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We have been receiving a lot of positive messages about our volunteers from the medical staff and community. We have also heard from our volunteers about their experiences volunteering at vaccination centres and testing sites throughout Hertfordshire.     Looking for a bit of escapism and travel without leaving the comfort of your home? Attached is an invitation from Welwyn Hatfield Interfaith Group and Kadam Dance for a virtual event starting this evening at 8pm.For assess to the Zoom Event please contact: Theresa McCrave E: theresa.whifg@gmail.com     On 3rd February Welwyn Hatfield Community Safety Partnership at Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council are hosting awareness sessions for parents and guardians in Welwyn Hatfield. These session have only been made possible through the funding provided by Hertfordshire Community Foundation. Though the sessions are aimed at parents/guardians they may also be useful for youth professionals to attend and/or any other interested parties. To book a place please visit: https://welhatparentawareness.eventbrite.co.uk    NHS Charities Together in partnership with Herts and West Essex Integrated Care System Please note:
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Safeguarding in Employment All Staff employed in the performance of the Services must have the right to work in the UK. All Staff will require Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks Bidding organisations will no doubt appreciate that DBS checks are essential and that there is a substantial lead-time awaiting the results. Furthermore, there is a cost implication that will need to be addressed. Eligibility • Services must be provided in Hertfordshire and be able to show how their project benefits residents in the relevant district. • Organisations must be able to provide the following: o A copy of their governing document o A copy of their most recent accounts o A list of current trustees/management committee members (at least two of whom must be independent/unrelated) o Copies of their equality policy and relevant safeguarding policies If any of these requirements (or others below) present you with a problem, we suggest you discuss with Tim Anfilogoff before making a bid. The Deadline for Submission is midnight on Friday 22 January 2021 You must complete and respond to all questions in this small grant application and return it to tim.anfilogoff@nhs.net If anything is unclear, please contact Tim Anfilogoff, Head of Community Resilience at HVCCG tim.anfilogoff@nhs.net Or on Teams, Zoom, or if all else fails telephone: 07900 161673 The Onslow St Audrey’s School will start lateral flow testing for Covid-19 for all students in January. Students and staff will be able to take a test and 30 minutes later get the result. Communities 1st, along with the Volunteer Centre in Welwyn Hatfield, have been asked to recruit and co-ordinate volunteers to assist with non-clinical duties around reception and queue management. Volunteers can come from any background. You will be trained on line, and then be asked to volunteer for a 4-hour shift. At the start of the shift you will be issued with PPE and be tested yourself. All volunteers will receive travel expenses and refreshments. Individuals who are interested in volunteering need to register at www.communities1st.org.uk/COVID-19-community-signup. Once registered, ID verified and vetted, volunteers will receive training links for the online training. Individuals will be asked to volunteer for a vacant shift (a shift is 4 hours) and there will be about 8-11 volunteers on each shift. The expected duties are
Volunteers will be required to commit to a whole shift and ideally more than 1 day, this will help build experience and efficiency of the testing process. If you wish to volunteer please register at www.communities1st.org.uk/COVID-19-community-signup or email volunteer@communities1st.org.uk I am contacting to promote and raise awareness of the service that we offer young people who are at risk of NEET/are NEET. The Herts Youth Futures project provides one-to-one mentoring support for individuals facing barriers to education, training and/or employment. This BBO (Building Better Opportunities) project is in partnership with Hertfordshire County Council and is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and European Social Fund whom have invested £1.1 million to aid young people into supported and sustained work and education. What’s different about this project?The unique aspects of this project are that once referred, individuals will be allocated a Youth Mentor who will tailor their support solely based on the individuals’ needs. Additionally, this support is based around flexibility, being dependent on individuals’ circumstances and with the vision of long-term advice and guidance. With numerous partner organisations across the county , this is an extremely far-reaching project. It utilises a diverse range of expertise and therefore aims to ensure the needs of all individuals can be met in some form. Hertfordshire Mind Network as a leading mental health services provider can thus offer tailored and focused support, contributing to the network of specialised mentoring delivered by Herts Youth Futures. Who can join Herts Youth Futures?
How to contact us For a referral form please contact sarah.mcveigh@hertsmindnetwork.org or contact the central team on 01992 556183. Family Lives operate a free confidential helpline for anyone experiencing difficulties in their family or relationship. Our volunteers take calls from parents and carers on a wide range of subjects, whether that might be issues around separation and divorce, isolation, depression, bullying and abuse, dealing with behavioural problems, etc. You can find out more about our services on our website www.familylives.org.uk Parenting and family support from Family Lives (formerly Parentline Plus) through our website, helpline 0808 800 2222, email service at askus@familylives.org.uk and local services. We are a national service with home-based call takers county wide as well as three call centres in the UK, one based in Old Hatfield in Hertfordshire, one based in Hadleigh in Essex and one in Newcastle. Once trained volunteers sign up for a weekly 4-hour shift comprising 3 hours ‘online’ followed by a debrief session with your supervisor which can lasts around half to one hour. We recruit volunteers with a range of backgrounds and experiences though we ask that volunteers have experience of parenting or working with children and young people, are good listeners and have a willingness to learn. Being remote it will be very important that you have a PC/laptop, headset, good Wifi and a private place to work from home. Our training programme is excellent and will give you the opportunity to develop the skills needed to offer empathic support and guidance to callers whatever their circumstances; all shifts are overseen by a regular shift supervisor who provides ongoing remote support. We ask our volunteers to make a commitment of 1 year (with time off for holidays), obviously we understand that circumstances sometimes make that an impossibility, but can be helpful to know at the outset that is the general expectation. We have call taker training sessions in January 2021, this runs over five sessions the dates are below and is done remotely connecting you via a Microsoft Teams link. You would need to be able to attend all five sessions and be available on four occasions to listen into calls, this can be organised remotely. January 2021 Monday 18th – 12 to 4pm Tuesday 19th – 12 to 4pm Monday 25th – 12 to 4pm Tuesday 26th – 12 to 4pm Monday 1st February – 12 to 4pm We are also running a second training group in January 2021 on Saturday’s January / February 2021 Saturday 23rd January Saturday 30th January Saturday 6th February Saturday 13th February Saturday 20th February Times: 10am to 2pm To apply for this role, please contact us for an application form gillianh@familylives.org.uk . We will then be in contact with you to arrange a telephone interview at a time that suits you, we will be able to give you a broad outline of what is involved in the Call Taker role, what we cover during the training and hopefully answer any questions you might have. Please note that all roles offered are subject to a satisfactory DBS being obtained, you will receive details of documentation required prior to your training and this must all be in no later than the second session of your training. The history of the Focolare Movement & Many people ask, ‘What is the Focolare Movement? Here is an opportunity to find out Main speakers: Tuesday 8th December 2020 8.00p.m by Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85757641505?pwd=b09FSVhzTm9xTHNnbEFvTjFnTzVaUT09 Meeting ID: 857 5764 1505 Passcode: 647113 We are delighted to tell you about the launch of our festive project ‘Christmas Kindness ’, which will be delivered in partnership with Small Acts of Kindness and HertsHelp. An army of volunteers are about to start packing the boxes so we expect boxes to be available for collection from Croxley Green early next week. We need your help to make this happen and to bring a smile and Christmas kindness to older and vulnerable people across the county who are feeling more than a bit lonely and isolated right now. We will have 3000 Christmas gift boxes ready from the first week of December for collection and distribution by our partner organisations who’ve identified people who would benefit from a bit of festive cheer. Each box will include approx. 5 gifts, and will include a Christmas card, sticker feedback card , a Hertshelp information leaflet, chocolate/biscuits, a reusable face mask and a fleecy blanket. We’ve already received interest from some organisations who will be doing door step deliveries of Christmas Kindness boxes to people who they know will be on their own this Christmas. As you can imagine, logistically this really will be a challenge, and so I’m emailing you to see if your organisation would like a share of the Christmas Kindness boxes to distribute to anyone in need. If you would like an allocation of boxes, then I will need to know a few details so that I can register your interest and coordinate a response on your behalf for Small Acts of Kindness. We will need to know the number of boxes that you would like ( please make sure that your request is as accurate as possible so that we can ensure that everyone who needs a box receives one). We would also like to know where the boxes will be delivered to ( area, village, town, district etc.) so that we can try and avoid any duplication. We are mindful that there are different dietary requirements , however given the short timescale for mobilisation we’ve ensured that all edible contents are vegan. On this occasion , we are unable to cater for specific dietary requests . Can we therefore please ask that any item in the box which is not suitable is gifted by the recipient to someone else? I will coordinate your requests and liaise with Small Acts of Kindness on your behalf. Please note the following:-
Small Acts of Kindness, 3 Abloy, Hatters Lane, Croxley Park, WD18 8AJ. They are happy for collections to take place on any of the days from the 2nd December until the 10th , between 10.30am and 4 pm but it has to be by prior arrangement. I will coordinate your responses so please email me with details.
I would be grateful if you let me know if you are interested in collecting a batch of the Christmas Kindness boxes for delivery to people who you are aware of by Monday 30th November . Allocation of boxes will be on a first come, first serve basis, and your requests should be based on a realistic number ( i.e. identified number of individuals who are elderly, vulnerable, recently bereaved , feeling isolated having stayed in their homes since March or living alone). The Civic Awards, Welwyn Hatfield Borough’s highest accolade, are presented each year to people for a range of achievements. These include, but are not limited to, service to the community, bravery/courage, environmental work, arts and sport, education and heritage.  We will need contact information about the person you are nominating as well as the First and Second people making the nomination and a brief history in 300-500 words why you consider them suitable for a Civic Award. There are also two special categories: Community Award Please tick this box if you wish to nominate the person for the Mears sponsored Community Award Young Person’s Award Please tick this box if you wish to nominate the person for the University of Hertfordshire sponsored Young Person’s Award for anyone aged 21 or under Nominations Forms can be completed online: https://www.welhat.gov.uk/civicawards Awards are given for a wide variety of reasons to people from all walks of life. Candidates are nominated by you – Welwyn Hatfield’s residents – and from these nominations up to five award winners are selected by a judging panel chaired by the Mayor. The common factor and criteria in all candidates is the extraordinary commitment, dedication, energy and effort they have shown in their particular field or towards achieving a particular goal. Each award consists of a personalised trophy, a certificate and a cheque for £250. The recipients’ names are also entered into an official Civic Awards book where their achievement is recorded for posterity. Nominations can be submitted at any time. However for inclusion in the Civic Awards 2021, forms must be submitted by Friday 22nd January 2021. The judging panel will then consider all nominations and the awards will be presented at the Annual Council Meeting. |
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