Harrogate and District Community Action
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E-Bulletin 2024 ISSUE 36 – 14 November
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FUNDING
Grants of up to £10,000 to be spent over a maximum of 24-months to support children and young people in Yorkshire.
You should clearly demonstrate how you are supporting charitable activity for the direct wellbeing of children, young people and their families in at least one of the following priorities:
- Children in or coming out of care
- Young carers
- Children and families affected by fostering and/or adoption
- Children living in poverty
- Increasing opportunities for children and young people
- Social care
- Providing the digital infrastructure and other support to enable children and young people to access education and other activity that promotes learning.
Schools may apply (provided that the purpose of the grant falls outside of the school’s usual curricular activities.)
The next deadline is 20 January 2025.
Grants up to £20,000 for youth-led groups to support social action projects and activities leading to positive social change in communities through activism, awareness training, campaigning, disrupting and challenging norms, and building co-operation.
Will fund groups with an annual income of less than £100,000 that can demonstrate that 75% of their leadership are young people aged between 10 and 25, and are committed to building community cohesion, bringing people together, and designing or testing innovative approaches to established challenges.
Will fund project grants for activities and unrestricted flexible grants for running costs.
Deadline to complete the eligibility checker: 4 December 2024.
3. Lloyds Bank Foundation: Specialist Programme
Unrestricted grants of £75,000 over three years, (alongside tailored development support to strengthen the organisation’s capacity and capability), to small, local, specialist charities supporting people to overcome complex issues.
Registered Charities and CIOs with an annual income between £25,000 and £500,000 can apply. Applicants must be providing in-depth services in one of the following eight themes: Addiction; Asylum Seekers and Refugees; Care Leavers; Domestic Abuse; Homelessness; Offending; Sexual Abuse and Exploitation; Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery.
Grants of up to £500 are also available for groups who need accessibility support to apply for this programme.
Deadline: 23 January 2025.
Live webinar on 19 November 2024 to talk through the programme, including eligibility and shortlisting criteria and with an opportunity to ask questions.
4. Movement for Good 12 Days of Giving
In December, 120 charities will receive £1,000 each over 12 days.The first draw takes place on 5 December and the last on 20 December with 10 charities drawn every week day.
Nominations are open until 23:59 on 19 December 2024.
If you’ve already nominated your favourite charity this year, then you’re already in the draw.
It’s one nomination per charity per person, so if you have more than one favourite cause, why not try putting them on our map with a nomination?
5. Access Without Limits Community Funding
Grants of up to £10,250 for eligible community and voluntary organisations to set up and deliver the DofE, as well as the enrolment costs for young people taking part.
As well as grant funding, there is support for organisations, which includes training for staff and volunteers and a dedicated member of staff working collaboratively to support everything from training, mentoring, reporting and monitoring the progress of young people on their DofE journey.
Open for applications until January 2026.
6. Rosa’s Voices from the Frontline Fund
Grants of £500 to £10,000 over 18 months to women’s and girl’s organisations (run by, for and with women and girls) to support campaigning and influencing work that enables women and girls to use their voice to achieve change and challenge inequality.
Deadline: 9 December 2024.
‘How to Apply’ webinar on Wednesday 27 November 2.00-3.00pm
7. The Energy Project Enabling Fund (Round 3)
Capital grants of £30,000 – £245,000 to Community Energy Groups, Public Sector Organisations, charities, and other eligible organisations wanting to deliver local energy projects.
All successful projects must be completed, and funding drawn down, by the end of September 2025.
Minimum of 50% match funding is required, with at least 20% of this coming from commercial investment. Funding will be paid in arrears against evidence of spend.
Deadline 8 December 2024.
8. Angling Trust Get Fishing Fund
Grants up to £2,500 to support organisations delivering a programme of angling activities. To encourage the wellbeing benefits the sport can offer, supported activities should aim to help get more people into fishing and retain them within the sport.
Funding can be used to help purchase equipment, fishing tackle and resources to run fishing events and activities to give people the opportunity to try fishing.
Angling clubs, fisheries, charities, schools and local authorities can apply. Activities must be delivered on freshwater fisheries where angling requires a fishing licence.
Deadline 6 December 2024.
9. New Lottery funding programmes
The National Lottery Community Fund has announced its next steps in embedding its 2030 strategy ‘It starts with community.’
At the core of the Lottery’s approach are its community led-missions, which focus on ‘communities come together’, ‘communities help children and young people thrive’, ‘communities are healthier’, & ‘communities are environmentally sustainable’. All bids for Lottery funding will need to align to at least one of these four main themes. You can find out more about the areas of focus for these themes in the Missions Framework.
In preparation for the full rollout of new programmes from spring 2025, the Lottery are encouraging organisations not to apply for either the Reaching Communities or Partnership funds.
Now the Lottery is looking for partners for the development stages of three new approaches:
Community Power
You Decide
Grant Holder Support
If you are interested in being a partner for these approaches, you can submit an expression of interest from 8 January 2025.
10. Debt Advice Modernisation Fund 2024/25
Grants of up to £25,000 to support projects aimed at enhancing and modernising debt advice services within the not for profit advice sector.
The fund is designed to help organisations access new tools, technologies, and training that improve efficiency, accessibility and user experience, particularly for the most vulnerable. Projects must be completed by 31st March 2025, with funding used for activities like service digitalisation, process improvements, and complementary staff training.
Deadline: 22 November 2024.
11. Get Grants FREE Bid Writing Workshop
24 February, 12:00noon – 1:30pm online
Whether you have a wealth of experience in fundraising or are new to applying for grants, this workshop will help you explore how to identify grant funding opportunities whilst providing advice on writing successful applications and thinking about the common mistakes made by applicants.
12. National Lottery Awards for All – Bitesize Funding Workshop
16 January, 12.00 – 13.00 online
This workshop will help you present your organisation and submit a high-quality funding application.
At the end of the session, you will:
- have a greater knowledge and understanding of lottery funding
- increase your chances of securing a lottery grant.
13. Writing Funding Applications (up to £100,000)
19 November, 10 – 12.30 online
Increased demand for funding has left grant-makers inundated with applications and competition is fierce. Understanding how to put together a great application will increase your chances of gaining the funding you need.
How do you make a personal connection with the funder in your application? Telling a story is vital and being able to demonstrate how your work will make people’s lives better is an important element of a successful bid.
NEWS, INFORMATION & RESOURCES
14. Over 7,000 charities sign letter to chancellor over NICs rise
NCVO expect middle-sized charities, many of which are delivering a lot of public services, to be hit hard by the NICs rise. Small charities would be shielded from paying NICs, but NCVO expect they may see an increase in demand as larger organisations scale back operations.
15. New Deputy Lieutenants appointed to build on community links
Three new Deputy Lieutenants have been recruited by the monarch’s representative for North Yorkshire, Jo Ropner, to act alongside her and help to develop closer links with communities.
One of the new Deputy Lieutenants is Clare Granger, a Birstwith resident and High Sheriff of North Yorkshire in 2023/24. Clare is a champion for IDAS and president of Henshaws and was very supportive of local charities and volunteers during her year as High Sheriff.
16. UK Civil Society Almanac 2024 launch
Wednesday 20 November, 11:00 – 12:00
The Almanac is the definitive publication on the state of the voluntary sector. Join this free NCVO webinar to hear the headline findings and find out how you can use the data to improve your work.
17. Data First Aid
- Struggling to make your volunteer or budgeting spreadsheets do what you want them to?
- Need an expert to look at demographic data or analyse the need of your service users?
- Know you have great data but not sure how to make it visually appealing or tell the right story?
PBE can provide charities with pro bono support from a dedicated volunteer economist to help them with their ad hoc data needs. That might include data analysis or visualisation, spreadsheet tasks or short pieces of research.
18. I’m worried about how an organisation has handled my information, what should I do?
The ICO has spoken to people who had been affected by a data breach and who were at particular risk of harm. People said that they often didn’t know where to turn for information and support.
The ICO has produced a simple one page poster that explains next steps.
There is more detailed guidance on the ICO’s website , which includes a template complaint letter.
HAVE YOUR SAY
19. Help shape the Civil Society Covenant
NCVO is working with ACEVO and the government to develop the Civil Society Covenant – a framework which will reset how government, local and national, engages with the sector, creating lasting and positive change.
You can share your feedback by reading the draft principles and then:
Attending an online workshop
Submitting a feedback form
20. Cancer Awareness Survey
Complete the Humber and North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance and York St John University cancer awareness survey to support cancer prevention and early diagnosis initiatives in North Yorkshire.
Closing date: 15 December 2024.
TRAINING, LEARNING & EVENTS
21. Managing Volunteers 1: Involving, Reaching and Recruiting Volunteers
30 January, 9.30am – 12.30pm online
How can you ensure effective recruitment and induction of volunteers? What makes an effective volunteer manager/coordinator?
Managing Volunteers 2: Supporting, Developing and Celebrating Volunteers
6 February, 9.30am – 12.30pm online
What are the key responsibilities of a volunteer manager/coordinator? How do you support, develop and celebrate your volunteers?
22. Cranfield Trust Learning with Leaders: Power of Trust
Thursday 28 November, 12noon to 1pm
You’ll come away from this free charity webinar with a workable definition of trust and the things that can undermine it, including the impact of low-trust on organisations. There will be a focus on practical strategies to build personal trustworthiness, foster dialogue and psychological safety, and embed these values into how leaders and their teams choose to work together.
23. Talk Cancer’s online cancer awareness workshop
Tuesday 3 December, 10.15am-12.15pm
Delivered by nurse trainers, the online, interactive workshop will equip and empower you to raise cancer awareness in your community. It will help you by:
- Increasing your knowledge of key messages around reducing your risk of cancer, the national cancer screening programmes, and spotting cancer early
- Building your confidence to talk to the public about cancer
- Helping you to encourage people to make healthy changes, access local services and visit their GP promptly with any concerns
If you’re able to promote health and wellbeing in your community, the Talk Cancer training can help you to make your conversations more impactful.
For more information or to sign up contact admin@yorkshirecancercommunity.co.uk
24. SPEAK Suicide Prevention – Explore, Ask, Keep-Safe. An introduction to Suicide Prevention skills
26 November, 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM in Skipton
Fully funded course provided by Papyrus, in partnership with the Peter Sowerby Foundation.
- Consider the attitudes, myths and stigma that surround suicide
- Recognise and explore the ‘signs’ that may indicate someone is having thoughts of suicide
- Encourage an open, safe and sensitive conversation about suicide with a person having thoughts of suicide
- Support a safety plan with someone thinking of suicide.
There are also more courses scheduled in the new year including online.
LOCAL NEWS, ACTIVITIES & SERVICES
25. Harrogate & District Headway
Part of a network of regional branches dedicated to the care and successful re-integration of people with an acquired brain injury into the community. Headway promotes understanding of all aspects of brain injury, provides information and support and services to survivors of brain injury and their families. Membership is free to all survivors of brain injury and their carers. Monthly get togethers in Harrogate are on the last Monday of the month.
26. Creative Corner for Seniors Group at Knaresborough library.
Next meet ups Wednesdays 11 December and 15 January, 10am – 11.30am
A cosy get together for chatting and a relaxing craft. No creative skills required!
Tea or coffee £1.
27. Alzheimer’s Society Singing For The Brain
Every Monday (except bank holidays) 1.15 – 2.45pm
Christ Church, Harrogate, HG1 4SW
These sessions use singing to bring people with dementia together in a friendly and stimulating activity.
There is no need to book.
To find out more call 01904 929444 or harrogate@alzheimers.org.uk
These are also the contact details for the Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Adviser for Harrogate, Ripon & Craven for support to those with dementia, families, friends and carers, by telephone or face to face visits.
28. North Yorkshire Connected Spaces (NYCS) Culture of Recovery Forum
25 November, 10:00am – 3:00pm,
Wesley Centre, Harrogate
NYCS are bringing the community together to talk about what it means to foster a Culture of Recovery from addiction. Recovery isn’t just a personal journey—it’s a collective effort!
Join NYCS at this free forum as they:
- Raise awareness of recovery pathways
- Share personal stories of hope and transformation
- Empower voices in the community
For people in recovery from addiction, those who know someone who is or who want to learn more.
29. Volunteering opportunities of the week with Mind In Harrogate District and The Yorkshire Rescue
Do you have good listening skills and empathy with or experience of people living with mental health issues (through professional, family/friends or lived experience), and are you friendly and engaging? Being a Telephone Support Volunteer with Mind In Harrogate District offers a chance to make a real difference in your local community and to gain experience, a professional reference upon successful completion of your volunteering period, with travel expenses reimbursed, Mental Health Awareness and other relevant training.
Are you an animal lover who would be able to foster a cat or dog when the need arises? Ideally you need to be an experienced dog or cat owner to be a Dog & cat fostering volunteer with The Yorkshire Rescue, but please don’t let lack of experience stop you applying, as the team are happy to give support. The rescue coordinator will want to find out about your experience and home set up, and work with you to ensure any placement is a good fit for you and the dog.
30. The Village Harrogate winter campaign ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’
Help make sure no child in Harrogate and surrounding areas is chilly this winter.
Through November-February The Village will be collecting winter coats up to the age of 16 years. They can be taken to The Village at 282 Skipton Road HG1 3HE on a Monday evening 7.45-9pm or a Wednesday morning 9.30-11.30am.
31. Coppice Valley Community Hub
The Coppice Valley Primary School Community Hub is open to individuals and families in the local community.
- Pre-loved school uniform/shoes/coats
- Food items and recipe bags
- Bedding, toiletries and other miscellaneous donations
- Signposting and information on local, services and events.Harrogate and District Community Action
32. How to make Celebration Meals
Wednesdays 4,11 and 18 December, 9.30am – 12noon
Gracious Street Methodist Church, Knaresborough
Hands on three week cooking course for anyone who wants to eat for less this festive season. Booking essential.
33. Associated Optical 1:1 Demonstration Day
Wednesday 20 November, 10am to 3pm
Vision Support Harrogate District, 23 East Parade, Harrogate, HG1 5LF
All welcome to drop in for some hands-on experience of electronic, hand held, stand, illuminated magnification as well as lighting products. Refreshments will be served all day.
These demo days also give people an opportunity to look around the centre and find out more about the support and activities available for visually impaired people.
34. Van for Sale
Lifeline Harrogate are selling their van. Do you know another charity who may want to buy it?
The van is a Ford Transit in silver with 84,000 miles and a full service history. You can see a photo of the van here.
Lifeline are open to reasonable offers.
If you are interested please contact Ruth on admin@lifelineharrogate.co.uk or 07541 455508.
35. Congratulations to our local The King’s Award for Voluntary Service awardees in 2024.
Lower Ure Conservation Trust
Ripon City Swimming Club
Ripon Community Poppy Project
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Local voluntary and community sector job opportunities
Opportunities to work with HADCA member organisations and our partners will appear on our HADCA website
Nidderdale Plus Community Hub – Finance Officer (part-time) (closing date 2 December 2024)
Orb Community Arts – Chief Administration and Finance Officer (closing date 2 December 2024)
Open Country – Finance Officer (closing date 4 December 2024)
If you would like your opportunity to appear you can Add a Job to our website. This is a free service for HADCA member organisations.
To the best of our knowledge, the information contained in these updates is correct at the time of circulation. HADCA cannot accept responsibility for any errors or omissions.
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E-Bulletin 2024 ISSUE 35 – 8 November
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FUNDING
1. A free defibrillator for your community
Applications for a BHF-funded defibrillator are now open. It is expected that applications will close by 5pm on Friday 28 February 2025, but his may be earlier depending on the volume received.
Areas prioritised include those with fewer registered defibrillators and communities where local health needs indicate a higher risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
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2. THE BIG GIVE Green Match Fund 2025
The Fund aims to support charities playing a vital role in addressing pressing environmental issues. Whether that’s preserving ecosystems, protecting endangered species or promoting sustainable practices, every donation will make double the difference in the global effort to protect and preserve our planet.
Charities have two different models they can choose to apply for. Charities seeking to raise:
- Up to £10,000 in public donations (to be doubled by match funds) through the 1:1 model.
- Up to £100,000 in public donations (to be doubled by match funds) through the pledge model. Charities can receive up to £50k in Champion funds.
You can watch this webinar to understand how the multi-model campaign works. Applications close on Tuesday 17 January.
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3. The BIG GIVE Arts for Impact 2025
The campaign aims to support arts and culture charities working to achieve societal impact across the UK. Interested charities must have arts and culture as their core mission. (“core mission” means that the arts and culture is mentioned in the organisation’s charitable objects.). This may include (but is not limited to) theatres, dance troupes, choirs, orchestras, arts centres, galleries, museums, arts festivals and arts-based community groups.
Between 18th-25th March 2025, donations to participating charities will be DOUBLED.
Applications close on Wednesday 18 December.
For charities interested in applying for either the Green Match Fund or the Arts for Impact Fund there is a ‘Submitting a good application’ webinar at 12midday on 20 November. You can register your place for the webinar here
4. Community Anchor Collectives funding opportunity
Community Anchor Collective Grants in Harrogate and Scarborough. North Yorkshire Council are looking for applications from single co-ordinating organisations on behalf of a ‘collective’ of locally empowered organisations.
Deadline 2 December 2024.
HADCA is applying to be the co-ordinating organisation for Harrogate. If you are interested in working with us, please get in touch with our CEO Frances frances@hadca.org.uk
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5. Banks Community Grassroots Fund
Support for charitable and environmental causes, working in partnership with communities close to their developments to deliver long lasting positive change that makes a real difference to people’s lives.
6. Citizens Advice Energy Outreach Project.
This project aims to support consumers by providing energy advice either on a 1 to 1 basis or in a group setting. The main focus of this project is to deliver support to consumers via champions, in a community outreach setting, particularly aiming to reach those people who are less likely or less able to access support services already and who may be living in marginalised communities.
Citizens Advice are looking for organisations who may be able to commit to supporting 100-200 consumers between now and the end of March 2025. The areas of support are:
- Providing advice on energy efficiency measures, behavioural change and saving tips. This includes actions the consumer can take in their home to reduce their bills and identifying grants available including Energy Company Obligation (ECO)
- Providing financial assistance to be spent towards energy bills, including access to grants that may be available through local schemes
- Support to households that are particularly at risk of fuel poverty or in emergency situations. This includes access to fuel vouchers and referral to food banks
- Understanding tariffs, bills and fuel options including switching methods
- Raising awareness of the Warm Home Discount (WHD) and the Priority Services Register
Advice delivered via Energy Outreach Project is not necessarily limited to the topics above, for example, fuel debt and smart meters could also be covered. However, the focus of the project is to help consumers act to improve their energy situation. The points above have been identified as the areas which will help consumers most.
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If you are interested please complete the Expression of Interest Form. There is more information about the project and the role of delivery partners contained within this form.
If you require any further information and would like to discuss please contact Daisy Hammond daisy.hammond@citizensadvice.org.uk
7. Brelms Trust
Grants from £1,000 to a maximum of £6,000 per year, either as a one-off amount or for up to a maximum of 3 consecutive years (i.e. up to £18,000), to a wide variety of charities operating exclusively in Yorkshire and directly benefitting only Yorkshire communities.
Priority is given to charities working at the heart of communities to tackle disadvantage and to provide sustainable benefit to the community.
Applications can cover staff salaries, volunteer expenses and running costs, as well as direct service provision.
Applications now welcomed for grants which will be awarded in January 2025.
8. Paul Hamlyn Foundation Arts Fund
Grants of £90,000 to £300,000 for 3 years for cultural organisations who are working at the intersection of art and social change. To be eligible, organisations should have a turnover of no less than £60,000 per year.
Deadline 31 January 2025.
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9. Screwfix Foundation
Grants in the region of £5,000 for registered charities and not-for-profit organisations for projects that improve, fix and repair buildings, homes and facilities specifically used by people in need throughout the UK.
Next deadlines 10 November and 10 February.
Flexible and affordable repayable finance for UK registered charities and social enterprises, with a minimum annual turnover of £75,000, seeking to grow their trading income.
The Fund offers between £50,000 and £1 million, with a 5.5% fixed interest rate that won’t change during the lifetime of the facility. Loans are between 3-5 years, but can be increased up to 10 years under certain circumstances.
Have you ever wanted to make change happen in an issue you care passionately about? Explore new solutions with the world’s leading professionals.
A Churchill Fellowship is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lead the change you want to see. Funding is available to spend up to two months learning from the innovators in your field anywhere in the world, in person or online. Then you’ll have help to share your ideas and inspire change across the UK.
Deadline 12 November.
12. eBay’s Circular Fashion Fund
Grants up to £231,000 are available to small-scale businesses and charities that specialise in pre-loved fashion solutions to deliver innovative schemes that will help to change the way in which people shop.
Deadline: 15 November.
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13. Friends of the Elderly Grants For Older People
Grants up to £500 are available to provide support to older people on low incomes with the costs of home essentials, unexpected large bills, general living costs and online connection.
Grants can be used to cover essential expenses such as purchasing a new fridge, paying unexpected bills, food, clothing, or covering gas and electricity costs.
The application process is managed through Referral Agents, such as community centres, religious centres, carers centres, housing associations, advice organisations like Citizen’s Advice or other charities like Age UK.
If you are an organisation working with older people who might want to become a referrer, please contact hello@fote.org.uk
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NEWS, INFORMATION & RESOURCES
An opportunity to sign this open letter to the chancellor and join in calling for a commitment to safeguard charities from increased employer NICs.
15. Giving Tuesday 3 December
An opportunity to promote 5 Ways to…Give
- Give your time or talent: Volunteer and give your skills
- Give your voice: Sign a petition or speak up for a cause
- Give money: Donate or fundraise for a charity
- Give goods: Donate clothes or parcels to a food bank
- Give yourself a challenge: Aim for a personal goal and make a positive difference.Harrogate and District Community Action
16. New research on section 114 notices – guidance for VCSE organisations
Financial difficulties within many local authorities, sometimes leading to the issuing of a section 114 notice (s114), is affecting communities across England, including charities which receive funding from and work in partnership with local government.
NAVCA’s guidance, in partnership with Lloyds Bank Foundation, is for any local charity or community group that might be affected.
There is also a free webinar: How to navigate local government financial difficulty 20 November, 11am – 12:30pm. An opportunity to explore the guidance and what charities can do to prepare and respond.
17. #16DaysOfActivism to end gender-based violence.
Local charity IDAS supports the international campaign which starts on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day.
Take at least one action during this period to help ensure that people know support is available.
Request an action pack and take a stand against domestic abuse.
18. Just B’s Self-care for darker days
For some of us, after the clocks go back, the winter months can be challenging for our emotional wellbeing. The Just ‘B’ emotional wellbeing team look at some simple ways which may help us feel brighter.
Just ‘B’ Hear to Help is here for you – text, call or email and they’ll be in touch in one-five hours, 9am-5pm Monday-Friday.
HAVE YOUR SAY
19. North Yorkshire Women’s Health Survey 2024
Contraception, breast health, regular check-ups, healthy ageing, pregnancy, infertility, cervical screening, mental health, emotional wellbeing and menopause are among a list of topics that form part of the survey, which is available both online and in print at all the county’s libraries.
The survey closes on Sunday 15 December.
TRAINING, LEARNING & EVENTS
20. Positive teams: recruitment, retention and wellbeing
13 November, 10:30am – 12:00noon
It goes beyond processes, policies and procedures. It is about making sure your organisation’s values and culture meet the needs of your people.
People are the cornerstone of charity success after all – and that means everyone, not just managers and leaders, needs to be involved and engaged.
Debra Allcock Tyler, CEO, and Eileen Browne, Consultant Trainer, DSC will break down the issues, providing guidance and advice.
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21. Free DBS workshops and webinars during Safeguarding Adults Week 2024.
All sessions are 100% free, are delivered virtually by DBS Advisers for Yorkshire & The Humber, and are live with opportunity for real-time Q&A.
DBS Overview; ‘who we are and what we do’
Mon, 18 Nov, 10:00 – 11:00
DBS Checks & Eligibility workshop
Tue, 19 Nov, 14:00 – 16:00
The different types and levels of DBS check available, when a check can be applied for and what information may be disclosed on a DBS certificate.
DBS Barring Functions and when the Legal Duty to Refer Applies
Wed, 20 Nov, 10:00 – 12:00
Insight and guidance into the DBS Barring functions and when an organisation must by law refer a staff member or volunteer to DBS following safeguarding concerns.
DBS Barring Referral Service; a guide to making referrals to DBS
Thu, 21 Nov, 13:00 – 13:30
Including when referrals must be made by law, who is responsible for making the referral and supporting documentation and information to support the assessment of the referral.
DBS Bitesize; When a referral to DBS must be made
Fri, 22 Nov, 14:00 – 15:00
The three different referral routes and the consequences of not making appropriate barring referrals.
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22. How to manage trustee disputes
Tuesday 19 November, 14:00 until 15:00
This free NCVO webinar will help trustees respond effectively to disagreements and conflict involving board members. Get practical tips to encourage constructive challenge and stop disputes escalating.
LOCAL NEWS, ACTIVITIES & SERVICES
23. Pension Credit drop-in at Citizens Advice Harrogate office
20 and 21 November, 9.30am – 12.30pm
Audrey Burton House, Queensway (behind the Odeon cinema)
Meet advisers for a free, confidential chat about Pension Credit. No appointment needed. Get free, confidential and impartial help with eligibility calculations, applications and other benefits you may qualify for.
You can also get a benefit check by calling the freephone Adviceline on 0808 278 7900 (Mon – Fri 9am – 4.30pm) or visit https://www.cany.org.uk/
24. Inspire Youth Babysitting course
16, 23 and 30 November, 10am-3pm
Inspire Community Hub, 9-10 Halfpenny Close, Knaresborough HG5 0TG.
A 3-day course aimed at 13-18 year olds who look after other people’s children. It covers a number of topics including first aid awareness offered by St Johns Ambulance, a fire safety talk along with a live baby experience. £40 per participant with a certificate of attendance, but please get in touch if cost may be a barrier.
25. Libraries online support sessions for bus pass applications
Staff and volunteers will offer one-to-one support for people to complete the online application process for either the older persons or disabled persons bus pass. Library visitors who need help with online applications should contact the library to book an appointment.
The new local weekly sessions are:
- Ripon Library on Mondays from 10am to noon
- Knaresborough Library on Mondays from 2pm to 3pm.Harrogate and District Community Action
26. Volunteering opportunities of the week with Dene Park Community Association
Dene Park Community Centre would love to hear from volunteers interested in a number of different roles.
As an Entertainment Assistant you’ll be greeting people as they arrive, taking entrance money, checking bingo tickets and raffle numbers, helping at parties, club trips and the tidying of the club after the sessions.
As Social Activities Helper you will be preparing and serving refreshments on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 2pm to 4pm, helping with fundraising events, trips and outings and sometimes providing a listening ear to members who may live alone and want to chat.
A Charity Club Secretary is needed to work with the Committee to help arrange meetings, take minutes, draft agendas, keep the member database updated, update the diary with hall events.
It is a friendly, welcoming and inclusive group with members of all ages and abilities.
27. ‘The Blind Gourmet Girls’ cookbook is out now!
Inspired by their Thursday Soup & Pud Club, the Vision Support Centre’s new A4 sized cookbook is full of delicious tried and tested soup & pud recipes that have all been served up at the Club over the last year. The cookbook contains all their Autumn/Winter recipes, all in large print, for only £10.
Call 01423 565915 email enquiries@vshd.org.uk or pop in to the Centre at 23 East Parade, Harrogate, HG1 5LF to get your copy.
28. Harrogate and Knaresborough Amnesty International Group Refreshment Day
Saturday 16 November 2024, 10:00am to 3:00pm
St Peters Church, Harrogate
Call in for a light lunch: tea, coffee, sandwiches and cakes – all home-made – and escape the Christmas rush! All proceeds to Amnesty International.
29. Harrogate Hospital & Community Charity (HHCC) Letters from Father Christmas 2024
HHCC’s Elves want to support Children and Young People this Christmas by giving something back, a personalised letter from the main man himself!
Everyone receiving a letter from Father Christmas, will be in with a chance of winning an amazing prize, just in time for Christmas!
Any donations received will help raise vital funds to help fund new equipment and to enhance the environment for patients.
Local voluntary and community sector job opportunities
Opportunities to work with HADCA member organisations and our partners will appear on our HADCA website
Open Country – Finance Officer (closing date 4 December 2024)
If you would like your opportunity to appear you can Add a Job to our website. This is a free service for HADCA member organisations.
Harrogate and District Community Action
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