Free Fundraising Coaching from Chartered Institute of Fundraising Cymru

The Chartered Institute of Fundraising Cymru, as a direct response to Covid-19, is offering a free, responsive, issue-based scheme to help Wales-based charities, CICs, CIOs tackle a particular issue that they lack professional fundraising capacity or skill to address.

All organisations, once approved, are carefully matched with a professional fundraiser who is an expert in tackling issues relevant to those experienced by your organisation.
This could be a trust application, campaign messaging for an appeal, dealing with communications with an existing donor or launching an online appeal. Your coach will offer up to five hours of free support on a particular issue.

All support will be conducted remotely in accordance with social distancing protocol via phone, email and digital conferencing.

Eligibility
Based in Wales
No professional expertise presently working in the fundraising area where you are requesting support.
Fundraising activities will support work in Wales.


Application process
Complete an online form to assess eligibility

https://forms.gle/Yw51wPo3EchRmy727
You will be matched with a coach within five working days.

Do you know how to Register your Organisation on Infoengine??? Find out here

 

Images of Treharris - Photo Competition

 

Cwm Taf Event - Accessing the Outdoors

 Accessing the Outdoors 2

Date: 9:30 to 11am 4/02/21

At this event, you can discuss how providers can work with partners to promote outdoor activities. We will look at activities with children and young people, with films and presentations which will include the South Central Wales Area Statement.

 Also, you will be able to learn from feedback from the first event. You can share practice and network with other attendees too, who will include Natural Resources Wales, Cwm Taf Public Service Board, and Valleys Regional Park.

 Link to Eventbrite here to book tickets

 Cyrchu at y Byd y tu Allan 2

 Dyddiad: 9.30 hyd at 11am 4/02/21

 Yn ystod y cyfarfod hwn, gallech drafod sut gall darparwyr cydweithio â phartneriaid er mwyn hybu gweithgareddau awyr agored. Byddwn ni’n canolbwyntio ar weithgareddau gyda phlant a phobl ifanc wrth edrych ar ffilmiau a chyflwyniadau y bydd cynnwys y Datganiad Ardal De Canol Cymru.

 Hefyd, byddwch chi’n gallu dysgu o adborth o’r digwyddiad cyntaf. Gallech rannu ymarfer gorau a rhwydweithio â’r mynychwyr eraill sydd cynnwys Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru, Bwrdd Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cwm Taf, a Pharc Rhanbarthol y Cymoedd.

 Cysylltwch yma i logi tocynnau ar Eventbrite

 

Job Vacancies at Learning Disability Wales

 We want Wales to be the best country in the world for people with a learning disability to live, learn and work and are looking  for 2 new colleagues to join our committed and passionate team to help us achieve this.

• Innovation Manager (30 hrs pw) £29,967 to £33,713 pro rata LDW Salary Grade 6 + Pension
• Research and Policy Officer (30 hrs pw for 1 year) £27,229 to £31,216 pro rata LDW Salary Scale Grade 5/6 + Pension

For further details and to apply please see our website.­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

Free - Over 50s Zoom Fitness Class

 

Fixed Term/Secondment Opportunity with the Police and Crime Commissioners Office

 Further information here

Extra £10M available from Moondance Foundation to support groups in Wales

 The Foundation will consider applications for any of the following:

1. Staff retention

2. Current activities and services in jeopardy

3. Evolution of services to adapt to the current crisis

Further details here

Funding to Support Vulnerable Energy Consumers

 

Funding to Support Vulnerable Energy Consumers (England, Scotland and Wales)

The Energy Saving Trust has announced that charities in England, Scotland and Wales can now apply for funding of up to £1 million through the Energy Redress Scheme. The scheme which distribute payments from energy companies who may have breached rules funds projects that support energy consumers in vulnerable situations. The scheme offers charities the opportunity to apply for grants of differing amounts to deliver a range of new and innovative energy related projects designed to help vulnerable energy consumers. The closing date for applications is 5pm on the 11th February 2021.

Last Chance to book - Organisational Resilience Programme - closing date tomorrow, 20 January

  This year will be one of uncertainty and challenge. If you are a local community group, charity or social enterprise wanting to work in partnership with others to build your own resilience and that of the local sector in order to survive and thrive through this pandemic, we would love to invite you to join Lloyds Bank Foundation’s Organisational Resilience Pilot programme, a short and practical organisational resilience building course. You will work in peer groups facilitated by experienced small charity resilience practitioners. 

This programme is aimed at senior leaders and trustees/directors (accompanying finance staff) also welcome This programme is free to attend. Registration is required and is open until 20 January 2021. Please email training@vamt.net for a registration form.

Feedback from people who have been involved in the design of this pilot programme:

 “These OR workshops create a safe space where charities can be their true selves not their best selves.” Small Charity CEO

 “I am really enjoying the process and have learnt so much. I feel that the time spent has been an investment in my being a better informed Trustee so its a win/win.”  Small Charity Chair

 “Inspiring and motivating as ever! I look forward to future sessions.” Small Charity CEO

Dates and details of the programme here

 If you have any queries about the programme, please do not hesitate to contact us or Liz Pepler, the LBF practitioner leading the programme on liz@embracefinance.org.uk.

WCVA's Volunteering Wales Grant Scheme Re-opens

 Further information here

Online Fundraising from Local Giving Wales

Through the new three year programme, Crowdfund Wales, we will provide 150 organisations with a year of fully subsidised membership, Gift Aid and training in how to fundraise online. We will support each member to run an online campaign to raise £1,750 towards a need of their choice, which will then unlock a £250 grant of match funding. As part of their membership, organisations can also take part in Localgiving's UK-wide campaigns. 

To take up this offer, organisations need use promo code WALES150 to claim the full subsidy for their first year: join.localgiving.org/wales 

All potential members will receive a short online application to complete, to confirm their commitment to this opportunity. Successful applicants will then be fully inducted in how to get started. Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any queries.

We are very grateful to Garfield Weston Foundation and other funders for making it possible to run this new programme!

Contact Amy at Local Giving Wales for more information amy@localgiving.org  or telephone 078088 89672

Organisational Resilience - a FREE programme to help you and your organisation

 

More details and dates here

This year will be one of uncertainty and challenge. If you are a local community group, charity or social enterprise wanting to work in partnership with others to build your own resilience and that of the local sector in order to survive and thrive through this pandemic, we would love to invite you to join Lloyds Bank Foundation’s Organisational Resilience Pilot programme, a short and practical organisational resilience building course. You will work in peer groups facilitated by experienced small charity resilience practitioners. This programme is aimed at senior leaders, trustees, directors, finance staff and future leaders. This programme is free to attend. Registration is required and is open until 20 January 2021. Please email training@vamt.net for a registration form.

 Feedback from people who have been involved in the design of this pilot programme:

 “These OR workshops create a safe space where charities can be their true selves not their best selves.”

Small Charity CEO

 “I am really enjoying the process and have learnt so much. I feel that the time spent has been an investment in my being a better informed Trustee so its a win/win.”

Small Charity Chair

 “Inspiring and motivating as ever! I look forward to future sessions.”

Small Charity CEO

 If you have any queries about the programme, please do not hesitate to contact VAMT or Liz Pepler, the LBF practitioner leading the programme on liz@embracefinance.org.uk.

 

Keep Wales Safe Campaign - please share

 Please find images below as part of Welsh Government's Keep Wales Safe Campaign.  Please feel free to share them:

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Finding the Trustees you need to survive and thrive -a free webinar from WCVA

 Further details and a link to book your place are here

Funding to develop Digital Services

Funding for Not for Profit Organisations to Develop Digital Services (UK)
Not-for-profit organisations in the UK can apply for grants of up to £70,000 to use technology to explore different approaches to delivering better services during the Covid-19 crisis. Over £1 million will be available to individual not for profit organisations or those working in partnership to define, test and develop user-centred digital solutions to create more impact for the people they work with. Applications that aim to adapt or re-purpose existing technology are also eligible for funding. The programme aims to fund a portfolio of digital projects at different stages of development, and will support a range of digital interventions. The funding is being made available through the Tech for Good digital development fund 'Build' programme which is being supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Comic Relief. The closing date for applications is the 12th February 2021.

TIK-TOC Study needs Community Champions

What is the TIK-TOC Study?

• It’s a feasibility study to test whether a multi-faceted vague cancer symptom awareness campaign to support entry into the Rapid Diagnostic Clinic can be delivered, whether the public thought the campaign was acceptable, and whether the campaign reached people in the local community.  We also need to find out whether we can collect the data needed for a future trial to test if the campaign works.
• It’s a 6 month intervention to raise vague cancer symptom awareness, modify barriers to help seeking, reduce cancer fear and fatalism, and prompt help seeking through social support. This is where the community champions come in – we want them to help with raising cancer symptom awareness in their local community.
• Campaign will be run in Cwm Taf Morgannwg with Swansea as a comparator area.  It will target adults (18+) to mirror the RDC referral criteria.
• The study will look at how many patients agree to complete a questionnaire to measure how long they took from spotting a symptom to visiting the GP; whether we can access hospital data such as the number of patients referred for suspected cancer, and whether we can estimate the costs of the awareness campaign.

 Key duties of the ‘Community Champions’ role are to:

• Distribute campaign materials to people in the local community.
• Host events in the community and online.
• Work collaboratively with the study team and attend meetings.

 

We are looking for 5 people who are:

• Based in the CTM UHB area.
• Connected a range of social groups, organisations and clubs in the area.
• Enthusiastic, friendly and approachable.
• Feel able to approach people to talk about cancer.
• Have access to a computer and are computer literate.
• Self-motivated.

 It’s a voluntary role but with honorarium. Travel expenses are paid. Training, PPE, and a mobile phone will be provided.

The role is for eight hours a week for eight months (starting from May 2021).

Manylion Pellach        Further information

Friends of Nant Llwynog Park have a new pond

 

News from the Waterloo Foundation

 

If you aren’t aware, The Waterloo Foundation (TWF) is an independent grant-making Foundation created in 2007, and based in Cardiff, Wales.  We are a registered charity with the Charity Commission for England and Wales and give grants to organisations in both the UK and world-wide. We also have a dedicated Wales Fund of which further information can be found here but, briefly, we award grants to organisations that support unpaid carers, especially young carers; help people into permanent paid employment or self-employment or offer educational support by trying to close the attainment gap or by providing STEM based opportunities. We are also fortunate to have a little flexibility to consider smaller amounts of funding to charities and community groups that are working hard to support their communities, particularly through these difficult times, even if perhaps their work doesn’t strongly align to our main funding priorities.

 

News from Coed Lleol

 

Helo, hello, Blwyddyn Newydd Dda / Happy New Year from  Coed Lleol (Small Woods Wales, 

Would you like something to signpost your participants/clients to? Fantastic Food, a free online wellbeing and health 6-week course starts next week with us.

Also, our weekly drop-in nature online sessions continue too. More information on these here.

... and do get in contact if you're interested in a bespoke online wellbeing programme tailored for a group of your participants. 

Vacancy - Stoke Association

 

The Stroke Association currently have a vacancy for a Support Coordinator covering the Merthyr and RCT area. We have an advert on our website for the position, please see the link below.

 https://www.stroke.org.uk/jobs/stroke-association-support-coordinator-communication

 

LBF Organisational Resilience Programme - open for bookings now!

 This year will be one of uncertainty and challenge. If you are a local community group, charity or social enterprise wanting to work in partnership with others to build your own resilience and that of the local sector in order to survive and thrive through this pandemic, we would love to invite you to join Lloyds Bank Foundation’s Organisational Resilience Pilot programme, a short and practical organisational resilience building course. You will work in peer groups facilitated by experienced small charity resilience practitioners. This programme is aimed at senior leaders, trustees, directors, finance staff and future leaders. This programme is free to attend. Registration is required and is open until 20 January 2021. Please email training@vamt.net for a registration form.

Feedback from people who have been involved in the design of this pilot programme:

 “These OR workshops create a safe space where charities can be their true selves not their best selves.” Small Charity CEO

 “I am really enjoying the process and have learnt so much. I feel that the time spent has been an investment in my being a better informed Trustee so its a win/win.”  Small Charity Chair

 “Inspiring and motivating as ever! I look forward to future sessions.” Small Charity CEO

Dates and details of the programme here

 If you have any queries about the programme, please do not hesitate to contact us or Liz Pepler, the LBF practitioner leading the programme on liz@embracefinance.org.uk.

 

A new round of Active Inclusion funding is now open on WCVA’s Multipurpose Application Portal (MAP). The closing date for this round is 5 February 2021.  To view the funding rounds, login to MAP and click on the Applications screen where you will see the rounds your organisation is eligible for.  Alongside the familiar WWV-25+ and EW-25+ categories, please note that for this upcoming round we will also be inviting applications under two additional, new categories:  ‘National Nature Service for Wales’ Through this pilot round of Active Inclusion Funding, WCVA will support the ‘National Nature Service for Wales’ initiative.  This is a country-wide movement for action to restore nature whilst building the regenerative economy, funding projects that: · Deliver direct benefits for nature · Build relevant skills and capacities in our workforce · Create new livelihood opportunities in the regenerative economy; and · aligns them in a coherent movement towards green recovery.  The fund will support projects in just one of the three Active Inclusion Fund formats: ‘Include’.  Housing Association projects  Through this pilot round of Active Inclusion Funding, WCVA will fund housing associations to support people into employment, through activities associated with their own building and refurbishment programmes, demonstrating the value of employability funding that complements capital investment.  Housing associations have received additional Social Housing Grant monies, to fund the construction of new social homes, social housing development plans and the decarbonisation of existing homes.  This opens up the possibility of being able to offer paid supported work placements that will give people new skills and work experience and contribute to the reduction of benefits dependency, social exclusion and poverty.  The fund will support projects in two of the three Active Inclusion Fund formats: ‘Achieve’ or ‘Combined’.  Please also note that no applications are being invited in this round for the Active Inclusion ‘Youth’ funds.  Please do not hesitate to contact the Active Inclusion team via activeinclusion@wcva.cymru who will be happy to assist you with any queries you might have about your project ideas and also about completing the application form and the project profile.

Support for People in Employment from Working Skills for Adults 2 and Nurture, Equip and Thrive

 Working Skills for Adults 2 provides FREE training and support for employed or self-employed people. This training can help individuals to progress in their current careers or assist them in finding a change of career.

 Nurture Equip and Thrive aims to support employed people who are underemployed or have work limiting health conditions (this can include mental health). An Employment Support Worker will work with individuals who would like to gain additional hours or find more appropriate employment which fits their skill levels through CV building, job search activities, Interview Skills etc. NET can also assist with sourcing appropriate volunteer placements etc. to gain the skills and experience needed for career changes. NET also provides a variety of soft skill workshops and with our sign posting resources are able to assist with improving wellbeing at work, confidence building and many other topics that may cause barriers in employment.

 Training calendar English - https://spark.adobe.com/page/lIRPRUt656GYj/

 Training calendar Welsh - https://spark.adobe.com/page/DMhkGvEw0ARwj/

 You can also keep up to date with latest news and events via our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/WorkingSkillsforAdults2Merthyr/

 

January Events from Building Communities Trust

 Webinar: A Community Response to Covid

 Join us as we launch a brand-new report – A Community Response to Covid, produced by People & Work and in collaboration with Llechi Glo A Cefn Gwlad.

 The research looks at how community organisations across Wales responded to the first lockdown, as well as the support from local authorities and CVCs.

You’ll hear about the findings of the research, and there’ll also be speakers from community organisations reflecting on the local and county-wide response to the crisis. 

 

Friday, 22 January, 2021 | 10:30 - 11:30

 

Book a place here.

 Manifesto Launch: Strong Welsh Communities

 Join us as we launch Strong Welsh Communities – our manifesto for the 2021 Senedd Elections. And find out how you can get involved in our campaign to build healthier, happier, more resilient communities in Wales. We’ll also be starting conversations about establishing a community movement for Wales - a must for anyone who’s active in and passionate about their community!

Daytime session: Wednesday 27th January, 12pm-1pm

Hand Sewing Class from Adult Learning Wales

 

NEW ONLINE HAND SEWING COURSE WITH ADULT LEARNING WALES STARTING 12TH JANUARY WITH AN OPTION TO MOVE ONTO MACHINE SEWING⭐

 ITEMS NEEDED FOR THE HAND SEWING COURSE:

 SEWING NEEDLE☑️

THREAD☑️

SCISSORS☑️

OLD T SHIRT AND SCRAPS OF FABRIC☑️

 IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THESE COURSES  PLEASE CONTACT   DIANE NEWMAN at dianenewmanjenkins@yahoo.co.uk or 07747522724 WITH YOUR NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS

Women's Voices - support from Media Trust

 

 

Media Trust is thrilled to announce the launch of our fifth annual Women’s Voices event in celebration of International Women's Day.    Date: Monday 8 March 2021 Time: 10:00 – 15:00 Location: Virtual (Zoom)   We’re offering 30 charities that support, campaign and advocate for women, girls and those who identify as female, the opportunity to work with their own team of media and creative industry volunteers. Each team will have the combined skills to help their charity build an effective, impactful and compelling communications action plan to take forward. The day will consist of insights from industry leaders, creative brainstorming and advice, and networking opportunities.   Get involved, get support To apply, click on the Apply Today button below and complete the application form.

 

Apply Today

 

With limited places available, we’re looking for strong applications that clearly outline a specific communications challenge that focuses on strategic communications, digital campaigns, or engaging more effectively with your audiences.   The deadline for applications is Monday 25 January at 9am. Successful charities will be notified by Friday 29 January.   All applicants must: Be a UK registered charity that supports, campaigns or advocates for women, girls and/or those who identify as female; Have two members of staff available to attend. One who deals with the charity's communications and one who is a senior leader/decision-maker; Be willing to take part in one case study post event. Please submit a maximum of one application per charity. To read more about what to expect on the day check out the highlights from Women’s Voices 2020. If you have any questions, please email Carly Bell on carlyb@mediatrust.org.