Job Vacancy - Plant Bach @ Penydarren

Plant Bach is a registered with CSIW to provide a Flying Start preschool care provision for a maximum of 26 children between the ages of two to three years old serving the communities of Galon Uchaf, Penydarren and the neighboring local communities. 

We are recruiting for two One to One posts  

One to One Additional Needs Support Worker

POST 1 is  6  Hours Per Week  / Term Time Only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday afternoons 

(Temporary basis one term only initially, extension subject to further funding award)

POST 2 is 16  Hours Per Week  / Term Time Only Monday through to Friday Afternoons

(Temporary basis for up to one year, reviewed termly initially, extension subject to further funding award)

Rates of Pay: National Minimum Wage rates

REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must be aged 18 years and over.

Previous Experience (Paid or voluntary), in Early Years or Childcare sector

Early Years or Childcare  qualifications (minimum level 3) essential

Please request an application pack via e mail at plantbachpenydarren@gmail.com

For informal discussions please contact Chris Davies on 07855 332992

Closing Date for receipt of all Applications is

5pm on Monday 24^th December 2018

Interviews to be held

Scheduled for the morning of Thursday 28^th December 2018

New Funding Search Platform launched

Funding Wales is the new funding search platform created by Third Sector Support Wales. Find funding for your charity, community group or social enterprise using our free online search engine.

You can search hundreds of grant and loan finance opportunities from local, national and international sources.  From small grants to large capital projects, the new platform can help you find the funding you need.

Visit funding.cymru today and find the funding you need for your third sector organisation.

It will be available on the VAMT website very soon.

Don't forget about our survey on food provision

If you're a third sector organisation and you provide food, then please complete our survey.  It should take less than 5 minutes.  Thanks in advance.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CB2V65K

Better Bids - Training 28 January 2019

For community groups & organisations looking for and applying for funding, a half day course which covers:

• What grant funding is
• What funders are looking for from you and how you
• show funders you are competent
• What you need to put in place before applying
• How you evidence the need in your project
• What a good application looks like

Venue: Voluntary Action Centre, 89-90 Pontmorlais, High Street, Merthyr Tydfil CF47 8UH

Cost: £10

Trainer: Simon James, Interlink.

Monday 28 January 9:30am

email training@vamt.net to book.

Rural Action Cwm Taf LEADER Fund is now open

The Rural Cwm Taf Local Action Group are now inviting expressions of interest for the Rural Development LEADER fund.  Funds are available for community projects in the following electoral divisions across Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf. 

• Bedlinog
• Cyfarthfa
• Maerdy
• Merthyr Vale
• Plymouth
• Rhigos
• Treharris
• Vaynor
• Ynysybwl

 We can only fund revenue costs and you must find at least 20% match funding to contribute to the project.  Please note that we cannot support existing projects or projects that would provide a direct benefit to your organisation.  This fund is for project ideas which have not been tried in our area before.

Due to the amount of documents included in the application pack, if you are interested in submitting a project idea for consideration please contact Jo Davies directly so she can meet with you to give you information about the fund and provide you with the relevant forms (please state whether you would like the application pack in Welsh or English).  Jo can be contacted on 01685 727089 joanne.davies@merthyr.gov.uk
Expressions of Interest must be received by 5pm on Thursday 31st January 2019 and can be submitted in hard copy or electronically.

Deputy Leader Vacancy with Plant Bach

Plant Bach Pre-School in Penydarren have a temporary vacancy for a Deputy Leader.  Job description is available here

Application Packs are available by e mailing plantbachpenydarren@gmail.com

Inform December 2018

If you're a member of VAMT you'll receive your hard copy of Inform through the post very shortly. For a sneak preview of the electronic copy click here

Thanks to everyone as always for their contributions.

VAMT Job Vacancy - Community Zone Information and Advice Officer

SWYDDOG GWYBODAETH A CHYNGOR Y PARTH CYMUNEDOL

£18,746 y flwyddyn (pro rata)

28 awr yr wythnos – contract penodol am 6 mis

Byddwn yn darparu’r pwynt cyswllt cyntaf ar gyfer aelodau o’r cyhoedd a darparwyr/sefydliadau sy’n cael mynediad at Barth Cymunedol y Gurnos. Byddwch yn gyfrifol am hyrwyddo a chefnogi’r gwasanaethau sydd ar gael a darparu gwybodaeth  cyngor a chymorth ar draws amrywiaeth o sianeli cyfathrebu yn cynnwys dros y ffôn, wyneb yn wyneb a digidol.

Am wybodaeth bellach a phecyn ymgeisio ewch i www.vamt.net neu gysylltu â

Carol Hindley Carol.Hindley@vamt.net yn GGMT ar 01685 353908

Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer ymgeisio yw 17 Rhagfyr 2018.  

Elusen Gofrestredig 1118403

Cwmni Cyfyngedig Drwy Warant 6058360

COMMUNITY ZONE INFORMATION AND ADVICE OFFICER

£18,746 per annum (pro rata)

28 hours per week - fixed term contract for 6 months

You will be providing a first point of contact for members of the public and providers/organisations accessing the new Gurnos Community Zone. You will be responsible for promoting and supporting the services available and providing information, advice, and assistance across a range of communication channels including telephone, face to face and digital.

For further details and an application pack please visit www.vamt.net or contact Carol Hindley Carol.Hindley@vamt.net at VAMT on 01685 353900.

The closing date for applications is 17^th December 2018.

Registered Charity 1118403

Company Limited by Guarantee 6058360

Food Provision

Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil have been asked to undertake a brief exercise to map the work that voluntary and community groups are doing across the borough to support people who may be having difficulty accessing good quality, nutritious food.  We'd then like to bring partners together at a workshop session to be held in February to discuss food and nutrition further.  We'd be grateful if you could complete the  short survey below by 15 January 2019.
Thank you for your help in advance.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CB2V65K

Weston Charity Awards opens today

Do you want to increase the impact of your small charity and safeguard its future? The Weston Charity Awards offer a year’s strategic planning support and a core grant of £6,500 to the winning charities.

The Awards celebrate and support great front-line charities in the North of England, the Midlands and Wales working in the fields of youth, welfare and community. Charities with incomes under £5 million can apply from 3^rd December 2018 and by 11^th January 2019. 

Last year, five charities in Wales were among the 20 winners. The Welsh winners were:

• Cardiff City FC Community Foundation
• GISDA in Gwynedd
• Recovery Cymru in Cardiff
• Swansea Young Single Homeless Project
• Paul Sartori Hospice at Home in Pembrokeshire

They have all been matched with volunteer business coaches called Pilotlighters and are currently participating in a programme of strategic planning and mentoring. In 2019, could this be you? 

Visit www.westoncharityawards.org to apply.

Voluntary Arts Wales want your views

For more information click here