked to teach some Functional skills classes in addition to focusing on GCSE English grades 9 to 1. The post holder will also be expected to able to undertake observations of teaching, learning and assessments (OTLA) and any other duties as requested.
Closing date: Monday 24 July 2017, 3pm
Interview dates: Thursday 27 July 2017 or Friday 28 July 2017
Salary: £20,661 – £23,398 p.a, dependent on experience
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Citizens Advice Knowsley has a Debt Adviser vacancy funded through the Money Advice Service Debt Advice Project. The purpose of the role is to provide an efficient and effective casework and advice service to the residents of Knowsley.
Ideally with a background in advice work or financial services, the successful candidate will be expected to work to quality assurance standards and be willing to undertake a professional training and development programme
For further details or an application pack, contact recruitment@knowsleycab.org.uk or call 0151 477 6023. CVs are not accepted.
Closing date: Wednesday 19 July 2017, 5pm
Interviews: Week commencing 31 July 2017
Full Programme of Events for Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2017
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) – the UK’s biggest annual celebration of Arab arts and culture – has revealed a host of new performances and attractions to join the exciting programme of events made public in spring.
Newly announced details include works exploring border discrimination, migration, and Trump’s travel, alongside fun-filled free events like a food trail down Liverpool’s famous Lodge Lane and music performances by London Syrian Ensemble.
The nine-day festival of theatre, music, visual art, dance, literature, film, food and family fun takes place from 8-16 July 2017. This year LAAF explores the theme of ‘The space between us’, responding to Liverpool’s city-wide 67-17: 50 Summers of Love season, celebrating the release of the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s album. The title is taken from a lyric from Within You Without You a track on side 2 of the album written by George Harrison, which tells of overcoming the forces that prevent us from recognising what unites the world.
As ever, LAAF will be punctuated by fun-filled, free events for all the family, and organisers have now announced more details of some of the activities and performers on those key dates.
Artists taking the stage at Eid on the Square (8 July, Tiber Square, Lodge Lane) – a joyful community celebration marking the end of Ramadan will include Anwar Ali and Dave Owen, Sound of Yemen, and Reham Al-Hakimi as part of a colourful, packed programme of family friendly cultural entertainment, food, arts and crafts, made possible thanks to a grant from the Big Lottery Fund.
As part of the day’s activities, Kuwait-born food writer Sarah Al-Hamad will lead the Lodge Lane Food Trail, taking food lovers on a tour of some of the diverse independent restaurants and food businesses in the area – the go-to place for world cuisine in the city.
At LAAF at theWorld Museum (Saturday 15 July, Liverpool World Museum), people of all ages can discover the creativity, captivating stories, and fascinating traditions of the Arab diaspora. Added to the bill announced in spring are London Syrian Ensemble, a collective of some of Syria’s finest musicians based in the UK, who will play a diverse repertoire of classical and traditional music from the region, and resident storyteller Alia Alzougbi, who will share humorous and evocative tales from the Arab world.
Ancient and contemporary Egypt will collide in the heart of the museum’s ancient Egyptian artefacts collection, with Joon Dance’sAncient Modernity, a “living, breathing, dancing museum of modern Egyptian culture’’.
As is now tradition, LAAF will close with the LAAF Unison Family Day (Sunday 16 July, Sefton Park Palm House) which returns bigger, bolder and brighter than ever before. As well as ‘the new star of Nubian pop’ Alsarah and the Nubatones, audiences will have the chance to see London Syrian Ensemble perform, as well as high-energy traditional and modern street dance performances from a collective of Cairo’s best dance talent. Reham Al-Hakimi and the Al Awadhel Band will be back by popular demand. Along with the programme of international music and dance acts there will be an Arabian souk, cultural cuisine, and activities for all the family.
Adding a new venue to the programme, LAAF brings a selection of thought-provoking interactive work and participatory projects to Liverpool Central Library (Wednesday 12 July – Friday 14 July). Tania El Khoury’sAs Far As My Fingertips Take Me is a conversation through a gallery wall between an audience member and a refugee. Through touch and sound, an artist shares stories of people who have recently challenged border discrimination.
Liverpool Central Library is also the location for Coat of Many Words, a series of workshops, which will weave together the personal memories, experiences and stories of members of migrant communities now living in the city. The narratives will become a unique historical garment, which will then go on display at World Museum, and form the focal point for Coat of Many Words: Migrant Stories, a discussion event where people who have travelled from the Arab World and elsewhere around the globe, now living in Liverpool, share personal journeys in their own words.
Over at Bluecoat, and ahead of Comma Press’ forthcoming anthology Literatures from Banned Countries(Thursday 13 July, Bluecoat) will bring together writers from some of the seven banned countries affected by President Trump’s divisive immigration ban. With readings by Zaher Omareen, Cristina Ali Farah and Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, this event asks what good is art in response to such times?
In addition to two evenings of films presented with Arab British Centre (Monday 10 and Friday 14 July), PictureHouse at FACT will host a showing of CLASH, Mohamed Diab’s gripping new film focusing on Egypt’s turbulent recent social upheavals (Sunday 9 July).
To mark the launch of LAAF 2017, and as part of Bluecoat’s 300th anniversary celebrations, founders of Liverpool Arab Arts Festival Bryan Biggs (Artistic Director of Bluecoat) and Taher Qassim (Chair of Liverpool Arab Arts Festival) will reflect on LAAF’s journey from a small ‘weekender’ at Bluecoat, to becoming the UK’s biggest celebration of Arab arts and culture, and one of Liverpool’s most celebrated events (Friday 7 July, Bluecoat).
Throughout the festival, internationally renowned visual artist Rachel Gadsden will work in partnership with guest artists Ali Saeid Ashour and Amna Hussein on the production of artworks live and in collaboration with audience members. This work is part of an Unlimited International Research and Development project called “It was Paradise”.
Taher Qassim, Chair of Liverpool Arab Arts Festival, said: “We work hard to bring the best and most exciting talent to Liverpool each year, and 2017 is no different.
“While the events, from music to dance to performance to a food-led celebration, are very different, many of them share a common theme – that of bringing cultures closer together. And of course, the theme of this year’s LAAF explores the boundaries and spaces between us. It’s certainly going to be a stimulating, thought-provoking and entertaining nine days.”
Previously announced acts and events include:
The return of world-renowned Palestinian singer and musicologist Reem Kelanifor an intimate concert in the Philharmonic Hall’s Music Room
Two thought-provoking plays at Unity Theatre, The Crow Plucked Your Sinewsand bittersweet political comedy And Here I Am.
Wafaa Bilal’s168:01 – ambitious restaging of the acclaimed Iraqi-born visual artist’s work, which serves both as a monument to cultural losses during Iraq’s history and a platform for potential rebirth.
Sacre Printemps sees choreographers Aïcha M’Barekand Hafiz Dhaou create a visceral streetscape of today’s Tunisia, inspired by the pressures of building a new society using life-sized silhouettes from the late Parisian street artist Bilal Berren.
In partnership Arab British Centre, LAAF will present films at PictureHouse at FACT – As I Open my Eyes,Leyla Bouzid’s brilliant directorial debut of the story of a young Tunisian woman at a crossroads in her life, and This Little Father Obsession, a fresh, original and disarmingly honest look at the hold of patriarchy in contemporary Lebanese society directed by Selim Mourad.
For more information on the full Liverpool Arab Arts Festival programme, and to book tickets, visit www.arabartsfestival.com
Walk for Health
Rosa’s Woman to Woman Fund
The second round of Rosa’s Woman to Woman fund is now open. Grants of between £5,000 and up to and including £25,000 are available to 100 local grassroots women’s organisations across the UK will be supported using funds from the ‘Tampon Tax.’
Grants are available for groups with an income of under £100,000 per year, to support a wide range of charitable work that benefits women: from building confidence and leadership skills, tackling harassment and violence, to training in financial literacy and increasing engagement in decision-making – and much more besides. Rosa is particularly interested in funding work that increases impact and sustainability. Therefore grants can pay for core costs such as staff salaries, office rent and staff training; as well as project costs such as drop-in support services, mobilising volunteers and outreach.
Rosa especially wants to support groups that work with disadvantaged communities or in disadvantaged areas.
As well as grants, Rosa will provide additional support that women’s groups tell us they need, including mentoring, training and networking opportunities.
If you meet the following requirements you can apply for a grant:
You are a women’s sector organisation
You are a charitable organisation – your organisation need not be a registered charity, but your activities must be charitable and legal
You are a local organisation, which is not part of a national enterprise
You have an annual income less than £100k or you employ less than two full-time paid members of staff
You have a written governing document, such as a constitution or set of rules
You have a governing body with at least 3 unrelated members
You have a UK-based bank or building society account in the name of your organisation, with at least two unrelated signatories
There are two stages to submitting an application to the Woman to Woman fund. To apply for a grant you will first need to complete the stage 1 application. The deadline for stage 1 applications is Thursday 6th July at 5pm and no applications will be accepted after this date.
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Local Offer
Liverpool’s Local Offer is an online one stop shop of information to support families with children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), and professionals.
Information includes:
Support in understanding the new SEND Code of Practice for children and young people from birth to 25 years with special educational needs and disabilities
Information about childcare and early education for children with special educational needs and disabilities
Information about how your child’s school supports pupils with special educational needs
Help to understand your role in ensuring that your child’s needs are met
What you can expect from health services that support children and young people with a range of medical needs
What options are available for young people to continue in education, training and/or employment
Clear criteria for accessing services
A guide to education, health and social care processes that ensure children and young people with the most complex needs are identified early and supported with an Education, Health and Care Plan
Transition as a seamless process to independence and adulthood for young people
Compass Counselling was founded in Liverpool in 1978, committed to providing affordable, professional and accessible counselling to local adults. In addition to working with individuals, it runs a number of courses, including anger management, and offers work-place support.
Compass is currently recruiting trustees who share its commitment to making its services widely available. Applications for those who have benefited from the services would be very welcome. In addition, like most voluntary agencies, Compass is facing a time of reduced income; it needs, therefore, trustees with accounting or finance skills to help the organisation to manage its funds wisely.
Trustees meet formally every six to eight weeks, generally in the late afternoon or early evening. In addition, it is expected that every trustee will take an active interest in the work of the agency and be prepared to use her or his particular skills to support the staff and counsellors and promote good governance.
LCVS, along with our partners from the City Council’s Early Help Hubs, have been holding a series of informal events in community venues across the city.
The aim has been twofold: to increase knowledge and awareness of the Early Help Strategy across the voluntary and community sector, and to create and foster good working relationships between Hub staff and voluntary sector organisations delivering services to families.
We’ve had 3 events so far – two hosted by the Breckfield Centre in the north, and one by St Cyril’s Youth Project in the south. All three have been well-received, with some interesting and productive discussions taking place. To date, around 30 individuals from 20 voluntary organisations have taken the opportunity to meet and talk to Hub staff members, discuss issues they have encountered when working with young people and families, and get advice about how to introduce the idea of Early Help to families needing support. We’ve also provided a rather nice lunch!
Here’s some feedback we received from a colleague who attended the event in June:
‘I found the event yesterday to be very useful, I gained a greater understanding of the early help hubs and how our service can better support our participants with the use of the hubs.
I found the group size and diversity of services around the table worked very well. It was great to be able to hear about other voluntary services and where they are based (again, another plus for our participants).’
If you’d like to know more, or to attend a future event, please contact janet.jennings@lcvs.org.uk, or call (0151) 227 5177, extension 3234.
Local Residents Plan to Improve High Street with Research Plans
Residents of Old Swan recently gathered in the Joseph Lappin Centre on Mill Lane for the launch of Better Old Swan (BOS), an initiative designed to help improve the area through initiatives focused on the local economy, with a particular focus on the high street. The project will put research into action to trigger positive change for the area.
“Local people bring their own skills and interests,” says Paula Atherton of LCVS, who is co-ordinating the three-year pilot research programme in the district in partnership with the Collaborative Learning Applied Health Research and Care North West Coast (CLAHRC NWC). ”Residents recruited as champions for the project will receive support, plus accredited training in research and engagement methods, helping them develop skills in addition to helping build up their own local area.”
Part of the project is to identify what businesses can flourish on the Old Swan high street and the opportunities for bringing back void shops into trading ventures. Evidence from existing studies on the subject of resilience in communities and sustaining local high streets has already been gathered and presented to the residents by academics from Lancaster University, as well as local initiatives which have stimulated growth across other areas of Liverpool.
Through the programme LCVS and CLAHRC NWC staff will support local people and encourage them to design, conduct and disseminate applied research, as well as helping to organise and run events to engage a larger number of residents, as the project develops .
Local guidance and advice has already been provided by Terry Zenith, who has opened restaurants, shops and businesses in the neighbouring Walton area. Terry outlined the importance of community engagement and ensuring social media was a big part of generating interest in the opening of new shops or businesses and wider development opportunities.
A two day high street audit has already compiled essential local business information and is being used to help shape the next steps of the project.
Dr Ana Porroche-Escudero, Senior Research Associate at CLARHC NWC, said: “This research approach is designed to support resilience in neighbourhoods. Community governance and its link with economic systems and the living environment are so important for reducing health inequalities generally.”
The initiative will inform wider research around improving public health and accelerate the translation of health research findings into actionable service improvements.
A Better Old Swan Facebook Group and Twitter account has been established to keep people informed about the project.
Sahir House Vacancy: Business Analyst (Cost and Growth)
Salary: £28,203 (£2,350 per month before tax and deductions)
Contract: 6-month fixed-term
Award-winning organisation Sahir House has been delivering support to people living with, or affected by, HIV for over 30 years. It also provides a range of health promotion and training interventions to professionals and the wider public.
After seeing a period of restructure the charity is now in a secure position going forward. Having secured significant contracts, our funding is now more secure for the next few years. The Board and Senior Management Team want to take this opportunity to maximise the utilisation of current resources and prepare the team for future growth.
This has created an opportunity for a highly motivated self-starter to lead a short term project to address these issues. The new post will identify opportunities to enable Sahir House to understand its processes and resources required to deliver each service it provides. With this clarity Sahir House can become more sustainable, resilient, and ready for growth.
The successful applicant will:
Map the organisation’s current funding and activities
Analyse cost and effectiveness of activities
Design tools to ensure the future effectiveness of key business functions like costing of services and project management of activities
Hence we are looking for someone who:
Has graduate/postgraduate knowledge in business/finance
Is able to analyse complex data, including accounts
Is able to communicate technical information in a simple manner
Has some prior knowledge of working in the voluntary sector would be useful (not essential)
The post is subject to probationary period, satisfactory references and DBS check. Mandatory staff induction training required.
Sahir House is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Applications are especially welcomed from groups which reflect Sahir House service user groups – HIV positive people (and other disabled people), Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people, people from Black and Minority Ethnic groups and refugee communities.
Closing date: Tuesday 4 July 2017, 5pm
Interviews: During the week of 10 July 2017
Give Your Community a Funding Boost
The OneFamily Foundation has opened the Community Awards for local schemes, projects and initiatives to gain funding of up to £25,000. If you know, volunteer or work with a local project that’s trying to do something amazing for the people in your community, now’s your chance to give it a financial boost.
You’ll need to be an OneFamily customer to nominate a project for a Community Award, but don’t worry if you’re not – OneFamily has over 2 million customers, so you can get involved by finding a one who can nominate a project on your behalf. Ask your friends, family and colleagues if they are customers and if they’d be able to get behind your project.
Each project can apply for one of three funding levels:
Up to £5,000
Up to £10,000
Up to £25,000
All projects must be based in the UK and fit one of the following categories:
Health, Disability & Social Care – Projects that help people with mental health problems, learning or physical disabilities or those in respite care
Lifelong Learning – Projects that encourage people of all ages to learn something new and develop their skills
Active Living – Projects that help people of all ages to enjoy a fitter, happier lifestyle
Community Groups – Projects that help to make a positive difference for those in the community
You will be able to nominate on the Community Awards website. The OneFamily Foundation has also provided a guide to help you making your project nomination. Take a look.
The winners in each category, per funding level, will be determined by a public vote, with up to 32 projects with the most votes claiming funding.
Key dates:
Nominations close on Wednesday 19 July 2017, midday
Voting opens on Wednesday 9 August 2017, midday
Voting closes on Wednesday 6 September 2017, midday
Winners announced on Wednesday 20 September 2017
East Liverpool Citizens Advice Vacancy: Financial Capability Worker – Better Off Finances Project
Salary: £20,456 – £23,166 pro rata (dependent on experience)
Hours of work: 17.5 hours per week
East Liverpool Citizens Advice has an exciting opportunity for a Financial Capability Worker to work within the Better Off Finances Project Team in East Liverpool, Wavertree office.
The successful candidate will have an understanding of the theory and principles of adult learning and development and the ability to sensitively empower and engage with adults who have had poor experiences of formal education.
You will have a basic knowledge of personal finance issues affecting adults at risk of financial exclusion and an understanding of and commitment to the aims and principles of the Citizens Advice service and its equal opportunities policies. You will be willing to learn and have excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to relate and work with a large variety of different people.
Are you looking for a short term volunteering opportunity for your workforce?
The School Games is a national scheme spearheaded by the Youth Sport Trust and funded by Sport England. It is delivered at a county level in Merseyside by Merseyside Sports Partnership, in association with a team of School Games organisers.
It gives the ‘best of the best’ of Merseyside’s young sporting talent a chance to compete in a top quality event. Character building values at the heart of the games sets them up to be well-rounded children both on and off the playing field.
Adult volunteers are sought to help out across two dates in July to help make this a memorable event for the attending children:
Wednesday 5 July 2017 at Wavertree Sports Park for setting up ahead of the multi-sport event day
Thursday 6 July 2017 Wavertree Sports Park for the main multi-sport event day, where the children attend
Ideally, you would commit a half or full day, but even if you can only give a couple of hours please get in touch.
There are various roles you can play on the day and you will be matched to one that suits you best. You could be:
Greeting competitors
Directing people around the site
Assisting sports organisers in the smooth running of their sport
Helping with taster sport activity
Helping to provide teas and coffees for other volunteers
Helping with site set up and pack down
Volunteer lunch will be provided and reasonable travel expenses paid. You will also get a School Games Volunteer T-shirt. Training events will be held in the two weeks prior to the event for those that can attend. If you are unable to attend, briefings will also be offered via email and phone.
If you are interested, email Teri Wainwright at admin@merseysidesport.com with ‘School Games Volunteering’ in the subject line. Please state your preferred date(s)/time(s) to volunteer plus your email address and phone number.
Healthiness Vacancy: Bid Writer
Salary: From £6,822 per annum + bonuses
Hours: 16 hours per week
Contract: 6 months
Healthiness Ltd works with older adults and adults experiencing mental ill-health, and substance and alcohol addiction in order to empower them to obtain healthier lifestyles through the provision of physical activity and health education sessions at an inclusive community level.
Healthiness.Ltd is seeking a competent and professional bid writer to write effective, concise and compelling content whilst under the pressure associated with deadlines for pre-qualification questionnaire applications.
The role is a dynamic and exciting opportunity to assist in the development of a new and exciting project that delivers physical activity and health education to older and vulnerable adults in the community. The postholder must have the ability to write persuasively, articulately, and accurately to meet the challenges for generating funding from charitable trusts and other funding organisations for Healthiness Ltd’s sustainability and growth. The position will need to develop and maintain a library of tender document templates to act as reference point for other staff involved in the tendering process and to ensure a unified and consistent approach to proposals.
For more information, contact Susannah Arrowsmith, Managing Director of Healthiness.Ltd, at susannah@healthinessltd.co.uk or call 0151 728 8874.
Closing date: Wednesday 28 June 2017
Groundwork Community Award
Do you know a community group that deserves special recognition for making your local area a better place to live? If so, nominate them to receive a Groundwork Community Award!
There are fantastic examples of community groups who work selflessly and tirelessly to improve their neighbourhoods. Thanks to their efforts our parks and open spaces are better looked after, libraries and heritage centres are being kept open, food banks and furniture projects continue to help people meet their basic needs and communities are blazing a trail in recycling and renewable energy.
The Groundwork Community Awards will honour those small groups making a big difference to the quality of life in their local area. It celebrates and rewards groups who often get little recognition and support. It also spotlights the power of doing good together so that others can be inspired to organise and get active in their own communities.
The awards are simple to enter – you can highlight your own achievements or nominate a group you know to receive an award in one of 10 categories reflecting the huge diversity of projects and services being delivered by community volunteers.
Deadline for nominations: Friday 25 August 2017
Shortlisted community groups will be honoured at a prestigious national awards ceremony in central London on the evening of 2 November 2017 and their stories will be widely promoted so that others can learn from their success.
South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services Vacancy: Young Person’s Worker
Salary: £23, 398 + 2%pension
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Funded to August 2018, continuation subject to funding
South Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services Ltd has a vacancy for a woman to deliver #YouthTalk, its successful youth engagement programme highlighting, healthy relationships and challenging abuse in the home.
The main purpose of the post is to plan and facilitate domestic abuse awareness programmes for young people at outreach venues across South and South Central Liverpool. You will have an understanding of the barriers that young people from all communities face when domestic abuse is an issue, and ways to overcome these barriers. The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to young people and an understanding of the factors affecting their lives. If you have an imaginative and enthusiastic approach to developing the organisation’s work and services, this could be the post for you.
Closing date: 4 July 2017, 5pm
Interviews: Saturday 22 July 2017
This post is open to job sharing.
For more information, contact Jacqui Gordon on 0151 494 1777 or email finance@sldas.co.uk.
Royal National Institute of Blind People Needs Volunteers
Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is running residential activity programmes in August and October for young people aged 14-17 with sight loss. The location is Castle Head Field Centre, Grange over Sands, Cumbria.
Volunteers are needed to help with outdoor pursuits, team games and conservation activity, so the young people can increase self-confidence and independence, learn new skills, make friends and have fun.
Volunteers will provide support in running activities, offer support and guidance with activities such as climbing, canoeing, wildlife walks, bushcraft, hiking and camping. Help young people gain the John Muir Award, an environmental award earned through discovering, exploring and looking after the natural surroundings.
You must be over 18 and have enthusiasm, confidence and patience, and understanding of high standard of safety. You will gain a chance to make a difference and get to work with young people. You will be needed 72 hours per event. This role requires a DBS Enhanced Check for Regulated Activity with children.
You will receive:
Induction
Understanding Sight Loss pack
Expenses
Training as appropriate
For more information, contact Pete Inman, Children & Young People Co-ordinator at RNIB, on 0151 702 5717 or email peter.inman@rnib.org.uk.
The Reader Vacancy: Communications and Development Internship
Hours: 21 hours per week (flexible)
Remuneration: Travel expenses paid
Start date: June / July 2017
End date: September / October 2017
You will be part of a small group of interns working together to gain valuable work experience whilst helping a dynamic charity develop. You will be offered a good range of opportunities for personal and professional development. Your range of tasks will include:
Marketing and Communications: Assisting in the planning and implementation of marketing and communications activity for The Reader’s Shared Reading groups nationally and the refurbishment of Calderstones Mansion House, the charity’s headquarters in Liverpool. This could include writing press releases, blog posts and eflyers, contributing to social media channels, updating web content, designing posters and leaflets and event planning
Lead and manage the development of a micro project that seeks to create a digital archive of the Calderstones Refurbishment project. This could include researching community history, writing engaging content and collating records from events and projects
Development Prospect Research: Using funding portals and desk research to find potential growth opportunities and working with the team to support the application process
Horizon Scanning: Researching current affairs, policies and campaigns and to ensure the team is aware of the latest news and events
Applications and Bids: Supporting the team and gaining experience in writing funding applications and project bids
Database Management: Using Microsoft Dynamics, work with the team to ensure organisation, contact and lead database is up-to-date
Admin / Office Skills: Assisting with the day-to-day running of the office
Skills / Personal Qualities required:
Excellent written and oral communication skills, good telephone manner
Good IT skills, including familiarity with Office applications and online/social media resources
Good organisational skills, creative thinking and a passion for literature
Flexible, self-motivated and hard-working individual who will work well in a dynamic and creative team in a fast-moving environment
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and click on the ‘Working with Us’ tab to view the full job description and to download an application form. Complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to jobs@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline: Monday 26 June 2017, 5pm. Applications arriving after 5pm will not be considered
Interviews: Tuesday 4 July 2017, Calderstones Coach House
Successful applicants will be invited to interview by 30 June. If you have not heard anything by this date, then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful.
Liverpool Quaker Meeting House Vacancy: Meeting House Assistant
Salary: £8.25 per hour evenings
Hours: Varying lengths of shifts between the hours of 3.30-10pm and weekends (varying lengths of shifts between the hours of 9am and 10pm). Shifts covered by all Meeting House Assistants and allocated according to availability
Contract: Flexible mutual agreement (zero hour)
Key tasks include:
Refreshing and preparing rooms for customers and clearing rooms at end of session time including room set ups
Cleaning café area, rooms and public areas as required
Informing facilitators of fire and emergency procedures
Greeting customers and directing them to their rooms
Ensuring groups have all required for their meetings
Reception duties including answering the phone and taking messages and taking bookings using procedures outlined in Meeting House Assistant Manual
Following provided procedures to complete various tasks required
Supporting contracted staff to manage health and safety and security of the building, staff and users
Applicants must have reasonable availability and able to undertake minimum of eight shifts per month, be able to manage physical aspects of the job and have a pleasant manner which upholds Quaker values of peace and equality. Two references are required at least one of which should be from a recent employer.
The role is subject to a probationary period and subject to a trial shift. Successful applicants will be paid for this shift once employed and on pay roll.
To obtain a job description, contact Gayle Allen by email or post or collect an application park from reception. Application is by email to manager@liverpoolquakers.org.uk or by letter to: Gayle Allen, Business Manager, Liverpool Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BT.
Closing date: Friday 30 June 2017
Applications for Match Funding Now Open
The Big Give is now accepting applications for the #ChristmasChallenge17. You can apply for match funding for your charity and join the UK’s biggest online match funding campaign.
The campaign, which has been running since 2008, is new and improved this year and match funding is available for a wide range of charities for an even bigger and better campaign than ever before. This is a great opportunity to raise funds for your cause.
The Christmas Challenge is a live match funding campaign where hundreds of charities join together to raise funds over a 7 day period. Donations made on the site are doubled in real time and last year over £7.2 million was raised.
The deadline has now been extended for the Christmas Challenge: Friday 14 July 2017
Citizens Advice Liverpool Vacancies: Social Media Assistants
Salary: £8.50 per hour
Hours: 10 hours per week over 2 days (flexible hours to be agreed during Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm)
Contract: 6 months temporary position
Citizens Advice Liverpool has an exciting opportunity for two Social Media Assistants to join the team.
Your priority will be to promote, develop and maintain a brand new Snapchat channel for students, to provide access to advice in a way that suits them. You will also be responsible for increasing overall digital engagement with Citizens Advice Liverpool through various social media channels including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
To be successful in this role, you will need to be confident, motivated, creative, and willing to try new things. You don’t have to be the “finished article”, but if you have the right attitude, Citizens Advice Liverpool can help to develop your skills.
Aloft Liverpool presents the Charity Ball package with your fundraising activities in mind. The package is designed to help you raise as much money as possible.
Prestigious charity dinner, Aloft knows you want it to be just that – special. From the menu Aloft creates, to the place settings, and ambiance, every detail is designed to ensure your event is as memorable as it is effortless.
The Charity Ball package prices start from £27 per person, including:
Red carpet reception
Three-course dinner and coffee
DJ and disco plus dance floor
10% donation to your chosen charity
Complimentary raffle prize
Printed menus and table plan
Complimentary room hire
Reduced accommodation group rates
Please contact Aloft Liverpool to book your viewing appointment on 0151 294 3970 or email events@aloftliverpool.com.
Grants for Tackling Youth Loneliness
Loneliness can affect us at any time of life. Young people are no exception.
The Co-op Foundation is growing a UK-wide network of partners working together to prevent and tackle youth loneliness. The projects delivered by the network help young people form stronger connections in their community. While helping others, young people gain the skills to make the most of life’s opportunities and to cope with its challenges.
The Co-op Foundation in partnership with the #iwill campaign is inviting applications from charitable organisations working with young people aged 10-20 years. Organisations will be able to apply for up to £35,000 to deliver activities that engage young people in social action and tackle youth loneliness. One local project will be funded in each English region (9 grants of approx. £35,000 each). Within each region, a number of specific priority locations have been identified and one of these is Liverpool.
Deadline for expressions of interest: Friday 7 July 2017
Liverpool City Council Contract: SEND Disagreement Resolution and Mediation Service
Liverpool City Council is looking to procure an organisation, independent from the local authority, to deliver an impartial and confidential service covering Dispute Resolution, Mediation Advice, and a Mediation Service to fulfill it’s statutory duties under the Children and Families Act (2014) regarding Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). This will serve Children, their Parents and Young People up to the age of 25 when there is a requirement for disagreement resolution and mediation under SEND.
The Contract will be for a period of 3 years with option to extend.
Your company will need to register on Procontract (Due North) to download the full Application and supporting documents. To register, go to Procontract, go to suppliers’ area and click on “register free”. Once you have registered you will need to go to the “my opportunities” section on the home page of Procontract and follow the instructions as a supplier to enable you to return your submission.
Closing date: Monday 10 July 2017, 12noon
Liverpool City Council Contract: Liverpool Adult Learning Service
Liverpool Adult Learning Services invites tenders to this Dynamic Purchasing System from providers with a proven track record of delivering non-accredited provision to adults in a variety of settings.
Non-accredited or non-formal learning (adult learning) refers to structured, taught learning but differs from formal learning in that it does not lead to a qualification within the aims and objectives of the course. It is possible it will lead to a certificate of achievement or statement of attainment.
Some examples of types of non-accredited courses include:
Introduction courses (e.g. Maths, English, ICT)
Personal enrichment courses, e.g. personal development, instruction skills
Work-related courses, e.g. skill development, job search training
Your company will need to register on Procontract (Due North) to download the full application and supporting documents. Go to Procontract, go to suppliers’ area and click on “register free”. You will then need to go to the “my opportunities” section on the home page of Procontract and follow the instructions as a supplier to enable you to return your submission.
Closing date: Tuesday 11 July 2017, 4pm
Greenbank Vacancies
Learning Coach Support Worker
Salary: £16,772-£17,891
Hours: 21-35 hours per week
Contract: Term-time only
There are four posts available, including one providing maternity cover.
The post holders are responsible for supporting students during education/vocational learning sessions and work placements and for providing on course assistance/support to tutors during sessions. You will also be responsible for some personal care needs including feeding, use of toilet, changing, hoist etc, where this enables access to learning.
Closing date: Friday 30 June 2017, 3pmInterview date: Thursday 6 July or Friday 7 July 2017
Floating Learning Support Worker
Salary: £18,559 -£20,455
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Term-time only
The post holder is responsible for supporting students within any of Greenbank College’s departments, when their allocated Learning Coach/ Support Worker is absent or undertaking training. The role also includes work on a one to one or small group basis, to support student/s with complex needs who require adjustments to their learning programmes.The post holder is responsible for personal care needs including feeding, use of toilet, changing, hoist where this enables access to learning.
Closing date: Friday 30 June 2017 @ 3pm
Interview date: Thursday 6 July or Friday 7 July 2017
All applicants should note that the successful candidate will be asked to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The Reader Vacancy: Arts Administration Internship – Reading Resources
Hours: 21 hours per week (flexible – to be agreed upon appointment)
Remuneration: Travel expenses and sustenance paid
Contract: July-November 2017
You will be part of a small group of interns working together to gain valuable work experience whilst helping The Reader develop. You will work predominantly with the Head of Reading Excellence and Specialist Practice Mentor, although there will also be opportunities to visit and communicate with other operational teams.
During your time in this position you will:
Develop and coordinate a plan for sending out books to volunteer Reader Leaders across the country
Maintain a centralised cataloguing and checking out system for books and help to maintain a system for storing hard copies of stories and poems
Support admin volunteers
Contribute to the ongoing task of centralising electronic copies of short stories and poems held by The Reader in one site, making these accessible to all staff
Help to grow the online resource, for example by writing and adding to existing story summaries
Contribute to the development of further Reader anthologies, building on the momentum created by the ‘A Little Aloud’ series
Help to grow the Reader video library by preparing files for upload
Skills/personal qualities required:
Excellent organisational skills; patient and attentive to detail
Skilled reader with a passion for literature; able to think creatively
Kind and supportive
Flexible, self-motivated and hard-working individual who will work well in a dynamic and creative team in a fast-moving environment
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Good IT skills, including familiarity with Office applications and online resources
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and click on the ‘Working with Us’ tab to view the full job description and to download an application form. Complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to eameeboden@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline for applications: Friday 30 June 2017, 5pm. Applications arriving after 5pm will not be considered.
Liverpool Irish Festival Vacancies: Board of Trustees
The Liverpool Irish Festival (LIF) delivers a diverse, high quality and often ground breaking programme each October. LIF is a charitable company, whose Directors are its Trustees. These volunteers come together as a Board to lead the charity and decide how it is run. The current Board aims to recruit skilled, experienced and enthusiastic individuals to come join the current Trustees to guide and support the organisation through its next exciting phase of development.
Trustees will have strategic vision, independent judgement and a willingness to give time and commitment to the Liverpool Irish Festival. The Festival’s aim is to develop a diverse Board, so applications are welcomed from all sections of the community, in particular women and young people, who are recognise are currently under-represented on the Board and from whom we encourage applications. Ideally, new trustees will have experience of the cultural sector, a familiarity with Liverpool Irish arts and culture and/or skills in digital applications.
The Trustee role is unpaid and requires a time commitment of, on average, half a day per month. This includes attendance at the Board and sub-committee meetings, Board development workshops and strategic planning events. The meetings generally take place in the early evening.
Applications to become a member of the Liverpool Irish Festival Board should be made by submission of your CV and a one-page letter describing how you meet the criteria, via email to chair@liverpoolirishfestival.com .
Deadline for applications: Friday 30 June 2017
Interviews: By arrangement with shortlisted applicants in July 2017
Places Available for an Intensive Mentoring Programme
Comics Youth Vacancy: Youth Worker
Comics Youth is a Social Enterprise that delivers comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects for disadvantaged children and young people within Merseyside. The overall ethos of the organisation is to break down participation barriers and make projects accessible for children and young people aged 8-18 through delivering comic book creation and guided reading sessions in safe, inclusive and indiscriminate community venues.
Comics 180! is a newly created BBC Children in Need funded project that will engage young people with disabilities within the Liverpool area to create, design and publish original comic books and zines regarding their disability status, salient community issues and topics of interests that are important to them.
The organisation is currently recruiting for the following vacancy:
Youth Worker
Salary: £20k pro rata
Hours: 15 hours per week
Job role entails:
Support the Leader in Charge in the delivery of comic book creation and guided reading sessions for children and young people with disabilities within Liverpool
Teach and demonstrate art techniques to make varied styles of comics through workshops
Develop publicity materials for the projects and update written contributions for the Comics Youth website, newsletter and social media presence
Choose and present a wide range of comics, graphic novels and manga in order to generate free-flowing conversation
For a copy of the job descriptions and details on how to apply, email comicsyouthliv@gmail.com or call Rhiannon Griffiths on 0752 536 9624.
Closing date: Wednesday 14 June 2017, 5pm
United Way UK Give Local Grants
United Way UK’s Give Local grants are now open for applications.
United Way envisions a world where all individuals and families achieve their potential thanks to a good start in life, an inspiring education, a path to income mobility and a healthy lifestyle. To do this, it takes a collaborative approach with other charitable organisations, businesses and individuals interested in making a positive contribution and supporting those in need.
The grants aim to support small, local organisations working hard to help people within their own communities. By giving out grants, United Way UK hopes to better understand the range of issues affecting these local communities and to create a clear picture as to level of these needs, what good work is being done to address them and how this work can grow to have even greater impact. This information will help United Way UK to target its work, build long-lasting partnerships with funded organisations, and to inform partners about future volunteering and donation options.
Give Local grants are inclusive and aim to support community based, local organisations. Communities and organisations can inform United Way UK as to their needs as they relate to the priority issue areas of education, income and health. United Way UK is particularly interested in those addressing the needs of disadvantaged people. There will be 29 Give Local Grants of £1,000 each.
These grants have been made possible thanks to the generosity of Costco warehouse employees. This is in association with the ‘Give Local’ campaign, encouraging people to give directly to support causes within their community and available to other businesses interested in engaging their employees in making a difference in communities local to their operations.
Salary: £18,000-£20,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week, 30 days annual leave
Duration: Permanent
This role calls for an exceptionally highly-motivated and dedicated person. Reporting to The Reader’s Finance Manager, you will assist in the successful management of The Reader and its social enterprises day to day finances.
You must be AAT qualified and have a strong understanding of double entry bookkeeping including accruals and prepayments, and have previous relevant experience in a Finance Administration/Senior accounts assistant role. Good rounded knowledge of financial procedures and processes and experience of recording accounting transactions and maintaining accounting records are essential, as is good working knowledge and previous experience in using at least one accounting package.
Deadline for applications: Monday 19 June 2017, 5pm. Applications arriving after 5pm will not be considered.
You will be notified if you are to be called for interview by Monday 12 June, 5pm. If you have not heard anything by then, you have been unsuccessful. Volume of applications may make replies to everyone impossible.
Interviews: Thursday 22 June 2017
Role begins: As soon as possible thereafter
Older LGB Interviews
Are you over the age of 55, live in or near Merseyside and identify as either lesbian, gay or bisexual?
Older LGB people can be “doubly invisible” – i.e. they can be overlooked both by the LGB community and the hetero-dominant wider society. There is a focus on youth centred activities within the LGB community and research has shown that older LGB people may have different experiences from their heterosexual counterparts.
As part of my Masters research in Public Health I would like to speak to you to explore your thoughts and views on care – both from friends and family/healthcare professionals in the past and the future.
The interview can take place at a location of your choosing, and will last around an hour.
If you are interested, get in touch with researcher Rory McGill on 07540 354 484 or email rmcgill@liverpool.ac.uk.
New Contract: Supported Accommodation – Harm Reduction Service
Liverpool City Council is wishing to contract for a service to provide a harm reduction service to people with alcohol issues. This will be a transformation programme, with the aim of remodeling, over time, the current service delivered by the Authority.
The aim of the new contract will be is to transform the supported housing service currently delivered at 2 Aigburth Drive into a modern, high quality, accommodation based harm reduction service for people with alcohol issues. The Contracts will be for a period of five years with the option for the Authority to extend, at its absolute discretion, for a further period of five years (either in a single extension or in annual extensions).
The Procurement route is a ‘Pseudo’ Restricted Procedure under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 Light Touch Regime and the Selection Questionnaire and supporting documents are now available on the Due North Portal. Go to suppliers’ area and click on “register free”, then download the full application and supporting documents.
Your company will need to register on Procontract (Due North) to be able to receive the opportunity. The documents will only be available on Procontract (available via the Due North site). Once you have registered you will need to go to the “my opportunities” section on the home page of Procontract and follow the instructions as a supplier to enable you to return your submission.
Hours: 2-4 days per week
Renumeration: Expenses paid
Contract: Minimum 6 months
Relate Cheshire & Merseyside is offering an opportunity to gain practical experience in marketing and communications, working on the strong Relate brand and with support from an experienced national marketing team based in London.
The successful candidate will work closely with the Chief Executive to implement a communications plan that will raise the profile of RCM and promote its services. Key projects will include working with the local media, helping to organise events, and expanding use of social media.
To be considered for this role you must have excellent communication skills, strong administrative and organisational skills, and the ability to communicate and build relationships with a wide range of people. Relevant qualifications and/or work experience would be an advantage.
This role is subject to a Basic Check conducted by Disclosures Scotland, an office of the Scottish Government which is acting on behalf of the UK.
The ACC Liverpool Group Foundation has been established from donations raised as a result of the tremendous fundraising of The ACC Liverpool Group employees. The fund is administered by the Community Foundation for Merseyside and aims to support local community groups and voluntary organisations in Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral.
The fund wishes to encourage local community groups and voluntary organisations to apply for grants for projects aimed at supporting and targeting children, young people and families, social isolation, education and learning, communities and housing and homelessness.
The budget is £5,000 and the Foundation is looking to fund five projects of up to £1,000 that clearly meets their criteria and can make a significant impact in the community.
Salary: £6,540
Hours: 16 hours per week
Contract: Beginning September 2017
Somewhere Else, an innovative church in the heart of Liverpool, is focused around the making and sharing of bread, holding inclusivity while creating safer space for vulnerable and marginalised people.
The role needs a self-motivating, flexible and open-minded individual. You will be the first point of contact and require good all round people skills. You will have an understanding of the grant funding system and experience of sourcing and researching funding streams as well as be experienced in all aspects of social media. The role involves organising and running an office, administrating meetings and room bookings and managing the communication for the church and the half-time minister.
Information pack is available from Heather Lovelady, Church Council Secretary. Call 0151 706 0155 or email info@somewhere-else.org.uk.
Closing date: Wednesday 5 July 2017, 12noon
Board Member Opportunities with Steps to Freedom
Steps to Freedom is regional charity based in Liverpool providing counselling dedicated to psychotherapy that honours clients as individuals. The service is strength-based, working with clients at their own pace, improving the mental and physical well-being of women and men survivors of childhood sexual exploitation.
The charity is looking for dynamic, committed, and pro-active individuals from a wide and diverse backgrounds to join the Board and help us continue with our success and expansion. As a trustee, you will ensure that the charity remains focused on its aims and objectives by giving strategic direction, fresh thinking, overall policy-making, and with a keen eye on planning and development. This is an excellent opportunity to share and expand your skills for a very worthwhile cause, adding value to the work of the Board.
You don’t need to have trustee experience, although knowledge of the voluntary sector would be a distinct advantage, as would an interest in counselling services. Applications are particularly welcome from those who have experience in one or more of the following areas:
Human Resources
Management
Project management
Finance
Marketing and communications
Fundraising
Trustees would be required to:
Attend up to four meetings a year including and an annual planning day
Get involved in supporting our fixed term projects
Contribute advice and support on an ad hoc basis
Attend events
All travel and out of pocket expenses will be reimbursed.
To request a recruitment pack containing a job description and person specification, together with details of the application process, email alan.mcdonald@steps2freedom.org.uk with ‘Application for Trustee Role’ in the subject line.
For applications by post or any other enquiries, call Alan McDonald on 0151 228 1475.
Stop Loan Sharks Community Funding
The England Illegal Money Lending Team has funding available for groups that want to raise awareness of the issues of illegal money lending. Grants of up to £5,000 are available for local residents, charities, community and voluntary groups, schools and statutory agencies. The money available has come from the proceeds of crime taken from convicted illegal money lenders.
Illegal Money Lenders, more commonly known as Loan Sharks, lend money without having the correct permissions from the Financial Conduct Authority. They often give cash loans out without any paper work and want double the amount back or charge extortionate interest rates. When you struggle to make repayments they may use violence, threats and intimidation, to ensure you keep paying them. The aim of this funding is to give groups the opportunity to raise awareness of the issue, in their community in a different way.
Your project must meet all the four main aims:
Innovative
Community engagement
Impact
Legacy
Funds can be spent on any worthwhile community project that meets the following criteria:
Contributes to raising the awareness of the dangers of using loan sharks
Prevents crime and disorder and publicises the Stop Loan Sharks message
Promotes the work of the Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) in communities
Encourages reporting of loan sharks
Due to the number of films funded in previous years, only films that have a guaranteed audience of 500 people will be considered, and you need to tell how this figure will be reached. Adverts on radio stations will not be funded, although campaigns by radio stations will be considered.
Funds can’t be used to support an existing project that only adds Illegal Money Lending to its program. The Stop Loan Sharks message must be at the core of the project. Funds can’t be spent on:
Repeating an existing project
Staff salary, day to day running costs of your organisation or vehicle costs
Producing freebies, publicity merchandise or distribution costs.
Staff training – we can deliver this for free
Food – we can fund tea and coffee for projects but not food
Any costs you incur whilst putting together your application
Liverpool Students Union Vacancy: Student Group Administrator
Salary: £18,798 pro rata
The Student Group Administrator supports volunteers to organise safe and varied student activities and help us to engage more students. The Student Group Administrator will work specifically with student sports teams and organise and coordinate sporting fixtures, transport, accommodation and competition bookings and support all sports teams queries relating to their weekly fixtures.
The Student Group Coordinator supports the Administrator role with sports specific knowledge and BUCS management and is expected to share tasks on a day to day basis and help cover this role when required. The Student Group Administrator will work with the team to train, develop, support and motivate student volunteers and group leaders to produce results for students.
This role requires great organisational and communication skills, time management including planning work and delivering to deadlines. Experience of working in a fast paced role and key office administration skills including outlook, word and excel are also essential.
The tragic events in Manchester on Monday are a stark reminder of the threats we face from acts of terror. It’s difficult to comprehend why young people, simply out for an evening’s entertainment, should be targeted in this way or to understand what the perpetrators of such horrific acts hope to gain from their actions. Clearly there are those who seek to divide communities and create unrest, but we see every day the way in which people in this great city, and in great cities across the country like Manchester, work together for the common good. We have a duty to make sure that these evil acts do not turn communities against each other and that we continue to promote and support tolerance and understanding in all that we do.
Our thoughts are with the victims and their families and we offer our support to all the people of Manchester during this difficult time.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Volunteer for Merseyside Scouts
Merseyside Scouts is looking for a County Commissioner to manage a team of volunteers and lead Merseyside Scouts forward. Scouting in Merseyside is growing and you can be a part of it.
You need to be up for a challenge and we promise you fun and adventure, as you travel around the county and meet the 1000’s of young people enjoying scouting in Merseyside. No scout experience is necessary and you will have a full team around you, as well as being a member of a worldwide organisation with over 600,000 members in the UK.
Could you support and inspire over 7,300 young people? Would you enjoy public speaking as well as developing strategy? Merseyside Scouts are looking for a volunteer with management experience who wants to do more in their community, with excellent inter-personal skills and the ability to motivate, lead and inspire others.
Merseyside Scouts offer a vibrant, exciting and adventurous co-educational programme for young people aged 6-25 and now have over 10,000 young people and adults involved in what we do, every week of the year.
As County Commissioner you would be responsible for leading the Scout County ensuring that good quality scouting is provided for young people, and the organisation is relevant to young people and adults alike in the future. You would be capable of providing strategic direction, working with people of all ages and enabling change. The role is undoubtedly a challenge but you would not be on your own. The County Commissioner works as the head of a team in Merseyside and you would have the support of the wider regional and national teams as well. There is plenty of training available so being new to scouting is no bar.
For further information or to obtain a nomination form, contact Tim Leader, Chair of County Commissioner Search Group, at timleader25@gmail.com or call 015395 33270.
Deadline for applications: Thursday 8 June 2017
Interviews: Sunday 2 July 2017
Positive Futures Vacancy: Youth Development Worker
Salary: £20,400 pa
Hours: 35 hours per week, including regular evenings and weekends
Contract: 3-year fixed-term contract
Positive Futures is a charitable youth organisation based in Liverpool working with young people to give them access to support, guidance and opportunities. The organisation’s vision is to see all young people realise their potential, regardless of circumstance.
This is an exciting role in which you will be engaging with young people through detached street work using recognised best practice techniques.
The ideal candidate is a confident and creative person who has:
Experience of and a passion for working or volunteering with young people in the community
Commitment to supporting the progression of young people
Good understanding of how to deliver informal workshops and education programmes that meet the needs of young people
Confidence when public speaking – comfortable with delivering workshops and training sessions
Excellent communication skills – someone who can build and maintain positive and productive relationships at all levels but most importantly build rapport with young people
Ability to establish links with local schools, colleges, community organisations and training providers
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Looking for Governors
Could you be a Governor at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital? The hospital is looking for members of the public to represent foundation trust members on the Council of Governors and help shape hospital services.
You can stand for election in Merseyside (three vacancies), Cheshire (two vacancies) or North Wales (two vacancies). You must reside in the area for which you are applying.
To apply, nomination forms and information packs are available from Ciara Norris at Electoral Reform Services on 020 8889 9203 or email ftnominationenquiries@electoralreform.co.uk.
Liverpool Mental Health Festival is running again this year. Organised by Liverpool Mental Health Consortium, the festival will kick off on 1 October 2017.
There are a number of events already secured: a comedy night, a film night at FACT, a poetry slam, Workshop Wednesday and the annual public celebration on Williamson Square, to name just a few. In addition, Liverpool Mental Health Consortium is in partnership with Unity Theatre and their joint programme involves their comedy patron, award-winning comedian Sofie Hagen.
Organisations are invited to submit events and activities for inclusion in the festival programme. Free activities taking place during 1-14 October 2017 that are to do with the promotion of good mental health will be prioritised (no advertising). Depending on funding, the programme may be available online only. Use this form to submit your event.
There will be a film night as part of the festival, and the consortium is looking for short films to show. If you would like to contribute a short film, complete this submission form.
If your organisation would like to run a workshop at this year’s Workshop Wednesday on 4 October, submit your idea and who you are by filling in this short questionnaire.
Spaces will be limited for the above opportunities. All forms are also available in Word format on request to hello@zesteventmanagement.com.
The Workers’ Educational Association Vacancy: Better Off Finance Employability Trainer
Salary: £24,836 (usual starting salary) – £26,677 pro rata (actual salary £9,934)
Hours: 14 hours per week (0.4FTE)
Contract: Fixed term until 28 September 2018
The Workers’ Educational Association is looking to recruit an Employability Trainer. The main purpose of role is to prepare and deliver courses targeted at eligible local working age people to increase their employability skills and move them closer to / into employment and training, through the Building Better Opportunities Better Off Finances project across Liverpool City Region.
You will teach across Liverpool City Region, mainly in local community venues, delivering a series of prepared employability modules, building confidence and developing better communication skills. It is part of a wider Financial Inclusion project, led by The Women’s Organisation (TWO) and in partnership with Citizens’ Advice Bureaux across the city region.
The Workers’ Educational Association is a charity and the UK’s largest voluntary sector provider of adult education. The charity has a strong sense of social purpose, dedicated to bringing great teaching into the heart of local communities. All educational provision is developed with this in mind and our courses can be set up almost anywhere – for example in clubs, community centres, village halls, schools, pubs or where people work.
You will receive generous terms and conditions, including 30 days holiday (plus bank holidays), pension scheme – subject to eligibility. Please note holiday entitlement, including bank holidays is pro rata for part time staff.
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival Seeks New Board Members
LAAF is seeking to recruit three trustees to join the board, which currently has seven members including a Chair and Vice Chair.
Founded in 1998, Liverpool Arab Arts Festival is a registered charity delivering arts and community programmes that bring diverse cultures together, increasing appreciation and awareness of Arab culture and arts at a local, national and international level.
A year-round programme of events and community projects is built around the focal point for the year – LAAF’s annual summer festival, which is the UK’s longest running and biggest annual celebration of Arab arts and culture. Now in its 16th year, the festival brings a series of around 35 events to multiple venues, over a packed 10 day period, including over 140 UK and international artists and performers.
LAAF started as a weekender event bringing Arab artists to Liverpool (mainly to Bluecoat, in Liverpool city centre) for a couple of days, and it has now grown to become a major festival event in Liverpool and the UK. The events are spread around the city and it is attracting artists and audience from around the world. LAAF has reached millions of people around the World through the interest of the major media channels, radios, and newspapers.
Responding to demand, LAAF has developed a year round presence, programming out of festival events and delivering cultural arts programmes increasing participation of those least engaged with Arts. The charity has recently secured several additional projects to its core annual festival and it is looking for forward thinking board members to drive our next stage of development.
LAAF is specifically looking for three additional board members:
Artistic advisor
Fundraiser,
Treasurer
These three trustees will work with the rest of the board, and executive team, to set vision and strategy for the charity. They will provide governance oversight of the strategy, ensuring the charity’s resources are expended in an inclusive, efficient manner in furtherance of the charity’s aims and objectives.
Artistic advisor
The trustee responsible for artistic and cultural matters will lead on:
Liaise closely with the PR and marketing officer and the Head of Team about previous programme and contribute to strategic development of the future artitsic programme
Review some electronic artistic programmes such as dance, songs, films, and other performances
Support development of LAAF’s Creative Case for Diversity.
Liaise with marketing to support the development of new audiences
Recommend board members and the Head of Team of any potential artists and events of good quality and in demand by LAAF’s audience for the next festival
Treasurer
The treasurer usually takes the lead at board level on:
Making sure the charity keeps proper accounts
Reviewing the charity’s financial performance
Advise LAAF on legal/mandatory requirements and informing change as required.
Drawing up or reviewing policies for finance and investment
Ensuring that the charity has robust and effective financial controls in place
Liaising with finance staff and with the charity’s independent auditor
Reporting on financial matters to the board members
Fundraising & sponsorship
The trustee responsible for fund raising and sponsorship will lead on:
Liaise closely with the treasurer and the Head of Team about funding and sponsorship annual target
Guide LAAF on maximizing diverse income streams.
Draw expertise from similar charity organisations about their funding and sponsorship target
Liaise with marketing about reaching to new potential funders and sponsors
Advise board members and the Head of Team of any potential risks for accepting funding with conditions counter to LAAF’s constitutional objectives
LAAF is seeking people who are:
Committed to the values of the charity
Fair but tactful communicators
Confident to set and achieve high level goals
Able to exercise fairness and good judgement
With a mix of skills and experience to complement the current board members
Board members are unremunerated, although out of pocket expenses will be paid by the charity. LAAF also invests in the personal development of board members ensuring their skills base increases according to the changing demands of the role. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references.
LAAF welcomes diversity and hopes to get applications from all sections of the community.
Closing date: Friday 28 July 2017
Shortlisting: August 2017. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to one of LAAF board meetings
Phone 0151 702 7766 and ask for Taher or Mustapha, Chair and Vice Chair, if you would like an informal conversation about the opportunity.
Change It: Progress to Success
The Women’s Organisation recently launched an 8-session confidence and resilience building programme that will support over 500 Liverpool women in the next three years. Change It: Progress to Success empowers women in Liverpool of all ages, backgrounds and stages of their lives to feel more positive about what they can achieve.
Throughout this 8-session programme, participating women will learn more about themselves, develop their confidence and begin building the future they want at home, at work or in relationships.
The next programme will take place in a number of Children’s Centres around the city, as well as at 54 St James Street, home to The Women’s Organisation. You can find your local ‘Change It’ here:
4-week programme:
The Women’s Organisation, 54 St James Street, L1 0AB – 16 May, 10am-3pm
8-week programmes (Excluding week commencing 29th of May due to School Holidays):
Picton Children’s Centre, 139 Earle Road, L7 6HD – 15 May, 9.30-11.30am
Fountains Children’s Centre, Fountains Road, L4 1QH – 19 May, 1-3pm
Kensington Children’s Centre, 23 Quorn Street, L7 2QR – 22 May, 1-3pm
Wavertree Children’s Centre, 85 Wellington Road, L15 4LE – 22 May, 9.30-11.30am
For more information, please head over to the blog.
If you would like to refer a woman onto the programme, or speak to a member of the ‘Change It’ team about opportunities, contact The Women’s Organisation’s Engagement Team on 0151 706 8111 or email hello@thewo.org.uk.
HRUK and SUBWAY® Healthy Heart Grants
Funding of up to £10,000 is now available for communities in the Granada region for projects that promote heart healthy initiatives. Funding is awarded for original, innovative projects that promote heart health and help reduce the risk of developing heart disease. They could address a variety of issues such as healthy eating, physical activity, smoking cessation and mental well-being, all with a focus on the heart.
Grants are only available to not-for-profit organisations, including:
Charities
Community groups
Voluntary organisations
Sports groups
Previous applicants and grantees can apply.
Visit the Heart Research UK website to apply for a HRUK and SUBWAY® Healthy Heart Grant using the online application form.
The application period closes on Monday 17 July 2017.
The Reader Vacancy: Story Hunter
Salary: £7.50 per hour
Hours: Zero hours’ contract; working pattern covers 9am-7pm hour, Monday-Sunday
Duration: Until 4 September 2017
The Storybarn is a creative, interactive environment in which children can feel thoroughly alive and creative in the company of quality literature. Books offer children a way to understand the world in which they live and the worlds inside themselves. The Reader exists to provide book-routes into this inner space, and to develop shared understandings of both it, and the outer world.
Training will be provided with space for creative adaptation of delivery for applicants to really make the role their own.
This role could be for you if you:
Passionately believe in the value of reading
Flexible, enthusiastic and positive
Outgoing and confident working with children and families
Compassionate and creative
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Working with Us’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to jobs@thereader.org.uk. Your covering letter is an opportunity for you to include any additional information which could not be explained within the application form. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline for applications: Thursday 25 May 2017, 9am. Applications arriving after 9am will not be considered.
You will be notified if you are to be called for interview by 5pm on Tuesday 30 May 2017. If you have not heard anything by then, you have been unsuccessful. Volume of applications may make replies to everyone impossible.
Interviews: Friday 2 June 2017
You may be required to deliver a presentation or complete a task at the interview. If this is the case you will be informed of this when you are invited to interview.
Role begins as soon as possible.
Merseyside Law Centre Vacancy: Specialist Welfare Benefit Adviser
Salary: £22,500 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Until 31 March 2018; renewed subject to available funding
Merseyside Law Centre (MLC) is funded by Liverpool City Council to provide free welfare benefits advice and representation to the people of Liverpool. The organisation strives for a just and equal society where everyone has access to justice.
The post-holder will carry out a range of duties including providing a comprehensive welfare benefits advice service, managing a caseload, tribunal representation, and training, supporting and supervising volunteers and students.
Suitable candidates will have extensive experience of providing welfare benefit advice and representation. MLC has a welfare benefits contract with the Legal Aid Agency and to meet the requirements of this, candidates must meet the welfare benefits supervisor standard.
The posts will be based at Merseyside Law Centre’s head office in Liverpool.
Deadline for applications: Tuesday 23 May 2017, 12noon
Interviews: Week commencing 29 May 2017
Options Vacancy: Fundraiser
Salary: £18,000
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours
Options is a rapidly developing and changing organisation. It always has a focus on its mission, to be brilliant at supporting people with disabilities. For that to happen, the organisation needs fantastic staff in every position, including the Fundraising role.
This role is for you if you have:
Ability to raise funds in a creative and innovative way
Experience of creating tailored application and proposals
Eye to see opportunities for partnerships
Passion and drive to build new relationships with foundations, trusts and community partners
Working across Wirral, HYPE Merseyside does whatever it takes to create breakthroughs in the way the world treats children.
Community Space Co-ordinator
Hours: 15 hours per week
Rate of pay: £12 per hour
HYPE Merseyside is looking for a passionate and motivated individual to support and develop a strong volunteer team to meet income targets and create a thriving, profitable business. As Community Space Co-ordinator you will take responsibility for ensuring the shop is ran in accordance with the organisations policies and procedures whilst raising as much money and awareness as possible for HYPE’s work.
Key Responsibilities
Empower volunteers to deliver and maintain exception retail standards through ongoing training and development
Manage and minimise risks to meet all safeguards in relation to financial procedures, health & safety and child safeguarding
Develop, maintain and lead a diverse team of volunteers to become a high performing team through individual coaching and Shop meetings
Be accountable for meeting or exceeding income targets in line with agreed financial and non-financial KPI’s
Network the shop into the community through events and fundraising initiatives if required.
To be successful you will be able to demonstrable ability to motivate, support and build strong relationships with volunteers. You will have a strong understanding of, and enthusiasm for community cohesion and social action projects. In addition you will:
Have a good understanding of retail business disciplines including budgeting, customer service, cash handling, stock control, working to financial targets
Have a exceptional organisation and time management skills with the ability to work well under pressure
Be able to adopt a collaborative approach with excellent facilitation, communication and interpersonal skills
Be a team player with the ability to work independently and on own initiative
Have the ability to recognise and prioritise opportunities with the greatest potential.
School Liaison Officer
Hours: 40 per week
Rate of pay: £18,000
The key responsibilities for this post are:
Create, develop and maintain productive working relationships with local schools and colleges
Identify school/college students and refer to Recruitment & Engagement team for ongoing support post-school/college
Prepare and deliver presentations to stakeholder audiences, including foundations/schools/colleges and communities
Work with internal stakeholders to develop innovative interactive activities to increase engagement with young people across Wirral
Record school liaison activity in order to inform targeting in future business planning
Assist in the production of promotional materials in collaboration with the Marketing team e.g.workshops, courses, open events, leaflets and posters
Have an understanding of not-for-profit funding
Manage work in line with the HYPE policies and legal requirements including health and safety, child protection, equal opportunities, and financial regulations
Bike Mechanic
Hours: 15 per week
Rate of pay: £18 p/h
Key responsibilities:
Enforce Health and Safety Policy within the workshop and during outdoor activities
Ensure all tools and equipment are serviceable prior to Re-Cycle Workshop activities
Inspect all bicycles for damage and signs of wear and carry out pre-requisite repairs prior to issue to workshop participants
Maintain sufficient quantities of cycle tools, spares and accessories required for workshop activities, ensuring all orders meet the budgetary requirements of HYPE
Supervise, mentor and safeguard Re-Cycle workshop participants
Ensure security of all HYPE premises utilised for Re-Cycle activities
Manage work in line with the HYPE policies and legal requirements including health and safety, child protection, equal opportunities, and financial regulations
You must have experience of working with young people in a school or youth work setting.
If you would like to apply for any of the above positions, send a covering letter and your CV to enquiries@hype-merseyside.co.uk.
Closing date: Friday 26 May 2017
HYPE Merseyside Ltd is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are not selected for interview within three weeks of the closing date, you will not be contacted but your details will be kept on file for three months.
Well Funny Workshops
Become a happier and healthier you!
Life can be very stressful at times and it can be easy to forget how laughter can be a great tonic to help us cope. The Comedy Trust are offering free Well Funny workshops designed to bring people together to inject some much needed humour which in the process will give their mental wellbeing a much needed boost.
During this informal and interactive session participants will find out how comedy and humour: can be a great way to help them de-stress; help them to connect with others; and how they can introduce it in to their daily routines to make life that little bit happier!
Well Funny workshops are free. The organisers just need a venue and a community group of between 8-25 adults who would like to take part. Workshops can last for either 1 or 2 hours which can be confirmed upon booking.
If you’d like to find out more, contact Helen Holden, Project Manager at The Comedy Trust, at helen@thecomedytrust.co or call 07593 042930 / 0151 702 5893.
Vacancies at LCVS
One of Liverpool’s oldest and most well-loved charities, LCVS provides support, advice, training, networking and representation for individuals and charitable organisations across Merseyside. We help donors distribute over £4 million every year to charitable organisations, both in the UK and across the world.
Now undergoing an exciting period of change, we are looking for enthusiastic, talented and dedicated individuals to join the team.
In recent years, LCVS has supported thousands of organisations to develop successful funding applications worth millions of pounds. We help with writing funding applications and offer guidance to address any problems or barriers to progress.
As Funding Advisor you will assist voluntary and community organisations with the research, presentation and processing of funding applications. You will organise and provide training and workshops for organisations helping them to identify appropriate funders for their strategies, projects and appeals. You will provide assistance to organisations to help them identify gaps/weaknesses in funding submissions.
You’ll have experience of working with both funders and organisations in preparing applications and bids. You’ll also have a good understanding of the charity sector and the ability to provide organisations with accurate and sound information. You are confident public speaking – comfortable with delivering workshops and training sessions.
In recent years, LCVS has supported thousands of organisations by delivering practical and accessible services to the voluntary sector including financal, accounting and payroll administration services.
As Community Accounting Team Leader you will oversee the delivery of community accountancy services to boards and executives of voluntary organisations. You’ll maintain financial records, prepare year-end financial statements and collate funding data on behalf of LCVS’s charity clients. You’ll directly support LCVS’s accountancy clients by delivering financial advice, information and guidance. You’ll provide assistance to members of the community accountancy team, develop standardised systems representing best practice and deliver training as required.
You will have worked in a financial role within the commercial or charity sector. You’ll have experience of preparing sets of accounts and knowledge of charity bookkeeping. You’ll have exceptional communication skills and the ability to motivate staff.
As Finance and Accountancy Administrative Assistant you will be involved in all areas including data input, reconciliation, producing statements and other day-to-day tasks in all areas of financial administration.
You’ll operate bank and cash systems, help raising cheques and BACS payments, maintain petty cash and associated records. You will respond to enquiries from external parties including suppliers, customers, donors and clients. You’ll assist in all areas of general administration including reception duties and arranging client meetings.
You’ll have experience of working in an office environment. You must have a “can do” attitude and the ability to adapt to different tasks quickly. Excellent Microsoft Excel and Word skills are essential to this post. Knowledge of bookkeeping is highly desirable.
Closing date: Friday 2 June 2017
For more information on any of these roles click here.
Finding Your Own Voice: Leadership Snapshot Sessions
Finding Your Own Voice is a series of Leadership Learning Snapshots organised by Blackburne House. Starting on Tuesday 16 May 2017, these are two-hour sessions exploring the many different aspects of leadership – and what exactly this means to and for women in the workplace.
The sessions offer an opportunity to explore different aspects of leadership and what that means for women in particular, both current and aspiring leaders. The sessions are designed to be informal and informative, reflective and thought provoking.
Each session has a different topic but tends to follow the same overall format:
Introductions to the topic and each other
Brief activity / discussion to explore what it means to each of us
Short input from session leaders
Another activity to explore the ideas and their effect on us and our work
Final discussion to establish “So what does that mean for me in practice?”
There is a limited number of spaces available for this series of sessions. If the maximum number is reached, you will be placed on a waiting list.
Zoe’s Place Vacancy: Corporate & Events Fundraiser
Salary: £25,000 – 27,000
Hours: Full -Time
Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice is an inspiring charity that provides care and support 24hrs a day to children and families in times of need. They offer respite, nursing care and end of life care for babies and children up to the age of five who have life limiting and life threatening conditions.
As Corporate & Events Fundraiser you will be responsible for developing and growing key corporate partnerships. You will proactively source new opportunities and build a network of potential funders to maximise this income stream. You’ll be a positive ambassador for Zoe’s Place, delivering engaging pitches to potential new corporate partners and finding creative ways to develop their employee fundraising.
If you’re an accomplished fundraiser with a record of meeting and exceeding ambitious targets in a corporate and events or community fundraising environment, this role is for you.
Closing date for all applications: Tuesday 30 May 2017, 9am
Interviews: Tuesday 6 June 2017
Working Together for Liverpool for Good: New Partnership for LCVS
LCVS is delighted to announce a new partnership with Be At One Cocktail Bar. Over the next twelve months the national cocktail bar chain, which has 31 bars across the country including on Seel Street in Liverpool, will be supporting LCVS’ work in finding long-term solutions to address the huge need, poverty and inequality that exists within many of Liverpool’s communities.
As well as raising money for LCVS through their Liverpool bar, one of Be At One’s co-founders, Steve Locke, will be offering guidance and advice to local young people on entrepreneurship and working within the hospitality sector as part of LCVS First Day programme. Launched at the International Festival for Business 2016, First Day helps breakdown barriers between young people and business.
Steve said of choosing to support LCVS: “We started Be At One from scratch with a car loan and credit card loans but at least we all had the advantages of good educations and stable family backgrounds. I know there are people who have the same skills as me but haven’t had the same opportunity and we want to help people build their confidence. LCVS has this approach and it ticked the boxes for us. We want to work with an organisation that’s about helping people find their way.”
Be At One’s fundraising for LCVS will kick off in July with the launch of a bartender challenge at the Seel Street bar.
If you know of a business who would be interested in working with LCVS, get in touch at info@lcvs.org.uk.
Africa Oyé: Call for Volunteers
Each year, Africa Oyé has to work hard to keep the festival free which, with an ever-growing event, is becoming increasingly challenging. This is why the festival needs you!
Africa Oyé will take place on 17 and 18 June 2017 in Sefton Park, 12.30-9.30pm both days. Entrance is free for all. It is the UK’s largest celebration of African and Caribbean music and culture. 2017 is Africa Oyé’s 25th Anniversary Year.
As an Oyé Representative, you will be working in keeping the festival free to all – providing positive relations with audiences and helping to raise funds to sustain future festivals. The role of an Oyé Rep is to collect donations, conduct audience questionnaires, sell raffle tickets and hand out information about the event, all the while engaging with the fantastic festival-goers.
The festival is asking for 2 hours of your time (or more if you would like) at the festival on Saturday 17 or Sunday 18 June 2017. You will get an Africa Oyé t-shirt, refreshments and a chance to meet people and learn new skills to enhance your CV.
You must have confidence, personality and enthusiasm. All volunteers need to be outgoing and motivated, with a friendly presence and determined attitude. To become an Oyé Rep, you must be over the age of 18, have a love for the festival (or would like to learn more about it) and help to keep the festival free for all for years to come.
You will need to make your own way to and from the festival site but there are plenty of public transport options and it is a beautiful cycling/walking location.
If you would like to sign up as an Oyé Rep for 2017, email your expression of interest to abbey@onefellswoop.co.uk.
South Locality Children’s Centres provide a range of services for children aged 0—5 years in Whiston, Prescot and Halewood.
If you have a passion to work with children and families, want to gain qualifications and work experience, and make your local community a better place to live, then this opportunity is for you.
Become involved in many exciting opportunities, including:
Running play groups for children and their families
Outreach work visiting families in their home
Meeting families in your community and make a difference to their lives
Development of a Mental Health Wellbeing Hub in North Liverpool
Liverpool City Council is in the early stages of developing a plan to create a mental health and wellbeing (MHWBH) service which will offer a preventative and recovery focused model of intervention to adults. The service will be delivered within the Old Swan area of Liverpool from premises identified by the Council which will be in need of renovation.
The service will support the prevention and promote recovery of mental ill heath by providing social and community based interventions which are easily accessible to adults from both the local and surrounding areas.
The Council is currently in discussions with potential benefactors regarding both the capital funding required to renovate the premises and possible grant funding for an initial period to support the development of the service at the premises. The long term vision is, however, that the service becomes a self-sustaining, not-for-profit, enterprise funded through income generation.
The Council’s is committed to ensuring that the development of both the premises and the model of service delivery will be robustly influenced by the local community, those with lived experience of mental ill health and service providers.
The currently intended objectives of the MHWBH are to:
Offer a more dynamic, flexible type of drop in service which enhances the self-management of mental wellbeing through self-directed access
Offer a range of interventions which address the social determinants of poor mental wellbeing and enhance mental wellbeing
Reduce the number of individuals accessing GP service due to poor mental wellbeing
Provide signposting and advice to prevent the deterioration of mental wellbeing
Provide a flexible and neutral space to partner agencies to deliver interventions or advice that will assist community members
Promote a sustainable model of service delivery which maximises its own financial viability and sustainability and attracts the support of community members and local business
The event is intended to give the provider market an opportunity to hear about (and provide feedback on) the Council’s intentions for the MHWBH. Providers will have the opportunity to discuss any issues directly with the relevant commissioning officers from the Council.
This event is for organisations that may be interested in working with the Council, the local community, and those with lived experience of mental ill health, to develop the proposals and ultimately become the provider of the MHWBS.
Following the event, the Council will publish all presentational information and questions and answers arising. Any organisation unable to attend will still, therefore, be able to access relevant information.
Organisations wishing to book a place on the event should complete the booking form (available on Pro Contract) and upload it through the ‘discussions’ option on the portal. Due to the likely level of demand, places will be limited to two per organisation.
Your company will need to register on Procontract (Due North) to be able to receive the opportunity. The documents will only be available on Procontract (available via the Due North site). Once you have registered you will need to go to the ‘My Opportunities’ section on the home page of Procontract and follow the instructions as a supplier to enable you to return your submission.
Closing date for submissions: Monday 22 May 2017, 12noon
The Reader Vacancy: Volunteer Reception Assistant
Volunteer expenses: Travel expenses will be provided as per the TRO’s Expenses Policy
Time commitment per week: Minimum 3 hours
Length of role: Ongoing, minimum 6 months commitment
As a Volunteer Reception Assistant, you will be the first port of call for any visitors to The Reader at Calderstones Park. You will create a good impression so above anything else you’ll need to have a good rapport with many different types of people,helping them to feel looked after and at ease.
Key Responsibilities
Answering the telephone, taking and relaying messages
Greeting visitors in a welcoming and friendly manner, offering them refreshments, and directing them to the right location
Monitoring those entering and exiting the building
Keeping the reception area tidy
Providing information about The Reader, Calderstones, and activities going on in and around the park
Providing assistance at The Reader events
Providing general clerical and administrative support as required
What you will get out of it
Internal and external training
Opportunities to meet and work with new people
The opportunity to use existing skills and gain new ones
Attendance at regular Get Into Reading groups and volunteer events
Email eameeboden@thereader.org.uk to find out more or express interest in this role, or phone the head office at 0151 729 2200.
Pharmacy Needs Assessment – Patient Survey
Liverpool Health and Wellbeing Board is consulting on the pharmacy needs of the local population.
The Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment is a statutory document that assesses the pharmacy needs of the local population and will be used as the framework to inform commissioning pharmacy services for the next three years. This includes dispensing chemist services as well as public health and other services that pharmacies may provide.
You can have your say by filling in a short online survey by Wednesday 31 May 2017.
Claire House Comes to Liverpool
For nearly 20 years, Claire House Children’s Hospice has been supporting families with seriously and terminally ill children across Merseyside, Cheshire and the surrounding counties.
What started off as the dream of one family, Chris and Bobby Cain, after the death of their 10-year-old daughter Claire in 1989, has grown to support over 400 families a year.
But now plans are well underway for Claire House to reach out to more families with a second hospice site, based in the West Derby area of Liverpool.
“For every seriously and terminally ill child in Liverpool that Claire House currently reaches, there’s another we can’t. And for the first time in our history, demand means we are occasionally being forced to cancel stays for families who have booked them in advance, to focus on emergency care. We want to change that,” explains Claire House CEO David Pastor, who hopes that one day Claire House will be able to support every single child and family who needs it.
“We’ve seen a 40% increase in the number of children and young people we look after in the past four years and over half of these children come from North of the Mersey so opening a new site in the city makes perfect sense.”
Situated off Honey’s Green Lane, near Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, the new hospice site was previously occupied by The Carmelite Order of Nuns for over 100 years. The long-term ambition is to turn the site into a completely new hospice.
Salary: £20,661 – £23,398 p.a, dependent on experience
Hours: 35 hours
Citizens Advice Knowsley has a full-time Debt Adviser vacancy, funded through the Money Advice Service Debt Advice Project, to provide an efficient and effective casework/advice service to the residents of Knowsley.
Ideally with a background in advice work or financial services, the successful candidate will be expected to work to quality assurance standards and be willing to undertake a professional training and development programme.
Closing date for applications: 5pm, Friday 12 May 2017
Interviews: Week commencing 22 May 2017
Include-IT Mersey
New ‘Include-IT Mersey’ project aims to get people online. It offers IT skills training and employment support for local, unemployed people, especially those aged 45 and over.
Include-IT Mersey is a new project, jointly funded by the European Social Fund and the Big Lottery Fund as part of its 2014-2020 Building Better Opportunities Programme. The project will provide a personalised package of support to digitally excluded residents of the Liverpool City Region that are out of work to help improve their IT and online skills, confidence in using and practical access to digital technologies and, ultimately, support them towards and into employment.
The project will be delivered by a partnership of 23 not-for-profit and public sector partners spanning the six boroughs of Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens, Halton and Wirral, with specific target areas in each borough.
Led by Sefton CVS, in collaboration with VOLA Consortium members, local Housing Associations and Local Authorities, this innovative multi-agency partnership is founded on partners that really care about their local communities. It will ensure that those in need of support to help develop their IT skills, access to online services and digital technologies will receive the best possible service, whatever their starting point. In addition to IT skills development, assistance will include employability and personal skills development to support people into or closer to employment.
Angela White, Chief Executive of Sefton CVS said: “We are delighted to have been awarded this funding and it is an honour to be leading such an innovative partnership, spanning the voluntary, public and social housing sectors.
“The online agenda is increasingly prevalent in people’s every day lives and can present an additional barrier to those people that are not online, not just in terms of their employment prospects and access to job opportunities, but in their private and social lives too. Developing IT skills and getting online can open up a whole new world to people in many different ways! We very much look forward to working with our partners to offer this vital service to across the city region and to make a real difference to local people and communities”.
Based in the Princes Park Ward, Liverpool 8, Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre stands at one of the main gateways into the City Centre and is one of the established cultural community centres in the City, it is used by individuals, families and the many diverse communities of Liverpool.
Café Support Worker
Salary: Minimum wage for age
Hours: 35 hours per week
This position is assisting in the café. The work includes serving light refreshments to the community and staff who utilise the centre daily. Grab your rubber gloves, because the main duties of a Café Support Worker is to ensure the kitchen is spic and span.
The daily tasks will involve:
Ensuring good hygiene and health and safety at all times
Preparing ingredients for the team
Measuring dish ingredients and portion sizes
Helping with deliveries of stock
Ensure basic cleaning jobs are carried out as quickly as possible.
Collect and wash up cutlery, plates, pots and pans.
Clean food preparation areas and equipment, in addition to crockery and cutlery
Unload food and equipment deliveries
Keep the storeroom organised
Keep work surfaces, walls and floors clean and sanitised.
This vacancy is only open to residents who live in the boundaries of Liverpool City Council, who are aged 16-29 and who are unemployed, not in work, training or education. You will be asked to prove your eligibility, your unemployment, age and address.
To apply for this role and you qualify for the funding, send your CV to ILM@liverpool.gov.uk with Kuumba Imani – Café Support in the subject area of the email. Please ensure you add your date of birth.
Closing date: Tuesday 2 May 2017
Receptionist
Salary: Minimum wage for age
Hours: 35 hours per week
The Receptionist will need to have an ear to the ground and be aware of everything that’s going in the centre, from knowing which important meetings or training are taking place to co-ordinating deliveries. You will be the first person that employees, members of the community and potential clients see, so you will always representing the charity.
The daily tasks will involve:
Meeting and greeting visitors and attendees to the centre
Signing visitors in and out of the building
Signpost bookings for meetings to Administrator
Keeping the reception area tidy
Answering and forwarding phone calls
Screening phone calls
Sorting and distributing post
This vacancy is only open to residents who live in the boundaries of Liverpool City Council, who are aged 16-29 and who are unemployed, not in work, training or education. You will be asked to prove your eligibility, your unemployment, age and address.
To apply for this role and you qualify for the funding, send your CV to ILM@liverpool.gov.uk with Kuumba Imani– Receptionist in the subject area of the email. Please ensure you add your date of birth.
Closing date: Tuesday 2 May 2017
Liverpool Waves of Hope Vacancy: Involvement Manager
Salary: £37,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Fixed-term to December 2019
Location: Merseyside and Cheshire
Liverpool Waves of Hope is seeking to recruit a suitably experienced individual to champion and actively promote the values of the Service User Involvement to external organisations, services and commissioners and to drive the development of Service User Involvement as a core function of the Big Lottery funded Fulfilling Lives programme, Liverpool Waves of Hope.
The successful candidate will support and motivate the involvement team, delivery partners and programme management in the co-design, co- production, delivery and evolution of Service User Involvement strategies, tools and initiatives, build on existing stakeholder relationships and develop new relationships to optimise user involvement policies and levels of activity in Liverpool Waves of Hope and across the city. They will work closely with the Liverpool Partnership to develop new relationships with external organisations for researching and developing best practice methodologies, accessing external resources, and exploring potentials for collaborative working.
Liverpool Waves of Hope aims to transform the landscape for people with multiple and complex needs over a five-year period. It seeks to deliver real and lasting change and to maximise the benefits of the £10 million Big Lottery investment
Qualifications in: Social care, mental health care, Addiction & Recovery, Education, Sociology, Psychology, Criminology and Business administration, may all be considered of value, contingent on skills, experience, attitudes and vision of candidate.
This is an exciting opportunity to join an established Housing Association who is committed to providing their tenants with the highest standards of affordable living. Working within a fast paced, changing environment. This is a new role in Plus Dane so the post holder will have scope to shape the role and make a real difference within our organisation.
Application by CV and covering letter which outlines your relevant experience and how this meets the requirements of the role details specifically focusing on the Experience and Knowledge Section Please limit this to no more than two sides of A4. Email Recruitment@plusdane.co.uk
Closing date: Friday 12 May 2017
Interview date: Monday 22 May 2017
If you do not get a response by Friday 19 May 2017, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
The Christmas Challenge is the UK’s biggest online match funding campaign which helps UK-registered charities raise funds for their cause. It offers supporters of participating charities the opportunity to have their donation doubled when the campaign goes live on #GivingTuesday, 28 November 2017.
The Christmas Challenge is a live match funding campaign where several hundred charities join together to raise funds over a 7-day period. Donations made on the site are doubled in real time and last year over £7.2 million was raised. This year, the Big Give is celebrating its 10th anniversary and to mark the occasion, the Christmas Challenge is set to be on an even bigger scale with more match funding available than in recent years.
To receive advice and top tips on applying to the campaign, you must register your charity’s interest. After registering, you will need to complete a full application to be considered for the campaign. Applications open on Monday 5 June 2017.
Applications are open for round two of Transform Foundation’s charity website grant programme, which provides £18,000 grants to charities to fund the redevelopment of their websites in order to:
Increase their ability to raise funds
More effectively serve their beneficiaries
Raise broader awareness of their cause
The grant is principally aimed at charities with annual incomes between £350k and £30m, although smaller charities with ambitious plans for digital can also apply. Larger charities will also be considered for specific project or fundraising sites.
Any type of non-profit organisation may apply, with successful applicants in the past including causes as diverse as community development, disability, education, theatre, mental health, hospices, national heritage, volunteering, family, children & youth, addiction, homelessness, international aid, and arts.
The Charity Website Grant Programme is just one of many programmes the Transform Foundation is running this year.
Other projects include the Facebook Advertising Grant, which provides £5k grants to charities to fund Facebook Advertising campaigns, and the Digital Skills Timebank that co-ordinates corporate volunteer time and matches it to digital projects for charities. The Transform Foundation is also running a programme of educational events and white papers to share digital best practice in the charity sector. These programmes form part of its wider efforts to help the charity sector transition from traditional forms of fundraising and service delivery towards more digitally focused models.
Introducing Better Off Finance
Better Off Finance is a personal programme of advice and support that helps you take control of your money and improve your job prospects.
The programme provides support to people who are facing challenges moving towards or accessing employment opportunities, and those who due to a lack of financial capabilities face resulting barriers that can make it more difficult when trying to find and keep a job.
Better Off Finance will support individuals to:
Improve their financial capability i.e. the ability to manage their money better, and financial resilience i.e. the ability to cope with changes in circumstances
Prepare and progress into sustainable employment
Progress into training and education opportunities which will enable them to be more work ready and to become more digitally skilled and included
For more information, contact Philip Heaton at North Liverpool CAB on 0151 285 1080, ext 207, or email phil.h@northliverpoolcab.org.uk.
Liverpool Community Advice Is Recruiting Volunteers
Do you time to spare to help local people and make a difference? Liverpool Community Advice is recruiting for advisers and assessors and will provide full training for you – no previous experience is necessary.
You will help people face-to-face or over the phone at a city centre office with a range of problems such as consumer matters, debt difficulties, benefit questions, housing issues and utility queries.
You will be joining an established, diverse and friendly team and will gain satisfaction knowing that you have helped local people who are in difficulty.
For an informal, no obligation chat to find out more or to request an application form, contact Donna Sullivan, Volunteer Support Officer, at donnasullivan@liverpoolcommunityadvice.org.uk or telephone 0151 294 3033.
Imagine Vacancy: Fundraising and Communications Internship
Salary: £14,662.50 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week;
Contract: 12 months fixed term
1 post based in Liverpool Ref: 17/22
1 post based in London Ref: 17/23
Imagine is a charity focusing on evolving and delivering services that improve the mental and physical health of people facing challenges in life. Working across the North West of England and London, it provides personalised support to maximise independence. The charity has a track record for innovation and provide services to people who need support with life skills, housing, empowerment and social inclusion.
The role of the interns is to support the development of Imagine’s website and promotional materials; internal communications through newsletters, blogs; external communication through events, social media. In addition, each intern will support one area of fundraising – Liverpool post supporting events and donors and London post identifying trusts and grants, although there may be cross over into the other area.
These are excellent training opportunities for new graduates/or college leavers etc. wishing to pursue a career in fundraising/public relations/media. The successful post holders will receive training and membership with e.g. the Institute of Fundraising, Chartered Institute of Public Relations, leading to a nationally recognised qualification.
If you want to be part of a progressive charity, and have an interest in supporting with building profile through marketing and communication and with income generation, this opportunity is for you.
Imagine is committed to having a staff team that is representative of its client group, and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds including those who have personal experience of using and/or caring for someone who has used mental health services, people who have disabilities and people from minority ethnic backgrounds.
The post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS and other appropriate checks.
View job details and application form online at www.imagineindependence.org.uk. Alternatively, email quoting the title and reference number of the vacancy.
Completed applications forms to be either emailed or posted to:
Post to: FAO Pat Stannard, Imagine, CVA Resource Centre, 82 London Road, Croydon, CR0 2TB
Closing time/date for both posts: Wednesday 3 May 2017, 10am
Interviews: Thursday 11 May 2017 – in Liverpool and in London
Unity Theatre Vacancies: Young Directors of the Future
Unity Theatre is launching a new initiative to broaden the diversity on its Board of Trustees, and is seeking to recruit young people aged 18-25, to become an active part of the governing team for a one-year term.
Unity hopes to attract candidates from diverse backgrounds and communities that reflect our city. No prior board experience is required. People with experience in creative digital industries or with legal or financial skills and knowledge are particularly welcome, however if you simply have enthusiasm for what Unity does and a willingness to learn, the theatre would be happy to hear from you.
The initiative will give you the opportunity to:
Have a full induction
Contribute to board feedback, discussion and debate
Contribute your own ideas and perspectives
Be mentored by an existing Board Members
Develop your communication skills and presentation experience
Responsibilities include:
Preparing for and attending board meetings
Acting as an Ambassador for the Unity Theatre
Contributing ideas and time to the fundraising programme
To apply you will need to show:
Active interest in the Unity, its work and its values
Desire to learn and contribute
Willingness to listen, ask questions and share your views
Self-motivation and organisation
Commitment to the role for 12 months
To apply for the role, send a covering letter telling why you would like to be one of Unity’s Directors of the Future, what you hope to both bring and get out of the experience. If possible, include an up-to-date CV with your application. You will also need to complete and send in a monitoring form.
Send your applications, with covering letter and completed monitoring form, to Sue Williams at suewilliams@unitytheatre.co.uk.
You can also contact Sue if you would like to have an informal chat about the role before you apply.
Deadline for applications: Friday 28 April 2017, 5.30pm
Note: Unity’s Directors of the Future will not have the same legal and declaration responsibilities as full Board Members. If Board decisions require a vote, Unity’s Directors of the Future will be able to contribute to any debate but won’t have voting rights.
The Women’s Organisation Vacancy: Receptionist
Salary: £16,000
The Women’s Organisation is an innovative, social enterprise that provides quality enterprise and employment services and influences policy in order to improve the economic position of women.
The organisation is expanding its team and is seeking to recruit a Receptionist to support the delivery of women’s economic development services on offer.
The Women’s Organisation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, particularly disabled women and women from black and minority ethnic communities.
This post is part funded by ERDF.
The Creative English Programme
Do you want to improve your spoken and written English in a fun creative environment?
4Wings provides free weekly sessions for 16-29 year-olds that aim to support English language skills, improve emotional wellbeing and reduce isolation. Participants must be eligible to work in the UK.
The sessions take place every Tuesday, 1-4pm. Travel expenses are paid for.
Additional support is available from Merseyside Youth Association through the Talent Match scheme – provided upon referral.
Refugee Action Vacancy: Resettlement Service Manager
Salary: £34,538 per annum
Hours: Full-time – 35 hours per week
Drawing on over 30 years’ experience of refugee resettlement, Refugee Action are working with Liverpool City Region as part of the Syrian Vulnerable Persons resettlement scheme to welcome refugees.
Are you managing services for vulnerable people? In this role, you will play a vital part in ensuring the delivery of high quality and responsive services to refugees.
Based in Liverpool you will lead a team in the Liverpool City Region. You will have excellent management skills and experience of providing support to staff and volunteers in an emotionally demanding environment. Using your strong leadership skills, you’ll be able to motivate, empower and get the best from your team. Building effective partnerships with commissioners and other key stakeholders, you will work collaboratively to ensure that refugees get the best possible support.
You will also have:
Insight into the needs, hopes and experiences of resettled refugees
Understanding of the global context around, and the UK’s role in, resettlement
Excellent leadership and management skills
Excellent financial and contract management skills, especially relating to services with complex financial auditing requirements
Have you used NHS health services in the past few years? Would you like to say something about the way you were treated? Talked to? Cared for? Listened to? Would you like the chance to share your patient experience on film?
Healthwatch Liverpool is looking for 6-8 people who would like to be part of a short promotional film exploring experiences of being a patient. This is to be filmed in Liverpool during spring 2017.
If you are interested in taking part or would like further information, call 0300 77 77 007 or email enquiries@healthwatchliverpool.co.uk for an informal chat.
Space for Rent at Lee Valley Millennium Centre
Welfare and Benefits Advice at the Brink
Fundraising Opportunity for Your Organisation
Each year the Crosby Symphony Orchestra presents a concert to which it invites charities, not-for-profit organisations and groups to become ticket partners, enabling them to raise funds for their own cause.
Your charity or group sells tickets and keeps £5 from each adult ticket sold. You send the balance of the money to the Crosby Symphony Orchestra, which helps it cover the cost of the concert, advertising and other essentials. Over the years thousands of pounds have been raised for a variety of participating charities and local groups such as churches, schools and PTAs and other voluntary organisations.
The concert takes place on Sunday 9 July 2017, 2.30pm at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
The Orchestra plays to a high standard and this year’s programme is:
Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3
Shostakovich: Symphony No.5
Conductor: Juan Ortuño
Soloist: William Bracken
Ticket details:
Auditorium: Adults £15 (of which you keep £5 for your group); Under 18s/Students £5 (no charity donation)
Box: Adults £18 (of which you keep £5 for your group); Under 18s/Students £9 (no charity donation)
There is absolutely no risk of your charity or group losing any money.
The Crosby Symphony Orchestra will supply the posters, flyers and e-flyers to publicise the event and ticket order forms. There is very little administration. All you need to do is to take orders for tickets, collect the money, keep the donation per ticket (as above) and send the orchestra a cheque for the balance.
Some ticket partners have been joining these concerts for many years, selling 100+ tickets and reaping the rewards. This is the 23rd such event and this year’s programme is likely to be very popular, so the sooner you take up our offer the better.
If you would like further details of this opportunity, email Ciara O’Connor at oconnorc@maricourt.net.
Henshaws Vacancy: Trusts and Grants Manager
Salary: £28,280
Hours: Full-time or part-time
Contract: 12-month fixed-term
Location: Greater Manchester (Liverpool or Harrogate considered)
Looking to boost your fundraising career and open up a whole new world of possibility?
Henshaws is a much-loved charity which supports individuals living with sight loss and other disabilities across the North of England. They help people gain independence and live life to the fullest, something we often take for granted. With major plans to take the charity on to a new digital platform that will enable Henshaws’ services to be accessible nationwide, it’s an exciting time to join the Fundraising team.
With projects lined up for the coming year including the new Sensory Garden and the development of the Specialist Harrogate College, Henshaws is recruiting for an experienced Trusts and Grants Manager to maintain and develop this rapidly growing income stream.
You’ll be a self-starter and target-driven individual with a successful record of securing 5 – 6 figure sums from trusts, foundations, lottery and statutory sources as well as managing partnerships with grant-makers.
You’ll be an excellent written communicator who is also able to build strong relationships and partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders, internally and externally.
This 12 month maternity cover could be your opportunity to use your skillset in Trusts & Grants fundraising as a springboard to the next step in your career. With the option to work part time or full time, this may even suit a freelance fundraiser wanting to be part of a team and contribute to Henshaws’ strategic plans.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 25 April 2017
Interviews: Tuesday 2 May 2017
Volunteer at LightNight 2017
LightNight 2017 is taking place on Friday 19 May 2017 and Open Culture are looking for a team of volunteers who are passionate about the arts to help out on the night.
This opportunity is for you if you want to gain experience working in the arts and fancy being part of one of the biggest nights in Liverpool’s cultural calendar. Co-ordinated by Liverpool non-profit organisation Open Culture, LightNight gives the local arts community a platform to create a varied programme of arts and cultural activity concentrated into a single evening.
Volunteering at LightNight is a great way to learn more about delivering arts events and get useful work experience for your CV. This is ideal for confident, cheery sorts who are enthusiastic about arts and culture, enjoy talking to new people and are willing to be an ambassador for LightNight and Open Culture.
Volunteers are needed to work across three areas on the night:
Selling LightNight festival guides and merchandise
For more information or if you have any questions, email volunteer@culture.org.uk or call 0151 478 4550.
Commission Opportunity: Granby Winter Garden
Granby Winter Garden will be a new community-owned space in the heart of the Granby neighbourhood in Liverpool 8. Two Victorian terraced houses will be transformed into a beautiful indoor garden and a unique resource for creative community action, cultural production and exchange.
Granby Four Streets Community Land Trust, in partnership with Bluecoat, seeks an artist to develop a horticultural work or series of works for Granby Winter Garden, in collaboration with the design team, Assemble, and local people. Alongside devising planting, there is scope for the commissioned artist to propose further interventions into the Winter Garden space, or within the local neighbourhood, or to propose events, performances or workshops that accompany the making of the garden.
Applications from artists who actively engage with communities or public within their practice, and who can demonstrate an interest in planting or growing within their work are particularly welcomed. Artists working in any discipline, and at any stage in their career (except those currently studying) are invited to apply.
The project will take place between May and October 2017 to include research and development, delivery and evaluation.
An Artist’s Fee of £4,500 and a production budget of £4,000 is offered. Flexible studio and production facilities are available.
Deadline for applications: Wednesday 3 May 2017, 12 noon
Interviews: Tuesday 16 May 2017
If you have any questions or queries concerning the project or the brief, contact Maria Brewster on granby@scottbrewster.co.uk.
Citizens Advice Vacancy: Money Advice Caseworker
Salary: £23,166 per annum (pro rata)
Hours: Full or part-time
Contract: Temporary 3-month post
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Money Advice Caseworker to join a dedicated money advice team providing casework to clients in a very busy environment.
The successful candidate must be highly motivated with a pro-active approach to service delivery. This is a short-term project to cover sickness absence.
Deadline for completed applications: Wednesday 26 April 2017, 12noon
Interviews: Tuesday 2 May 2017
Healthwatch Liverpool Vacancy: Information and Project Officer
Salary £22,285 per annum
Hours: 35 hours a week, with occasional evening and weekend work
Contract: Fixed term until 31 March 2018, reviewed subject to continued funding
Healthwatch Liverpool was established in April 2013 to ensure that everyone who uses NHS and social care services in Liverpool is well informed about the options that are available to them and to hear the public’s experiences of using these services. The organisation is seeking a full time Information and Project Officer to join the operational team.
You will:
Provide information and signposting to people, helping them to get the most out of health and social care services in Liverpool
Gain the views of the public in relation to their health and social care experiences
Work in an office environment, talking to enquirers on the phone
Closing date for applications: Sunday 30 April 2017, midnight (applications submitted by post or delivered by hand must reach us by 5pm Friday 28 April 2017)
Interviews: Wednesday 10 May 2017
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS and satisfactory references. Applications are welcomed from people of all backgrounds and identities.
Anticipated start date: Week commencing 15 May 2017, subject to references and DBS check
YPAS Awarded Accreditation in Outcome and Feedback Measurement
The Young Person’s Advisory Service (YPAS) is proud to announce that it is one the first few services in the UK to receive the Accreditation in Outcome and Feedback Measurement.
The Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC) is the UK’s leading membership organisation that collects and uses evidence to improve children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
The use of outcome measures is one of the most powerful tools available to children’s mental health services and having this recognised CORC Accreditation means that a set of standards, tools and guidance for ensuring the highest quality use of outcome and feedback measurement is embedded within YPAS, supporting children and young people’s mental health.
Nicky Martin, Counselling and Psychotherapy Service Manager at YPAS, said: “We have dedicated team of experienced practitioners who are committed to best practice in attaining excellent outcomes for the children, young people, families and carers of Liverpool. To be one of the first organisations to be accredited by Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC) is a fantastic achievement for YPAS.”
Professor Miranda Wolpert MBE, Director of Child Outcomes Research Consortium said: “We would like to commend YPAS for being amongst the first few services to receive this award; we recognise the high level of commitment and preparation required for successful CORC Accreditation across the organisation. Congratulations!”
YPAS provides a wide range of support and therapeutic interventions to Liverpool’s children, young people and families who are experiencing difficulties with their mental health and emotional wellbeing. Its mission is to improve the mental health and emotional well-being needs of children, young people and families in a non-stigmatized environment. Last year YPAS reached over 2000 children and young people, over 400 parents / carers, over 300 families, over 45 primary schools and over 20 secondary schools.
Making Sure You Have a Healthy Home
Liverpool residents struggling to pay their fuel bills are being encouraged to seek advice from the city council’s energy experts.
The city’s Healthy Homes programme has been expanded and is now open to any resident in the city – regardless of whether they own or rent a property – who has difficulty paying their gas or electricity bills, or struggles to heat up their home.
Latest reports show 14.3 per cent of households in the city are living in fuel poverty, which equates to around 30,000 homes – the worst rate in the country. It is estimated poor housing conditions cause up to 500 deaths and 5,000 illnesses requiring medical attention each year.
A team of qualified energy awareness officers are on hand to:
Give advice on understanding bills and using less energy
Recommend the installation of LED lighting
Draft-proof a property
Help with minor window casement repair
Organise repair or replacement of a boiler
Organise to replace radiators
Look at how residents can switch to a cheaper energy provider
Check to see residents are receiving all the benefits they are entitled toThe aim of the Healthy Homes team is to reduce health inequalities caused by poor quality housing conditions, and as a result minimise the burden on the NHS. Studies show 27 per cent of people in Liverpool do not have central heating. Homeowner Mr Leach, contacted the team after struggling to heat his house when his boiler of 25 years broke down. The Dovecot resident was frequently in and out of hospital, as his poor health condition was exacerbated by his cold home. As a result of getting in touch with the Health Homes team, he had a new boiler installed. Mr Leach said: “I’m delighted with the works carried out, which meant I was able to leave hospital, which was previous delayed due to the house being so cold. Thank you so much!” Within twelve months the team hopes to achieve the following:
Prevent up to eight premature deaths when fully implemented
Reduce GP consultations and hospital admissions by an estimated 100 cases
Take 200 households out of fuel poverty
Increase community awareness around necessary housing improvements.
Increase awareness and access to existing health and wellbeing linked services.
The service is free and can be accessed by calling 0800 012 1754 or emailing healthyhomesprogramme@liverpool.gov.uk. Any work carried out following advice from the team can potentially be covered by grants of up to £500 per property.
Cabinet Member for Housing, Councillor Frank Hont, said: “We know there are huge numbers of people in this city who are on a low income and struggle to pay their fuel bills, and as a result can become poorly, and in worst case scenarios can lose their lives.
“We want to get the message out there that the fully trained Healthy Homes team is on hand to give free advice and support on what measures can be taken to stay warm and healthy.
“As we head towards the summer months, heating may become less of a priority, but we are urging residents to plan ahead and put the measures in place now to make sure by the time winter arrives, improvements have been made, illnesses can be avoided and money can be saved.”
Young Liverpool Arab Arts Festival Vacancy: Project Manager
Salary: £25,000 (pro rata)
Contract hours: Average 16hrs per week, including weekends, evenings and flexible times during Liverpool Arab Arts Festival period
Contract: Immediate start until 4 August 2017, with potential to increase if additional funds are secured
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) is an excellent model of how the celebration of Arab arts and culture challenges prejudice and fosters understanding between people. The organisation was established in 1998, and is of great national significance as the UK’s longest running, most successful and sole annual Arab arts and cultural festival.
It is LAAFs mission to provide Arab arts and culture in Liverpool with an international reach, to bring diverse groups of people together, and to increase the public’s knowledge and understanding of Arab culture and its people. LAAF was born out of Liverpool’s Arab community and its ambition is to ensure community members can develop a sense of ownership and pride in the festival. Young people should be central to LAAF’s future in terms of ensuring the festival remains current and relevant to younger age groups.
The organisation is looking to appoint a highly motivated and experience Project Manager to develop and deliver a new LAAF initiative Funded by Said Foundation Amal Project. The successful candidate will be accountable for reaching and engaging young People/adults of Arab/Muslim faith who are underrepresented in arts and creative industries.
You must have at least three years experience of working in the arts and culture industries and two year’s experience of working with young people and young adults experiencing isolation and exclusion. You must also have knowledge of social and cultural barriers experienced by target group and an understanding of Arab/Muslim culture and faith.
To apply, submit your CV along with a covering letter (maximum 2 sides of A4) demonstrating relevance to the role, to admin@arabicartsfestival.co.uk.
Closing date: Thursday 13 April 2017, 5pm
Stick ‘n’ Step Vacancies
Stick ‘n’ Step provide free conductive education sessions to children with cerebral palsy. Support improves mobility, independence and boosts self-confidence, enabling each child to reach their personal potential. Conductive education is about active learning. Stick ‘n’ Step sessions incorporate play, exercise routines and songs to develop functional skills. Children and young people are motivated by working alongside their peers in a positive environment and are empowered to achieve realistic goals that are specific and relevant to them.
Operating from a centre in Wallasey, Stick ‘n’ Step currently provides vital support to 75 children and their families. 2017 will see the charity open a new centre in Cheshire which will enable it to reach out to more families across the North West of England. This is an exciting time to join Stick ‘n’ Step and there are three vacancies for people with the desire to develop and grow as part of this ambitious organisation.
Administrator
Salary: £14,000- £16,000
Hours of work: 35 hours per week
Location: Runcorn
This role is pivotal to this small, growing organisation and will integrate all office based activities at our new Cheshire centre. You are self-motivated, proactive and flexible.
The post holder will provide effective administrative support and coordinate the help of volunteers. The administrator will also deliver fundraising initiatives and actively promote Stick ‘n’ Step within the local community.
This post would suit someone with excellent communication skills, who has experience in an administration role and thrives on giving support to internal and external stakeholders. We are looking for a hands-on person who is able to juggle multiple priorities and use their initiative to solve problems and maximise opportunities for Stick ‘n’ Step.
Classroom Assistant (Level 1)
Salary: Minimum wage (dependent on age)
Hours of work: 35 hours (specific hours to be discussed and agreed – term-time only, Wirral School holidays are followed, the summer term will not finish until 31 July)
Location: Runcorn
Working together with the classroom team, the post holder is expected to assist in the planning and delivery of conductive education programmes, which meet the individual needs of participating children and young people. This role would suit someone with excellent communication skills, attention to detail and passion for working with children. If you are looking for a job that is rewarding with no two days the same, then apply now.
Classroom Assistant (Level 2)
Salary: £14,560 (hourly rate £8)
Hours of work: 35 hours (specific hours to be discussed and agreed – term-time only, Wirral School holidays are followed, the summer term will not finish until 31 July)
Location: Runcorn
Working together with the classroom team, the post holder is expected to assist in the planning and delivery of conductive education programmes, which meet the individual needs of participating children and young people. This role would suit someone with excellent communication skills, attention to detail and passion for working with children. If you are looking for a job that is rewarding with no two days the same, then apply now.
An enhanced DBS check will be made for all posts.
Closing date: Monday 24 April 2017
For more information, contact Sarah Smithson, Operations Manager, at Sarah@sticknstep.org or call 0151 638 0888.
Sefton CVS Vacancies
Living Well Mentor (Health Trainer) – 2 posts
Salary: £11,428 (£19048 pro rata)
Hours: 21 hours aweek
Location: Sefton CVS, Burlington House, Waterloo, with work in primary care settings in Bootle
Job Purpose:
Work supportively with people within primary care settings to improve their health and wellbeing in a sustainable way
Work with individuals and groups in community settings promoting sustained behaviour change and health improvement
Support the wider capacity building work of Living Well Sefton working in partnership with other community providers
Salary: £25, 440
Hours: 35 hours a weeek (full-time)
Contract: Funded for 18 months in the first instance
Location: Sefton CVS, Burlington House, Waterloo
Job Purpose:
Co-ordinate and line-manage a team of Community Connectors operating in different localities across the Borough of Sefton
Develop systems of recording and evaluation that demonstrate the effectiveness of the asset based approach in relieving pressure on the Health and Social Care system
Support partners across local government and the NHS to build confident and connected communities as part of a strategic approach to reducing the experience of loneliness and isolation within our communities and to directly address problems of inequality
Salary: £19,048
Hours: 35 hours a weeek (full-time)
Contract: Funded for 18 months in the first instance
Location: Sefton CVS, Burlington House, Waterloo
Operating within a designated locality, you will identify local champions and stimulate community resources to support individuals with low level needs away from statutory services whilst forging a culture of personal and community resilience.
Salary: £11,428 (£19048 pro rata)
Hours: 21 hours a week (part-time)
Contract: Funded for 18 months in the first instance
Location: Central Sefton
Operating within a designated locality, you will identify local champions and stimulate community resources to support individuals with low level needs away from statutory services whilst forging a culture of personal and community resilience.
Salary: £19,048
Hours: 35 Hours per week (Full-time)
Contract: Funded for 18 months in the first instance
Location: Southport / North Sefton
Operating within a designated locality, you will identify local champions and stimulate community resources to support individuals with low level needs away from statutory services whilst forging a culture of personal and community resilience.
New Guidance to Faith Communities on Responding to Hate Attacks
‘Looking after One Another: The safety and security of our faith communities’ has been published by the Inter Faith Network for the UK (IFN) in partnership with the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Home Office, the Crown Prosecution Service, the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the National Fire Chiefs’ Council.
IFN’s Co-Chairs, the Rt Revd Richard Atkinson and Jatinder Singh Birdi, said: “These guidelines give practical guidance to faith communities on preventing and responding to hate motivated attacks and also send a strong signal of faith community solidarity and commitment to mutual support at times of difficulty.”
Faith and Integration Minister, Lord Bourne or Aberystwyth, said: “This week we saw people of all faiths make clear in a moving act of solidarity that hate and intolerance is entirely unacceptable in this country. This practical guidance will give people of all faiths confidence to stand up to the perpetrators of hate crime. We need to work together to tackle all forms of prejudice.”
Sarah Newton, Minister for Vulnerability, Safeguarding and Countering Extremism, said: “Hate crime is not and never will be acceptable. It has no place in a Britain that works for everyone, and this Government is determined to stamp it out. Last year we published a new action plan which focuses on reducing hate crime, increasing reporting and improving support for victims, and we have committed £2.4 million to protect places of worship from hate crime attacks.
“It is important that Britain’s many communities work in partnership, particularly in times of difficulty such as after a terrorist attack – so the Inter Faith Network’s timely advice is very welcome.” Cdr Mak Chishty, National Police Chiefs’ Council, said: “Looking After One Another is an excellent guide to ensuring that we all look after each other and all stand together.”
The document contains guidance on responding jointly to attacks on places of worship; working for calm at times of tension; and working to build on and strengthen existing good inter faith relations. It contains material about how and where to report hate incidents, cyber-attacks, and actual or suspected terrorist activity; where to find information on strengthening the security of buildings; and where to find information about working to build – and strengthen – good inter faith relations locally.
These practical pointers for responding in solidarity have particular resonance at the present time when there is a need to watch out for the wellbeing of any groups who may be targeted because of terrorist actions which claim, or are perceived by some, as having a link to them.
Could you help BBC Open Doors tell others what life is like in your community?
In return, Open Doors can show you how to get the stories that matter to you noticed. If you are part of a community group or charity, it can also let others see what you do. BBC Radio Merseyside wants to talk to groups that work in diverse areas. Everyday stories about different communities can improve understanding and raise awareness about the people and projects that support them.
Open Doors will let you see the media in action and discover how to work with it to your advantage. It offers useful contacts for your group and an opportunity to share stories about under-represented communities. The one off Open Doors events will take place on Monday 15 May 2017, 10am–5pm.
Applications are welcomed from not-for-profit charity, community or voluntary organisations in the editorial area of BBC Radio Merseyside: Merseyside and Cheshire West & Chester. Applications from those directly working with disadvantaged, diverse or socially excluded communities will be given priority.
If you are interested in applying, email Mairead Smyth for an application form at mairead.smyth@bbc.co.uk, with ‘Application – Open Doors’ on the subject line. Alternatively, call 0151 708 6161 if you need to pick up a form. After the closing date, you will be notified of the outcome of your application.
Applications close at midnight on Friday 28 April 2017.
Family Voices = Family Choices Ltd Are Looking for Trustees
Family Voices = Family Choices Ltd is an ambitious Knowsley based organisation currently developing its services to deliver activities for children and young people aged 5 – 13 years of age. The organisation is now looking for new Trustees/Directors.
Family Voices = Family Choices Ltd is a Charitable Company that started in 2011 to develop and deliver universal activities and services for children and their families aged 0 – 11 years of age.
Over the last six years, the organisation has been working in collaboration with partner agencies to deliver activities and services in accordance to needs and interests. The organisation has delivered activities to over 1,000 families aiding in the identification of early intervention, supporting the learning and development needs of children and young people, reducing anti-social behaviour incidents and increasing accessibility to affordable out of school activities.
The organisation is going into a period of rapid growth and development as it aims to increase its impact across a larger geographical area and increase activities and support for children and young people. Family Voices would like to develop a Board of Trustees/Directors to reflect the diverse communities it serves, and wants to recruit the following personnel and disciplines to the board:
Strategic Leadership – individuals with leadership skills that will organise the Board of Trustees/Directors and keep members focused on the charitable company’s purposes in order to provide greater public benefit. You will have demonstrable experience of voluntary sector organisations, strategic planning and social policy. You will provide support, supervision and appraising opportunities to the Senior Member of Staff.
Legal – individuals from a legal background who would be able to support the charitable company in navigating legal issues also specific experience in Human Resources would be desirable.
Finance – individuals with demonstrable experience in financial planning and accounting skills to help ensure that Family Voices = Family Choices Ltd is a resilient and sustainable organisation.
Marketing/PR – individuals with a background in PR, Marketing and Communications to bring skills to the Board around developing our brand identity and public image.
If you have knowledge, skills and experience that could benefit the organisation and you’re interested in applying for a trustee position with Family Voices, send your CV and a short letter illustrating why you are interested in the role and the value you can bring to the board of trustees. Full role descriptions and Annual Report are available on request.
In return for your commitment you will be part of an ambitious growing organisation, moving Family Voices = Family Choices Ltd forward during a period of transformation.
If you are interested in any of these roles or would like any further information, contact Jane Houghton on 0151 443 4531 or email Jane.houghton@knowsley.gov.uk.
Deadline for applications: Friday 28 April 2017
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital: Council of Governor Elections – Governors Wanted
Could you be a Public Governor at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital?
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is holding elections for new Public Governors later in the year and are now looking for people who would like to stand for election to become a Public Governor in the Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales constituencies.
Governors are elected members of the public who represent the views of our foundation trust members and patients in communities across the North West and play an important role in shaping the future of the hospital and its services.
Election Information Open Evening
Wednesday 19 April 2019, 5.30-6.30pm, LHCH Conference Room
If you’d like to find out more, at this Election Information Open Evening you can speak to the Governors and learn more about what’s involved. There’s no obligation and everyone is welcome. This event is also followed by Cardiac Devices our free public event on pacemakers, ICD and CRT devices at 7pm. Contact the Membership Office to book a place.
Nomination forms and information packs will be available from Friday 5 May 2017. Please email Ciara Norris at Electoral Reform Services at ftnominationenquiries@electoralreform.co.uk or ring 020 8889 9203 now to order your forms. Nominations close on Monday 5 June 2017.
For further information or an informal chat, please contact Mike Tomkins in the Membership Office on 0151 600 1410, email membership.office@lhch.nhs.uk or visit our Council of Governors elections page on our website at www.lhch.nhs.uk.
Metal Liverpool Vacancy: Project Manager – Community and Engagement
Salary: £23,500 (pro rata)
Contract hours: 4 days per week – including some weekend and evening working
Contract: Fixed term, May – November 2017
Metal was founded in London in 2002 by Jude Kelly OBE. It has been active in Liverpool since 2004, in Southend-on-Sea since 2007 and in Peterborough since 2012. From these bases, Metal works to provide the catalyst that can transform the potential of people and places, exploring the impact of art and artists’ practices on civic and civil society. Metal produces an exciting multidisciplinary programme of international and UK artists in residence and runs a wide range of events, exhibitions and participatory projects.
This role will be focused on providing community engagement and facilitation support for Metal’s Senior Project Manager, handling a varied programme of community related activities and events over 2017. The Project Manager: Community & Engagement will be involved in planning, logistics and delivery through liaison with local organisations, residents, partners, artists and audiences supporting the aims of the organisation and representing Metal’s wider strategy.Targets for Project Assistant:
Plan, facilitate and deliver community engagement projects in Liverpool, notably within: Edge Hill, Kensington, Wavertree, Picton and Toxteth
Develop project specific plans, reports, and programme evaluations for all community related activities
Secure the involvement of local community groups, schools and partners in projects
Management of the organisation’s volunteer programme
Support with project specific promotion and input into development of creative materials, marketing strategies and project documentation
Research, develop and build upon local partnerships to support Metal’s wider strategy
Input into development of project specific community engagement strategies
Encourage wider participation in Metal’s projects
Ensure Metal’s volunteer, safeguarding young people and vulnerable adults policies are up to date and in line with current policy
Apply with your CV (max 2 pages), and a covering letter (max 1 page) outlining systematically:
Why you want to work for Metal, and why the role is of interest to you
Detail how your previous work experience, skills and personal attributes are relevant to the role and meet the criteria set out in the job description
Interviews to be held: Week of 17 or 24 April 2017
Ideal start date: Monday 8 May 2017
If you wish to have an informal conversation about the role before you submit your application, email maryjane@metalculture.com.
The Reader Organisation Vacancy: Arts Administration Internship
Arts Administration Internship – Reading Resources
Hours: 21 hours per week (flexible – to be agreed upon appointment)
Remuneration: Travel expenses paid and sustenance
Contract: April to July 2017
You will be part of a small group of interns working together to gain valuable work experience whilst helping a dynamic charity/social enterprise develop. You will work predominantly with the Head of Reading Excellence and Specialist Practice Mentor, although there will also be opportunities to visit and communicate with other operational teams.
During your time in this position you will:
Develop and coordinate a plan for sending out books to volunteer Reader Leaders across the country
Maintain a centralised cataloguing and checking out system for books and help to maintain a system for storing hard copies of stories and poems
Support admin volunteers
Contribute to the ongoing task of centralising electronic copies of short stories and poems held by The Reader in one site, making these accessible to all staff
Help to grow the online resource, for example by writing and adding to existing story summaries
Contribute to the development of further Reader anthologies, building on the momentum created by the ‘A Little Aloud’ series
Help to grow the Reader video library by preparing files for upload
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and click on the ‘Working with Us’ tab to view the full job description and to download an application form. Complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to jobs@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline for applications: Wednesday 12 April 2017, 5pm. Applications arriving after 5pm will not be considered.
Interviews: Week commencing Monday 24 April 2017 at Calderstones Coach House
Successful applicants will be invited to interview by Wednesday 19 April 2017. If you have not heard anything by this date, then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful.
Localgiving Match Funding Campaign Extension
A year ago, Localgiving set up shop in the North West, aiming to support groups running environmental projects by providing them with the means to raise funds online, as well as up to £500 per group in match funding.
This programme has now been extended by funders the People’s Postcode Lottery, for an additional three months, to end on 20 June 2017. There are 8 spaces available for groups who would still like to take part in the programme.
62 groups so far have claimed their free memberships and are online, and over 75% of them have currently received one-time donations through their Localgiving pages. Between them, they’ve managed to raise a fantastic£52,588 which has attracted £15,251 in match funding from Localgiving and a further £4,020 in Gift Aid, making a grand total of £71,859, or an average of £1,160 per group.
Groups have been helped to have as broad a range of fundraising options as possible, and over the course of the programme, 18 groups have raised funds through direct debits and monthly donations, and ten groups ran appeals and had fundraisers taking part in challenges on their behalf.
If you’d like further information or would like to take part in the programme, go online or contact Joe Burns at Localgiving at joe@localgiving.org. Additionally, if you know of any funders who might be interested in supporting similar initiatives in the region once this programme ends, get in touch with Joe.
New Path Reconnects Croxteth Community with Green Spaces
Nearly 500 local people came out last weekend to celebrate the opening of The Cowies Meadow and Brooks Way, the new community path link that reconnects Croxteth with local woodlands and Croxteth Country Park. The project is being led by The Cass Foundation working closely with The Friends of Croxteth Greenspaces, Alt Valley Community Trust, local primary schools and local organisations and has largely been thanks to a £50,000 grant from Cory Environmental Trust in Britain plus funding from Liverpool City Council, Arts Council England and Cobalt Housing.
A celebratory event, to mark the opening of the new path funded by Cobalt Housing and Arts Council England, was held over the weekend and included drummers led by Rhythm Reaction, a twilight lantern walk and youth theatre performance of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Love Acting, the creative strand of Alt Valley Community Trust, devised a woodland-based version of the Shakespearean classic with local young people which was hailed as a great success. Schools and community groups such as Croxteth GEMS and Autism In Motion produced large and small recycled lanterns for the twilight walk. Liverpool City Council’s Deputy Mayor, Ann O Byrne, took to twitter after the event with “one of the best cultural events I have ever attended. Well done Croxteth community”.
A decorative entrance to the path was produced by local artist Mike Walker, of Start Creative CIC, with funding from Arts Council England, collaborating with schools and community groups to devise a local flora and fauna themed design. MP Stephen Twigg and the Grandson of the late Reverend Brooks, who did so much for the local community and after whom the path was named, cut the ribbon to open the path.
Helen Rawlinson from The Cass Foundation, a local charity that aims to improve people’s health by enhancing the environment, said: “We’re delighted to see the link path open to the public. The number of people, largely families, who came to celebrate far exceeded expectations and demonstrates the huge local interest and support.”
The path link, which was backed by nearly 2,000 people from the local community, as well as all three local councillors, schools and community organisations, was created to give people in the Croxteth community an opportunity to become more active and improve their health and fitness, as well as bringing them closer to nature and allowing them more opportunities to take part in volunteering activities. Angela Haymonds of Cory Environmental Trust in Britain, said: “The Trustees are very pleased to support this project. We hope the new accessible path helps to inspire more people to get involved with activities in the local community. This will have great benefits to individuals’ health and wellbeing.”
Having been without a link for more than seven years, the Croxteth community was in need of easier access to green spaces and nature. Due to the 1.5 mile detour that individuals and families had to take to get to the Croxteth Country Park, many local residents were put off from using the space. That distance will now be reduced to just 150m. Helen Rawlinson continued, “A young mum mentioned to me that she thought the path could save her up to £100 a month on local transport as she could now walk her child to school and get to work on foot. We hope that the new path will have a positive impact on local people’s lives”.
Robbie Cropper, Chair of the Friends of Croxteth Greenspaces, said: “It’s been a long 2 years since we, as a community, started inroads into getting this path. It just goes to show what a community can achieve when you come together for a common goal.”
For more information contact Helen Rawlinson at The Cass Foundation on 07800 893280 or email info@cassfoundation.org.uk.
ESF Community Grants Programme
Do you have an idea for a project to help the people from your community get back into work? Could your organisation make a real difference with a grant?
The ESF Community Grants Programme, delivered by the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA), aims to enhance the capacity within the Liverpool City Region’s voluntary sector, assisting them to support the City Region’s residents in meeting their economic potential and contribute to social inclusion and thereby tackle unemployment in the City Region by moving participants closer to employment.
Grants of £5,000-£10,000 are available for constituted voluntary, community, social enterprise organisations based in Merseyside or Halton, to support activities such as:
Initial help with basic skills
Taster work experience including voluntary work
Training advice and guidance
Job search assistance
Confidence building & personal development
First contact engagement activities
Activities should engage people out of work from at least some of these priority groups:
People aged 50 and over
People with disabilities and health conditions
Single parents
People from ethnic minorities
Women
Organisations must have been in existence for a minimum of 12 months, providing an annual report and published accounts, and not exceed a maximum £500k turnover per year or 10 full time equivalent staff, whichever is the larger. Visit the website to access the eligibility gateway.
Unity Theatre has worked with Liverpool based architects, K2, and contractors and social enterprise Vivark, to deliver the ambitious £845,000 Build Unity Better redevelopment project, which will transform the front of house spaces, and enable the theatre to be more environmentally and financially sustainable.
Throughout its history, Unity Theatre has been a home for high-quality, radical theatre, making a vital contribution to Liverpool’s reputation as a word-class theatre city. The redevelopment work will make it possible for even more talented artists and theatre companies to present work in Liverpool and for locals and visitors alike to enjoy a quality 21st century venue.
And now audiences have their first opportunity to see what some of the Hope Place venue’s spaces will look like on completion. The visualisations show major changes to the entrance and façade of the theatre and former synagogue, and reveal how the first floor will be opened up and reconfigured.
The images show that the building, which was previously only accessible via a ramp that led to a side entrance, will now have a new ‘front door’, opening straight onto the street.
Chief Executive and Artistic Director Matthew Linley said, “This new front door is not just a front door. It’s a really visible symbol of what we want to achieve with Build Unity Better. We want to be able to welcome more audiences and more artists. This significant change will help us say ‘We’re a public building – this is your space’. The new Unity helps us to put our money where are mouth is when we say ‘we are open to all”.
The images also show the first floor front-of-house space, which will be opened up and reconfigured to become a bigger and more flexible asset. This new enlarged bar area will become a space in which Unity Theatre can programme events, but also offer as a venue for artists, organisations and individuals to use or hire for their own activities.
Improved soundproofing between Unity Theatre’s two performance spaces will allow both venues to be used together more often and, as a result, create more opportunities for work and artist development, as well as increasing revenue.
The redevelopment will also see a reconfiguration of the ground floor front-of-house space. Matthew continues, “It’s all about creating a more welcoming, more open and less confusing public area, a public area that our audiences will want to come into day and night. The project will enable us to host more day time and evening activity and to encourage more people to use the building, more often.’
Unity Theatre are continuing their fundraising drive to raise a final £50,000 required for fit-out, and are soon to launch crowd funding campaigns promising a series of rewards for donors, including ‘unique money-can’t buy experiences’.
Funders PH Holt Foundation and Garfield Western Foundation have committed £10,000 and £50,000 respectively to the major capital development work, with social enterprise First Ark Group also adding to the project funding. The funding follows an initial £435,000 investment from Arts Council England, £120,000 from Liverpool City Council, £30,000 from the Granada Foundation and £2000 from the Ravensdale Foundation as well as over £20,000 in individual donations from Unity Theatre supporters.
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF), the UK’s biggest annual celebration of Arab arts and culture, returns to venues across Liverpool on 8-16 July 2017.
Organisers have announced the first wave of nationally and internationally celebrated artists and performers coming together for what organisers describe as the festival’s “most vital edition to date”.
The diverse programme embraces both brand new work and the return of festival favourites, including an ambitious installation by an American-Iraqi artist, a performance in Sefton Park’s iconic Palm House by a Sudanese singer-songwriter, an “armed resistance fighter turned artist”, a one-woman show about Somalia and the violence of empire, and the recreation of a Tunisian streetscape in Liverpool.
Each summer, LAAF attracts both local audiences and audiences from around the world, who flock to see the richness of Arab culture through a packed 10 day programme of visual art, music, dance, film, theatre, literature and special family-friendly events. This year, organisers are keen to encourage audiences to support LAAF and other arts festivals and cultural organisations that “support freedom of creative expression and to give a voice to people and their frustrations.”
Taher Qassim, Chair of Liverpool Arab Arts Festival said “We are living in an era of dramatic change, flux and contradiction. In some respects we live in a more open, connected and accepting world than ever before, while at home and across the globe people live in fear, and endure conflict and oppression.”
“We believe in the transformational power of artistic expression, and invite all types of people, from all walks of life to experience the work of artists from the Arab diaspora, who push us to think radically and deal with a sometimes uncomfortable reality, who see the world as it is, and imagine how it could be.”
This year, LAAF takes on the theme “The space between us”, which responds to Liverpool’s city-wide 67-17: 50 Summers of Loveseason, a series of events and performances inspired by the golden anniversary of the Summer of Love and the release of The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely HeartsClub Band.
The theme was inspired by the opening line of ‘Within You Without You’, a track released on the Sgt Peppers album, reportedly inspired by George Harrison’s interest in the metaphysical space that prevents us from recognising the natural forces uniting the world. The programme explores those constructs, boundaries and ‘spaces’ between us.
Assistant Mayor and cabinet member for culture, tourism and events, Councillor Wendy Simon, said: “I’m delighted LAAF is embracing our 50 Summers of Love theme and it’s a welcome addition to the festival. LAAF’s 2017 programme sounds stronger than ever with an incredible mix of artists, and I look forward to seeing their response to the city-wide theme which is set to be both fascinating and thought-provoking.”
Family Events
LAAF will be punctuated by fun-filled, free events for all the family.Starting at aspecial event on Tiber Square on Lodge Lane, LAAF will host a joyful public celebration of Eid, thanks to a grant from the Big Lottery Fund, with a colourful programme of cultural entertainment, cuisine, crafts and art, taking place throughout the day.
LAAF will also take over the World Museum for a Saturday extravaganza, where people of all ages can discover the creativity, captivating stories, and fascinating traditions of the Arab diaspora, with live performances presented in response to World Museum’s renowned ancient Egyptian collection.
And the grand festival finale sees the return of LAAF’s most popular annual event. LAAF Family Day in Sefton Park Palm House. Regularly attended by thousands of people of all ages and culture, Family Day brings an Arab extravaganza to the famous city park, with a programme of international music and dance acts, an Arabian souk, delicious cultural cuisine, and family friendly activities.
Music
And first to be announced on the bill for LAAF Family Day is Alsarah and the Nubatones, led by Alsarah, the Sudanese born singer songwriter, described by the Guardian as “the new star of Nubian pop”.
Alsarah’s “East African retro pop” is inspired by Nubian “songs of return”, and her and the band’s shared experiences of migration. Alsarah was born in Sudan, before relocating to Yemen to escape the ever-stifling regime in her native country before civil war broke out in Yemen. She abrubtly moved to the US in 1994 and now resides in Brooklyn, New York.
World-renowned Palestinian singer, musicologist and broadcaster Reem Kelani returns to Liverpool for an intimate concert in Liverpool Philharmonic Hall’s Music Room. Recognised as one of the world’s foremost researchers and performers of Palestinian music, Kelani will captivate with the exhilarating power of her live show, interwoven with her inimitable, humorous, and poignant storytelling between songs.
Visual Art
LAAF will present an ambitious restaging of acclaimed visual artist Wafaa Bilai’s 168:01, in partnership with FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) and Open Data Institute, and as part of the forthcoming exhibition at FACT, The New Observatory, (22 June 2017 – 1 October 2017). The exhibition brings together an international group of artists whose work explores new and alternative modes of measuring, predicting, and sensing the world today through data and other observational methods.
168:01, is an installation comprised of white shelves filled with blank books, a “library” that doubles as a system of exchange, inviting audiences to replace some of the 70,000 texts that were destroyed by looters at the College of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad in 2003.
Dance
Chatha dance company’s Sacre Printemps!, a dance piece and installation presented by LAAF in association with London’s Shubbak festival, is inspired by the hopes and pressures of building a new civil society. “Sacre” will bring a visceral live streetscape of today’s Tunisia to Open Eye Gallery’s Winter Garden Space, as dancers jostle, fight and compete among over 30 cut-out sculptures.
Theatre
Unity Theatre will stage two theatre productions in partnership with Liverpool Arab Arts Festival. Crows Plucked Your Sinews, a Dervish production, written and directed by Hassan Mahamdallie is a critically acclaimed one-woman show, with live music. Based on real events and featuring the epic lyrical tradition of Somalia, it is a unique exploration of the violence of empire and the poetry of resistance. The performance will be followed by a discussion event with Hassan Mahamdallie and members of the company.
And here I am, by award winning writer Hassan Abdulrazzak (Love, Bombs and Apples) is a bitter sweet, dark political comedy based on performer Ahmed Tobasi’s true story. A Developing Artists Production presented in association with Shubbak Festival, the show chronicles Ahmed’s transformation from armed resistance fighter to artist, and his journey as a refugee in the West Bank to Norway and then back again.
Film
LAAF returns to PictureHouse at FACT in partnership with Arab British Centre, who will present films selected from their 2016 Safar film festival programme, which was curated by Rasha Salti.
As I Open my Eyes Leyla Bouzid’s brilliant directorial debut, is the story of a young woman at a crossroads, she has to decide whether she wants to pursue her passion for music or fulfil her mother’s wish and enrol in medical school, and explores the rarely probed universe of Tunisian youth on the eve of the revolution.
This Little Father Obsession, a bold and compelling hybrid film by Selim Mourad and a disarmingly honest interrogation of the hold of patriarchy in Lebanese society. The film begins with Selim Mourad staging a portrait of his own nuclear family, in which he claims a place on his own terms while he contends with the fact that he will never father a family due to his sexuality. Being a Gay man in Lebanon makes starting a family impossible, This Little Father Obsession brings into sharp focus, this reality.
Literature
Bluecoat will play host to a series of Literature events, developed in association with Comma Press, a Manchester publishing house, with an aim to identify and commissioning writers working across the Arab world. Dates and titles will be announced soon.
Listings
Dance
Co-presented with Shubbak – A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture: Sacre Printemps!
Supported by Institut Francais
Dates and Times: Saturday 1 – Sunday 16 July, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm
Venue: Open Eye Gallery’s Winter Garden Space
Theatre
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2017 presents a Dervish production… The Crows Plucked Your Sinews
Date and Time: Tuesday 11 July, 8pm with 30 minute post show discussion
70 minutes with no interval
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2017 in partnership with Shubbak Festival and Unity Theatre present a Developing Artists Production… And here I am
Date and time: Wednesday 12 July, 8pm
Ticket price: £12 / £10 concessions
Venue: Unity Theatre, 1 Hope Place, Liverpool, L1 9BG
Visual Arts
Part of The New Observatory, presented by FACT and Open Data Institute: Wafaa Bilal: 168:01
Date and Time: Thursday 22 June – Sunday 1 October
Venue: FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology),
Music
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2017 presents… Reem Kelani in Concert
Date and time: Saturday 15 July, 8pm
Ticket price: £12
Venue: Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BP
Family Events
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2017 presents… LAAF at the World Museum
Date and time: Saturday 15 July
Ticket price: Free
Venue: World Museum, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EN
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2017 presents… LAAF Lodge Lane – celebrating Eid
Date and time: Saturday 8 July, 1:30pm – 4:30pm
Ticket price: Free
Venue: Tiber Square, Lodge Lane, L8 0TP
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2017 presents… LAAF Family Day
Date and time: Sunday 16 July, 12 – 5pm
Ticket price: Free
Venue: Sefton Park Palm House, Sefton Park, L17 1AP
Liverpool Medical Institution has two offices available for rent. The building is based at 114 Mount Pleasant, close to the Everyman Theatre, The Metropolitan Cathedral and the University of Liverpool. Liverpool Lime Street and Liverpool Central are less than 15 minutes’ walk away.
Ground floor office: approximately 9.6 m2 (suitable for two people). This office is equipped with desks, chairs and wall shelving. There are two double electric sockets. Quarterly rental is £1,150.
First floor office: approximately 8 m2 (suitable for two people). This office is equipped with desks, chairs and cabinets. It has an external telephone line in place and five double electric sockets. Quarterly rental is £960.
Both offices can be available from Easter 2017. The normal working hours of the Institution are Monday to Friday, 9.30am-5.30pm. Access outside these hours can be arranged with prior notice.
Quarterly rental includes heating, lighting, rates and use of the entrance hall, staff room and toilets. Photocopying facilities are available at a charge. Parking is available at a quarterly cost of £270 per space. Meeting spaces are available to rent on an ad hoc basis.
For further information and to view the offices, contact Karen Alsop, Finance and Project Manager, on 709 9125 extension 104, or e-mail finance@lmi.org.uk.
Wheelchairs on the Water
Local Solutions is appealing for help to raise funds for a specialist boat that will give wheelchair users access to watersports activities in the city’s historic docks.
The charity, which operates across Merseyside and North Wales, runs Liverpool Watersports Centre in Queen’s Dock. The centre offers a range of activities that aim to make watersports accessible to all, however, the activities available to disabled people are limited. In order to expand their offering, Local Solutions is working in partnership with The Wheelyboat Trust to purchase a V20 – the latest Wheelyboat model.
This specialist boat features a hinged door that lowers to create a ramp so wheelchairs can be rolled on and off providing hassle free and independent access to activities ranging from powerboating to cultural tours. The Wheelyboat will be a welcome addition to the city as the nearest one is currently in North Wales making it difficult for disabled people living in Liverpool to access.
John Hannaway, manager of Liverpool Watersports Centre, said “A Wheelyboat will be an exciting and valuable addition to our watersports centre. We currently offer a whole range of activities, however, this would allow us to extend our reach making it easier for people with disabilities to get involved”
If you want to support this campaign, go to Local Solutions’ JustGiving page.
Workers’ Educational Association Vacancy: Project Coordinator
Salary: Grade C £23,903 – £27,427 pro rata per annum (subject to forthcoming job evaluation and grading process)
Working hours: Part time – 14 hours per week (0.4 FTE)
Contract: Fixed term (until 31 December 2018)
The Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) is seeking to recruit a Project Coordinator. The post-holder will be a key member of WEA North West Region and will have responsibility for coordinating externally funded projects. These projects are funded over at least different periods and are focused around developing new STEMM curricula, including new teaching and learning resources, that includes the WEA social purpose focus, targeted at grassroots communities. The post-holder will report to the North West’ Business Development Manager.
The post-holder will need to have good project management skills and experience in delivering successful projects within budget. You have experience of working in or alongside the voluntary sector. You will need to be able to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team. Excellent IT and writing and communication skills are essential for this post as well as an understanding of excellent teaching and learning.
Closing date for applications: Friday 24 March 2017, 12noon
Interviews: Monday 3 April 2017 (subject to change) in the WEA North West regional office in Liverpool
The People’s Powerhouse – Get Involved
This event is a demonstration of diversity and inclusivity of the people and organisations who will deliver growth in the north.
Taking place on Tuesday 9 May 2017 at Doncaster Rovers Football Ground, the convention brings together practitioners, policy makers, opinion formers, local people and stakeholders to share best practice, debate policy and share what’s working.
This is the first opportunity of its kind for everyone to join together to highlight their role in delivering inclusive and good growth in the north. It will attract industry professionals, policy experts and decision makers. It will help you raise awareness of your organisation, campaigns or services, and most importantly it will help us all to work together to shape the kind of north we all want to live and work in.
Confirmed Speakers:
Dame Louise Casey CB, Director General, Casey Review Team
Melanie Dawes, Permanent Secretary for DCLG
Jo Miller, President, SOLACE and Chief Executive Doncaster Council
The People’s Powerhouse aims to send a clear signal to Government and policy makers that, whilst essential, a skewed focus on business deals, transport and property without mention of people, skills or communities will not create the kind of step change we need to see, nor will it create the kind of North we all want to live, work or do business in.
Salary: £9,722 (actual annual salary), NJC pay scale at SCP23
Hours: 16 hours per week, with the possibility of increasing hours when additional funding is in place. This will include one early evening
Contract: Temporary Contract for two years, funded by Comic Relief
Women’s Health Information & Support Centre Ltd (WHISC) in Liverpool requires a Fundraising & Supporter Officer. This is an exciting opportunity to use your initiative and creativity to help develop and improve the organisation’s strategies, as well as learn sought-after skills in charity fundraising.
This post is ideal to combine with other responsibilities (work, family, freelancing)
You must have experience in writing successful funding bids, fundraising through supporter work, and of the voluntary sector. You must be educated to A level higher or equivalent.
Main duties include:
Developing a fundraising strategy with the Manager
Research potential funding opportunities and make detailed applications
Establish clear systems and to ensure regular applications are made
Dealing with supporters, developing fundraising from supporters and recruit new supporters and advocates on a local level
Delivering training on fundraising
Using IT systems to monitor and report on services
Monitor all activities to ensure that they meet Equal Opportunities and comply with Health and Safety
WHISC provides a women-only service to vulnerable women. This advertisement meets conditions of the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1, Para 1, whereby the sex of the worker (Female) is an occupational requirement.
The Women’s Organisation Vacancy: Finance and Monitoring Administrator
Salary: £16,000 – £18,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
The Women’s Organisation is an innovative, social enterprise that provides quality enterprise and employment services and influences policy in order to improve the economic position of women. The organisation is seeking to recruit a Finance and Monitoring Administrator to support the delivery of women’s economic development services.
For more information including full job description and application form, visit the website. Alternatively, call 0151 706 8111 or email info@thewo.org.uk for an application pack.
Closing date: Friday 31 March 2017, 12pm
Interviews: Week of Thursday 6 April 2017
May Day Parade Invitation
Writing on the Wall is calling on communities across Merseyside to join in on a May Day Protest and Rally in Liverpool.
On Monday 1 May 2017, a May Day parade through Liverpool will be held by Writing on the Wall. The parade is being held to launch Writing on the Wall’s WOW fest 17, with the theme ‘Revolution’, and to also celebrate the publication of George Garrett’s autobiography, Ten Years On The Parish, with a foreword by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, by Liverpool University Press.
George Garrett was a merchant seaman, writer, playwright, founder member of Liverpool’s Unity Theatre, and a radical activist who travelled the world and wrote a series of short stories, stage plays and documentary reports about poverty and struggle in the 1920’s and 30’s. The autobiography was written in the late 1930s but has remained unpublished until now, after it was discovered in a suitcase given to Writing on the Wall by the Garrett family. Garrett lived through difficult times, and the aim of the parade is to highlight issues which affected him and his class, which are now contemporary issues affecting local communities.
Garrett’s autobiography is increasingly relevant under the current system of austerity. Low pay is endemic, benefit cuts are targeting the most vulnerable, mortgages and rents are rising and homelessness is on the increase. Working families are being forced to into food banks, debt and stifling poverty. While bosses award themselves obscene pay rises, statutory service are being cut to the bone, city councils across the country are being forced into another round of cutbacks, with Liverpool facing another £80 million worth of cuts to the budget. Our National Health Service is at breaking point and across the county essential services are sold to private bidders for whom profit and not care is the driving force. This is all set against the rising rhetoric of racism and xenophobia as politicians, business leaders and their mates in the right wing media turn again to blaming immigrants for the outcome of their own greed.
The parade will start at Toxteth Library and end at William Brown Street (final route to be confirmed). The focal point of the parade will be a 5m model of Garrett, created by renowned model/puppet maker Brian Hanlon, and based on Garrett when he led the Liverpool contingent of The First Hunger March to London in 1922. The parade will involve street theatre, music and a few key note speeches.
Writing on the Wall invites Trade Unions, third sector, cultural and community organisations to support and participate in the parade, to protest against issues similar to those Garrett experienced and campaigned against – poverty, unemployment, homelessness, low pay, etc., and create a unified attempt to push back against the national cuts in funding for local authorities, cuts in the welfare state and the low-wage economy. The aim is to create a festive atmosphere, throughout the parade, to reflect George’s Garrett’s own love for theatre and agit prop. Organisations can put on pieces of street theatre, dance and music as part of the parade. The only stipulation is that they do not require the parade to stop once it has started.
Writing on the Wall is asking for support for this event through:
Joining the parade and campaigning against the current cuts
Circulating the information about the parade to your members and contacts
Bringing your banners, whistles and drums, your kids, your mates and your mum!
Raising awareness of current issues affecting local communities and support available to those in need
Providing pieces of street-theatre, agit-prop, music, spoken word, dance or any other form creative protest
Public Services Lab LLP Vacancy: Independent Board Member
Formally established as a Limited Liability Partnership in February 2017, the Public Services Lab is a collaboration between Catch22, Interserve, Big Society Capital and Club Finance. The idea of the Lab is to create a space through which public services can be re-imagined. The new economics make it clear that business as usual is no longer possible and that public bodies will need to think very differently about how they ensure the delivery of high quality public services.
Over the last 30 years, people-facing public services have become increasingly bureaucratic, hard to access, and removed from the communities they are designed to serve. This has contributed to stubbornly poor outcomes, driving spiralling costs as service users continue to develop more acute needs that could have been prevented. With conditions in many of our communities worsening, and demand for services soaring there is a need for fundamental improvement.
Solving this requires more human, user-focused services that are better able to deliver end outcomes. The voluntary and community sector can help to drive this improvement with preventative and personalised interventions along with vibrancy, innovation, relationships, social purpose, volunteers and access to communities. It is equally vital that this is done in collaboration with commissioners for services designed around achieving outcomes.
Based in the Cunard Building at Liverpool’s Pier Head, the Lab seeks to make a difference to the delivery of public services across the Liverpool City Region. First projects are already under way. The Lab plans to launch publicly on Tuesday 23 May 2017.
The main purpose of the trustee role is to provide oversight of the Public Services Lab LLP so as to ensure high standards of corporate governance. In particular:
Ensure compliance with the Lab’s Members’ Agreement, the Companies Acts, and recognised standards of Corporate Governance
Support and advise the Board in the development of business strategies designed to meet the Lab’s objectives
Ensure that the Lab’s resources are appropriately directed in pursuit of its objectives
Ensure the effective and efficient administration of the business
Ensure the Lab maintains high standards of ethics in the conduct of its external affairs and in internal matters such as equal opportunity and employment policies
Contribute insights from the local perspective of communities, local government, and voluntary groups on Merseyside
Monitor the performance of the Executives, advise, mentor and challenge them so as to help them improve their personal and team performance
Attend and actively participate in all Board Meetings unless unavoidably prevented, including reading and diligently considering all Board papers in advance
Routine meetings are normally held at the company’s premises in Liverpool on twelve occasions per annum. NEDs may also be required to attend occasional special purpose meetings.
Independent Board Members are appointed by the Members on the recommendation of the Chair. The position is that of an officer, not an employee and is subject to six months’ notice during the first year of service and three months’ notice thereafter.
For the calendar year 2017, the Independent Board Member will be expected to work up to 20 days including attending the Board meetings. They will be remunerated £350 per day. Independent Board Members are compensated for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the role.
Liverpool Community Advice is a member of the Greater Merseyside Money Advice Partnership and wishes to recruit a Debt Adviser to join the city centre based team.
You will have substantial experience of providing Debt Advice, and preferably be a DRO Intermediary. You will hold, or be working towards, the IMA Certificate in Money Advice Practice, or the Giving Good Debt Advice accreditation. A Job Description and Person Specification are attached.
Kristian Khan
Manager
Liverpool Community Advice
2nd Floor
1 Union Court
Cook Street
Liverpool
L2 4SJ
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 29 March 2017, 5pm
Interview date: Wednesday 5 April 2017
Wired Vacancy: Initial Assessment Officer
Salary: £22,000 plus benefits
Hours: Full-time
Contract period: Covering maternity leave, starting April 2017
Wired is a registered charity that provides a range of services to disabled adults, children, young people, parents and carers. WIRED has delivered the Wirral SEND Partnership service for many years and has recently secured the contract to deliver SEND IASS (Special Educational Needs and Disability, Information, Advice and Support Service) across Liverpool and Knowsley.
Liverpool and Knowsley SEND IASS is now seeking to appoint an organised and efficient Initial Assessment Officer. This is an opportunity to join an experienced and dedicated team. You will be undertaking the initial assessment and triage of parents and carers of children and young people with SEND. You will offer impartial information, advice and support via a telephone helpline, email and social media. You will support the development and maintenance of on-line resources including a service website. You will have a high level of organisational and IT ability, and a proven track record of managing your time efficiently.
It is essential to have and understanding of the Special Educational Needs and Disability agenda and relevant SEND legislation including the Children and Families Act (2014) and the Send Code of Practice 2015.
The Transform Foundation’s Charity Website Grant Programme will be providing £18,000 worth of grants to charities to fund the redevelopment of their website in order to increase their ability to raise funds, more effectively serve beneficiaries and raise broader awareness of their cause.
The Transform Foundation is a charity that provides grants and other resources to the charity sector to fund innovative digital projects. The Charity Website Grant Programme is one of many programmes they are running this year. Other projects include their Facebook Advertising Grant, which is providing £5k grants to charities to fund Facebook Advertising campaigns and their Digital Skills Timebank which is co-ordinating corporate volunteer time and matching it to digital projects for charities.
They are also running a programme of educational events and white papers to share digital best practice in the charity sector. These programmes form part of their wider efforts to support the charity sector in effectively making the transition from traditional forms of fundraising and service delivery towards more digitally focused models.
The 2017 Website Grant funding round follows the successful pilot funding round in 2016 which funded the development of websites that have already gone on to raise over £1.3m online for the successful applicants. The grant is principally aimed at charities with annual incomes between £350k and £30m, although smaller charities with ambitious plans for digital can also apply. Larger charities will also be considered for specific project or fundraising sites.
Any type of non-profit organisation may apply, with successful applicants in the past including causes as diverse as community development, disability, education, theatre, mental health, hospices, national heritage, volunteering, family, children & youth, addiction, homelessness, international aid, and arts.
The Heritage Manager will be responsible for the development of the heritage offer at Calderstones Mansion House, which includes the planning, promotion and delivery of an annual programme of heritage activities as part of a funded project. This role calls for a flexible, highly motivated individual, capable of independent working, creative planning and strong leadership.
This role will be based in The Mansion House at Calderstones Park and will be required to lead a team of staff and volunteers, delivering high quality workshops, tours, talks, walks, reading groups and other activities in a co-ordinated manner. The successful candidate will become the key responsible person for all aspects of historical interest for the Mansion House, the Calder Stones and the wider site as a whole.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Working with Us’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to kateharrison@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV. Your covering letter is an opportunity for you to include any additional information which could not be explained within the application form.
Deadline for applications: Wednesday 29 March 2017, 5pm. Applications arriving after 5pm will not be considered.
Interviews: Week commencing 3 April 2017. Role begins as soon as possible thereafter.
Successful applicants will be invited to interview by 5pm on 31 March. If you have not heard anything by this date, then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful.
Youth Social Action Fund
Youth social action has huge potential to create enjoyable opportunities and skills development for young people, benefiting local people and places.
The aim of this grant is to raise the level and quality of youth social action. The programme aim is to increase youth social action by 50% by 2020 taking the percentage of young people that volunteer from 40% to 60%.
Social action involves activities such as campaigning, fundraising and volunteering, all of which enable participants to make a positive difference to their communities.
Social action develops the skills and knowledge of young people that employers look for.
The definition of young people is between 10 and 20, and up to 25 for disabled young people.
Big Lottery Fund and the Office for Civil Society have invested £2million this year to fund groups delivering local youth social action opportunities. Local fundraising is also a key part of the Youth Social Action programme.
The Youth Social Action Fund will provide funding of between £1000 and £5000 for each project
Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland Social Entrepreneurs Programme
Applications are now open for the Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland Social Entrepreneurs Programme 2017, in partnership with School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE), supported by Big Lottery Fund.
Are you planning to grow an organisation that helps people in need? Are you running or starting up a project to create social or environmental impact?
The programme provides free support for a year:
Learning programme
Grant of up to £10,000
Mentoring
Community of people who run social and environmental projects
You will be helped at all stages: whether you have just an idea, you’re already up-and-running, or you’re ready to scale. People are welcomed from all backgrounds, including ex-offenders. You don’t need any educational qualifications and there is no cost to you at any point.
A special Commonwealth Games Small Grants Fund has been launched to mark Commonwealth Day.
Set up by the Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, the fund is worth £10,000, and not-for-profit voluntary community organisations across the city are being encouraged to bid for bursaries of up to £500 each.
The funding is to be used for delivering activities around Commonwealth sports – with the aim of increasing participation across all age groups and working in partnership with the local community. Examples could be working with a local school to organise a commonwealth sports fun day, or organising an event with the aim of introducing people to sports such as judo and archery which they may not have tried before.
The criteria for applicants are as follows:
The grants must be used for new initiatives linked around commonwealth sports
It must be aimed at engaging with Liverpool residents
It should target people doing less than 150minutes of activity per week
To apply, fill in an application which can be downloaded online. Applicants need to describe their projects in no more than 150 words, to explain how it will engage with residents and how it will improve people’s experience of taking part in sport and activity.
The deadline for applications is 5pm Thursday 13 April 2017.
Councillor Tim Moore, Mayoral Lead for Sport, said: “The Mayor has made our Commonwealth Games ambitions very clear over recent months and with our sights set on hosting the event in the future, we want to ensure that our communities really engage with the games and feel like they are playing a part in our bidding process.
“We know Liverpool has many community groups and local clubs who do amazing work in their neighbourhoods, and we want to be able to help support them in staging new activities that not only promotes getting active, but also raises the profile of the Games.
“I hope organisations across the city make the most of this opportunity and I look forward to seeing the activities taking shape over the forthcoming months.”
For further information about the application process, contact Donna Hall on 0151 233 5261 or email donna.hall4@liverpool.gov.uk.
Making sport more accessible to people in Liverpool is a key aim of the Liverpool Active City Strategy 2014-21 programme, which is supported by Liverpool City Council and NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group in partnership with strategic stakeholders.
Information about local sporting opportunities can be found via the Fit for Me Activity Finder at http://www.fitforme.info/activities/activity-search/. Fit for Me is the city’s social marketing campaign which encourages people in Liverpool to be more physically active.’
The list of eligible Commonwealth Games sports are: Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Canoe, Cricket, Cycling – Mountain Bike/Road/Track, Diving, Fencing, Gymnastics – Artistic, Gymnastics – Rhythmic, Hockey, Judo, Lawn Bowls, Netball, Rowing, Rugby 7’s, Sailing, Softball, Squash, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwando, Tennis, Tenpin Bowling, Triathlon, Water Polo, Weightlifting, Wrestling – Free, Wrestling – Greco.
Wellbeing Enterprises CIC Vacancies
Working in partnership with Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and funded by Macmillan Cancer Support, this two-year project aims to revolutionise the care provided to people living with a cancer diagnosis and their carers in the Liverpool area.
The project will connect patients with community based support that will complement the care provided by clinicians. The aim of the project is to help patients to identify and address any needs that may be impacting on health and wellbeing. Moreover, the project will help patients to rediscover and reconnect with their strengths and talents to help make friendships, learn new skills, build confidence and get the best out of life.
Provide one to one community based support to patients living with a diagnosis of cancer and their carers. Focusing specifically on the social dimensions of health and supporting patients to make positive lifestyle changes.
Provide group based educational and hobby and interest activities and programmes that enable people to learn new skills, make friends, build resilience and have fun.
Act as a ‘navigator’ and connect patients to a range of support service to address issues that may be impacting on patient and carer wellbeing.
Work with patients and carers to ensure the service is meeting the needs of this group. Recognising patients and carers as ‘assets’ who have a vital role to play in designing and delivering the service.
Collaborate with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver community based initiatives that aim to improve the health and wellbeing of the community.
Monitor and record patient outcome data to determine the impact of the service. This will include telephone consultations with patients.
Recruit, train and support a team of volunteers who will support the delivery of the service and help to kick start a social movement for health in Liverpool
The ideal candidate is experienced and highly organised to ensure the smooth running of a community wellbeing service. You will provide administrative support to the project delivery team and will be responsible for developing and implementing efficient and effective administrative processes and procedures.
Trainee Artistic Director Opportunity with 20 Stories High
How many people of colour are running publicly funded theatre organisations in England? Not many. It’s time for a change. Regional Theatre Young Directors Scheme has launched the Artistic Director Leadership Programme, in partnership with 20 Stories High, tiata fahodzi and Talawa Theatre Company.
Supported by the Arts Council England’s Sustained Theatre programme, Artistic Director Leadership Programme is a unique training opportunity for future theatre leaders. The programme comprises two initiatives:
Trainee Artistic Director
Leaders of Tomorrow
Trainee Artistic Director programme provides four paid, two-year, full-time traineeships for experienced theatre directors. Trainees are resident at one of the partner theatres, working closely with the artistic director of their host organisation. Participants will gain an exceptional opportunity to take part in and contribute to the daily life of running a theatre company.
Leaders of Tomorrow is both a bespoke leadership development programme and a collective of theatre practitioners of colour. Not just for directors, this opportunity is for anyone who wants to lead a theatre company or building; this could be theatre makers, writers, producers, actors, administrators, designers, dramaturgical or literary practitioners or movement directors. Leaders of Tomorrow includes a wide range of free training opportunities that will take place in two hubs based in Manchester and Watford.
Deadline for applications: Wednesday 29 March 2017
Contract: Part-time, fixed term contract (3 years subject to funding)
Savera UK is a Merseyside-based charity tackling domestic abuse within the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities, with a focus on harmful practices that include forced marriage, honour based violence and female genital mutilation. The organisation aims to meet the diverse cultural needs of the BME communities through funding received by the Women and Girls initiative, of the National Lottery.
This post holder will work as part of Savera UK’s team. They will be Liverpool based, but will required to work across the Merseyside and Cheshire areas. The support worker will work with BME individuals/families that have been referred to the service as a result of domestic abuse and provide the holistic support necessary. Interventions will be developed in such a way as to promote culturally sensitive and appropriate support as well as promoting independence and improve self-esteem by empowering clients to identify their as yet unmet needs.
A Disclosure & Barring Service check (DBS) will be required for this post.
For an application pack, contact Mrs Tania Vera-Rigby, Service Development Manager, at taniavr@saverauk.co.uk or telephone 0151 709 6588. CV applications will not be accepted.
All sections of our community, and in particular BME groups who are under-represented in the workforce, are encouraged to apply.
Closing date: Tuesday 28 March 2017, 5pm
Interviews: Tuesday 4 April 2017
The Reader Organisation Vacancy: Ice Cream Parlour Assistant
Salary: £6.70 – £7.20 per hour
Hours: Zero-hour contract
This individual will be working at The Reader Organisation’s Ice Cream Parlour at Calderstones Mansion House. They will work in a team developing and delivering a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with The Reader’s ethos and vision.
The Parlour is open seven days a week, offering 22 varieties of Cheshire Farm Ice Cream. Plus other catering options like teas, coffees and soft drinks. It will also be where members of the general public can purchase their entry tickets to the Storybarn, and buy children’s books from the bookshop. It will be the individual’s responsibility to work as part of the team delivering this offer and ensuring that high levels of customer service are maintained. You are a responsible individual who can use your initiative and are comfortable in a high pressured working environment.
Your main responsibilities will be:
Presenting and handling ice cream to a high standard
Using a till to sell ice cream, various catering options plus entry tickets to the Storybarn
Dealing with customers and ensuring high standards of customer service
Maintaining the reputation of the charity in your dealings with the public
Maintaining high standards of hygiene
Creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere
Maintaining stock levels whilst on shift
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Working With Us’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to jobs@thereader.org.uk. Your covering letter is an opportunity for you to include any additional information which could not be explained within the application form. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline for applications: Thursday 23 March 2017, 9am. Applications arriving after 9am will not be considered.
Interviews and trial shifts: Week commencing 27 March 2017. Role begins as soon as possible thereafter.
Successful applicants will be invited to interview by 5pm on 24 March. If you have not heard anything by this date, your application has been unsuccessful.
Citizens Advice Halton Vacancies
Advice Skills Academy Project Manager
Salary: £30,479
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Contract length: October 2019
The Advice Skills Academy is a three-year ESF-funded project to be delivered across the Liverpool City Region by a consortium of local Citizens Advice services, managed by the Women’s Organisation.
The project will develop and deliver an integrated curriculum of accredited and non-accredited training to expand and develop the workforce for specialist advice services within voluntary and private sectors. It will deliver interventions that:
Address higher level skills shortages in specialist advice services
Provide training and support for people within the workforce to improve skills, progression, knowledge and productivity
Provide training and a support route way for disadvantaged groups seeking to access further job opportunities in the sector
Improve management, leadership and progression capacity
Promote equality by improving the progression prospects of women within the workforce
Create a positive, innovative and sustainable culture of learning and development in local Citizens Advice Services across the Liverpool City Region
Salary: £20,456 – £23,166 (dependent on experience)
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Contract type: Funded until October 2018
Working as part of the Better Off Finance project funded by the Big Lottery Fund and European Social Fund, the Financial Capability worker will develop people’s skills, knowledge and confidence to enable them to make the financial choices that are right for them and to help them to avoid financial crises.
Community groups and organisations are invited to submit a funding application to Cobalt’s Community Fund to run a project or event that benefits the Cobalt neighbourhood (Croxteth, Norris Green, Fazakerley, and Clubmoor).
The maximum that may be applied for is £3500 and the application must demonstrate that match-funding is in place (at least another 20%). This amount can only be applied for once per year. All groups, including those who have applied for one project at the maximum amount, may submit unrestricted numbers of applications for smaller amounts provided that the projects or events are totally unrelated.
Deadline: Monday 20 March 2017
For more information and an application pack, contact the Cobalt Regeneration Team at info@cobalthousing.org.uk or call 0151 633 8054.
Free Energy Best Deal Training
Citizens Advice North Liverpool is delivering free training on energy (electricity and gas) issues to community groups/services & charities.
Energy Best Deal is a training session that lasts about an hour and a half and can be delivered by our trained staff at your premises. The training is suitable for clients and frontline workers (volunteers and paid staff). Sessions cover the following topics:
Understanding your energy choices
Finding a better deal for you
Switching supplier
Choosing the right tariff & payment method
Help available including:
Warm Home Discount
Getting help with your bills
Help from the government (Winter Fuel Payment & Cold Weather Payments)
Cutting energy bills through energy efficiency initiatives
Where to get one-to-one advice for dealing with energy issues
The free training sessions must be delivered by Wednesday 31 May 2017.
To book a local training session, contact Joe Lavelle on 0151 207 6974 ext 308 or 07557 414 918, or email joe.l@northliverpoolcab.org.uk.
Voice of Nations Mentoring Programme
Voice of Nations’ Intensive Mentoring will engage up to 30 unemployed or low income earning individuals for up to 10 months to provide bespoke support to enable them identify and exploit their greatest strengths, and overcome their limitations and accomplish their goals.
The expert mentor and coach will support mentees work on their personal development and build their self-esteem, confidence/develop their hidden potentials and employable/ self-employable skills so they can become more resilient, confident, employable or to start up their own businesses.
There is an event on Saturday 11 March 2017 where potential mentees can find more information and to enrol on the programme. As part of the project, there will also be two Employer’s Fairs, to connect mentees with potential employers/organisations and trainers/mentors as they exit the Mentoring Programme.
Mentees can benefit from an attendance allowance of upto £50 if eligible.
Contract Opportunity: Liverpool Advice on Prescription Project Evaluation
Citizens Advice South Liverpool is looking for an individual or organisation to undertake a short evaluation of the Liverpool Advice on Prescription Programme.
The purpose will be to evaluate the key themes from surgeries that refer a high level of patients and those who do not. The outcome/findings will direct the the Advice on Prescription Programme management and steering group in future planning.
Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (LCCG) commissioned a comprehensive social prescribing service to provide practical advice and support interventions through primary and mental health care. In practice, this looks like a Liverpool-wide benefits and debt management service – the Advice on Prescription Programme – which is embedded in primary care, and operates as part of a range of mental health supports available in the community.
The aim of the Advice on Prescription Programme is to increase community resilience by supporting individuals vulnerable to mental ill-health in developing practical solutions in the face of hardship and deprivation.
The evaluation will focus on the health professional side of the service, including:
Do GPs and health professionals think that they spend less time on social welfare issues?
Is there improved identification by primary care staff of those at risk of poverty and social exclusion?
Is there increased confidence in primary care staff in identifying and supporting patients with economic and social needs?
The evaluation will be used to develop and improve service design and delivery.
The work is to undertaken between April and June 2017, with first draft available by Saturday 10 June 2017.
The budget is £10,000-12,500, to be agreed with action plan details. Citizens Advice is not VAT registered.
If you are interested, provide a CV or statement (of no more than 4 sides of A4) and send/email your CV/Statement to:
Caryn Matthews/Debbie Nolan
Garston Community House
2 Speke Road
Liverpool
L19 2PA
Salary: £25,694 per annum
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Contract: 3 x permanent posts, initially funded for 12 months
Drawing on over 30 years’ experience of refugee resettlement, Refugee Action isworking with Liverpool City Council as part of the Syrian Vulnerable Persons resettlement scheme to welcome refugees.
As a Resettlement Worker, you will provide and develop a range of tailored services that provides support to refugees arriving in the region and enables them to reach their own goals in their integration in the UK. This will include support around housing, health, education and employment in co-operation with a wide range of agencies.
With a focus on fostering independence and respect for the culture, personal history and situation of service users, you will also have experience of undertaking support work with clients in their own accommodation, and of developing assessment plans to meet clients’ needs.
Along with the above, you will also have:
Ability to work with and provide training or information to groups
Ability to deliver care plans in cooperation and partnership with a range of organisations and experience of doing so
Working knowledge of UK mainstream services e.g. Education, Health, Housing, Welfare Benefits and community support systems
Experience and understanding of supporting volunteers to deliver services to clients
The roles will involve significant travel throughout Merseyside and the Liverpool region.
Closing date: Wednesday 15 March 2017, 9am
Interviews: 23 and 24 March 2017 in Liverpool or Manchester, exact location of interviews TBC.
Liverpool Lighthouse Vacancy: Community Fundraiser
Salary: £23,500 (pro rata)
Hours: 24 hours per week
A vacancy has arisen within Liverpool Lighthouse for a self motivated individual to lead on securing community and corporate income for Liverpool Lighthouse.
You will play a key role in developing a sustainable future for the charity and its family of charities by mobilising our service users, church congregation, the community and local companies to generate income to support the work.
On 19 April 2017, a group of social workers and supporters will set off from Birmingham on a seven-day walk to Liverpool, to arrive the day before the British Association of Social Workers hold their 2017 Annual General Meeting and Conference there – and they are looking for people to get involved.
Drawing inspiration from the Jarrow marchers of 1936, and more recently the People’s March for the NHS in 2014 and a group of psychologists who Walked the Talk in 2015, the aim of the walkers will be to highlight the devastating impact of nine years of austerity. The walkers will be calling for an end to these policies of cuts and welfare reform, which are causing misery and hardship for so many, to be replaced by the investment that’s needed for a more socially just and caring society.
Others will be invited to join the group along the way: people who use and need social care and social work services, as well as social workers, other professionals and concerned citizens – to walk side by side. The group will visit food banks and social care provision under threat, and to hear accounts of how austerity has impacted on people’s lives. Also, the walkers will celebrate good practice in the face of austerity along the way.
The route:
Day 1: Birmingham to Wolverhampton
Day 2: Wolverhampton to Stafford
Day 3: Stafford to Stoke
Day 4: Stoke to Sandbach
Day 5: Sandbach to Northwich
Day 6: Northwich to Widnes
Day 7: Widnes to Liverpool
If you are on the route, and want the group to meet you, get in touch. Literally a social movement, the walkers will be passing through places with a proud industrial heritage, in the Midlands and North West of England, and will be calling for a future that this past deserves.
You will bring fresh ideas and perspective to Voice of Nations and help improve the delivery, book keeping and monitoring of an ESF project and related projects.
The role will involve:
Helping with the coordination of an ESF project
Review and evaluate the project
Develop an accurate data entry and analysis system for the project
Preparing newsletters / feedback in relation to the progression of the project
Liaising with seasonal staff and project manager and assisting in the development and delivery of ICT workshops and the smooth running of the project
Review project with the support of project manager
Fundraising and budgeting
You will get the autonomy to handle the project with the support of a supervisor from start to finish.
The successful candidate will have a background within project work. Although it would be of an advantage, however for someone looking to progress within an marketing or business development role it is not essential, and training could be provided.
For more information, contact Dr Sylvia Forchap on 0151 345 4340 or 0753 921 6072, or email forchaps@voiceofnations.org.uk.
Greenbank Vacancy: Working Futures IAG Placement Officer
Salary: £19,939 – £22,434
Hours: 40 hours per week; some evening and weekend work may be required
Contract: Funded by the ESF and YEI until 31 August 2018
The post holder will to deliver the Working Futures Programme, recruiting participants, establishing employer contacts across Merseyside and supporting the establishment of work placements for Working Futures participants. You will ensure placement providers meet health and safety requirements and provide appropriate training and development opportunities for participants matched to their learning needs.
Contract Opportunity: Access to Employment for Young People
Call to run a project to provide support to and increase the employability of specific groups of young people in the Liverpool City Region LEP area allowing them to achieve equality of opportunity.
The employment rate of working age residents in the Liverpool City Region remains lower than the national average, with younger residents facing specific challenges in finding employment. Some young people are significantly less likely to be in (or able to compete for) sustainable employment than others.
Project proposals must deliver additional, innovative and more intensive provision that meets the needs of the specific groups of young people listed in the call (e.g. those with disabilities, experience of the care system etc.) and local labour markets. Proposals should demonstrate a personalised and staged approach to prepare participants for sustainable employment, through development of their employability skills.
Examples of types of provision include activities such as – job focused training, provision of training to achieve English, Maths & IT qualifications at level 2, supported internships and progression into supported and open employment via wrap around support.
Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre Vacancy: Sessional Community Worker
Salary: £15 per hour
Hours: 15 hours per week, Monday-Friday
Contract: 26 weeks
The overall objective of the post is to work with residents, community groups and key partners to support communities of interest, identity, geography and faith in the Liverpool 8 area in order to enable them to feel empowered and influence decisions and services on issues that affect their lives. Where appropriate, they will support local people to deliver their own projects, and develop action plans that will identify key actions.
Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre has always worked with the local community, championing its needs, sharing in its successes, assisting in the promotion of the diverse communities contribution, impact and history in the City as well as acting as a support venue in times of trouble. The centre has operated successfully for over twelve years.
The Centre’s L8 A Better Place project will blend the original aims of the organisation with the communities input into issues they feel necessary to focus on in a building that was built by the community for the community. The project is a community programme focused on poverty, social exclusion, health & emotional well-being.
Mayoral Candidates to Give Their Vision for Liverpool City Region at the Voluntary Sector Mayoral Hustings 2017
The VS6 partnership is preparing to hold a special Metro Mayor hustings on 6 April 2017. Members of the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector are invited to quiz the candidates as they lay out their vision, priorities and strategies for the future of Liverpool City Region.
The candidates who have confirmed their attendance so far are Steve Rotheram for Labour, Tony Caldeira for the Conservatives, Carl Cashman for the Liberal Democrats and Tom Crone for the Green Party. Tabitha Morton, the Women’s Equality Party candidate, has been invited.
The hustings will be held at Liverpool Cathedral, on Thursday 6 April 2017, 6.30-8.30pm. It will be preceded by a drinks reception and opportunity to ‘Meet VS6’, from 5.30pm. VS6 is the partnership of support organisations working with the 8,600 voluntary sector organisations operating across Liverpool City Region.
The first ever Mayor of Liverpool City Region will be elected in under three months, with significant hard powers and a large electoral mandate. The voluntary sector is an integral part of the region’s society and economy – with over 24,000 employees as well as volunteers contributing half a million hours a week. Devolution presents a historic opportunity for the mayor and the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector to work together to create a stronger, more socially just, Liverpool City Region.
Topics at the hustings, which is co-organised by Voluntary Sector North West, will include: the role of the mayor in supporting voluntary sector activity; working in partnership to deliver inclusive growth; promoting volunteering; the sector’s knowledge of community centred approaches to transforming health and wellbeing; harnessing the connections between faith groups and their communities, and addressing challenges such as Brexit and the loss of EU funding.
Join us to debate with the candidates and explore how they will use their influence and devolved powers to work to improve the lives of all our communities and build a truly prosperous Liverpool City Region.
The Life Story Network Vacancy: Operations Manager
Salary: £30,000 – £35,000 per annum, dependent on experience
Hours: 35 hours per week (full time)
Contract: Initially 12 months, with potential to extend dependent on achievements from this initial phase of our tide – Together in Dementia Every Day national network
The Life Story Network is a Community Interest Company set up by a group of committed health, social care and business professional and family carers, who understand the value of using life stories to improve the quality of life for individuals.
An important stream of work is the initial phased roll out of tide – Together in Dementia Every Day, a national network for carers and former carers of people with dementia. Which will cover the Liverpool City and Manchester City Regions and has been funded by the Big Lottery – Accelerating Ideas Programme.
The organisation is now actively recruiting for an Operations Manager.
A member of the Executive Management Team, you will work closely with the Chief Executive, and Board members to provide strategic leadership for the development of the LSN and for tide. You will have overall responsibility for all operations within LSN, including office systems and functions, finance, IT and HR. The post holder will require business and financial acumen to ensure that current and future operations continue on a sustainable and viable basis.
You will be educated to degree level, or equivalent business qualification, with evidence of relevant or continuing professional development or equivalent practical experience in a similar role. You must have an understanding of the broader NHS and social service sector, in particular the issues affecting Carers of people living with dementia. You will also have knowledge of charity governance requirements and the ability to ensure compliance with statutory and legal obligations.
Qualifications in project management PRINCE2 or equivalent are advantageous although not essential.
Wheel Meet Again is a small over 50’s charity based in L8 which focuses on addressing the growing problem of isolation and loneliness amongst people aged 50+. The charity operates city-wide and offers weekly activities, events, excursions and day trips for its members.
The project provides a partially subsidised taxi service for those with mobility issues to ensure that the service is accessible to everyone who needs it. A health care professional would have to sign the back of the registration form for a beneficiary to access this service.
For more information on the service and upcoming events, contact Helen Holmes, Outreach Worker, on 0151 708 0435 or email outreach@wmaliverpool.co.uk.
Sahir House Named among UK’s Top Community Health Charities
A charity providing HIV support, information and training across Merseyside has won a prestigious national award.
Sahir House has beaten more than 400 organisations from all over the UK to be one of the 10 winners of the 2017 GSK IMPACT Awards, a national award that recognises excellence in charities improving health and wellbeing in their communities. The charity will receive £30,000 in funding as part of its prize, as well as expert support and development from The King’s Fund.
Established in 1985 and based in Liverpool city centre, Sahir House runs a range of services including advocacy, advice on housing and welfare benefits, and counselling and psychotherapy for those living with, affected by or at risk of HIV. It also delivers training to schools, community groups, public bodies and companies to help improve understanding of HIV.
The charity has shown how it successfully adapts its approach so that it keeps meeting the changing health and wellbeing needs of people living with HIV. Following concerns expressed by older people living with HIV that they may encounter discrimination if they moved into a care home, Sahir House developed a specialist training course that has been delivered to staff in 38 residential and nursing homes.
Sahir House proactively targets people from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds, working successfully with local BME community groups. It also provides support to asylum seekers who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender – the only organisation doing this in the area.
There are more people living with HIV in the UK than ever before. More than 100,000 people live with the condition and 88,769 access HIV care services – a number that has doubled over the past decade. The life expectancy of people living with HIV has improved dramatically, although the condition can have a severe impact on physical and mental health.
There also remain many misunderstandings about HIV, with a survey suggesting only 45 per cent of the public know how HIV is transmitted. Poor knowledge of HIV increases the risk of transmission and can also feed into prejudice and stigma.
Lisa Weaks, Head of Third Sector at The King’s Fund, said: ‘Sahir House is a dynamic charity that shapes its services around the changing needs of people living with HIV in Merseyside. Through its innovative projects and commitment to reaching the people that most need its support, it moves into spaces where no one else is working.
‘Sahir House does fantastic work in raising awareness of HIV issues and improving public understanding of the condition. This is so important both for combatting stigma and for helping to reduce HIV transmission.’
Tommy McIlravey, Chief Executive of Sahir House, said: ‘Winning a GSK IMPACT Award is a massive accolade for everyone involved in Sahir House. This award programme is unique in recognising the work of smaller charities having a large impact on community health and wellbeing.
‘We couldn’t achieve all that we do without our dedicated volunteers, supporters, and staff – this is such a wonderful boost to all of them.’
Developing leaders in the charity sector is an important aim of the GSK IMPACT Awards programme, which has now been running for 20 years, and Sahir House will have access to training and leadership development tailored to its needs. It will also be invited to join the GSK IMPACT Awards Network, a national network of more than 70 award-winning health and wellbeing charities working together to develop their leaders, find new ways of working and support others.
Sahir House will receive its prize at a ceremony held at the Science Museum in London on Thursday 18 May, along with nine other GSK IMPACT Award winners.
Wheelchair Handball Tasters
Lent Lectures 2017
The Lent Lectures have been taking place at Liverpool Parish Church for a century and even the bombing of the Church in 1940 did not stop them continuing. Every year they are a bit different and designed to stimulate and entertain new audiences in different ways.
The 2017 series, begins, as usual, with the Bishop of Liverpool as he presides at an Ash Wednesday lunch time service for the city. By popular request, this has been shortened so that people can get back to their offices for the afternoon. The remaining lectures in the season are in the evening and each event is finished within an hour, and that includes both questions to the speaker and also refreshments.
The Lent Talks are a gift to the City of Liverpool: there is no charge and you do not have to book. Please come and be inspired! Find Liverpool Parish Church on Chapel Street, just opposite the Liver Building.
Timetable:
Ash Wednesday Service with the Rt Revd Paul Bayes, Bishop of Liverpool
Wednesday 1 March 2017 (Ash Wednesday), 12.15pm
Preacher is Revd Dr Sheryl Anderson, Chair of the Methodist District. All welcome. Service will be strictly 45 minutes and will finish by 1pm. For many years the Bishop of Liverpool has begun Lent by leading a service in the heart of the City of Liverpool. Whatever your church background (or if you have none), join these two church leaders to start the journey towards Easter Day.
Dr Said on Lent, Faith and Politics: Reflections from the Holy Land
Sunday 5 March 2017, 6pm
The Revd Dr Yazid Said is lecturer in Islam at Liverpool Hope University. He is a Palestinian-born Israeli citizen and an Anglican priest. He was Acting Dean of St. George’s Cathedral in Jerusalem from 2002-2004 before he returned to Cambridge to complete his PhD in medieval Islamic studies. The event includes music from St Nicholas’ Singers.
John Timpson, Chief Executive of Timpsons Wednesday 22 March 2017, 6.15pm
John Timpson is the owner and Chief Executive of the family firm (founded 1856) which currently has over 1325 outlets across the UK. Under his leadership the firm is particularly noted for its ethical employment policies and its work in offender rehabilitation with The Timpson Training Academy in HMP Liverpool. John has a weekly column in the Daily Telegraph.
Carys Bray, Author Thursday 30 March 2017, 6.15pm
Carys is the author of a collection of short stories, Sweet Home, and two novels, A Song for Issy Bradley which was shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards, and The Museum of You.
Max Steinberg, Chief Executive of Liverpool Vision
Wednesday 5 April 2017, 6.15pm
After a career in housing, Max joined Liverpool Vision in 2010 and has overseen the enhancement of Liverpool Vision’s business growth service, expansion of Liverpool Vision’s work in key international markets and the creation of Marketing Liverpool. As Chair of the International Business Festival he has been innovative in attracting investment and development to the region.
Sahir House is seeking to recruit a Chair and up to two other trustees to join the board, which currently has eight members, including a Vice Chair and a Treasurer.
Sahir House is a multi-award-winning charity, which provides support for people living with (or affected by) HIV and also delivers a range of sexual health promotion, training and information services to professionals and the wider public. The charity has recently won several major contracts and is looking for forward thinking board members to drive our next stage of development.
Chair In addition to their roles as a general trustee, the chair will provide leadership and work with the rest of the board, and executive team, to set vision and strategy for the charity. The Chair will also drive the performance of the whole board and ensure the charity’s values are upheld.
Other Trustees Trustees will work with the rest of the board, and executive team, to set vision and strategy for the charity. They will provide governance oversight of the strategy, ensuring the charity’s resources are expended in an inclusive, efficient manner in furtherance of the charity’s aims.
The ideal candidates are committed to the values of the charity, who are fair but tactful communicators, have the confidence to set and achieve high level goals and who can exercise fairness and good judgement.
Board members are unremunerated, although out of pocket expenses will be paid by the charity. Sahir House also invests in the personal development of board members ensuring their skills base increases according to the changing demands of the role.
All appointments are subject to satisfactory references.
Closing date for applications: Monday 20 March 2017, 5pm
Short listing: Tuesday 21 March. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to make an informal visit later that week (optional).
At the heart of the Counter Extremism Strategy sits a partnership between the Government and all those groups and communities who want to see extremism defeated. That is why the Home Office launched the Building a Stronger Britain Together (BSBT) Fund.
Through the Building a Stronger Britain Together programme we want to help fund and/or support groups and communities involved in projects countering extremism and/or building more resilient communities.
To help groups expand their reach and influence, the BSBT programme offers two forms of support through a competitive bidding process:
In-kind support – such as social media training, technical assistance to help a group improve their website, or capacity building work to help a group protect more vulnerable individuals
Grants: targeted funding for specific projects that demonstrate they are meeting at least one of the three BSBT Outcomes:
Fewer people holding attitudes, beliefs and feelings that oppose shared values
An increased sense of belonging and civic participation at the local level
More resilient communities
Although the “grant” funding stream is currently closed (opening again later this year), the “in-kind” support is available throughout the year
Groups with a track record of promoting community cohesion and building stronger communities are very much encouraged to get in touch.
If you interested in applying for the “in kind” support, would like to register an interest in the grant support (for when the fund opens up again), or alternatively if you just want to have a chat or gather more information, please contact:
Joanne Matthews
Community Coordinator (Counter Extremism Strategy)
Cunard Building, Liverpool L3 1DS Joanne.matthews@liverpool.gov.uk
Telephone 233 7019
We are using the event to support ‘The Fans Supporting Foodbanks initiative’. Fans Supporting Foodbanks is a unique initiative set up by Everton Supporters Trust & Spirit of Shankly supporter organisations. The aim is to use our supporters to help fight food poverty in our city, Working in conjunction with North Liverpool Foodbank to aid this. There will be a ‘drop off’ point where you will have the opportunity to make a donation. A list of priorities items needed is attached.
For a full programme and to confirm you place at the event please e-mail Brigid Parkinson, Liverpool City Council Brigid.parkinson@liverpool.gov.uk.
Together for Liverpool for Good Magazine Launches
LCVS launched their new Together for Liverpool for Good magazine this week. This first issue explores some of the key issues affecting Liverpool communities and how the voluntary sector are tackling them as well as celebrating the impact LCVS’ own programmes have made over the last twelve months.
Dingle Multi Agency Centre Vacancy: Sessional Activity Co-ordinator
Fee: £10 per hour
Hours: 12 hours per week, shift pattern – Friday’s 11.45am–5.45pm (6 hours) and flexible on remaining 6 hours to be worked any day Monday-Thursday and/or possibly an occasional Saturday
Contract: 50 weeks, with a possibility to extend for a further period
Dingle Multi-Agency Centre Ltd, the charity that own and manage Toxteth Town Hall Community Resource Centre, is advertising a freelance opportunity to a sessional activity co-ordinator, funded by John Moores Foundation. The purpose of the role is to develop, co-ordinate and deliver the charity’s community activity programme.
Main tasks include:
Planning, co-ordination and delivery of the charities own programme of activity and events
Assist with the development of the activity programme
Line management and development of volunteers; assist in the recruitment, induction, support and supervision, development and training needs etc. and keep effective records
Marketing of the activity programme using various marketing methods e.g. face-to-face, digital, publications, mail etc. to encourage participation and attendance at courses, activities, clubs and events etc.
Attend meetings with stakeholders, the board, staff team and networking events
Assisting the board in fundraising and making grant applications to support programme delivery
Assist with the monitoring and evaluation of the charity’s activity programme
To apply, submit a CV including two referees with a letter of application, detailing your skills, experience and suitability. Email this to manager@toxtethtownhall.org.uk or send by post to:
Denise Bernard
Company Secretary
Toxteth Town Hall
15 High Park Street
Liverpool
L8 8DX
Closing date: Wednesday 8 March 2017, 5pm
Interviews: Provisionally week commencing 13 March 2017
Granby Four Streets Vacancies
The Granby Four Streets Community Land Trust (CLT) is a non-profit community based organisation that is delivering affordable homes and regeneration in the Granby Four Streets area of Liverpool. Members are made up of local residents in Granby, local community organisations and businesses. The organisation is looking for new staff to help deliver its projects.
Freelance Project Support Officer
Hours: 15 hours per week
Salary: £10 per hour
Contract: 10 months – self employed
The aim of this job is to support the Project Development Manager in implementing the plans of the Community Land Trust. This will include providing admin support, publicising CLT events/projects, liaising with community members and assisting with the recruitment and co-ordination of volunteers.
You are flexible and have experience of providing admin support, good writing skills and an understanding of L8 and experience of the impact of racism.
To apply, send you current CV and covering letter of no more than two sides of A4 explaining what interests them about the role and how they meet all the requirements listed in the “who you are” section of the job description. You should provide two referees including a current or most recent employer.
The role is offered on a self-employed basis. Applicants must be willing to work from a temporary office and possibly from home until a new project base is found.
The aim of this job is to ensure that the Granby Street Market has a team of volunteers to help with setting it up, taking it down and distributing leaflets. This will include liaising with organisations in L8, recruiting volunteers from the local community and co-ordinating them in the run-up to market day and on the day itself. It also involves responsibility for minor repairs for CLT premises and for improving the look of our streets for market days, cultural festivals and in general.
You are flexible and have:
Experience of community work
Experience of working on outdoor events
Ability to undertake minor repairs
Understanding of L8 and experience of the impact of racism
For more information on either post, email John.McGuigan@nwhousing.org.uk and return your letter of application and CV to him by email or by post to NWHS, 19 Devonshire Road, Liverpool, L8 3TX.
Deadline for applications: Friday 10 March 2017, 10am
Interviews: Tuesday 21 March 2017
Nominations Open for The National Diversity Awards
Nominations are now open for The National Diversity Awards 2017.
The award ceremony National Diversity Awards will be held at Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral on 8 September 2017.
Britain’s most inspirational and selfless people will come together to honour the rich tapestry of our nation, recognising individuals and groups from grass roots communities.
Nominating for the National Diversity Awards is easy. Simply choose an award category below for the person/organisation you wish to nominate for.
Positive Role Model Award – the importance of having a role model can never be under estimated, role models help us to be driven, inspired, to focus, to achieve goals and strive to gain success. A role model can be a family member, friend, coach/mentor, teacher, community leader, colleague or a neighbour. This award is split into five strands: age; disability; gender; LGBT; and race, religion and faith
Community Organisation Award – recognises individuals and groups who have made an outstanding contribution to their local community. This award is split into 6 strands: age; disability; gender; LGBT; and race, religion and faith
Entrepreneur of Excellence Award – recognises individuals who have best demonstrated managerial expertise in assembling resources, creating an organisation, decision making under uncertainty, being forward looking, and creatively solving problems
Diverse Company Award – identifies a company that employs a diverse workforce and is better able to understand the demographics of the marketplace it serves and whose goals are to reassure and encourage people from the most deprived areas to further their careers
Celebrity of the Year Award – Honouring a celebrity that has campaigned tirelessly for the enhancement of diversity & inclusion
Lifetime Achiever Award – Honours an individual who has made significant, innovative and cumulatively outstanding contributions to enhancing the practice of equality and diversity, devoting a major portion of their professional career to the cause
Comics Youth is a Social Enterprise that delivers comics-based literacy and wellbeing projects for disadvantaged children and young people within Merseyside. The overall ethos of the organisation is to break down participation barriers and make projects accessible for children and young people aged 8-18 through delivering comic book creation and guided reading sessions in safe, inclusive and indiscriminate community venues.
Comics 180! is a newly created BBC Children in Need funded project that will engage young people with disabilities within the Liverpool area to create, design and publish original comic books and zines regarding their disability status, salient community issues and topics of interests that are important to them. The organisation is currently recruiting for the following posts:
Leader in Charge
Salary: £22.5k pro rata
Hours per week: 20 hours per week
Job role entails:
Support and empower children and young people to develop creative avenues of interest to make and publish Comics about salient community issues
Lead the delivery of comic book creation and guided reading sessions to increase the self-esteem, educational attainment and literacy levels of children and young people
Effectively develop programmes of informal education, literacy and arts, supporting young people to attain AQA qualifications
Regularly consult with children and young people on providing regular activities, opportunities and formal and informal training to encourage engagement, improve confidence, develop skills and raise aspirations
Youth Worker
Salary: £20k pro rata
Hours: 15 hours per week
Job role entails:
Support the Leader in Charge in the delivery of comic book creation and guided reading sessions for children and young people with disabilities within Liverpool
Teach and demonstrate art techniques to make varied styles of comics through workshops
Develop publicity materials for the projects and update written contributions for the Comics Youth website, newsletter and social media presence
Choose and present a wide range of comics, graphic novels and manga in order to generate free-flowing conversation
Closing date: Monday 13 March 2017, 5pm
For job descriptions and details on how to apply, email comicsyouthliv@gmail.com or call Rhiannon Griffiths on 0752 536 9624.
Fundraising Regulation Consultation Event
Is your organisation up-to-speed with the recent changes to fundraising regulations? Are you aware of the new Code of Fundraising Practice that is expected to come into operation by the end of the year?
If the answer is “no” and you fundraise from the public, we are hosting an event that is a must for you. The Fundraising Regulator will be in Liverpool to discuss the proposed changes to be made to the Code of Fundraising Practice as set out in its current consultation. A range of topics will be covered in the presentation and Q&A session, including the Fundraising Ask, Third Parties and Disclosure (Solicitation) Statements.
The event takes place on Wednesday 8 March 2017, 12-1.15pm at 151 Dale Street. It is free to attend for voluntary organisations across the Liverpool City Region.
Interested in carnival, dance, music, costume making? Looking to work in the cultural sector? Brouhaha runs training for emerging artists, carnival makers, dancers, percussionists, festival producers and social media makers from across Merseyside.
Receive training and support over a six-month period. Be part of an arts team, volunteer and assist in the planning and delivery of local, national and international arts events and festival celebrations.
What is on offer:
Arts engagement
Digital and online platforms
Event management
Shadowing of artists
Community festival projects
Regional and national touring of carnival arts work
International mobility
Arts Awards Accreditation and/or Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management (Charted Management Institute)
For more information, contact Uma Ramanathan at uma@brouhaha.uk.com or call 0151 709 3334.
Liverpool Biennial Vacancies
Liverpool Biennial is currently recruiting for an Assistant Curator, Programme Assistant and PA and Operations Officer.
Assistant Curator
Salary: £20,388 – £21,955 (depending on qualifications and experience)
Hours: Full-time
Contract: Temporary contract until 30 November 2018
Liverpool Biennial is looking to appoint an Assistant Curator to join the team. The Assistant Curator will support the Programme Team in all aspects of the research, preparation, delivery, production, installation, maintenance and de-installation of the Biennial exhibition and year-round programme of talks, events, publishing and research.
The successful candidate will be educated to a degree level, organised and able to work to tight deadlines, and will have at least 2 years’ experience in a similar role.
Closing date: Monday 27 February 2017, 12noon
Interviews: Friday 3 March 2017
Programme Assistant
Salary: £17,261
Hours: Full-time
Contract: Temporary contract until November 2018
Liverpool Biennial is looking to appoint a Programme Assistant to join the team. The successful candidate will work with the Programme Team to provide administrative support, ensuring that deadlines are met and all aspects of programme administration are accurate and up to date.
Experience of working in an arts organisation would be a distinct advantage, but the ideal candidate is someone able to learn quickly, remain calm under pressure and be able to prioritise and show initiative. You should also have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be very organised.
Closing date: Monday 20 February 2017, 12noon
Interviews: Week commencing 27 February 2017
PA and Operations Officer
Salary: £20,388 – £23,524, depending on qualifications and experience
Hours: Full-time
Contract: Permanent
Liverpool Biennial is looking to appoint a skilled PA and Operations Officer to join the team. If appointed, you would undertake PA duties for the Director and work closely with the Executive Director to support the delivery of the artistic programme and the management of the business. You will also contribute to the successful delivery of company objectives through supporting the provision of effective HR services, facilities and administration.
Experience of working in an arts organisation would be a distinct advantage, but the ideal candidate is someone able to learn quickly, remain calm under pressure and be able to prioritise and show initiative. You should also have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be very organised.
Does your organisation have volunteering opportunities for groups of young people to get involved?
Can Do Merseyside is part of the registered charity Leonard Cheshire Disability. It is a community-based volunteering programme that supports young disabled people aged 16-35 in their local community to develop their skills, provide new experiences and promote their independence by participating in a variety of projects and by playing an active role in their community.
The project is looking for organisations in Liverpool and Greater Merseyside that young people from Can Do can get involved with either as a one off activity or a short term project. This could be any type of volunteering as long as it is worthwhile, interesting and also enjoyable.
The young people will be volunteering as a group and will come with any necessary support, all they need is some interesting projects to get involved in so that they can support their local community and help make a difference.
If you think you could benefit from having a group of eager and enthusiastic volunteers, get in touch with Fiona Villanova, Programme Coordinator of Can Do Merseyside, on 0775 343 0207 or email Fiona.Villanova@leonardcheshire.org.
Free Research for Organisations
Are you a voluntary and community organisation? Would you be interested in a research project to support your aims?
Interchange is a registered charity that connects Higher Education Institutions with voluntary and community organisations for the purpose of research and work-based learning research projects.
A work-based learning research project can provide assistance with a specific task planned by the organisation. It can provide evidence for organisations to assist with business planning, annual reports, funding applications, improving services and becoming more sustainable.
The students are third year students mainly from the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology within the School of Law and Social Justice at the University of Liverpool. Students will start with their organisation in September 2017 and produce a final report in May 2018.
There is no charge for the service but organisations should meet the basic travel expenses incurred by the students and to pay for the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) if required.
If you have any queries or would like to talk to the Interchange Co-ordinator before completing the forms, call 0151 794 2986 on Monday to Wednesday.
The project is mainly for charitable organisations in the Greater Merseyside area. Organisations from outside the area can be considered. Contact Interchange to discuss.
WHISC Vacancy: Fundraising and Supporter Officer
Salary: £9,710 per annum (NJC pay scale at SCP 25)
Hours: 15 hours per week, with a possibility of more hours, subject to additional funding
Contract: Two years, funded by Comic Relief
Women’s Health Information & Support Centre Ltd (WHISC) requires a Fundraising and Supporter Officer. This is an exciting opportunity to use your initiative and creativity to help develop and improve the charity’s strategies and learn sought-after skills in charity fundraising.
Main duties include:
Developing a fundraising strategy with the Manager
Research potential funding opportunities and make detailed applications
Establish clear systems and to ensure regular applications are made
Dealing with supporters, developing fundraising from supporters and recruit new supporters and advocates on a local level
Delivering training on fundraising
Using IT systems to monitor and report on services
Monitor all activities to ensure that they meet Equal Opportunities and comply with Health and Safety
WHISC provides a women-only service to vulnerable women. This advertisement meets conditions of the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1, Para 1, whereby the sex of the worker (female) is an occupational requirement.
You must have experience of writing successful funding bids, fundraising through supporter work, and of the voluntary sector. You must be educated to a level higher or equivalent.
Shelter Merseyside Information Resource Centre Services
Wired Vacancies
Initial Assessment and Casework Officer
Salary: £24,716 plus benefits
Hours: Full-time
Contract period: Maternity leave starting April 2017
Wired is a registered charity that provides a range of services to disabled adults, children, young people, parents and carers. WIRED has delivered the Wirral SEND Partnership service for many years and has recently secured the contract to deliver SEND IASS (Special Educational Needs and Disability, Information, Advice and Support Service) across Liverpool and Knowsley.
Liverpool and Knowsley SEND IASS is now seeking to appoint a pro-active, organised and efficient Initial Assessment and Casework officer with a proven track record of delivering high quality 1:1 work with families of children/young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. This is an opportunity to join an experienced and dedicated team. You will be undertaking the initial assessment and triage of parents and carers of children and young people with SEND. You will offer impartial information, advice and support via a telephone helpline, on-line and face-to-face. You will work to empower parents, carers and young people with SEND to make an informed contribution to decisions about their educational provision.
It is essential to have experience of work with parents of children/young people with SEND, experience of applying the Special Educational Needs and Disability agenda and relevant SEND legislation including the Children and Families Act (2014) and the Send Code of Practice 2015, and experience of working across, and with a wide range of partners and agencies.
The person appointed will need a high level of organisational and IT ability, and be able to manage their time efficiently. It is essential applicants have a full, clean driving license.
Salary: £19,494 per annum pro rata. For part-time this equates to an actual annual salary of £8,914 plus benefits
Contract period: 12-month rolling contract, subject to funding
Liverpool & Knowsley SEND IASS (formerly Parent Partnership) is seeking to appoint a dynamic and flexible Independent Supporter. In this role you will work 1:1 with parent carers of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). You will work to empower children and young people with SEND and their parents/carers by providing high quality information, advice and support over the phone, face-to-face and on-line.
It is essential to have experience of work with parents of children/young people with SEND or vulnerabilities, knowledge of the Special Educational Needs and Disability agenda and relevant SEND legislation, experience of working across, and with a wide range of partners and agencies.
The person appointed will need a high level of organisational and IT ability, and be able to manage their time efficiently. A full, clean driving license is essential so too is a willingness to work outside of office hours if there are scheduled events and meetings.
Positive Futures is a charitable youth organisation based in North Liverpool that works with young people to give them access to support, guidance and opportunities. The charity is currently recruiting.
Marketing and Communications Officer
Salary: £8.50 – £10.50 per hour, dependent on experience.
Hours per week: Part-time
Positive Futures is looking for a marketing and media savvy person to join our team and help celebrate the great work going on. You will be a confident communicator who enjoys using social media to communicate with young people and local organisations.
Working with Positive Futures’ Youth Development Workers and the Management Team, you will help to promote the work going on by Positive Futures in a variety of settings. You will also promote various opportunities with Positive Futures and local organisations across our website and social media handles. This role is expected to continue to grow our brand awareness using various digital marketing platforms. There will also be some copywriting required of the successful candidate to help secure as much external PR as possible.
You’ll have experience of updating and maintaining websites and will be happy to take the lead on keeping our website fresh and interesting. Adding new content such as news stories, case studies, photos, events etc. will all form part of your day-to-day duties. You need to be able to add flare and have the initiative to produce interesting content relevant to varied audiences. There will also be the opportunity to get creative and produce interesting and informative news stories and case studies to reflect Positive Futures’ work.
Closing date: Friday 10 February 2017
NCS Staff – Lead and Assistant Leads
Salary: £8.50 – £10.50 per hour
Looking for work this summer? Positive Futures is looking for staff for its National Citizen Service (NCS) Project. This includes summer residentials, workshop based activities, and using media to give young people a voice.
NCS workers need to be available for 4 week blocks of time over the summer period including some overnights.
Job role entails:
Working with children and young people to plan activities and events in their area
Working creatively with young people encouraging them to express their views and take control of their projects
Organising group activities, providing 1-2-1 support
Planning and evaluating activities
After completion of the summer programme, there is opportunity to join bank of staff for continued employment.
Closing date: Friday 27 February 2017
Voluntary Outreach Support Service Project Coordinator
Salary range within: £23,000 p.a.
Contract: Fixed-term, three years
Voluntary Outreach Support Service (VOSS) is a newly created National Lottery funded project that brings together five charities from North Liverpool to work collaboratively for the benefit of young people and the wider community, which will include detached street based intervention, group work and one to one support.
The post-holder will be to oversee the development and expansion of this new project and to ensure smooth running of the VOSS project though effective monitoring and evaluation.
Since the Skills & Opportunities Fund launched in 2015, the RBS group has given away almost £5 million to a total of 236 not-for-profit organisations that help people in disadvantaged communities to develop, create or access the skills and opportunities to help themselves.
NatWest awarded 183 of these organisations funding, totalling almost £4m to help support projects in communities in England and Wales, while the remaining 53 organisations were awarded funding totalling over £970k by Royal Bank of Scotland and Ulster Bank, to help support projects in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland respectively.
This year, there will be a few changes to the fund.
The Fund is all about giving communities the opportunity to have their say on what matters to them locally. So, instead of having one overall £1.25 million group Fund per round, the pot is now divided to create three individual funds to allow us to focus on what’s important in our local communities. The NatWest Skills & Opportunities Fund will be allocated £1m per round to award to projects in the NatWest community, covering England and Wales.
Some of the criteria used to award the money will also change. Not-for-profit organisations can still apply for up to £35k to support projects that help people in disadvantaged communities. However, the focus will now be specifically on projects that help people to start or develop a new business, now or in the future, as well as on projects that help people to become financially capable. Helping people to gain the skills they need to turn their lives around helps to build better communities for everyone; and when we build stronger communities, we all grow.
If you have a new or existing project in mind that could use a funding boost of up to £35k, then head to the NatWest Skills & Opportunities website for full details of how to apply. Don’t forget to check out the new entrance criteria.
Application deadline: Friday 24 February 2017, 12noon
Public vote: open from Friday 21 April to Friday 5 May 2017
Announcement of winners: Tuesday 6 June 2017
Development LAB – Call out for Applications
Metal is looking for disabled and non-disabled practitioners to take part in an intensive research and development LAB. These four day workshops are aimed at artists (from all artforms) that work with the body, movement and dance; or are curious to explore with others these themes.
The Metal LAB format is a facilitated work space for artistic enquiry, offering opportunities for exploration, reflection, conversation and risk taking. Led by disabled dance artist and Associate Producer at Metal Kate Marsh, the development LAB’s are all about exploring ‘the in-between’ – the space that sits beyond the binary of the ’normative’ and ‘othered’ body. The sessions will act as stimulus and springboard proposing new ways of seeing, new ways of moving and new ways of being together.
Each LAB will also be supported by a cohort of guest speakers and mentors. Those confirmed include: Luke Pell, Clare Cunningham, Dan Daw, Martin Forsberg, Dinis Machado, Scottee and Caroline Bowditch.
After the LAB, attendees will be supported to develop R&D proposals for new commissions based on their research. The artists will be invited into residence at Metal to develop their ideas further supported by a commissioning fund. The resulting collaborative works will be shared locally, showcased at the Southbank Centre (London) and will form part of a new national symposium in 2018 in partnership with the Centre for Dance Research at Coventry University (C-DaRE) to coincide with Unlimited.
The TUC has launched an online survey to expose the everyday reality of racism faced by many Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) workers in the workplace.
This is the first time that the TUC has carried out a survey of this kind and hopes to get a large response from workers who have experienced or witnessed racism in the workplace.
People do not have to be in a union to complete this survey. The information provided will be treated in confidence and the survey can be completed anonymously.
Liverpool Club Survey for Sport and Physical Activity
Liverpool City Council Sports Development is working with Merseyside Sports Partnership to create a survey to gain an understanding of voluntary clubs in Liverpool.
Liverpool Sports Development recognises that voluntary clubs make an invaluable and positive contribution across Liverpool. Clubs not only provide opportunities to be active for all, but also make a significant contribution to the community, in a variety of ways.
Through taking the time to complete this survey you will not only be helping to establish a local picture of voluntary club provision, but also providing vital intelligence on the needs of your club.
The information obtained from this survey will enable Merseyside Sports Partnership to produce a report on behalf of Liverpool Sports Development which can be used to provide:
Understanding the current structure, characteristics and attributes of the voluntary club sector
Influence the services and support available locally in order to meet the development needs of voluntary clubs
Action: provide Liverpool Sports Development with the evidence base, upon which to ensure that the voluntary club sector continues to receive the dedicated support, resources and investment required, now and in the future
The Liverpool Voluntary Club Survey has been split into 4 sections, which ask about your club in general, the workforce that supports your club, your clubs’ sustainability and what your clubs’ support needs and priorities are. The links to each section of the survey are below:
Please ensure each link is shared with the relevant personnel at your club that would be best placed to provide the information required for each respective section of the survey. Please be aware that if you are completing a section of the survey online the software will not allow you to return to the form at the point where you leave it. In the event that you leave the survey half way through it will require you to start again from the beginning.
Each survey section is independent of the other sections, which means you can complete each section at different times, so not necessarily all of them during one session.
This survey is open until Friday 3 March 2017 at 5pm.
As a thank you, all completed surveys will be entered into a prize draw to win £100 to be spent on your club. There are 10 prizes are up for grabs.
New Website Launches
AIM Access & Inclusion Matters is a new Community Interest Company based in Liverpool. Its objectives are to enable inclusion and create opportunities. The services and products that are being developed will all focus on helping create inclusive opportunities for disabled people.
As a social enterprise AIM works with charitable partner Phab Ltd, to provide social and leisure opportunities for disabled people and their family and friends.
The organisation’s social responsibility model will enable the company to reinvest profits into running Phab Liverpool projects. For more information, visit www.phabliverpool.org.
Tesco Bags of Help Grants
On 5 October 2015 carrier bag charging began in England, bringing it in-line with carrier bag charging schemes already in place in the rest of the UK. As a result, Tesco, like other large retailers, is required by law to charge a minimum of 5p for every single-use carrier bag used by a customer. Proceeds generated from the sales of the bags will be given to good causes.
Grants up to £5,000 are available to support community participation in the development and use of open spaces. Projects that will get the green light as a result of the funding will include volunteer training, physical improvements of open spaces, equipment purchases, community events and sports and leisure activities.
The Central Liverpool area currently has a very low number of applications and any applications submitted by 5 February 2017 will likely be considered for funding in March. When applying, associate your project with one of the Tesco Stores in the city centre – doing this will help your project go through to funding earlier than is likely if outlying stores are used.
Imagine Independence Vacancy: Head of Service (Lancashire & Cumbria)
Salary: £38,000 p.a.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Imagine Independence is a charity with a positive approach to mental health, which works to promote opportunities for people to live a full and independent life.
Imagine require a highly skilled and experienced Manager to establish services in Lancashire in line with The National Transforming Care Agenda. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience of working and managing services for people who are described as having a Learning Disability and/or Autism who display challenges including those with a mental health condition.
The post will include overseeing management of Imagine’s Cumbrian Services including Supported Living; Extra Care and Specialist Employment Services. The post holder will provide out of hours management support (as part of a rota) at a rate of £30 per night. Imagine’s services are delivered to an extremely high standard, strongly underpinned by Social Inclusion and Personalisation.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
If you want to join a high achieving organisation you will find a job information/application pack at www.imagineindependence.org.uk.
Completed application forms are to be returned by no later than the closing date/time either by email to kmason@imaginementalhealth.org.uk or post to:
Imagine Independence
25 Hope Street
Liverpool
L1 9BQ
CVs are not accepted.
Closing date for applications: Monday 13 February 2017, 5pm
Interviews: Wednesday 22 February 2017 in Liverpool, however this date may be subject to change
Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton is on the Move
Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton’s Liverpool head office is moving on 16 February from 5 Sir Thomas Street to The Poppy Centre, 179 Townsend Lane, Clubmoor, Liverpool L13 9DY.
The Sefton Office at 8-10 Hoghton Street is closing on 14 February. New premises are yet to be finalised.
Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton decided to sell the head office building at Sir Thomas Street and move into the Poppy Centre. This is to ensure that the money saved goes directly into providing vital charitable services for older people for many years to come. Because the head office team is quite lean, it will only occupy a part of the Poppy Centre, so the centre will continue to function as a vibrant social and activity centre for local older people, with no disruption to the current or future service users.
The Sefton office was coming to the end of its lease and the charity hopes to find new, more cost-effective premises.
Apart from moving offices, everything else will remain the same, so if you want to contact us or want to access any Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton services, you can get in touch as normal:
All Liverpool services can be reached on 0151 330 5678
Liverpool Community Advice Vacancy: Charitable Grants and Money Management Worker
Hours: 17.5 hours per week
Salary: £22,212 pro-rata, actual salary £11,105
Contract: Fixed-term until 31 October 2017
This project is in conjunction with Liverpool Mutual Homes (LMH). Liverpool Community Advice wishes to appoint an individual to make charitable trust applications on behalf of LMH tenants who are experiencing financial hardship.
You will have experience of providing advice together with knowledge of debt and financial capability work and a commitment to the aims and principles of the CAB service. The service will be provided to LMH tenants at local housing offices, the bureau and by home visits.
Closing date for applications: 5pm Friday 3 February 2017
Interview date: Tuesday 14 February 2017
The Reader Organisation Vacancy: Communications and Development Internship (2 Posts)
Hours: 21 hours per week (flexible)
Remuneration: Travel expenses paid
Contract: February to May 2017
You will be part of a small group of interns working together to gain valuable work experience whilst helping a dynamic charity develop.
Successful candidates will be offered a good range of opportunities for personal and professional development. This internship will offer you the best value and experience on a range of tasks including:
Marketing and Communications: Assisting in the planning and implementation of marketing and communications activity for The Reader’s Shared Reading groups nationally and the refurbishment of Calderstones Mansion House, the Headquarters in Liverpool. This could include writing press releases, blog posts and eflyers, contributing to social media channels, updating web content, designing posters and leaflets and event planning
Lead and manage the development of a micro project that seeks to create a digital archive of the Calderstones Refurbishment project. This could include researching community history, writing engaging content and collating records from events and projects
Development Prospect Research: using funding portals and desk research to find potential growth opportunities and working with the team to support the application process
Horizon Scanning: Researching current affairs, policies and campaigns and to ensure the team is aware of the latest news and events
Applications and Bids: Supporting the team and gaining experience in writing funding applications and project bids
Database Management: Using Microsoft Dynamics, work with the team to ensure the organisation, contact and lead database are kept up-to-date and suggest ways the organisation can make the most of this data
Admin / Office Skills: Assisting with the day-to-day running of the office
Skills and personal qualities required:
Excellent written and oral communication skills, good telephone manner
Good IT skills, including familiarity with Office applications and online/social media resources
Good organisational skills, creative thinking and a passion for literature
Flexible, self-motivated and hard-working individual who will work well in a dynamic and creative team in a fast-moving environment
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and click on the ‘Working with Us’ tab to view the full job description and to download an application form. Complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to eameeboden@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline for applications: Tuesday 7 February 2017. Applications arriving after 9am will not be considered.
Health Equalities Group Looking for Trustees
Leading north west health charity Health Equalities Group is looking for new trustees.
Health Equalities Group is a public health collective started in 2005 consisting of the registered charity Heart of Mersey and two social enterprises – HM Partnerships (Community Interest Company) and the European Healthy Stadia Network (Community Interest Company).
Its influence and impact over the last twelve years has been significant, working as one of the key health agencies to introduce smoke-free policies to Liverpool ahead of national legislation in 2007, coordinating the North West’s own anti-obesity programme (Food Active), and establishing a health partnership with UEFA which has resulted to high profile projects at EURO 2012 and 2016.
The charity is continuing a period of growth and development as it aims to increase its social impact across the North West region and its influence both nationally and internationally. As part of the plans, Health Equalities Group is seeking new trustees with skills in a variety of areas. The Board of Trustees currently includes preeminent figures from cardiology, local authority finance, human resources, Directors of Public Health, the charity sector and medical law.
In addition, Health Equalities Group would like to make the charity more diverse to reflect the communities it serves and hopes to add the following personnel and disciplines to the already experienced Board of Trustees:
Business leaders – individuals with a strong set of business skills. You will have high level experience in at least one of: business planning, diversification, operations, commissioning, performance metrics and social business models
Individuals with a background in PR, Marketing or Communications to bring your skills to bear in honing the public image and campaigns of the Health Equalities Group
Individuals with strong financial planning and/or accounting skills to help ensure that Health Equalities Group develops and succeeds in the coming years, with direct input to the finance committee
Fundraising – to bolster this as part of the future strategy. You will have experience in fundraising, the creation of funding strategies, measuring impact and social value and garnering sponsorship and corporate support
Legal – the charity is particularly keen to secure a new trustee from a legal background who would be able to support the charity in navigating legal issues relating to HR issues and organisational change, but also intellectual property law
In return for a commitment of attending four trustees meetings per year and occasional sub-committee meetings, you will be part of an ambitious, growing organisation that is delivering public benefit through research, programmes, campaigns, lobbying and advocacy.
You will be joining and supporting an organisation that is recognised at European-level for its work on tackling health inequalities. You will also be able to act as an ‘Ambassador’ for the group at events and ceremonies throughout the year.
Where possible, you will be offered professional development opportunities and the opportunity to be included in the press and publicity of Health Equalities Group’s work. Reasonable expenses will be reimbursed.
If you are interested in applying for a trustee position with Health Equalities Group, send your CV and a one page letter illustrating why you are interested in the role, how your skills and experience are aligned to the areas of expertise we require, and how you will add overall value to the Board. Send to Alexandra.Holt@hegroup.org.uk.
For any initial enquiries, contact Health Equalities Group chair, Julia Purvis, on 0151 702 5554 or email Julia.Purvis@pss.org.uk.
Deadline: Monday 6 February 2017
Interviews: Mid-February
£18,000 Website Grants For Charities
The Transform Foundation has announced the launch of the 2017 funding round of its Charity Website Grant Programme, which will be providing £18,000 grants to charities to fund the redevelopment of their website. If you are a charity interested in receiving funding to redevelop your website, go to the Transform Foundation website for more information on the grant programme and how you can apply.
The Transform Foundation is a charity that provides grants and other resources to the charity sector to fund innovative digital projects. The Charity Website Grant Programme forms part of their wider efforts to support the charity sector in effectively making the transition from traditional forms of fundraising and service delivery towards more digitally focused models.
The 2017 funding round follows the successful pilot funding round in 2016 which funded the development of websites that have already gone on to raise hundreds of thousands pounds online for the successful applicants.
The grant is principally aimed at any types of charities with annual incomes between £500k and £30m, although smaller charities with ambitious plans for digital can also apply. Larger charities will also be considered for specific project or fundraising sites.
To apply for the grant or find out more details on it, visit the Transform Foundation website at www.transformfoundation.org.uk.
Vacancies for Volunteers in the Magistracy
Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace for Merseyside
If you are a person of integrity, have common sense, the ability to listen to both sides of an argument and make decisions, and you want to give something back to the community, apply to become a Magistrate.
Magistrates do not need to be legally qualified or have any experience, as training is provided. All you need is a willingness to voluntarily serve in court at least 13 full days a year.
The youth rights movement starts here! Pioneering local charities 42nd Street and YPAS have launched a major initiative aimed at empowering young people to use their rights to address social injustice.
Young people facing a rising tide of housing, money and mental health problems all too often encounter creaking public services that aren’t responsive to their needs and that fail to uphold their rights. Young people complain of being fobbed off by council departments that were established to protect them, shut out of mental health services, exploited by employers, singled out for benefit sanctions – and ignored when they try to speak up.
Arguably, no previous generation has experienced a greater need for the skills to navigate ‘the system’ as part of negotiating a successful path to adulthood. Yet few young people are aware of their rights, how to assert them or where to go for advice.
A partnership of funders and leading youth advice charities has come together to pioneer an innovative approach. Make Our Rights Reality (MORR) will:
Educate young people about their rights and responsibilities and how to tackle their everyday problems
Support young people to work collectively in their communities to address social injustice
Establish a national campaign network of young people speaking up for their rights
42nd Street in Manchester will be working with Young Persons Advisory Service in Liverpool to deliver MORR in this region.
Simone Spray, Chief Executive of 42nd Street in Manchester, says: “Navigating complicated but essential health, social and welfare systems can be so complicated. By teaching Public Legal Education, young people will become better equipped with the tools to not only navigate these systems, but also to realise their rights and influence future developments and I am particularly excited about how this approach can help shape services for young people in the new political era of Devolution.”
Monique Collier, Chief Executive of Young Persons Advisory Service (YPAS) in Liverpool, says: “YPAS in Liverpool is excited to embark on this innovative MORR partnership journey with our colleagues from 42nd Street in response to the nationally recognised gaps of young people not being aware of their rights within a hierarchical system that impacts on their empowerment. Our North West hub will evidence what young people require in order to exercise their rights to address social justice by providing support and education.”
PSS is looking for trustees who are full of enthusiasm and driven to support the organisation continue to develop innovative ideas.
There are many changes taking place in the third sector as a whole and in this specialist area, and PSS is looking for people who can help the charity to navigate its way through. People who can help PSS make the most of any opportunities that come its way but at the same time being mindful of the challenges it faces.
The roles require a time commitment of, on average, half a day per month. This generally includes attendance at Board meetings and sub committees along with meeting prep, visits to the services as well as Board development and strategic planning events. The meetings generally take place in the late afternoon to ensure minimum interruption of the working day.
An image can tell us what a thousand words may never manage to portray. Photography is embedded in our everyday lives and continues to be one of the most powerful tools of communication. With photography at our finger tips, how and what do we want to say?
Launching in February 2017, PhotoStories is a new website bringing together the work of communities and professional photographers, exploring and sharing the world around them in a powerful and sometimes challenging way. The website showcases PhotoStories created throughout Open Eye Gallery’s current Culture Shiftsprogramme, as well as inviting the public to upload and share their own narratives.
Culture Shifts works with 10 national and international photographers embedded in communities across 7 areas of Liverpool City Region. It aims to support communities to explore their stories in a way that is meaningful to them. By co-authoring stories that reflect people’s identity, interests or lives, we hope to inspire, surprise or challenge a wider audience to participate through the new PhotoStories website.
“4 billion photographs per day are uploaded onto social media. Photography is now as important as text or verbal communication in the stories we tell about our own lives,” says Sarah Fisher, Executive Director, Open Eye Gallery.
Once users have registered to PhotoStories (it’s free!), they will be able to upload their own visual narrative of 3-15 images. The website is designed to host your own online portfolio of unique PhotoStories, with features to support you to think about the way you select and curate your own digital exhibition of images. Individual photo stories can be ‘liked’ and shared by other visitors to the website. A series of guest curators, photographers and communities will choose stories to be featured in the ‘Editors Choice’ section of the site.
As part of the overall Culture Shifts programme, Redeye, the Photography Network continue to work with local community champions to deliver training sessions on framing images, selecting and uploading photographs. Videos from the training sessions will be uploaded to PhotoStories to inspire a wider public to engage with photography and the new website.
When the website launches in February 2017, projects from across Culture Shifts will be available to view.
Liverpool based photographer Tadhg Devlin has been working in collaboration with the SURF Dementia network group to raise awareness of the disease, supported by Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
A number of young people’s groups from across Sefton, including an LGBT group and Youth Parliament group, are working with photographer Colin McPherson to explore the identity of young people in the area.
Birmingham based photographer Andrew Jackson, in collaboration with practitioner Darryl Georgiou are working with the people behind the public face of the “Granby Four Streets” community in the Toxteth area of Liverpool.
Communities in Northwood, Kirkby have come together to work with photographer Tony Mallon to address what it means to live and be from the area.
Photographer Stephen King and the local community connected to St. Helens Pilkington Glass factory are re-imagining and reanimating this site of industrial significance.
Working with photographers Gary Bratchford and Robert Parkinson, communities across Halton CCG (Clinical Commissioning Group) explore barriers to health and wellbeing, and how photography can challenge pre-existing fears.
London based photographer Maria Kapajeva challenges perceptions of who exactly the women of Wirral are, bringing women from different backgrounds, ages and domestic circumstances together to celebrate what it means to be a woman from this area.
PhotoStories is currently being developed in partnership with Liverpool’s Red Ninja. All images are uploaded to PhotoStories under a creative commons license.
Citizens Advice Knowsley has a vacancy for a Financial Capability Worker, funded through the Big Lottery’s Improving Financial Confidence Project, providing a service to the residents of Knowsley.
Ideally, with a background in training or advice work, preferably finance related, the successful candidate will be expected to work to strict quality assurance standards and be willing to undertake a professional training and development programme.
Previous experience in financial capability work is not essential as full training will be provided.
Knowsley Citizens Advice Bureau operates out of three main advice sites in Kirkby, Huyton and Halewood, in addition to providing services at other community venues.
Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
For further details or an application pack, contact recruitment@knowsleycab.org.uk or call 0151 477 6023. Please note CVs are not accepted.
Closing date for applications: Friday 10 February 2017
Interviews: Week beginning 20 February 2017
R Charity’s Great Wall of China Sponsored Walk
Trekking along the Great Wall of China is one of the great classic adventures, giving you an insight to an incredible country and an amazing people. Dominating the scenery to the north of Beijing, the Great Wall of China is one of the most outstanding structural feats ever completed by man.
Construction started in the 5th century BC and at its peak stretched for over 6,000km, up to 7m high and 7m thick with 25,000 battlements. This trek will give you the opportunity to experience and marvel at one of the wonders of the world.
R Charity is raising £10m to ensure that the New Royal goes beyond even the NHS promise of care. The plan is to invest in the latest high-technology equipment for diagnoses and treatments, concentrating on 10 areas of excellence that will benefit every single patient, family and friend entering the doors of the New Royal. R £10m appeal will help to give Merseyside the Royal it really deserves.
Participants at this trek are asked to take on a challenge that will require you to trek for five consecutive days along the Great Wall of China. You will be in China for this demanding yet culturally rewarding challenge from Monday 25 September to Wednesday 4 October 2017. This can be exhausting, so to make the most of the experience, you will need to be reasonably fit or a regular walker!
The cost of this adventure is £1,700.
If you are interested in taking part, and for more details, contact R Charity on 0151 706 3153 or email fundraising@rlbuht.nhs.uk.
Rotunda Community Campus Guide 2017
Rotunda promises a legendary warm welcome and positive atmosphere at their centre in Kirkdale.
The charity has issued its 2017 Community Campus Guide, featuring:
Do you work hard to bring a little warmth to your community? Are you committed to bringing people together and spreading a little cheer? It is always important to support communities and projects that go above and beyond to help people. That’s why United Utilities has developed the Bring Warmth Award to recognise those making a real difference to lives in Cumbria, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.
In 2017, the emphasis is on Communication, Cohesion and Cheer. Awards of £500 are available to five projects/groups that communicate important messages to everyone in the community, bring different parts of the community together, that tackle social isolation and that generally bring a smile to the faces of local people. Whether it’s outreach, training, workshops, tea dances, food banks, support sessions, home visits, community arts or something else, the aim of the award is to help you carry on the good work and reach out to more people.
Greenbank Vacancy: Working Futures IAG and Placement Officer
Salary: £19,939 – £22,434
Hours: 40 hours per week; with possible evening and weekend work
Contract: Funded until 31 August 2018
This post is to deliver the Working Futures Programme. You will work as part of a team to recruit Working Futures participants, establish employer contacts across Merseyside and support the establishment of work placements for Working Futures participants. You will also ensure placement providers meet health and safety requirements and provide appropriate training and development opportunities for participants matched to their learning needs.
Greenbank is an Equal Opportunities employer and applications are particularly welcome from disabled people. The successful candidate will be asked to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The Florence Institute Trust Vacancy: Business Development Manager
Salary: £30,000 p.a.
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday (evenings and weekends may be required subject to the business needs)
Contract: Fixed term until June 2018
The purporse of this role is to establish the Florrie as an accredited learning and training organisation and secure training contracts that will deliver new services and contribute to the long term sustainability of the Florrie.
The charity’s vision through Power to Change funding is to develop a training facility that will generate surplus income through the development of the existing café and catering facilities that will support other youth and community programmes throughout the Florrie.
You will be responsible for delivering specific outputs and outcomes, creating training places and other learning opportunities.
All applicants must send a CV and no more than two A4 pages, explaining
why you would be the ideal candidate for the vacancy, to Finance and Admin Manager Beverley Forde at bev@theflorrie.org.
Interviews: Thursday 26 and Friday 27 January 2017
Tony Okotie Leaves LCVS
The Trustees of LCVS are regretfully announcing that we have accepted the resignation of our Chief Executive, Tony Okotie. Tony has worked hard for the organisation and we would like to pay tribute to his leadership over the past three years as well as wishing him well for the future.
Graham Wright, Director of Finance and Resources, and Colin Heaney, Director of Development and Programmes, are taking on a joint leadership role for the organisation on a permanent basis, supported by the current Senior Management Team.
This management structure reflects the Trustees’ aim to sustain stability within LCVS, and ensure continuity in our partnership working. It is designed to provide a strong collaborative basis for the future development of the organisation’s role and its response to the evolving needs of the wider Voluntary and Community Sector.
£115,000 Waste Prevention Fund for Merseyside and Halton Community Groups
A share of £115,000 is up for grabs to help make the region a cleaner and greener place.
The funding has been made available for Merseyside and Halton community and voluntary groups, schools, faith groups and not-for-profit organisations, who can reduce household waste, encourage recycling and resource re-use, and prevent carbon emissions.
The money is coming from the Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority and Veolia Community Fund 2017/18, which has been running annually since 2006.
The impact of the 2015/16 Fund saw 10 projects deliver 71 full time equivalent jobs (created or safeguarded), participation by 253 volunteers, 24,256 people directly engaged, 680 tonnes of waste material diverted from landfill and £68,000 of equivalent landfill costs avoided.
Chairperson of Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA), Councillor Graham Morgan, said: “We’ve made this money available for new and existing projects which can have an impact on their local community and make Merseyside and Halton a cleaner and greener place for us all to live and work.
“Giving groups the opportunity to get involved in looking after their environment can only bring benefits to all and can help us appreciate items as valuable resources rather than something which otherwise might be just thrown away.”
Interested groups should complete and submit an Expression of Interest with MRWA. If applicants are shortlisted then they will be asked to fill in a more detailed Community Fund entry.
Successful applicants can be awarded up to £25,000 for schemes which operate across Merseyside and Halton, and £8,000 for projects which work solely at local authority level.
Projects will have eleven months to deliver their schemes and will be expected to get started in May.
Organisations interested in this year’s Community Fund can:
Deadline for submission of expression of interest: Wednesday 1 February 2017
Savera UK Vacancy: Administrator
Salary: £17,714
Hours: 37.5 per week
Contract: Full-time, fixed term contract (three years subject to funding)
Savera UK is a Merseyside-based charity tackling domestic abuse within the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities, with a focus on harmful practices that include forced marriage, honour based violence and female genital mutilation. The charity aims to meet the diverse cultural needs of the BME communities through funding received by the Women and Girls initiative, of the National Lottery.
The primary purpose of this position is to coordinate the day-to-day responsibilities of Savera UK to ensure the charity delivers a high standard of service. This will include coordination of finance and supporting fellow staff members to meet all the requirements of service to clients.
The post holder will work as part of Savera UK’s team, they will be Liverpool based, but will required to work across the Merseyside and Cheshire areas. A Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS) will be required for this post.
Savera UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages all sections of the community to apply, in particular BME groups who are under-represented in the workforce.
To apply for this post, email info@saverauk.co.uk or telephone 0151 708 6588. An information pack will then be sent to you.
Closing date: 5pm on Friday 27 January 2017
Interviews: Tuesday 7 February 2017
£80m Life Chances Fund Opens for Applications
Organisations working on projects to support young people and early years development can now apply for top-up funding from an £80m fund to support social impact bonds and payment-by-results.
The Life Chances Fund was launched in July, and will support local public sector organisations to commission social impact bonds and other payment-by-results contracts involving “socially-minded investors”.
Social impact bonds involve public sector bodies agreeing a payment-by-results contract to deliver social outcomes with a charity or other social sector body. Delivery of the service is then funded by a social investor, who takes a cut of any payout, but loses out if the delivery is unsuccessful.
The Life Chances Fund will commit additional money alongside the public sector contractor. It is designed to help where a SIB can deliver savings to many public bodies, but no one agency can realise enough savings to make a PbR contract worthwhile.
The Life Chances Fund covers six themes. Two – young people and early years – are open for expressions of interest today. Two more – drug and alcohol dependency and children’s services – have now closed to expressions of interest. They were open between July and September last year.
Call outs for the remaining two themes – healthy lives and older people’s services – are expected in June this year. Some £30m was earmarked for tackling drug and alcohol dependency. The remaining £50m has been split across the other themes.
Applicants need to submit an expression of interest and will be invited to make a full application if successful.
Deadline for expressions of interest: Tuesday 28 February 2017
Greenbank Vacancy: Learning Coach/Support/Personal Care Worker
Salary:£16,772 – £17,891 pro rata, 70% of full time
Hours:28 hours per week
Contract:Permanent, term-time only
The post holder is responsible for supporting students during education/vocational learning sessions and work placements and for providing on course assistance/support to tutors during sessions. You will also be responsible for some personal care needs including feeding, use of toilet, changing, hoist, etc.
Can Do Merseyside is part of the registered charity Leonard Cheshire Disability.
Can Do is a community based volunteering programme which is person centred and supports young disabled people aged 16-35 in their local community to develop their skills, provide new experiences and promote their independence by participating in a variety of projects and by playing an active role in their community.
Can Do delivers taster sessions and one-off activities as well as Building Communities programmes, a longer term project where participants can gain a City & Guilds qualification. All activities that are delivered are based upon themes relating to personal development or the community and are fully funded by the Can Do project.
Can Do Merseyside is looking to develop partnerships to work with local groups, organisations and colleges that support young disabled people in this age range.
if your organisation is interested, contact Programme Coordinator Fiona Villanova at Fiona.Villanova@leonardcheshire.org or call 07753 430 207.
Directory of Social Change Vacancy: Researcher
Salary: £18,000
Contract: One year
Directory of Social Change (DSC) is the leading provider of information and training for the voluntary sector. DSC publishes an extensive range of research based products including websites, books and reports covering subjects such as fundraising, bespoke research commissions, sector trends and analysis.
As part of the research team based in the Liverpool office, you will be required to collate information, analyse data and communicate research findings on a variety of research projects for publication in DSC’s books and reports, and also to maintain online databases. As well as gathering information and data, you will also assist in identifying interesting trends and contribute to editorial content. You may also be required to assist with other projects as necessary.
This role will suit someone with good research skills who wishes to develop their experience as part of a small and very busy team.
To apply, email your CV and a covering letter to vacancies@dsc.org.uk. Please include the subject line ‘Researcher Position’.
Deadline for applications: Monday 9 January 2017
Interviews: Thursday 19th and Friday 20 January 2017
Liverpool City Council Contract: Self-Employed Independent Advocacy
The aim of the service is to provide an Independent Advocacy Service for Looked After Children to enable the Local Authority to fulfil its statutory duties under the Children Act 1989.
You will need to register on ProContract (The Chest) to be able to receive the opportunity. The documents will only be available on the portal (available via The Chest). Once you have registered you will need to go to the “My Activities” section on the home page of ProContract and follow the instructions as a supplier to enable you to return your submission.
Register your organisation on ProContract, go to suppliers’ area and click on “register free”.
Closing date for submissions: Tuesday 24 January 2017, 4pm
Hours: 35 hours per week. Some evening and weekend work will be required
Contract: Temporary (maternity cover)
Crisis is currently recruiting for a Volunteer Coordinator to develop a local volunteer strategy, in line with that national Volunteer and Member Involvement Strategies, ensuring the promotion of volunteering in all aspects of Crisis Skylight’s work, including direct services for members, raising the Skylight’s profile, local campaigns, fundraising and social enterprises.
You will be responsible for managing, developing and monitoring volunteer programmes, ensuring that volunteers have the best of experiences. You will work with the national Volunteer Manager in the implementation of the Crisis Volunteering Strategy and Business Plan.
The ideal candidate will have experience of coordinating volunteers and an understanding of volunteers’ motivations and the benefits they bring to Crisis. You will also have the ability to develop good working relationships with colleagues, volunteers and external partners and confident in providing advice and guidance to others around policy, procedure and good practice.
A satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service is required for this role. Crisis Skylight also works with young people aged 16 and 17 and so the DBS check will establish the successful applicant’s suitability to work with children, as well as vulnerable adults.
Deadline: Monday 16 January 2017, 11:59pm
Interviews: Thursday 26 and Friday 27 January 2017
Looking for an experienced media relations professional to help you publicise all the good things your organisation does?
Are you frustrated that you don’t get all the coverage you think you deserve in the press and media?
Merseyside-based Tom Walker, who has over 20 years’ experience of working as a journalist for the BBC and in managing media relations in the voluntary and public sectors, can help. Tom works on a freelance basis and specialises in developing a good rapport with reporters and by presenting your news to them in a way they like, can increase your exposure in the local and regional press and media.
As a visually impaired person himself, Tom fully understands the challenges people from marginalised groups experience when trying to access services and employment opportunities. Tom has worked with Henshaws Society for Blind People and is currently helping Bradbury fields to promote a year of activities to celebrate their 160th anniversary.
For an informal discussion or to find out more, phone Tom on 07843 443586. Alternatively, you can email tomwalker951@gmail.com.
Police and Crime Plan Consultation
Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside, Jane Kennedy, is currently consulting in advance of publication of a new Police and Crime Plan.
The Commissioner is required to maintain a Police and Crime Plan which shapes and informs the way policing and community safety is delivered across Merseyside. It sets out the priorities for Merseyside Police, and the way in which the Force will use its resources to deliver excellent policing for the communities of Merseyside. The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 sets out that local authorities and other criminal justice partners must have regard to the priorities in the plan, so the public’s views are sought.
The priorities in the current plan are that Merseyside Police should:
Prevent crime and anti-social behaviour
Provide a visible and accessible neighbourhood policing style
Tackle serious and organised crime
Support victims, protect vulnerable people and maintain public safety
However, since 2010, Merseyside has witnessed a sharp increase in the number of people killed or seriously injured on the roads. In 2015, more than 11 people died or were seriously hurt every week on Merseyside’s roads. The region also saw more pedestrians killed or seriously hurt than anywhere else in the country.
In comparison to Greater Manchester, Merseyside’s road safety is particularly poor. Pedestrians are almost twice as likely to be killed or seriously injured at a rate of accidental death or injury of 43.45 per 100,000 of population compared to 28.7 in Manchester. Cyclists are also almost twice as vulnerable, at a rate of 21.02 out of 100,000 compared to 10.58. Equally, those over 60 years old face a similar risk, at a rate of 118 per 100,000 compared to nearly 60 in GMP.
The Commissioner is therefore considering adding ‘working in partnership to improve road safety’ as an additional priority.
You can take part in an online consultation here until Monday 16 January 2017. Alternatively, you can write to Rt Hon Jane Kennedy, Police & Crime Commissioner for Merseyside, Allerton Police Station, Rose Lane, Liverpool, L18 6JE.
Crisis Skylight Merseyside Vacancy: Arts Coordinator
Salary: £24,766 pa pro rata (£30,958 full time equivalent)
Hours: 28 hours per week
Contract: Maternity cover
The Arts Coordinator will plan a programme of arts activities/classes that will enable homeless and vulnerably housed people to develop their creativity, confidence, self-esteem and inter-personal skills. The Arts Coordinator will manage and support part-time and sessional tutors delivering the programme as well as delivering classes in their own specialism.
You will work closely with the Skills Coordinator to embed functional skills into the Arts programme where appropriate. Key to the success of the programme will be strong partnership working with both arts and homelessness organisations across Merseyside.
You will be based in Liverpool with services delivered in partners facilities across Merseyside; so access to own transport is essential. Some evening and weekend work will be required and time off in lieu will be given in accordance with Crisis TOIL policy.
The role involves working with vulnerable adults and young people and so a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required.
To apply, visit the Crisis online recruitment portal either via CrisisNet under ‘Organisation’ or go directly to the Online Recruitment Portal.
Deadline for applications: 11:59pm on Wednesday 11 January 2017.
New Procurement System to Help People into Work
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) intends to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to procure Work Focused Activities in the Jobcentre Plus Districts in England, Scotland and Wales.
DPS is a new electronic system for setting up and maintaining a list of suppliers and offerings from which provision can be procured and offers a number of commercial and operational advantages for both the buyer and potential suppliers, compared to traditional contracting methods and it supports DWP’s commitment to making government contracts more accessible for Small and Medium Enterprises.
We run a range of events and training opportunities to help people involved in voluntary and community groups in Liverpool to network, share, gain new ideas and learn new skills.
We have now issued our 2017 programme, featuring a number of new training courses on key topics such as volunteer recruitment, safeguarding and stakeholder consultation. We hope that there is a course or an event that interests you and helps you in your work – whether that is as a paid member of staff or volunteer.
If there is something you would like to see that is not available, do let us know. We will do our best to include it in future programmes!
Are you a young woman aged 16-19 years old? Do you live in Liverpool? Would you like to become a peacebuilder? Are you interested in resolving conflict in your community?
Young Women for Peace will run from March to May 2017 in Liverpool. The course is free to attend, and participants will receive a Level 1 Open Awards qualification.
The course will cover the following topics:
Critical thinking skills
Self-awareness and identity
Conflict resolution
Understanding extremism
Public speaking, dialogue and debating
Establishing a network of leaders
Young Women for Peace will consist of local sessions in Liverpool, followed by a residential at the Peace Centre in Warrington. The structure has some flexibility to cater for the availability of the participants.
The course is run by the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace. It was founded by the parents of 12-year-old Tim Parry and support by the parents of 3-year-old Johnathan Ball who were tragically killed as a direct result of the IRA’s 1993 bombing of Warrington. The Foundation works nationally and internationally for peace and nonviolent conflict resolution.
Liverpool Biennial is currently recruiting for a Curator and Sponsorship and Events Officer.
Curator
Salary: £24,047 – 30,319 (depending on qualifications and experience)
Hours: Full-time
Contract: Permanent
Liverpool Biennial is looking to appoint a Curator to join the team. The Curator will work closely with the Director and Freelance Curator in the development and delivery of the Biennial exhibitions. They will also commission and curate works for a wide range of settings including the public realm.
The successful candidate will be a graduate, ideally with a Masters degree in visual arts, and will have 5 years’ experience with large-scale events or exhibitions, as well as experience of working in an international environment. They will also have editorial experience and experience of managing publications.
Closing date: 12noon, Thursday 12 January 2017
Interviews: Week commencing 23 January 2017
Sponsorship and Events Officer
Salary: £20,388 – 24,047 (dependent upon qualifications and experience)
Full-time
permanent contract (flexible working arrangements may be considered)
Liverpool Biennial is currently seeking a Sponsorship and Events Officer to join the team. Self-motivated and goal-oriented, you will identify, target and cultivate prospective revenue and funding streams to support the Biennial, maintaining and developing relationships with our existing supporters, as well as organising and facilitating promotional events.
This is an exciting chance to be part of a creative and dynamic organisation creating some of the most interesting projects in Britain, such as Sir Peter Blake’s dazzle commission for the Mersey Ferry in 2015, and the UK’s festival of newly commissioned contemporary art every two years. You should have a passion for the arts, and, whilst sector experience is not essential, you should have real enthusiasm and the ability to engage people in the Biennial’s work.
In 2016, local cancer support charity Sunflowers trialled a new service, the Life Beyond Cancer Day Retreats. These were seven separate events of learning around healthy living, including mindfulness, breathing techniques, nutrition information and light exercise, especially designed for people affected by cancer.
In 2017, Sunflowers is relaunching the day retreat under the new name Get Well, Stay Well. Cancer patients, survivors and carers are now invited to sign up. These are free events (returnable booking fee applies) on the following dates:
Sunflowers is looking for community organisations based in North Liverpool to provide a suitable venue for the day retreats later in 2017. If you can help, use the contact details above.
Helping to Improve the Health and Wellbeing in Your Community
Do you enjoy talking to people? Would you like to engage with people in the community to help them to be involved in the designing local health services, getting peoples opinions heard?
You can volunteer in a range of activities that are taking place throughout Liverpool.
You can also review health information that is given to patients and the public to make sure that it is easy to read and understand, or that is has been translated properly into different languages and meets the different cultural needs of Liverpool’s diverse population. Heathy Liverpool are also looking for people with different language skills to help do this.
Created by carers for carers, TIDE – Together in Dementia Every Day – is a national involvement network for carers and former carers of people with dementia, hosted by Life Story Network CIC. A core principle of TIDE is how we value, respect and support carers and former carers of people living with dementia. Using lived experience, TIDE enables a diverse range of carers to have a powerful collective voice, which raises awareness of their unique needs and rights, ensuring that these influence practice, policy and research at all levels
The initial phased roll out of TIDE will cover the Liverpool City and Manchester City Regions and has been funded by the Big Lottery – Accelerating Ideas Programme.
There are now two vacancies.
Business Development Manager
Salary: £30,000 – £35,000 per annum, dependent on experience
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Initially 12 months; with potential to extend, dependent on achievements from this initial phase of TIDE
A member of the Executive Management Team, you will work closely with the Chief Executive, Chair and Board Members to provide strategic leadership for the development of the LSN and for TIDE. You will take the lead role in securing commissions for the business, using learning from successful projects to follow up appropriate leads. You will have overall responsibility for programme monitoring and co-ordination and for data collection and analysis. You will balance the need to drive for new business with adherence to our values, ensuring that people who are vulnerable and their carers remain at the heart of what we do.
You will be educated to degree level or equivalent, with a background in Programme management, which will include writing bids and proposals, data collection and analysis as well as proactively developing and sustaining multi-agency partnerships. You must have experience or an understanding of dementia and the emotional and practical challenges that families experience.
Qualifications in Health, Social Care or Housing and PRINCE2 or equivalent are advantageous although not essential.
Closing date: Thursday 12 January 2017
Interviews: Thursday 9 February 2017
Finance and Resources Manager
Salary: £25,000 – £28,000 per annum, dependent on experience
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Initially 12 months, with potential to extend, dependent on achievements from this initial phase of TIDE
As Finance and Resources Manager you will play a key role in supporting the smooth running of the office, managing systems and providing financial information to support the organisation’s activities. You will have specific responsibilities in financial planning, managing financial systems, budget forecasting and supporting fundraising activities for both the LSN and TIDE. As well as regular reporting on financial matters, key tasks will include seeking out funding opportunities, costing up proposals and developing a fund raising strategy.
You will be educated to degree level or equivalent, with project Management PRINCE2 or equivalent, as well as recognised accountancy or book-keeping qualifications. You should have experience of working in a similar financial management role in either a paid or voluntary capacity, using systematic accounting systems (paper and electronic).
You will also have proficient budget management, profiling and forecasting skills and be able to produce budgets and management accounts. Excellent IT skills and knowledge of MS Office applications and knowledge of the health, social care and housing sectors and how they work are essential. Experience of using customer relationship management systems would be an advantage.
Closing date: Monday 30 December 2016
Interviews: Early January
For a job description and person specification for either role and for further information, contact Julie McManus, Business Support Manager, at julie@lifestorynetwork.org.uk or on 0151 237 2669.
20 Stories High Vacancy: Participation Manager
Salary: £23-£25,000
Hours: Full time
Founded in 2006, 20 Stories High has established itself as one of the leading young people’s theatre companies nationally, and has won a series of prestigious awards and commissions.
20 Stories High tours to theatre venues and community spaces, delivers commissioned projects and runs a range of participatory activities. It is part of the Arts Council’s National Portfolio of funded organisations, and a registered charity.
20 Stories High is looking for an experienced individual who will take a lead on the management of the participation programme and the wellbeing and safeguarding of young people. They will feed into the planning, strategic development and management of 20 Stories High and report to the Executive Director.
The Participation Manager will lead the Participation Team (comprising of the Participation Support Worker) and work closely with other staff, freelancers and young people.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Experience of engaging young people from excluded communities in arts activities
Excellent organisational and project management skills including the ability to manage multiple priorities in order to meet deadlines
At least two years experience of managing arts projects in a third sector organisation
Up-to-date knowledge of legal requirements relating to working with young people
Ability to engage and communicate with young people from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures and maintain discipline in a fair, friendly and firm manner
Excellent IT skills and knowledge
For a full job description, person specification and application form, or request the information from Tina Taylor at 20 Stories High, via email to tina@20storieshigh.org.uk or call 0151 708 9728.
Deadline for applications: 12noon, 9 January 2017
Police Commissioner Asks for Public’s Support to Make Region’s Roads Safer
Merseyside’s Police Commissioner is asking local people and other agencies for their support in making the region’s road safer.
Jane Kennedy has launched a region-wide consultation asking people for their views on her existing policing priorities for Merseyside and is specifically asking whether they back her proposal to make ‘improving road safety’ a new priority for the region.
Since 2010, Merseyside has witnessed a sharp increase in the number of people killed or seriously injured on the roads. In 2015, more than 11 people died or were seriously hurt every week on Merseyside’s roads. The region also saw more pedestrians killed or seriously hurt than anywhere else in the country.
The consultation is at the heart of the Commissioner’s work to produce a new Police and Crime Plan. Jane is required by law to produce a Plan, which shapes and informs the way policing and community safety is delivered in the county. The Plan sets out the clear priorities on which the Commissioner and her partners will focus their work and the ways in which Merseyside Police will use its resources to deliver excellent policing for the communities of Merseyside.
Jane’s current plan was created in September 2015 and runs until March 2017, when she will release a new report which will cover until March 2021. Her existing priorities are to:
Prevent crime and anti-social behaviour
Provide a visible and accessible neighbourhood policing style
Tackle serious and organised crime
Support victims, protect vulnerable people and maintain public safety
Now the Commissioner is asking local people if these are still the right priorities for the region or if there are any other emerging issues that they feel should be addressed. She is holding a six-week public consultation which will run until Monday 16 January 2017, with the aim of seeking the views of local leaders, partners and members of the public on her existing priorities and asking whether they believe improving road safety, or any other issue, should be added as a fifth priority.
Jane said: “Merseyside’s Police and Crime Plan is a really important document, so it’s vital I take everyone’s views into consideration before changing it. I want to make sure it reflects the views and concerns of people across the county.
“My existing priorities were based on the consultation I did before and after being elected in 2012 and the ongoing consultation which I carried out continuously during my first term of office. This feedback provided the foundations for the Police and Crime Plan for Merseyside. Now I have the mandate from the public to serve a second term, I believe it’s the right time to take a fresh look at the Plan and make sure these priorities still echo the expectations and wishes of local people.
“I have become increasingly concerned about road safety in Merseyside. More pedestrians die or are seriously hurt on the roads in our region than any other part of the country.
“Last year 585 people either lost their lives or suffered serious injuries on our region’s roads – that equates to more than 11 people every single week. Any death or serious injury on our roads is one too many and 11 a week is simply unacceptable. Each and every one brings suffering and misery to those who are involved, their families and friends. Lives are broken and futures destroyed, yet many of these collisions are avoidable.
“I believe it is time that, in conjunction with all my community safety partners, we concentrate on tackling this issue to prevent other people needlessly losing their lives on our roads.
“What I want is to hear the views of local people – is improving the safety of roads a priority for you too?”
Jane is inviting people to have their say on her #MyPriority consultation via a short online survey or by attending one of the six community roadshows that will be held across the region. Details of these will be released shortly.
Members of the public are also invited to have their say via Twitter using the hashtag #MyPriority and the Commissioner’s twitter handle @MerseysidePCC.
Jane added: “I would urge everyone to join the conversation and help to finalise the priorities I’m setting for policing and community safety in Merseyside.
A range of stakeholder engagement events will also be held to seek the views of partners. The Police and Crime Plan is a living document which is continuously reviewed to ensure it continues to accurately reflect local priorities. It can be refreshed at any time.
People are asked to visit www.merseysidepcc.info/my-priority.aspx to share their views by Monday 16 January 2017. Alternatively feedback can be emailed to info@merseysidepcc.info or sent to Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside, Rose Lane, Allerton, Liverpool, L18 6JE.
UpRising Leadership Programme
If you are aged 19-25 and want to transform your community for the better, you might want to join the UpRising Leadership Programme.
The Leadership Programme is a nine-month part-time programme that fits around work, study or other commitments. You will:
Learn about how change is made on a local, national and global level, from the companies and individuals who are doing it
Run your own social action campaign on an issue that you care about
Meet and build relationships with the UK’s most senior leaders
Visit national organisations and businesses
Be individually matched with a coach and professional mentor
This programme is for you if you are aged 19-25, and live, work or study in Bedford, Luton, London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester or Stoke-on-Trent.
The programme will offer you:
Tools to shape and achieve your goals
Skills to make a difference
Confidence to reach your potential
Boost to your career prospects
Chance to meet like minded people
Local and national visits to different institutions
The modern, purpose built Meeting House is admired by many room hire customers for its’ pleasant atmosphere. This is a vital role in a small team committed to maintaining high standards.
Duties include cleaning according to assigned list, reporting any maintenance issues, setting up rooms. Applicants need to have experience as a cleaner, two good references from previous employers and be physically fit.
Meeting House Assistant
Pay rate: £8.25 per hour
Hours: Evenings, 6-10pm, weekends 9am-5pm
This is a zero hours contract operated by mutual agreement. Shifts to be covered are circulated to Meeting House Assistants at the beginning of the month and are allocated according to availability.
Key tasks include:
Preparing rooms for customers and clearing rooms at end of session time
Cleaning café area and rooms as required
Informing facilitators about fire procedures
Greeting customers and directing them to their rooms
Ensuring groups have all required for their meetings
Reception duties including answering the phone and taking messages and bookings
using procedures outlined in Meeting House Assistant Manual
Supporting contracted staff to manage health and safety and security of the building, staff and users
Applicants must have reasonable availability (able to undertake minimum of 8 shifts per month) be able to manage physical aspects of the job and have a pleasant manner which upholds Quaker values of peace and equality.
Two references are required at least one of which should be from a recent employer.
Both roles are subject to a probationary period and are subject to a trial shift. Successful applicants will be paid for this shift once employed and on pay roll.
Liverpool Ramblers has issued a programme of winter walks during the time period of 19 December 2016 to 3 January 2017. The free winter walks take place around Merseyside that are open to everybody. Each walk will have a leader and the start of each walk can be reached by walking or public transport.
Relate Cheshire and Merseyside Vacancy: Communications and Development Intern
Hours: 2-4 days per week
Remuneration: Expenses paid
Contract: 4-6 months (flexible)
Relate Cheshire & Merseyside is offering an opportunity to gain practical experience communications and charity development, working with the strong Relate brand with support from a national marketing team, and getting involved in fundraising, research and other projects.
The successful candidate will work closely with the Chief Executive and the Marketing Intern to help implement a communications plan, and will also contribute to projects such as organising events, monitoring the impact of Relate’s work with clients, and helping to develop systems and infrastructure within the organisation.
To be considered for this role you must have excellent communication skills, strong administrative and organisational skills, and the ability to communicate and build relationships with a wide range of people. Relevant qualifications and/or work experience would be an advantage.
This role is subject to a Basic Check conducted by Disclosures Scotland (an office of the Scottish Government which is acting on behalf of the UK).
Hours: 21 hours a week, 3 days a week. Some flexibility may be required.
Contract: 1 year fixed term, with a 6 month review
The part-time Projects Assistant position in Capoeira for All is an exciting opportunity for someone to work as part of a rapidly growing sport-culture-arts-education organisation. Capoeira is an exciting and dynamic Afro-Brazilian art-form that combines elements of dance, martial arts, music, and play.
At the heart of the organisation is the belief and understanding that the practice of Capoeira and its ethos and values is a powerful tool for education, learning and development. The aim is to reach as many people as possible, taking the practice to places where the arts, culture, creativity and sport is least expected, and harnessing its transformative power for positive social change. All members of the team bring a unique approach to how the Capoeira for All CiC achieves its mission, and the organisation is looking for the right person to bring their energy, enthusiasm and passion to help it grow, develop and transform even more lives.
The main purpose of this post is to:
Take charge of general and project specific administration tasks, supporting managers and staff across a range of projects
Assist the organisation managers and support them to create balance of delivery across a range of projects, fundraising activities and client development strategies
Develop a familiarity with Capoeira for All’s community business model and processes of working, including its diverse range of projects, income streams and ways of working
Capoeira for All is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company established to explore and develop how the arts, in particular Capoeira, can significantly enrich people’s lives. It is a local, Merseyside-based organisation ran by highly qualified staff with extensive experience in the arts, education and over 20 years of Capoeira practice.
To apply, email your up-to-date CV and a cover letter detailing your suitability for the role, to akil@capoeiraforall.org by 23 December 2016, 12pm.
Candidates will then be invited to an interview on 4 or 6 January 2017.
For further information, contact Akil on 0782 137 2543.
Capoeira for All CiC values a diverse team and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
Charity Awards 2017
The 18th annual Charity Awards are now open for entries. Since 2000, the Charity Awards has recognised excellence in the leadership and management of charities. The Awards, which are free to enter, provide a perfect opportunity for you to propel your charity’s work into the spotlight, to influence policy-makers and funders and to boost the morale of your staff and stakeholders.
Visit the website to read about previous winning projects, browse our galleries, meet the judges and submit your entry.
Small grassroots community groups, including neighbourhood organisations, parishes and local voluntary groups, are set to get a direct funding boost of £2.5 million from the government.
The new Communities Fund is launched to help local people who are struggling to manage. It will be targeted depending on local pressures, and could be used to help those facing domestic abuse, to provide support for disabled children’s services or to support those facing long-term unemployment.
Alongside grants of £70,000 or more, grassroots organisations will benefit from expert advice from the local government sector, training from a ‘grassroots network’ and advice on evaluating the success of their services.
Hours: Zero hours contract (working pattern covers 9am – 7pm, Monday to Sunday)
Duration: 16 January – 30 April 2017
Based: Liverpool ONE exhibition space, Liverpool City Centre
The Reader Organisation’s Michael Rosen exhibition will be a creative environment in which children can feel thoroughly alive and creative. Books offer children a way to understand the world in which they live and the worlds inside themselves. The exhibition experience must adhere to the high level of excellence expected at site.
Key responsibilities:
Inspiring young people to love reading and to feel confident and relaxed in the company of books
Being a lively, engaging, enthusiastic presence in the exhibition, to encourage children to engage as fully as possible with the experience
Creating an exciting, stimulating environment in the exhibition, to encourage children to make meaningful connections with the texts
This may involve using props such as puppets, musical instruments and other items to stimulate creative play
Delivering curriculum-based workshops for school groups in the exhibition
Training and supervision in shared reading and safeguarding practice will be provided.
You must be willing to undertake a DBS check.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Working with Us’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to eameeboden@thereader.org.uk. Your covering letter is an opportunity for you to include any additional information which could not be explained within the application form. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline for applications: 12pm on Monday 19 December 2016. Applications arriving after midday will not be considered.
You will be notified if you are to be called for interview by Friday 23 December 2016. If you have not heard by then, you have been unsuccessful. Volume of applications may make replies to everyone impossible.
Interviews: Thursday 5 January 2017. You may be required to deliver a presentation or complete a task at the interview. If this is the case you will be informed of this when you are invited to interview.
Start Date: Monday 16 January 2016
Greenbank Vacancies
Sessional Drama Teacher
Salary: £30 per session fee
Hours: Term time Wednesdays, 1-2.20pm
Contract Type: Sessional
The purpose of this job is to deliver fun drama sessions to a small group of Greenbank College students.
Main duties and responsibilities:
Research and provide appropriate drama activity
Organise a weekly drama session during term time
Support students’ learning
Provide regular feedback on the session
Comply with all Greenbank’s policies and procedures
Learning Coach / Support / Personal Care Access to Work Programme
Training Allowance: £7.20 per hour
Hours: Up to 28 hours
Contract Type: Access to Work (Training Position)
This role is offered as part of the Access to Work Programme which offers supported work placements for Liverpool City Region residents facing barriers to employment and is part funded by ESF and YEI.
To be eligible to apply for the role, applicants must be aged 16-29, resident in Liverpool City Region and not currently in education, employment or training (NEET)
You will be responsible for supporting students during education/vocational learning sessions and for providing on course assistance/support to tutors during lessons. You could also be responsible for some personal care needs including feeding, use of toilet, changing, hoist etc.
Liverpool Lighthouse is an urban gospel music, arts and community centre located in Anfield, North Liverpool. It engages with a wide age range of disadvantaged groups in the community, raising their aspirations and equipping them with the tools to succeed.
The charity occupies the former Gaumont Palace Cinema building on Oakfield Road. The building has approximately 2000 m2 of multi-use space, including an auditorium, music and dance studios, conference and teaching rooms and offices.
Liverpool Lighthouse is seeking an IT service provider (not a sole trader) with experience in working with charitable businesses, to maintain and support the IT network and advise on its development.
Interested providers are invited to contact Liam Smith on l.smith@liverpoollighthouse.com or to call 0151 476 2342 (Tuesday to Thursday) for a fuller specification document and to arrange a visit to the premises.
Open Eye Vacancy: Digital Marketing and Communications Coordinator
Salary: £15,000 – £18,000 per annum (£18,750 – £22,500 per annum pro rata)
Open Eye is looking to appoint an exceptional Digital Marketing and Communications Coordinator to take the lead in achieving marketing, communications and digital development goals for the next phase of the gallery’s work, devising and rolling out activity across traditional and new media, to support the exhibition and public programmes, and develop a new membership scheme.
This role will have a strong emphasis on digital content writing, PR and paid social advertising.
The ideal candidate is a professional with a wide skill-set to support and communicate about the work we are doing. Enthusiasm and a positive approach under the pressure of small budgets and multiple deadlines are a must.
This role would suit a marketing professional or digital marketing/social media graduate with proven experience of digital content and social media.
Citizens Advice Liverpool Vacancy: Chief Executive Officer
Salary: £45,000 per annum (plus Employer’s Pension Contribution)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contact: Permanent
Citizens Advice Liverpool (CAL) is a newly formed charitable company, in the process of being established through the merger of 4 Citizens Advice organisations in Liverpool, which collectively deliver a full range of advice services across the City of Liverpool. CAL has been formed to continue and improve on the quality and effectiveness of advice services to clients in the challenging context of increasing demand and reducing funding.
The mission is to provide free, confidential and impartial advice and to campaign on the major issues affecting people’s lives. The aim is to provide integrated, quality, accessible and appropriate services across Liverpool and the region, helping everyone find a way forward, whatever problem they face.
Citizens Advice Liverpool is now recruiting for the challenging but rewarding role of Chief Executive Officer, to provide strategic vision and leadership to the operation and development of the organisation at a time of change, within the policy direction set by the Trustee Board.
Working closely with the main stakeholders, you will have a determined focus on delivering the very best quality advice service to the clients, using innovative, integrated approaches that enable the organisation to deliver better outcomes, more quickly and to higher standards.
The organisation’s dedicated team of staff and volunteers expect inspiring leadership of the highest quality. Reporting to the Chair and Trustees, you will be responsible for developing and growing our service to meet ever increasing demands, while maintaining the very best levels of service delivery and quality, within budget constraints. Excellent strategic, team leadership and change management skills are essential, as is proven experience of finances and funding, representational and HR management.
Citizens Advice Liverpool is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
For an application pack (CVs not accepted), contact:
For more information about the role, contact Alison Gibbon on 07722 663 250.
Closing date for applications: 12noon on Monday 9 January 2016
Interviews: Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 January 2017
Liverpool Community Advice Vacancies
Liverpool Community Advice (LCA) has opportunities for Advice Work Volunteers and Trustee Board Members.
As a direct result of the recent decision to reform Liverpool Central CAB by leaving Citizens Advice and joining Advice UK, the newly created Liverpool Community Advice has seen unprecedented demand for its vital help and advice services in the City of Liverpool.
Could you be the person who can add your skills to this vibrant organisation thus contributing to its progress and growth across Liverpool?
Do you have skills and knowledge in debt and money advice, housing advice, general advice and other social issues? Are you a proven performer in money raising, promotion and marketing, financial skills or HR?
Could you give some of your time as a frontline volunteer or Trustee with LCA thus adding to its continuing success and ensuring its future in being the most effective help and advice organisation in the City of Liverpool?
Should you feel you can make a difference to the wellbeing of Liverpool people, contact LCA to arrange an initial interview by emailing donnasullivan@liverpoolcommunityadvice.org.uk or call 0151 294 3041. Alternatively, by post or in person, 2nd Floor, 1 Union Court, Cook Street, Liverpool, L2 4SJ.
Writing on the Wall Vacancies
Writing on the Wall is looking for two new dynamic, creative people to join the team. The organisation has delivered a unique, cutting edge festival in Liverpool every year since 2000, and a range of exciting, innovative projects with diverse communities across Merseyside.
Project Manager
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £18,000
The post holder must be an energetic and experienced professional with strong organisational skills to manage and monitor festival and project partner organisations, staff and volunteers.
You must have experience of project management and delivery, and of working in partnership with other agencies to deliver successful collaborative projects.
It is desirable that you are educated to degree level, or equivalent qualification, and have experience of working in an arts organisation or an arts related industry environment.
Administrator and Social Media Editor
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £15,379
It is essential that you have experience of working in an administrative capacity and experience of social media and coordinating social media campaigns.
It is desirable that you are educated to degree level, or equivalent qualification and have experience of working in an arts organisation or an arts related industry environment.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a unique cultural organisation which inspires and supports individuals and communities to engage in creative learning and to create their own work.
Writing on the Wall is an equal opportunities employer, and values diversity in the workforce. Applications are positively welcomed from underrepresented groups.
Applicants will have excellent interpersonal skills and experience of working with a range of organisations and individuals on a professional basis. They will be a passionate advocate for diversity, community and creativity.
TIDE / Life Story Network CIC Vacancy: Administration Assistant
Salary: £13,000 – 15,000 p.a. pro rata, depending on experience
Hours: 28 hours per week, flexible Monday-Friday
Contract: Initially 18 months, with potential to extend, depending on achievements from the initial phase
TIDE is recruiting. Created by carers for carers, TIDE – Together in Dementia Every Day is a national involvement network for carers and former carers of people with dementia, hosted by Life Story Network CIC.
A core principle of tide is how carers and former carers of people living with dementia are valued, respected and supported. Using lived experience, TIDE enables a diverse range of carers to have a powerful collective voice, which raises awareness of their unique needs and rights, ensuring that these influence practice, policy and research at all levels.
The initial phased roll out of TIDE will cover the Liverpool City and Manchester City Regions and has been funded by the Big Lottery – Accelerating Ideas Programme.
The right candidate will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, a working knowledge of Microsoft Office and a qualification in Business Administration or similar would be an advantage, though not essential.
For job description, person specification and further information contact Julie McManus, Senior Administrator, at julie@lifestorynetwork.org.uk or on 0151 237 2669.
Closing date: Thursday 15 December 2016.
Interviews: Wednesday 4 January 2017
Lark Lane Pensioners Lunch Club Vacancy: Volunteer Cooks
Volunteer chefs are needed to help out with a pensioners lunch club at the Old Police Station on Lark Lane on a Tuesday and Friday. The current stalwart is 82 years old and would like to hand over to someone else and take a break.
There is a kitchen on site and volunteers would be paid expenses but the time and labour would be voluntary. The club work as a team to get the food ingredients in and have access to transport if needed.
Hours: Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 9am-4pm and Wednesday 1-4pm
Contract Type: Fixed Term 9 January – 14 July 2017
The purpose of this job is to meet the needs of deaf/hearing impaired students including communication support in and out of class to remove barriers to accessing learning.
The Reader Organisation Vacancy: Evaluation Visit Volunteer
Remuneration: Travel and postage expenses will be provided
Length of role: minimum six months
The Reader Organisation is looking for volunteers to visit Shared Reading sessions across your region to collect evaluation data. Sessions will last for approximately 1.5 hours.
The purpose of this work is to:
Help group members feel connected and listened to by The Reader
Help The Reader to build the case for Shared Reading
The required time commitment from you is minimum three to four hours per group visit (includes time inputting collected data). The number of groups will vary according to your region, but flexibility across days/times is essential. Groups will need to be visited at least once every six months, on a rolling basis.
You will need to visit groups in their usual settings, and so will be required to travel extensively across your region.
For further information, contact Jennifer Jarman, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, on 0151 729 2200 or email jenniferjarman@thereader.org.uk.
Shelter Merseyside
More than one problem? Shelter Merseyside has got it covered.
Whatever the issue, Shelter Merseyside can help with:
Information and resource centre, with guidance from a dedicated adviser
Debt and benefits advice
Legal advice
Housing advice
Family support services
Floating support services
You can drop in or make an appointment on 0344 515 1900 Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm. Shelter Merseyside’s offices are on the 3rd floor, Colonial Chambers, 3-11 Temple Street, Liverpool, L2 5RH. Email: merseyside@shelter.org.uk.
If you have an emergency housing problem, you can visit www.shelter.org.uk/advice for advice online, or call Shelter’s free housing advice helpline on 0808 800 4444; Monday–Friday, 8am–8pm or Saturdays and Sundays, 8am–5pm. Calls are free from UK land lines and main mobile networks.
Dress It Forward Project Needs Your Help
The Dress It Forward project consists of a group of women who recognise the barriers other women face in achieving their full potential in life, and work together through positive reinforcement and impact to help make a difference, one woman at a time.
The project offers a free dressing service for women who have secured interviews for work, volunteering or work experience. Women take away one outfit, which has been donated by women across the region.
The project is in need of the following items to support vulnerable women in our communities:
Workwear, shoes and handbags
Accessories.
Unopened toiletries and make up
Unopened sanitary products
Dried or tinned foods
Coat hangers, clothes and shoe rails
Items suitable for arts and crafts
The project is based in The Investment Centre, Stanley Road, Bootle, Liverpool, L20 3EF. Items can be dropped off in the reception area in the lobby.
For more information, email vicki@slwib.co.uk or text 0750 592 4986.
Bags of Help Grants Scheme
Grants of up to £5k are available every month to fund local projects.
Groups across the UK are being encouraged to apply now for a grant for local community projects, thanks to funding from Tesco’s ‘Bags of Help’ scheme.
‘Bags of Help’, a grants scheme funded by Tesco customers through the 5p carrier charge and administered by Groundwork, provides grants of £5,000, £2,000 and £1,000 for projects that use or provide access to outdoor spaces in communities.
Grants are available for all manner of groups including voluntary or community organisations (including registered charities/companies), schools, health bodies (e.g. CCG, NHS Hospital Trust, Foundation Trust), Parish/Town Councils, local authorities and social housing providers.
Since October 2016, the scheme has awarded £24million to communities across England, Wales and Scotland.
New Liverpool City Council Contract Opportunity – Self-Employed Independent Advocacy
The aim of the service is to provide an Independent Advocacy Service for Looked After Children to enable the Local Authority to fulfil its statutory duties under the Children Act 1989.
You will need to register on ProContract (The Chest) to be able to receive the opportunity. The documents will only be available on the portal (available via The Chest). Once you have registered you will need to go to the “My Activities” section on the home page of ProContract and follow the instructions as a supplier to enable you to return your submission.
To register your organisation on ProContract, click on this link, go to suppliers’ area and click on “register free”.
Closing date for submissions is Monday 12 December 2016 by 4pm.
Positive Action Workshop for Police Officer Recruitment
Merseyside Police is committed to developing a Police Service that is reflective of the diverse communities that it serves. In order to achieve this, the Police is proud to use Positive Action and have a dedicated Positive Action Recruitment Team and Ambassadors who will provide support and guidance throughout the application process to candidates from underrepresented groups.
Having a Police service that is reflective of the community will ensure that Merseyside Police achieves its aim of having a Police Service of skilled Police Officers and staff with the core values required to meet the highest standards and expectations of the public of Merseyside.
As part of the campaign to increase applications from underrepresented groups, Merseyside Police will be running workshops where you can get specific information about the role of a Police Officer, the application process and the competencies required by the Force to ensure all new recruits meet the highest standards and values expected. These workshops are aimed to attract, and offer support to, candidates from diverse backgrounds, in particular:
Ethnic Minority Groups – Asian, Black, Chinese, Polish etc.
Minority Religious groups – Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Buddhism etc.
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual (Sexual Orientation)
Transgender. Intersex ( Gender Identity)
The dates of the workshops are:
Tuesday 6 December – 6.30-8.30pm – Merseyside Police HQ, Canning Place
Wednesday 7 December – 10am-12pm – Merseyside Police HQ, Canning Place
Saturday 10 December – 10.30am-12.30pm – Merseyside Police HQ, Canning Place
During the workshop you will be provided with information on:
The role of a Police Officer
The recruitment process
Eligibility
Vetting
Fitness requirements
Training programme for student officers
Support is available under Positive action
Completing an application form
There will also be an opportunity to ask questions and network. By the end of a workshop potential candidates will have a better understanding of the role of a Police Officer and the recruitment process, ensuring they are well prepared to submit an application when the recruitment lines open.
If you are interested in attending a workshop, e-mail the Positive Action Recruitment Team, positive.action.team@merseyside.pnn.police.uk indicating which date you would like to attend.
Grand Ideas – New Fund for Community Groups
Compass Vacancy: Director
Salary: £38,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week (negotiable)
Contract: Full time, 12 months fixed term
Compass is a charity established nearly 40 years ago to offer free or low cost counselling to adults across the Merseyside area. It is a vibrant counselling community of qualified volunteer counsellors, supervisors and trainers.
The charity is recruiting a Director to lead the organisation and oversee all aspects of COMPASS services provision, namely:
Community Counselling Service
Workplace Counselling Contracts
Counselling Training, CPD events and conferences
Leading a team of staff and volunteers you will be responsible for the strategic development of Compass as well as the operational day-to-day running of the overall organization. Your vision is instrumental in deciding the future growth and expansion of Compass.
All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance, employment references and a six month probation period.
Compass seeks to make no discrimination on grounds of ethnicity, physical disability, politics, religion, sexual orientation, social status, or in any other area.
North West Air Ambulance is looking for support volunteers for its corporate fundraising team to help with:
Researching companies online in the North West
Researching companies that have Charity of the Year schemes
Compiling a list of potential companies to target
Contacting agreed companies to identify potential and garner opportunities
Investigating these companies by finding out when the partnership starts/ends, how charities are chosen, what the process is, who the responsible person is
Compiling information found on an excel spreadsheet
Creating a list of potential corporate supporters
For over 17 years the North West Air Ambulance charity has provided the rapid pre-hospital care needed to make a life changing difference. It operates three helicopters, flying 365 days a year with doctors and paramedics on board providing emergency medical treatment when time is critical.
If you would like to host training sessions specifically for your workplace, contact Viccie Hamlet to arrange bespoke training courses. Email viccie.hamlet@brook.org.uk.
The Reader Organisation Vacancy: Finance Manager/ Financial Controller
Salary: £25k – £35k
Hours: 35 hours per week (part time would be considered and flexible working patterns are available)
Contract: Permanent
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Financial Manager to join The Reader Organisation (TRO). TRO is looking for a special person who wants to put their financial expertise to use in an organisation that works hard to make a difference to people’s lives.
The Reader is a fast-growing social enterprise with a national and international remit that develops innovative shared reading-aloud groups in diverse communities across society. Head office is in Liverpool but there are teams in London, the North East, the South West, Wales, as well as a national prisons project in 6 locations, and franchises are developed in Belgium and Denmark. TRO is also about to embark on an exciting project to refurbish Calderstones Mansion House and re-house the Calder Stones.
This is an exciting opportunity for a practically minded individual with a flair for co-ordination, management and maintaining standards. You will have held a similar role in the commercial, social enterprise or charitable sector or be able to demonstrate how previous experience translates to this new role. You will need to be flexible and willing to work as a whole team to solve the problems encountered as the organisation grows. You may not have experience of all the elements of this role, but you’ll be able to demonstrate your adaptability and willingness to learn. You will value the opportunity to make the role your own and to bring your own leadership to this energetic and challenging area of work.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Working with Us’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to Eameeboden@thereader.org.uk. Your covering letter is an opportunity for you to include any additional information which could not be explained within the application form. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline for applications: 12noon on Wednesday 7 December 2016. Applications arriving after 12noon will not be considered.
You will be notified if you are to be called for interview by Monday 12 December 2016. If you have not heard by then, you have been unsuccessful. Volume of applications may make replies to everyone impossible.
Interviews will take place on Friday 16 December 2016 at Calderstones Mansion House, L18 3JB. Please note you may be required to deliver a presentation or complete a task at the interview. If this is the case you will be informed of this when you are invited to interview.
Role begins: As soon as possible thereafter.
Free Online Digital Skills Courses
Kensington Community Learning Centre (KCLC) has been offering free places on their Digital Skills workshops for people who are thinking of setting up in business, sole traders and employees of SME’s that have less than 10 employees.
The course has been designed and created by Google, one of the leading players in the digital world.
However, it is not always ideal for individuals to take a full morning or afternoon away from their business to attend a workshop here at KCLC. This is particularly relevant to community and voluntary sector organisations. As a result, KCLC is delighted to announce that it now offers free remote online access to all the course resources thereby enabling individuals to complete the course at a time and place convenient to themselves.
Whilst the course is available remotely, this does not mean that KCLC will no longer support anyone that hasn’t attended their workshop. For any questions about the course content, email info@kclc.co.uk. When doing so it would be very useful if you could specify how many units you have completed, and which of the lessons your question relates to, if applicable.
Claire House Vacancies
Running and Challenge Fundraiser
Hours per week: 37.5 hours
Salary: £18,000 – £22,000
Contract: Permanent
Based: Liverpool Fundraising Office or the Fundraising Centre, Claire House Children’s Hospice, Wirral
Claire House Children’s Hospice are looking for a Running and Challenge Fundraiser to join its busy and dynamic Events Team.
As a key member of the Fundraising Team, the post holder will have responsibility for the charity’s running and challenge strategy; developing and enhancing the calendar and increasing income incrementally over the coming years. The post holder will achieve growth not just in the development of activities, but also through the development of effective supporter care journeys that will engage supporters with the cause and ensure long term support is maintained.
The successful candidate will have responsibility for delivering a gross income target of £230,000 which will grow in line with the charity’s fundraising strategy and includes the following income streams; Running, Challenges, and Third Party Event Partnerships. This position requires the drive, enthusiasm and flexibility and will need an individual that can build effective relationships internally and externally in order to succeed.
Deadline for applications: midnight on Sunday 20 November 2016
First stage interviews: Wednesday 23 November 2016
Second stage interviews: Wednesday 30 November 2016
Contract: Initially six months for maternity leave cover
The post holder will manage all aspects of Claire House’s charity shop in Hunts Cross. You will ensure adequate and appropriate staffing, stock and systems are in place, in order to maximise shop sales and profits. This will be done in a manner which reflects the ethos of Claire House.
Deadline for applications: Friday 25 November 2016
Hours: 2-4 days per week for 4-6 months (flexible)
Relate Cheshire & Merseyside is offering an opportunity to gain practical experience in marketing and communications, working on the strong Relate brand and with support from an experienced national marketing team based in London.
The successful candidate will work closely with the Chief Executive to implement a communications plan that will raise the profile of RCM and promote its services. Key projects will include working with the local media, helping to organise events, and expanding use of social media.
To be considered for this role you must have excellent communication skills, strong administrative and organisational skills, and the ability to communicate and build relationships with a wide range of people. Relevant qualifications and/or work experience would be an advantage.
This role is subject to a Basic Check conducted by Disclosures Scotland (an office of the Scottish Government which is acting on behalf of the UK).
Citizens Advice Liverpool (CAL) is a charitable company, in the process of being established through the merger of four separate Citizens Advice organisations in Liverpool, which collectively deliver a full range of advice services across the City of Liverpool. CAL has been formed to continue and improve the quality and effectiveness of advice services to clients in the challenging context of increasing demand and reducing funding.
CAL is looking to recruit skilled and experienced individuals to join the Board of Citizens Advice Liverpool.
The charity is actively seeking people with the ability to take on the specific roles of Chair and Treasurer. A number of trustee vacancies are also available.
These are rewarding roles for the right candidates who will play a key role in establishing, developing and providing sound governance to CAL through an initial period of change and challenge, whilst also ensuring the future sustainability and strategic direction of the service. Please note that none of these roles are remunerated.
Chair position:
Expected to be a leader, spokesperson and ambassador for Citizens Advice Liverpool and to represent Citizens Advice Liverpool at external meetings and events where appropriate
Spend time outside of Board meetings developing their own knowledge and understanding of the local services and building strong relationships with stakeholders
You will have gained substantial experience as a Chair/Trustee or equivalent and possess the strategic skills to support the vision and future development of CAL
Treasurer position:
Guide and advise the Board in the approval of budgets, accounts and financial statements within a relevant financial policy framework
Ensure that all Board members have a clear understanding of their financial duties and responsibilities as well as the accounts presented and the implications they reveal
Trustee positions
You have strategic vision, independent judgement and a willingness to give time and commitment to being a Trustee of Citizens Advice Liverpool
You have legal, marketing and HR experience at a senior level
The aim is to achieve a more diverse Board of Trustees, so applications are welcomed from all sections of the community
For more information about the roles, contact Alison Gibbon, Vice Chair on 07722 663250. Please specify which Trustee role(s) you are applying for when completing the application form.
Closing date for Chair or Treasurer applications: Tuesday 6 December 2016
Interviews for Chair or Treasurer: Wednesday 21 December 2016
There is no specific deadline for Trustee applications but the aim is to fill these vacancies by 31 January 2017. All interviews will take place by arrangement with shortlisted applicants.
St. Bartholomew’s Court Nursing Home Vacancies: Trustees
St Helens and Knowsley Caring Association (a registered charity) has been caring for people in St Bartholomew’s Nursing Home for older persons since 1988 by working in partnership with local social and healthcare partner agencies.
The board is now looking for new trustees to provide the charity with good governance, monitoring and strategic direction to ensure the charity continues to provide its services to the communities it serves long into the future in an evolving care sector.
The board works with management to ensure that the charity fulfils the objectives defined in its constitution and acts in accordance with the charity’s vision and mission, and in compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements.
Having recently conducted a review of the skills and composition of the current board, new trustees are needed with skills and experience in any of the following areas:
The care and health sector, including regulation and clinical governance
Financial management
Fundraising
Business development, change management or strategic planning.
Leadership and governance
Human resources
Public procurement
Collaborative working with other third sector organisations
Whilst experience is important, it is equally important that new trustees share the passion, commitment and aspirations to deliver high quality care to those in need.
The trustee positions are presently unremunerated but reasonable out of pocket expenses will be reimbursed.
If you are interested in a trustee role, contact Yvonne Houghton, Company Secretary on 0151 480 5505 or email yvonne.stbarts@btconnect.com.
Estimated closing date for applications: Friday 2 December 2016
LCVS and the University of Liverpool Third Sector Research Group – One Year on
It’s a year since the University’s Third Sector Reseach Group launched the working partnership between LCVS and third sector groups within the city of Liverpool and beyond with the aim of improving understanding of the research needs of third sector organisations of varying sizes and the research interests and capacity of University researchers.
The first event held by the Group, ‘Knowledge Exchange and Collaborative Working: The Third Sector and the University of Liverpool’ was at The Women’s Organisation in October 2015 and attracted over 80 delegates. The keynote speaker was Karl Wilding, Director of Public Policy at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), who discussed the future research agenda for the sector.
In response to feedback from delegates, some of whom reported a lack of awareness around how to access the University and its significant staff and student resources, the Group held a ‘market-place’ style event at the University in April 2016, where they showcased various aspects of what the University can do for third sector organisations around the city and beyond. This included representatives from the Guild of Students, initiatives such as Interchange, the University’s Business Gateway and other aspects of University life including the Careers and Employability service and Alumni and Philanthropy.
During this event, visitors were able to chat with representatives from these key areas of the University to discuss common interests. It also provided an opportunity to network with other third sector groups.
The Group also organised a ‘Meet the Researchers’ series of early evening events, in which academic colleagues from around the University with research interests in the third sector have briefly and informally presented their ideas and this is followed by group discussion in order to tease out the key issues for the sector around each subject being examined.
The series began in May 2016 with ‘Perspectives on Social Value’ (Dr Jo Meehan and Dr Claire Moxham) and continued through the year with ‘Perspectives on Social Housing’ (Professor Warren Barr and Dr Jo Meehan) in June, ‘Perspectives on Social Health’ (Dr Lucy Frith) in July, and ‘Perspectives on Social Welfare Law’ (Dr James Organ and Dr Jennifer Sigafoos) in September. The final event in this series, ‘Perspectives on Social Research in End-of-Life Care’ (Dr Pippa Hunter-Jones and Dr Lynn Sudbury-Riley) was held in October 2016.
Feedback from the activity during this first year has been positive. LCVS is currently discussing with the University Third Sector Research Group how it can continue to build the relationship with the sector locally, and we are currently looking to develop a series of events for 2017 to build on this.
WHISC Vacancies
Women’s Health Information & Support Centre Ltd (WHISC) is recruiting for two posts.
Mental Health Worker
Salary: £24,174 pro rata (£13,814 plus 6.5% pension)
Hours: 20 hours per week, including regular working until 7 pm, and occasional weekend work
Contract: Funded by the Morgan Foundation until December 2019
The post holder will design and deliver a number of activities supporting women’s mental health and well-being.
Main duties include:
Developing and supporting groups and classes for women with mental health difficulties
Developing a telephone befriending service
Putting craft and exercise sessions in place
Managing and supporting a small group of volunteers
Recruiting and supporting participants
Monitoring, evaluating and reporting on course outcomes
Ensuring all activities meet Equal Opportunities and comply with Health and Safety
Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties is required. You must be educated to a minimum PTLLS Level 4, or other teaching/training qualification.
Tutor/Project Worker
Salary: NJC scale 28, £11,299
Hours: 16 hours pro rata
Contract: Funded by the ESF and the Skills Funding Agency until end December 2017
The post holder will deliver the ESF-funded DO IT Project on confidence building and employability skills.
Main duties include:
1. Planning, developing and delivering confidence building and employability workshops
Recruiting and supporting participants.
3. Working with WHISC team to support participants through volunteer placements
4. Monitoring, evaluating and reporting on course outcomes
5. Completing all project documentation.
6. Ensuring all activities meet Equal Opportunities and comply with Health and Safety
You must have experience in designing and delivering training. You must be educated to a minimum PTLLS Level 4, or other teaching/training qualification.
WHISC provides a women-only service to vulnerable women. Both posts meet conditions of the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1, Para 1, whereby the sex of the worker (Female) is an occupational requirement.
Contract: 12 months, pending confirmation of ongoing funding
Knowsley Disability Concern (KDC) is a charitable organisation providing a range of support services to help disabled people in Knowsley live independently and enjoy equal rights and full social inclusion.
KDC facilitates the Being Involved Group (BIG Group), a well-established self-advocacy service supporting people with learning disabilities to come together in small, local groups across Knowsley, to have their say and influence the way services are designed and delivered.
With a membership of around 100 people, the BIG Group offers opportunities for people to be involved, engaged and develop the skills they need to increase their chances to participate fully in society.
The Project Coordinator will organise and facilitate BIG Group meetings and coordinate the delivery of a new programme of learning and development activities. You will have experience of working with adults with learning disabilities individually as well as in group settings, and a passionate commitment to helping them develop their potential. A good understanding of self-advocacy practice and principles is essential.
The role calls for strong organisational and planning abilities together with excellent communication skills. A track record in supporting people to achieve individual learning outcomes would be advantageous. Applications from people with a disability are encouraged.
For an application form, detailed job description and person specification, email recruitment@kdc.org.uk, quoting reference LDPC1116, or download online.
For an informal discussion, contact Joyce Greaves on 0151 480 4090.
Closing date for applications: Monday 28 November 2016.
Sightline Vision Vacancy: Service Manager (North West)
Salary: £25,711 per annum
Hours: 30 per week
Contract: Until August 2019
Sightline Vision is a unique service delivering practical and emotional support to the blind and visually impaired community through a confidential freephone helpline. The helpline service is available to callers with any visual impairment, their families, friends and carers.
Sightline is recruiting to this position as a result of a successful Reaching Communities Grant application. The successful candidate will lead, develop and deliver the aspirations to ensure that Sightline is reaching even more people affected by sight loss both through the Helpline and a new Befriending service.
You will join a committed and energised team focused on ensuring that Sightline Vision North West has a positive influence on the lives of people affected by sight loss in the North West.This will be a busy, demanding and hands on role that will require a ‘can do’ attitude by the successful applicant. You must have drive, enthusiasm and project management experience.
The post will have its office base in Preston, but the role involves working away from the office, promoting Sightline’s Helpline and Befriending Scheme across the North West of England.
Liverpool City Council wishes to commission Community Support Services, Specialist Residential and Nursing Services, and Shared Lives for the following client groups:
Complex Dementia (residential and nursing care only)
Substance Misuse (including social care and physical health needs)
Younger people leaving care from foster placements (Shared Lives)
Young people in transition preparing for adulthood (Shared Lives)
People living with Dementia (Shared Lives)
Older People (Shared Lives)
The service is part of twelve main Lists, and each List is subdivided according to service type. Bidders if successful will be awarded an ‘Approved’ (Tier 2) status. ‘Preferred’ (Tier 1) status will be awarded only after service delivery performance has been assessed.
The full Application and supporting documents can be downloaded from The Chest. Your company will need to register on ‘The Chest’ portal to be able to receive the opportunity. The documents will only be available on the Chest (available via the Due North ProContract site).
Once you have registered you will need to go to the “my activities” section and follow the instructions as a supplier to enable you to return your submission.
Closing date for submissions is 12noon on Wednesday 30 November 2016.
ESF Community Grants Programme
Do you have an idea for a project in Merseyside or Halton to help the people from your community get back into work? Could your organisation make a real difference with a grant of up to £25k?
Funding is available to support activities such as:
Initial help with basic skills
Taster work experience including voluntary work
Training advice and guidance
Job search assistance
Confidence building and personal development
First contact engagement activities
Activities should engage people out of work from at least some of these priority groups:
People aged 50 and over
People with disabilities and health conditions
Single parents
People from ethnic minorities
Women
To be eligible for funding, your organisation must:
Be a constituted voluntary, community, social enterprise organisation, based or operating in Merseyside or Halton
Have been in existence for a minimum of 12 months, providing an annual report and published accounts
Not exceed a maximum £500k turnover per year or 10 full time equivalent staff, whichever is the larger
Pancreatic Cancer UK Vacancy: Community Coordinator (North West)
Salary: £23-26k according to experience
Hours: Full-time
Contract: One year initially, renewable if the project is successful
Location: Home based, with travel across the region
Pancreatic cancer is the tenth most common cancer in the UK, with 9,400 people diagnosed each year. For decades pancreatic cancer has remained on the side-lines, but things are changing. We’ve seen the start of positive change in treatment and care for pancreatic cancer patients. Today five year survival rates across the UK have increased from 3% to 5% – a long overdue increase but still far too low.
Pancreatic Cancer UK’s ten-year vision is to transform the future for everyone affected by pancreatic cancer.
The charity will work to increase research spend to a game changing £25 million, campaign for improved access to treatments, and better care for everyone with the disease. The charity will double the reach of its flagship service, the Pancreatic Cancer UK Support Line.
The purpose of this role is to be Pancreatic Cancer UK’s local representative in the North West, engaging with the community of existing and potential supporters.
You’ll work from home – so you will need to be well-connected for travel across the region. You’ll collaborate with a locally based Regional Nurse and work remotely with London based staff on a wide range of UK wide initiatives and campaigns. You’ll need your own car to drive around the area, making connections, disseminating information and coordinating volunteers and supporters.
You’ll be well organised, a natural networker and communicator, with good office administration and IT skills and some experience of volunteering or working with volunteers in a community based role. Experience of volunteering or supporting a cancer charity is very welcome, but most important is your commitment to our work, our ambitions and our values.
This is a great opportunity for you to build up support for a great cause. You will have the opportunity to learn and develop a broad understanding of our work as our local representative. Your reward will be the opportunity to be part of a growing organisation and to make a difference for all those affected by pancreatic cancer across the North West.
Citizens Advice Sefton is looking for an experienced Money Adviser to join its Money Advice Unit. Ideally, you will be an approved Debt Relief Order Intermediary, but if not then you should be willing to undertake the training required.
You will be joining a team funded by the Greater Merseyside Money Advice Project. You will be able to work under pressure and meet monthly targets designed to ensure that you help people in Sefton with complex debt problems.
Closing date for applications: Monday 21 November 2016, 5pm
Interviews: Tuesday 29 November 2016
Citizens Advice recognises the positive value of diversity promotes equality and challenges discrimination, and welcomes and encourages job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Charity Governance Awards 2017 Are Open for Entry
The Charity Governance Awards 2017 are now open for entry. These are the UK awards that recognise and reward good charity governance in charities both large and small. By shining a spotlight on the best of the sector, the awards will demonstrate how effective governance can transform a charity and even more, the lives of its beneficiaries.
The award categories are:
Board Diversity & Inclusivity
Embracing Digital
Embracing Opportunity & Harnessing Risk
Improving Impact – charities with 3 paid staff or fewer (including charities with no paid staff)
Improving Impact – charities with 4–25 paid staff
Improving Impact – charities with 26 paid staff or more
Managing Turnaround
Each of the seven categories offers a £5,000 cash prize.
You can enter online for free until 23.59 on 13 January 2017. The winners will be announced at the free awards ceremony drinks reception on 24 May 2017. You can follow the conversation via #charitygov17 .
The Charity Governance Awards are organised by The Clothworkers’ Company– a City Livery company that supports trusteeship initiatives – in partnership with charity think tank and consultancy NPC (New Philanthropy Capital), charity recruitment specialists Prospectus and volunteer matching charity Reach.
Crisis Skylight Vacancy: Receptionist
Salary £21,648 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week; some evening and weekend work will be required
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people, dedicated to ending homelessness by delivering life-changing services and campaigning for change. Crisis Skylight, the award winning and accredited education, training and employment services, offer practical and creative workshops with formal learning opportunities that lead to qualifications and finding work. In Merseyside, Skylight services are delivered mainly on an outreach basis in existing homeless and community facilities.
Crisis Skylight reception is based in a new office location in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool. This is a busy area where you will be dealing with Skylight members, homeless people seeking advice, staff, Crisis volunteers, visitors and a steady stream of deliveries. As you will be the first point of contact for many people, you need to be friendly, enjoy helping and be willing to learn about Crisis and the services we provide. You will also be expected to provide administration and housekeeping support relating to the facilities and customer service management led by our Skylight Coordinator.
The role involves working with vulnerable adults and young people and so a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required
Complete and submit your application on the portal by 11.59pm on Tuesday 15 November 2016.
Free Proposal Review and Feedback Surgeries
The LCVS Capacity Building Team has experienced and knowledgeable bid writers and we have the skills needed to make your application for funding more likely to succeed. However, we also recognise that the high demand from local organisations for support with their funding proposal is counter balanced by the fact that such support can be time-consuming and costly.
For this reason LCVS now plans to offer a small number of Liverpool based not-for-profit organisations the chance each month to have their funding proposal reviewed for free and to receive face-to-face feedback on their application.
To be considered for this service you must have a fully drafted proposal (and budget if applicable), that you are able to send to us at least one week before the scheduled feedback surgery and two weeks ahead of the deadline for submission to the funder. Please note that the number of proposals that we are able to review each month is extremely limited and we expect demand for the service to be high. As such, only proposals that have been fully worked up by the applicant organisation will be considered for review and we cannot guarantee that any proposal will be selected for appraisal and feedback.
To be considered for this service, please e-mail info@lcvs.org.uk with ‘LCVS Proposal Review Surgery’ on the subject line. Be sure to include the name of your organisation. If your proposal is shortlisted for review then you will be notified and asked to send us any relevant guidance/ supporting documentation prior to the review being undertaken. If you do not receive confirmation that your proposal has been selected, then please assume that it will not be reviewed.
Funding: Rehabilitation and Resettlement
Small grants of between £100 and £5,000, and large grants of over £5,000, are available from the Woodward Charitable Trust for charities with an annual income of less than £300,000.
Applications must be in support activities including: children and young people who are isolated, at risk of exclusion or involved in anti-social behaviour; rehabilitation and resettlement of prisoners and/or ex-offenders, and help for prisoners’ families; disadvantaged women; and community cohesion amongst minority groups.
The deadline for applications is 16 December 2016.
As part of Liverpool’s ambition to become the most active core city in the UK by 2021, Merseyside Sports Partnership is offering Liverpool employers a package of free support to help get your workforce more active.
Research shows that introducing physical activity initiatives within the workplace can reduce absenteeism by up to 20%, in addition to improving teamwork, communication, morale and supporting Corporate Social Responsibility.
Pledge your organisation’s support to the Liverpool Active Workplaces campaign and you’ll have access to:
Workplace Toolkit, that will provide information, signposting to sources of support and practical ideas that can be implemented within your workplace
Free staff training places on the Physical Activity Champion training course, which will help your employees to engage their colleagues in physical activity initiatives
Small grants programme to apply for funding to pilot physical activity initiatives in your workplace
Employee step challenge starting in January 2017, where employees can set their own step targets and count their steps towards their organisation’s total – who can be the most active workplace in Liverpool?
Sign up your organisation to join the programme by completing this online form.
Liverpool Active Workplaces is delivered by Merseyside Sports Partnership, commissioned by Liverpool City Council and NHS Liverpool CCG.
With 2017 almost upon us, LCVS is reviewing how we support the voluntary and community sector through what is proving to be a very challenging period. We are keen to hear from you about what support your organisation needs and how we should deliver it.
Whether you are just starting out or represent an established local organisation, your views will help us shape our services over the next 12 months and beyond so that the local sector can survive and thrive to help those most in need in our communities.
The survey should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete and can be accessed here.
If you’d like to speak to someone about this survey, please contact info@lcvs.org.uk or call the Capacity Building team on 0151 227 5177.
The deadline for responding to this survey is Monday 28 November 2016.
Those who take part in this survey will be entered into a prize drawer to win one free LCVS training place. We include optional questions regarding the name of your organisation and contact details for this purpose.
£125,000 Extra Funding for Heritage Ideas
Conserving, sharing and celebrating your heritage, memories and cultures in Scotland, North West and South West England
Crowdfunder UK, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, is working to help you get people involved with the heritage projects that mean a lot to you and those around you, such as the historic sites, places, buildings, cultures and traditions that are beloved of the people in your community.
The aim is to support heritage projects in Scotland, North West England and South West England that are looking to raise between £4,000 and £40,000. If your project fires up your community to pledge, you could get 25% of the project funded – up to £10,000.
To receive funding, projects must be also supported by at least five unique backers and use the ‘All-or-Nothing’ funding option only. Projects must be run by not-for-profit organisations with a formal governing document (constitution). You can be based anywhere in the UK, but your project must be based in Scotland, the North West or the South West of England.
YPAS Recruiting Experienced Practitioners for Parenting Training
Post: Parenting Practitioner (training post)
Salary: £22,937 (NJC scale 6; point 26)
Contract: Fixed-term (1 year). Secondments will be considered
Hours: 35 hours per week
The Young Persons Advisory Service (YPAS) is seeking to recruit professionally qualified practitioners who have experience of working with the mental health and emotional well-being needs of children, young people and families. This is an excellent opportunity that will allow for the undertaking of funded academic training and salaried for a one year period.
As part of Liverpool’s transformation planning and workforce development objectives of Children and Young Peoples Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYPIAPT) Liverpool’s CAMHS partnership is striving to increase access to evidence-based parenting interventions.
YPAS is a Liverpool based Youth, Information, Advice and Counselling Service, established in 1966. The charity provides a wide range of support and therapeutic interventions to address the mental health and emotional well-being needs of children, young people and families.
The training posts are aimed at Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and Registered Mental Health Nurses with 3 years post qualified experience to work as parenting facilitators, co-delivering 14 week parenting programmes across three Liverpool based Community Hubs.
The one year course will be split between training and clinical work. Subsequent to the successful completion of the fixed term training contract, applicants will be in a position to apply to vacant posts at YPAS.
The course provides a thorough and robust theoretical base with particular focus on the protocols with the soundest evidence. In addition to providing practical, intensive and detailed skills training to facilitate skill development to a defined standard of competency, the course aims to increase trainees’ knowledge base of theory and research in parenting training and promote a critical approach to the subject.
It aims to equip trainees to become skilled, creative and independent parenting training practitioners who appropriately value and adhere to treatment protocols with fidelity.
Closing Date: Friday 4 November 2016, 12noon
Interviews: Wednesday 9 November 2016
Post commences: 12 December 2016
Training commences: 9 January 2017
For an application pack, email recruitment@ypas.org.uk or for further information, contact Valerie O’Donnell, Senior Operational Manager, on 0151 702 6083 or email val@ypas.org.uk.
Nugent Care Vacancy: Trustee and Governing Body Member Positions
Nugent Care is one of the leading charities in the North West of England. The charity provides health and social care services to people of all ages
The charity is recruiting for a trustee (Ref: 6916/CEN) and two governing body members (Ref: 7016/CEN). These roles offer an exciting opportunity to contribute to the effective governance of Nugent by helping the organisation to achieve its mission.
Nugent Care is a diverse agency which is reflected in the Board of Trustees and Governing Body Members. Trustee applicants must have experience and qualifications in social work or health care. Governing Body Members must have ecumenical experience and a background in IT Management or Commercial Business Development.
All applicants should be committed to the concepts of Social Inclusion and Equality and Diversity.
Nugent Care recognises the value of Trustees and Governing Body Members to the organisation and therefore the commitment is four meetings per year and one day training. Other involvement is by mutual agreement.
Trustees and Governing Body Members are unpaid however expenses are reimbursed for meetings and other appropriate activities.
Closing dates for completed applications: Friday 18 November 2016
Interviews: Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 December 2016
Imagine Independence: Trustee Vacancy
Salary: Non-remunerated role; however, expenses will be reimbursed
Imagine Independence is a charity with a positive approach to mental health which works to promote opportunities for people to live a full and independent life.
The charity is recruiting board members who will demonstrate a passion and commitment to improving the lives of our service users: people with mental health issues, learning and physical disabilities, those leaving custody and older people with care needs.
Suitable candidates fit the following criteria:
Identify themselves as having lived experience of using Imagine’s or similar services. Board members are encouraged to be ambassadors for the charity’s work and to raise further awareness of the issues surrounding these groups of people
Have experience of operating at a strategic level and are committed to making a difference
Have professional knowledge and/or experience of this sector or services mentioned above
Have financial, development, fundraising or marketing skills
Applications are welcomed from all sections of the community, and a specific wish is to increase the diversity and skills mix of the board. Therefore, applications are particularly embraced from young people and from BME communities, as these are currently under-represented areas.
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
For more information and an application form, visit the Imagine website.
Completed applications are to be submitted by no later than 12noon on Monday 7 November 2016 by email to kmason@imagineindependence.org.uk or by post to:
The Reader Organisation is a social enterprise with a national and international remit that develops innovative shared reading-aloud groups in diverse communities across society.
HR People Manager
Salary: £20,000 – £22,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week. Applications for part time / flexible working are welcome
Contract: Permanent
This is an exciting opportunity for a practical and organised individual who has excellent people skills and is looking to further develop their HR career across a diverse HR environment that covers all aspects of HR. You will need to be flexible and willing with a positive attitude to managing people and change. You will be at least level 3 CIPD qualified (or equivalent HR qualification), be committed to gaining further CIPD qualifications and have experience of working in HR role in the commercial, social enterprise or charitable sector.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Working with Us’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Please complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to eameeboden@thereader.org.uk.
Your covering letter is an opportunity for you to include any additional information which could not be explained within the application form. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline for applications: 5pm Friday 4 November 2016. Applications arriving after 5pm will not be considered.
Interviews: Friday 11 November 2016. Role begins as soon as possible thereafter.
Arts Administration Internship – Reading Resources
Hours: 21 hours per week (flexible – to be agreed upon appointment)
Remuneration: Travel expenses paid and sustenance
Contract: Starts November 2016, ends February/March 2017
You will be part of a small group of interns working together to gain valuable work experience whilst helping a dynamic charity/social enterprise develop. You will work predominantly with the Head of Reading Excellence and Specialist Practice Mentor, although there will also be opportunities to visit and communicate with other operational teams.
During your time in this position you will:
Help with improving the bibliographic information available for online Reader copies of short stories and poems, and help to grow this resource by writing and adding to existing story summaries
Contribute to the ongoing task of centralising electronic copies of short stories and poems held by The Reader in one site, making these accessible to all staff
Support admin volunteers
Maintain a checking out system for books kept at The Reader’s main office and help to maintain a system for storing hard copies of stories and poems
Contribute to the development of a library of children’s books and materials to be used in shared reading groups and at Reader events
Help to grow the Reader video library by preparing files for upload
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and click on the ‘Working with Us’ tab to view the full job description and to download an application form. Please complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to eameeboden@thereader.org.uk. Please do not just send in a CV.
Deadline for applications: Friday 4 November 2016, 9am. Applications arriving after 9am will not be considered.
Interviews: Wednesday 16 November 2016
Successful applicants will be invited to interview by 5pm on Friday 11 November 2016. If you have not heard by this date, then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful.
Family Halloween Explorer
Match Funding Opportunity
Match funding platform Localgiving have announced the launch of a new partnership programme with The Foundation for Social Improvement (FSI), The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), Sported, and the Small Charities Coalition.
Local charities and community groups that are members of these organisations are now able to claim their first year membership of Localgiving for free, giving them the chance to develop their online fundraising capacity. Localgiving differs from other platforms as it works with registered and unregistered groups, and has a staff member based in the North West to provide advice, support and training. Localgiving also run a number of match funding campaigns throughout the year which all members are automatically signed up to, to help to incentivise donations.
This offer is initially running until the end of 2016. For more information go to www.localgiving.org/
Liverpool Lighthouse Vacancy: Venue and Events Coordinator
Salary: £7.20 per hour
Hours: Part time, 18 hours per week (Tuesdays – Thursdays, although flexible working required to deliver events evenings and weekends)
Contract: Temporary six months initially
Liverpool Lighthouse is seeking a Venue and Events Coordinator to drive and market their venue, ensuring regular income generation.
You will be responsible to drive and market Liverpool Lighthouse as a venue/ Urban Gospel Centre, handle all inquiries regarding the booking of rooms and other facilities, ensuring regular income generation from the venue facilities and other ancillary services; and prepare event contracts for the client and ensure all event specifications are compliant with the Liverpool Lighthouse ethos and Terms and Conditions and also with regulations, procedures and policies associated with running a venue.
If you are interested in this job, download the job description and person spec and application form from the Lighthouse website and email it with your cover letter, resume/CV to Petronelle.Moanda@ljmaoc.org.
For more information, call 0151 476 2342.
Closing date: Monday 31 October 2016
National Wildflower Centre – Half Term Fun
There’s plenty going on at The National Wildflower Centre in Huyton this half-term with something for everyone to enjoy:
S & R Birds Monday 24 October 2016, 11am–3pm:
Come along and say hello to S & R Birds – Rescue Birds of Prey and find out about these wonderful birds. Don’t forget to bring along a camera! Free event.
Explorer Tuesday – Leafy Hedgehogs
Tuesday 25 October, 10am–3pm
Get creative with autumn leaves; make a little leafy hedgehog to celebrate this great British Gardener’s Friend. Free event.
Apple Day
Thursday 27 October, 11am–3pm
Join the Great Outdoors Project team to celebrate the magic of autumn and make the most of the great outdoors. There will be seasonal family activities to celebrate harvest time including apple pressing, apple games, apple art, harvest pizza and apples. RSPB, S & R Birds (rescued birds of prey) and Merseycycle will be there. Entry charge £2 per adult, up to two children free.
The National Wildflower Centre is in Court Hey Park, Roby Road, Huyton L16 3NA.
Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Liverpool Veterans is pleased to announce a new partnership with Purple Warriors.
Purple Warriors is a Dragon Boat Club and a registered charity for veterans and reservists with a physical or mental health impairment.
If you meet this criteria and are interested, come along to free training, held locally at Crosby Marina every Tuesday 6.30-8.30pm and every Sunday 10am-12noon.
For more information, contact Colin on 0770 876 3252 or call Paul or Andy at Liverpool Veterans HQ on 0151 261 9878
Life Story Network CIC Vacancy: Carer Engagement Lead
Salary: £25,000 per annum pro rata
Hours: 3 days per week (21 hours of a 35 hours a week)
Contract: Initially 18 months, with potential to extend
Created by carers for carers, tide – together in dementia every day is a national involvement network for carers and former carers of people with dementia hosted by Life Story Network CIC. A core principle of tide is how we value, respect and support carers and former carers of people living with dementia. Using lived experience, tide enables a diverse range of carers to have a powerful collective voice, which raises awareness of their unique needs and rights, ensuring that these influence practice, policy and research at all levels. The initial phased roll out of tide will cover the Liverpool City and Manchester City Regions and has been funded by the Big Lottery – Accelerating Ideas Programme.
As Carer Engagement Lead for the North West, you will be working closely with the National Carer Engagement & Development Lead to strengthen and increase the impact of tide.
Duties include:
Proactively recruiting new carer members, being the first point of contact within the region for carers and former carers
Assisting carers to participate in events, helping them with their contribution and presentation, providing carers with the emotional and psychological support before during and after the engagement process (including sending briefing documents, alerting them to the nature of the audience, environment and key themes)
Fostering collaborative working relationships with other statutory and voluntary organisations and networks across the region
You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills and a qualification in Health, Social Care or similar would be an advantage, though not essential. You must have experience and/or an understanding of dementia and the emotional and practical challenges that families experience; this may be through experience of caring for someone with dementia.
Although based in the Liverpool office, this role requires travel within the region and occasional national travel with an overnight stay, so a full clean driving licence and access to a car are essential.
With your help, Life Story Network CIC can influence more policy makers, commissioners, and service providers from grass roots to national policy level. This will ensure that the needs of carers of people with dementia are truly recognised and met so that they can care for the person with dementia better and for longer, with increased knowledge and confidence.
For job description, person specification and further information contact Julie McManus, Senior Administrator, at julie@lifestorynetwork.org.uk or on 0151 237 2669
Closing date: Friday 21 October 2016
LCVS Vacancy: Community Accounting Technician
Hours: Full time Salary: £15,523 – £16,231
We are seeking an enthusiastic, talented and dedicated Community Accounting Technician to join the growing team and service here at LCVS. This is great time to join our organisation and help charities across the city.
As Community Accounting Technician, you will maintain financial records, prepare year-end financial statements and collate funder data on behalf of LCVS charity clients. You will not only be responsible for client financial bookkeeping but also provide training to help them implement model accounting systems.
You will either have worked with clients in the commercial sector, or in a financial role within a charity, and will have experience of preparing sets of accounts, knowledge of charity bookkeeping and excellent communication skills. Above all you will be a people person with a passion for making a difference.
If you have the necessary requirements we would love to hear from you! We advise all our candidates to get in touch with us before the deadline in order to discuss your experience and possible application.
Closing date for applications: Thursday 3 November 2016, 12pm
Interviews will be held on: Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 November 2016
For more information and to request a candidate information pack and full person specification, contact recruitment@charitycareersnorthwest.com or call 0151 709 3214.
Compass Vacancy: Training Administrator
Salary: £14,500 p.a. pro rata
Hours: 16 hours per week
Contract: 6 months fixed term
Compass is a charity established nearly 40 years ago to offer free or low cost counselling to adults across the Merseyside area. It is a vibrant counselling community of qualified volunteer counsellors and supervisors.
The charity is recruiting a Training Administrator as part of the staff team, responsible for the running of the administrative systems in support of all COMPASS training. This will include the promotion and marketing of CPCAB counselling courses, conferences and other short courses and workshops.
All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance, employment references and a six-month probation period.
Compass seeks to make no discrimination on grounds of ethnicity, physical disability, politics, religion, sexual orientation, social status, or in any other area.
Local charity Carers Trust 4all, for with and about carers, is on the lookout for compassionate and reliable people to join the teams in Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton and Warrington.
Care Assistants / Carer Support Workers
Salary: £8.00 to £8.25 plus 25p per mile – guaranteed hours and flexible contracts available
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity where you can make a real difference to the lives of people within your local community? The Carer Support Worker’s role is varied and rewarding, providing practical and emotional support to carers and those they care for.
Care Assistants / Carer Support Workers – End of Life Services (Liverpool)
Salary: £7.60 to £8.25 plus 25p per mile – guaranteed hours & flexible contracts available
Are you looking for a rewarding role where you can make a real difference to the lives of people within your local community? The Carer Support Worker’s role is varied and rewarding, you will provide practical and emotional support to carers and those they care for.
You will join an ‘end of life’ care team providing invaluable supporting to the people of Liverpool in their own homes during their last few months of life. Roles are also available providing support to adults and/or children with a diverse range of care needs, delivering a high quality service within the home or in the local community.
All roles would suit someone looking to start or further a career as a Care Assistant, Support Worker, Care Worker or Carer Support Worker.
For more information or an application pack, call the HR team on 0333 323 1990 or email hr@carerstrust4all.org.uk.
Contract Opportunity: Syrian Refugee Resettlement Support Service
Liverpool City Council is participating in the UK Government’s Resettlement Scheme to take 20,000 Syrian Refugees over the next 4 years, and is looking to appoint an organisation to deliver the service on its behalf. The Syrian Refugee Resettlement Support Service will consist of three main elements:
Casework
Integration into the Community
Budget/Project Management
The Authority must deliver a service as set out in the Home Office issued ’Statement of Requirements’. The overall objective of the service is to ensure that Syrian Refugees are settled into life in Liverpool, are safe and secure in appropriate accommodation, and accessing the most appropriate services to help them achieve the best possible outcomes in their new life. Please access the full service specification and tender documents through Procontract.
Your company will need to register in the suppliers’ area on Procontract (Due North) to be able to receive the opportunity, and click on “register free”. The document will only be available on Procontract (available via the Due North site). Once you have registered you will need to go to the My Opportunities section on the home page of Procontract and follow the instructions as a supplier to enable you to return your submission.
Closing date for submissions Monday 31 October 2016 at 10am.
New Jobs for Young People at the Brain Charity
The Brain Charity has a number of new jobs for young people, including:
Information and Advice Assistant
Sales and Marketing Assistant
Café Assistant
Stress and Relaxation Therapist
Handy Person
Services Administrator
HR and Volunteering Assistant
These posts are for Liverpool residents between the ages of 16 and 29 who have been unemployed for six months or more, are not engaged in education or training and have left compulsory education. Vulnerable groups considered. Single parents with dependent children, care leavers, participants with disabilities and from ethnic minorities.
The new posts are all at assistant level and full-time for either 6 or 12 months dependent upon eligibility.
You can find out more at the Open Day on Monday 17 October 2016, 1-4pm at the Brain Charity, Norton Street, Liverpool L3 8LR.
Grants of up to £300 per organisation are available for grassroots community groups in the L8 area (Riverside, Princes Park and Picton wards) with projects that benefit people in and around the L8 area.
Run by Liverpool City Council, the L8 Law Centre and the Passionist Church, the fund was set up in the memory of Austin Smith, a Passionist priest and community activist who dedicated his time to serving the local community and tackling racism. Father Austin died in March 2011.
In order to apply, you will need a governing document and a bank account in the name of the organisation with two unrelated cheque signatories.
The grants can be used for a wide range of community activities, including:
Help start new small projects and activities
Youth activities/projects
Contribute towards the running of an event, festival or other special occasion which will promote community involvement or co-operation
Groups who deliver intergenerational activities especially those which may reduce isolation
Projects that will develop stronger communities – people working together to tackle issues in their neighbourhood
Projects that have long lasting benefits
The grants will not be awarded for the following purposes:
Applications from individuals
Social care / health care
Staff salaries & management costs
Purchase of vehicles/IT equipment
General appeals/fundraising/overseas travel
Schools/registered social landlords
Purchase or consumption of alcohol
Previous grant applicants can apply however precedence will be given to new applications.
There is sadness throughout Merseyside and beyond at the news of the death of Edward Murphy OBE on Saturday, 8 October 2016.
Edward dedicated his working life to the local voluntary sector, including spending sixteen years in the 1980s and 1990s as Chief Executive of LCVS. In a career spanning more than forty years he supported voluntary organisations, from the smallest to the largest, drawn from all parts of the third sector spectrum. In recent years, he was particularly involved were Merseyside Network for Change and the Black-E; more generally, refugee issues and welfare-to-work matters were two of the policy areas to which he latterly brought his sense of social justice and deep intellectual acumen.
The activities of numerous charities and voluntary groups have benefited, and will continue to benefit, from the encouragement, analysis and practical advice which Edward gave to the volunteers, trustees and staff who sought his help. The lives of individuals and communities throughout Merseyside are better in consequence. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time.
Edward’s funeral service is held at Springwood Crematorium on Friday 21 October 2016 at 2.30pm. He had requested that all guests wear colour. Family flowers only please, but donations if desired in favour of ‘Continuing Health Care RLH’ c/o Craven Funeral Directors, 48-50 Lark Lane, Liverpool, L17 8UU. Telephone 0151 727 2564.
Celebrating the Epstein – Share Your Memories
The Epstein Theatre, formally known as The Neptune/Cranes recently received a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to launch a new project, called Celebrating the Epstein. Local people are invited to share their memories of the theatre throughout the ages.
At every point in its history this theatre has been an essential part of Liverpool’s creative scene and has left visitors from all over the world with countless happy and life enriching memories.
Come and share your stories and memories of the theatre in person from 2-6pm Monday – Thursday and 12-6pm Friday and Saturday.
By engaging with members of the local community and past employees of the theatre, the aim is to collect mementos and stories and present them as archives and workshops that will give a uniquely detailed and insightful look into the history of The Epstein Theatre.
So if you remember attending the Theatre during the early days, come along and share your memories.
If you can not make it in person and you have any interesting stories or memories of the theatre, the theatre would still love to hear from you. Email memories@epsteinliverpool.co.uk or phone 0151 709 4044.
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Swap Places with Someone in Government for a Day
NCVO’s popular work-shadowing programme is back. It’s a unique opportunity for staff in the voluntary sector and government to step into each other’s shoes for a day and learn how the other side works.
These are the government departments taking part this year:
Department for Communities and Local Government
Department for Education
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Work and Pensions
Home Office
National Audit Office
A 2015 charity participant said: “I enjoyed the experience and would recommend it to people who want to step outside of their usual environment and see how another organisation and team works.”
The Transform Foundation has recently launched a new grant programme, which will be providing £18,000 grants to a select number of non-profits, to fund the design and build of a new website for them.
The grant will include a range of cutting edge tools for engaging with supporters and service users as well as the costs of the strategy, design and training required to get the website up and running.
The grant programme is mostly focused on non-profits with between £0.5m – £20m annual income, although organisations outside of this range are welcome to apply.
OneFamily customers can nominate community projects for an award of £5,000 or £25,000.
One project can receive up to £25,000 and eight projects up to £5,000 in each of the following categories:
• Health, disability and social care
• Education (up to 500 students)
• Education (more than 500 students)
• Sports and social groups
• Youth and affiliated organisations
Seven projects can also be awarded up to £5,000 in the new Developing Skills category. Under this category, OneFamily customers can nominate a person to receive funding of up to £5,000 to train or learn a new skill that can be taken back into their local community – ideal for anyone who wants to volunteer, but lacks the funding and relevant training.
Hours: Zero hour contract. Covering 7 days a week. Includes weekend work.
Duration: 6 month contract
This individual will be working within The Reader Café at Calderstones Mansion House. They will work in a team developing and delivering a range of profitable catering offers that work in harmony with The Reader’s ethos and vision.
The café, open seven days a week, provides a quality and affordable offer for the local community in a welcoming environment. It will be the individual’s responsibility to work as part of the team delivering this offer and ensuring that high levels of customer service are maintained.
This is not your typical hospitality role; as well as having relevant catering experience and a passion for working with people, The Reader is looking for someone who cares about the work it carries out. You will be part of a team running a profitable social enterprise that provides an offer of the highest standard to the wider community.
Your main responsibilities will be:
Preparing and presenting food to a high standard (training will be provided)
Preparing and presenting drinks to a high standard (training will be provided)
Dealing with customers and ensuring high standards of customer service
Maintaining the reputation of the charity in your dealings with the public
Maintaining high standards of hygiene
Creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere
Maintaining stock levels whilst on shift.
To apply, visit www.thereader.org.uk and select the ‘Working With Us’ tab where you will be able to view the full job description and download an application form. Please complete the application form and submit a covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of this role, to eameeboden@thereader.org.uk.
Please do not just send in a CV. Your covering letter is an opportunity for you to include any additional information which could not be explained within the application form.
Deadline for applications: 9am, Tuesday 4 October 2016
A high volume of applications may make replies to everyone impossible.
MRANG Vacancy: Family Support Worker
Salary: £19,000 – £23,000 (depending on experience)
Hours: 35 hours, full-time
Contract: 12 months with potential to extend depending on funding
MRANG is a women only charity working with women and child asylum seekers and refugees and women who have been trafficked. We offer a full range of support services. The Family Support Programme provides women asylum seekers, refugees and women who have been trafficked one to one support on a variety of issues. This is an exciting, challenging and varied post with the flexibility to develop the role further.
Some key role elements include:
Be responsible for MRANG’s family support work
Offer advocacy and one to one support
Increase professional networks, improve access to services and raise the profile of the issues faced by women asylum seekers
This post is restricted to women only due to the nature of the role (Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010).
When was the last time your community came together to celebrate with their community? The Big Lottery Fund wants to help change this with the Celebrate! programme.
Grants of between £300 and £10,000 are available for groups to hold one off events or activities which celebrate their local community. You could celebrate something from your community’s history or a local hero. Or maybe it’s a chance to bring people together to get to know their neighbours better.
Due to the huge success of Celebrate, an extra £4.1 million of funding has been allocated to give even more local communities the chance to come together and celebrate.
Deadline for applications: 12noon, Friday 21 October 2016
Transition into Volunteering Liverpool
In Liverpool, a gap exists in the support available to those making the transition from hospital or community mental health services into volunteering.
Our Transition into Volunteering Liverpool (TIVL) project has been designed to support people living with and managing mental ill health into volunteering.
The project aims to do this in two ways:
By providing organisations that involve volunteers in their work with good quality training and guidance on how to support volunteers experiencing mental ill health, done through two training sessions covering inclusion/diversity in volunteering, social prescribing, managing volunteers with mental health needs
By supporting people experiencing mental ill health into volunteering through a ‘stepping stone’ programme – attendance at two specialist training sessions and follow up support from the Volunteer Centre to access appropriate volunteering opportunities and become more active in their communities
People experiencing mental ill health often find themselves facing multiple barriers to accessing mainstream activities and being able to move forward with their lives.
Participation in the TIVL project, with input from supporting organisations, can go some of the way in helping people to overcome these barriers by:
Offering a safe and comfortable learning environment ?
Providing Preparing to Volunteer training – exploring anxieties and expectations about volunteering with a focus on the benefits of volunteering for both the individual and community (Session 1) ?
Supporting learners to identify their transferable skills and how their life experiences can be used to support others (Session 1) ?
Participating in communication skills and confidence building activities (Session 2) ?
Person-centred approach – using our expertise to support and place learners into suitable volunteering roles once they have completed the two training sessions
When volunteers receive appropriate training and ongoing support in their newly chosen roles they flourish. There are many benefits to be gained from volunteering – increased self-confidence and self-esteem, improved physical health and mental well-being, a sense of purpose and self-satisfaction, reduced social isolation – and these are just a few!
The contribution to the community by volunteers is of equal importance – their input helps to strengthen communities by promoting diversity and supporting local charities and community groups to provide much needed services.
The TIVL project is being funded by Awards for All and will run over a 12-month period. Training and brokerage will take place over four separate rounds of delivery and the project can accommodate eight organisations during each round.
During each round, the eight participating organisations will receive FREE training in the following areas – Inclusion/equality and diversity in volunteering, social prescribing model and building resilience in communities through volunteering, managing and supporting volunteers with mental health needs.
Upon completion of the training programme and the successful placement of a volunteer/s, we will award a kite mark to participating organisations in recognition of their commitment to equality and diversity in volunteer recruitment practice. Participating organisations and volunteers will be invited to attend a celebration event at the end of the project.
The first round of delivery will take place on:
Session 1: Tuesday 4 October 2016, 10am-4pm at the Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, L1 3BT ?
Session 2: Friday 7 October 2016, 10am-1pm at the above address
Participating organisations must be able to attend both sessions.
Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. If the first round is oversubscribed, organisations will be offered a place on the second round of delivery which will take place in early 2017.
Greenbank Vacancies
Chief Executive Officer Salary: c. £60,000
The Chief Executive Officer has overall responsibility for managing the change, growth and performance of Greenbank as agreed with the Council of Management, the board of Trustees.
In addition, he/she will be required to meet the challenges of innovation and empowerment implicit in the mission statement and deliver the quality and breadth of opportunity and support that people with a learning disability and or other disabilities deserve.
Equipment Officer Access to Work Programme Training allowance: £7.20 per hour Hours: 30 hours per week Contract type: Access to Work (training position)
This role is offered as part of the Access to Work Programme which offers supported work placements for Liverpool City Region residents facing barriers to employment and is part funded by ESF and YEI. Applicants must be aged 18 to 29, resident in Liverpool City Region and not currently in education, employment or training (NEET).
The purpose of the job is to maintain and repair sports wheelchairs and cycles so that they are available to be used for the weekly sessions and events that take place at the Sports Academy. This will involve such tasks as repairing inner tubes, adjusting brakes and gears.
Driver and Maintenance Officer Access to Work Programme Training allowance: £7.20 per hour Hours: 30 hours per week Contract type: Access to Work (training position)
This role is offered as part of the Access to Work Programme which offers supported work placements for Liverpool City Region residents facing barriers to employment and is part funded by ESF and YEI. Applicants must be aged 18 to 29, resident in Liverpool City Region and not currently in education, employment or training (NEET).
The purpose of the job is to provide transport for disabled people, Greenbank staff and equipment as required. You will also be expected undertake general maintenance duties in Greenbank buildings.
Salary: £18-20k
Hours: Full-time or possibly part-time
Bluecoat is looking for someone who wants to start or grow their career in arts fundraising. This role includes access to outstanding training and personal development opportunities and a chance to work across a wide range of fundraising activities.
LCVS is taking part in a major new survey of the voluntary sector – and we need your help.
We’d like you to take part in a major new survey of the voluntary sector in Merseyside and the rest of Northern England. Its purpose is to get a good understanding of the general wellbeing and mood of the sector and to see how it is preparing for the future in a period of significant social and economic change. The survey is being undertaken by the University of Durham, and is funded by IPPR and Garfield Weston Foundation.
The survey only takes 15 minutes to complete and you won’t need to check up any facts and figures to do it – hopefully you’ll find it quite interesting too.
Whether you are a large or small organisation or group, whether you are thriving, struggling or going along as normal we need you need to complete the survey so that a comprehensive picture can be built on how the voluntary sector is faring in Liverpool and Merseyside more widely.
Please could you also forward the email to people you know in the voluntary and community sector and to social enterprises to help us get the best possible set of responses.
The headline results from the study across Northern England will be published before Christmas, and then results for our area will be published early in 2017 – these can all be downloaded at no cost.
Please do take part in the study, as it will help build a very clear understanding of what the sector needs to help it succeed in future.
Office for Civil Society Honours and Awards – Recognising Great Work in the Community
Do you know a person or local voluntary group making an extraordinary contribution to the community, voluntary, local and social enterprise sector? If so, nominating them for an Honour or Award can be a great way to recognise their efforts.
Recognising Individuals – nominate someone for an individual Honour. The Office for Civil Society recognises volunteering in the community, voluntary and social enterprise sector, for example, philanthropy, community cohesion, supporting those who are less well off, supporting the growth of social action and civil society, helping improve capability and innovation in the voluntary sector and making a significant and sustained positive impact on the lives of young people. The form and guidance are online, along with instructions on how to nominate.
Recognising ‘Local Community’ Voluntary Groups – nominate them for a Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. This is the highest award given to local volunteer groups across the UK to recognise the outstanding work carried out in their own communities and it is the MBE for volunteer groups. The deadline for nominations is 16 September 2016. You can nominate online.
For more information, get in touch with the Office for Civil Society Honours and Awards team on 0207 271 6206.
Discounted Accounting and Payroll Course
Kensington Community Learning Centre has recently started a partnership with Account4Yourself Limited that offers various Sage Accounting and Sage Payroll courses. There is a special offer for September, offering a combined Accounting and Payroll course at a heavily discounted price.
The September combined price is £400, instead of the normal combined price is £650 (individually, the courses would cost £780). The cost includes IAB registration and exam fees, all study resources, computer software and qualification certificates in both courses. The courses will be delivered in the IT suites at Kensington Community Learning Centre.
Course details:
IAB Level 1 Award in Computerised Payroll
Set up a computerised payroll (Sage)
Set up employee records
Enter gross pay elements
Process the payroll
Back-up and restore data
Understand HMRC statutory requirements
IAB Level 1 Award in Computerised Accounting for Business
Bookkeeping terminology
Single entry bookkeeping
Cash and Credit transactions
Principles of VAT
Books of prime entry
The banking process
Document legislation
Automated payments
Enter data into accounting package
Customer and supplier invoices and credit notes
Customer and supplier payments
Correct errors
Bank reconciliation
Produce documents
Maintain petty cash
If you have any questions, or would like to find out when the next enrolment day is coming, email info@account4yourself.co.uk.
Office Space at the Mill Centre
The Millenium Centre in Belle Vale has office space of 14×15 metres available for new tenants.
The former Liverpool Community College premises benefit from:
Central heating
Onsite catering
Kitchen
Free car park
First floor – serviced lift
The building is within Belle Vale District Centre on Childwall Valley Road, with frequent bus service to City Centre and 5 minutes’ drive to M62 and onto M57.
Do you have an idea for a project to help people from your community get back into work? Could your organisation make a real difference with a grant of up to £35k?
Grants are available for constituted voluntary, community and social enterprise organisation based in Merseyside or Halton with a maximum turnover of £500k per year and with no more than 10 full-time equivalent staff.
Funding is available to support such activities as:
Initial help with basic skills
Taster work experience including voluntary work
Training advice and guidance
Job search assistance
Confidence building and personal development
First contact engagement activities
Activities should engage people out of work from at least some of these priority groups:
People aged 50 and over
People with disabilities and health conditions
Single parents
People from ethnic minorities
Women
Deadline for applications is 12noon on Monday 3 October 2016.
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Builder Book founders and supporters with Lord Lieutenant Mr Mark Blundell.
Contents of the the Builder Book Planet Pack.
Green space charity Fields in Trust is calling on residents to support work with Liverpool City Council to protect the city’s parks forever. A new campaign, launched on 3 October 2022, showcases the role of green spaces in making lifelong memories and their value to communities. A series of short films shot in parks across Liverpool share heart-warming and inspiring stories of the memories which are made in our green spaces. Four films – featuring memories made in Calderstones Park, Otterspool Park, Sefton Park and Walton Hall Park are now available on the Fields in Trust website. Local people are urged to get involved with the campaign, share their park memories and support Fields in Trust’s work to protect their parks forever.
The Reader is looking for some community volunteers that would work with an artist facilitator to help them to dig deep into the maritime history of the Grade II listed Mansion House. Together, they will bring their research findings to life and create a visual story that will document the challenging connections between Calderstones and the transatlantic slave trade, resulting in a new, permanent display at the Reader HQ in Liverpool.
A Liverpool charity has been left gobsmacked by receiving a surprise Christmas gift from Yoko Ono. Staff at The Brain Charity were bowled over after receiving an extremely rare and collectable limited edition vinyl acetate of John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s iconic single ‘Happy Xmas (War is Over)’ in the mail (Dec 2) – completely out of the blue.
Valley Community Theatre is a registered charity and arts entertainment venue based in Netherley, Liverpool. Since 1994, when it was first established, it has delivered a variety of services and facilities to the local community in the arts such as drama, music, film and more. They are currently looking to expand on what they have already built and transform it into a more robust, inclusive and social destination, not just for Netherley but for all of Liverpool.
Hazel Brown, head of communities at Local Solutions, has been awarded an MBE for services to carers, in the recent Queen’s Birthday Honours.
The LCVS easyfundraising portal is live, so you can now register your good cause and ask supporters to visit easyfundraising anytime they shop online, to generate funds for you, at no extra cost to them.
Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK. It also helps people who don’t think of themselves as having caring responsibilities to identify as carers and access much-needed support. Caring for someone can be rewarding, but often it can be an extremely difficult and stressful role that can take over every aspect of a carers’ daily life. Many carers feel isolated and invisible, a truth that has come to the fore during the pandemic. Carers week provides the opportunity to shine a spotlight on carers and the work they do, with the theme this year being ‘Making Caring Visible & Valued’.
An excellent learning opportunity for parents and carers in our city, this taster course is being offered free-of-charge to Liverpool residents as part of the Solihull Approach Series.
Sahir House has announced the successful appointment of Helen Wilkinson as chief executive officer. Helen is an experienced director and CEO, having worked with boards and teams in the public, voluntary and social enterprise sectors, in executive and non-executive roles, at the national and community level. Her expertise spans leadership and management, governance, policy, media, communications, strategy, service transformation and programme delivery.
FoodCycle, the charity that fights food poverty and loneliness, has continued to operate in Dingle throughout the pandemic and is now seeking to open a second project in another part of the city.
The only way for FoodCycle to expand in Liverpool is to launch a second project. For this to happen, the charity needs to find an additional venue and more volunteers. Ideally the venue will tick the following boxes:
Generations for Change is an exciting, paid, development and training opportunity for young people from Black, Asian and other diverse ethnic backgrounds, aged between 18 – 30 years and living within Liverpool City Region (LCR).
Speak Out! Stop Hate. is a vital new initiative to tackle and prevent racially and religiously discriminatory behaviour and those acting against others because of their race or faith.
It can be used:
Jean Tottie, chair of TIDE and Life Story Network, will retire at the end of March. Jean has made the tough decision as she approaches her 70th birthday. She feels now is the right time to take a step back from the role as chair of TIDE – Together in dementia everyday and Life Story Network.
Tom Harrison has recently been appointed as interim chief executive of Local Solutions. He steps up to the role following the retirement of previous chief executive Steve Hawkins.
Despite the ongoing national lockdown restrictions, Milap’s Music for the Mind & Soul concert series is continuing to thrive in its new digital format, with another fantastic concert lined up for this weekend.
Read Easy UK is a registered charity that supports adults who want to learn to read and develop their reading skills. There are plans for Read Easy to set up a reading group in Liverpool, to support adults within the Liverpool City Region who struggle with their reading.
An estimated one in three people contact their GP with concerns that can’t be addressed clinically. Now a trailblazing new two-pronged approach to social prescribing has launched in Liverpool and a new campaign, promoting the benefits of social prescribing, has launched to support it.
Liverpool Lighthouse is based in the 430 seater auditorium and former cinema once known as Art Nouveau Gaumount Theatre. Now the charity is crowdfunding to buy state-of-the-art AV equipment that will allow it to bring affordable community cinema back to local residents.
To mark International Women’s Day, St George’s Hall Charitable Trust has announced its intention to install a statue of Mary Seacole in the Great Hall.
Helen McLoughlin was recently recruited as the charity’s first ever development officer and now takes responsibility for all advertising, sponsorships and funding opportunities.
Aaron is the competition winning artist responsible for giving the shutters at MyClubmoor’s Community Hub a makeover. The words ‘come together’ now adorn the building, thanks to his talented handiwork. Not did Aaron create stylish, slick design but the shutters now give visitors a sense of the community spirit that MyClubmoor is all about.
Africa Oyé has announced a brand new series of original concerts, interviews, documentaries and DJ sets, which will stream for free online.
The government has relaunched the #YouAreNotAlone campaign (originally launched in April) to support those experiencing domestic abuse during the pandemic.
Each podcast episode features 15 year old Connie and her band of plucky explorers. Connie has found herself stuck at home, in a flat above her family’s travel agents. They specialise in holidays for the over 55’s, but with all of them cancelled the business is in major trouble! Connie knows she has to do something or they could end up going bust. So, she reaches out to her amazing customers and together, they come up with an alternative approach to a traditional vacation. All it takes is a little bit of imagination.
Greenbank, a charity that focuses on delivering inclusive education, sport and leisure activities to the people in the Liverpool City Region, is very proud to be one of the official partners of UK Charity Week, which takes place 7 – 13 December 2020.
Moulana Iranian Community is the latest organisation to have moved into the LCVS building at 151 Dale Street, Liverpool.
Before the pandemic, Moulana was known to host traditional Persian music concerts. While, unfortunately, those are on hold for now because of coronavirus restrictions, the team has continued to offer online music classes for service users. They are currently in the planning stages of the Moulana online gym.
This year, coronavirus saw the national charity, which provides practical help, counselling and social activities for people with all forms of neurological condition, forced to cancel multiple fundraising events including its annual Snow Ball.
Wednesday 5 June 2019 saw the first Liverpool Volunteer Show take place at St George’s Hall. The event was a collaboration between LCVS and Liverpool City Council. We would like to offer a huge ‘thank you’ to everyone who joined us on the day, including the 60+ charitable organisations that took a stall, as well as the members of the public that dropped in. We must also give a special mention to City Stars, for helping to meet and greet visitors and to Councillor Liz Parsons for helping to get the event off the ground.
e Anderson’s office, for collaborating with us on such an important event. The role of the voluntary sector in the city’s service provision really cannot be overstated and volunteers are the heart and soul of the sector. We had a fantastic day at the showcase and I have since been pleased to receive feedback from lots of organisations that have signed up new volunteers as a result. Let’s hope we can build on this platform in the future.”
Do you know someone looking to boost their confidence and overcome barriers for a positive future? ‘Change it: Progress To Success’ has places available on the upcoming dates.
18 – 23, studying, taking a gap year or have some time? Do you want to work in a local church whilst developing your skills, experience and CV? 
In a massive celebration of Volunteers Week 2019, over 70 of the city’s charity and voluntary organisations are coming together in St George’s Hall on Wednesday 5th June 2019.
Congratulations to Liverpool Homeless Football Club on having been shortlisted for a Homeless Link Excellence Award in the category of Social Enterprise of the Year 2019.
The Prince’s Trust in Liverpool is recruiting for their Fairbridge Programme, starting Tuesday 14th May 2019. The Programme is perfect for any young people (aged 16-25) who aren’t engaged in work or education, who wish to build the skills, attitude and confidence they need to process to employment or training.
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take place from the Monday 15 April to the Thursday 18 April 2019.
the city aimed at people over the age of 50, those living with ill mental health and/or dementia and their carers.
Liverpool but may be required to attend elsewhere within the region. The role is 16 hours/week and salary is £11,880.
The City of Liverpool has strong connections to Nelson Mandela, being active in supporting anti-apartheid since the 1960’s and supporting the Free Nelson Mandela campaign and giving Nelson Mandela the Freedom of the city in 1994.
LCVS, 151 Dale St, Liverpool, L2 2AH. 5pm – 7.30pm, Thursday 1 November 2018.
Over the last few months, in order to develop and strengthen the relationship between the voluntary sector and CCG, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been drawn up. This follows a series of meetings between voluntary sector partners, led by LCVS, and CCG staff.
The Independent Cinema Office (ICO) is a registered charity who exist to bring non-commercial films to audiences who may not normally have access to them.
YPAS Plus South Hub held an Intergenerational Event on Saturday 27 January 2018. The event was for older people in the local community and younger people/families. The free event provided Food, DJ, Quiz, Raffle, Games and the local Liverpool X Factor Contestant Gary Barker singing Rat Pack songs.
Paula Smith, YPAS Community Hub Coordinator – South, commented: “What a fantastic day! We had over 80 people attend the event from the local community. YPAS services are aimed at children and young people but we wanted to hold this community event to bring all members of the community around the hub together breaking down any barriers between young and old and dissolving any misconceptions. It was a great success and thank you to everyone who supported us on the day.”
administered by LCVS. Having spent six years as a fundraiser for local charity Zoe’s Place, John now returns to the LCVS family.
This specialist boat features a hinged door that lowers to create a ramp so wheelchairs can be rolled on and off providing hassle free and independent access to activities ranging from powerboating to cultural tours. The Wheelyboat will be a welcome addition to the city as the nearest one is currently in North Wales making it difficult for disabled people living in Liverpool to access.
Writing on the Wall is calling on communities across Merseyside to join in on a May Day Protest and Rally in Liverpool.
Trekking along the Great Wall of China is one of the great classic adventures, giving you an insight to an incredible country and an amazing people. Dominating the scenery to the north of Beijing, the Great Wall of China is one of the most outstanding structural feats ever completed by man.
