Lunch and Learn – “How can we create an inclusive healthcare environment for patients and staff?”
Thursday 26th October 12:45-13:30 – Drinks and cakes will be served from 12:15
Prof Joffe & Prof Eboh from the University of Essex will be joining us to talk about their work on creating anti-racist healthcare environments, which was featured in a recent NHS report. Their engaging presentation will give practical steps we can all take to be part of the important work of being an ally.
You can join us in person at Beeches 1, Education centre, St Helena, Barncroft Close, CO4 9JU
Monday 30th October in Beeches – drop in anytime between 12:00-14:00
Local community groups will be joining us at St Helena to celebrate their cultures with traditional displays and activities.
Cultural cuisine will be available to sample or purchase, and at approximately 1pm we will interview a panel of guests about their cultural practices around dying and bereavement.
This research is designed to understand how workplaces are looking after employees who are experiencing or have experienced grief.
This survey is completely confidential and data will be anonymised so no one can be identified.
Sue Ryder estimated in 2022 that in the last year, 24% of the working population in Britain has experienced a bereavement, which equates to around 7.9 million people. This is a significant amount of people. Bereavement support charity, Cruse, estimates that for each death six people experience intense grief, therefore bereavement causes nearly two million working people to suffer from intense grief each year, alongside those still grieving from a bereavement in previous years. Of those 5% (around 95,000) experiencing intense grief end up leaving their jobs after six months, and do not work for the rest of the year.
This questionnaire is designed to understand more about how employees who have/are experiencing grief feel about the support they get from their workplace.
We want to understand how organisations are looking after their employees during this life event and what employees would like to see done differently.
We are grateful to NatWest Group for their support without which we would not be able to undertake this valuable research.
Grants are available for charitable organisations across the UK that work with and provide services for blind and partially sighted people to improve resilience, responsiveness, and sustainability.
This fund aims to support improved resilience and responsiveness in organisations that support blind and partially sighted people and have been affected by an uncertain post-pandemic economic climate and the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.
Funding will enable groups across the sight-loss sector to continue to adapt and respond to ongoing needs and increased costs.
“Our social impact funding supports projects that are designed to improve the experience of being blind or partially sighted, or at risk of sight loss, in the UK. We are an evidence-led funder and base our programmes on where we feel our money can have the greatest impact.
We recognise applying for funding can be challenging, time consuming and stressful. Please get in touch with our team by emailing grants@visionfoundation.org.uk if you have ideas but are not sure if they fit our criteria, or if you would like any help with our application process.
Our grantmaking principles
Reflect our vision, values and strategy
Be intelligent and evidence-based
Be courageous and impact driven
Encourage collaboration and be empowering
Be meaningful and effective
Offer stability but encourage sustainability.
Our next funding round has 2 elements:
A National Resilience Fund open to organisations across the UK, who can apply for up to £10,000 of unrestricted funding.
A London-specific programme dedicated to reducing the levels of loneliness and/or isolation experienced by blind and partially sighted people living, working or visiting London. This programme has been made possible through our partnership with the City Bridge Foundation.
Across both funding streams, we’re particularly keen to support organisations who demonstrate a strong commitment to involving experts by experience, i.e. blind and partially sighted people or people at particular risk of sight loss, in their work.
National Resilience Fund
Organisations across the country have risen valiantly to meet the challenges of an uncertain post-pandemic climate. But the current cost of living crisis poses a threat to the sustainability of many organisations providing support to blind and partially sighted people: a group who have been disproportionately affected by the ways that Covid19 changed how we live and work.
We also know that blind and partially sighted people in parts of the UK lack access to basic support services and that organisations operating in these areas struggle to remain sustainable and resilient. Our funding is therefore intended to support improved resilience and responsiveness of the sector as a whole.”
The funding might be used to manage increases in core costs: the funding can be used for up to 12 months, covering any core (running) costs including contributions to rent, salaries, or strengthening operational systems and processes. Alternatively, the funding might be used to fund work to combine/merge organisations.
We’re particularly keen to hear from grassroots organisations and organisations in parts of the country where there are significant gaps in support for blind and partially sighted people.
Our Community Grants programme is all about supporting local charities, Cooperatives and Community Land Trusts to find local solutions to tackle the housing crisis. These organisations can apply for grants of up to £60,000 to fund projects which help people in housing need.
We divide the UK up into 11 regions, each with its own Community Board made up of Nationwide members and colleagues from that region.
All applications for grants are assessed by our in-house team and a shortlist is then shared with our Community Board members. Through discussion and shared perspectives, expertise and experience, our Community Boards decide which projects should be funded.
We cap the number of applications in each region to 40. This means one in five applications will be successful. So when our application window opens, be sure to get yours in as soon as you can. Why not take a look at our Useful Information documents and find out which questions we’ll ask in the application?
To download the application form please visit their website.
Supported by UK Research and Innovation, Community Grants help eligible community groups to organise events and activities for their audiences during British Science Week (8-17 March 2024), expanding the number of people who enjoy and take part in science.
For British Science Week 2024, we’re offering grants of £500 and £1000 to community groups that work with people who are typically underrepresented in science, and which set out to deliver an event or activity that involves the local community, challenges science stereotypes and inspires ongoing science engagement.
Please check the Community Grant guidelines to find all the information you need on how to apply, and whether your community group is eligible. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at communities@britishscienceassociation.org. The deadline for applications is 11.59pm on Monday 6 November 2023, so be sure to complete your form in good time!
Why not take a look at our Community Grant case studies to discover how previous grant recipients used the funding for their own British Science Week projects?
We are looking for a Service Engagement Manager to join our team.
This is an exciting and varied role, reflecting CARA’s significant growth over the last few years. We are looking for a proactive post holder who will manage two key aspects of CARA’s service provision:
New referrals into our service, overseeing the work of our team of First Contact Navigators and our Information and Referrals Co-ordinator.
Managing our counselling waiting lists and the allocation of clients to a counsellor, overseeing the work of our Allocations Team.
This role will lead a talented and committed team, supporting their work and assisting them to develop their key roles. As well as overseeing day-to-day operations of the team, the post holder will be part of CARA’s management team and will have the opportunity to play a key role in CARA’s wider development, working closely with the CEO and Head of Operations. The post holder will also be the main lead and point of contact for managing CARA’s client database and resolving any data queries.
For a full job description and person specification, please click here.
This post is restricted to women applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.
Service Development Coordinator
We are looking for a Service Development Coordinator to join our team. This new and varied role provides an exciting opportunity to develop and enhance CARA’s work with a particular focus on Equality Diversity and Inclusion, and Survivor involvement. The post holder will work closely with CARA’s service users, CEO, Head of Operations, five team managers and the wider CARA team to ensure best practice is embedded across the organisation.
For a full job description and person specification, please click here.
Healthwatch Essex are currently gathering lived experiences around menopause and perimenopause support/advice in west Essex. We are interested to hear from anyone who has input that they would be happy to share with us.
As part of this work, we would be very grateful if people could take a few minutes of their time to complete the attached simple survey. Responses are completely anonymous unless someone indicates that they would be interested in talking to one of our team in a little more depth about their experiences, and then their details will be used solely for the purpose of making contact to discuss.
The Public Health Accelerator Bids (PHAB) programme will fund new projects that help people in Essex to live a healthy life.
The £7.5 million grant programme will run for three years.
PHAB will make a difference to the lives of many vulnerable residents across Essex. The programme focuses on closing the health inequalities experienced in the county.
The programme consists of two grants:
small grants of between £500 and £15,000. Applications open on Monday 4 September 2023
major grants from £15,000 with no upper limit. Round two of the expressions of interest opens on Monday 6 November 2023 and closes on Friday 1 December 2023.
Essex County Council reserve the right to cap the upper limit of funding dependent on availability to provide proportionate universalism at any time.
The High Sheriff of Essex, Charles Bishop, is encouraging charities and voluntary groups to apply for funding from the High Sheriffs’ Fund to support their work tackling crime and community safety.
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to support organisations working across Essex, Southend and Thurrock for a wide range of work and projects. These include helping victims of crime, working with young people and informing them about the dangers of drugs, alcohol, gangs and anti-social behaviour, and initiatives that contribute to keeping elderly residents safe in their homes and the wider community.
Previously supported projects included self-defence training for young women, sessions that increase awareness of modern slavery, a programme helping people experiencing homelessness to find accommodation and drama performances in schools that teach students about the dangers of alcohol misuse.
The independent charitable trust, Essex Community Foundation (ECF) has managed the High Sheriffs’ Fund since 1997 and since then, grants totalling £700,000 have been given to a wide range of charities. In addition, successive High Sheriffs who have fundraised during their year of office, combined with donations made by Essex Police from the Proceeds of Crime Matched Funding Scheme, have helped to grow the endowed High Sheriffs’ Fund which provides an annual programme of grants.
Charles has already visited many charities and voluntary groups across the county, meeting volunteers and seeing first-hand the difference these organisations are making.
He said: “It is a privilege to recognise the important work of volunteers and local charities that are making such a difference in our communities. Providing support from the High Sheriffs’ Fund is just one way of showing thanks and appreciation, so I very much encourage groups to apply for funding to support their vital work.”
Andy Payne Worpole, Head of Programmes at ECF, said: “We are delighted to work with successive High Sheriffs to ensure the money they raise tackles important issues at a local level. We also have other charitable funds that can support community safety initiatives so please call our dedicated grants team who will give you support and guidance.”
The deadline for applications is 10 November. Click here to apply or call the grants team on 01245 355947.
Welcome to the London Stansted Airport Community Fund Application Portal. From here you will be able to register your organisation and apply for one of our grants.
Organisations can apply for a Community Grant of up to £5,000 or apply for our Flagship Award of up to £50,000
Who can apply?
Applications will be welcomed from community or other not for profit groups, charities, Town Councils and Parish Councils. Grants will not be available to organisations which should be entitled to statutory core funding in respect of the project or to individuals.
What will you fund?
We are keen to support many aspects of community life and give grant support to many diverse parts of the community.
We will consider applications for capital projects which protect and enhance the social, economic and environmental well-being of the community.
Examples of projects which we are keen to fund are:
• Projects which are of special help to specific social groups. For example, voluntary youth groups (scouts, guides, youth clubs), the elderly or disabled.
• Projects which support community life in general such as improvements to facilities such as village halls.
• Infrastructure which supports community use.
• Projects that support community drama, art, music and sporting/leisure activities.
• Environmental and conservation schemes that support access to the countryside / outdoors.
Where will you fund projects?
Grants will only be awarded to projects that are operated, or to be operated, by applicants who are located, or which operate predominately, within our Area of Benefit.
What is the Area of Benefit?
The Area of Benefit is a 10-mile radius of the airport with extensions to reflect areas directly affected by operations at London Stansted Airport.
Will there be more opportunities to apply for a grant?
Yes, please do not worry if you do not have a project which is eligible for funding at the moment. London Stansted Airport has committed £150,000 per year to this fund for the next 10 years. There will be plenty of opportunities to apply for funding in the very near future.