This 90 minute online session via Zoom is aimed at community groups, mutual aid groups and voluntary organisations across Staffordshire.
Are you an established or a new group that has started a befriending service? Have you got volunteers who are telephoning or staying in contact with vulnerable or isolated people?
Dates Available: 21 May 2020
The charity sector is currently experiencing some of its greatest challenges in modern memory. However, adversity can also be the catalyst for change and a chance to do things differently.
Most of us know how to use Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as we generally use it in our personal life, but the one platform that contains the greatest number of high net individuals is on LinkedIn.
Over the last two months, the broad range of urgent responses across Staffordshire has taken many forms, from local authorities working with voluntary sector groups and businesses, to new mutual aid groups setting up in a matter of hours, to the fantastic neighbourly street level support response that has supported and sustained so many who have required it. This could be in terms of helping to get shopping or food deliveries for those unable to leave home, to medication collection from busy pharmacies, reducing loneliness and isolation or even walking a dog or cutting someone’s hedge.
We are running a series of online support sessions in each district open to anyone including:
UPDATED 11 MAY
We're reviewing our guidance in line with the Prime Minister's announcement on Sunday 10th May. We’ll update this page as soon as possible. While we do this, the most up-to-date information relating to coronavirus where you live can be found at:
Up to £80,000 of funding is being made available to Stoke-on-Trent based organisations who are supporting people affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. Funding is available as small grants from The Community Foundation for Staffordshire.
There will be three tiers of grants available;
Tier One - Applications for up to £1000 for small locally based groups who are supporting a specific village or estate. Decisions on these grants will usually be made within 2 working days.
The NHS service supporting autistic children and young people in South Staffordshire and their families has developed a new online workshop in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s interim Children and Young People’s Autism Service has worked with a number of families to adapt its face-to-face Introduction to Autism session into an easy-to-use podcast-style audio and video workshop.
No closing date specified
Applications are open for the Resilience and Recovery Loan Fund (RRLF) offered by Social Investment Business (SIB). Charity Bank is supporting SIB by helping to deliver the Fund for eligible organisations, who believe the Fund is appropriate for their needs.
Issued 7 March 2020
Good Morning,
In March the world as we knew it changed for so many people in the UK due to the coronavirus. During that month the country went into lockdown apart from those working to keep vital services going, in the NHS, in social care, in farming, food and distribution and in food retailing to name just a few of our key workers.
I am sure we all want to pay tribute to those who are so actively supporting the fightback against COVID-19, including all these people.
This is a rolling programme and applications will be accepted at any time
The Comic Relief Community fund aims to deliver long lasting community driven change while building the capacity of grassroots organisations.
There are two types of grants available:
