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The Prince’s Trust and Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are offering a free four week training course giving you the opportunity to gain experience working in a variety of roles at The Royal Derby Hospital.

The Taster Day is essentially an information/selection day that involves group activities and a one-to-one interview with an NHS member of staff. 

What is Get Into NHS?

Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are looking at taking on 13 young people for a free four week NHS programme with The Royal Derby Hospital from Monday 15 June– Friday 10 July 2015. There are numerous roles available to cater for a wide range of interests. Current roles on offer are in the following departments; Pathology, Complaints, Finance, Radiotherapy, IS Patient Services, Transformation, Facilities, Professional Development, Library, Legal, and Wards. Some of these placements can be combined e.g 2 weeks in one department and 2 weeks in another.  Everyone will gain a First Aid Qualification as well as highly regarded in-house NHS training. 

Who is eligible?

• UK residents aged 16 – 25 who are 
• Unemployed 
• Motivated and interested in working for the NHS, and committed to completing the four week, full time work routine
• Able to travel to the programme (travel costs are covered)
• Tattoos and piercings to look professional
• No serious offenders (repeated or serious violent, sexual or drugs related convictions). All other offenders will be taken on a case by case basis.

Both the Taster Day and programme will be at The Royal Derby Hospital, New Uttoxoter Road, Derby, DE22 3NE

Email: kristian.hirscher@princes-trust.org.uk
Phone: 07436 797 253

Stallholders and performers wanted Saturday 13 June 

They are looking for stallholders and exhibitors - from artists and crafts people to food producers, musicians, performers and all that is 'Made in Derbyshire'. 

Contact Nikki Wright on 01629 533038 or e: ecocentre@derbyshire.gov.uk

www.ecocentreexchange.org.uk

• Essential aspects of inspection and maintenance
• Accessibility of the playground with regard to the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act
• Different items of play equipment and surfacing
• Risk benefit judgements
• Play for older children
• Management, legislation, standards and guidelines
• Looking after natural play spaces

Thursday 16 July 2015 at Hilton Village Hall, Peacroft Lane, Hilton, DE65 5GH
Registration from 12.15pm for prompt 12.30pm start and 4.00pm finish.

£45 per person.

Please wear appropriate warm clothing, sturdy footwear and bring a brolly, even if it looks like rain the outside practical inspection will still take place!

You can downloaded a booking form at: www.ruralactionderbyshire.org.uk.  You will receive a confirmation of your booking along with directions to Hilton Village Hall.

For more information about the event please contact Helena Stubbs on 01629 592973 or email: h.stubbs@ruralactionderbyshire.org.uk

The training will equip learners with the knowledge needed to:

• Name the main benefits

• Understand the basics of the benefit system in the UK

• Explain the requirements for receipt of some benefits

• Signpost clients to the right benefit for them

• Recognise when something doesn't seem right about a service user’s benefits

• Understand the major benefit changes taking place in the UK at the moment

The course lasts 2.5 hours and can be delivered to groups of up to eight at any location in the High Peak and surrounding areas. The cost is a suggested donation to High Peak Foodbank of £20 per learner or for one single organisation to book the course for up to eight members of staff £100 plus travel costs. To book the course for your organisation or to register an interest in the next course please email: paul.highpeakfoodbank@gmail.com or ring 01298 214926

The organisation acts as a link between local organisations who are looking for volunteers and people who want to volunteer, and also helps local charities and community groups with advice and assistance on recruiting, managing and supporting volunteers.  The service is completely FREE of charge to charities, CIC’s, community groups and any organisation which is non-profit making.  

However, at present they are experiencing a shortage of new, interesting and appealing volunteer roles to offer to potential volunteers.   Roles which are a bit different always get plenty of applications and get filled quickly.  VCS Peaks and Dales would like to invite any charities or community groups who need volunteers to come and chat with them about helping them develop interesting volunteer roles and manage their volunteers.  They are particularly looking for roles working with animals and children, in the arts, sports, libraries and museums, care homes, and administration.  They also need more roles suitable for applicants with disabilities, and home-based roles.

Organisations stay in charge of who they appoint but VCS Peaks and Dales can increase the advertising spread and do initial vetting of applicants, by matching the right person to the right role, all for free, so it’s a win-win for the charities and for the volunteers. 

If any non-profit organisations in the Peaks and Dales area would like to know more, please contact Debbie, Volunteer Development Manager at VCS Peaks and Dales, who will be very happy to discuss the type of assistance and support you require.  

Debbie@vcspd.org or call 01298 23970 or 01335 348602

Over 130 different organisations will be showcasing and offering their services - access a huge amount of information and advice. 

1.  Access the support you need 

2.  Meet John Partridge (Christian Clark) from EastEnders

3.  Join in with fun interactive sessions throughout the day including cycling, puppet making and wheelchair basketball

4.  Crèche facilities are available free of charge (For more information or to book a place contact Lucie from Dream Day Child Care on 07462 905677)

5.  Take part in a free tour around the brand new Derby Arena

For more information phone disability Direct on 01332 299449 or visit www.dowhatyouwant.org /  www.disabilitydirect.com

What challenges are you facing? Is the charity's structure effective? What changes are you considering implementing?

It's especially important to review how your charity operates in changing or uncertain economic climates. Maintaining a charity’s secure financial future is difficult, so it's important that you and the other trustees ask yourselves tough questions from the outset and regularly consider how your plans are going.

One way you can do this is to refer to the Charity Commission checklist of 15 key questions whenever you meet as trustees to make decisions about the way your charity operates.

Part of our 'Big Board Talk' series on trustee decision-making, the checklist covers questions on strategy, financial health and governance. It's designed to help you respond appropriately to change by developing plans and timetables for action.

This authority may be set out in your governing document or you may need to request it from us. Check your governing document; if it doesn't allow you to pay trustees, you may need to get our consent to:

• employ a trustee 
• pay a trustee for serving as a trustee 
• compensate a trustee for loss of earnings while on trustee business 

If your charity is currently employing a trustee, or considering employing one, check whether you have the relevant authority in place. If not, read the Charity Commission guidance and submit this form requesting for permission to pay trustees. Remember that all payments to trustees must be disclosed in the charity's accounts.

No matter what term the charity's governing document uses, you are legally a trustee if you are part of the group of people with overall responsibility for overseeing and leading the charity and directing how it is run.

The Charity Commission are concerned that too many people serving on trustee bodies don't realise they are trustees. As such, they don't realise they must comply with charity law or that our guidance applies to them.

Check what your governing document says is the ultimate decision-making body in your charity. All properly appointed members of that body are charity trustees in law. You can't opt to have the power without the responsibility, so you can't pick and choose who is a trustee. If you discover you are a trustee, take time to read some of the Charity Commission core guidance, and make sure you understand your role.