News & Developments

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Do you or someone you care for frequently use healthcare services in Glossopdale or Tameside and have one or more of the following needs:

• a child with an education, health and care plan
• a learning disability or autism and high support needs
• a high level of need for healthcare services
• a mental health need that requires on-going use of mental health services
• a long term condition where current health services don’t work, which results in you accessing hospital services more frequently than you would like
• a long term rehabilitation requirements e.g. for an acquired brain or spinal injury

Or do you provide services to people with needs such as those listed above who use health services frequently?

Are you interested in learning about Personal Health Budgets, what they could do for you or the people you work with?

NHS Tameside and Glossop Clinical Commissioning Group is required to develop a Local Personal Health budget Offer for people living in Tameside and Glossop. Are you interested in helping us to develop our offer?

If so you are warmly invited to join us at this first workshop to help us develop the Personal Health Budgets offer in Tameside and Glossop. We warmly welcome service users, carers, frontline staff and representatives from local organisations to join us.

Workshop on Monday 1 February 2016
From 9.30am to 1.00pm followed by lunch
St John’s Church Hall, Vicarage Drive, Dukinfield, SK16 5HZ

To book a place contact Catherine Cane 0161 304 5417 or email catherine.cane@nhs.net with the following information:

• Name
• Email address or telephone number
• Details of whether you are a Service User or a Carer?
• Name of the organisation you represent/work for
• Any special dietary requirements

Transport can be arranged. If you require transport to the workshop please contact Catherine Cane on the phone number or email address above.

If you would like an initial chat to find out more about what this is about please contact Esther Jones at High Peak CVS on 01663 736 429 or esther@highpeakcvs.org.uk

Sports Relief Community Cash grants of £500-£1,000 are available to small organisations in the Derby & Derbyshire area, that are doing great work to help local people living tough lives.

Who is eligible to apply for a Sport Relief Community Cash grant?

Who can apply:

• constituted voluntary and community groups
• charities
• social enterprises
• co-operatives
• community interest companies

Groups eligible to apply need to:

• be working in a disadvantaged or deprived area
• be a small local group with an income of less than £100,000 (in the last year) run by local people

Examples of the type of activities we will fund (this is an example but not a definitive list):

• Parent and toddler groups
• Dads and lads groups
• Equipment and materials for sports groups
• Community festivals
• Cross generational work
• Lunch clubs
• Running costs for self help groups
• Committee and volunteer/staff training
• Hire of sports facilities

Applications can only be made through Foundation Derbyshire. Contact their grants team on 01773 535860 or hello@foundationderbyshire.org for an application form specific to this fund. Deadline for applications is 14 February 2016 and funding is likely to be very competitive.

Due to a high level of demand all places are now allocated on Thursday 10 March 2016, so a second date is offered for this training:

Friday 11 March2016, The Postmill Centre, South Normanton, 9.30am – 4.30pm

The aim of this training is to explore ways to build organisational and business capacity and to be able to respond more effectively to grant and contractual opportunities from the OPCC and other Commissioners including preparing for tendering and procurement opportunities.

The training will take place over one day and full resources and materials will be provided.

Places are limited. Please respond no later than Friday 12 February 2016 to book your place and further details will be sent to you - Tel: 0300 122 6006 (Internal 7504841); Email: sarah.greensmith.4841@derbyshire.pnn.police.uk

Delegates will learn about different options available to them, engage with local businesses and discover employment opportunities.

2 March 2016 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm University of Derby, Buxton Campus.

www.emc-dnl.co.uk/events/8215/your-future-careers-fair

Each year, millions of people in the UK fall prey to scammers. Some frontline scam fighters estimate the total cost to consumers of mass-marketed scams could be as much as £5 billion.

The session will increase your understanding of scams and help you understand more about who is targeted and how easy it is to become a victim. The sessions are aimed at everyone and will help you spot scams and help those most vulnerable to deal with any potential scams. Marilyn Baldwin OBE from ‘Think Jessica’ will be telling her moving story about her own experience dealing with scam mail see www.thinkjessica.com

On Friday 5 February at 10am until 12 noon (tea/coffee will be available) at Chapel-en-le-Frith Golf Club, The Cockyard, Manchester Road, Chapel-en-le-Frith, SK23 9UH. 

If you or your colleagues would like to attend please email:-  amanda.simcock@highpeak.gov.uk

Entrance is free but hot dogs (or should that be Bratwurst?) will be on sale at a very reasonable £1 each. 

High Peak CVS would like to invite you to FREE information & training session for volunteers and workers in our community who support local people.  The information session will give you knowledge of ways in which local people may be able to save money or apply for additional support with their heating and electric bills, helping them stay warm this winter!

The friendly and informal session (for which you need no prior knowledge) is designed to give information and awareness of:

• How people can switch energy supplier (much easier than most people think!)

• Different benefits and allowances people can apply for if they are in poverty, have a disability or health problem or are on pensions/benefits. 

• Priority Services which disabled people can apply for with the energy companies

After attending the session you will be able to pass on this straightforward knowledge to individuals. It can make a huge difference to vulnerable people (eg the elderly, disabled, those with young children) or those who are struggling to make ends meet or live in a stone built house, which tend to be more expensive to heat.  

You are not expected to advise people on their finances or do anything more complicated than make others aware of the information and help them switch.  One big advantage of attending is that you will also be able to use this knowledge to help your friends and family to save money.  In fact, we encourage attendees to bring your own gas and electricity bill/statement and we can see if you can save money at the session - if you haven't changed suppliers in the last couple of years, it is highly likely you are paying up to several hundred pounds too much!

Come along on Wednesday 10 February 10.00 am - 12noon (lunch provided) to our offices at High Peak CVS, Dunbar House, 105 Buxton Road, Whaley Bridge, High Peak SK23 7HX

If you would like to join us, please email Rachel Harman at rachel@highpeakcvs.org.uk or call or text 07905 289 578.  Please also state if you would like to stay on for lunch for our planning - thank you.

The session is run by High Peak Community and Voluntary Support with funding from the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Thur 10 March 2016, The Postmill Centre, South Normanton, 9.30am – 4.30pm

The aim of this training is to explore ways to build organisational and business capacity and to be able to respond more effectively to grant and contractual opportunities from the OPCC and other Commissioners including preparing for tendering and procurement opportunities.

The training will take place over one day and full resources and materials will be provided.

Places are limited. Please respond to this email no later than Friday 12 February 2016 to book your place and further details will be sent to you.

The survey, launched by a coalition of charities, is gathering evidence about how charities are able to get their voice heard and the support they need.

By taking part you will be helping make sure that funders and decision makers know more about your needs. By being the biggest survey of charities and voluntary organisations this survey is a powerful way of getting your voice heard.

The survey can be completed in 15 minutes.

www.surveymonkey.com/r/charitysurvey15