News

This is where we’ll post third sector news and important updates that are useful for your organisation.

Cyber Security Awareness session – Maldon & District CVS

Your people can be your biggest asset and with security awareness training they can become highly effective barriers to cyber-crime. Security awareness training provides simple and effective knowledge for people to understand their environment and provides the confidence to challenge when something does not look right. The training is focussed on those with little or no cyber security or technical knowledge and is delivered in small, succinct modules using real world examples.

The sessions will cover the following:

  • Introduction to Cyber Resilience
  • Why it is important
  • Different types of security vulnerabilities out there (technical/non-technical)
  • Social Engineering
  • Strong passwords and their importance
  • Ishings (Spear Phishing, Vishing, Email Phishing and Smishing)
  • Social media and what you put out there
  • Keeping devices up to date
  • Local Grown Attacks and their Impact
  • Ransomware

This training is delivered by the Eastern Cyber Resilience Centre. The trainers are highly knowledgeable, personable, and friendly and pride themselves on providing the right environment to feel comfortable and to ask questions.

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Fuel Poverty Forums – NEA

NEA’s free Fuel Poverty Forums are aimed at frontline service providers, to examine practical and policy initiatives related to fuel poverty and delivering energy efficiency solutions at a local, regional and national level. The regional Forums showcase innovation, good practice and promote dialogue and discussion on a wide range of sectoral issues to help NEA shape policy developments and campaigns.

The summer forums will be taking place in person in June and July. Attendance is free, however numbers are limited and NEA members will be given priority booking.

To register, click the link below to be taken to the booking form. Registered participants will receive an agenda and joining instructions nearer to the time.

Forums will take place on the dates listed right.

Registered here – Eastern – 12 July, 9.30-12.00 – Online via Zoom

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Criminal Exploitation Training – Essex Safeguarding Children’s Board

Criminal Exploitation Training (Virtual Session)

Cost to participants: Free (However, if a delegate fails to attend a course that they have booked, or cancel with less than five working days’ notice, their organisation will be charged)

Target audience: anyone working with children and families in Essex

Learning Outcomes:

 

  • What Criminal Exploitation is
  • The signs of Criminal Exploitation in children & young people and how it progresses
  • Practical guidance for communication with children & young people you suspect of being involved in criminal exploitation
  • What services there are available to support children, young people and families who have been subjected to Criminal Exploitation
  • Time for questions and sharing concerns/ advice

 

Cancellation

If a delegate fails to attend a course that they have booked, or cancel with less than five working days’ notice, their organisation will be charged – £20. A delegate will be deemed a non-attendee if they arrive 15 minutes after the course commences either online or at a venue.

Charging and Cancellation Policy.

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Citizens Advice Cost-of-Living Data Briefing

We’re less than a week away from our next cost-of-living data briefing. You can register now for the event. We’ll be joined by Emma Revie, Chief Executive at The Trussell Trust and Dr Sarah Hughes, Chief Executive at Mind alongside Dame Claire Moriarty, Chief Executive at Citizens Advice. They’ll discuss how the crisis is escalating and what support is needed to help people overcome what often becomes a downward spiral of debt and anxiety. Our data will be presented by Tom MacInnes, our Chief Data Analyst.

In our May briefing we heard Veronica’s story. When her fixed-rate mortgage came to an end, like many others, higher interest rates meant that her monthly mortgage payments shot up. It’s put extra pressure on her monthly budget, and with her other essential spending she doesn’t have enough each month to make ends meet.

Join us on Monday 5 June at 12pm to hear more stories from people like Veronica.

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Funding Fair – Maldon & District CVS

Maldon Town Hall, Tuesday 4th July, 1-3:30pm

Maldon and District Community Voluntary Service are hosting a funding fair for voluntary and community groups working in the Maldon District. The event will include presentations from both national and local funders who will outline how to apply to them for funds and how they make grants. There will also be an opportunity to network with them and other local groups and to speak to Maldon and District CVS about their funding advice service. The Funding Fair will be held on Tuesday 4th July from 1pm-3:30pm at Maldon Town Hall.

Book here.

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Autism Anglia’s independent diagnostic service

Autism Anglia’s independent diagnostic service is an expert provider of NICE compliant autism diagnostic assessments for anyone over 3 years old. Their Multi-disciplinary team are qualified and experienced with a fantastic understanding of different profiles of autism, offering individualised recommendations and education advice.

Autism Anglia pride themselves on their personalised approach for their gold-standard service, providing a named person to guide through the process which starts with analysing results from comprehensive screening questionnaires. Assessments are carried out using ADOS-2 and ADI-R diagnostic tools alongside expert clinical opinion, as well as a review of historical, professional, and school reports where applicable. Autism Anglia offer pre and post-diagnostic support including a detailed report.

Click here to read more here.

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Volunteer forum – Rainbow Services Harlow

Join Rainbow Services for the Voluntary Sector Forum on Thursday 15th June, 10am-12noon at Harlow Study Centre, Netteswellbury Farm, CM18 6BW.

They will be joined by Anne Wafula-Strike as their speaker for this event.  RSVP to info@rainbowservices.org.uk or call 01279 308150.

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Essex Community Foundation Grants

Apply for support

Essex Community Foundation want to make it easy for you to access the funding that they have available. If your charity, voluntary or community organisation is based or working in Essex and needs financial support, they may be able to help.
You can tell them what you need support for at any time, as they accept applications throughout the year, and their team will try to find the funds you need.

IS MY ORGANISATION ELIGIBLE FOR SUPPORT?

Complete their quick eligibility quiz to see if they can support your work. They also encourage you to read our Help and Guidance information.
They would love to hear from you and discuss your ideas. You can get in touch in whatever way suits you best:

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Essex Frontline – referral platform

Your FREE digital referral and signposting platform

  • Do you get frustrated that people don’t know about your service?
  • Do you wish other service providers could find your offer more easily?
  • Would you like more referrals into your service?

Great news! In response to these challenges (and more) the Mid and South Essex ICB has now funded the rollout of this digital referral and signposting platform after Essex Frontline’s proven success across West Essex over many years. 

Designed to promote easier – and more effective – partnership working, Frontline provides an up-to-date library of local health and wellbeing support AND enables direct – and secure – referrals into services. It’s a great platform for your service to be visible to all and you can track any referrals in/out of your service.

In addition, Frontline captures really useful data for your service when you have to report into commissioners or funders.

Key information:

  • Be visible – and more accessible – to other community services and the public
  • Make referrals, receive referrals, or simply signpost… or all three!
  • Completely free to use
  • Find local up-to-date information on other services – easily
  • A free handy app for staff on the move
  • Evidences collaboration across different services.

Find us HERE

If you’d like to add your service or want to know more, contact our friendly Frontline team at info@frontlinereferrals.org.uk or call 01799 618855.

PLUS

You are warmly invited to attend any of our online drop-in sessions that will be held over the first 10 days of June. We will show you what Frontline does and why hundreds of services in West Essex already love the platform. We look forward to seeing you there!

Tues 30 May @ 1pm – Click here to join the meeting

Thur 1 June @ 12pm – Click here to join the meeting

Fri 2 June @ 10.30am – Click here to join the meeting

Mon 5 June @ 1.30pm – Click here to join the meeting

Tues 6 June @ 9.30am – Click here to join the meeting

Thurs 8 June @ 12pm – Click here to join the meeting

Fri 9 June @ 11.30am – Click here to join the meeting

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