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Next VCSE Forum in East Staffordshire - open to all
This one day course provides organisations and individuals first aid to an appointed person level and aimed at those personnel that are working in low level risk such as offices, voluntary organisations, shops and schools; or those that are volunteering or seeking employment. This is a Health and Safety Approved Centre workshop where the assessment is in the form of continuous assessment and oral questioning.
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Sporting Communities believes in celebrating the achievements of young people and our Youth Awards aim to highlight the amazing things that young people do, the life barriers that they overcome and the aid that they provide to others.
We are delighted that this year we will be hosting Youth Awards in both Derby City and Staffordshire. We would also like to give a special thank you to the National Community Lottery Fund and all of our other Award sponsors for their support of this celebration of inspirational young people.
Back in 2010, there was much fanfare as the then new coalition government began to dismantle and reorganise the NHS, from the top down (it didn’t really follow any calls from the grassroots) – exactly the thing they had promised during the election, not to do. Fast forward 11 years and a major reorganisation of the NHS is well underway once again, not that you would know this from the absence of discussion in the public eye.
The Covid-19 pandemic has meant that we have had to look at different ways of offering services to adults with a learning disability.
Replacement care services had previously been reviewed in 2019, but with the coronavirus pandemic affecting how many people can access building-based services at any one time, the county council has explored other options to ensure services can be offered in different ways. Now, we want to look again at these services to understand how they can embrace the changes that have been made, and make sure the services are fit for the future.
Association of Mental Health Providers is pleased to announce the launch of the second round of a small grants fund on Monday 26 July. This fund will be used to provide grants of up to £5,000 to support the sustainability of mental health voluntary, community and social enterprise provider organisations, with a turnover of £0-250k.
A key leader has today been announced for the new organisation that would lead to closer co-operation and integration of services across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
Prem Singh has become ‘Chair designate’ of the NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) in anticipation of it becoming formally established in April 2022.
Prem was appointed as Independent Chair of Together We’re Better, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent’s Integrated Care System (ICS) in November 2020. He has a background in nursing and has served at board level in the NHS for over 30 years.
The Community Life Survey collects information about whether adults (16+) have volunteered and given to charitable causes.
This section provides headline data measuring engagement in formal and informal volunteering, reasons for and barriers to volunteering, as well as charitable giving behaviours and views. The data looks at engagement over time, and differences in engagement between demographic groups.
