Reading Voluntary Action tackles loneliness and social isolation
Reading Voluntary Action (
RVA
) in partnership with Reading Neighbourhood Network (
RNN
) has launched a
new toolkit
to inspire and equip local people to take action on loneliness in their street, community and with friends and family.
The toolkit – an 8-page booklet plus a more
in-depth online version
- is packed with ideas, tips, information and downloadable resources to help people take action. RVA and RNN help local people to set up groups and run events in their neighbourhood or across Reading, to make a difference to the lives of people in the town.
The
new toolkit
provides help and information across a range of topics including finding out what’s on nearby, how to get there, local befriending and buddying services and how to start something in your neighbourhood. The online toolkit delves much deeper into the detail of demonstrating impact, quality awards and research, and it is likely to be of interest to existing community groups wanting to develop their services.
NAVCA members: How are you tackling loneliness and social isolation?
RVA is keen to share this work with other NAVCA members and learn from those doing similar. Please
contact us
to tell us how you are tackling loneliness and social isolation so we can set up a shared collection of work for NAVCA members.
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Charity Banks gets £5m boost from Power to Change
The deposit will increase Charity Bank’s lending capabilities, improving access to finance for charities and social enterprises. This is increasingly important, as 78% of those who borrowed money from Charity Bank say their project would not have gone ahead without it and 30% said it helped keep the organisation afloat.
Ed Siegel, Chief Executive at Charity Bank comments, “Responsible investment is an important and growing area of focus for many charities and social enterprises. This deposit from Power to Change will undoubtedly help us in our mission to provide social enterprises with the financial resources they need to help vulnerable people and communities across the UK, outcomes which, we understand, are supportive of the social objectives of Power to Change.”
Charity Bank is encouraging charities to invest their savings and investments ethically and in support of their mission, through its
Money on a Mission
campaign which launches today; you can read more about it
here
.
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2020 GSK IMPACT Awards – funding and free training for health charities
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. 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. To apply go to:
www.kingsfund.org.uk/gskimpactawards
. Closing date for applications:
23 September 2019
.
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How are European cities supporting digital social innovation?
The European Digital Social Innovation Index (EDSII) is the first index ranking how different European cities support digital social innovation (DSI) and tech for good to grow and thrive.
Produced as part of the EU-funded DSI4EU project, the EDSII builds upon
five years’ work by Nesta and its partners mapping and supporting DSI across Europe.
It ranks 60 European cities on 32 indicators which have been identified as important for the creation, growth and sustainability of DSI. These indicators are grouped into six themes: Funding; Skills; Civil Society; Collaboration; Infrastructure; and Diversity and Inclusion.
You can access a
range of outputs from the EDSII, including key findings and discussion around the results
here.
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What leaders need to do about digital
The latest Charity Digital Skills Report highlights the areas where those at the top of charities need to do better. In
this blog for Third Sector, Zoe Amar, co-producer of the report, discusses the key findings and how charity leaders can overcome the problems relating to digital skills in their organisations. (Please note, this blog is behind a paywall)
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This two-day collaborative conference will provide an exciting opportunity to hear the latest research and thinking on the implementation and practice of social prescribing around the world. You will hear how social prescribing is being implemented in Canada, the Netherlands, Singapore, and Finland as well as understanding progress in the home countries of the UK.
Keynote talks and breakouts include the latest strategic information and discussion from NHS England by James Sanderson, Director of Personalised Care and a comprehensive review of the evidence for lifestyle medicine by Dr Dean Ornish, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University College San Francisco.
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The Building Health Partnerships
is hosting a free event for commissioners, clinicians, service designers, delivery organisations and system leaders from across health and care, including VCSE and Patient and Public Voice partners. The session will focus on working with the VCSE sector to prevent strokes, but the principles will be of interest across any ‘condition’. Find out more about this event, and how to register
here.
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Visit our
jobs page
for more details on current vacancies in the voluntary and community sector, or click on the links below:
Also here's a
quick guide
to selling yourself when applying for a job in the voluntary sector.
Advertise jobs and contracts here, on our website and through our Twitter page!
Just send details including a weblink to
webedit@navca.org.uk
. This service is free to members.
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Funding, contracts & awards
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Grants for activities and research related to Ecology. Mainly to support education - teachers in schools. Deadline 20 July.
DM Thomas Foundation for Young People (DMTFYP) provides funding for organisations which work to improve the lives of children and young people across Europe. Their grants focus on providing equipment, training, and support to young people, and are administered through several different models. Deadline 23 July.
The TWA Digitisation Grant is available to fund the digitisation of bound books, manuscripts, oversize maps and plans, 35mm slides, microfilm/fiche, glass plate negatives, and other two-dimensional cultural heritage media. Deadline 28 July.
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is a registered charity, working since 1976 to promote the conservation and sustainable re-use of historic buildings for the benefit of communities across the UK. We do this by providing advice, information and financial assistance in the form of early project grants and loans for projects undertaken by charities and not-for-private profit organisations. Deadline 29 July.
The Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund, run by the Museums Association, funds projects which develop collections to achieve social impact. Museums, galleries and heritage organisations from across the UK can apply for a grant of between £20,000 and £120,000 for a project lasting up to three years.
The St. Modwen Environmental Trust has been established to provide support to the communities in which the company operates by offering grants to groups seeking to improve their local environment.
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Nigel Rose of MACC asks: where are the funds to support the VCSE services that are crucial to many people’s health and wellbeing, and can statutory services dig deep and find the money?
Alison Haskins, chief executive of Halifax Opportunities Trust, discusses her charity’s positive experience of partnering with Calderdale council and calls on other local authorities to adopt Locality’s Keep It Local principles.
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NHS Easyread Glossary
NHS England has produced an Easy read glossary to help people with a learning disability, autism or both to understand some of the difficult words they may hear when they are seeking medical treatment.
NHS England worked with a self-advocacy who helped to check all words and pictures, and the list is designed to help people find out about words quickly.
The list can be used in two different ways:
- For people with a learning disability involved in our work to be able to look up and understand the difficult words we use at NHS England
- For NHS staff to be able to find easy ways to describe the work that they do, encouraging them to use more easy read pictures.
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